Yes, I have shamelessly stolen the mechanics, idea, and the fucking name of the world itself from this quest >>5202173. Check it out. Probably better than this one will ever be. If you're still here, well, hope you enjoy this ride nevertheless; I'm gonna try my best to deliver.

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Spawn

>>5249071
>Spawn
Nice to see you pick up a decent concept that thrown away by a flaker. i hope you don't end up doing the same QM.

>>5249071
>Sewer Rat
Remember QM, if you flake, you'll be a double nigger for the rest of eternity

>>5249071
>Feral

>>5249071
Sewer rat

>>5249071
>Sewer Rat

>>5249071
>Spawn

>>5249071
>Sewer Rat
Rat horde. Rat horde.

Nice. The quest was very promising, so I'm sad that it died. Hope to get the same sort of satisfaction in the meantime, good luck QM.

>>5249071
>Rats, rats, we're the rats

>>5249071
>R A T

>>5249197
>>5249100
>>5249098
Might sound counterintuitive, but I'm actually really glad I dumped that quest then, if the QM just ended up flaking. I was busy with life and other quests, but I did plan on catching up in the thread or the archive one day. Maybe still will. Don't be a Triple Nigger, OP. No one likes a Triple Nigger.

I should probably point out now that updates will be daily so you anons don't ring the flake alarm a few hours in.

>>5249071
>>5249325
Acceptable. That QM broke my heart, I was so ready to take part in a quest from the beginning.

>Rat
Halo Skaven Rat route

>>5249071
>>5249092
+1 for spawn

>>5249071
RatRatRatRatRatRatRat

Spawnbros... How can we lose to these rat finks?

>>5249440
Fink about it, and it will make sense.

>>5249454
Fink off!

>>5249071
Rat boys

>>5249071
I wasn't too hot on Rats, but then I realized a city is a setting absolutely rife with hooks and opportunities at nearly every level. Sign me up with the Skaven-lite, and here's hoping we become something more.
>Sewer Rat

>>5249071
>Rat
time to become rat god

>>5249071
>Sewer Rat
I wish to be a hive mind swarm of unstoppable rats wearing cute little berets in different colors

> Rats with berets

>>5249071
Didnt we just do this quest last time? We were a bone centipede.

>>5250304
>>5249073

>>5249071
>Bone Centipede

>>5250580
>Bone Centipede
You're rebel, aren't you, anon?

>>5249092
>>5249098
>>5249108
>>5249371
>Spawn

>>5249100
>>5249101
>>5249102
>>5249103
>>5249111
>>5249197
>>5249246
>>5249336
>>5249402
>>5249621
>>5249636
>>5249663
>>5249666
>>5249683
>Sewer Rat

Calling the vote now, Sewer Rat wins by a wide margin.
Update soon (probably)
Also
>15+ votes
Holy shit. Can't wait to lose you all due to ridiculous fuckups, just like 2 previous quests of mine.

>>5250627
I just choose what I want regardless if its popular or not. I'm looking forward to where this quest is gonna go.

"Good luck out there, champ. You'll need it."
...You awaken in the dark, yet you can see perfectly well. You are standing at the edge of a stinking river of filth. Taking a few steps back, you hear your little claws clank against the cold, wet stone. The sound of water rushing through the pipes and tunnels, big and small, is a mild distraction, partly soaking up the squeaks of your kin echoing through the sewers. A piece of knowledge itches in your brain, and you do your best to chitter out: "Status."
A display appears before you.
NAME: [LOCKED]
RACE: Sewer Rat
RANK: F-
LEVEL: 0/5
ABILITIES: [Scurry away] [Strength in numbers] [Perseverance]
EFFECTS: N/A
STATS:
HP: 15/15
MP: 0/0
STR: 8
MAG: 0
DEF: 6
RES: 2
SPD: 14

Well, these stats are pretty shit. Guess you need to level up fast.

A good starting point would be to check out your surroundings, to see what you can actually do. You go sewers-scouting. These tunnels feel like home, and you easily pick out some of the main pathways leading to different parts populated by different beings.

Below what you presume is the industrial sector of the city, judging by the hum of machinery above, the waste is dumped straight down, coagulating into slimes of all kinds, mostly acidic though. You need to watch your step here, unless you plan to get melted by some caustic pond.

The other important part of the sewers are the catacombs. Probably due to either a shortage of burial grounds or lack of budget, most of the homeless and poor men's corpses are simply dropped down here and left to rot. Tasty. Though you need to be cautious of the skeletons and horrible corpse monsters lingering here. You've seen one of these masses of decomposing flesh and bone lumbering around and, boy, do you not want to become a part of that.

You also find an entrance to some kind of underground cavern system. No idea what's there, but you catch a whiff of magic.
>Beat up some slimes
>Break skellies
>Spelunking
>Keep exploring. You've not covered all of the territory yet
>See if you can slip through the maintenance vents to the city streets [where? e.g. industrial sector]
>Write-in

>>5250661
>Break skellies
We're fast enough to dodge skelebois, all we need to do is knock off a leg and then gnaw off the arms and we're guchi.

>>5250661
>Break skellies

>>5250661
>Break skellies
Also, gather some of the rat lads

>>5250661
>Beat up some slimes

>>5250661
>>Keep exploring. You've not covered all of the territory yet

>>5250661
>Keep exploring. You've not covered all of the territory yet
We should acquire rat allies before breaking skellies. We are strong in NUMBERS, after all.

>>5250704
>>5250712
>+1
Become RATKING

>>5250661
>Keep exploring. You've not covered all of the territory yet

>>5250661
>Break Skellies
Kill.

>>5250661
>Keep exploring. You've not covered all of the territory yet

>>5250661
>Keep exploring. You've not covered all of the territory yet

>>5249071
>But these are not yours.
>Your soul is pitch black.
>your that thing from the late mesozoic that was covered in long stragly hair and was related to velociraptors and distantly related to archaeopteryx but tghis branch would rely on front limbs almost exclusively was more gangly in its stride and would roll in mud to mask its scent. it would eat anything smaller than itself and from time to time team up to fend off larger predators and steal prey taken down by larger predators

>your that mean guy cackling in the night while it rained and those small critters cried in pain .
>playing with it till it died and you ate it like a cat would

thats right and i ate the eggs when the species was dying out

>>5250661
>Break skellies
We need the corpse food to bribe the rat lads.

