Chapter 4 of 48 · Book 1, Dungeon Crawler Carl

Chapter 4 — The character sheet

Book: Dungeon Crawler Carl · Part: The First Floor · Previous: Chapter 3 — Da Tutorial Guild · Next: Chapter 5 — Inventory and the ratings panel · Floor: Floor 1 — The Tutorial · Series: the series

Opening

“There are six basic starter species the Syndicate uses to seed worlds.

Summary

Mordecai lectures first: the Syndicate seeds worlds with six basic starter species and strips them later, and the real money is the show, 'more a Running Man situation than a Survivor one.' Then the Crawler Menu and the character sheet: stats that cannot be distributed until the third floor, and a Strength of 6 against an Intelligence of 3 that points him toward a strength-based class. After them comes the ratings panel (views, followers, favorites, patrons), which Mordecai calls 'the single most important menu in the entire game.'

Mordecai warns that disparaging the Syndicate or Borant on camera may get a crawler's experience 'accelerated.' A female voice announces the dungeon sealed: just under 13 million entered, already under 10 million left. Carl asks about Donut: any creature above a certain weight gets a crawler ID, but without an Intelligence of two it cannot train and counts as a pet. This is his last tour; the deepest anyone has gone is floor 13.

Characters

• Carl — Learns his stats, his menus and a healing spell he has three mana to cast.
• Mordecai — Explains seeding, the show, stats and ratings; this is his last tour.
• Princess Donut — Asleep by the fire; a crawler ID, but still only a pet.

Locations

• Tutorial guilds — Still in the first guild room.

Motifs

• Loot boxes — Explained, not yet opened: six tiers from Bronze to Celestial, and the patrons' Benefactor Boxes.