Phew, that was a furiously busy day. They have said in the past that great risk bring great reward and of course that is true.
It isn’t like I didn’t know that already, but I’d hoped to minimise as much risk as possible, circumstances have forced me into being aggressive and thankfully it has paid off!
I check my status to behold my incredible bounty!
Name: Anthony
Level: 4
Might: 15
Toughness: 12
Cunning: 25
Will: 18
HP: 28
MP: 0
Skills: Digging level 4; Acid Shot Level 5; Grip Level 4; Bite Level 4; Advanced Stealth Level 1; Tunnel Sense Level 3
Mutations: Eyes +3, Antennae +2, Acid +2
Species: Hatchling Ant Worker (Formica)
Skill points: 1
Biomass: 4
After consuming the Thorn Lizard and remains of my Coral Slug I had two Biomass, I held onto those and found another isolated Coral Slug to battle. By repeating my trick from earlier I was able to deal critical damage by landing a shot inside its mouth, however I wasn’t quite as quick and didn’t manage to avoid the acidic mucus the slug managed to project at me.
of my thorax and lost 10 HP before it stopped melting into me. Even just that small bit of acid was a third of my health! I’m severely tempted to upgrade my carapace in the hopes it provides better protection but there
able to regenerate eight HP and mostly restore myself to a picture of
combat the rewards have finally shown in the form of Acid
a few basic skills I’d love to purchase but I cannot pass up the chance to improve my most effective offensive
-> Improved Acid Shot. cost 1 sp: The upgraded Acid Shot skill, continues to improve accuracy with ranged acid attacks whilst giving
Buy!
sensation of skill learning
range boost I’ll be able to make more reliable shots from greater range, improving my safety
have to level up again as quickly as possible, so many skills are converging to level four! I
the tricky
The Biomass.
to upgrade my eyesight to +4. Having superior vision to other monsters has been critical so far in allowing me to locate
acid, this would then leave one extra Biomass that I could spend on legs, carapace or mandibles, all of
+1 won’t make much of
fighting all together, cost effective indeed. +1 Mandibles doesn’t tempt me much, larger, stronger mandibles would help me dig a bit
+3 acid with +1 legs. Do I continue to place my senses at the top of my priority list? My instinct is to
It’s settled then.
purchase +4
Oh boy....
Yes.
hhhhuuuuuuuuUUUUUUAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHH!!!!
me in that moment. I could feel my eyeballs
Gandalf... this torture.... Make it
are amazing! But mutating
it settles down and my vision
vision has improved quite a bit, I
isn’t what I’d like it to be but it certainly is massively improved
a long way Anthony, and soon, soon
harvest XP and Biomass as fast
I go, scurrying onto the roof and once more going on the hunt. If possible I want to take advantage of the bonus Biomass for new targets... Since I’m fully rested, now it may be time to try
to move around in groups of two or three and they certainly can move fast. There is also the possibility that their thick fur, which covers most of their body will be able to nullify my acid to some extent. The only exposed targets I could aim for
to wait and see if an opportunity presents
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