>>5250856
You have to eat all the eggs.

>>5251676
Tbh I'd probably enjoy up to the first 70 boiled eggs in the egg cart, after which I imagine I'd start becoming physically ill and mentally sick of the taste.

Eggs are good.

>>5250661
>>Keep exploring. You've not covered all of the territory yet

>>5250661
Beat up some slimes

>>5249071
Ehhh? What does the pitch black option do for crits and critfails mechanically?

>>5251820
Good question, it was not in the OG quest (rip) list of mechanics

>>5250661
>Write-in
rape

>>5251820
>>5251956
Nothing. It's more a narrative premonition for ebin edgy flashbacks and trashy romance from your past.
I considered adding something like those mechanics but didn't want to outright copy and ultimately decided to drop them for this and some schizo reasons.

>>5251974
Cool, now let's eat all those eggs

>>5250661
>Keep exploring. You've not covered all of the territory yet

>>5250703
>>5251729
>Beat up some slimes

>>5250667
>>5250672
>>5250689
>>5250794
>>5251413
>Break skellies

>>5250704
>>5250712
>>5250775
>>5250791
>>5250825
>>5250828
>>5251706
>>5252091
>Keep exploring. You've not covered all of the territory yet

Exploration wins.
Update soon (probably).

You keep up your search, exploring various pathways to find anything interesting. The walls of the sewers adjoined to the gardens above are a fair bit broken up by the powerful root systems of the trees and plants. Your brethren have dug out holes and lairs inside, gnawing here and there at the roots. These parts are a bit dangerous, however, due to overgrowths sometimes morphing into organisms of their own, slow-moving, yet resilient masses of plants, bark and moss.

You also find that underneath the poorer districts the basements' walls are indistinguishable from those of the sewers themselves. People there set up all kinds of business, often illegal, the most notable of which are the fighting pits. You look on through the bars of a slim window as people, human and elf, dwarf and halforc, even a couple elementals and the occasional kitsune, beat each other up for money and fun, limbs augmented by magitech meant for work efficiency, used instead to harden one's punch. The dim light of manalanterns illuminates it all. There are also monsters in there, probably captured from the rest of the sewers and outside the city walls, some scarred, evidently from rough and continuous fights. Other places of note in this corner of the sewers are the underground alchemical workshops. You've not glimpsed much of the inner workings, but the smell of chemicals permeates the air so much it's actually overtaking that of filth. You've seen its workers lure rats in for god knows what kind of experiments. Perhaps you could raid one of them when you're stronger.

Besides these, you find the points where waste is dumped into the ocean. The sea is... amazing. Even if you look from behind bars, it stretches on and on to the horizon, wavering under the salty wind. Must feel nice to be on the beach, rolling in the sand...

You also find some abandoned entrances deeper underground filled with rubble. No idea what's there, and it'll take a bit more strength than you have to dig it up and investigate whatever these were.

Finally, you find what appears to be an underground dungeon of sorts for forsaken prisoners. The walls here are reinforced, not crumbling at all like some other places you visited, and the guards, ever cursing and sleepy, patrol around, torch in hand, making it tough to slip in unnoticed.

There may have remained bits here and there you missed, but most of the sewers are scouted at this point. Time to actually do something.
>Assemble a rat squad [can be taken with other options] [this will have questionable coherence...]
>Try to find magical roots in the garden underground
>Explore caves
>Kill stuff [where?]
>Find a way out of the city
>Write-in

>>5252241
>Try to find magical roots in the garden underground

>>5252241
>Kill stuff [where?]
Return to hunt Skellies in the Catacombs. Before we assemble our Rat Team we must grow ourselves with XP to become an Alpha rat.

>>5252241
Seconding this >>5252254.

>>5252254
Goin with this one

>>5252254
+1

>>5252241
>Assemble a rat squad [can be taken with other options] [this will have questionable coherence...]
>Try to find magical roots in the garden underground

>>5252241
Supporting chad rat route
>>5252254


Be honest with us QM, are you a degenerate, unopposed to waifus in this quest like the OG?

>>5252513
Drafting waifu introduction plans among other things as we speak.

>>5252241
>Find magical roots in the underground garden

F

>>5252241
>Find magical roots in the underground garden

>>5252254
+1, ladies don't like F- scrubs

Sneak into the gladiator pits and steel a bitchin hat. Gladiator's have bitchin hats and we need one to stand out.

>>5253058
I want to be a murmillo sewer ratiator

>>5252254
+1 (This)

>>5250627
>>5249073
The first step to being a good qm is to stop dropping bitchasss qualifiers.

>>5253190
As in, "fucking name of the world itself", "update soon probably"?
pls elaborate

>>5253281
I mean don't start your quest with multiple posts saying it is going to suck.

>>5253290
Understandable. Shifting to cautiously hopeful from now on.

>>5253305
Ya damn well better. No quitters this time, no repeats of the last iteration of this quest by all means or SO HELP ME

LET'S FUCKING GET IT BOYS

>>5252253
>>5252341
>>5252538
>>5252688
>Find magical roots in the garden underground (+1 vote for rat squad)

>>5252254
>>5252261
>>5252267
>>5252328
>>5252513
>>5252707
>>5253081
>Kill skellies

>>5253058
>Become ratiator

Going to the catacombs it is.
Roll 1d100 Bo3 for undead exp (and maybe loot).
DC: 30/50/70/85/95 for varying results.

I initially planned to get the rolls in and post the update, but no update today after all. Tinkering with the exp system, it's a nightmare figuring out level scaling, points distribution on tiers, etc.

Rolled 1 (1d100)

>>5253489

>>5253491
oh my jesus christ

Rolled 50 (1d100)

>>5253489

>>5253491
kek

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>>5253491
Oh sweet Maria, here we go

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>>5253491

Rolled 84 (1d100)

>>5253489

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>>5253491
Cool

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>>5253491
This can not be...

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>>5253491
omoshiroi

>>5253491
IF ONLY we still had our share crit fail from last quest it would be hilarious, pov when the whole coty collapses omegakek

Rolled 9 (1d100)

>>5253489
Look at this 100

>>5253491
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymPpIzaanhY

>>5253677
That's a pretty funny looking nat 100 anon

>>5253669
That mechanic could have been legendary

After fucking around with exponential functions for a few hours I am considering dropping the level system altogether and just operating through quests and maybe introducing achievements of some kind.

