Chapter 2 - Oasis or Oblivion

The swirling magic of his send off abated and Herb's gaze was greeted by shades of grey. The spawn point he was sent to appeared to be a drab foundation of stone tiles with a clear crystal as the centerpiece. The square, eerily pristine area was surrounded by scorched and ash strewn craters. The dark clouds shuffling overhead gave no hint to the time and made Herb wonder if this fantasy world would have nave multiple moons or other lovely tropes.

His surroundings were evenly lit by some sort of magical aura coming from the stones themselves. Checking what be was working with Herb day down with his back against a smooth facet of the jutting five meter tall Respawn Crystal. He mentally willed his Character Sheet to appear.

Name: Herb Basil

Age: 26

Race: Human (Adult)

Class: System Stress Tester

Title: Head of Balancing and User Relations

Skills: Inspect (common) Level 1

Boolean Enchanting (Unique to Personal System)

Health Points (HP): 120/120 Regen 2/second

Mana Points (MP): 150/150 Regen 2/Second

Stamina Points (SP): 80/80 Regen 1/second

Notice: This User has been granted a Unique Personal System through dealings with the Divine. Would you like to open the Screen? Yes or No?

Herb felt like a kid on Christmas Day, he got a hint of his present through the Unique Magic Skill, Boolean Enchanting. Maybe he would get access to the a Command Console. He eagerly selected Yes with a thought. A bright new screen unfurled instead line a blueprint being rolled out on a drafting table.

Floating above it was the following message.

Welcome to The Contingency System New User. Your predilections for being over prepared, skeptical, and caring of others along with your genuine bad luck in your previous life has created this Unique Personal System. Through the use of its accompanied Skill and others you will earn along the way, you will be able to plan and prepare for anything.

Contingency Plans Drafted: 3 of 10

Enacted Plans to Date: 0

Three example plans were listed below

Plan 1: If Target User gains debuff Dehydrated Then spend 20 MP to conjure Water Bubble size.

Cached MP 20/20

Plan 2: If Target User gains Exhausted debuff Then begin Channeling Oscure Self

Plan 3: If Target User has health value of 1 Then channel mana into Stasis and trigger Teleport to last selected Respawn Point. (currently Battlefield of Ash and Glass)

Herb grinned wildly, while not exactly a Command Console this could be just as good. Time to channel his inner Batman and get plans going.