This is not a monster fight but a spar with any PC that has been turned into an animal. We suggest two Chosen per turned PC!
Turned PCs do damage based on their weapon weight. This means that base damage and bonuses match the standard weapons:
Balanced weapons, or weapons of a middling/average weight, do a base of 6 damage. Agile weapons, or weapons that are small and light, do a base of 4 damage but give +1 to your hit roll. Heavy weapons, or weapons that are big and heavy, do a base of 10 damage but give -1 to your hit roll.
However, in this case, PCs always attack first. Instead of rolling init, the class of your weapon is used to determine HP.
Turned PCs with Ranged weapons have 60HP. Turned PCs with Melee weapons have 70HP. Turned PCs with Defensive weapons have 80HP.
Once Turned PCs are brought below 5HP, they can OOC choose to submit to capture -- aka, taken back to camp and kept safe until a solution to the problem can be found -- or run away, at which point they escape the thread and recover all HP for their next battle. Either way, all parties who participate in the thread get standard Spar XP: 10XP for completing the spar, and an additional 10XP if they hit 800 words.
Until PCs have been captured, they cannot participate in any kind of thread except this one. After capture, they can do PRPs or battles with other players, but still cannot speak.
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2016 4:04 pm
In all honesty, life as a bird was not Sidney's bag, but ******** if it wasn't a wild trip.
After bursting out of the inn where the rest were, she'd bee-lined it deep into the swamp, careening hither and non as she dodged trees and hanging vines and in general being a very bright, very LOUD, very scared Macaw.
By the time she exhausted herself enough to find a branch to land on, she had no idea where she was, her scaled feet clamping down tight around the dead wood of the tree she was perched in. She let out a mournful squawk, her feathers slicked down tight to her body and darted her gaze about as instincts she didn't know how to handle screamed DANGER. DANGER WILL ROBINSON!
At least the wild flailing about had left something of a trail, bits of brightly colored fluff making where she'd gone in her panic.
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Character Name:Sidney James Brief description of character: Reluctant Chosen of Apollo, Sid is more interested in partying and making music than being a warrior. Upbeat and bright most of the time, she's also a bit selfish and unlikely to go out of her way for people she doesn't know.
Currently wearing the form of a bright red/blue/yellow Macaw.
Deity: Apollo Weapon: Bow (6 base damage) HP:47 60 Minicert:
It took no time at all for Rob to get back to the camp once he hit the woods. He broke into a trot and ran all the way back to where all hell had broken loose and people had started transforming into animals. He still had no idea what had caused it, and at this point he didn't care -- all that mattered to him was his best friend had been turned into a large, colorful bird. And all he cared about beyond that was finding her and changing her back. Somehow.
"Sid!" he called out as soon as he reached the inn. Not like she would have been able to answer, if Arthur the bewitched raccoon was any indication, but she might have been able to squawk or whatever the ******** parrots did. They talked, didn't they? But it was more like mimicry than actual talking. "Get a grip, Robin," he muttered to himself, attempting to collect himself and think rationally. Sid had taken off into the woods when she had changed. That was a good place to start.
Looking around, he spotted a flash of red amongst the green of the trees. He made his way over to it and reached up, plucking it from the leaves. It was a brilliant red feather. He remembered the flash of red as Sid's wing had smacked him in the face; this HAD to have come from her. "SID!" he shouted again. He didn't want to go into the woods alone, though -- he knew better than that, after the birds in the Alps. Maybe he could get someone else to go with him.
Character Name:Robin Attewood Brief description of character: Rob is a dreadlocked punk who's secretly a Boy Scout, a grump with a heart of gold. Pugnacious, fiercely independent and "on" all the time, he loves wine, women and song and is the biggest beer snob on the planet.
Lex frowned slightly, walking out of the woods. His jeans were covered in muck, and he was picking mud out of his brass knuckles. "Wait, we met at the bar? Didn't we?" He questioned, walking slowly towards Rob.