Tell me what you think.

I can also just slap one of my (unbalanced) prototypes on it and call it a day, though this may result in problems down the line.

>>5253867
I'd say just adjust on the go if you want a system with numbers.. No one's going to care about the numbers that much if you adjust something down the line.

>>5253702
You're welcome

>1 - Critical Failure

You decide to pay a visit to the catacombs and rattle some bones there. The smell of death is thick in the air, and the flies feast upon the corpses. Walls are full of skulls between the occasional stone; you do not know how they got in there, perhaps they are from back when they buried the bodies into walls, perhaps they are remains of the restless dead who sought an actual burial and embedded themselves inbetween stones. No matter; you aren't here for them, you're here for those that are still walking.

With this many corpses it doesn't take long for you to find a skeleton. It walks around aimlessly, its movements twitchy and rough. You sneak up on it, then strike, knocking out one of its shin bones. The being falls on the floor and flails around, trying to get up, but you are already on top and crack open its skull with your powerful jaws.
You have gained 30 EXP

Well, that was easy. Now to find more of the-
A juggernaut of bones rolls around the corner and spots you. With a sound somewhere between a rattle and a roar, it charges you, and even with your [Scurry away], you can't escape the monstrosity. Its main maw, likely pilfered from a basilisk's corpse, snaps shut around you, and you hear your bones crack and skin ripple...
You have lost 15 HP
YOU DIED

...

[Perseverance] activates!
You have restored 3 HP
[Perseverance] will now go offline for 72 hours

They say rats can survive nuclear winters; one bite from some big skeleton is nothing. You glance around to make sure it's gone away, then struggle to your feet and start making your way towards the nearest lair. You need to regain some of that HP, and resting is one of the few options available to you...

Until you spot a basilisk which seems to have found your kin's hideout. Its mouth's underside puffs with glands of venom, deadly stuff that can melt a rat with a single spit. Still, other rats seem to be adamant on defending their lair, with escape blocked by the snake's tail. The enemy seems to have noticed you, turning its head from the desperately defending to some easier prey...
>Attack from behind and aid your kin in slaying the slithering bastard however risky it is...
>[Scurry away] to another lair, and hope it can't keep up...
>Write-in

>>5255014
>Attack from behind and aid your kin in slaying the slithering bastard however risky it is...
There can be no retreat, our rat pals need us. This is how we inscribe our legend in rat history.

>>5255014
>Attack! Lead the charge! Earn the respect of the rats!

>>5255014
>Attack from behind and aid your kin in slaying the slithering bastard

>>5255014
>Attack from behind and aid your kin in slaying the slithering bastard

>>5255014
>>Write-in
Crawl in the ear of the creature and feast on its brains while it still breathes

>>5255014
>Attack from behind and aid your kin in slaying the slithering bastard however risky it is...
pls another nat1

>>5255014
>RATATACC
Make sure we do it when its 100% distracted, we need to scum to survive

>>5255014
>Attack from behind and aid your kin in slaying the slithering bastard however risky it is...

>>5255014
>Attack from behind and aid your kin in slaying the slithering bastard however risky it is...

>>5255018
>>5255020
>>5255052
>>5255080
>>5255099
>>5255104
>>5255160
>>5255295
>>5255813
>Attack from behind and aid your kin in slaying the slithering bastard however risky it is...

Roll 1d100 Bo3 DC:80

Rolled 52 (1d100)

>>5256084

Rolled 8 (1d100)

>>5256084
NAT 1 HERE WE GO

Rolled 53 (1d100)

>>5256084
Guess we'll just fucking die.

>>5256097
Good ending. All rats are plague-ridden nasty vermin cunts and should all die. We've done this world a service.

Crossing my fingers hoping we come back as a rat demon

>>5256088
>>5256092
>>5256097
>53 - Failure

You charge recklessly and fiercely at the basilisk. It inhales, evidently preparing to spit its vile venom, and you swiftly dodge out of the way!.. or so you think. The acid blob connects with your skin, bringing insufferable pain as your flesh melts away. The last thing you see is the attack of your kin, intent on bringing down the slithering being that has been distracted by your bold assault...
You have lost 3 HP
YOU DIED

...

Hello there, little one.
SYS.BREACH CODE666:UNKNOWN.ENTITY
You seem to find yourself in a bit of trouble.
SENDING ERROR REPORT TO ADMIN
But I, I can help you. You only just need to accept my offer.
ERROR REPORT SENT. ATTEMPTING EXPULSION OF UNKNOWN.ENTITY
Of course, I expect a favour in return... But these are little details. I am afraid we have too little time for me to explain them.
EXPULSION FAILED. ATTEMPTING EXPULSION OF UNKNOWN.ENTITY
Here. I will lend you my offer in a form you are familiar with.

QUEST ISSUED...
ERROR CODE347:UNAUTHORIZED.ISSUER
ABORTI... SYS.ISSUER.OVERRIDE
REQUESTING QUEST.NAME...[UNAVAILABLE]
COMPLETION REWARD: NONE
ACCEPTING REWARD: REVIVAL; ADDITION:TYPE:CHOICE
Phaseshifter: you can teleport for short distances, and, perhaps, just perhaps, bend spacetime in the future...
Abyssplagued: you carry inside yourself a plague that destroys the soul of a being itself. Perhaps in the future, its symptoms may be expanded or altered...
OBJECTIVE: LET THEM IN
TIME LIMIT: 1 YEAR
EXPIRATION PENALTY: DEATH
ACCEPT QUEST? Y/N

Well... death now, or death later. Not much of a choice, is there? You stretch your claw to pick whichever option you like...
>Phaseshifter
>Abyssplagued

>>5256145
>Phaseshifter
Magic Rat.

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>>5256145
PHASING

>>5256146
>>5256167
Lvl. 1 Demon Rat Time Mage sounds good to me

>>5256145
>Abyssplagued
Time to channel our inner rat.

>>5256145
>Abyssplagued
Jesus luck is not on our side

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>>5256205
>attacks stage boss at level 1 with 3 hp
>it was just bad luck

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>>5256145
>Phaseshifter
beware the giant timestopping rat

>>5256145
Abyssplagued
>>5256207
Unless I'm mathing it wrong, 80 DC on 1d100 bo3 is 65.7%, so we had better than even odds. We were also only in a desperate situation like this because of a critfail.

