Motif · Book 3, The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook

Carl's bare feet

Carl loses his borrowed Crocs in the first minutes and the AI notices: the Smush skill, the breathy item descriptions, the Enchanted Pedicure Kit of the Sylph, the Platinum Shoe Box. By the second floor his soles no longer feel the ground, his buffs require him barefoot, and the Maestro's parting gift of tactical boots is a taunt.

Segment appearances

• Chapter 1 — I'm on a train
• Chapter 2 — Transfer station 83
• Chapter 3 — Messages from deceased Crawlers
• Chapter 4 — Limp Richard's books
• Chapter 6 — Banshee Station
• Chapter 14 — Stealing the Nightmare Express

Arc

A Drek bites through a lapsed buff (ch. 1); Talon Strike turns the side of the foot into a blade (ch. 2, ch. 4); the toe ring goes to +10 strength (ch. 9); a foot catches the front of a train (ch. 14); an invulnerable, numb foot is what a mantaur grips on the way into a portal (ch. 32).