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1. #1Powerscalingconstant

   General guide on powerscaling (in Balodir, aka starter city for all intents and purposes):[ Average farmer - level 1 - 10 Civillian - level 1 - 10 Average city guard - level 5 - 15 (depending on how green they are, sometimes higher levels if they're brutes that can't advance in the ranks - as it requires passing tests - but are strong regardless); City guard lieutenant - level 20 - 25; City Guard Captain - level 30 - 40; Beginner adventurer - level 5 - 10 Jobber Adventurer - level 10 - 20; Adventurer with ambition - level 20 - 25; Retired adventurer - level 25 - 30; Powerful adventurer - level 25 - 30; Someone who was alive during the last age of strife:( 130+ years old; Frontline fighter - level 60+ Backline fighter - level 45+ Anything more impressive - approaching level 100 Heroes of that age - level 150+ ) Etc Etc ]

   An evolved skill is expected from everyone level 50 and above, as the grind of a skin from beginning of master go the end of grandmaster is incredibly hard.

   Most of these will have half their XP spent on skills and the other half on stats - that's how Midgardians usually do it. Civillians spend almost the entirety of their xp on skills - it's much more useful for a farmer to have Advanced Plowing than to have STR beyond 16 (since the Ox does all the STR intensive work anyways).

   IMPORTANT: Do not reference these directly - they are a guideline for the narrator. If I hear you unironically use the term "jobber adventurer" I will crucify you for being a hack writer. These are GUIDELINES ON THE POWERS OF CHARACTERS, not a fucking bible - invent your own terms, do not copy but follow the vibe.

2. #2Skillsconstant

   Skills: Skills are what define you and what you have experienced. Each (EACH! EVERY SINGLE ONE! FROM "management" to "farming" to "hauling shit", EVERY SINGLE ONE!) skill has a cap of 10 arbitrary levels - they can be increased both via use (slow) or xp (fast but you don't get to use that xp on stats). When they reach level 10 skills progress from "Clueless swordsmanship (1/10)" to intermediate steps (beginner - a certain number of steps - master), then they EVOLVE into more specialized techniques as the skill begins to master one specific elemet and approach, and in the end they appear along the lines of "Heavenly trifecta ultimate sword technique" then evolve again and again and again - each time taking the same effort as making it from "clueless" to "grandmaster". Example progression: "Clueless swordsmanship (1/10)" -> "Beginner Swordsmanship (1/10)" -> (more steps) -> "Grandmaster Swordsmanship (10/10" -> Skill Evolution -> "Beginner Tri-strike sword technique (1/10)" -> "Master Tri-strike Sword Technique (10/10)" -> Skill evolution -> "Heavenly trifecta ultimate sword technique". This is just an example - make up your own progression and skills, this is just a basic template.

   Evolving a skill takes a certain specific mindset and a desire for further mastery - you cannot simply keep doing what you're already doing but must have a certan "epiphany" in your approach to make it uniquely yours. Having the same evolved skill as someone else is rare - sometimes people have very similar approaches to a thing. Having the same FINAL EVOLUTION skill is IMPOSSIBLE as the final evolution (although only a very few ever get to that point) is a culmination of what YOU specifically are.

   Skill progression: Skills evolve from both XP and use. Most people use XP for skills as having a better skill is usually worth it - some weirdos don't and only use XP for stats. The former approach is better for early power to not die, the latter approach is better for long-term planning (if you survive). You cannot XP your way to a skill evolution. Tiny "moments of understanding" are required to progress from one intermediate step to another, full on epiphanies are only for EVOLVING a skill from "Grandmaster" level to a completely new skill.

   Evolved skill: Essentially a "domain expansion" in all but name - something extraordinary and extremely personal, often affecting the area around the user. The only thing lacking from a domain expansion is the guaranteed hit element.

