I oozed my way over toward the mushrooms that were up against the walls of the tunnel. The walls themselves did appear to be of some sort of granite material and the flashes of the crystal within the material shone even more as I came closer. Stopping I turned around and looked back, but the light that was with me in the middle of the tunnel had followed me. Looking about I couldn’t see anything external that would be the source of the light, no fairy or glowing light orb.
Focusing on extending a portion of my body farther away than I had before I was able to finally see a portion of myself. My body glistened wetly in the green glow that appeared to emanate from my body. It looks like I was bioluminescent as well as acidic and amorphous. I’d take any advantage I could get right now, but I could see how it would pose a problem if I ever needed to be stealthy. I would have to investigate later, but right now I needed a distraction of the world around me to help ignore my current bodily situation. I moved closer to the mushroom to get a clearer view.
They all seemed to be of the same type, the only difference appeared to be the size. Some were smaller than me by half, while others dwarfed me appearing as tall as trees to my mind. The mushroom caps were a dark color moving toward a lighter on the top. The edge of the cap had a melted appearance with parts of it resembling dripping wax. The stem of the mushroom was a lighter color as well. Exact colors were difficult to determine due to my glow giving everything a green cast. The cap could have been black, blue or red for all I could tell.
I reached out an arm and gave one of the smaller mushrooms a push, not sure if disturbing them would cause a reaction or do nothing. In this case, it did nothing just moved a tiny bit and stayed rooted to the soil. Well here goes nothing...SAVE.
I enveloped the mushroom. It had a bland, almost waxy consistency.
Candlemaker Mushroom 1/03 The Candlemaker Mushroom is a common mushroom often found underground. Named after the dripping wax look it has several alchemical uses. While not poisonous, it has no nutritional value.
1. The Candlemaker Mushroom can burn for an extended period of time and can be used as a light source.
2. ???
3. ???
Skill Unlock: Gourmet!
Gourmet - Level 1(Unskilled)
Prerequisite
NA
Attribute 1
Constitution
Attribute 2
NA
Attribute 3
NA
While others follow the look but don’t touch philosophy of observation you prefer a more hands or stomach on approach. By ingesting items you will learn more about the item or object. Items that are not readily susceptible to your acid will have a countdown listed until they are digested. A higher your skill will allow you to learn more about the item you have ingested.
Whoa, I must NOM all the things! I wonder if the skill increases for every item I eat? I quickly ate 10 more mushrooms and checked my skill.
Gourmet - Level 2(Unskilled)
Prerequisite
NA
Attribute 1
Constitution
Attribute 2
NA
Attribute 3
NA
While others follow the look but don’t touch philosophy of observation you prefer a more hands or stomach on approach. By ingesting items you will learn more about the item or object. Items that are not readily susceptible to your acid will have a countdown listed until they are digested. A higher your skill will allow you to learn more about the item you have ingested.
So a point every 10 items ingested? If that is true I could power level the hell out of this skill, though that seemed way too easy. Well the mushrooms weren’t going anywhere and are pretty common so I will come back to that, but for now back to exploration.
Since neither direction looked more promising than the next I chose at random and oozed down the tunnel, but remained close to the tunnel edge to use the mushrooms as camouflage. I oozed down the tunnel I practiced making sounds with my membrane. Various blats and blurts echoed down the tunnel as I focused on changing the pitch of the sounds I could make.
I blame my intense focus on improving my communication abilities, and not because I’m a complete Derp that I didn’t notice the snake until it bit me.
Granite Snake Deals 5 Piercing Damage
You are poisoned Damage - 2/HP per second for 20 Seconds.
An icy chill ran through my body, followed by sharp painful contractions flowing through my body. It most definitely sucked, it sucked large hairy monkey balls. That’s 45 damage total and that is with the ? less damage from piercing and my poison resist!
Granite Snake takes 12 Acid Damage
The snake itself was huge compared to me. It’s head was larger than my entire body and it’s scales glittered like granite in my green light. It opened its mouth to hiss at me, in preparation for another bite. I needed to solve this problem quick because dying required me being bit again and I could easily deal without feeling that pain.
Well there’s only one option that will stop him from biting me again. LEEERRROOOYYY JEEENNNKKIIINNNSS!!! With a lurch I oozed into its mouth and down its gullet. He can’t bite me when I’m inside, and my acid resistance should help with any digestive acid.
