It has definitely become one of my favorites, and now I'm going to go start a re-read of it, because it's that good.

The real power of the Divine Fire is its ability to absorb and assimilate all other fire, both magical and not. However, he is hauled back in time and given a chance to change it all, to warn humanity of their impending doom but will they listen? This weapon may now absorb nine (four remaining) additional weapons to be used as an alternate form for The Chosen Weapon. Looking forward to seeing the MC find out who's whispering poison into the ears of the governments and to what end, exactly.No matter what kinds of damage an Undying Wraith suffers, no matter how badly they are injured, one thing will always remain.

This book has potential, and I'll read the next one, but the ending was one of the worst "non-endings" I've read and the use of brackets was more distracting than typical System books. The stats are just an extra bit of fluff description - not a critical 'what exactly is his strength stat' thing. In fact, Africa’s lions are so badly traumatized that they are terrified of humans and will run from any they see if they can. The target must be either in contact with user or the user’s soulbound weapon when this Skill is activated for it to take effect, though. I have to agree with most other reviewers about how boring this book or how 'scared' the MC is to reveal his knowledge or even just to kill monsters.

Like eating the bread parts of a cream pastry expecting the next bite to have filling, but it's all bread. Apocalypse Now Redux is a 2001 American extended version of Francis Ford Coppola's epic 1979 war film Apocalypse Now. While in stealth, the user may instill a sense of dread and foreboding in his intended victims with no clear source, ensuring they know there is something hunting them, and even create sounds and flashes of something in the dark at a distance to serve as a distraction. If the user also has the Skill The Chosen Weapon, this weapon will be incorporated into the user’s new form. This also includes MC who seemingly needs to turn every short sentence into whole paragraphs of dialogues and thoughts.

There is a fair amount of crunchiness to this story from a mechanics perspective that may not be to everyone's tastes, but for me, there was a perfect balance of introspection, mechanical experimentation, monster fighting, and exploration of society. It also prevents the oils found on human fingers from leaving behind fingerprints, though it will not prevent fingerprints from appearing if the User were to touch a material that is easily imprinted upon, such as soft wax, putty or a heavy layer of dust, instead disturbing the material until the fingerprint is no longer visible, but that by itself could be spotted. The user of this Skill will be able to judge the likelihood of the recipient being able to make significant advancements upon receiving the blessing, and any recipient (including the user) will be shown the best Skills to borrow to achieve the intended goal. This Skil grants its user basic knowledge of how to move stealthily, from avoiding making noise to reducing visibility. And now, it has reached the pinnacle of its power, allowing the user to grow progressively harder to see the longer they go without rapid movements, to the point where it will take several seconds to spot them even when using obvious and highly visible long-range attacks.Very slow build "chosen one" trope that fails to adequately set the stage for the scope of the problem. This appears to be the first book Grief has published and I think they'll only get better from here. This Skill also has an active mode in which the User actively spends mana to reduce their impact on the world. This weapon then becomes a part of them, inextricably and eternally bound together, able to be summoned at will, and will never harm its user.

Academy is one of the last to implement changes, especially if they are publicly funded universities like the one in this story. Striking down a target with a single attack is the sign of a truly excellent Assassin or other stealth based combat [Class]. With it, the user may choose to fight against the old foe once more for training purposes, experimenting with new tactics and moves without danger.It ends somewhere around the last place I saw it on RR, so I'll probably check out the next book, as it's a very involved system and I'd like to see where it goes. In addition, he gains access to the Skills [Parallel Thoughts] (each thoughtstream costs 1 mana per second from the Skill’s pool), [Simulation] (each simulated second costs 2 mana), and [Mental Celerity].