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You are a new adventurer who was leveling up in the fields around your starting village by killing rodents and other small animals when a rabbit you were chasing ran across a clearing, stopping only a few yards away. As you closed the distance to the creature the ground beneath you suddenly gave way and you found yourself falling into darkness. A trap? How could a rabbit set a trap?

Fortunately the rabbit’s plan seems to have been only half-baked for as soon as you awoke you found yourself in a huge rabbit down, but none of the other rabbits seem intent on harming you. You try to climb out, but the ceiling of the cave you’re in is too far away. Occasionally you see spots where you could get up if you had some rope or something.

Unknown to our adventurer this is the down of the Favored wherein on each level lives a rabbit favored of the rabbit gods. Killing this hallowed creature will bring down the wrath of an angry deity.

The Favored is similar to another text based game, Robotfindskitten, in reverse. Instead of searching around trying to find something you are drawn to hunt, hoping you won’t find something. With each successful kill the odds of picking a favored bunny get worse. Pay attention to the fraction between the bunnies on the left, that’s the probability that you’ll pick a favored, 1 out of how many rabbits there are. You can carry bunnies with you to the next level, but you may want to leave early to keep your chances from getting worse.

To keep the hunt fun you are encouraged with amusing little messages when you do a kill. Pay attention to them because they’re half the fun.

The Favored was written for the 2009 7DRL challenge.

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