"Someone you know turn into a bird?" He questioned, noticing the feather and the frantic look. "That is rough... do you want some help?" He asked, tapping mud from his shoes. The swamp was gross.
HP: 50 Weapon: Brass knuckles, base 4 + 1 to hit roll Damage: - Sid: 60
Character Name:Lex/Sasha Tavei Brief description of character: Impulsive to the bone and flamboyant, Lex is a ball of energy, making rash decisions and depending on his/their luck to carry him/them out of trouble.
Zan heard them before he saw them, a pair of people, only one of whom he recognized. Dionysus scum. He grinned broadly, registering the tension in the area as he did so and bringing his expression down to something more appropriate. The smile didn't leave his eyes, however.
"I happen to be an expert in not killing birds after the Alps," he said, peering up into the trees. "If you need assistance attracting this person but not hurting them at all." It had been terribly humbling, being so s**t at fighting, but he supposed it was an asset now.
Character Name:Zan Gethin Brief description of character: Friendly, perceptive, phony. Zan has wholeheartedly embraced the more mundane aspects of his new life at the Prytaneum—such as regular meals, his stipend, and the gym—but his inability to stick with any one thing for long has left him struggling to pin down how he might best serve his god long term.
Deity: Hermes Weapon: Dagger HP: 50 Minicert:
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2016 7:41 pm
"Yeah, I remember you from the bar in town." Rob was relieved to see a familiar face in Lex -- and Zan, whom he remembered from the pizza party in the Hermes dorm. "I'm Rob, Dionysus. Sid, who's also a Chosen, got turned into a big ********' parrot," he told Lex, raising the feather. To Zan he offered a wry, lopsided smile. "I'm pretty much an expert at not killing birds too, despite this thing," and he reached behind him and patted the hilt of the greatsword across his back.
His expression turned grim again. "I don't know what's going on, but we have to find her. She's got to be terrified at this point." He held up the red feather again. "I reckon she's got plumage like this, so she should be easy to spot in the woods. Bright red, big-arse parrot." He sighed. "I don't know how the ******** we're going to catch her, though, if she can fly…"
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Character Name:Robin Attewood Brief description of character: Rob is a dreadlocked punk who's secretly a Boy Scout, a grump with a heart of gold. Pugnacious, fiercely independent and "on" all the time, he loves wine, women and song and is the biggest beer snob on the planet.
"Hermes," Lex replied, easy enough, rubbing his thumb over the face of the badge pin on his t-shirt. "Yeah.... that going to be a fun one to chase down." Lex sighed, pushing his curling fizzing hair out of his face.
"Think it might be easier to try to tempt her then to find her. I just been running into turned chosen by accident. And if she can fly? Well the swamp is huge." Lex sighed. "But we might get lucky and maybe she sticking around the area. Or keeps shedding feathers."
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HP: 50 Weapon: Brass knuckles, base 4 + 1 to hit roll Damage: - Sid: 60
Character Name:Lex/Sasha Tavei Brief description of character: Impulsive to the bone and flamboyant, Lex is a ball of energy, making rash decisions and depending on his/their luck to carry him/them out of trouble.
"Zan. Hermes, too," he said to the person he hadn't met, touching the spot where he'd hidden his token even though it wasn't currently visible. "So, you wanna split up and look, or call her name, or what?" He was in agreement that she would be easy to spot, but random strangers approaching her might only make her keep retreating until she hit Florida.
"Maybe you should lead," he said, nodding at Rob. "Since she knows you."
Character Name:Zan Gethin Brief description of character: Friendly, perceptive, phony. Zan has wholeheartedly embraced the more mundane aspects of his new life at the Prytaneum—such as regular meals, his stipend, and the gym—but his inability to stick with any one thing for long has left him struggling to pin down how he might best serve his god long term.
