As John peered down the hallway he noticed the sounds of shuffling feet coming from his right and almost had his skull fractured from a green fist coming his way. A quick roll away from the hand gave him enough time to assess his attacker, Swamp Goblin, Seth, LVL 3. He noticed that this goblin seemed to be noticeably more faster and coordinated than the previous one he had killed as he brought his new bat up to bear. He lunged forward and smashed the head of the bat into the monster’s solar plexus with a wet thud! Before the enemy had a chance to recover he swung the bat against the side of its knee and quickly began to bash its head as fast as he could. He was rewarded for his efforts with a satisfying Ping! And a fresh level up notification. He also noticed that once he leveled up his stamina bar was topped off again even though he had not rested for more than a moment.

Skill Gained Mace Mastery (Passive)

If you want to change someone’s face, try a mace!

Effects: 10% bonus damage per level

1% bonus to chance to stun

Cost: None

Skill Gained Two-Handed Mastery (Passive)

Some people have big weapons, others have big dicks!

Reduces stamina consumption by 2% per level

Cost: None

Level Up!

Standard stat points added

Skill Gained Bash (Active)

Bash, Bash, Bash, a head, roughly down the street!

Deals 150% damage when using blunt weapons

Adds 15% chance to stun

Cost:10 stamina

Satisfied with the results of an easy, kill he checked behind him and seeing nothing but a shining object inside a red and green pile of mush on the floor he froze and almost did a dance in the middle of the hallway. “Fuck yeah! There’s loot drops too! Is this system going to be any easier for me or am I just really lucky?” he cheered as he dug through the pile to reveal a pile of silver coins. Unknown to john with a luck of 20, he could be considered one of the luckiest people on the planet. While the stat doesn’t help much in day to day situations, loot drops and games of chance are heavily influenced by a person’s luck. Before placing the coins in his pocket, he figured he would try for one of the most important things to a game system. Inventory! He shouted in his mind. Instantly a 10x10 square popped up and he placed the coins in one of the slots. Interestingly enough they didn’t appear in a box but to the side with the symbols P:0 G:0 S:4 and C:0. Happy with his discovery, he set out to do what he had started to do and that was to clear some rooms. John figured the smartest thing to do was start closest to the exit that way he had an escape route should the need arise. Following that line of thinking he came to a door and knocked hard three times, all he heard in reply was a rhythmic thumping noise coming from inside.

John slowly opened the door to reveal two more Swamp Goblins and the rhythmic thumping was soon explained as he stared in wonder at the two goblins currently doing their best to create more Goblins. The whole situation seemed almost funny to John because if he hadn't been so lucky there was a high possibility of him doing the same thing with the formerly living goblin Stacey. Unfortunately for the pair of goblins they had chosen to face the other direction when getting their green funk one and failed to notice the towering figure grimacing as he approached with a bat overhead. With a resounding crack the male goblin had his head smashed like a melon while the female screamed in anger and fear! Seizing the opportunity, John continued his assault on the female goblin until he was sure she was no longer a threat. Once the fighting was over the familiar ding sounded but he ignored to search for any more coins laying on the ground, only finding a few browns ones John sighed in disappointment as he checked his notifications.

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Title Gained: Voyeur

Some people like to watch others get it on, for you it doesn’t even have to be people.

Effects: adds 5 points to perception

“Fucking seriously, is the system on fucking heroin or something?” John asked in a rage. “Those damn, shitty goblins weren’t even enough to get me to level 3 and then it’s going to tell me this shit?!” John was angry until he noticed that either the goblins had shit themselves twice after they died or his sense of smell had gotten stronger. “Huh I guess shitty titles aren’t all bad, I just hope I don’t get too many of them.” he mused aloud. After a brief search of the apartment for anything of worth to put into his inventory John entered the hall once again. His forays through the next four apartments had put him past level four and almost halfway to level five. With the latest room cleared he decided to recover a portion of his stamina and fill out his status with whatever stat points he had.

“Well I should probably think this through before I make any major changes.” John said as he pondered what exactly he should do. Currently his stats were high for his level thanks to his titles, but he knew that just adding them anywhere would be detrimental in the long run. John felt that his strength and combat skills were adequate but what he lacked was the speed to properly use them against faster opponents.

Name: John Smith

Race: Human

Classes: None

Level: 4

Title: First of a Kind, Voyeur

Exp: 86/150

Points Available: 9

Health: 270/270

Mana: 260/260

Stamina:160/270

Strength: 15 (5)

Intelligence: 11 (5)

Willpower: 10 (5)

Endurance: 12 (5)

Dexterity: 10 (5)

Perception: 10 (10)

Charisma: 13 (5)

Agility: 12 (5)

Luck: 15 (5)

With his title bonus granting him an extra five points he decided to spend six points in agility and put the remaining three points into endurance because he was feeling somewhat winded and tired after all of the recent fighting. To John the changes were felt almost instantly as he felt noticeably lighter as he stood up from the chair he had been resting in. John grabbed his bat to resume his new favorite sport of goblin smashing as he headed towards the back half of the hallway. Upon reaching his next victims door he knocked twice, counted to 5 and then very politely kicked the door down. “What the fuck are you doing?” A voice called from the back room “Are you trying to get me killed you idiot?” the owner of the voice yelled as the face of a young woman with sharp, gray eyes appeared from around a corner holding a compound bow drawn and pointed directly at him. “Also, you stink! Just who in the hell do you think you are coming in here covered in I don’t even want to know and smelling like a homeless man’s left nut” the woman continued to berate him as John was left somewhat speechless. John took in the sight of the dark-headed woman as he noted the curves of her body and allowed his gaze to linger over her chest. Smirking he decided to use observe on her, Human, Meghan LVL 1 appeared over her head as he raised his hands and said “Easy Meghan, I thought there would be a monster in here, I apologize for breaking your door down. Can you just put the bow down and we can talk?” John slowly lowered the bat to the ground before taking a seat in a nearby chair. “How do you know my name? Why are you covered in blood? Are you crazy? Am I crazy? What’s happening right now?” Meghan began firing questions at John, but kept her bow drawn and the firm against her cheek. “If you sit down I will explain everything I know” calmly replied John. In the back of his head he was begging and pleading for his relatively high charisma stat to take effect. “Fine” She said with a huff, but if you try anything you’re going to end up with more holes in you than you came here with. “Fair enough” John said with a smile, “I’ll answer your questions in the order you asked, firstly it's a skill called observe, if you focus on me hard enough you should get it, I’m covered in monster blood due clearing out the front half of the hallway from Goblins and as far as I can tell, neither of us are crazy. I’m not altogether sure what is happening outside exactly other than that the girl I was with suddenly turned into a monster and I didn’t” John said answering her questions.

“Ah I just got the observe skill, I just have one more question for now.” Meghan said nervously “Why does you name say that you’re a voyeur?” “Ah shit!” yelled John if these monsters didn’t kill him, these fucking statuses would.