You venture a bit out into the swamplands, following a strange sound in the distance -- and before you can get too far, you spot a medium-sized animal, floundering around a bit among the trees. As you approach, you notice something strange: some shredded fabric still clinging around one foot, or around its neck, like the remnants of some long-destroyed clothing.
At this point, it occurs to you that this might be a transformed human being. maybe it's even one of you. And you must capture it.
Except it doesn't seem to want to be captured. Your approach spooks it, and it attacks you in blind fear.
Hit Points: 30 HP Damage: 4 HP each time you attack
If you bring this monster down to 5HP or below, it is injured and can be captured and brought back to the campsite for safe keeping until you can figure out what to do. However, if you drop it below 0HP, you kill it.
Either outcome, once finished witth at least 500 words each party involved in the battle gets 10XP and rolls 1d100 to collect loot according to the following:
1-10: You are bitten during the attack, and are turned into an animal! Size is determined by your weapon: agile weapons become small animals, balanced become medium sized, and heavy become large. 11-40: You gain nothing but the victory of having beaten this opponent. 41-99: Moly Flower: a small white flower with a dark root. You're not quite sure what it's for, but decide to keep it. 100: Fine Wine: Why would an animal have a bottle of wine? Considering all that's going on, we strongly suggest you don't drink. If you act rashly and do, though, please PM and be blue for consequences.
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2Total: 2 (1-6)
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2016 11:01 am
Beth might have questioned her own changing convictions, had she the time to think about it. She had started off scared, wondering if it was right to fight these people and drag them back to the camp. But the more she was confronted with the frenzied and wild transformed, she wondered if it wasn't kinder to batter them until their surrendered. If not kinder, perhaps...easier?
Besides, she had heard that some animals carried strange flowers and even bottles of wine. And there was even a whisper that the flowers might be the key to a cure. At least there was a chance to get some alcohol out of the deal.
Not that she was willing to trust it enough to sip from it. But the fact remained that there would be no cure if they did not step up and try to recover more transformed people.
She managed to rope Lex into it, reasoning that she ought to spend more time with her new associates. (At least she was making friends here!) And so they traipsed about the woods, trying to find animals that seemed a bit too overzealous.
It was the dingy silk ribbon wrapped up in a nest of what seemed to be another innocuous patch of mud that tipped Beth off. She just happened to look down to where her shoe was about to step--not wanting a repeat of what happened when she and Brian went out to fight--and at first didn't know what she was looking at.
She teetered with one foot in the air until her brain registered the giraffe like patches of brown and yellow all leading up to beady black eyes set off by a teal ribbon looped loosely around the back of its head. Then she screamed just as the snake hissed and used her lifted leg to punt it away from her.
She felt fangs rip into her foot and it didn't go far, so she backed up, instinctively trying to put distance between her and the animal.
Character Name:Beth Almasy Brief description of character: A sweet but skittish beauty who's lived in the lap of luxury her whole life, Beth doesn't quite know what she's doing. She's always willing to support and cheer on her friends, mostly so she doesn't actually have to lift a finger.
Deity: Hera WC: 339, Total: 339
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4Total: 4 (1-6)
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2016 11:05 am
Lex had nothing really better to do then chance animals about the woods. If they were home, it would be soaking in a bath or showering for a hour or more till they stopped smelling like swamp.
Swamps were gross. Louisiana was gross. They, really, really wanted to go home and get cleaned and wear something pretty.
But they were easy to end up roped into the adventure of find some more chosen, or smack down some more rabid animals. Another reason why swamps were gross.
They sighed, not paying attention till Beth screamed... at a snake? Holy shii...that was some big snake... python? Something long and ropy with muscle and huuu.. ribbons? They struck out smacking into the body as it stretched out and winced as the coil slapped into their leg.
"This is fun."
HP: 46 Weapon: brass knuckles 4 base +1 to hit roll Damage: 4 Monster HP: 24
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.
Beth stumbled back another step and looked at Lex, aghast at his words. "Fun? FUN?! I almost stepped on that thing!" Sure, when behind a glass or in a movie to symbolize a sexy, silver-tongued villain, she could be pressed to observe their slinky beauty. But here, in the swamp, with mud on both parties, Beth was prey to the age-old fear of creepy, slimy things.
This was just not going to do.
Beth pulled out her whip and lashed out, but shaken as she was, there wasn't enough force behind it to make a difference. It certainly didn't seem worth it when the python whipped back--harder.
