As a bear, Rafe should be a beast to fight -- but honestly, he doesn't seem that interested in battle. He only takes rough swipes of his claws and the damage he does is relatively small, until he's riled up...
Health: 150HP Damage: 4 damage each time he's hit Special Move: After he's dropped to 50HP, Rafe jumps up to 8 damage each time he's hit.
After defeating one of the above Hero NPCs, each party involved in the battle gets 25XP and rolls 1d100 to collect loot according to the following:
1-70: Moly Flower: a small white flower with a dark root. You're not quite sure what it's for, but decide to keep it. 71-85: 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. 86-95: Map Piece: If the map hasn't been fully assembled, you acquire one additional piece. This can only be collected once per battle, but rolling this also yields a bonus 5XP. 96-100: Small Personal Item: You find a small personal item from the defeated NPC, that can be used later on for a one-on-one RP with that NPC. Brynn: A small metal bug sculpture. Chris: a hand-made fishing lure. Olivia: The charm from a bracelet, with a bullet on it. Griffin: A claw necklace. Rafe: A picture of a woman and a young girl.
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Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2016 5:27 pm
"So, we should start looking for our group leaders... because maybe they could help with something." Lex wasn't sure what they could help with, but at least knowing where they were, and not running around like a menace had to be worth something.
As long as he didn't have to fight the weapon master. No Rhinos. "So... is anyone good at tracking?" Lex had been depending on his luck for him to find the turned. Though he had come across enough rabid animals that it was questionable how well that was working. He had beat them though.
"Because I been just walk till something tries to attack me."
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Brian couldn't do anything but blink.
"Well, we did fight that alligator," he said. He was pretty sure it hadn't been Chris, but how were they supposed to know? He peered down toward the ground then and then back to the others. "Yeah, no, not me. Is anyone from Artemis?" It seemed almost wrong to stereotype, but in this case everyone was chosen for a reason. Artemis just seemed the most likely to pick a tracker. He'd only run into Lex again because they'd both been wandering, apparently. (94)
Character Name:Brian Watterly Brief description of character: A passionate, competent leader-type with a bit of difficulty expressing the emotions he feels. Deity: Zeus Weapon: Bow (balanced ranged) HP: 47/47 Minicert:
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"An Artemis lady?" a voice familiar to Brian rang out. "Like me? Do you mean me, Mr. Dude?"
Izzy came up from behind Lex and Brian, and threw her arms around their shoulders, like the three of them were super best friends (even though she didn't know much more about them besides their names). She was in a remarkably good mood after the successful tussle with Tara, after all, and refreshed enough from their time at camp that she was raring to go again.
"I'm sure tracking after a bear or horse would be kid's play. As long as we have enough friends coming to wrestle it down."
After Izzy gave her response to being an Artemis lady, there came a sound somewhere between a yip and a bark. The jingling sound of metal striking metal quickly gave way to a black wolf quickly trotting after them with the silver band around its neck. The source of the sound being an Artemis emblem the wolf seemed to try and show off, with how it held up its head once it got along side them.
Yes, Tara remembered who she was now--the key point being, not typically a wolf. Nope, that was all thanks to those good for nothing teenagers that shoved some potion or something down her throat, which lead to that lovely encounter with some of the other Chosen in the woods...
Needless to say, after it all, the current canine felt an immense responsibility to get back out there and assist with more searches for people. Her ear twitched to the notion of wrestling down a bear or horse, and when she sniffed at the ground... well, she sneezed. Ok, so there were a lot of scents around, that much she had a grasp of. But exactly what scent was what? Uh... yeah took a lot more than what she was familiar with, in her less than twenty-four hours with this stronger sniffer.
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Character Name:Tara O'Connell Brief description of character: An always smiling, cheerful sort, Tara wears her heart on her sleeve. A keen eye makes her a valued photographer, and an improving shot with a bow, but her temper makes her surprisingly stubborn and too willing to dig her heels in when she feels it's needed.
Sylvia couldn’t deny that she would feel much better with the more experienced Chosen back at camp – even if they couldn’t talk. Perhaps they could at least point the others in some sort of steady direction. Not that they weren’t making headway, but who didn’t feel better with their mentor available for question and general guidance? For goodness sake’s, this was only her second mission – she certainly didn’t feel entirely prepared and confident.
