Too many choices

"My head hurts" nothing could have prepared William for the amount of boxes, choices, and all that stuff that his brain is not even registering anymore, the big one, front row and center was the easiest of course, after taking a few seconds he looked into the box "name and age, hmmm, a thematic name might be nice, i could just put my name... nah, this guy is his own character, besides he doesn't look like a William"

After a few minutes he had come up with an idea he liked "Arsene" maybe recent media has influenced the decision, but Arsene is a good name for a thief, and it's a good for a mage, besides, it has a nice ring to it, it beats just placing a common name "that's done, oh? recommended age?"

Recommended Age: 25
The Serpentine can live long and plentyful lives, comfortably living until 200 years maybe more, though that's hardly the norm.

"Hmmm, age doesn't seem to affect anything, let's leave it there if the game recommends it, it must be for a reason" he says confirming that choice in the process, that was the easy part, now the so called Arsene pondered, ¿how was his life? this was not a philosophical thought, a big pop-up wanted him to answer questions related to his yet unknown backstory "this is gonna take a while" answering questions about himself technically, that definitely was a way to make him invested on the character.

It took him longer than he wanted, after all it was just 3 questions, which he answered carefully, not wanting to regret any of them, even if it meant being here more than 30 minutes, Arsene's Childhood, he gained +2 Charisma for being 'The Child of a Courtesan' for his teenage years he was a 'Mage's Assistant' which gained him a nice +2 on Composure, which made sense, being an assistant to a mage must be stressful, after that, in the near past, he was a 'Researcher' which gained +2 rationality "yeah, im quite happy with that, man im already forgetting what all my bonuses were, oh well, im sure that at the end it will show me how it looks" speaking of looks, he was not on a black void anymore.

Arsene was standing in the middle of what seemed to be a study, or a small library, it looked old but taken care of, Dark, yet never somber, a few books were open on a small desk in the corner, iluminated by a candle that has long to burn out, next to the books was a much smaller one, newer, wet ink addorning it's pages "Wow" it was beautiful, this scene was probably only visible thanks to the choices he made, a lot of attention to detail for something most players will never see "i guess i did make scholarly choices" he said with a small smile, but he had to continue if he wanted to play

In time, others skills and abilities may come to you, but you may choose up to five to begin your adventure with, Each skill will begin at level 5, regardless of how many are chosen.

"ok, Five, that seems like a big numb-" thousands upon thousands of skills appeared infront of him, it was far to many, WHY WOULD YOU NEED TRIGONOMETRY IN A FANTASY GAME, he shaked his head to wake from his stupor, his character was an academic so he had to choose a few of those or he wasn't being faithful to himself.

It took a bit longer than expected, who could have guessed thinning out the list of skills was hard, specially if you were indecisive "there's lots of weapon proficiencies, can't blame them, this sure is extensive, though i do hope they reduce them a bit for the actual release" Arsene kept looking into more skills, Magic was his main interest of course, although it would be pretty stupid to go into an adventure if you don't know how to use a knife at minimum "ugh, this is gonna take so loooong"

It was quite quick actually, realizing that different Magics scaled from different stats was eye opening, but it was too late to change anything so he didn't think about it too much, besides a specific magic was the one that called to him the most

Lightning Magic: The magic of the creative and destructive, masters of this school can summon dry storms at will. Associated attributes = Dexterity & Perception.

Ice Magic: The magic of cold and snow, masters of this school can freeze entire oceans with the sway of their hands. Associated attributes = Insight & Willpower.

Dagger Proficiency: The skill of using a dagger, either be as a thrown weapon or close quarters combat, no adverturer should leave home without one, Increases the damage dealt by daggers of any type and the accuracy of their strikes. Associated attributes = Dexterity.

Occultism Proficiency: The ability to identify the meaning of magical symbology, old forgotten texts, and forbidden tomes. Assicuated attributes = Rationality & Composure.

"Yeah, these feel right... i still have one left though, hmmm" Arsene looked at those skills, nothing really caught his eye, more than 2 magics to start with might be a tad overwhelming, and he really doesn't need more than one type of weapon, he's a wizard after all "maybe i will choose Trigonometry-" his eyes fixated on one skill, of course That skill exists in this game, and seeing some characteristics he has, it would be better to have it, not that he really needed all five skills to be truly relevant, but he needs to know how to use the extra equipment, right?, he was gonna lie to himself about the true motivations of this choice.

Sex, the skill of procreation and carnal pleasure. The higher ones level in Sex the more pleasurable carnal activities with them are. Associated attributes = Allure, Endurance, & Dexterity.

With a bit of shame, not enough to make him reconsider any of his choices, he kept going, as he was finished with the initial skills of the character he was wondering what was left, the next pop-up answered him without delay, this time it didn't surprise him.

Choose a class to begin as. Classes affect the total values and regeneration of Health, Stamina, and Mana while also giving opportunities to gain additional traits and abilities.

Recommended class: Arcanist

Arcanist is a tier 2 class normally offered to mages when they hit level 10, but due to your race and background it is available to you inmediately. Arcanist gain a bonus of +1 Rationality, Insight & Willpower instantly

"hmmm, Arcanist makes sense, all magic seems kind of natural in a sense, is there artificial magic? one of those things i'll have to investigate this world, and i can do it at my leisure" he said with a smile, almost done with the character creation "wait, how much insight do i have already? i don't even know the starting point for these stats... man, i have to keep count of these" with a sigh, he continued, no point in worrying about it, he was after all, a glass cannon "one more thing left, i have spent far too long on this character creator so i hope it's short"