Granite Snake takes 12 Acid Damage
2 HP Poison Damage
Granite Snake takes 12 Acid Damage
2 HP Poison Damage
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!!!! Now that I was inside my focus was staying inside the snake as it was doing its best to puke me up. Luckily I was naturally slippery and his throat muscles couldn’t get a good grip.
Granite Snake takes -12 Acid Damage
-2 HP Poison Damage
Granite Snake takes -12 Acid Damage
-2 HP Poison Damage
Granite Snake takes -12 Acid Damage
-2 HP Poison Damage
Granite Snake takes -12 Acid Damage
-2 HP Poison Damage
Granite Snake takes -12 Acid Damage
-2 HP Poison Damage
Granite Snake - Killed - 10:00 Minutes until digestion complete
Bit off more than you could chew! Haha...the silence was resounding. No one appreciates a good joke
- 2 HP Poison Damage
+4 HP per minute/10 minute Food Healing Bonus
That was new, I wonder if I didn’t get healed from the mushroom because it had no nutritional value. Well at that rate I should be totally healed by the time I was done eating him. So I just sat and ate as apparently I had 10 minutes to spare. Granite snake tastes like chicken dropped in dirt, not appetizing in the slightest.
Granite Snake 1/03 Granite snakes are indigenous to underground areas or locations with abnormally high concentrations of Earth Mana. The snake's scales are infused with earth mana offering increased armor rating and resistance to air, fire, and earth effects.
1. Scales of the Granite Snake can be utilized in minor stone skin potions
2. ???
3. ???
I can check Alchemy off on the magic world stereotype list. I wonder if it increased my Gourmet skill?
Gourmet - Level 3(Unskilled)
Prerequisite
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NA
Attribute 1
Constitution
Attribute 2
NA
Attribute 3
NA
While others follow the look but don’t touch philosophy of observation you prefer a more hands or stomach on approach. By ingesting items you will learn more about the item or object. Items that are not readily susceptible to your acid will have a countdown listed until they are digested. A higher your skill will allow you to learn more about the item you have ingested.
Eating something new gives me one skill point, eating the same thing again gives me diminishing returns. I’ll have to keep testing to see how it scales. With a sigh I turned to mushrooms and began to eat.
Character Sheet:
Name Marcus Hardy Race Slime Class NA Titles Whiny Bitch Mental Intelligence Wisdom Concentration Mana Mana Regeneration 80 5 42 790 42/Minute Physical Strength Dexterity Constitution HP Health Regeneration 5 5 25 50 15/Minute Social Charisma Beauty Luck Social Bonus 5 0* 5 0% Resistances
Air ------------------------------------------- .5%
Water ------------------------------------------- .5%
Earth ------------------------------------------ .5%
Fire ------------------------------------------- .5%
Acid ---------------------------------------- 52.5%
Light --------------------------------------------------- .5%
Dark --------------------------------------------------- .5%
Magic --------------------------------------------------- .5%
Poison ------------------------------------------------- 2.5%
Mental -------------------------------------------------- .5%
Abilities Skills Cunning Linguist High School Graduate 299/500 Gelatinous Body Ditch Digger 100/500 Slimy Gourmet 3/500 Acid Touch
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Slime You are a slime. A gooey, amorphous blob of acid. You are a queasy oily shade of green that just about everything finds repugnant. While capable of living indefinitely most rarely do as they are murdered happily by every sentient and most monsters. You are a paragon of your race as you actually have a mind, while your compatriots are basically stomachs attached to a rudimentary nervous system. You have a number of natural abilities as a slime which include: Gelatinous Body, Slimy, and Acid Touch.
Save You can save your current state and location. At any time or upon death you can reload and try again. You OP slave scumming bastard.
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Cunning Linguist There exists no language you cannot speak or read...well since you have no mouth the speaking thing might pose a challenge.
Gelatinous Body You are a mass of quivering jelly shaped like a teardrop. Piercing and Slashing weapons do 1/3 their normal damage. You can also mold your body to a diameter/width of 5cm.
Slimy You are slimy and slippery, grabbing hold of you is extremely difficult.
Acid Touch - Current Damage 12(Con/2) You know that slick slippery stuff covering your entire being, it's acidic. No hugs for you. Bonus it causes damage. Damage is equivalent to your Constitution/2. You are immune to your own nastiness, and receive a 50% boost to acid resistance
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Intelligence - 80 (Base 5+High School Graduate Level Bonuses(20(Unskilled Levels Total Bonus)+25(Apprentice Levels Total Bonus)+30(Journeyman Levels Total Bonus)) Intelligence represents both intellectual capacity. This determines your mana and how quickly you learn new things. Intelligence directly impacts spell damage. It can increase via magic items and skill increases. Aswith all stats there is no limit to the amount of Intelligence someone can have.
