《Decapod》Bigger Fish to Fry
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When Reagan woke up he found himself the roughly half the size of an adult human's forearm. Basically half the size of the BBs, which meant that Reagan's punches were even stronger now. Reagan began his hunt but kept having the feeling that he was being followed, there was seemingly no reason for this as every time he looked back and around himself to check there was nothing there.
Reagan decided to look for the teenager barracuda, with his new size the creature was only around three times his size and he felt very confident that he could defeat it. Just to make sure he wasn't over-estimating himself, Reagan checked his status.
Reagan lvl4
HP: 150/150
Attributes:
Passives:
Titles:
Strength: 45
Calamity of Nature
Hunter of the Weak
Dexterity: 21 Springloaded Muscles Killer of Babies Toughness:30 Ambush
The Truth in Their Name
Intelligence:40 Patience (lvl 2) Wisdom:10
Reagan was not happy in the slightest about the "killer of babies" title and felt that this would paint him as an evil guy who kills babies for no reason. Reagan only killed babies for exp, not for fun. Reagan decided to inspect his new titles.
Killer of Babies: When fighting a creature with the "Baby" modifier the user will gain +5 to strength and toughness. The Truth in Their Name: only available to named monsters, unlocked when the user fulfills the meaning of their name. Bonus depends on race and fulfillment requirements. currently, the user has gained +7 strength and +11 toughness.
Reagan did not know what his name meant, but somehow he had fulfilled some requirements? maybe this had something to do with this feeling of being followed. Either way, the bonuses were insane and the boost to toughness would greatly help him during fights.
Reagan continued on his way to find a TB (his nickname for the Teenager Barracuda). eventually, he ran into a BB and killed it in under five seconds, the increases to his strength and his new ambush passive allowed him to basically deal three-fourths of the BBs health before it even knew he was there, and from that point, a couple of punches would kill them. It took four hours before Reagan finally ran into the TB, he immediately hid and waited for it to swim past him. The BBs and the TB seemed to swim around leisurely until they were put on guard. If they were always swimming as fast as they could then Reagan would never be able to actually attack them. Luckily for him the was a patch of seaweed near the path the TB was taking so Reagan hid there waiting for the perfect time to strike. Reagan still felt like there was something watching him but he shrugged it off and right then the TB passed him. Reagan lept forward and punched with both of his claws as hard as he could.
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Dealt 21 physical dmg + 25 surprise attack bonus + 10 burn damage two times for a total of 97 damage (the second hit does not gain a surprise attack modifier)
Reagan was surprised at the amount of damage he had just done but refused to let himself get distracted, he immediately put himself on guard because the TB was not as stupid as the BBs which was made apparent as it immediately swam away before turning around to discover who had just hit him. Unlike the BBs, this fish knew what it was doing and that would be the difficult part of this fight. After seeing who had done the damage, the fish snarled at Reagan and charged him, because of it's speed all Reagan could do was attempt to sidestep and get a pot-shot on the fish's side. Unfortunately for Reagan, the fish had fought similar animals before and knew what he was up to, which is why the fish began to aim for his weak spot, right behind him.
The fish faked the charge and stopped right when Reagan attempted to sidestep him, it then looked at the new location and bit down hard onto Reagan's side.
You have suffered 50 physical damage
Reagan's vision immediately grew blurry from the pain, but he would not let this fish get the better of him. Reagan immediately attempted to counter-attack but the TB just swam upwards to dodge the strike. Reagan had forgotten that this particular opponent had free range mobility and was three times faster than him. No matter what Reagan did he just couldn't catch up, he didn't want to die, but he had overestimated his damage and speed.
You have suffered 40 physical damage
Reagan only had 60 health left, and he had no plan. How was he supposed to Beat this thing? He was beginning to understand just how difficult it was to be a crustacean. The fish began charging him, but Reagan had lost his legs on his left side when the fish had bitten him most recently, he couldn't dodge this. Reagan was going to die...
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it was at that moment that Reagan noticed something moving under him, whatever it was it was the thing that had been following him all day, it had only been the size of Reagan's legs so the entire time it was hiding under him. And it charged out from underneath him and grabbed the TB's body with its very large claws. It was a coconut crab! the crab with the strongest claws and grip strength out of every crustacean! Reagan did not waste this chance, The coconut crab had slowed it down and was keeping it close to the floor. Reagan began punching as hard and as fast as he could, and after five punches at maximum power, the TB finally died.
You have slain Middle-aged Barracuda lvl 15 with the help of species Birgus Latro, gained 4 levels with half of the exp going to the Birgus Latro.
Reagan immediately burrowed both himself and his new friend into the sand to hide while they recovered. And it was at that moment in time that Reagan remembered what his Human name meant, it was an Irish last name which meant "Little King", and because crabs traveled in feuds this smaller crab had seen he was bigger and had designated him as it's "King" which had fulfilled one of Reagan's requirements for "The Truth in Their Name". Reagan had finally gotten his own feud, granted it was just one, small coconut crab.
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