Motif · Book 2, Carl's Doomsday Scenario

Warnings

The system's » Warning: lines, from 'level timers are still active' in the first tutorial guild to 'The cages will permanently close in thirty seconds' in Ralph's boss room on the second floor: the rules read out as they bite, and the AI's temper in them.

Segment appearances

• Chapter 4 — Knives from a window
• Chapter 13 — Mordecai's room
• Chapter 16 — The Silk Road
• Chapter 20 — Manasa's last song
• Chapter 22 — The Mysterious Letter
• Chapter 24 — Remex
• Chapter 25 — Carl's Doomsday Scenario

Progression

Eight, and an all-caps ninth: 'scary-ass mobs are immune to Fear effects' (ch. 4); a fairy-class NPC who inflicts 20% more damage because of Carl's goblin pass (ch. 6); a Scroll of Upgrade with 'a short shelf life' (ch. 13); a ghost-class mob 'only injured with magic or magical items' (ch. 16); 'You have been branded as a troublemaker at this settlement. Guards will now attack you on sight' (ch. 20); an award given once — 'Nobody likes cockblocks' (ch. 22); an event quest with sixty seconds to reach a saferoom, and a case with a 1.5% chance of Sheol Fire (ch. 24); 'This item can no longer be stabilized' (ch. 25).