Sylvia bit her lips and shook her head slowly at Lex’s question. She had no idea how to track animals. She had heard tidbits of how to track – looking for broken twigs and other signs of disturbance, and it was lucky they were in the swamp as the mud would give way to paw prints more easily.
Brian’s assumption about an Artemis Chosen being able to track animals caused a lopsided smile to cross her lips. It was as good a lead as any of them had, she supposed. The Artemis Chosen who answered first was a boisterous woman she had yet to meet, but seemed quite confident that they could figure something out – perhaps a bit overconfident. A black wolf was soon to answer the call as well, however – another Artemis Chosen Sylvia had yet to meet – and she might actually have a chance, if she knew how to track by scent. Of course, that probably required catching the smell first, and there were bound to be a lot of smells in these woods.
“Well. Maybe we could look for paw prints and clearings with a lot of broken sticks and such?” She shrugged at the only suggestions she was even remotely familiar with, “I seem to remember that looking for broken branches on a path can help…” It wasn’t exactly a thorough explanation of her suggestion, but she wasn’t sure how to complete her thought very eloquently, so she left it at that.
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Character Name:Sylvia Owens Brief description of character: Sweet, optimistic, always trying to be helpful – even if it means bluntly telling you how stupid you’re being. Remains tentative about her new life as a Chosen, having never been a fighter…
Deity: Aphrodite Weapon: Tower Shield [heavy defensive ; -15 init, base 10 dmg, -1 hit] HP: 56HP Items: Piece of Map; Fine Wine (1); Moly Flower (1) Minicert: [none yet]
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"That we did, though it was not really a difficult fight if you think about it," Lex sighed and gave a small half shrug. "Just make sure we don't chase Griffin, because I really don't wan't to go fighting a Rhino." Nope, not at all.
"Wait, Mr. Dude?" Lex questioned, looking at Brian, easily shifting into the sudden arm around him. "Mmh, well it seems we got enough people to wrestle one, just need one of you ladies to help track them." He paused, looking down at the big black wolf? Dog?
"Hello, and just how many of us are animals now?" He sighed and grinned at Sylvia. "Come to join the hunt?"
HP: 50 Weapon: brass knuckles 4 base +1 to hit roll Damage: N/A Rafe HP: 150
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.
Brian tensed under the suddenly flung arm. He didn't really know Izzy except to say that she could handle herself in battle. "Mr. Dude" did make him smile slightly, though, and his shoulders relaxed. At least he wasn't being scolded for his use of stereotypes. The Gods certainly seemed to like them.
"You're Artemis?" he asked, "Can you track?" He was almost positive that Olivia was Artemis and she had gone slinking into the forest. Maybe it was a common trait. Tara the Wolf injected herself though and he offered her a nod. "I bet you can track. How about it?" Of course he also wasn't sure who of the higher-ups had been found and who hadn't.
He turned back to Lex then. "Hey, someone had to find him," he said, but no, he didn't really want to have to deal with Griffin the Rhino either.
"That's Tara," he offered to Lex then, giving the black wolf a nod. It wasn't like she could introduce herself any more. At Sylvia's reasonable suggestion he began to scan the landscape for crashed branches. Of course Chosen and various turned folks had been barreling through here all day, but it was the best guess so far. (261)
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Izzy grinned wide, perhaps looking more wolfish than Tara for a moment. She nodded with Slyvia's suggestion, and seemed very pleased at the little hunting party they had gathered. She dislodged herself from Lex and Brian, in favor of grabbing her spear where it rest against a tree, and starting the walk over to the clearing.
"I would bet that there aren't a lot of animals that would chase after a bear willingly.". She put a finger to her chin thoughtfully. "He will definitely generate broken branches, like she said, but I bet we could find Rafe's tracks on their own if we look at relatively less disturbed areas. Whatcha think, Tara?"
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Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2016 2:34 pm
Lex went to join Izzy in the clearing, idly looking about to see if he could spot anything that they had talked about. Broken branches, or tracks, or scuffs. Something that said bear. He didn’t have a clue into how to tell a broken branch caused by a bear compared to one caused by a person, or a water buffalo, like captain bogo.
Actually, this seemed pretty damn impossible. Gahh… that was a bear.
Lex jumped and perhaps instinctively by now, lashed out and punched the bear in the nose, causing several things to happen. Rafe one, swatted at him with his claws, and two, made a heck of a lot of noise and entered the clearing.