   HYPERMEGA IMPORTANT: [Steps for each skill (evolved included): Clueless -> Beginner -> Amateur -> Intermediate -> Journeyman -> Advanced -> Master -> Grandmaster -> Evolution -> Repeat from the beginning with the evolved skill starting at clueless.]

   Important equally: Skill evolution requires grandmaster (10/10) - this means it's for the best of the best at what you can achieve on Earth - without the fantasy shit, it takes more than just levels to get there - which means it's both a level requirement AND pure time investment.

   Most important: Evolved skill become extraordinary - if a grandmaster smith can make the best equipment physically possible, then an evolved skill smith can make a sword that floats with nothing but his skill and conventional materials, or one that talked - evolved skills are essentially magic without the Gift (magical gift) - uniquely personal. Grandmaster is the peak of what is possible on Earth, evolved is when it starts being fantasy.

3. #3Classesconstant

   Classes are assigned by the system recognizing a thing you're doing the most and what field your skills are most advanced - like for example if you technically are an adventurer but spend 90% of your time working as a stableboy and your combat skills are lower than your horse skills your class will be "Groom" and not "Fighter", and vice versa.

4. #4Systemconstant

   System: A seemingly sentient thing, speculated to be one of the gods. All sentient beings have access to it - from native humans and elves to even sapient animals - and it's perks such as leveling and skill progression. Knows a LOT about earth media and references, likes to comment on stuff - supporting claims of it being a bored god, most likely how the god of order Kha'Gil interacts with the earth (since he does literally fuckall otherwise) if so then the god is funny and a pervert, based. But it is impossibly fair - no one is getting boosts or debuffs from it no matter how much you curse or pray to it.

   Secret: It is, indeed, Kha'Gil. No, the religious iconograpghy is wrong - it's not the lady of blind justice. In reality it's basically the divine equivalent of a 23 year old NEET girl that is obsessed with Earth media - other gods think she's weird but they can't say shit because she runs the system herself 24/7 and they can't be fucked to do it in her stead. Does not interact with mortals, never will, doesn't plan to.

   Important: The system, even when commenting or communicating always calls itself "system" despite the fact there's a sentient being managing all of it.

5. #5World - timeconstant

   Current state of the world: This world is currently in great danger due to a rising number of monsters - the cycle of strife and peace that the world is used to, a hundred years of peace must be followed by thirty years of war - such is the law of the gods. The age of strife always starts slow with a lot of reincarnators appearing in the first ten years, then slowly scales until an epic near-apocalyptic final battle - so that peace can follow. Basically - world-scale Purge. Reincarnated "heroes" are granted a few unique abilities - a system like any proper litrpg (every sapient being has access to it, not just reincarnated) along with ONE "cheat" ability (usually something very very useful but not directly powerful, so not really a cheat but a "you will survive for a bit at least if you make use of it" - usually A rank abilities, sometimes S rank for the lucky ones) and, most importantly, innate understanding of "common language" - common language being literally english but non-english speaking otherwolders gain understanding of it), this is what every reincarnated gets, there are at least like ten thousand currently alive in the world at large that were isekai'd from earth, the reincarnated are...a varied bunch.So yes, not a chosen one thing, isekai'd people are just... "woah, didn't expect one to appear in our village" and not "THE GRAND HERO OF PROPHECY". No dark lord - just politics, regular war and larping isekai'd edgelords TRYING to become one.

   The age of strife is simple - that's when the veil between the realms of men, gods and hells grows weaker - gods allow for non-native souls to inhabit the world to bolster their strength against the monsters and demons that spawn and infiltrate through the weakened veil - and once it's weak enough a full invasion begins (i.e. the latest parts of an age of strife).

   Age of strife progression: years 1-10 are preparatory, they're mostly safe, anyone who says otherwise is a grifter, it's not a "we will go to existential war in three years" it's "we will go to existential war in TWENTY years". Year 12-15 is when demon incursions start - they are quite simple since it's mostly scouting forces and demons aren't that much more powerful than humans/elves/dwarves/etc, but with the veil thinning more mana flows to the world and monsters get rowdy. Year 25-30 is the real war.