Deity: Hermes Weapon: Dagger HP: 50 Minicert:
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2016 12:12 pm
Rob eyed the feather. If Sid had flown off in a panic, she might have shed more feathers, leaving a trail they could follow. "You got a point," he said to Lex. "If you've been wandering around finding other Chosen on accident, there's a good chance they're all sticking close by… which means Sid might not have flown off too far." He hoped. It was, as Lex had noted, a huge swamp. "And yeah, I bet she threw feathers off like crazy. Poor thing must be scared to death."
He then nodded at Zan. "Yeah, I'll lead, good idea. We'll stick together though, in case there's more trouble out there." He smiled appreciatively at the two Hermes Chosen. "Thanks, lads, for coming with me. I don't think I could find and catch her on me own."
Leading the way, Rob headed into the swamp. "Keep your eyes peeled for more red feathers. Or a big ********' bird." He turned his focus to the dense foliage, looking for feathers. "SID! SIIID!"
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Character Name:Robin Attewood Brief description of character: Rob is a dreadlocked punk who's secretly a Boy Scout, a grump with a heart of gold. Pugnacious, fiercely independent and "on" all the time, he loves wine, women and song and is the biggest beer snob on the planet.
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Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2016 8:00 pm
She heard the shouting first and her feathers slicked down all over her body as she stretched her head up, darting worried glances at the swamp around her. There was crashing as large somethings came through the underbrush, sending Sid to pacing nervously up and down her branch, gripping it tightly with wicked claws.
Something was coming for her… Her heart was beating so fast she felt dizzy with the rush of blood to her head, mixed with a heavy dose of adrenaline. Something is coming to kill me!
She spread her wings and puffed up threateningly as she hunched on her branch, a low, snake-like hiss sliding from her gaping beak. No more fleeing. She wouldn’t let them take her!
The moment one of the figures burst from the foliage, she let out a battle shriek that tore through the stillness and launched herself from her branch straight at the face of the leader of this hunter’s pack, fully intent on doing as much damage as she could.
This was life for death. Her or Them, and she always chose Her.
Her wings buffeted around a dread-locked head, and still screeching, she swiped with her claws and lashed out with her sharp beak. It was frenzied and violent before she was forced to break away, beating her wings madly for the nearest tree where she could flare her wings again, warning the predators away.
Sid attacks Rob for a critical 12 damage
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Character Name:Sidney James Brief description of character: Reluctant Chosen of Apollo, Sid is more interested in partying and making music than being a warrior. Upbeat and bright most of the time, she's also a bit selfish and unlikely to go out of her way for people she doesn't know.
Currently wearing the form of a bright red/blue/yellow Macaw.
Deity: Apollo Weapon: Bow (6 base damage) HP:47 60 Minicert:
One minute Rob was pushing through the undergrowth of the swamp, following a trail of red feathers and calling out Sid's name, and the next he had a faceful of angry macaw clawing and biting and screeching at him and beating him with her wings. This was far worse than the birds in the Alps were, despite their metallic claws and beaks -- this was Sid attacking him, blindly and filled with fear and confusion.
"Sid!" he managed to get out as he tried to fend her off with his arms. He was too stunned to try and grab her -- all he could do was protect his face as much as possible. "Sid, no! It's me, Rob!"
He staggered back as she suddenly broke off her attack and flew to a nearby tree, where she perched with her wings flared in a threat display. "Holy ********," he muttered, stunned. He was lucky he had the protection of his god shielding him from the worst of it, or he'd likely have lost an eye.
Rob successfully defends against Sid and takes no damage
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Character Name:Robin Attewood Brief description of character: Rob is a dreadlocked punk who's secretly a Boy Scout, a grump with a heart of gold. Pugnacious, fiercely independent and "on" all the time, he loves wine, women and song and is the biggest beer snob on the planet.
Parrots it seemed, could do a lot more damage then Lex ever expected a bird to be able to do that was not a predator. He tossed his hands up to protect his own head as the bird, Sid, swooped down, and perhaps maybe raked her with his weapon.
