Admin_S: "While the main explosion was localized to one location, the unstable magic involved caused many errant sparks of potent slaying energy to spray across the planet. While most dissipated harmlessly in the ocean or empty fields, you had the grave misfortune to be hit by one directly. If I hadn't spotted you, your soul might have unraveled entirely."

Admin_S: "Anyway, now you have a choice. D chose to just reincarnate all the other souls onto her little pet planet, a cruel place that is basically a hardcore game with permanent PvP."

Admin_S: "Quick! D isn't looking. Here's a whole bunch of extra blessings!"

*Administrator D has entered the chat*

Admin_D: "It's adorable you thought you could get one over me."

Admin_D: "For taking the easy road, I'm going to disable your ability to gain skill points. You can still gain skills through other means, but you better think carefully about what you spend your blessings on."

Admin_S: "I'm sorry about Administrator D being a vindictive bitch, but let's try to make the most of it, shall we? Let's start by going over the possible 'Species' you can reincarnate into."

Admin_S: "There are a few different choices of species to reincarnate as. They can be split into two categories. Humanoids and Monsters. Humanoids can level up and gain skills, but they can't evolve. However, growing up as a humanoid is safer, and its easier to gain allies. Monsters can evolve once reaching certain levels, allowing them to become far more powerful, but you'll start weak and have to kill to survive. Choose 1."

Serpent
-5 blessing
Admin_S: "The snake monsters in this world are pretty basic, but only because they aren't smart enough to take advantage of their versatile evolution tree. You can eventually evolve into a Lamia, World Serpent, or even a Hydra. As the Queen of all that crawls, I can pull some strings to ensure you evolve into exactly what you want."

Admin_S: "Before we get into that, there's a few things you should keep in mind going forward."

Admin_S: "A word of warning. Many skills and titles grant levels in Taboo. Taboo is a skill designed to prey on the karmic guilt of the native inhabitants. Technically, you shouldn't be subject to it, but D really thoroughly hard-coded it into the system. If you gain 10 levels in Taboo, you will be forcibly granted access to the System Overview Menu. It'll teach you a bunch of stuff I could've told you, but more importantly, it will cause your dreams to be filled with guilt and torment, and make you much more inclined to play along with D's little game. I recommend keeping your Taboo at Level 5 or less to be safe."

Admin_S: "I've marked some choices with (exclusive). These options can only be acquired as part of my blessing (Unless you get really lucky with Greed). Most other options can be obtained in the world if you do the right stuff."

Admin_S: "Some skills render others redundant. This mostly applies to direct upgrades, but sometimes it isn't. Redundant skills are removed, and cannot be relearned. You're stuck with the new skill."

Admin_S: "Now it's time to discuss Titles."

Admin_S: "Normally Titles require fairly arduous tasks to unlock, but it should be fairly simple to just unlock these automatically for you. Each title gives a minor boon, but they also give you free skills, so you should pick these before buying your skills."

Admin_S: "Foul Feeder. This title which grants immunity to food poisoning. Raw or rotten food no longer hinders your stomach. However, actual poison can still harm you. Sadly, it does not improve the taste. Raw monster will still taste abhorrent. Grants Poison Resistance and Rot Resistance."

Admin_S: "Kin Eater. Thankfully you won't actually have to do this, but anyone with appraisal will judge you harshly. Is free Heretic Magic worth the Taboo? Grants a small boost to your willingness to resort to cannibalism. Grants Heretic Magic."

Admin_S: "Ally Killer. Again you won't actually have to do this, but anyone with appraisal will judge you even more harshly. Is free Heretic Attack worth the Taboo? Grants a small boost to your willingness to betray your allies. Grants Heretic Attack."

Admin_S: "Champion. Designates that an Administrator has deemed you worthy of interest. Gives a 25% boost to the Leadership and Intimidation skills, if you have them. Grants Destruction Enhancement and Status Condition Resistance."

Admin_S: "Well okay then, next we've got the fun stuff. The Ruler Titles."

Admin_S: "These 14 titles are the most important in the system, and each provides great power. I can provide you with one, but it would draw unwanted attention if you started with more. You can theoretically acquire more, but each is unique, and can only be possessed by one individual at a time. Each provides a powerful cheat skill, as well as minor administrator privileges, mainly the ability to nullify appraisal attempts, although these privileges require level 10 Taboo to unlock. They also have some mental warping effects, so be careful."

