Saer of Rolant, a soldier

A/N: This is going to be a bit of a slow burn, as well as a departure from the typical level system that rpgs use, since i always felt that system was always over simplistic, and this is a more interesting and natural system in my opinion

I'm pretty sure that was the worst day of my up to that point. It was cold, wet, dark, and well after when we normally would be sleeping. We were up high in the mountains, and the rain had turned to sleet an hour ago. Add to that the fact that our general was a piece of shit. He said we needed to reach the mountain pass fortress before tomorrow to reinforce the guard there. No time to make camp, no time to wait out the weather. And for some reason he thought the best way to get there was marching in formation and in uniform, like it was a fucking parade. Not only that, but the mud was too thick for the wagons, so all of us had to carry all of our gear in our packs. That's weapons, armor, food, tents, camp gear, and everything else. All of this for a lord I hated, a king I didn't know, and a war that was more than twice as old as me.

A sudden gust of wind caught the entire company off guard. A few of the most exhausted people got knocked over by it, including me. Stumbling to my feet then, I would have given nearly anything just to feel the cold a little less. Then I realized something had changed since the wind hit. Somehow I knew I could do something about it. I don't know how I knew, but I just did.

DISTORTION

I was somehow both amazed and disappointed at how much that did. Amazed that something happened, disappointed that there was still plenty of cold and all the tiredness. Oh well. It should be enough until we get to the fortress.

Reaching the quarters at the fortress that night was amazing, but as I lay there I just couldn't sleep. I felt like I had missed something that day and needed to address it before my mind would let me sleep. What was it...?

Wait... after that gust hit... I had used a skill... I had classed.

I HAD CLASSED. Thinking about it again, yes. I knew I had classed, and I was... an empath? I hadn't heard of that class before. What was it?

The empath can know and influence the thoughts, emotions, and sensations of those around them. An empath's greatest strength is subtlety. A skilled empath can be almost indistinguishable from a classless person, while still making the most of their abilities.

Core Abilities

• Delve: Shows the surface level emotion that the target is feeling.
• Distortion: Make something in the target's senses more or less obvious to them.
• Inflict: Cause a brief flash of pain in the target.
• Muddle: Briefly cause the target to lose focus.
• Suggest: Implants a thought or emotion into the target's mind. The target might notice it if it clashes with the target's personality.

Shit that's powerful. I immediately thought. But definitely not that strong right now. For sure it needs to stay quiet. I'll need to do a lot of planning if I want to be in a position to really use this class. That's a job for tomorrow. Now is sleeping time.