Nothing overly damaging, but yeahh. "Well, she doesn't seem happy to see us," he said dryly, trying to track the bright large ball of feathers. Which seemed it was going to be easy, she had settled in a tree, puffed up and clearly unhappy.
"So, did anyone bring range weapons, or am I climbing that tree to attempt to get her to come down?" Lex asked, mildly, pointedly rotating his wrist to show the brass knuckles.
HP: 50 Weapon: Brass knuckles, base 4 + 1 to hit roll Damage: 2 Sid: 58
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Character Name:Lex/Sasha Tavei Brief description of character: Impulsive to the bone and flamboyant, Lex is a ball of energy, making rash decisions and depending on his/their luck to carry him/them out of trouble.
Zan hopped away from the surprise attack with a startled grunt, drawing his weapon and crossing his arms over his head. Even if his token did protect him from the worst of the damage, he had no desire to get all Hitchcockian today. And, more importantly, he doubted Hermes had the ability to regenerate hair.
"I've just got my dagger." Zan didn't want to hurt the bird anyway, just get her into a position where they might grab her. "But maybe I can..." He aimed the weapon for one of her bright wings then swiveled well to the right of it before tossing the dagger toward the Chosen. It hit the branch she'd stopped on, bounced off in an accidental, spinning arc, and landed not six inches from Sid's wing.
In the tree.
"Crap." He still thought aiming for a startling had been a pretty good idea, even if he could no longer fight properly.
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Character Name:Zan Gethin Brief description of character: Friendly, perceptive, phony. Zan has wholeheartedly embraced the more mundane aspects of his new life at the Prytaneum—such as regular meals, his stipend, and the gym—but his inability to stick with any one thing for long has left him struggling to pin down how he might best serve his god long term.
Deity: Hermes Weapon: Dagger HP: 50 Minicert:
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2016 8:01 pm
There were three attackers, one of which managed to give her a smack as she winged by after dive bombing his dreadlocked companion. Sid puffed up to make herself look bigger and gave them all a defiant hiss. If they wanted to eat her, they were going to have to fight her! If they won themselves a meal, it was gonna be at a stiff cost.
Before she had decided on another target, something bright flashed and winged out of the hands of the one with the dark hair. She felt the branch she had gripped tight in her talons shudder and then pain nipped through her wing, sending her bursting off the branch with a startled squawk and a few falling feathers.
That one had attacked her! Without even getting in range! That made him a far bigger threat than the other two, even if the dagger he’d thrown at her was stuck in the tree itself. Smoothing out her flight, Sidney banks and dropped with a thunder of thrashing wings, going straight for Zan’s face. Her attack was not quite as ferocious as her first, but she wasn’t pulling her punches. Or bites, as the case might be.
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Character Name:Sidney James Brief description of character: Reluctant Chosen of Apollo, Sid is more interested in partying and making music than being a warrior. Upbeat and bright most of the time, she's also a bit selfish and unlikely to go out of her way for people she doesn't know.
Currently wearing the form of a bright red/blue/yellow Macaw.
Deity: Apollo Weapon: Bow (6 base damage) HP:47 60 - 2 - 8 = 50 Minicert:
"Sid, no!" Still staggering from the ferocious attack, Rob rushed to help Zan defend himself from Sid's lashing talons and cruel beak. He flailed against her wings, trying to grab hold of her and perhaps subdue her without hurting her. Or getting her angry with him and turning on him. It was only by sheer magic and the protection offered by his god's talisman that he hadn't gotten hurt by her when she had attacked him.
"Sid, Sid, please," he begged her. "I don't want to hurt you! Zan is only trying to help!" He hoped his voice would sink through the sorcery and reach what part of Sid was still Sid.
Rob's attempts to subdue Sid cause 5 damage
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Character Name:Robin Attewood Brief description of character: Rob is a dreadlocked punk who's secretly a Boy Scout, a grump with a heart of gold. Pugnacious, fiercely independent and "on" all the time, he loves wine, women and song and is the biggest beer snob on the planet.
