Motif · from book 2
Race and class
The third-floor choice that can never be unmade. Donut stays a cat and tricks Mordecai into being her manager by picking Former Child Actor; Carl turns down Hobgoblin and Sasquatch for Primal — a blank slate with every skill unlockable to 20 — and Compensated Anarchist. Eighty per cent of crawlers stay human.
First appears: Book 2
Series arc
As of book 3. Book 2's choices; book 3's consequences: Donut's Character Actor keeps skills across classes by a bug; Katia's doppelganger race is the floor's discovery — mass from a backpack, a third eye, a 98% gnoll, a sentinel gun; Elle's race came with a manager; Chris's changed him; Frank did not choose his.
Through book 2
Through book 3
Through book 4
The dossiers
Every crawler card the system shows, in order.
| Book | Chapter | Crawler | Name | Level | Race | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B1 ch. 2 | #4,119 | Princess Donut | 1 | Cat | Not yet assigned |
| 1 | B1 ch. 20 | #324,119 | Frank Q | 8 | Human | Not yet assigned |
| 1 | B1 ch. 20 | #324,116 | Maggie My | 9 | Human | Not yet assigned |
| 1 | B1 ch. 22 | #12,330,671 | Brandon An | 6 | Human | Not yet assigned |
| 1 | B1 ch. 22 | #7,450 | Agatha | 2 | Human | Not yet assigned |
| 2 | B2 ch. 21 | #9,077,265 | Katia Grim | 9 | Human | Monster Truck Driver |
| 2 | B2 ch. 23 | #2,165,570 | Daniel Bautista 2 | 18 | Tigran | Swashbuckler |
| 3 | B3 ch. 8 | #12,329,440 | Imani C | 24 | Obsidian Butterfly | Fire Spiritualist |
| 3 | B3 ch. 18 | #4,122 | Carl | — | — | — |
| 3 | B3 ch. 19 | #324,119 | Frank Q | 17 | Night Elf | Blood Assassin |
| 3 | B3 ch. 21 | #9,077,240 | Eva Sigrid | 27 | Half Nagini, Half-Orc | Nimblefoot Enforcer |
| 4 | B4 ch. 6 | #4,778,551 | Low Thi | 25 | Human | D-Bag Geek |
| 4 | B4 ch. 14 | #324,116 | Chris Andrews 2 | 35 | Igneous | Zulu Warrior |
| 4 | B4 ch. 20 | #1,293,776 | Gwendolyn Duet | 34 | Human | Boring Ol’ Fighter |
Where they appear
| Book | Chapters they are in (of the book's) | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 2 — Carl's Doomsday Scenario | 9/26 | 1–4, 7, 9, 14, 25–26 · the book's own page |
| 3 — The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook | 7/35 | Ch. 1, Ch. 2, Ch. 3, Ch. 7, Ch. 19, Ch. 25, Ch. 30 · the book's own page |
| 4 — The Gate of the Feral Gods | 6/35 | Ch. 1, Ch. 4, Ch. 17, Ch. 28, Ch. 34, Ch. 35 · the book's own page |
By book
Race and class in book 2 — Carl's Doomsday Scenario
Three hundred and twenty races for Donut, 398 for Carl, hundreds of classes, and the same lesson twice: the AI's recommendations are good for survival and bad for the show (ch. 1, ch. 2). Donut games hers; Carl takes the long road. The recap shows what others did — Hekla an Amazonian, Lucia Mar a Lajabless, a man a slug, a woman Kali (ch. 7); eighty per cent stay human. Bautista regrets his tiger (ch. 23); Katia's guide should have talked her out of doppelganger (ch. 21).
Race and class in book 3 — The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook
Donut's Character Actor forces a new class every floor and, by a bug, lets her keep any skill she levels (ch. 1); Katia's race is the floor's discovery — mass, shape, a third eye, a gnoll at 98% (ch. 13, ch. 18, ch. 26); Elle's race came with a manager (ch. 8); Chris's changed him (ch. 8); Frank did not choose his (ch. 19).
Race and class in book 4 — The Gate of the Feral Gods
Glass Cannon for Donut (ch. 1); a cleric's clipped wings for Mordecai (ch. 1); shapeshifters taxonomised — changelings, doppelgangers, mimics, illusionists — and body-takers — Gondii, Intellect Hunters, Infiltrators (ch. 5, ch. 14); Boring Ol' Fighter (ch. 2); D-Bag Geek, Weather Engineer, Banana Farmer, Freelance Psychiatrist (ch. 6); Gut Rearranger (ch. 25); Lajabless, Crocodilian (ch. 4); Igneous (ch. 10, ch. 14); Kuhli (ch. 25); Lyrx Elf (ch. 28); a bune, 'the elves' of the lizard world (ch. 28). Specialisation on descent and a guild system announced for the sixth floor (ch. 33).