Let's Play Bard's Tale: Our First Level-Up

From Elena's Journal:

The guild leaders peer at us down from their pedestals. They impose a strange measure of valor and battle skill called "experience points" that I've never heard of. Then they pick arbitrary numbers of these points for us to gain before they give us advancements, measured in "levels". Strange, but I suppose whatever it takes to streamline something so subjective as adventurer worthiness.

Despite this, we seem to have met their requirements this time.

Darkmoon was first to step forth. They gave him more dexterity.

Selendro requested a review after the monk. He got more dexterity.

I stepped forth next. They awarded me with more dexterity.

I pushed Sai up after me. They gave him, surprise, more dexterity. We must have caught the board in a "faster adventurers" mood.

And finally, our paladin. He received more intelligence. A bit random, I must say, considering the four advancements before him.

Then I noticed the light of the moon wafting in through a window...