Admin_S: "Ruler of Pride. This powerful skill grants a whopping 300% boost to all EXP- huh? Reserved? What the hell does that mean? Give me a sec."

Admin_S: "..."

Admin_S: "Huh. Apparently D has taken a liking to one of her transmigrators and intends to make them her champion. I'll look more into this, but for now, I guess you can't take this."

Admin_S: "Grants maxed out Abyss Magic (But not the previous derivations), makes Desire redundant."

Admin_S: "And why the hell does it grant maxed out magic skills? This is like five different powerful stats all maxed out at once. What does D even plan on using this for?"

Admin_S: "Well, either way, it doesn't seem I can give you this."

Admin_S: "I'm starting to get really annoyed here. Locking out 'Ruler of Pride', making 'Ruler of Wisdom' and locking that out too..."

Admin_S: "Ruler of Instinct. Well, if D wants to play favorites, then two can play at that game. This powerful skill makes you slowly gain proficiency in any skill you haven't used for at least 24 hours. It even works on "level 0" skills you can earn without skill points. This even includes things like magic skills which you could theoretically train with the right tools."

Admin_S: "The title itself gives a 50% growth boost to HP, SP, and MP and Miscellaneous skills. It shifts your mindset to devoting yourself to gain as many skills as possible, even if they aren't very useful."

Admin_S: "Grants Retroactive and Prism Attack."

Admin_S: "Protagonist. By taking this title, you will be able to choose a second Ruler Title as a blessing. This comes at a cost however. Not only is it very Taboo, but by taking this title, your divinity field will be especially strong, something which the Administrators will take note of."

Admin_S: "You become a known dangerous element. You'll need to be careful not to do anything to earn Gülie's ire. I'll stick up for you, but if you become an active threat to humanity or the dragons, I won't be able to stop him."

Admin_S: "Thankfully(?) D is more inclined to watch you because she finds it interesting, not because she thinks you're a threat."

Admin_S: "Ruler of Perseverance. This powerful skill makes it so that once you reach 1 HP, you begin losing MP instead of HP, at a 1/1 ratio. It also allows you to unlock Evil Eye skills using skill points."

Admin_S: "The title itself gives a 50% growth boost to Defense, Resistance, and Resistance skills. It is one of the more mild mental shifts, causing a greatly enhanced survival instinct, prioritizing your own safety above anyone else."

Admin_S: "Grants maxed out Heresy Resistance, makes Tenacity redundant."

Admin_S: "With the regular and Ruler Title's out of the way, now we get to cover the Skills sections. These are the bread and butter of the system. While most of these skills can be acquired naturally, I'll throw in a 25% proficiency growth bonus to any skills you get as part of your blessing. Many skills can evolve upon reaching level 10."

Admin_S: "First we're going to cover the required n%I=W Skill. Hmm. The implementation is a bit slapdash for D's standards. Well, it seems safe enough. This skill acts to tie your soul into the system. Without it, you would be a completely powerless mortal in this world. It also automatically translates system messages and menus into your native language, though it does nothing to help you understand other people. As a final bonus, it grants a powerful healing effect on level up, generally enough for a full heal."

Admin_S: "Next is something you may consider worth pursuing. Divinity Expansion. I can't give this to you directly, but you will probably have it regardless. Unlike other skills, this one doesn't actually concern your stats and abilities. Instead, its level acts to monitor the strength of your soul. Gaining a ruler skill is enough to boost it to level 1, but that's the only way to directly gain soul power within the system. If you somehow find a way to raise this to level 10, you'll become a god."

Admin_S: "After that we come to the first selectable sets of Skills, the Stat & Ability Skills. These skills directly modify your stats and abilities, either by boosting the raw numbers, or by restoring their values."

Admin_S: "Retroactive. I hate games where you are punished for not leveling up in an optimal manner. This skill makes it so skills which grant growth correction are treated as if you had them since level 1, retroactively granting their level-up bonuses. This even accounts for levels from previous evolutions."

Admin_S: "Demon Lord. This powerful skill boosts all Ability Scores by a flat number equal to the skill level*100. It can be slowly raised by acting in a manner befitting a demon lord. Not to be confused with the Demon Lord title."

