Motif · Book 5, The Butcher's Masquerade

The Anarchist's Battle Rattle

A sleeveless black canvas patch jacket from a Platinum Spicy Box on the fifth floor: +1 to every stat per patch sewn on, doubled by a back patch, +50% range and accuracy for thrown explosives, and as many slots as Carl can fit. It replaces the burned leather jacket he wore out of Seattle. The first patch is the planet Earth.

Segment appearances

• Chapter 30 — A Valtay landing vessel
• Chapter 36 — Swole
• Chapter 43 — The Midnight Epicure
• Chapter 46 — Sierra

Progression

A bolt through the shoulder that leaves the magical jacket unharmed (ch. 6); two patches sewn on by Katia, an arrow beside the planet Earth and a bomb at the hem (ch. 36); a patch from a gold box, stitched in place with a sewing skill-up (ch. 43, ch. 44); the jacket keeps vampirism off Carl (ch. 46).