The stallion drew a watch from within his saddleback and smacked his head “Ah geez. ‘Nito, me and Miss Cake are probably going to shoot the breeze for a bit longer. Be a sport and bring that goodie bag to your mom down at Town Hall before her lunch break and tell her I said I love her, won’t you?”
Hmmm, interesting. If this indicates what I think it indicates then this is going to be quite a story. If otherwise, I wouldn't really be disappointed. Either way, I will continue following along with this fic.
I think theres one Equestria TTG that has Jack of All Trades, and one mainstream TTG that Ive had a go at where selecting JOOT lets you handle a whole range of events due to that one point effective taking off the 50% debuff on a non trained ability, and the other one meant carefully applied point distribution over training meant reinforcing between different abilities ended up maxing out all the skills before character level was reached.
That is, if there are more skills than there are points to activate, and JOOT takes all the points, then at the low tiers especially gives a rather large multiplier. The trick at mid and high tiers is using all those skills to see if there are valid and deific legal ways to totally cheat the system. Or as a good teacher calls it. Be creative.
11178963 That is correct! Unless either pony has an attribute that prevents them from seeing another ponies stats or that allows them to hide thier stats from other ponies.
11179015 Indeed! One of the things I'm excited about is coming up with interesting solutions to problems the mc will encounter using his uniquely generic skillset.
11178974 Well, the way his dad says it... it's not subtle at least. But hey! That's one of the boons of chapters. Sometimes they can prove you wrong in unexpected ways.
Good story so far, and I look forward to the next chapters :)
Was excited by the tongue-in-cheek premise until I saw the RGRE bit. I've literally never found a story that managed to pull that off in a way that wasn't eye-rolling parody levels of every ridiculous gender stereotype under the sun.
I'm really interested on this one, but I would reformulate the description of his blessing. like instead of: "All stat/Skill caps will always max at the average level for a member of this species (70/100)" I would write something like: "All stats/Skills are now able to reach Journeyman level (70)" This way the blessing instead of saying "I limited your gains" Says "I rose all your caps to a reasonable level" and the limits are only because of the curse.
It might be because this chapter implies that Nito's Father works in Ponyville Library, but in the show no one worked/lived there before twilight arrived.
11179039 Can't say anything about the 'Light-Novels' aspect, but if you check the RGRE group, a good portion of the stories has one or more elements that are kinda repetitive by now. Examples include:
-'X character (be it a stallion or a human/anon) appears in the Everfree Forest. Sometimes the mane 6 will get news of this and try to get the stallion to Ponyville so they can make a herd with him and have lots of sex
-The main character either doesn't give a shit about the social norms of the RGRE universe, or they embrace it because it means mares will do anything for him + free sex. (The problem is that in both cases it is taken to the extreme.)
-Mares are always right. Even if you somehow prove your point, they'll just say 'bullshit' as long as you are male.
-If the male human/anon/pony tries something, it will be either something that mocks the male's 'manliness' or it ends with sex.
-Even when the RGRE universe already implies that males do quite a bit of sex since they have multiple partners, many stories take this to the extreme and make it the absolute focus of the story.
The point is that these elements are, like I said before, repetitive, and they are not done right because many of these stories focus on humor/parodies.
There are a few stories that are great and from the RGRE universe, but sometimes it's hard to find them.
The matronly blue mare returned, piping up with a small grin. “With how often he has his nose buried in a boo, I bet he’ll end up taking over the library when he gets old enough.”
'A jack of all trades and master of none, but better than master of one'
I take that to mean having more variety of abilities in some circumstances outweighs being the best in one skill.
However, from Incognito's attributes, it seems any skill he has, it took twice the effort of a normal person to get there. That can be seen as commendable though, since that does imply he worked twice as hard for someone on an equal skill level.
11182605 intelligence is probably high twenties, low thirties at this age, spellcasting at base is prolly low forties, maybe fifty, physical stats are p normal and they probably have a handful of intellect and spellcasting-related attributes, definitely above average for her age.
Being Average at everything means he can do anything without having to fear being inferior in any aspect. Example: Close quarter combat specialist is usualy bad at range and range fighters are bad at close combat, but he can be equaly good at any affinity After all, Average in anything - Healing, Necromancy - Close or range combat - Dark & Light magic Alchemy and trading Reminds me of the Anime 'Shield hero'.
So mutch potencial... What will he focus getting his Cutie Mark? Something that give him learning or general experience points a booster would be awesome. Or is it one stat he get filled up? Since he is a Unicorn Magic eould be the best...
It was a pleasant, balmy afternoon at Golden Oaks Library. A young colt sat near a window, studiously pouring over a hoofful of books. He had one in particular in front of him that was taking his attention for the time being. It was a beginner guide to spellcasting, one that didn’t see a lot of action here in Ponyville. It had collected its fair share of dust in the interim, and Incognito was finding himself having to blow the dust off of the pages periodically, much to his annoyance.
“You got it,” Buckram said, taking a seat at the table as well, watching him enjoy his meal with a content look on his face. “Five is a beginner, ten is baseline competence, 50 is a hobbyist, 70 is a journeyman, 90 is a proper professional, and 100 is mastery,” he says as if by rote, gesturing with a hoof while he does so.
It comes across my mind that maybe, just maybe Incognito actually goes beyond his level cap and reaches mastery, but who knows? It's just wishful thinking
So, fantasy RPG equestria huh?
Not many of those around, i can dig it
Why do I get an oh no feeling at the end ?
So, Ponies can check theirs and others stats, skills and buffs/de-buffs at any time?
