First came talents. After taking a quick look at most of the races, Lin Yu found that, aside from humans, every race had fixed traits and talents. At most, there was a chance of getting some extra traits when selecting one.
In other words, the upper and lower limits of every race except humans were basically fixed.
Humans were different. Choosing a human granted three random traits and three random talents. The description also told Lin Yu that humans had two special mechanics.
They were extra traits and mixed blood.
After drawing traits and talents as a human, a player could choose to receive one random positive trait at the cost of one random negative trait. This option allowed a maximum of ten negative traits and ten positive traits.
If the mixed-blood mechanic was selected, the maximum number of extra traits dropped from ten positive and ten negative to five of each.
The mixed-blood mechanic was even simpler. After choosing a human, a player could activate it and choose to mix in another race's bloodline.
Players could also choose the proportions of the two bloodlines themselves, with different proportions having different characteristics. Lin Yu didn't look closely; he planned to get a general idea of the available mixed-blood races first and study the details afterward.
When Lin Yu looked through the bloodlines humans could mix with, he nearly lost it.
What did a cross between a human and an Earth Spirit even mean?
When Lin Yu checked the human–Earth Spirit cross, the description said it was a life conceived through the union of a human and an Earth Spirit.
Earth Spirits were pure elemental life-forms—living rocks.
So Lin Yu had no idea how the two had managed to conceive offspring.
Next, Lin Yu saw humans crossed with Flame Spirits, Flowing Water Spirits, Wind Spirits, and so on. Their descriptions all said they were offspring conceived through the union of humans and the corresponding nature spirits. Lin Yu really couldn't hold it together anymore.
"Oh, a hero who got it on with a plant, and a Straw Hat boy too. There's even a Luo Shiyi here." At this point, Lin Yu was no longer paying attention to character creation. His attention was entirely on the introductions to the various mixed-blood species in the mixed-blood mechanic.
Some introductions even had little stories. When he turned to the undead category, the Undead Knight appeared, just as Lin Yu had expected.
Next, Lin Yu saw humans crossed with skeletons, humans crossed with Ghouls, humans crossed with evil spirits...
After who knew how long, Lin Yu finally had his fill. He did a rough count and found that the available mixed-blood options covered basically every major starting race category. Even the behemoth and Divine Descendant categories, which he didn't have permission to select, were available.
Next, it was time to study the mixed-blood mechanic carefully.
Lin Yu picked a race called Shadow Cat at random from the mixed-blood options, opened its panel, and started tinkering.
As Lin Yu adjusted the bloodline proportions, the text and character illustration on the panel began to change.
When Lin Yu set the ratio to nine parts human and one part Shadow Cat, the humanoid figure in the illustration grew a pair of cat ears. The traits and talents section changed from three random traits and three random talents to one Shadow Cat trait of his choice, two random traits, and three random talents.
A trait of my choice? Lin Yu thought for a moment and remembered the deluxe edition player privilege.
Oh, looks like it's completely random without the privilege.
Having figured that out, Lin Yu continued studying the mixed-blood mechanic.
Next, Lin Yu kept increasing the proportion of Shadow Cat blood. The figure grew a cat's tail, and its hands and feet began to resemble animal paws. When the ratio reached fifty-fifty, the figure had become a beastman. The traits in the selection section had also changed to the Shadow Cat race's three traits, while the talents were still random.
Next, Lin Yu slowly raised the ratio to nine parts Shadow Cat and one part human, the highest proportion of Shadow Cat blood he could set. The illustration had now basically turned into a large cat standing upright. Aside from some human features still visible in the face, body, and limbs, it was virtually no different from a standing big cat.
After he set the ratio to nine-to-one, the traits and talents section also changed to fixed Shadow Cat traits, two Shadow Cat talents of his choice, and one randomly drawn talent.
Looking at the illustration before him, Lin Yu fell into thought.
"This is... this looks like a furry, doesn't it?"
Then Lin Yu noticed the gender selection below.
"Oh, there's futa too!"
"Come to think of it, the description makes it sound like this game doesn't have many restrictions. Am I going to see something that'll burn my eyes once I get in?"
Looking at the panel, Lin Yu's thoughts had wandered who knew where.
After an unknown amount of time, Lin Yu finally came back to his senses. He exited the panel editor and switched between a few races to study the mixed-blood mechanic.
After figuring out how the mixed-blood mechanic worked, Lin Yu began trying things out for himself.
The moment he understood the mixed-blood mechanic, Lin Yu prepared to look at the human–dragon cross, the Dragonkin, and the human–Divine Descendant cross, the Mixed-Blood Divine Descendant.
The human mixed-blood mechanic let players freely choose the proportions of human blood and the other race's blood. As long as the proportion was high enough, they could retain most of that race's traits. Divine Descendants and dragons had ridiculously high attribute growth!
As Lin Yu tried adjusting the proportions of human and Red Dragon blood, he found that once he set the ratio to seven parts human and three parts Red Dragon, he couldn't move it any further.
Tch, looks like I can't make a Dragonkin close to a dragon!
Lin Yu thought regretfully.
Next, Lin Yu tried various Divine Descendants. Just like with dragons, once the ratio reached seven-to-three, he couldn't raise it any further.
After discovering that the proportions for both the behemoth and Divine Descendant categories in the mixed-blood mechanic were capped at seven-to-three, Lin Yu finally gave up.
Turning his attention back to character creation, Lin Yu began thinking about how to synthesize a special talent.
Just as Lin Yu was lying on the ground, idly browsing the race panel, information about a race passed before his eyes.
Lin Yu caught the race's information out of the corner of his eye, and it immediately caught his attention.
Bracing his hands against the ground, Lin Yu sat straight up. Looking at the panel before him, he quickly flipped back through it and soon found the race he was looking for.
Race: Fairy Race categories: humanoid, artificial life-form Height: 0.5–1 meter Guaranteed racial traits: Small size (strength and constitution growth -0.2, agility growth +0.2; able to pass through some narrow gaps) Magical life (spirit growth +0.2; innate mana pool with +100 mana; each point of spirit grants an additional +1 maximum mana; restores 1 mana per minute) Flight (innate ability to fly; normal flight cost: -1 mana per minute; full-speed flight cost: -1 mana per second) Possible additional racial traits: Elemental affinity (increases damage by 10% when using spells of the corresponding element) Innate ability: mental communication (can form mental links with others to communicate mentally) Racial talents: Exceptional wit (A) (learning speed +1000%; experience gained through acquiring knowledge +100%) Magic manipulation (B) (spellcasting speed +50%) Extraordinary soul (A) (spirit attribute gains an additional +2 per level) Description: A humanoid servant life-form created in ancient times by master alchemists in imitation of the human appearance. Its appearance is exceptionally perfect (appearance +80); an innate magical life-form... (click for details)