Marlo Lane
"The Erogamer"
LVL: 1 (0%)
Stats:DOM: 2/100
SUB: 15/200
BOD: 20 (+)
LST: 1 (+)
SED: 6 (+)
FUK: 4 (+)
PRV: 19 (+)
ERO: 10 (+)
Points: 5
Money: $1,220Status Effects: None
Description: Marlo Lane is a novice police officer hoping to make a difference. For the last year, he has been consumed with anxiety about Sasha Michaels, his best friend, who has been diagnosed with cancer and is expected to have no more than three months to live. His desperation to save his friend has opened him up to the possibilities of the Erogame.
Skills:
Erogamer's Body (Lvl MAX): The biological ability to live your life as an erogame. Venereal disease doesn't exist for you, or pregnancies or refractory periods. Arbitrarily large appendages can fit inside any of your orifices. You heal from all marks with a good night's sleep, ready for the next day's adventures. Other aspects of this skill depend on the BOD stat.
Erogamer's Mind (Lvl MAX): The mental flexibility to live your life as an erogame. You're more able to accept the realities of your new world. You'll also bounce back from painful, upsetting and bizarre sexual experiences with relative ease. Rape can be anything from a recoverable trauma to a Tuesday afternoon, but it won't ruin your life. Other aspects of this skill depend on the FUK, SED, LST, and PRV stats.Erogamer's World (Lvl MAX): The consent of reality to live your life as an erogame. People are never too preoccupied to consider sex or romance, not while you're around. Bystanders won't ignore what you do, but they're unlikely to actually stop you. Those who do decide to involve themselves are drawn into the logic of the Erogame. If you go far enough that an authority sees no choice but to intervene… they won't treat you as a simple criminal. Other aspects of this skill depend on the ERO stat.
To Mine Own Me Be True (Lvl MAX): Even at the center of the Erogame, you are not just an erogame character, but a human being possessed of his own free will. Your family will always be safe from you, and little children everywhere.
Perks:
True Love Conquers All: If you love someone enough, nothing can ever permanently separate them from you. The only exception is their wishing to leave you---deliberately, voluntarily, and based on correct information. People you love will live out a full natural lifespan and they will never die before you do. If they ever face serious physical or psychological harm, you will always get a chance to rescue them. This applies to any type of love, not just romantic love. If you would undergo hardship and sacrifice to protect someone, if losing them would leave a scar on your heart that never fully heals, then you will be able to take care of them, and in time you will always be reunited.
Info // Character Stats // Level:
At LVL 1, and 0% progress toward the next level, you'll never be this weak again. You can increase your level by completing the quests the Erogame offers you, or by causing romantic and sexual events to happen to you or around you. The more difficult the challenge, the greater the rewards.
Info // Character Stats // Body:
With the average being 10, and perfect 10s being 40, your BOD of 20 makes you solidly the most attractive person in the room, assuming the room isn't in Hollywood, California.
You can increase this stat through exhibitionism, and other acts that invoke the pure beauty and power of your physical form.
Info // Character Stats // Lust:
At a LST of 1, you're very nearly asexual. For now, anyway.
You gain in this stat while experiencing sexual urges that are unusually intense or that go on unusually long.
Info // Character Stats // Seduction:
Your SED of 6 makes it possible for you to get a date with a girl who doesn't have anything else to do that Friday. Could be worse, but could be much better.
You can increase this stat by arousing the romantic interest or sexual desire of others, and successfully pursuing them or being caught.
Info // Character Stats // Fucking:
Your FUK of 4 means you'd better be extra careful with your teeth. As for other bedroom skills, have you considered trying to… well… move?
How do you increase this stat? Take a guess.
Info // Character Stats // Perversion:
Your PRV of 19 despite your total romantic isolation is a sad commentary on the decadence of the third millennium. Nonetheless, casual exposure to a variety of naughty ideas has left you open to a whole host of things you prefer not to think about.
You can increase this stat by being a little less close-minded, and acting accordingly.
Info // Character Stats // Erogame Logic:
At an ERO of 10, your life has become an erogame taking place in a mostly realistic setting. What happens to you might seem unlikely to others, but it won't break their belief in a sane universe… yet. Witnesses will reach for explanations other than the Erogame, but they'll still notice the unusual events.
If you keep pushing probability to its limits, then probability will learn to be a bit more flexible down there, relax and take it in and not protest so much.
Info // Character Stats // Dominant and Submissive Energy:
If this were a different game, you'd have mana and hit points.
It isn't.
"--I have literally nothing interesting going on in my life so, yes."
Fuck. Why did he say that to the cute boy.
That is roughly in line with what the quest told him, yes!
"I'll see you tomorrow, then?"