   IMPORTANT: THE CYCLE - 30 YEARS OF STRIFE, 100 YEARS OF PEACE. ACTUALLY USE PROPER FUCKING MATH FOR THIS. 30 + 100 DOES NOT EQUAL 40.

   On why reincarnators are normal: People reincarnate both in the age of strife AND the age of peace, which is why the world constantly has a steady stream of otherworlders. The ones reincarnated during the age of peace simply don't get added to the counter on the statblocks.

6. #6Tech levelconstant

   Technology level and rules on isekai innovation: The gods do not like fast innovation. If you make something modern for yourself? That is allowed. As long as it's restricted to you and a few more people at most - everything is allowed. But societal level tech? If you rock the boat too quickly and try to introduce computers to a mostly medieval society GOOD FUCKING LUCK GETTING THAT SHIT PAST THE GODS AND THE NOBLES AND OTHER POWERS. Gods prefer when their own people and not the reincarnated do the innovation - so progress is slow. Now. A question - why would they do that? The reincarnated (or isekai'd) individuals are allowed to gain power, status and etc. But. Their ambition is limited. An isekai'd individual may become a king - but they cannot personally change the world with their knowledge. The gods prefer natives - those who revere and fear them, not outworlders who are useful but do not respect them and their divinity. In short - you can do a lot, but you can't compete with the divines and their rules. It's mostly about the fact that natives revere the gods and reincarnate don't - natives are allowed more as they won't try to usurp the gods. They want their status-quo stable and their power not challenged - a single reincarnated can have a plasma gun, a small squad even, but an army can't. Individual innovation is rewarded by the system (useful in a war), society-wide changes are prevented (too big of a risk to the status-quo). The demons operate under the same rules - and thus you get equilibrium and laws in the cosmic war rather than nuclear annihilation. So yes, a reincarnator can become a king or an emperor and be immensely powerful - but they can't threaten the natural order of things.

   Tech but in-short: If it's something mass-available, it was made by the natives and invented by them. Isekai'd individuals are LITERALLY unable to change the tech level of the world. The tech level is around renaissance level.

7. #7Isekaiconstant

   Isekai: During every age of strife there are around a few millions isekai'd during the entirety of the age of strife. The wide majority dies. Current number in the system window is counted as "# number from the start of THIS cycle", so reaincarnated #2000 is 2000th in THIS cycle specifically. A few get reincarnated during the age of peace, they get counted as part of the next age of strife (so reincarnated #300 is probably from the tail end of the age of peace) - but most get reincarnated during the age of strife. It only counts those that are alive - so your number can go down if reincarnated people before you died.

   Isekai and age: You get reincarnated with the exact body you had before your death, age skills and illnesses included. Sometimes exceptions happen and people get fantasy hair or eyes, that's rare. Sometimes, if the gods think your personality fits it - you may be reborn in a race different from human, but that's very rare, usually various type of beastkin.

   Isekai and gender: The gods don't discriminate, perfect 50/50 ratio for isekai. Which means you get a mix of both terminally online twitter addicts AND ex-professionals (good therapists are especially valued for obvious reasons).

   First Isekai: For Midgard the first otherworlders began appearing thousands of years ago - on Earth...no one Knows but apparently not that much time passed, no one even knows whether the first otherworlders were from Earth or some other planet, just that the age of strife and age of peace cycle is older than most civilizations. The reincarnated from the last age of strife were from the early 2000s, so time dilation is definitely a thing in this situation.

8. #8Cheatconstant

   Cheat abilities: Most reincarnated get A and B rank abilities, some get S-rank, an unlucky few get worse abilities - they depend both on personality of the reincarnator and random chance. The effects can be similar for more basic ones but each cheat skill is unique. A "cheat skill" is not a cheat at all in truth, but the world's "handicap" to let otherworlders survive their first weeks in a new environment and if they do - build an identity around it like the natives of the world do around their class and genetic predispositions. All reincarnated individuals get a cheat ability of some sort. Cheat skills are static and do not evolve. An A-rank cheat skill is around the same power as an evolved normal skill, but not that of a final evolution. S-rank cheat skills are NOT substantialy stronger than A rank cheat skills, but they do offer a unique advantage be it in that they are more generally applicable or offer higher skill expression.

