23 Blast From The Pas (1/2)

Work is fucking boring.

But thanks to the added Intelligence points, it is somewhat easier for Richard. His mind just thinks and calculates a lot faster. It didn't make him any more smarter, however. Just see things more clearer.

That is why he hasn't bother to touch those accounts for Slut yet or ever.

Good job, Richard. You have finally grown a dick and become a man.

I didn't mean that literally but having two dicks might be interesting.

Actually, that would freak the hell out of a lot of people.

Maybe I will just possess a giant mutated octopus that escape from a secret science laboratory instead.

I really need to get me some of those tentacle actions. Hah!

What? Super-secret science laboratories do exist. I have been to a few myself, but it isn't like anything I have imagined.

There is no super awesome monsters or weapons or gadgets like you see in the comic books. It is filled with a bunch of whitecoat men talking about nonsense. Women too.

That is no fun. Where is all the cool sci-fi stuff? You know, laser weapons? Plasma batteries? Invisibility cloak? Energy shield? You know, magical shit?

Meh.

Putting my disappointment aside, maybe I should explain a bit about the attributes just to keep all of you guys in the loop with me.

Alright.

Not in any specific order, the attributes are Strength, Constitution, Resistance, Dexterity, Intelligence, Charisma, Wisdom, Perception, and Luck.

There. Explanation is over.

I think that is all of them. Let's me check with the System. Yup.

Most people should have 5 to 10 points in each of the category. Anything below average makes them severely lacking in that area.

For example, Richard has 6 points in Wisdom while our daughter, Mary is 3. Did I just say our daughter?

Freaky.

Anyway, having low Wisdom doesn't mean Mary is an idiot. Alright. A little bit I guess, but from what the System tells me, Wisdom is more to do with having experience, knowledge and good judgement.

So basically, the lower the Wisdom a person have, the more naïve or gullible the person is. It is actually more complicated than that, but I am just simplifying thing for the sake of simplicity

I hate complex shit.

Wisdom also don't have anything to do with a person's intelligence. There is actually an attribute for that, calling Intelligence. Well. That makes things easier.

Like I have said before, Intelligence doesn't directly make a person smarter or clever. It might, indirectly though. Mostly, it makes their brain think and work faster.

Does that make sense?

It is like using a shitty calculator versus using a laptop to write an essay. One will take you forever, but at least you will eventually finish while the other one is basically never.

Alright, which idiot use a calculator to write an essay? Please raise your hand. Don't be shy now.

And put your fucking hand down, Richard. You are making me look bad.

Just kidding. Richard is a pretty intelligence guy. He did have 7 points in it, right before I boost it up to eleven.

Having 11 points in Intelligence makes him more intelligence than most guys in the office. All the girls in the office just not to be sexists. Despite that, he would still be an idiot to things that he has no clue about.

As it is his job, Richard is very good at doing financial and account stuff, but if I tell him to go and code a video game, he wouldn't know the first about it. Obviously, he can learn to program, but not without putting time and effort into learning it.

Of course, with higher Intelligence, Richard can learn thing a lot faster those with lower Intelligence.

That is what Intelligence is. The ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills.

I copy that explanation from the dictionary. Why didn't I do that in the first place?

Let me see what it says about Strength in the dictionary.

The quality or state of being physically strong.

Eh? Close enough.

Strength actually also affects the appearance of a person. Richard has 3 Strength at the moment. Wait. I mean 4. I did add one point to that just to make him lose some fucking weight.

For comparison, most people have 6 or 7 in Strength. Most people being normal people who exercise regularly, not sitting at a table all day to write a chapter for people who didn't bother to leave a word of encouragement behind.

I am looking at you guys.

Fourth wall breaking aside, Athletic guys have like 9 plus points in Strength. Body builders have like 15 or so. Even if I pump a lot of points I currently don't have into Strength for Richard, he would never be grossly grotesque as a body builder.

There is a limit to how much Strength indirectly affects a person's appearance. Appearance is actually locked, preventing from straight up modifying a person's appearance, making them superhot.