Oh, It hurts, it hurts so bad. I feel myself twitching on the bottom of the [Purple Hat] what is happening to me. I need to see it, what... what ow ow.
What happened, I don't recall what happened after I...
Name =Kysa o'Mnoko Level = 1 Title = [Slayer] Type = Arachnid Family = [Adoptable] Class = Artisan Home = Purple Hat Species = Common Spider Attributes
Body Mind Social Size 0.0002 [Tiny Trait] Ego 2 Id 2 Strength 2 Intelligence 4 [+8 Item] [2] Charisma 2 Agility 5 Cunning 3 [2] Empathy 2 Toughness 1.5 /2 Sanity 1 /2 Submission 1 /3 Stamina 0.2 /1 Focus 0.5 /2 [1] Vigor 1 /2 Traits
Racial Trained General Knowledge Feats Deeds [Arachnid Body] [Craft Textile 5] [Nimble Manipulator] [General Knowledge 1] [Slayer] [Exoskeleton] [Arachnids Knowledge] [Ambusher] [Mindless Body] [Adoptable] [Wanderer] [Brain Spider] [Spinneret 5] [Venom] [Legs 8] [Tiny] Equipment
Head [Purple Hat]
Body [Purple Sarong] Back [Cocoon Backpack]
What? I have... I have a name, when did that... oh, when the swatter... The Swatter named me! it must have know I was looking through it's fabrics. But I am tiny, almost as small as you can be, how did it notice me. I am so confused, to what happened. Why did it name me... WHAT DID THAT DO!
Name: Kysa o'Mnoko (Of Mnoko Deepmarsh) Attributes Gain 1 Id by gaining 1 Charisma, 1 Empathy, 1 Submission, 1 Vigor Effect: -Gain Hidden Trait [Soul]: Effect unknown
-Gain Hidden Trait [Unique]: Creatures can gain individual [Knowledge] about [Unique] creatures, and make [Records] with [Knowledge]
-Can be designated by single-target social and mental effects
-Gain access to [Name] skill tree
-Gain Hidden Trait [Self]: Short term mental and social effects do not effect designated [Self] but may repress it and/or prevent interactions.
Ah... ok, that is a ton... and I have no idea what some of this means. So I gain hidden traits, one of which let's people effect me better, and now they can target me with things. I don't like this, it seems like it's really really bad for me. It did significantly improve my social scores though. I guess that is good, but I wish I had known first... or better yet, avoided getting a name. Can I get rid of it? No, looks like it is here to stay. Well this is why Old-me rushed back and was so low on food, it must have felt the effects and wanted Kysa's intelligence.
Wait... I just called myself Kysa in my head. Oh, that is a little scary, I hadn't intended that. I... um... I don't like this... What, Sanity just dropped more down to 0.3... is this why my Sanity is so low right now, it's getting lower. I feel myself shaking... I need food and rest... and I need them soon. I have the last of the [Horned Beetle] I am going to eat that and and and and and and and and and and...
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...Why... I am in my resting web... but I can't move. Why can't I move... I'm not... I don't want to move, this is warm...
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Oh, I don't recall cocooning myself, but I guess I did... I could get out of here with a little work.
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I am getting hungry again, the husk of the [Horned Beetle] in here with me is drained dry. I guess I should get out.
But it's so snug and warm.
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Ok, if I bite here, and break this strand I can pull my leg out. Wow that was bound tightly, it's hard to even bend... Got it, now then I can move it over to here and break the one holding my other leg in place. Some progress, alright with both my legs I can twist myself a little like this, and pull out... alright, that's half my legs, just need to free...
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Got it, just need to bite off these last webs, and I am free. I feel a lot better now, it looks like... that was probably sanity. I need to eat. A [Cricket] will do for now.
So now I know what taking mental damage is like. The namer who [Named] me is terrifying, and I dread what else the namer could do to me. I guess being wrapped up in my resting web helped me recover. I wonder why...
Sanity fully restored, interface restored. Pending notifications. Persistent Condition acquired from Mental break: [C: Cowardice] Minor surprises cause shaken condition, and all fear increased by 1 level. Recovery Comfort acquired from Mental break: [RC: Restrained] Being warm and unable to move while safe doubles Sanity regeneration. Quest complete: [Q: The Glittering Princess], [Q: Smoke signals], [Q: What do they call me], [Q:Escape from Caecs-Freithe] Quest Gained: [Q: My first Life] Progress Level 2 3/3, Progress Level 3 2/3 Progression to Level 2 possible, no [Class Training] detected, limited options available.
I don't like [Cowardice], I already though being scared was bad, and now it's so much worse. At least [RC: Restraint] seems pretty good, I guess that's why I curled up when I broke. I don't like that I broke, I need to avoid that. Having a name is awful.
On the good side, I got level 2! That's something at least, I can take another class and get my attributes a little higher. I'm not hesitating, what are the choices, and what do they get me.
Available [Class Training] [Arachnid Class] +4 Agility, +1 Id You are a member of the Arachnid species, an insect-like species of eight legged bugs. Arachnids typically are agile, use poison, and the famous spider web, though not every Arachnid follows the typical, and everything from the humble Scorpion to the massive Titan-crab are part of this species. +1 [Arachnid Evolution], +1 [Arachnid Trait] [Adoptable] [Artisan Family Class] 2
+1 Intelligence
You grew up in a family of [Artisans] and were trained to join the family business. You could have gone a different way, but you showed talent as a [Artisans] and learned the family trade.
