Chapter 2: Fixed Some Bugs (Non-Plot) and Some Setting Explanations

Fixed some bugs (non-plot) and some setting explanations

While writing, the author suddenly noticed a setting bug and revised it from the beginning.

It’s not about plot, but about data.

Mainly about defense levels.

First, this is a web novel, emphasizing realistic depiction.

So in tabletop RPGs, many attributes like physique, reflex, willpower, AB and AC checks are just one line from me.

Even if the value is tiny, I can still make it a critical success.

Therefore, I still mention them in the book, but they’re not the main focus.

To avoid excessive dice rolls and disrupt reading flow.

The main focus remains on attack and defense, damage caps, defense values, involving one-shot kills and penetration.

So to avoid the awkward scenario where a 21st-level legendary mage gets killed by a 1st-level rogue.

I changed the health value system.

In tabletop RPGs, health values can increase with class level for gameplay purposes.

But in reality, it’s awkward—everyone has the same physique, why should you have more HP than me?

Take the same example: a 21st-level mage and a 1st-level rogue, both with 12 Constitution.

The rogue dies from one slash, but the mage survives—even though the mage took the slash directly, without using any spells or abilities.

To indicate injury severity, the depth of the wound differs.

That’s absurd, not realistic at all.

Therefore, I made health values a result of individual transcendence.

High-level and low-level beings are not the same species.

Increased health values also equate to enhanced defense.

Treat class level as life level; this also resolves the issue of multiclassing level stacking in 3R rules.

No need to halve multiclass levels (I’ve always thought the Abyssal Sovereign’s multiclassing being halved was a massive bug—I’m a 1st-level warrior and 41st-level mage, equivalent to a 21st-level class character, like exploiting a glitch).

Nor treat them as parallel classes and take the highest class level as character level (that’s also a bug—even with experience penalties, you could grind experience endlessly, endlessly reclassing; not giving reclassing isn’t realistic either).

These settings were fine originally, until one day I had a brain fart and thought high-level defense wasn’t enough, fearing they’d be killed by low-level attackers.

I added a defense level system.

Every creature gains +1 defense per level.

But then I realized: once creatures reached high levels, same-level opponents couldn’t penetrate their defense at all.

I hastily and awkwardly removed this setting.

Here I’ll also explain monster level settings.

Anyone who’s played tabletop RPGs knows how inflated Challenge Ratings can be.

Some monsters with high Hit Dice are weak, while others with low Hit Dice are terrifying.

For example, a monster with 10 Hit Dice still has a Challenge Rating of 5.

Too pathetic.

To enhance the power of legendary Qiangzhe , I added rank bonuses.

It’s impossible for a 1st-rank monster with 10 Hit Dice to be killed by a level-5 unranked character.

So I directly made Challenge Rating equal to creature level.

It’s also a form of monster buff.

These are some setting explanations that don’t fit well in the main text, so I wrote them here.