Well time to go get some meat for dinner. I decide that Horned Rabbit is my best choice since I get the [Observe] damage bonus. I put on my best Elmer Fudd impression and say, “Be vewy vewy qwiet. I'm hunting wabbits.”

“Why are you talking weird? Of course you’ll need to be quiet if you plan to hunt horned rabbits. Otherwise they’ll hear you coming.” Mary responds, deadpan.

Guess they don’t have classic cartoons here. I’ll miss that. “Nevermind Mary, I’m off to get the rest of dinner.”  Mary waves bye and says “Ok, have fun. I will look bad on my record if you kicked the bucket this soon. So, try not to die.”

As I walk away from Mary I try to think of ways to fight a horned rabbit. I’ve never had to hunt for dinner before. It can’t be that hard, can it? It’s level one just like me. I slow down and [Sneak] as I approach a group of bushes with the berries I saw the rabbit eat, I see one horned rabbit eating berries at the bushes. I grab a large rock and rush forward hoping to overwhelm it quickly. The horned rabbit turns once it hears me, it’s horn glowing. Instead of running like I expect, it lowers its horn and charges. I feel a piercing pain in my side. I look down and see a horned rabbit sticking out of my side. It’s little rabbit feet pawing against me, trying to pull free.

Damage received: 8

Oh crap, guess that horn isn’t there for decoration. I grab the rabbit's horn so he can’t get away and repeatedly hit it with the rock in my hand. Soon the rabbit stops moving and disappears in a flash of light. Instead of a body, there are some items on the ground by my feet.

I don’t have time to look at them right now because my side hurts like hell. I check my [Status] and see I only have seven health left and a “bleeding” effect that makes me lose one health per second. I rip part of my shirt and press it against my side to stop the bleeding. I quickly take out and eat the bread in my inventory. It’s hard and tasteless but my health begins to restore slowly and the pain lessens. That rabbit was tougher than he looked. He almost killed me with one hit. Guess that’s fair though, after all I did kill him.

I saw the body disappear and items replace it. What did he drop when he died? There are two items on the ground. I pick up each and focus on them.

Horn

The horn from an innocent horned rabbit.

Rabbit Meat

1 serving of rabbit meat.

I need another horned rabbit to get all the ingredients for this meal but I sure don’t have the health to take on another one with a frontal attack. One hit almost killed me. I finish another stale loaf of bread to restore the health and stamina I lost during the fight. It’ll take an hour to get back up to full strength. While I wait I put the rabbit meat into my inventory and try to think of a better way to fight.

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First, using that rock sucked. It took way too long to defeat that horned devil. What if he’d got loose? I need a better weapon. I know first hand how sharp that horn is. It would make a good knife but if I’m that close it can get me too. Hmmm, how about a spear. Same piercing power and a longer reach. If it gets too close I can always back away or drop the spear and use my fists.

How to make a spear though? I remember seeing those survival shows on TV. Survivorguy did it a couple of times. Let’s see, first I need a straight tree or branch about shoulder height. I look around for suitable material. There. A fallen tree with branches about the size I need. I repeatedly kick a branch until it breaks off then strip the smaller branches and leaves attached to it. It’s a little crooked looking but good enough. What next? Oh, I need to make a place to attach the horn. I take a hand sized rock from the ground and bash it against another rock until it splits in half leaving a sharp edge. I use the sharp edged rock to trim the branch to about shoulder height and split one end a bit without breaking the branch too much. I slide the horn into the split but it’s a little loose. I need something to tighten up the horn at the end of the branch. Darn it, there goes the rest of my shirt. I tear up what’s left of my shirt into strips. I wrap some around the end of the split branch that has the loose horn and it tightens up nicely. I still have some left over strips and put them into my inventory in case I need to bandage another injury later.

Craftsmanship

Though not formally trained in any crafting skill you've used your ingenuity to create something. You receive an increased chance of success at creating a new item.

Level: Novice 1 (1%)

Bonus: Increase chance at creating new item by 1%

You've created the item [Improvised Spear]

Improvised Spear

Damage: 3 - 5

Durability: 10/10

A sharp spear created using materials at hand. While not professionally made it will do in a pinch. Just don't expect too much from it.

Sweet. Crafting. I’m a crafty crafter. Damage isn’t bad on the spear. I swing the spear around a few times and stab the air. Definitely better than a rock. Raising my improvised spear high above my head I declare, “I shall name you my horny spear.” I only feel a little silly since no one's around to hear me.

As I check my status screen I notice I’m still a little sore but my health and stamina are back to maximum. Time to find another horned rabbit.