Admin_S: "If you are a Wyrm, possession of this skill allows you to evolve into a dark wyrm, gaining the Dark variant of the Elemental Wyrm skill, while fully retaining your previous element."

Admin_S: "Hero. This powerful skill boosts all Ability Scores by a flat number equal to the skill level*100. It can be slowly raised by acting in a manner befitting a hero. Not to be confused with the Hero title."

Admin_S: "If you are a Wyrm, possession of this skill allows you to evolve into a light wyrm, gaining the Light variant of the Elemental Wyrm skill, while fully retaining your previous element."

Admin_S: "Heretic Attack. This nasty skill adds the "Rend Soul" effect to attacks at the cost of SP, dealing permanent damage that not even Curse Replenishment can heal. Particularly useful for fighting entities beyond the system, like gods."

Admin_S: "Light Attack. This skill adds light elemental damage which scales off of your Magic stat. It costs MP to use. Unlike Elemental Attack, this does not deal recoil damage."

Admin_S: "Evolves into Holy Light Attack."

Admin_S: "Dark Attack. This skill adds dark elemental damage which scales off of your Magic stat. It costs MP to use. Unlike Elemental Attack, this does not deal recoil damage."

Admin_S: "Evolves into Black Attack."

Admin_S: "Poison Attack. This skill adds poison to your attacks at the cost of SP. Unlike other damage types, it does not deal direct damage, instead applying a damage over time effect. The higher this skill's level, the more damage it deals. You are immune to your own poison."

Admin_S: "Evolves into Deadly Poison Attack."

Admin_S: "Prism Attack. This skill allows you to make use of all your attack skills simultaneously. You get a 5% SP/MP discount per level, and conflicting elements like fire and ice don't get negated, allowing the full effect of all the attack skills to hit."

Admin_S: "Destruction Enhancement. Gives a general boost to all physical attacks."

Admin_S: "Evolves into Destruction Super-Enhancement."

Admin_S: "Is this really all you're going to take from here? I mean, I get where you're coming from... actually, given some of the upcoming possible choices you could make then hoarding Blessings may actually be a good idea."

Admin_S: "Moving on, we now have the Active Skills. A variety of skills that can be used at will, usually at a small cost."

Admin_S: "Hold Back. While this skill is active, any attack the user does which would drop a target's HP to 0, instead drops it to 1 HP, and knocks them unconscious. While it can help with ethics, remember you only gain EXP for actually killing."

Admin_S: "Okay, apparently that's all you wanted from Active Skills, so now we're moving on to Leadership Skills. These skills assist you in working with others."

Admin_S: "Leadership. This skill makes it easier to coordinate your subordinates. As long as they are willing, they'll automatically know your orders."

Admin_S: "Evolves into Command, which evolves into Tactician."

Admin_S: "Egg-Laying. This skill allows you to lay eggs. They will hatch into the most basic evolution of your species, though certain evolutions may cause you to be a different species than you started as, resulting in eggs of that species."

Admin_S: "Kin Control. Your soul is intrinsically linked to your offspring, allowing you to control, track, and communicate with them from wherever you are. Particularly strong individuals may break off from your control, as it isn't so much mind control, as it is a strong paternal loyalty.

Admin_S: "Also, a word of warning. I'm looking through D's code, and it looks like this skill might have a secret backdoor which could be exploited by rebellious children. It's pretty specific, but it is a risk."

Admin_S: "Friendly Fire. Huh. It seems D made this skill, but never bothered making it available for unlock. She is a sadist I suppose."

Admin_S: "Well, if you have it, it will make it so any attacks you make can't hurt your allies unless you want them to."

Admin_S: "Instructor. This neat skill lets you forcibly unlock skills for others, spending your own skill points to grant them a skill they don't have."

Admin_S: "Appraisal. While initially useless, this skill allows you to view detailed information on a target. The higher the level, the more detailed the information. Can be used passively to always be aware of your own stats. When used by a human or demon, it can cause mild headaches at low levels."

Admin_S: "Detection. Combines and makes redundant all nine Perception skills. Seems like a nine in one steal, right? Well, having this skill makes it impossible to use them separately. The sheer amount of information gathered will give you a massive migraine unless you have sufficient levels of Parallel Thinking and Arithmetic Processing. A very powerful option if you can get it going, but it notably locks you out of magic until you can effectively use Detection."