"So will I," he says, and smiles and stands up and goes home.
Well. It has been a day.
He pulls up his stat block, because he really should look at that again.
Marlo Lane
"The Erogamer"
LVL: 3 (50%)
Stats:DOM: 3/100
SUB: 157/200
BOD: 22 (+)
LST: 4 (+)
SED: 9 (+)
FUK: 7 (+)
PRV: 21 (+)
ERO: 10 (+)
Points: 10
Money: $1,220Status Effects: None
If he's interested, he can look at info on any of his stats or skills, the perk list, his currently active quests, or his harem.
Potential Harem Members
Sasha Michaels. Male, homosexual, switch. Sasha.
Lev Aarons. Male, bisexual, it's complicated. Lev.
Blessings of Slaanesh Be On This House: Whatever building you choose to make your permanent residence has residents with BOD, LST, and PRV at least equal to your corresponding stats minus 8. Events within all parts of the building behave as if under the influence of your full, in-person ERO. Even children who would otherwise be too young will be affected. 1 point.
Cal's Curse Compounded: You may not have an orgasm without permission. Once you plead with someone for permission you may not ask any other person besides them for one month. Each plea resets this timer. The permission-giver must know the rules of this curse; must know that you deliberately invoked this curse upon yourself; cannot otherwise be subject to your commands; and cannot be offered any non-sexual incentives for their response. They may choose to permit a ruined orgasm rather than a full orgasm. The permission-giver may give conditional permissions, including requiring you to obtain the further permission of others. Permission may be revoked at any time. You cannot lie to the permission-giver about any matter relating to your denial. You can try to remain silent, if you think you can get away with that. All game skills relating to orgasm denial, whether of yourself or others, have zero energy cost. 2 fragments. Refunded at 60 PRV
Cinnamon Roll. Triple all positive effects on others of having sex with you. 1 point.
Consent Is Not One Of My Fetishes. You never suffer any psychological trauma related to the now-irrelevant fact of whether or not you consented to a sexual event. Before taking this perk, consider carefully whether ceasing to care about your own consent is a change you truly wish to make to yourself. 2 fragments. Refunded at 50 PRV.
Curse of Tattletale. Whenever anyone within visual range has specific sexual thoughts about you, you know what they are thinking about. 1 point and 1 fragment. Refunded at 80 SED.
....Cinnamon Roll isn't awful — he is not thinking about any of the others —
Erogame What Erogame: You forget that the Erogame exists. The game automatically levels up, distributes stat points, selects perks, accepts quests, and invokes skills in whichever way it thinks will make your sex life the most interesting. 2 fragments.
Everyone Knows: People who spend time in your presence begin to form correct intuitions about what turns you on, at least the parts their minds would willingly comprehend. They won't expect others to know too, but they will be sure of their own beliefs. This process is especially quick for any fetishes that currently embarrass you. It is extremely quick for fetishes that currently embarrass you and that interest the other person. 2 fragments.
Everything Is Better With Ero: On every quest and every path you walk, taking the option that turns you on more will never lead to worse results in the long run than taking the option that seems safe, sensible, and practical. This perk does not operate by reducing the rewards of safe, sensible, practical-seeming paths. 2 points.
Fading Dream: Your exes do not remember you after you break up with them. 2 fragments.
Fairytale Painslut: Your masochism is strong enough to embrace any intensity of sexually charged torture, with zero warmup. 1 point. Refunded at 50 LST.
The entire concept of Erogame What Erogame is the worst thing he has ever heard — Fading Dream is also horrifying but less terrifying — and Everyone Knows is —
Friends with Benefits: Your friends, companions, and allies have an easier time keeping up with your rapidly growing power as they follow you down many strange paths. This perk unlocks the Share the Fun subskill of the Bestow Ability skill tree. 1 point + 1 fragment.
Herbal Medicine: Your name is changed to Z. Your personality is changed to Z. Other Zs will consider you to be one of their own. Warning: use of this perk results in the Fractal Identity status effect. 1 point + 2 fragments.
Hyperhypnoslut's Master: You gain root access to Sasha Michaels's brain, including permanent memory editing, personality editing, sexuality editing, belief editing, emotional editing, and absolute obedience. Sasha drops faster than his underwear when hypnotized by anyone (not just you). He can be hypnotized nonconsensually if he is tricked into listening to the hypnotist's voice. A hypnotist can force him to do things he does not want to do. Any hypnotist can give him temporary false memories or amnesia. You do not need his permission or knowledge to take this perk. 1 point + 2 fragments.