Hmmm, interesting. If this indicates what I think it indicates then this is going to be quite a story. If otherwise, I wouldn't really be disappointed. Either way, I will continue following along with this fic.
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The number of you who think I'm about to orphan no jutsu this colt is worrying XD
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Well, expect the worst and hope for the best.
I think theres one Equestria TTG that has Jack of All Trades, and one mainstream TTG that Ive had a go at where selecting JOOT lets you handle a whole range of events due to that one point effective taking off the 50% debuff on a non trained ability, and the other one meant carefully applied point distribution over training meant reinforcing between different abilities ended up maxing out all the skills before character level was reached.
That is, if there are more skills than there are points to activate, and JOOT takes all the points, then at the low tiers especially gives a rather large multiplier. The trick at mid and high tiers is using all those skills to see if there are valid and deific legal ways to totally cheat the system. Or as a good teacher calls it. Be creative.
11178963
That is correct! Unless either pony has an attribute that prevents them from seeing another ponies stats or that allows them to hide thier stats from other ponies.
11179015
Indeed! One of the things I'm excited about is coming up with interesting solutions to problems the mc will encounter using his uniquely generic skillset.
11178974
Well, the way his dad says it... it's not subtle at least.
But hey! That's one of the boons of chapters. Sometimes they can prove you wrong in unexpected ways.
Good story so far, and I look forward to the next chapters :)
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That's interesting. So I assume in this AU Changelings would have an ability to project false statistics?
How are Light-novel-esque RPG elements and tropes and RGRE elements bad?
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That is a very reasonable and well thought out assumption ^^.
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because self depreciation funni
Was excited by the tongue-in-cheek premise until I saw the RGRE bit. I've literally never found a story that managed to pull that off in a way that wasn't eye-rolling parody levels of every ridiculous gender stereotype under the sun.
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Pfft, sometimes you gotta go in with a gentle touch is all. ^^
Nice.
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Something something, Mundane infusion pre-nerf
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This is Truly The Dark Souls of Slice-of-Life Rpg Isekai
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thanks!
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It's something that has been seen in so many stories.
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His wish to be average may have the side effect of protecting him from any extreme tragedy. Nothing super amazing, but nothing terrible either.
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It may also be the case that they are simply a healthy, wholesome family >:3
I'm really interested on this one, but I would reformulate the description of his blessing. like instead of:
"All stat/Skill caps will always max at the average level for a member of this species (70/100)"
I would write something like: "All stats/Skills are now able to reach Journeyman level (70)"
This way the blessing instead of saying "I limited your gains" Says "I rose all your caps to a reasonable level" and the limits are only because of the curse.
11178945
11178974
It might be because this chapter implies that Nito's Father works in Ponyville Library, but in the show no one worked/lived there before twilight arrived.
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But this way implies that his caps could change
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I feel like I really need some context on how stats work other ponies
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Can't say anything about the 'Light-Novels' aspect, but if you check the RGRE group, a good portion of the stories has one or more elements that are kinda repetitive by now. Examples include:
-'X character (be it a stallion or a human/anon) appears in the Everfree Forest. Sometimes the mane 6 will get news of this and try to get the stallion to Ponyville
so they can make a herd with him and have lots of sex-The main character either doesn't give a shit about the social norms of the RGRE universe, or they embrace it because it means mares will do anything for him + free sex. (The problem is that in both cases it is taken to the extreme.)
-Mares are always right. Even if you somehow prove your point, they'll just say 'bullshit' as long as you are male.
-If the male human/anon/pony tries something, it will be either something that mocks the male's 'manliness' or it ends with sex.
-Even when the RGRE universe already implies that males do quite a bit of sex since they have multiple partners, many stories take this to the extreme and make it the absolute focus of the story.
The point is that these elements are, like I said before, repetitive, and they are not done right because many of these stories focus on humor/parodies.
There are a few stories that are great and from the RGRE universe, but sometimes it's hard to find them.
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Spelling error
Correction error.
Yes I understand the comedy of correcting a correction
How does that saying go?
'A jack of all trades and master of none, but better than master of one'
I take that to mean having more variety of abilities in some circumstances outweighs being the best in one skill.
However, from Incognito's attributes, it seems any skill he has, it took twice the effort of a normal person to get there. That can be seen as commendable though, since that does imply he worked twice as hard for someone on an equal skill level.
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Well said, and the general idea yes! at least until he reaches his proper potential.
...if
he reaches it >:3wonder what Twilight's stats are? =u
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intelligence is probably high twenties, low thirties at this age, spellcasting at base is prolly low forties, maybe fifty, physical stats are p normal and they probably have a handful of intellect and spellcasting-related attributes, definitely above average for her age.
Being Average at everything means he can do anything without having to fear being inferior in any aspect. Example:
Close quarter combat specialist is usualy bad at range and range fighters are bad at close combat, but he can be equaly good at any affinity
After all, Average in anything
- Healing, Necromancy
- Close or range combat
- Dark & Light magic
Alchemy and trading
Reminds me of the Anime 'Shield hero'.
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What does TTG stand for in this context? I think I could puzzle out the rest of the sentence.
So mutch potencial... What will he focus getting his Cutie Mark? Something that give him learning or general experience points a booster would be awesome. Or is it one stat he get filled up?
Since he is a Unicorn Magic eould be the best...
If I remember the old saying goes Jack of all trades master of none is still better than a master of one
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My mans Willy Shakes can be quoted as saying: “a jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one.”
Ah ha! I was right. Awesome.
It comes across my mind that maybe, just maybe Incognito actually goes beyond his level cap and reaches mastery, but who knows? It's just wishful thinking
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https://youtu.be/I38pIAEL0i0
It be like that sometimes