>>5256356
>will lose about a third of the time
>will clearly die on a loss
>go ahead anyway
Nah, this was just desserts no matter how you slice it.

So QM, what happens if we die a third time?

>>5256389
you die irl

>>5256389
I come to your house and sneeze on you and eat all your dairy products

>>5256367
Yes, but also QM is a Chad, and he/she/xe knows the show must go on (ffs it's not even been 200 posts that can't be a proper ending)

>>5256367
Coward.

>>5256462
Meh, I also voted for it.

>>5256145
>Phaseshifter
Time to enter someone's house and gaslight them to madness by teleporting

>>5256145
>Phaseshifter

>>5256389
You won't know until you die.

>>5256145
>Abyssplagued

>>5256146
>>5256167
>>5256175
>>5256343
>>5256540
>>5256929
>Phaseshifter

>>5256191
>>5256205
>>5256356
>>5257159
>Abyssplagued

You can teleport now.
Update soon.

I hope we meet again, little one.
ATTEMPTING EXPULSION OF UNKNOWN.ENTITY.......EXPULSION SUCCESSFUL.
RETURNING TO NORMAL MODE...

...

You have restored 15 HP.
You wake up on the cold, wet floor of the sewers, unscathed. Glancing around, you see an eerie green glow wherever you look. Must be your eyes, corruption does take its toll.

More importantly, the battle between the basilisk and the rats isn't over yet. The little vermin cling to its scaly skin, inflicting death by a thousand cuts, but the slithering being picks them off one by one. They won't win unless somebody intervenes. Unless you intervene.

>Autosuccess

You grasp the power within. It stings, it is alien to you, alien to the world. But you grasp it anyway and bend it to your desires. It is as if you are sucked into a microspace. You can't breathe, you can't move, you can only see where you want to be. It spits you out on top of the basilisk's head. The nausea hits hard and combined with the snake flailing around to shake you off, you only barely manage to cling on.

Then, you commence your attack. First, the eyes. Your little claws stab them with all the might you can muster, and the basilisk hisses in pain and confusion as it is blinded. It slams its head into the walls, making you squeak from impact.

You have lost 2 HP
You have lost 2 HP

But you hold on and lock your jaws upon its skull. It doesn't yield, so you do it again, and again, and again, until it finally cracks. The battle is decided then. You dig deep into its insides, and soon the great enemy stops moving.

You have gained 150 EXP

Damn. Not even a level up? So much for dying. You note some rats become stronger; part of the EXP must've gone to them. Nevertheless, they surround you, and stay silent for a while. Is it awe? Is it fear? Will they turn on you the moment you show weakness? You don't know. But there is some respect in their little black eyes, for now.

"You okay there, champ? I received an error report, and the log is fucked for some reason, some of your data is corrupted too. Did anything happen? I can help fix stuff if anything's out of ordinary."
>Tell him about the contact.
>Don't.

>>5257231
>Don't.
Do not tell him we were given hacks by somebody.

>>5257231
>Don't.

>>5257231
>Don't.

>>5257231
>Don't.

>>5257231
>Don't.
Gods exist to be raped and killed.

>>5257231
>>Don't
Sneaky squeaky

>>5257107
Ah, Schrodinger's rat.

>Don't.

We did it, Phasebros.

We finally did it.

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>>5257574
I just wish there was more we could have done.

>>5257582
What?

>>5257574
It only cost everything.

>>5257574
Now we need to hold a seamstress hostage until she makes us cute little berets in different colors for the whole squad.

>>5257235
>>5257247
>>5257260
>>5257262
>>5257282
>>5257294
>>5257303
>Don't.

Unanimous stealth.
Update soon.

No, everything seems fine on your end.

"Huh... That's good, I guess. Must be something about the interface, then. Anyway, it's about time I introduced some new stuff for you. The Quest System. It's simple, really, you find tasks, accomplish them, get something in return. Here's a trial one."

A window akin to one you received from your mysterious benefactor appears.

QUEST ISSUED

NAME: APEX PREDATOR OF THE SEWERS
COMPLETION REWARD: 600 EXP, [Fear] skill
OBJECTIVES:
Slay each of the following:
1. Basilisk [1/1]
2. Rateater Toad [0/1]
3. Great Slime [0/1]
4. Skeleton Mass [0/1]
5. Moss Overgrowth [0/1]

ACCEPT QUEST? Y/N

You tap Y with your little claw. This one doesn't have any negative consequences, so why not?

"Great. Leaving you for now; I'll offer you something more juicy once you evolve. See ya, champ."

You return to reality to find most of your kin have returned back to the lair. You do so yourself, getting all good and comfy among the warm bodies of resting rats in the sleeping pit. You note that not every rat is the same. Some bear claws sharper than usual, their movements more savage and sharp. Some lurk only on the threshold of the lair, leaving behind sizzling green marks. Will you become like them in the future? Slowly, you drift off to sleep...

You have restored 4 HP.

Sewers aren't exactly peaceful, there is stuff both beneficial and harmful happening all around. Not now, however. You still have some time to carry out operations of your own.
>Assemble a rat squad [can be taken with other options]
>Kill one of the quest monsters [which one?]
>Kill other stuff. You just had bad luck, this time it'll be different. [where?]
>Search for magical roots in the garden underground
>Explore caves.
>Find a way out of the city sewers.
>Find a way up into the city.
>Write-in

>>5258286
>Assemble a rat squad
>Search for magical roots in the garden underground

>>5258286
>>>Search for magical roots in the garden underground
With no help so we can eat all of it

>>5258286
>Search for magical roots in the garden underground

>>5258286
>Search for magical roots in the garden underground

>>5258291
+1
strength in numbers

>>5258291
>>5258294
>>5258296
>>5258302
>>5258722
>Search for magical roots in the garden underground

>>5258291
>>5258722
>Assemble a rat squad

You won't be assembling a party yet, all the roots will belong to you (if you find them, that is).
Roll 2d100
1st roll DC: 50/80/92 for finding something valuable.
2nd roll DC: 65 for something monstrous finding YOU (or rather, evading it).

>>5259652
Forgot to mention, it's Bo3 as usual.

Rolled 70, 88 = 158 (2d100)

>>5259652
BAZINGA BABY

Rolled 6, 39 = 45 (2d100)

>>5259652
Lets find the magic already.

