《Damsel of Distress》Exposition
Advertisement
PLEASE BEAR IN MIND THAT THIS INFORMATION IS ENTIRELY BASED ON HOMY'S TESTIMONY!!!
History of the creation of the system:
Only the God of creation existed.
He created more sub-gods because he was lonely. Sub-gods were made in a way that they couldn't oppose Creation.
Homy/Andrew, the god of humans, got created and was for some unknown reason free from Creations influence.
Proceeded to create humanity, giving them resistance to other godly influence, and gave them the potential to get powerful enough to oppose the gods.
Creation interfered. Sealing Homy/Andrew away. Also, sealed away the three powers humans possess. (Aura, Psy, Magic)
While sealed, Homy/Andrew develops the original system to allow humans to grow to their full potential and prevent further godly interference.
Homy/Andrew gets free and implements the system, but Creation and the other sub-gods can twist the system to make it not impossible like before, but still extremely hard for humans to reach their full potential.
How the system tries to stunt humanities growth:
Levels: To increase your level, you have to fight and kill ten demons on the same level as yourself, ignoring everything else.
Tier: The higher your Tier, the higher base stats and stat gain per level. Making it almost impossible for low-Tiers to keep up with the demon's growth rate. Need to raise level to 100 to reset to level 0 and increase Tier by one.
Class: Forceful stat-distribution, Skill experience multipliers, and a low degree of probability manipulation are employed to force people into positions where they are happy and can't do any damage.
Skills: If a person can run with a max speed that's 50% of his theoretical maximum and he has a level 50 running Skill, those add up to 100%. At that point, the person can't improve anymore and thus stops training sooner or later. But if both, personal ability and Skill level, reach 100%, a person can create an "ability" that puts the Skill into reality-bending territories.
Advertisement
Talents:
Talents are unique to every person and just a representation of how a person's natural talent interacts with the system.
Waves, Settlers, Heroes:
The Demon's strength:
The average strength, growth rate, and max level of demons depend on average strength and the highest individual strength in an area, as well as the total number of people. This is true at all times, but much more noticeable during waves.
Waves and Settlers:
Waves were made to try and kill off as many humans as possible while the settlers were made to prevent that.
Wave level:
Just by not dying during a wave, a person's Wave-level increases. This raises the average strength of humans significantly, thus increasing the demon's strength in turn, but doesn't make a single individual dangerously strong.
Heroes:
Heroes are the god's "puppets". Their natural talents are sealed and replaced with the "incarnation" ability, allowing them to borrow power from their respective gods. By being directly promoted to Tier 5, they lose out on 70 base-stat points in all stats that they would have received had they started on Tier 1. They are extremely strong but so dependent on their god's powers that their growth is stunted after a certain point.
They also serve the purpose of showing others that only "chosen ones" can become that powerful.
Advertisement
- In Serial7 Chapters
Cat Girl Was Not My First Choice
No truck-kun, no death, no clear transition: one moment I was standing in my apartment eating a microwave dinner over the sink and the next I was floating in an endless space filled with small pastel lights. On the one hand: WTF?! On the other hand: I doubt my student loans can follow me here... Ch. 1-10, Catastrophe! Or, Thorn’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Ch. 11-20, Eye of the Tiger or, Cat Training for Fun and Profit Ch. 21-30, Cat Hard or, the Curious Incident of the Cat in the Status Screen [Cover image is from a Public Domain website.]
8 81 - In Serial72 Chapters
Let's Imagine a Female Knight From Another World
The distant lands of Euphoria are plagued with corrupt kings, ruthless knights, savage beasts, and endless bloodshed. After dying an unseemly death, Momoko Miwa meets with the Goddess of Sorcery, who offers her refuge in the world to defeat the foreboding Evil King. Unfortunately, due to her inept perception of fantasy, she accepts with the hopes of becoming an incredible knight like the heroine of her favorite manga. She finds herself on the outskirts of Phoenia, one of the strongest military powers in the world currently being targeted by all governing nations due to their increasing level of magic proficiency--something the other powers lack entirely. With the secrets of magic unfolding, alliances being tested, and mentalities being broken: Will Momoko prove to be a worthy Holy Knight, or will her new surroundings overwhelm her into oblivion?
8 243 - In Serial18 Chapters
The Path to Pacifism is Long and Paved with Blood
Felix is an adventurer. He likes to go out, defeat zombies, loot dungeons, all that good stuff. What he doesn't like is loss of life. That's why he became a cleric. This is a story about his journey on the path to pacifism.
8 74 - In Serial7 Chapters
Minor Mage
A simple cobbler thought it was best to seek some outside help when his five year old son accidentally murdered their dog. The boy was taken in for testing and found to have won the magical lottery. The boy was going to be a mage, one of the most powerful existences in the realm. Once they finished their apprenticeship, competent mages always ended up fantastically wealthy. The man thought he was set. Even at five he could tell that his son was talented, hardworking and incredibly smart. The child was something special, and there was nothing that was going to stop the cobbler from riding his son’s coattails to a better life. There is a saying in the land, “If you want to make the gods laugh, tell them your plans.”
8 138 - In Serial6 Chapters
Unfinished Works
A list of my unfinished stories and stuff. I might work on them in the future, but atm I have no intention to.
8 218 - In Serial24 Chapters
Space Dork
What does a man do when he wakes up without memories, beaten viciously, and imprisoned. Practice his new space wizard powers of course, fight other prisoners, piss off the wrong people, and flirt with women who want nothing to do with him. The truth is out there with what is left of his mind.
8 261