Wisdom Wisdom is your ability to make good choices. Often referred to as common sense. Wisdom helps you avoid making poor decisions such as trying to outsmart an ageless magic being of unbelievable cosmic power utilizing a high school education and a few hours of thought. This impacts your mana regeneration and provides .1% resistance to all magical effects per point. It can increase via magic items and skill increases. As with all stats there is no limit to the amount of Wisdom someone can have.
Concentration - 42 (Base 5+High School Graduate Level Bonuses(10(Unskilled Levels Total Bonus)+12(Apprentice Levels Total Bonus)+15(Journeyman Levels Total Bonus)) Concentration is your ability to focus on a task. Lack of concentration leads you to jump between subjects like a raccoon on crystal meth. This impacts your mana regeneration. It can increase via magic items and skill increases. As with all stats there is no limit to the amount of Concentration someone can have.
Strength Strength is what determines if you will be He-Man or Girly-Man. It impacts the max weight you can carry and not be encumbered(Str * 5=Number of Kilograms.) It also impacts health regeneration. Certain skills utilize this stat to determine the damage caused. It can increase via magic items and skill increases. As with all stats there is no limit to the amount of Strength someone can have.
Dexterity Dexterity is utilized in skills to determine your ranged attack damage, ability to avoid damage, your ability to finely manipulate objects, and your speed. It can increase via magic items or skill increases. As with all stats there is no limit to the amount of Dexterity someone can have.
Constitution - 25 (Base 5+Ditch Digger Level Bonuses(20(Unskilled level Bonus) This is your ability to take damage, withstand negative physical effects, and in your case actually cause damage. HP is twice your Constitution score. It also plays a role in health regeneration. Constitution provides a .1% bonus per point to Acid and Poison resistance. It can increase via magic items and skill increases. As with all stats there is no limit to the amount of Constitution someone can have.
Charisma Through the power of your personality, you can influence others. Charisma along with the other social stats are used to determine your social bonus. Charisma will directly impact skills that rely on communication with others. it can increase via magic items or skill increases. As with all stats there is no limit to the amount of Charisma someone can have.
Luck Luck is what gives you that little extra edge. It makes the difference between winning the lotto and losing. It determines the quality of loot drops and can influence all skills and spells. How it does so is known only to the gods. As with all stats there is no limit to the amount of Luck someone can have.
Beauty Beauty, the ability to influence others based on your physical appearance. Pretty people have it easier in life their very appearance influencing others actions toward them positively. You, on the other hand, are a disgusting ball of acidic snot. As with all stats there is no limit to the amount of Beauty someone can have.
Social Bonus The average of your charisma and beauty stats this bonus influences all your interactions with others. This can provide bonuses when selling or buying equipment, etc. As you are ugly and cannot speak you get nothing in this stat. Sucks to be you.
Health Regeneration Amount of health you regenerate per minute. Determined by the average of your Strength and Constitution score rounded down.
Mana Regeneration Amount of mana you regenerate per minute. Determined by the average of your Wisdom and Concentration score rounded down.
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Ditch Digger - Level 100(Apprentice)
Prerequisite
NA
Attribute 1
Constitution
Attribute 2
Attribute 3
A skill often used as an example of the least skilled and poor of society. Your vast experience in unskilled manual labor has transferred over, not sure what good it will do you without hands but that's your problem, not mine.
High School Graduate - Level 299(Journeyman)
Prerequisite
NA
Attribute 1
Intelligence
Attribute 2
Concentration
Attribute 3
You graduated high school, well almost.While not impressive in your formal life you now know regarding science, mathematics etc. that surpasses knowledge available the primitive screwheads who currently inhabit this world. Twelve-gauge double-barreled Remington not included.
Gourmet - Level 3(Unskilled)
Prerequisite
NA
Attribute 1
Constitution
Attribute 2
NA
Attribute 3
NA
While others follow the look but don’t touch philosophy of observation you prefer a more hands or stomach on approach. By ingesting items you will learn more about the item or object. Items that are not readily susceptible to your acid will have a countdown listed until they are digested. A higher your skill will allow you to learn more about the item you have ingested.