Rolled 53, 62 = 115 (2d100)

>>5259652

yeet

>70, 88 - I Tier Search Success / Evasion Success

You navigate the pathways and soon enough, you see roots worming their way through the stones of the wet sewer walls. All that's left is to find an entrance point, established by rats that came before you, and you're inside a network of little earthen tunnels hugging the roots. You begin your search.

Tasting one, then another, you have no success at first -- one of them even turns out poisonous, releasing a toxic green juice when bitten -- but you continue your efforts, and in the end stumble upon a growth that is leaking a hot red liquid. When you consume it, at first you feel nothing but a burning sensation in your stomach, but then it is as if a fire awakens within you. You run faster, you dig harder, you leap higher, and overall you feel quite a bit more powerful.

You are affected by [Strength I] for 24h.
[Strength I] -- [+7 to battle rolls]

You don't get to find anything more valuable due to a sudden turn of events. The rats dwelling in the tunnels are abruptly running away. You glance around confused, until you see it. A worm with a maw so big it could eat a rat in two bites, complete with jagged teeth, is digging through the tunnels. Digging towards YOU.

You turn and run as fast as you can. Perhaps it's due to the powerup from the root, perhaps it's due to your [Scurry Away], you make it out into the sewers without the enemy catching up. You note that the worm isn't alone, its kin digging around, collapsing the tunnels and devouring unfortunate rats. Perhaps they're garden guardians of some kind? You don't know, and there's no way of finding out except going into their territory.

As you ponder where to head next, your ears catch sounds of a commotion in some part of the sewers. Not a basilisk feasting, not a screecher undead wailing, not the croaking of the giant toads, but something more interesting. You scuttle through the tunnels, and soon enough you find the source of the noise. A group of adventurers intent on leveling up or whatever have descended into the sewers. They carry torches; on the precipice of light, there are swarms of rats running to and fro, preparing to attack the unknowing, naive apprentice slayers.
>Join the rats. Rush in, bite, strike and tear them apart. Get EXP, take what they carry and run before your kin devours you in turn.
>Don't fight, but try to seize part of the loot.
>This is too dangerous. It will become a truly furious pandemonium once they are defeated; one you can't survive. Do something else instead.
>Write-in

>>5259720
>This is too dangerous. It will become a truly furious pandemonium once they are defeated; one you can't survive. Do something else instead.
>Kill one of the quest monsters [Skeleton Mass]
While our strength remains, let's go get revenge! Bring minions if we can.

>>5259720
>>Join the rats. Rush in, bite, strike and tear them apart. Get EXP, take what they carry and run before your kin devours you in turn.
>>Write-in
Hide if as things get really dicey, or run if you can't hide

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>5259724 - 1
>>5259752 - 2
My roll is my vote

>>5259720
>Join the rats. Rush in, bite, strike and tear them apart. Get EXP, take what they carry and run before your kin devours you in turn.

>>5259720
>This is too dangerous. It will become a truly furious pandemonium once they are defeated; one you can't survive. Do something else instead.
>Kill one of the quest monsters [Skeleton Mass]

>>5259720
Can we lure the worms to the adventurers and have them fight each other before taking out the survivors?

>>5259881
Hey, if it's possible, everything could turn into a clusterfuck... Which I will support if we can do it.

>>5259720
>Join the rats. Rush in, bite, strike and tear them apart. Get EXP, take what they carry and run before your kin devours you in turn.
We need to leech some Experience so we can fucking level up before we take on the big monsters that one-shot us before.

>>5259720
>>Join the rats. Rush in, bite, strike and tear them apart. Get EXP, take what they carry and run before your kin devours you in turn.

We should try not to use phase. Having them report on phase-shifting rats might draw attention. Or stronger adventurers.

>>5259886
Damn, support.

Please discard >>5259752

Apparently 2 hours is too long ago to delete

>>5259881
Worms only rampage in the garden underground. If that wasn't clear, they're collapsing the earthen tunnels rats made, they don't go into the sewer tunnels. Even if they did, the gardens are a bit away from the point where adventurers have descended.

>>5259908
Well never mind then, I rescind my rescinsion.

>>5259720
>>Join the rats. Rush in, bite, strike and tear them apart. Get EXP, take what they carry and run before your kin devours you in turn.
>Write-in
Try to form a small team and flank them. Try so they split attention from the main group of rats and us, and attack when they do a mistake

>>5259720
>Join the rats. Rush in, bite, strike and tear them apart. Get EXP, take what they carry and run before your kin devours you in turn.

>>5259908
So much for that idea
>Join the rats. Rush in, bite, strike and tear them apart. Get EXP, take what they carry and run before your kin devours you in turn.

>>5259720
>Join the rats. Rush in, bite, strike and tear them apart. Get EXP, take what they carry and run before your kin devours you in turn.

>>5259720
>Join the rats. Rush in, bite, strike and tear them apart. Get EXP, take what they carry and run before your kin devours you in turn.
Glory to the first rat to die That isn't us

>>5259724
>>5259772
>>5259828
>This is too dangerous. It will become a truly furious pandemonium once they are defeated; one you can't survive. Do something else instead.
>Kill one of the quest monsters [Skeleton Mass]

>>5259822
>>5259890
>>5259894
>>5259916
>>5259924
>>5259931
>>5259946
>>5260139
>>5260383
>Join the rats. Rush in, bite, strike and tear them apart. Get EXP, take what they carry and run before your kin devours you in turn.

So you'll be attacking the adventurers.
Roll 3d100 Bo3
1st roll - battle - DC: 30/60/80/95/100
You get a +15 bonus here (+7 from [Strength I], +5 from [Strength in numbers] (capped + reduced due to others competing with you), +3 from TACTICS as outlined by this anon >>5259924)
2nd roll - looting - DC: 60/80/90/95
3rd roll - escape - DC: (40)/60/80
You get a +15 bonus here (+10 from [Phaseshifting], +5 from [Scurry away])

Rolled 85, 44, 83 = 212 (3d100)

>>5260880
Rollan

>>5260881
>+15 Bonus

Huh. That makes it 100.

Rolled 50, 100, 28 = 178 (3d100)

>>5260880
+15

Rolled 98, 53, 72 = 223 (3d100)

>>5260880

>>5260886
RNGesus praise be.

Holy shit these are some good rolls.

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Rolled 70, 87, 9 = 166 (3d100)

>>5260880
Right, lets get 'er done.

>>5260886
>nat 100 on the loot roll
Holy hell.