Admin_S: "Genetic Recall. This skill will give you the ability to visualize a full evolution tree of your chosen monster type. It includes what bonuses you get for which evolutions, and exactly what the requirements are for them."

Admin_S: "Magic Power Operation. Okay, I lied. This skill behaves like normal skills. This allows you to weave magic into runes to cast your spells. Higher levels speed up your ability to weave magic. It is required to use magic."

Admin_S: "Evolves into Precise Magic Power Operation."

Admin_S: "Heretic Magic. This school of magic has a variety of effects that create illusions and influence the mind of the target."

Admin_S: "Derives Jinx Magic."

Admin_S: "Cursed Evil Eye. At a low cost of MP, slowly reduces the target's HP. Incredibly efficient in terms of MP to damage, but rather slow."

Admin_S: "Evolves into Jinx Evil Eye, which doesn't deal more damage, but now returns the damage dealt as healing to the user, and does the same to the target's SP and MP. It also very gradually deals Curse damage, reducing the target's ability scores, though this effect can be resisted by Status Condition Resistance."

Admin_S: "Really, it's just free damage once it evolves."

Admin_S: "Petrifying Evil Eye. Attempts to petrify the target. The time required depends on target's Resistance, but unlike paralysis, it will slowly spread across their body instead of being a binary effect. Very slow, but parts petrified do not return to normal without healing magic."

Admin_S: "Rather potent, though it can be bad if you wanted to actually eat the target."

Admin_S: "Rot Resistance. Offers blanket reduction in rot damage."

Admin_S: "Evolves into Rot Super-Resistance, which evolves into Rot Nullification."

Admin_S: "Poison Resistance. Offers blanket reduction in poison damage."

Admin_S: "Evolves into Poison Super-Resistance, which evolves into Poison Nullification."

Admin_S: "Status Condition Resistance. Offers blanket reduction in the effectiveness of status conditions. Includes Poison, Paralysis, Petrification, and Faint resistance."

Admin_S: "Evolves into Status Condition Super-Resistance, which evolves into Status Condition Nullification."

Admin_S: "Heresy Resistance. Offers blanket protection against effects which target the mind or soul, though it does not protect against effects which directly harm the soul itself."

Admin_S: "Notably also helps reduce the mental warping of the ruler skills, though even Heresy Nullification can't negate them entirely."

Admin_S: "Evolves into Heresy Super-Resistance, which evolves into Heresy Nullification."

Admin_S: "...Rude."

Admin_S: "Grappling. Greatly boosts the damage and strength of gripping and constricting attacks."

Admin_S: "Evolves into Wrestling."

Admin_S: "Dragon Scales. Adds thick scales to the body which greatly boost defense, and also actively interfere with incoming magic, decreasing its potency."

Admin_S: "Evolves into Imperial Scales, which evolves into Divine Scales."

Admin_S: "Ore Body. This skill makes your body's skin or scales rougher and harder, passively boosting defense."

Admin_S: "Evolves into Steel Body, which evolves into Ultra Steel Body."

Admin_S: "Immortality. The user can no longer die within the system. Only skills that deal system-agnostic damage like Heretic Attack and Abyss Magic can permanently kill you. You probably want HP Auto-Recovery too, otherwise you'll be technically alive, but without a working body."

Admin_S: "Fair enough. Next we have Species Specific Skills. These skills are unique to certain species."

Admin_S: "Admittedly, most of these are unavailable to you since you're neither a Vampire nor a Wyrm, which really only leaves one option available."

Admin_S: "And that should be everything! Wait a second... Miscellaneous Skills? Hmm. There are a bunch of weird skills in the listing I haven't seen before. Let me check something..."

Admin_S: "Yep. These skills were gifts to the other reincarnated folks. I don't see any reason not to let you pick some of them though."

Admin_S: "Reshape. You will be being reborn, to new parents, but with the same soul, and your memories intact. By taking this option, you can choose what you'll look like when you grow up, at least if you're a Human or Demon. You can pick anything within standard human limits, and I'll even fix any dysphoria you have. If you're a monster, this will only apply if you reach a humanoid evolution. Without this option, your humanoid appearance will match your current appearance."

