Sewer rat

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Sewer rats are found in the sewers of Bloodriven Village. The sewers can be accessed by purchasing entry from the SimuCoin store when Duskruin Arena is open.

Rat

Analyze

You analyze your sewer rat and sense that the item is largely free from merchant alteration restrictions, but the creator has stated that "The item has restrictions on changing the noun."

The creator has also provided the following information:

You could probably get a streaked sewer rat groomed by a special groomer, but groomers are not miracle workers.
It will likely still look dirty or grimy, and would probably bite off your hand if you tried putting silly hats or bows on it.

You could probably get it to be less loud by THUMPing it, or you could make it more excited by POKEing it.
If you find the sewer rat is becoming too annoying, confine it to a designated rat sack.

You can tell that the rat is as light as it can get.

Usage

Verb Style First Third
FEED Hand/worn The sewer rat grabs the cubes of juicy beef from your hand and drops to the ground, scurrying off and watching everybody with a wary distrustfulness as it begins to gnaw on the beef.

The sewer rat gnaws voraciously at some tiny cubes of juicy beef, its eyes darting back and forth, scanning for potential threats.

Finished with some tiny cubes of juicy beef, the sewer rat makes a cursory pass of its paws over its whiskers, browsing the ground for any remaining crumbs.

Third Person View
GET Hand/worn You pluck a sewer rat from a {container}, the creature yawning as you wake it up. Person rummages around in a {container} and makes a quick grab inside, drawing out a sewer rat. (container other than the creature's home sack)
GET Ground/owner You warily pick up the sewer rat by the base of its tail, the creature squirming angrily. Person warily picks up the sewer rat by the base of its tail, the creature squirming angrily.
GET Ground/someone else First Person View Person reaches out to grab the sewer rat and it bites her sharply on the hand before scurrying out of reach.
KICK Ground First Person View Person kicks at a sewer rat and it scurries quickly out of the way, baring its yellowed teeth menacingly at her.
PET Hand/worn The sewer rat submits to your condescending pat, hissing with suppressed irritation at you. Third Person View
POKE Hand/worn You poke animatedly at the sewer rat, but in its agitation, it just bites in a frenzied state back at you. Person pokes at the sewer rat, the high-strung creature snapping at his/her fingers in agitation.
PUT Hand/worn You tuck your sewer rat into its {container} and it curls up to go to sleep.

Note: If a sewer rat will not enter its container, OPEN then CLEAN the container, and try again.

Person tucks a sewer rat into a coarse burlap sack.
REMOVE Hand/worn You reach up and snag a sewer rat, pulling the creature off your shoulder. Person reaches up and snags a sewer rat, pulling the creature off his/her shoulder.
RUB Hand/worn You thoroughly muss the sewer rat's fur and it squirms out from under your hand, hissing with restrained ire as it begins to try to attend to its matted fur with an affronted air. Third Person View
THUMP Hand/worn You give the sewer rat a solid and warning thump, conveying your displeasure. The rat hisses a bit but seems more quiet and wary around you. Third Person View
TICKLE Hand/worn You slide your finger idly along the fur between your sewer rat's ears, and the creature flattens them with annoyance but otherwise ignores the caress. Third Person View
TICKLE Ground You wiggle your fingers invitingly at the sewer rat, trying to entice it over for some petting. The rat gives you a long suffering look before shuffling closer for a brief stroking between its ears. Third Person View
WEAR Hand/worn You carefully place a sewer rat on your shoulder. Person carefully places a sewer rat on his/her shoulder.

Sack

The sack, often a coarse burlap sack, is the sewer rat's resting place. If the rat will not enter its sack, be sure the sack is open, then clean the sack and try again.

LOOK IN SACK: The burlap sack is stuffed with a variety of shredded up paper and cloth, formed to make a crude smelly nest. Curled up inside the makeshift nest is a sewer rat.

CLEAN SACK (Third Person View): Person rummages around inside a coarse burlap sack, pulling out and discarding a few handfuls of foul smelling detritus.

Analyze

You analyze your burlap sack and sense that the item is largely free from merchant alteration restrictions, but the creator has stated that "The item type should not change."

The creator has also provided the following information:
This burlap sack is designed to hold a dirty pet rodent.
This item can be freely altered as long as it remains some kind of small belt-worn pouch or container.

You can tell that the cage is as light as it can get, but you might be able to have a talented merchant deepen its pockets for you.

