Character Card

"You are now a first-level Wizard." Antinoa looked at Zhao Xu as she spoke.

Zhao Xu had taken quite a blow, thinking today's ritual had failed, only for things to take such a sudden turn.

He had succeeded?

The tension Zhao Xu had been holding onto these past few days finally eased a little at this moment.

His plan was proceeding according to the normal steps.

Zhao Xu suppressed the excitement in his heart and looked at Antinoa, waiting for her next instructions.

"You can focus your attention now, and your Character Card will appear in your mind."

Antinoa did not need to explain in detail. Zhao Xu already understood.

The reason Arthur was considered a quantifiable world

was that once anyone successfully took up a first-level Basic Profession, they could see their own Character Card.

It could be understood as every professional having a silent numerical system that could not grant cheat powers.

This was a world where everyone had a system and everyone could become a dragon.

That was also why players had stats, and why they could still remain compatible after crossing over a year later.

Here, everyone was effectively a first-level commoner at birth, and commoners could not see their Character Card panels.

What made players special was that they could see their Character Cards before reaching level 1 and freely allocate their attributes.

Next, Antinoa began teaching him some basic knowledge about Character Cards.

Although Zhao Xu had looked at this thing for nearly ten years in his Previous Life, he still lowered his head humbly and listened to his mentor's instruction.

"After successfully advancing, you should be able to see your HP."

Zhao Xu immediately examined the Character Card in his mind.

HP: Current 6/6 HP

Base HP 6 = 4 (profession) + 2 (Constitution)

Hit Dice Type: D4 Wizard

He currently had 6 HP, with 2 coming from his Constitution modifier and 4 from his Wizard Hit Dice.

A first-level professional received maximum Hit Dice directly, without any random roll.

However, upon leveling up afterward, he could only add the value of a D4—that was, a four-sided die roll, randomly between 1 and 4. A D12, on the other hand, ranged from 1 to 12.

However, the Constitution modifier could be added once with every level gained. That was why Zhao Xu had spent 6 purchase points to raise it to 14.

If a player did not spend points and started with 8 Constitution, their current -1 modifier would reduce their HP by 1.

Compared with other professions' D12, D10, and D8 dice types, D4 types like Wizards and Sorcerers naturally had several fewer HP at level 1.

That was why Wizards were fragile. In the early stages, a single stray arrow could easily kill them and knock them down.

By the end of her explanation, Antinoa's tone had grown somewhat serious.

"Midsummer, what do you think HP is?"

"Health?" As an Earth player, that was Zhao Xu's first instinct, but the moment he said it, he realized how foolish it sounded.

Antinoa did not make things difficult for him. She merely shook her head lightly. "HP is not an indication of how strong our vitality is. If you die and are turned into a skeleton, your HP is still calculated according to that of a skeleton, even if you were a Legendary Warrior in your Previous Life."

"You must remember—HP is every person's ability to withstand damage."

"A Fireball can wipe out a group of commoners, but a high-level Fighter can endure it head-on because he has enough HP to offset that damage."

"Also, we do not truly die when our HP reaches 0, but at -10. Between 0 and -10, we become paralyzed and can only wait for our companions to rescue us."

Listening to Antinoa's explanation, Zhao Xu nodded along.

Seeing that Zhao Xu understood, she continued by explaining saves.

Zhao Xu continued examining his panel. Saves were also data that had only appeared after he became a Wizard.

Fortitude: 2 = 0 (profession) + 2 (Constitution)

Reflex: 1 = 0 (profession) + 1 (Dexterity)

Will: 4 = 2 (profession) + 2 (Wisdom)

A Fortitude Save measured one's ability to resist poisons and other threats that tested physical fitness.

A Reflex Save measured one's ability to evade certain special attacks. For instance, when a Fireball came crashing down, one could rely on a Reflex Save to resist it.

A Will Save, meanwhile, was for tests targeting one's mental strength and willpower, such as spells like Charm Person.

As a first-level Wizard, Zhao Xu only received a 2-point profession bonus to Will.

Normally, once these three values reached a certain level, they could resist most forms of harm.

As long as something allowed a saving throw, Arthur would generally assign it a difficulty rating. All three saves could add a result between 1 and 20 against that difficulty. As long as the result exceeded the difficulty, the save would succeed. Therefore, once a save value surpassed the difficulty, failure was basically impossible.

"That is enough to explain these two concepts for now. Next, let's talk about Feats," Antinoa said at last.

At those words, Zhao Xu immediately perked up. The earlier material was important, but he already knew it.

"First, what is a Feat?"

Zhao Xu's pupils contracted slightly. "A character ability."

"Strictly speaking, it is an ability linked to each person's spirituality."

"In fact, through training, you can acquire that Feat invisibly, but it consumes your spirituality. Everyone's spirituality is fixed and can be gained through leveling up. You receive it at level 1 and every third level afterward."

"At the same time, as humans, we are born with an additional compensation of spirituality, which happens to correspond to one Feat."

Only then did Zhao Xu suddenly understand. In his Previous Life, they simply used Feats when they had them. As for where Feats came from, or why they could only use those Feats after leveling up, they only had a vague understanding.

The entire forum was full of conflicting explanations as well.

"If you initially learned the Feat ability Scroll Scribe, then later awakened as a Mindful Caster and became a Spellcaster, Scroll Scribe would occupy the spirituality for your level 1 character Feat."

"Mentor, didn't you say I would forget it?" Zhao Xu suddenly recalled the difference Antinoa had explained before.

"I finally believe that you do not have 16 Intelligence. The prerequisite for Scroll Scribe is being a first-level Spellcaster. The prerequisite for forgetting it is naturally that you later do not become a Wizard."

Hearing Antinoa's jab, Zhao Xu could not help but blush with embarrassment.

"How many Feats do you currently have left unassigned?" Antinoa continued.

Zhao Xu did not even need to check his Character Card panel for this. He answered proudly, "Four."

"Hm? You have additional spiritual compensation?" Antinoa's Prophecy Spell could see Zhao Xu's status and abilities, but she certainly could not see something he had yet to choose.

"I have two flaws, so I can choose two more Feats," Zhao Xu replied.

He had previously found Flaw for Feat rather miraculous, but now that he knew spirituality corresponded to Feats, it was much easier to understand.

"Lucky boy. Many people in Arthur have flaws, but they may not necessarily receive spiritual compensation."

"But that makes things easier. You have four Feats, so let me ask you this: do you want to cast spells freely, without being restricted by preparing spells each day?"

At those words, Zhao Xu's heartbeat sped up. That was possible? Free casting? Would that not mean he did not even need to prepare scrolls?

That would not make him a mighty mage, but a god of magic, wouldn't it?