Ranks/Tiers And Energy

The Ranks of Races, Items, Abilities and Classes are as follows:

G

F

E

D

C

B

A

S

SS

SSS

EX

The power difference between Ranks becomes more and more absurd as you get higher.

Also, as a method to stop the stronger individuals from attempting to wipe out the weaker races for no reason or just spawn killing unprovoked, You receive less and less experience from an individual that is from a lower tier than you. The opposite is also true. You receive more EXP than normal for killing higher tiers while in a lower tier. The specifics of this Phenomenon will be explored in Future Chapters

Unlike the rest of the of the ranks that denote power or in some cases Rarity, the EX rank is used for the so called "God Rank" and anything that the system has judged to be beyond the means of conventional. This means that an EX ranked item, skill or race could be completely useless or so strange that the system doesn't know how to categorize. Future EX related stuff shall be posted here.

Okay so I have 3 Different Energy Systems in mind that the characters in this novel can use.

they are:

Natural Energy System- Things like Elemental Bending, Force Manipulation, Breath Techniques and some Psychic powers. In essence they don't create a Phenomenon from nothing, you are either controlling a pre-existing element or causing a Phenomenon to happen based on the Laws of Physics. This doesn't mean it's weak in anyway as I have multiple ways to utilize this Energy System. Of The 3, it's the most common and typically used by individuals with no affinity to Magic. Stamina, Mental power or "Fighting Spirit/Chi" is what an Individual uses for this Energy System.

Magical Energy System- This one should be kinda self explanatory. You use Mana to interfere with the laws of the world. A fireball for example isn't normal fire. you can't exactly put out a fire spell that was launched at you with water or dirt because it's not a fire that was started by conventional means. it's literally powered by Mana. Mana is an energy that only certain Individuals are able to utilize. It's not an ability one can train to aquire. You're either born with it, aquired it through the use of an item or Evolution, or bestowed the ability to use it by a higher power. Mana exhaustion is a thing and running out of Mana can leave an individual feeling weak.

Curse/Soul Energy System- While not its own independent energy system, i mentioned this separately due to how its operation and application. it is formally recognized as a branch of the magic system, and as such only entites that can use Mana can utilize Curses. It relies on 2 things. Curses and in some cases your soul. what I mean is that it's kind of a conditional magic. For example King Midas will be a character in this novel. His curse is a Transmutational type that gives him the ability to turn anything he touches into gold. turning an individual into gold is dependent on several factors that I won't into and spoil, but as a price for having this power, he's stricken with an endless greed that's driven him mad. Curses can essentially violate or ignore laws of the universe but it costs the users. it's like a double edged sword and there are methods to "dodge" or reduce the damage you'd receive. In a weird way it's like instant Karma. So this relies on energy from your soul so overuse can kill you. No one is really sure where Curses come from. Some are tied to items or granted by the System that governs the world, while others can be learned from Classes such as Shamans, Curse Masters, Evokers or Cursed Warriors. what should be noted is that certain races can be born with curses like the Cursed Necrotic Lizard. In return for constant Rotting, they can't get tired or experience hunger. They also grow in size rapidly. Curses can also straight up ignore ranks in some cases. So yeah that's all for now.

With all these powers, of Course there have to be resistances. Resistance can be increased through repeated exposure, an item, Evolution, blessing or bestowal.

So we have:

Natural Energy Resistance- example, Fire Resistance

Magic Energy Resistance- example, Water Magic Resistance

Curse Energy Resistance- Curses are pretty strange so it's rare to have resistances to it. Example of Curse Energy Resistance, Petrification Resistance.

The Power Levels for Magic and Natural Energy follow the race rankings up top. Curse Energy is the same butttt as I said earlier, in some cases it can straight up ignore rankings.

PS. Monsters call it Ranks while Humans call it Tiers