Admin_S: "Polyglot. Can be purchased up to three times. I'll download a full understanding of one of this world's languages into your mind. Chose between the Human tongue, the Demon tongue, or Japanese. Japanese will notably allow you to communicate with the other reincarnators. You may not need this if you are Human or Demon, as you'll have plenty of time to learn the language as you grow up."

Admin_S: "Hotline. With this, I'll be able to telepathically keep in contact with you! There are some rules in place though. I can only chat in times of calm, so I can't assist in battle or warn of ambushes. I also can't share info about the goings on in the wider world. But other than that, I'm down to provide advice, or just chat."

Admin_S: "Conjuring 101. With this, you'll gain the ability to use very low level conjuration. At most, you'll be able to do very mild magic attacks, weaker than even the level 1 magic spells. But, having access to even meager power outside the system could come in handy."

Admin_S: "Yay! I'm looking forward to it! Let S-Sensei teach you all you need to know!"

Admin_S: "Sadly though, it's time for the Drawbacks."

Admin_D: "Moshi moshi, it's everyone favorite Evil Goddess, Administrator D-sama! Did you forget about me?"

Admin_S: "Kind of hard to forget about you, boss."

Admin_D: "Ah, hello there little cheater. I couldn't help but notice how much you were struggling to grab everything you wanted with such a pittance of blessing points."

Admin_S: "...you're the one who set that limit in the first place."

Admin_D: "Well, regardless of whose fault it is, I suppose I could be convinced to grant Administrator S permission to give you more blessings. But, I have conditions. Nothing too crazy, I just want you to take some drawbacks which will make your adventures more entertaining for me to watch."

Admin_S: "Please be careful. No matter how innocuous they may seem, there's always a nasty twist with D's schemes."

Admin_D: "Nemesis. This one is simple. I'll inform my champion that you pose an existential threat to her survival. That's it."

Admin_S: "I'm not as skilled at prognostication as D, but I can only see this ending extremely badly for you."

Admin_D: "Companion. I'll send a cute innocent spider to be your companion. Isn't she adorable?"

Admin_S: "Note that she is sadistic and malicious. She won't hurt you, but she'll steal kills and make it nearly impossible to make friends."

Admin_D: "Hardcore. I believe S promised to return you to earth when you die? Well, if you take this, I'll forbid her from doing so. When you die, your soul will be returned to earth, but only so it can reincarnate as normal, without your memories."

Admin_D: "Heck, this is barely even a downside! Just don't die."

Admin_D: "Cursed to Live in Interesting Times. This one is quite simple. In exchange for allowing you to have all these blessings, I will subtly manipulate your fate to ensure that you regularly face circumstances that cannot be dealt with trivially. After all, I expect you to be fun to watch. It's no fun if you use your power to hole up somewhere."

Admin_D: "Attractive. Other monsters of your type will see you as a desirable mate. They'll never attack you without outside influence, but their constant advances will probably be quite annoying."

Admin_S: "Plus, while you may be a monster yourself, the sapience-gap is creepy."

Admin_S: "Well, there's one more piece of good news for you! Special Evolutions! If you have specific species/skill combos, you can unlock what are known as Special Evolutions. You first have to reach a natural end-point of your evolution tree, at which point you can further evolve into one of these forms. You'll retain all the benefits of your previous form, while gaining the special benefits of these forms. You can only have one Special Evolution."

Admin_S: "You qualify for the following Special Evolutions!:"

Admin_S: "Ouroboros. Requires "Serpent" and "Immortality"! The undying serpent grants the ability to adapt after every defeat. When "killed", you gain a massive permanent increase to the resistances which match what defeated you. This also greatly boosts passive regenerative abilities."

Admin_S: "Gorgon. Requires "Serpent" and "Ruler of Perseverance"! Can't have "Cue-Ball (Baldness Drawback)"! Also requires every Evil Eye skill to be unlocked, but this can be done naturally with skill points. Adds thick snake hair to your final evolution, adding a myriad of eyes with which to more effectively use your Evil Eyes."

Admin_S: "Jörmungandr. Requires "Serpent" and "Ruler of Instinct"! Grants wingless flight, and makes it so every level, you get 10% bigger. Potentially leads to incredible power, but such massive size can be a downside too."

Admin_S: "I know I said you can only have one Special Evolution, but since I'm nicer than D, I'll grant you a boon and prepare a Unique Special Evolution combining all three Special Evolutions you qualify for! I'll keep the details a secret for now."