>>5260880
Qm, how does BO3 work when there's the 3 separate numbers? Does it take the best one for each category? Which would be 85, 100, 83? Or the highest overall? (98, 53, 72)

>>5260882
Perhaps I have been too generous with modifiers.
Ah well, if we party, we party hard. You earned this for dying 2 times in a row.
>>5260895
Best from each category.

>>5260881
>>5260886
>>5260889
>98, 100, 83
ULTIMATE SUCCESS.
Update soon.

>>5260900
>98 + 15 modifier = 113
>100
>83 + 15 modifier = 98
Holy god

>>5260900
Mann this quest is just always extreames no inbetween

There are seven enemies in total. A formidable number if you were alone, but there are dozens upon dozens of rats lurking in the dark. The vanguard of the attack are the most foolish and bloodthirsty of your kind; they are the first to fall as well, struck down by lighting escaping a wizard's staff. But more follow.

Soon enough, the chamber the adventurers stumbled upon is full of fur, tooth and claw. Like mighty waves, rats crash against the adventurers, cling to them, bring them down and attempt to devour them. Not all is going well, however. The warriors of the group roar out something strange, and most of the rats around are drawn to attack them, armoured and unyielding, instead of the unprotected mages, rangers and the single field medic. [Taunt], is it? You feel the pull too, and it takes no small amount of mental effort to keep yourself from falling into a bloody rage and attacking the warriors. But you succeed.

Leading a group of rats in circumventing the adventurers, you briefly notice how a flurry of magic missiles and several precise arrow shots bring down a dozen rats, but you sneak by unnoticed, and then swiftly attack. Some of the allied rats are more powerful than you even -- they bear the claws that tear through leather armour worn by rangers like a hot knife through butter -- but you are careful in your timing. Letting others do all the work, you last-hit the adventurers, reaping the rewards for yourself.

You have earned 100 EXP
LEVEL UP!
You have earned 100 EXP

Some of the EXP is taken by others -- you reckon you'd have earned a couple hundreds more if you took them down all by yourself -- but you're leveling up here, that much is enough for you. The adventurers have noticed your little manoeuvre by now. The thief of the party picks you out, perhaps by your green eyes, and manages to land a glancing hit with his dagger.

You have lost 3 HP
You have been inflicted [Bleeding]

Damn, that hurt. You retreat a bit, letting others do the dirty work of tearing apart the adventurer, then finish him off, getting that revenge. Doesn't remove the status effect, sadly.

You have earned 100 EXP
LEVEL UP!
You have lost 1 HP due to [Bleeding]

The battle is dying down now, the remaining enemies retreating, evidently unprepared for an assault this fierce, leaving behind dozens of sliced up, pierced and magically burnt rat corpses over which yet more vermin crawl towards them. Now is your last chance to land some good hits and farm that EXP.

You have earned 100 EXP
You have earned 100 EXP
LEVEL UP!
You have lost 1 HP due to [Bleeding]

>>5261016
You manage to finish off the last two unarmoured opponents -- the witch and the doctor. The warriors are the only ones escaping the vermintide, shields raised and swords stained with blood of a score vermin each. Ironically, they have failed to protect those they were meant to. But the battle is not over yet. It is merely the sides that have changed -- from adventurers against vermin to rat against rat. Squeaks fill the chamber as internecine fights erupt and your kin bite and rip each other apart.

You have lost 1 HP due to [Bleeding]

You phaseshift from one corpse to another, three in total, pilfering an item from each while others are busy fighting over them. A ring with a blood-red gem. A bracelet, battered but still holding power, if your senses are to be trusted. A dagger the thief stabbed you with. All of that hanging from you or held in your teeth, by the end of your little operation, you are the target of a large part of the sewers' population.

You have lost 1 HP due to [Bleeding]

You run fast, but they're as fast as you, and some are faster, not to mention the other rats not being burdened by three magical items at once. However, you have one advantage over them, and that is your reality-altering teleportation ability. You phaseshift to other sides of filth streams, making them swim while you escape; you disappear in intersections, holding your breath beneath the surface of water while they guess where you went; you hide in little secure corners you spotted in your initial scouting.

You have lost 1 HP due to [Bleeding]
[Bleeding] has been removed

Finally, that damned debuff has worn off. At the end of the day, you are exhausted from the chase but ultimately alive. One bad thing: you have no idea what kind of loot you obtained. Well, that's not exactly true, the dagger you know to cause bleeding, though it's usefulness remains questionable considering you have no hands. You guess you could stab someone while holding it in your mouth? Moving on, there's the ring. Wearing it on your little claw, you feel... enduring. Removing it makes you feel sapped of something. "Status." -- you request for the first time since your awakening in this world.

NAME: [LOCKED]
RACE: Sewer Rat
RANK: F-
LEVEL: 3/5
ABILITIES: [Scurry away] [Strength in numbers] [Perseverance] [Ph#sesh%ft&r]
EFFECTS: [Strength I] (21h)
STATS:
HP: 7/25
MP: 0/0
STR: 20
MAG: 0
DEF: 9
RES: 3
SPD: 16

>>5261019
The HP stat catches your eye. Guessing it is a Ring of Vitality, then. Pretty useful, almost doubling your HP. Restoring them is another matter. Moving on. The only mysterious thing is the bracelet. Some of your stats are increased as well, but that's probably because of either [Strength I] or leveling up. You decide to store it in one of your hiding places for later. Perhaps you'll figure it out eventually.

With the adventurer fight behind you, it is time to decide where to go next.
>Rest in a rat lair [can be taken with other options] [dangerous things may find you if you dwell too long]
>Assemble a rat squad [can be taken with other options]
>Attempt to devour one of the artifacts and absorb it's power [which?]
>Kill a quest monster [which?]
>Kill other stuff [where?]
>Search for magical roots in the garden underground [Locked - Rampaging Worms]
>Explore caves
>Find a way up into the city
>Find a way beyond the city limits
>Write-in

>>5261022
>>Rest in a rat lair [can be taken with other options] [dangerous things may find you if you dwell too long]

We need to heal up.

>Kill a quest monster [Rateater Toad]

>>5261022

>Rest in a rat lair [can be taken with other options]
>Attempt to devour one of the artifacts and absorb it's power [which?]