Family class must be selected as first progression or will be removed.
+1 [Craft Trait], +1 [Craft Knowledge], +1 [Craft Feat] [Title: Slayer Class] +8 Strength, +6 Agility, +2 Cunning, +2 Empathy They said it wasn't possible, and you laughed at them. Your opponent was everything, and you were nothing. Yet it is not you who was ended. In a supreme display of skill and cunning you managed to find a weakness in an insurmountable foe, and you ended them. You are well on your way along the path of violence, and people will know you. +1 Trait with [Physical Attack] Tag [Simple Class] No Bonus You never amounted to anything No Bonus
Great, well, I could continue down [Artisan] but it just gives +1 Intelligence... and [Arachnid] gives me 4 agility, a [Arachnid Trait], and whatever a [Arachnid Evolution] is. Stayer is still strong, but only for attributes, and if the trend continues maybe I'll take it when I hit 3. I really don't like the thought of being in lots of fights though.
I do think I need to know what [Arachnid Evolution] is, can I know about that first?
[Evolution] [Arachnid Evolution] Effect Each time this is taken it grant the creature the ability to evolve into a more powerful form belonging to it's racial tree. It is limited only to creatures of the Evolution type.
Evolution is permanent, and can grant benefits and drawbacks, sometimes this will even downgrade or upgrade traits, more powerful forms may be locked behind the characters level, attributes, skills or even deeds, and often require a previous form selected from the same lineage tree.
Lineage trees tend to correspond to one of the three categories, Body, Mind, and Social, some forms and trees can be a combination of multiple trees.
You can only see options that your appropriate creature knowledge would know about.
Wow, that is really good. I will definitely want more of these, probably Mind focused, that might make me less dependent on my beloved [Purple Hat] I wonder if I get one of these with every level, that would be really good depending on the options. Can I see the options?
No, darn it, I guess the first is going to be a risk, but it can't be that bad even if I am limited to very weak forms. It gives me a big boost to agility, a new form, a trait... and a bonus to Id, though that is low enough that I'm sure a later level will overwrite it.
I could just keep to [Artisan] but I really learned enough about it to try it for the first time. It can wait a little, I think I will come back for my third level. With the progress I have made that should be pretty soon anyways. Alright I will take [Arachnid]... in a little, I should probably check the quests I just completed, they were mostly learning quests, so I am surprised they counted as major quests.
[Q: The Glittering Princess] [Knowledge] [Reptile] [Threat] [Complete] You have discovered a [Divine] [Serpent] [Monster] and it's home in a cave at the back of a small pond.
-What: [Divine] [Serpent]
-Purpose: Live in cave nest
-Benefits: Non-hostile intelligent local power
Oh the Serpent has Intelligence? Is that why it stared at me, watched me, but didn't do anything until I left? It may have been coming to my aid when all those [Un-ending] attacked. or it might have been protecting it's home. That's really intresting, I guess maybe I could try to communicate with it. Shaking trembling, jittering.
Ah... wow, ok, that must have been [Cowardice] I got so very scare of the [Serpent] it is so very very large.
[Q: Smoke signals] [Knowledge] [Civilization] [Threat] [Complete]
You have seen Smoke, where is it from?
-Where: [Aodaich] house [Village] of [Caecs-Freithe]
-Purpose: Warmth of Civilization
-Benefits: A busy social area that will remain and contain resources during times of [Scarcity].
This place is far more terrifying than I expected when I was there. I don't know if the namer is always here. I might want to avoid it, but I might be tempted if [Scarcity] caused problems. The other swatters may also have scary powers. I think I can assume they have very high Ego and Id's, higher than me for sure. I dread what they can do to me know they know my name. At least nothing has happened yet.
[Q: What do they call me] [Knowledge] [Name] [Bonus] [Complete] [No Name] Choose a name, or have it chosen for you. *This quest is minor if you choose your name.
[Complete]: You have been named [Kysa o'Mnoko] by the villager [Liosa o'Caecs Aodaich]
The namer is called [Liosa] a villiager, that means she probably lives in Caecs, and rarely leaves the nest. Unfortunate, that gives me another reason to avoid the place, I'm not sure how the danger rates compared to the other threats. The other dangers are clear enough, I think they are even clearer in fact now I have [Cowardice].
-[Spidereaters] have ending me built into their name, and have a nest of far more than I can count. They want to end and eat me. I need to avoid them.
-[Divine] [Serpent] is huge, and far more power than I expected. I think it could take the [Un-ended] and it seems intelligent enough to notice me.
-The big scary [Un-ended] It doesn't seem to notice me, but the very area it's in is dangerous, and might even end me without it's intent
-The [Un-ended] horde. While they are scary, they also seem slow and dumb, and if I am careful I should be able to avoid. But it's possible the numbers of them is growing.
-[Lagomorphs] could end me in an instant, but they didn't notice me, and even if they did I doubt they would go after me.
With that done, let's check out the extra quest I got and completed.
[Q: Escape from Caecs-Freithe] [Knowledge] [Reptile] [Threat] [Complete] A villager is trying to catch you, escape!
Wait, when did I... I didn't finish reviewing my memories, I got kicked of my memories the moment I was named. I'd better check what happened.