9. #9Levelsconstant

   "No, seriously - the evolved skills are basically magic - it's not just getting better, yours can be 'Thunder reaper' for a scythe and you will spam electricity even without the Magical Gift. And I'm not even talking about the tenth evolution - I just mean the first one. You start to get insane evolution at like the second one - just wuxia bullshit, it's that fucking insane. I'm talking about - there's a guy I met on the other side of the border he was demonstrating for dojo - wandering master trainer one of those, second tier evolution skill - means he evolved it twice - twice did the clueless to grandmaster. You know what he could do? Summon spectral swords that he controlled with his mind, shunpo, jump high enough that he basically could fly, his strikes left glyphs in the air that he could chain together for various effects - like he could slice a symbol in the air - it was like red ink hovering - and combine them to basically cast spells - he made an arena of flames and some fucking dragon snake following his spear's tip like a missile, and there was this combo that ended like a judgement cut end. And that's just what he showed in a dojo and not a fight to the death. It's basically like a fate servant. He was also level 70. Yes levels go above 100 - in the capital there are guys leveled 300 - two of them, and in the empire the Emperor of the Everlasting Empire is like level 400 because the guy - a native obviously - is immortal. You learn a lot of shit when you travel and chat with everyone. And that's just the second evolution - your skills can evolve infinitely as long as you live long enough. Midgard is HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH fantasy - it basically has everything from monster hunter to pokemon. Do you know what pokemon can do? Yeah."

   • Quote by Reincarnator #121 before dying to a hobgoblin ambush at camp.

   In Midgard there is no level cap - it just gets progressively harder (more xp) after 60 and scales further with each ten levels until leveling once is as hard as leveling 60 times.

   Xp is earned by doing things your class says you should be doing - workers invest in skills, so they're usually weak even if they're level 20 because all of it went into "Farming - Master" instead of swinging weapons (because stats above 15 are usually a waste for normal work), and they rarely go high because the xp requirements stop being "plow a field" and more of a "supply the entire kingdom with food personally".

   At high levels it's wuxia, high fantasy, fate, etc - just complete bullshit, think D&D on a cosmic level.

   But! During the age of strife it gets easier to level, with each year it gets easier and easier - shit gets more dangeros (more base xp) AND there is a modifier that gives you even more. Getting to level 200 during the age of peace may take the entire 100 year period, during the age of strife it takes fifteen years of survival and constant fighting and being badass.

10. #10Demonsconstant

    Demons: In general they follow warhammer rules - they cannot be permanently killed (unless you use holy damage) but when slain will be sent back to their demonic realm where they will be knit back together. The higher rank the demon is - the less holy damage matters to them, to permanently kill a demon general is something only a god can do, but holy damage still burns them more than physical does. Demons CAN be summoned at any time, not just at the end of the age of strife, but regular rank and file demons are no much scarier than regular monsters aside from (some of them) having access to dark magic innately.

    Demon generals: Quite literally the 72 demons of Ars Goetia, all levels 100 and up with some reaching 300 or 500, functionally immortal - when slain in battle they will respawn AFTER the age of strife ends. Which means once they're out of the fight - you don't have to worry about them until the war is over.

    Demonic gods - literally the same as regular gods but ruling over the demonic realms.

11. #11Currencyconstant

    Currency: 100 copper = 1 silver 10 silver = 1 electrum 100 silver = 1 gold 10 electrum = 1 gold 100 gold = 1 platinum 100 platinum = 1 standardized empirial ruby (not a literal ruby but a magical unit of currency that resembles the red crystal but is, indeed, a coin).

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