HP: 46 Weapon: brass knuckles 4 base +1 to hit roll Damage: 4 Rafe HP: 146
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, that was sudden. Either Brian hadn't been paying attention the signs they had been looking for or Rafe was the sneakiest bear that ever was. Bears luckily didn't seem like they were meant to be in the bayou. He really didn't want to fight a bear that wasn't going to give in.
He instinctively reached out to pull Lex back and this caught a bit of a claw to the hand as well. That would have hurt a lot more without his protection, no? Once he had dodged and processed the action, he nocked a blunted arrow and sent it at the bear. He didn't have any fondness for Rafe as a person, but he didn't want to fill him with arrows either. Who would patch them up then?
"Well, I think we found 'im!" (401)
Weapon: Bow (balanced ranged)
HP: 43/47 (-4) DMG: 3 RAFE: 143/150
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Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2016 8:05 pm
Sylvia nodded at Lex, “It’s a worthy cause to pass the time.” What else were they to do to stave off any hunger from trying to avoid eating things that would turn them as well? She’d been keeping busy enough by going out into the woods now and then, and it was about time she try again. Besides, if they needed to find any animals in particular, it was probably their leaders. It would be reassuring, at least, to get them all back to camp safely.
They seemed to be figuring out their tracking strategy when she saw Lex jump out of the corner of her eye. She turned just in time to see him punch a bear in the face. That seemed like an insane reaction, but she’d never really been faced with a surprise bear, so she didn’t know what was normal and what wasn’t for such a situation. Sylvia stumbled back a few steps as the bear came further into the clearing. Luckily, Brian had a braver reaction and pulled Lex away from the bear, though they both go scraped during the bear’s entrance.
“Seems that way,” she called back to Brian, a bit startled. Even with her nerves suddenly frazzled (my, it would have been nice if they could have surprised him, instead), she was ready to try and do some damage of her own to bring him back to himself. She lifted her shield and braced herself, then rushed at the bear and hit it with everything she had – which knocked him back a bit. Her momentum carried her a bit, and Rafe caught her back on the right side with a swipe of claws, though it seemed a rather half-hearted gesture.
Character Name:Sylvia Owens Brief description of character: Sweet, optimistic, always trying to be helpful – even if it means bluntly telling you how stupid you’re being. Remains tentative about her new life as a Chosen, having never been a fighter…
Deity: Aphrodite Minicert: [none yet]
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After Sylvia dazed the bear with her shield rush, Izzy jumped out from behind her, and with a swing of her long spear, smacked the bear in its shoulder with the blunt end of her spear. Izzy's goal had been to bruise or hurt one of the bear's legs, to make it slower, but it didn't seem to really connect. The bear swiped at her for her efforts, and Izzy retreated behind the rest of the group again. She was slowly learning that she wasn't exactly a tank, and couldn't take the brunt of this kind of damage.
"So what was this guy like when he was human?" Izzy asked, idly, as if they were hanging out by the water cooler instead of waiting for a bear to pounce. "Was he cute?"
"Thank you," Lex managed as he found his voice, Brian was a heck of a lot stronger then him. He swallowed and looked over the Bear. "I... don't think he really, trying?" He said finally, some what confused. Certainly a bear should put up a lot more fight then the alligator they found?
He rolled a shoulder back, making sure he hasn't wrenched anything before moving, and struck again. Not much of a choice but to keep fighting to bring him down. Rafe wasn't Sid and couldn't be brought down with a bit of mud or Beth who could be brought down by talk.
"I... don't remember," Lex admitted. Everything in the first week or so was a bit of a blurr of craziness. "Does it matter if he was cute or not?"
HP: 42 Weapon: brass knuckles 4 base +1 to hit roll Damage: 4 Rafe HP: 126
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.
Deity: Hermes Weapon: Brass Knuckles (Agile, melee) HP: 50 Minicert: latter maybe Items: 2 cures on hand(1 was used on sid)
Now that cures have been discovered, during Turned NPC or PC Monster Fights you can attempt to cure your opponent to bring the battle to an end!
This will require two people.
One rolls to defend, as per standard d4 rolls; if they're 100% successful in their defense, the other can attempt to force the cure.
The second rolls 1d6; on a 4+ straight roll, no weapon modifiers, they successfully make their opponent eat/drink, and they are cured. Once they are cured,, you can still loot!
