Recently, 101 has been working on a new book, and is currently working on the setting of the power system, and there are thousands of things in my mind, which is not very clear, so I simply write a post and try to see if I can sort out the ideas clearly. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

First, let's look at what is a power system?

In short, the power system is the pretending point in a book, also known as the cool point, after all, with characters and plots, it is not easy to create a cool point, only the protagonist relies on some kind of ability beyond ordinary people, stepping on people and slapping his face, will there be a sense of refreshment.

It can be seen that the protagonist has the power to pretend to be forced because he has mastered a certain special ability, so he has created a lot of cool points, of course, sometimes the protagonist's unique personality and special contradictory relationship will also constitute a cool point, but these are not within the scope of this post, and nine times out of ten, the cool points of online novels are still derived from the power system.

Below, let's try to classify the elements of the power system and give examples to see if all the online novel categories and themes can be grouped under this concept?

1. The source of strength;

It's common for different themes to be caused by different sources of power.

For example, in rebirth novels, the protagonist's greatest strength comes from the experience of his previous life, because he has mastered a lot of knowledge and experience that the people around him do not have, so he takes the lead everywhere and has the ability to predict the future.

Crossing novels also use the same principle, but it is slightly different from the rebirth class, because rebirth is still in a power background, such as the rebirth of Xianxia, it still follows the power background of Xianxia, but the protagonist is more experienced, more knowledgeable, can grasp the trend of the world, and seize the opportunity; 。 For example, use the knowledge of hot weapons to pretend to be forced in the era of cold weapons, the protagonist takes an AK47 to suddenly destroy a team of cavalry, or uses the Zerg base to destroy the immortal cultivation world.

Depot novels, this kind of protagonist neither crosses nor is he reborn, but he gets some kind of awesome magic weapon, such as Han Li's small bottle, which has the ability to ripen fairy grass, this ability far exceeds the reality level of other people, which is equivalent to a person's scientific and technological level suddenly evolving to a third-level base, while others are still first-level bases, but in order to avoid the collapse of the power system, the function of this magic weapon is generally limited to one, and it is impossible to comprehensively improve the protagonist's ability, the protagonist still has a big shortcoming, how to make up for it, you have to rely on this magic weapon.

There are many ideas in the Debao category, some to improve the speed of cultivation, some to improve cultivation resources, and some to improve various actual combat abilities, many combinations, you can go to see the "Online Novel Setting Comprehended from the Immortal Dao" written by 101, or find a classic online game to play, and you will know.

2. Types of power;

a. Knowledge (historical travel novels, where the protagonist has mastered modern technology);

b. Experiential class (rebirth novel, taking advantage of the enemy, accelerating cultivation);

c. Qualifications (a certain talent is very high, such as high mental power, high understanding, high mana cultivation, and playing this card more in waste wood novels);

ABC three categories are soft power, the protagonist has mastered them and cannot directly become real strength, it needs to be transformed, among which the transformation of soft power into hard power reflects the wisdom, courage and luck of the protagonist, and it is also one of the good places in a novel, the great gods are very good at dealing with soft power elements, newcomers often write badly, you can consciously accumulate processing skills in this regard, and see how the gods do it.

d. Physical arts (refining the body, mainly to improve the ability of the body, reflected in strength, speed, defense, etc.)

e. Spells (Western Fantasy is the Seven Elements of Magic, what light, dark, fire, water, wind, earth and thunder; Dongxuan is the power of the five elements, gold, wood, water, fire, and earth)

f. Spiritual (Western Fantasy is spiritual power, Eastern Xuan is the original god, divine thought)

DEF is all hard power, can be directly used to fight, generally need to be cultivated to improve, here need to pay attention to because hard power is for direct combat, so how to balance between categories is a knowledge, for example, a warrior of the physical arts department and a mage of the spell department fight, who is more powerful?

In addition, there are some variants, such as soul power, star power, bitter sea power, etc., in fact, these things are carefully distinguished, and in the end, they are all in the three aspects of physical arts, spells and spirits, which should still be covered in them.

The above ABCDEF six power classifications are collectively called internal forces, which means that they are directly owned by the protagonist, and no one can take them away.

There is also a power that becomes an external force, which means that although the protagonist currently has it, it will also be snatched away by others.

g. Magic weapons (pills, talismans, formations, utensils)

h. Pets (avatars, stand-ins, Gu worms, monsters, spirit pets, etc.)

i. Exercises (methods that can help characters improve their DEF cultivation in the three categories)

The three types of GHI have many ways to improve the power of the protagonist, it can be soft power, it can be to improve hard power, it can be auxiliary, it can be to directly improve combat effectiveness, remember that they all have two major characteristics -

1). It will be taken away by the enemy;

2). Requires a lot of resources to upgrade;

This kind of thing is also the most exciting place in a novel, killing people and grabbing treasures, next copies, refining alchemy, etc., will create a lot of cool points.