Devour the dagger first off. It would be nice if we could inflict bleed with our regular attacks

>>5261032
+1

>>5261032
I mean... Is either that of we have various chunks of pointy metal that aside from cutting out inside like it should, it also apply bleed to us

The only way we have found that this works is with the Str magical root, and that because it was a root. Unless the QM tell us it is safe we do that and we can apply bleed with our attacks, I say we should hide it until we can investigate on how we can do to transfer those status to us

>>5261022
>>5261032
I'm not sure how well eating a knoif will go, but why not try?

>>5261022
>>5261032 +1

>picked fucking rat over spawn
You guys fucking suck.

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>>5261141
Yeah, I suck on your moms tits every night. How did you know?

>>5261112
>QM tell us it is safe we do that
It is not safe and involves a roll to determine whether you successfully assimilate the artifact.
>>5261119
>I'm not sure how well eating a knoif will go
Magic shenanigans.

>>5261217
I will consume the knife.

>>5261032
+1 eat the knife. Might be painful as hell but at least we'll never be iron deficient for a while.

>>5261217
fuck it +1 for killing ourselves

>>5261032
This, fucking kek

>>5261226
+1
Fuck yeah, our immune system will fight off the knife infection and we'll become immune to stabbings

>>5261025
Oh fuck it. Not gonna be a wet blanket, this is pretty funny.

Changing to eating the knife as well.

>>5261032
>>5261035
>>5261119
>>5261137
>>5261237
>>5261314
>>5261452
>>5261926
>>5261959
>EAT THE KNIFE

Roll 1d100 Bo3 DC: 40/80

Rolled 17 (1d100)

>>5261999
EAT THE KNIFE

Rolled 13 (1d100)

>>5261999

Rolled 18 (1d100)

>>5261999

Rolled 51 (1d100)

>>5261999
EAT IT

>>5262002
>>5262007
>>5262008
Guess we are dying...
AGAIN

EAT THE FUCKING KNIIIIIIFE

Anddd once again this quest prooves that its a quest of highs and lows unfortunate i was a little too late on that roll

>>5262002
>>5262007
>>5262008
>18 - Failure
Update soon.

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>>5262018
>dying again because we failed to roll above 40 on a d100

>Dying because, in a clearly brutal quest, the players still insisted on trying to literally eat a magic knife that inflicts bleed.

Christ Almighty...

LMAO just start a new thread man and try again with a different character. DO NOT bail us out. Teach anons on /qst/ they can't always be retards.

>>5262033
It's not that brutal, we literally have a "don't die even when killed" superpower from the get-go

You aren't really that knowledgeable about how it works, but you sense in yourself a power to consume magic from things and wield it as your own. Now, how exactly to do this is another matter... You decide to try eating things. Starting with the bleeding knife.

You bite and hold it tightly in your teeth. Outright swallowing it would be suicide, so you try to concentrate and subdue its magic instead. After a few moments in heavy silence, you sense the manaflow inside. It is sharp and brittle, you are wise to use caution... or not. When your attempt to consume this magic, the knife suddenly snaps between your teeth, and whatever forces were inside it escape.

Not just escape, though. They choose YOU to be their last conduit, and several little incisions appear on your skin.

You have been inflicted [Bleeding]

Great. Time to die again, is it?

You have lost 1 HP [x5]
You are no longer affected by [Bleeding]

It takes a while for the debuff to wear off, as previously, but at least you are alive in the end. Guess you don't quite get how to do the power-absorption thing yet. You barely manage to crawl into the rat den and collapse into deep slumber...

You have restored 10 HP

Some time later you wake up, feeling considerably better. With 12 HP you can actually do stuff. There remains the option of taking another nap, but rat dens are frequently found by dangerous creatures.

One of your quests has been updated.

Huh?.. "Quests." -- you squeak out.

Active quests:
1. Apex predator of the sewers (unreviewed update)
2. [ERROR CODE211:QUEST.NAME UNAVAILABLE]

One.

NAME: APEX PREDATOR OF THE SEWERS
COMPLETION REWARD: 600 EXP, [Fear] skill
OBJECTIVES:
Slay each of the following:
1. Basilisk [1/1]
2. Rateater Toad [0/1]
3. Great Slime [0/1]
4. Skeleton Mass [0/1]
5. Moss Overgrowth [0/1]
ADDITIONAL OBJECTIVES:
1. Slay a Hydra [0/1]
ADDITIONAL REWARD 1: [Crashing wave] skill

So there are hydras in the sewers as well. One more danger for the ratkind.
>Rest in a rat lair [can be taken with other options] [roll for possible encounter]
>Assemble a rat squad [can be taken with other options]
>Kill a quest monster [which?]
>Kill other stuff [where?]
>Search for magical roots in the garden underground [Locked - Rampaging Worms]
>Explore caves
>Find a way up into the city
>Find a way beyond the city limits
>Write-in
I basically ripped off the system of "eat it - obtain power" from the previous quest but now I see how retarded it is with the knife-devouring. You'll get the ability to absorb power from artifacts in the future, but for now this option is offline. You still get bonuses from carrying and using them, though.

>>5262034
>>5262040
There are ways to punish anons other than dying. Like putting you on a race against time to let eldritch abominations into the world. Or killing off important characters (when they get introduced). Or inflicting a permanent (or hard-to-remove) handicap. Death is not the only option.

>>5262042
>Assemble a rat squad
>Kill a quest monster (Rateater Toad)

Fuck frogs I hate frogs

>>5262042
>>Kill a quest monster [which?]
Rateater Toad
We still have our Str bonus for a few hours, right?

>>5262042
>Rest in a rat lair [can be taken with other options] [roll for possible encounter]
>Explore caves

>>5262046
+1

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>>5262042
>Assemble a rat squad [can be taken with other options]
>Kill other stuff [Slimes]
Practice killing slimes for EXP and for the eventual showdown with the Great Slime. Find some Rat followers for Leadership EXP too.

>>5262042
>>5262054+1

>>5262042
>>5262046
+1

>>5262042
>Explore caves

>>5262046
+1. Probably will be easier to kill a toad than figuring out how the hell we're gonna harm a slime.

>>5262049
Support. But bring a crew.

