Intro

I Awoke in an alley. That in and of itself was an unpleasant sensation, but what made things worse was the fact that I awoke to the smell of Rancid Shit and other filth. I blinked a few times to clear my vision when I noticed that the blue tint wasn't going away. Looking up I saw a text box in the blue tint.

YOU HAVE SLEPT IN THE STREET, YOUR HP AND MP HAVE BEEN RESTORED BY HALF

I pinched myself before noticing my hands were rougher than usual. Blearily I tried to recall what had happened last night. I had been out drinking and got to talking with a woman at the bar about ASOIAF of all things, segwaying into a talk about games and how much I loved RPG's. I remember drinking with her for awhile and then. . .oh shit. . .now I remember. Her offering me an apple, a golden apple, and a mischevious smirk. . .did just get ROB'ed by Eris? I think I did.

It struck me that I'm being surprisingly calm about this, but that was possibly the Gamer's Mind Skill. I had to find out exactly what I had to work with. I feel more muscular that I was, and my Tourette's seemed to be gone, so I was wondering what other changes this new body had.

"Status." I said.

Robb Pyke

Title: The Gamer

Level: 1

HP: 140

MP: 140

STR: 14 (12)

DEX: 14 (12)

VIT: 14 (12)

INT: 14 (12)

WIS: 14 (12)

LUK 14 (12)

Points to Spend: 0

Traits:

Prodigy: +2 to all stats

Ironborn: 10% Bonus to all Skill and Stat Experience near large bodies of water, Reputation Gains with Westerosi reduced to 50% of Normal

Bastard: Reputation Gains with Nobility reduced to 75% of normal

Well. . .that reputation reduction is pretty bad, although the bonus to stat and skill exp is worth it. . .and Prodigy is nice. Time to see what skills I have.

"Skills." I said.

Gamer's Body (Passive) LvMax-Allows the User to live life like in a video game

Gamer's Mind (Passive) LvMax-Allows the User to logically think through events. Immunity to Mind Effects

Axe Mastery (Passive) Lv 2 Exp 0%-Ups damage with Axes by 5% per level

Sword Mastery (Passive) Lv 2 Exp 0%-Ups damage with Swords by 5% per level

Sailing (Passive) Lv 2 Exp 0%-Allows you to help sail a ship

Damage Resistance (Passive) Lv 2 Exp 0%-Reduces incoming physical damage by 1% per level

Posion Resistance (Passive) Lv 3 Exp 0%-Reduces Incoming Damage from Toxins and Drugs by 1% per level

Stealth Lv 3 Exp 0%-Allows you to move without being seen, chance of detection goes down by 2% per level

Well it looked like I'm specced for raiding. . .how typical.

"Inventory." I muttered

Immediately a little diagram of myself and what I was wearing popped up, along with a diagram of boxes with a few of the boxes full. I looked at each item I was currently wearing attempting to discern the benefits of them until I got a notice

A Skill has been created through a Special Action!

Observe Lv 1 Exp 11%-Paying Close Attention to Your Surroundings and gaining information by doing so

I quickly dismissed the notice and used observe on my current body slot

Worn Brigandine-Def 10: A Well Worn Chestpiece with Steel Plates riveted to the inside of a boiled leather jerkin, typically meant to be worn over mail.

I then used Observe on my Pants, Shoes, Gloves, and sword

Worn Leather Breeches-Def 4: A pair of Thick leather pants that have seen better days

Worn Iron Shod Boots-Def 5: A pair of Iron plated Leather boots that are well worn

Worn Steel Broadsword-Dmg 10: A Well Worn, Basic, Sword forged by a Lordsport weaponsmith.

Worn Steel Banded Bracers-Def 3: A pair of well used bracers meant to deflect strikes against the arms

Finally I used observe on a few of the items in my inventory box

Worn Ringmail Hauberk-Def 12: A Light Hauberk of Mail Rings, this Hauberk is well worn

Worn Steel Handaxe-Dmg 6: A Well used Steel Hatchet that can be thrown or used offhand

Worn Steel Spangenhelm-Def 4: A well used Steel Halfhelm with nose and cheek guards

Full Aleskin: Restores 50 MP-3 uses

Salted Pork: Restores 50 HP-3 Uses

Observe has Leveled up!

Nice, I just leveled up a skill just from going over what I already had on me. Before closing out my inventory I looked at the money counter, apparently it rendered all coinage into Dragons, Stags, and Stars no matter what the local currency was. Apparently there were seven copper stars to a silver stag, and 210 stags to a golden dragon. I silently cursed martin for his inane worldbuilding as I noticed I had around 25 silver stags and 17 stars to my name.

Immediately after closing out my inventory I was hit with a window

A Quest Has Been Created!

Escape the Gutter!

Main Objective: Get out of Flea Bottom in one piece

Additional Objective 1: Defeat 10 Bandits

Additional Objective 2: Defeat Bandit Leader

Additional Objective 3: Don't get arrested by the Gold Cloaks

Main Objective Reward: 500 exp, 10 stags

Additional Objective 1 Reward: 200 exp, 12 Stags

Additional Objective 2 Reward: 250 exp, 20 Stags, ?

Additional Objective 3 Reward: 50 exp, 5 Stags, Increased reputation with Gold cloaks

Failure: Possible Death, Injury, or Imprisonment

Quest is Mandatory!

"Well Shit. . ." I cursed succinctly.