Character Name:Beth Almasy Brief description of character: A sweet but skittish beauty who's lived in the lap of luxury her whole life, Beth doesn't quite know what she's doing. She's always willing to support and cheer on her friends, mostly so she doesn't actually have to lift a finger.
Deity: Hera WC: 108, Total: 447
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1Total: 1 (1-6)
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2016 11:19 am
"Is it fun? Not really, but we are trying to subdue someone... who is a slinky, pretty of sort python... with really big fangs." Lex frowned and grunted as one of those fangs slid of their skin. Oww.
"I am going to wear you like a scarf back to camp and leave you with the gator," Lex grumbled, managing to scrape the hide with their weapon and shook it out. "We'll be okay Beth."
HP: 42 Weapon: brass knuckles 4 base +1 to hit roll Damage: 2 Monster HP: 20
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.
Beth wasn't entirely sure that they would be okay, as her friend had insisted. But the image of Lex wearing the snake as a scarf made her laugh at the cuteness of it. She was heartened and put more focus into this strike.
It was better, but not one that Brian would probably be proud of.
"Maybe we should concentrate on not getting bitten?" Which, thankfully, she managed to avoid. But the snake was trying to win the "whip it good" competition, and she was pretty sure it was bruising her calf.
Character Name:Beth Almasy Brief description of character: A sweet but skittish beauty who's lived in the lap of luxury her whole life, Beth doesn't quite know what she's doing. She's always willing to support and cheer on her friends, mostly so she doesn't actually have to lift a finger.
Deity: Hera WC: 92, Total: 539
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1Total: 1 (1-6)
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2016 11:25 am
"Good idea... we really don't need to be bit. Though I think Pythons aren't venomous?" It was a snake... but they were sure they constricted, not bite and wait. Maybe they should watch more animal planet.. wait no, that was all reality shows now.
The snake tail whipped against their shins. "So much whacking, whack, whack." Better then the other half but reallly, why?
HP: 38 Weapon: brass knuckles 4 base +1 to hit roll Damage: 2 Monster HP: 14
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.
"Well, not but like..." How could she explain it without sounding spooked like Brian had when he had first brought it up. "What if they're like, you know, werewolves?" She wondered if Brian had felt this silly bringing it up.
Her ruminations only got her knee whacked in return and she hissed, bringing her own weapon down on whatever part of the coiled up snake she could.
Character Name:Beth Almasy Brief description of character: A sweet but skittish beauty who's lived in the lap of luxury her whole life, Beth doesn't quite know what she's doing. She's always willing to support and cheer on her friends, mostly so she doesn't actually have to lift a finger.
Deity: Hera WC: 67, Total: 606
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6Total: 6 (1-6)
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2016 11:34 am
“Werewolves? I don’t think so? But then werewolves are really, really different then our modern day lore would say if you think of the old stories,” Lex replied, thoughtful before smashing down into the python as the tail smack them hard in the gut. They coughed, air knocked out for a moment and focused on breathing for a few moments. Ow, ow, ow.
Finally, when their lungs decided that air was good, and they really need that. They opened their eyes, looking out and froze. That python was rather still. Please not let them hit it too hard, please. They paused, watching the long length of coils for any movement before giving a soft woosh of air as it twitched.
“Not dead! Why do you lot always do this to me?” They questioned and knelt down, carefully gathering up the coils of the snake, in a more comfortable position. “That is a rather pretty hair ribbon there. I’m guessing you are probably a girl, though if you’re a man, or not, that is cool.” They carefully lifted the snake, positioning the warm if mud covered reptile about their shoulders and gave a little twirl.
“I,” Lex started, giving a grin. “Am feeling pretty, and victorious, and shall we get out of here Beth? For the dubious comforts of camp?” They nodded towards the way they had came.
HP: 34 Weapon: brass knuckles 4 base +1 to hit roll Damage: 8 Monster HP: 2
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.
Beth waited, hand pressed to her mouth. Squirmy slimy things aside, she would feel terrible if they had had killed the poor fashion noodle. It was a great relief when Lex pronounced it alive. "YAY! Go team!" She did a little victory dance. When she opened her eyes, something on the ground caught them--a white patch that the python had been curled around. Slowly, she reached down and delicately plucked the flower. Was this it? The flower that everyone had been talking about?
In a hushed tone, she said, "We need to go back to camp, immediately."
"mmmh?" Lex questioned, leaning over Beth to get a better look at what had gathered their friends attention. "Ooh! Yes, we have to." They nodded, petting the fashionable snake and paused, coming up with a second flower, tangled within the sneks ribbons. "Really, really have to."
