Rogues are bad

The rogue is already hurt and far more trouble than the bard it wouldn’t end well if she was still standing when this all was over, bounding past the dazed bard you jump on the rogues back biting anything you can get your teeth in the rogue screamed in both rage and pain staggering forward you pushed off the rogue the **** of your jump propelling her onto the spike trap, with a grunt she derezzed and that wonderful ding signaled another level up without even thinking you charge the bard slamming your body into hers bouncing her head of the stone wall of the tunnel knocking her out cold.

Now that you had a moment you bring up your stats and couldn’t believe what was there,

Giant Rat

Lvl: 2->10

Melee Attack: 3->14

Ranged Attack: 0->1

Special Abilities:

Diseased - 5% chance that a melee attack will deal poison damage.

New Abilities:

Toxin Immunity - Ignore all non-magical toxins.

Continued...

It was almost too good to be true but you close your stats you have a busty blonde bard to deal with you carefully hook the collar of her shirt and drag her off to a side tunnel thinking it would be much harder than it was you only understand why once you have to squeeze into a hole you normally walk through it was then you noticed how much bigger you have gotten the only thing that keeps you from playing with your new toy was that continued... on your stats

Growth Path:

Rat King - Command lesser rodents.

or

Ratling - Use tools like a human.

Or

Dire Rat - larger size greater strength

Looks like you had a choice to make. Or did you? Had you hit some sort level cap for giant rats? If you didn’t choose would you never grow again? Why couldn’t you get more information?