Carl's Doomsday Scenario
By Matt Dinniman · Narrated by Jeff Hays · 530 pages pages · April 2021
The setup
The training levels are over. The show is live. Quintillions of aliens are watching. Carl and Donut need to choose a race and class -- decisions that will define everything going forward. Carl picks the Primal race and the Compensated Anarchist class, which the System AI describes as "a trapmaking, bomb-making, social-media dynamo." Donut picks whatever lets her be the most dramatic. It works.
What happens (non-spoiler)
Katia Grim joins the party -- an Ophidian crawler who becomes one of Carl's most trusted allies. The show goes live to the galactic audience. Carl and Donut are now performers whether they like it or not. Carl hates it. Donut orders new headshots.
Floor 3 is where race and class selection happens -- the most consequential decision in the crawl. Carl picks the Primal race and the Compensated Anarchist class, committing to a build centered on explosives and creative destruction. Mordecai has opinions about this choice. Mordecai always has opinions.
Key introductions
- Katia Grim -- Ophidian crawler. Steady, competent, and the reason the party survives its own plans.
- Race and class selection -- the decision that defines your entire crawl
- The show goes live -- Carl and Donut are now watched by quintillions
- The foundations of the sponsorship economy begin to take shape