The Dungeon Fairy: Two Choices: A Dungeon Core Escapade (The Hapless Dungeon Fairy Book 2) by Jonathan Brooks (free e books to read .txt) 📗

time, knowing how successful her experiment with Canines went, she chose something that was in the same realm as the Canines, and would mesh well with them: Felines.

Cats and dogs were essentially what her dungeon was going to be filled with.  There was still one more creature type she needed to unlock access to before all of the components were in place for her new section, but that would come a little later.  For now, though, the family of Felines was exactly what she needed.

“So, if I understand correctly, you want to make your next section a mixture of a Forest and Mountain terrain – the latter of which you said you would unlock access to next – but which cats are you going to use?  I have to admit that I only really studied lions and tigers, as those tended to be the most popular of creatures in this category,” Shale asked expectantly.  Tacca could tell he was eager for another lesson in why she chose Felines as a creature family – and she was happy enough to oblige.

Well, as you stated, lions and tigers are the most popular choices in the Felines family.  Lions – as you no doubt know – are large, powerful cats that have deadly claws and bite strength, though their defense capabilities depend wholly upon their Variant.

Lion Variants

Blaze Lion

Shadow Lion

Dune Lion

Snow Lion

Aqua Lion

Scrub Lion

Plains Lion

Plateau Lion

Springing Lion

Obscured Lion

What you may also know from your studies, is that the lion is also a Pack Hunter similar to Canines.  Unfortunately, the two don’t mesh with their bonuses, as the Canines and Felines are mutually exclusive when it comes to the Pack Hunter trait – but there are two other Felines that benefit from this that I will get to later.

“Hmm…I don’t remember any others, honestly.”

They’re not commonly used creatures, so that makes sense.  As for some of the other types of Felines, there are some Variants of tigers – including the Sabre-toothed Tiger Variant – that are even deadlier than lions with their larger frames and weights, though they work best as singular creatures as opposed to a pack; there are panthers and cougars that are smaller than lions and tigers but are much more agile; then there are cheetahs that are deadly hunters that are one of the fastest land-based creatures available.

Each of these can be useful on their own depending on their Variant, which is why I want to experiment with them to see what might be the best fit.

As she was telling Shale about the different kinds of Felines there were, Tacca used her new Control Limit and DF regeneration – which made a marked difference in the amount of Dungeon Force she had constantly available – to create two different creatures, one of which was going to be extremely important in the dungeon.

Now, to the creatures that have the Pack Hunter trait which is, as you’ve seen, very useful.  The first of which is the creature that is just appearing: the Cliff Lynx.  This is a Variant of the Lynx that is suited to mountainous terrain; as you can see, it has brown-and-gray-striped fur along its body, allowing it to blend into the dirt and stone walls of a mountainside.  While small, it can adeptly leap from precarious positions along a cliff face and specializes in attacks from above, landing on their targets from an unexpected direction.  Their paws are what make them deadly, because their claws are similar to sharpened stone knives, easily cutting through leather like it’s paper.  Their fur is also placed close to their body and stiffened like small shards of rock, giving it better protection than even something like a Plateau Lion.  The downside to the Cliff Lynx is that its small size in relation to Raiders makes a one-on-one matchup quite unequal; just like my Canines, though, if they work together using their Pack Hunter trait they can take down larger targets.

“Very useful,” her Dungeon Assistant said, looking over the smallish cat.  It was just about as large as her Root Foxes – who were admittedly the weakest of the Canines she was using – but if they worked together and ambushed a Raider, they could do some serious damage or even kill one if they were lucky.  Given that they were only Level 1, that was saying something; the Cliff Lynxes, if she chose to use them, would be at least Level 5, which meant that they would be a little bigger than the one she just created.

Okay, now this last one might surprise you, but it is also the basis of my whole creature plan for this section.  Of course, this is only one half of my idea, which will be complete when I can select another creature with my Core Improvement Points, but I’ll explain exactly what is going on there.

Just as she finished saying that, her second creature appeared before her Core.  It was slightly larger than the Lynx standing right next to it, but it didn’t appear to be anything like a cat; instead, it looked more like a strange dog, with striped brown-and-gray fur very similar to the Lynx but fluffier.  The fur didn’t appear to be as coarse and strong as the Lynx, and it definitely wasn’t – it was just normal fur, as far as that went.  The creature’s claws were normal-looking as well, though its jaws were more pronounced and larger than on the other cat’s face, and its teeth were sharp and strong – as if they could pulverize bone with ease.

“What?  Is that a…but a Hyena is not a cat!  In fact, I would’ve said it was a Canine, which I didn’t even think about until now why you couldn’t create it before,” Shale exclaimed, totally confused.

That’s quite true, but this Echoing Hyena is most closely related to cats rather