Additional Information

Ambient Messaging

First Person View: Nosing about inside your collar, the sewer rat eventually sits up with a dried-up dropping clutched in its jaws. Letting the discovery drop to the ground, the sewer rat chitters at you, obviously annoyed at your lack of hygiene.
Third Person View: Nosing about inside Person's collar, the sewer rat eventually sits up with a dried-up dropping clutched in its jaws. Letting the discovery fall to the ground, the sewer rat chitters at Person, obviously annoyed at his/her lack of hygiene.

First Person View: The sewer rat suddenly plops down, grooming itself with an almost comical air of fastidiousness.
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First Person View: The sewer rat on your shoulder nuzzles briefly at the nape of your neck, when you suddenly feel a sharp burst of pain in your scalp! You swat at the rat but it dodges and escapes to the safety of its canvas case, adding a ragged tuft of your hair to the mound of bedding stuffed within. A moment later, it re-emerges and climbs back up to your shoulder, squeaking with amusement.
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First Person View: The sewer rat makes a sudden leap, trying to gain access to the top of your head! Muttering imprecations at the obnoxious rodent, you manage to herd it back down to your shoulder.
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First Person View: The sewer rat slinks down your shoulder, controlling its descent with scrabbly little claws, until it disappears with a curious squeak into a {container}.
Third Person View: The sewer rat on Person's shoulder slinks downwards, controlling its descent with scrabbly little claws, until it disappears with a curious squeak into a {container}.

First Person View: A sewer rat suddenly peeks its head out from your {container}, sniffing the air before ducking back inside.
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First Person View: Your {container} shifts and rustles a bit, the sounds of high-pitched squeaks emanating from it.
Third Person View: Person's {container} shifts and rustles a bit, the sounds of high-pitched squeaks emanating from it.

First Person View: The faint sounds of gnawing reaches your ears. That better not be your {container} the rat is trying to chew through!
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First Person View: A sewer rat clambers out from your {container} and climbs its way back up to your shoulder, looking quite pleased with itself.
Third Person View: A sewer rat clambers out from Person's {container} and climbs its way back up to his/her shoulder, looking quite pleased with itself.

First Person View: Craning to see something beyond your other shoulder, a sewer rat sets a paw on your nose, its little claws digging into your skin before abruptly slipping, sending the animal clinging wildly to your front. The sewer rat quickly scrambles back up to your shoulder with an embarrassed and sulky squeak.
Third Person View: Person grimaces as his/her sewer rat suddenly cranes around his/her face to see something, its paw anchored onto his/her nose. A sudden slip sends the rodent flailing and clinging wildly to Person's front before scrambling back up to his/her shoulder with an embarrassed and sulky squeak.

First Person View: The sewer rat snuffles along your neck, pausing to dig its nose into your ear.
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First Person View: Hanging on securely with three paws, the sewer rat licks its fourth paw and spends several seconds carefully smoothing out the fur covering its lower back and one leg.
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First Person View: The sewer rat creeps slowly from your one shoulder to the other, thwapping you in the chin a few times with its long hairless tail.
Third Person View: Person leans back, trying to ignore the shuffling of a sewer rat as it creeps from one of his/her shoulders to the other, whacking him a few times in the chin with its long hairless tail.

First Person View: The sewer rat sits upright on your shoulder, gazing about the area from its higher and relatively safe vantage point with a mien of feral regality.
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Alteration Guidelines

  • Rats can only be altered via Sadie Scroll, due to the possibility of having to go through QC.
  • There is no hard list of what nouns rats can be altered into, but most anything that can be described as a 'rodent'.
  • Rodent sacks don't have to be altered, but if you do, it would be separate from the rat alteration.
  • Tails and pick-up locations can be changed to make sense with the noun that the rat is being altered to.
  • Due to only be alterable via Sadie Scroll, if you want your rodent to have both a long and a show, you would need to have two separate alterations done.
  • After altering a rat using a Sadie Scroll you will need to use the CLEAN verb to have the rat return to it's sack.

Rat Catching Probability

Posted by GM Wyrom:

If you're in the proper room with a rat, you have a 25% chance to catch it.

See Also

Sewer rat Information
Type Fluff
Item Classification Creature
Item(s) Applied to
Alterable Yes
Light/Deep Yes
Original Release Venue Duskruin Arena
Restrictions See analyze and alteration guidelines.
Item Verbs
FEED GET KICK PET
POKE PUT REMOVE RUB
THUMP TICKLE WEAR