3. Ways to increase strength;

a. Innate acquisition (soft and hard power, internal and external forces, such as experience, qualifications, a special skill, etc.)

b. Acquired (Cultivation, Adventures)

As long as it is a force element that can produce a strength confrontation with the enemy, it is necessary to delineate the escalation system, even if it is not clearly written, there must be a difference between strength and weakness.

For example, the protagonist refines the body and fights with the enemy by physical strength, which follows the upgrade system of the physical arts system, one person is 100 catties of strength, and the other person is 200 catties of strength, and the two fists are angled, and naturally the one with the greatest strength wins, so the specific ways and methods of strength improvement must be set in detail, which is called cultivation. Otherwise, both of them are very powerful, who is more powerful? Without a realm system, it would be difficult to describe.

If it's a soft power contest with the enemy, for example, the protagonist is reborn and masters the construction of the machine gun, and the enemy is also reborn and masters the construction of the shotgun, both of them want to preemptively build it to improve the strength of their camp, it is not good to set what realm or upgrade system here, you can only rely on the characters and the plot to create cool points, the two sides fight wits and courage to fight for resources and connections, and compare the plot and character control of the author.

How to make specific cool points, you can study the 36 drama modes, as well as the 136 styles of pretending to be forced on the Internet, or read more orthodox history or official documents.

4. The effect of strength;

With power, how to reflect the power and achieve the purpose of refreshing, you need to set the effect of power.

a. Buff effect (such as taking the pill to improve cultivation or certain abilities)

b. Debuff effect (as opposed to buff)

c. Destructive effect (degree of direct damage to a person or object)

Many of the great gods' books have excellent fighting or wit fighting scenes, that is, they can describe the destructive effect very well, such as the destruction of the environment - landslides and ground cracks, the killing of people - the head is broken or how many people die at a time, and the killing of the enemy's psychology - is mostly seen in the battle of wits.

According to the different types of power, the destructive effects caused are also different, such as ice magic has the effect of freezing thousands of miles, fire magic has the effect of burning the sky, there are many details in this, everyone still play more games and read more books, pay attention to accumulation.

5. Power background.

This is a big topic, and even if the same power system is placed in different power backgrounds, there will be completely different refreshing feelings.

Farming flow (this background to business development as the main YY point, the strength of governing the country or strengthening a group, relatively rare protagonists direct combat, but by the development of politics, economy, financial resources, military, science and technology and other aspects to seek refreshment. In this way, it seems that the protagonist focuses on pretending to be forced with knowledge and experience, and the fight with others also depends on the younger brother to win)

Technology flow (mecha, Star Wars, etc., are all themes of climbing the technology tree, and the protagonist's cultivation method is weakened, and more rely on technology to improve ability, such as injecting technology potions, or controlling newer mechas, focusing on external forces to improve ability)

Fighting flow (with the protagonist directly participating in the war,Relying on fists and feet and skill strength to fight out of the refreshing,Urban ability、Fantasy、Xianxia, etc. are all counted here,This kind of more emphasis on personal cultivation,There are strict realms and ways to improve strength,Both internal and external forces are emphasized,Soft and hard power are very important。 It can be seen that this kind of novel is the most difficult to write, and there are too many elements that need to be controlled. ）

Ambiguous pickle girl flow (this category actually has a power system, how a protagonist gets more beauties, how to achieve his own career, it also depends on whether he has mastered the ability that others do not have, such as mind reading, such as crossing over, etc.)

To put it bluntly, the power background is equivalent to a stage, and the stage is different, the refreshing brought by the protagonist's pretending to be forced is different, and the goals pursued are also different. Generally grasp a principle, the protagonist's values in the context of this power should basically conform to the will of the people, and the protagonist pursues what the people pursue to have the feeling of standing out from the crowd, otherwise it will conflict with the background of this power.

For example, in the background of historical novels, everyone is farming to make a fortune and pursuing a career, and the protagonist comes to practice every day and intends to become an immortal, which is equivalent to not using the historical background, it is better to put it in the background of a fairy.

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After writing so much, 101's own thinking seems to have been clarified a little, and it seems that whether the subject matter of a book is novel or not, it starts from the five aspects of the above-mentioned power system.

As long as there is a breakthrough and innovation in any aspect that gives people a refreshing feeling, then it will attract readers and there is a possibility of success.

For example, the system flow of the first burst of fire should start from the source and effect of the power obtained, and when combined with the lottery mode, there is a new idea.

The post is written here, if there are omissions, I hope you can correct them, and then 101 should also follow this template to conceive the power system of the new book.