>>5262042
>Assemble rat squad
>Go kill a Rateater Toad

>>5262054
>>5262079
>Assemble a rat squad
>Kill other stuff [Slimes]

>>5262050
>>5262136
>Explore caves

>>5262049
>Kill quest monster [Rateater Toad], no rat squad

>>5262046
>>5262051
>>5262106
>>5262250
>>5262273
>Assemble a rat squad
>Kill quest monster [Rateater Toad]

Time to get the lads together and progress on that quest.
Roll 1d100 Bo3
+1 rat in your group for each 10 you beat (so 10, 20, 30, 40, etc.)
There will be another roll after this one for the battle proper.

Rolled 80 (1d100)

>>5263158
They see me rollin

Rolled 81 (1d100)

>>5263158

Rolled 12 (1d100)

>>5263158
We must defeat the ancient evils of the Sewers and claim it all for rat kind! Join us in this epic quest, rat brothers!

Rolled 25 (1d100)

>>5263158

>>5263164
>>5263165
>>5263166
>81
So you got 8 rats to follow you. An impressive number.

Now roll 1d100 Bo3 DC:80 for actually killing the toad.
You have +17 bonus from various sources.

Rolled 55 + 17 (1d100 + 17)

>>5263176

Rolled 76 (1d100)

>>5263176
WITNESS ME BLOODBAG

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Rolled 35 + 17 (1d100 + 17)

>>5263176
>>5263181
This Toad is eating shit today.

>>5263179
>>5263181
>>5263185
>76 - Success
Toad is kill.
Update soon.

Time to actually make some progress on that quest of yours. The title of apex predator (even if it's just sewers) sure sounds enticing.

However, you only possess true [Strength in numbers]. Thus, you squeak around one of the lairs, calling upon rats resting there to follow you to glory, riches, and giant toads. It goes surprisingly well.

An UNNAMED SEWER RAT has joined your party [x8]

You spend the next couple of hours scurrying through the various tunnels, trying to pick up on the croaks of your enemy. As some of your allies consider leaving, you finally find your target. Rateater Toads are fearsome enemies for rats, as is evident from their name. They shoot out their sticky tongue and swallow up whole rats that get caught upon it.

As you approach the resting monstrosity, it opens its eyes and lets out a lazy croak. It doesn't seem intent on eating you, for now. But that only plays into your hand. Phaseshifting has become somewhat more bearable as you've gained experience with it, and so you swiftly teleport on top of the amphibian, surprising it with such a bold and sudden assault. It flails fiercely in the waste, trying to shake you off, but you dig your teeth in, biting, tearing its flesh apart.

Your companions make their move as well. They jump into the river of filth the toad resides in, cling to its limbs and immobilise the enemy. However, the battle is not won yet. For all its size, the monster's legs bear formidable muscles. It leaps up to the ceiling, slamming you right against stone. You hear some of your bones crack and let out a pained squeak.

You have lost 5 HP

You have to end this soon if you hope to remain alive by the end of it. Shifting from the amphibian's back to its side, you attempt to hit a major vein with your bites, and luckily succeed. With the wounds already torn open by other rats, the toad starts quickly losing blood. Its movements, once wild and uncontrolled, become weak. All that's left is to deliver the final hits, and the Rateater Toad is dead by your hands.

You have gained 50 EXP
You have accomplished an objective in one of your quests.

The disadvantage of bringing allies is the fact that they get a lot of the EXP you could've got if you were alone. Oh, well. One more step towards the completion of the quest.

>>5263236
As you ponder where to go next, you once again hear a commotion of sorts in another part of the sewers. However, if previously, rats were coming together, now they are running away. You decide to check whatever has them so scared...

An UNNAMED SEWER RAT has left your party [x8]

Marching through the sewers are squads of soldiers clad in leather armour and bearing strange signs. The warriors' swords glint in the torchflames, and their belts clang with numerous alchemical potions. The mages in the back carry tricky magitech weaponry, the purpose of which is unknown to you. Unknown until they use it.

The whole tunnel is suddenly blasted with a stream of flames. Rats are burnt alive, and one of the basilisks does not stop to feast on the corpses, for he is slithering away as well. Those who remain alive after the fire are cut down with cold steel. These men march silently except for the crackle of magic on the wizards' flamethrowers and the muffled footsteps of their boots. They are not your run of the mill adventurers, they are professional monster slayers. You would do well to hide, like everyone else, or risk getting burnt alive or cut down.
>Escape into the caves.
>Lurk in the part of the sewers with alchemical workshops and fighting pits.
>Find a way up into the city.
>Write-in

>>5263238
>Write-in
>Attempt to stay far behind them, while using phase shifting to escape notice.

They're professional Monster Slayers, and that means they're here to slay Monsters. Maybe even looking for the adventurers.

And what's one monster that only recently appeared?

>>5262042

If the theory is correct, there may not be a better chance to try and Last-Hit a Hydra.

>>5263238
>Lurk in the part of the sewers with alchemical workshops and fighting pits.

>>5263240
I find it hard to believe you could maintain enough distance to escape notice AND last-hit a hydra. The latter basically means getting into their killzone for a minute or two, even with phaseshifting.

>>5263251
>getting into their killzone for a minute or two, even with phaseshifting

Yeah, that's the idea. That comes later, though, if it even exists. But for now my vote is to just stay behind and follow.

>>5263236
>Escape into the caves.

>>5263238
>Follow at a distance, observe, and wait for an opportunity to killsteal and flee

>>5263373
+1 support

>>5263238
>Lurk in the part of the sewers with alchemical workshops and fighting pits.

>>5263373
supporting this.

>>5263238
>Lurk in the part of the sewers with alchemical workshops and fighting pits
I ain't going to lie, stalking and trying to killsteal a quest monster underneath the nose of a massive exterminator squadron sounds hella retarded and like an instant death scenario to me. Best keep our distance so we don't die again for no reason.

>>5263582
The QM himself basically called it retarded, yeah.

Why are the anons in this quest so retarded?

>>5263238
>Lurk in the part of the sewers with alchemical workshops and fighting pits
The wise man-er, rat-lives to fight another day.

>>5263238
>Lurk in the part of the sewers with alchemical workshops and fighting pits.

>>5263582
>>5263605
>>5263612
If we see no opportunity, we hold back. If their raid goes poorly or some weakened critter escapes, we can hunt down and kill a straggler. Simple as.

>>5264349

>be single-digit level F-rank monster with no stealth skills in litRPG world
>see high-level party specialized in monster murder
>follow them around thinking this is an opportunity
The genre literally just shifted to survival horror you mong, if we vote this and the QM kills us with no rolls allowed I will call it fair.