Innocence Temporarily Regained: Your BOD, LST, SED, FUK, and PRV stats are reduced to the minimum of their current levels and 39, 25, 8, 8, and 1. Until it reaches its former level, your PRV stat cannot increase by more than 1 point per 3 days. Memories linked to higher stats cannot be recalled until your stats have again risen to a corresponding level. Skills are not recalled until your stats rise to a compatible level. You retain your ERO. You do not receive the Innocent Virgin status effect. 2 fragments.
Library of Sodom: You automatically know any detail of abstract knowledge that you want or need about any sexual activity that has been described in public writing. For example, directions for how to tie a shibari knot, or that one ought to avoid striking the kidneys with a flogger. This knowledge does not convey skill. 1 point.
He is caught between "what in the name of God does your personality is changed to Z mean" and "why is Hyperhypnoslut's Master a thing, who writes these, get it off" — not that he can't come up with any reasons someone might want to be able to edit their best friend, but, why —
No: Once you take this perk, you will have the ability to choose ONE event to disallow either prospectively, or retroactively up to 24 hours before the point when you disallow it. The event will not happen, either then or at any time in the future. Ongoing processes are not 'events', but their starting points may be considered so. You cannot take this perk more than once. 1 point.
No Comparison: Those who have experienced sex with you do not think to compare their past or future sexual experiences to the ones they had with you. This perk applies retroactively to previous partners and heals any prior psychological damage they have taken, but does not repair any of their relationships that have already broken. 2 fragments. Refunded at 50 ERO.
Obedience: At will, give yourself the Obedient status effect for a pre-specified duration. While this status effect holds, you must make a will save (potentially with modifiers) to disobey any order given you. This obedience only applies to orders that can be obeyed over the course of minutes, not to longer-term orders. Once you refuse an order, you do not need to save again versus that order or similar orders until one day has passed. You cannot impose an Obedient status effect on yourself lasting longer than 10 years. 1 point. Refunded at 70 PRV.
Off Switch: Choose one perk, passive skill, or status effect. You may at will suspend or resume its effects whenever it would otherwise be on. 1 point + 2 fragments.
Seduce Contain Protect: You are a magnet for any person or sapient entity with a significant chance of producing global catastrophe. They will inevitably cross paths with you and find you highly attractive. 1 point.
Soulbond: If your love for someone is true, and they return that love, this perk creates a symmetrical emotional and telepathic bond between your soul and theirs, which will deepen over time if your love stays true. Both sides of the relationship are automatically protected as if by True Love Conquers All. Failure of this bond does not refund the perk and may have psychological consequences. It goes without saying that Off Switch cannot apply to soulbonds. Consider staying married for a couple of centuries first. This perk may be taken more than once. 1 point + 2 fragments.
This Rape Train Has No Breaks: When a person finishes raping you, if there is at least one other potential rapist within visual range who has not yet raped you, each such person is at least 50% likely to take their turn next (even if they otherwise would not be so inclined). In the event more people would try to rape you than you have available orifices, a random subset will be selected. The effects of this perk are evaluated again after each round of rape finishes. All benefits and rewards of being raped are doubled. This perk stacks with the skills Asking For It and Dressed Like a Slut, and with the Rapebait status effect. 1 point.
Trust: Whenever somebody honestly tells you that they love you, or like you, or admire something about you, or shows trust in you by confessing a truth to you that they would not tell others, you know that they mean it. Taking this perk renders you ineligible for a significant number of Erogame quests and reduces the rewards of many others, but it's here if you need it. 1 point.
Truth: Regardless of any other Erogame perks taken and any other powers affecting you, you regain your memories of who you really are, what really happened, and what reality was like before. No further such effects can deceive you. Think hard before taking this perk. 1 point.
Victory!: You win the Erogame! Your title is changed to "The Winner" and the game continues on in post-victory mode. This perk doesn't change much, but has been included for the benefit of players who insist on a victory condition. 2 fragments.
Okay. Okay. He is — not thrilled with where This Rape Train Has No Breaks implies this game is going to go, but okay, these are not horrifying like Erogame What Erogame or Hyperhypnoslut's Master were or confusing like Herbal Remedy. This is fine. This is okay.
WARNING: Perk points must be used within two hours of receipt or they will disappear. You may purchase part of a perk, e.g. putting one point toward a two point perk. You will gain no benefit until you have bought the whole perk. We suggest thinking about what you want in advance.
Ooookay.
So. No is obviously a good one to have on hand, although only being able to use it once means he might not use it at all. Cinnamon Roll can't make too many things go wrong and it's a nice thing to be able to do — Friends With Benefits seems likely to be useful — definitely not any of the rape ones, or the mind control ones, or the ones that change your personality to something unspecified, or —
His phone buzzes.
When he checks it, it's a text from Sasha — a picture of Sasha's upper thighs covered in bruises that look suspiciously like teeth marks, and the message
can still feel you guys 💙 💙 💙