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Mushroom

Your cat has found a large mushroom. What should your cat do with it?

Safest choice

  • EatCON checkWorst: Gain a disorder: one of Eating Disorder, Pica (Fail CON roll · rare tier)
  • LootDEX checkWorst: Gain disorder Paranoia (Fail DEX roll · rare tier)
  • ExamineINT checkWorst: Take 3–8 damage (Fail INT roll · common tier)

Eat

CON check
  1. Pass CON roll · common tier

    Your cat munches on the soft flesh of the mushroom. Your cat feels your cat's mind expanding with a temporary rush of brilliance. The possibilities are endless!

    • Next fight: intelligence up (3)
  2. Pass CON roll · rare tier

    Taking a large bite out of the mushroom, your cat considers the many paths that led your cat to this strange situation.

    • Permanent stats: +1 INT
  3. Fail CON roll · common tier

    As your cat chews on the soft flesh of the mushroom, your cat's mind begins to spin. Despite having trouble focusing, your cat stumbles on.

    • Next fight: intelligence up (-3)
  4. Fail CON roll · rare tier

    Your cat takes a timid bite. Then another bite. Your cat then furiously devours the supple mushroom! Your cat looks around, eager for more...

    • Gain a disorder: one of Eating Disorder, Pica

Loot

DEX check
  1. Pass DEX roll · common tier

    Your cat plucks the mushroom up by the stem. It might be useful later in a pinch.

    • Get a random item from Mushrooms or PurpleMushroom or BlackMushroom
  2. Pass DEX roll · rare tier

    In the dim light your cat notices luminescent veins running down the stem of the mushroom. Your cat delicately uproots the mushroom and tucks it away.

    • Get a random item from SpottedMushroom or RedMushroom
  3. Fail DEX roll · common tier

    As your cat attempts to pull up the mushroom, it releases a cloud of spores! Your cat stumbles back, your cat's senses confused by the potent cloud.

    • Next fight: confusion (4)
  4. Fail DEX roll · rare tier

    As your cat roughly pulls at the mushroom, it releases a toxic cloud of spores! Breathing in the dense particles, your cat shudders. Your cat's eyes begin darting around menacingly.

Examine

INT check
  1. Pass INT roll · common tier

    Your cat notices that the mushroom has grown up over the body of some long deceased creature. Digging into the remains reveals something that could make great armor!

    • Get a random item from bone armor
  2. Pass INT roll · common tier

    Your cat notices that the mushroom has grown up over the body of some long deceased creature. Digging into the remains reveals something that could make great armor!

    • Get a random item from cat armor
  3. Pass INT roll · rare tier

    Beneath the innocent looking shroom is the carcass of a powerful creature. Your cat pulls it out...

    • Get a random item from rotten armor
  4. Fail INT roll · common tier

    Your cat sees something poking out from beneath the mushroom... As your cat moves closer to investigate, a skeletal arm reaches out and strikes your cat!

    • Take 3–8 damage
    • Next fight: fear
  5. Fail INT roll · rare tier

    Distracted sniffing the odd mushroom, a rotting skeletal hand reaches out from beneath it and strikes your cat! Your cat howls as your cat's skin begins to rot from some horrible disease.

Exact where the game's data defines the odds (no-roll choices, fixed chances, weighted pools). Stat checks, the common/rare split and luck-weighted picks depend on rolls the data doesn't spell out, so they're labelled instead of guessed.