As a gater, Chris has a touch skin and a mouthful of nasty teeth that can deal a decent amount of damage. The result is a medium-length, medium-risk battle.
Health: 150HP Damage: 7 damage each time he's hit. Special Move: Every 3 times he's hit, Chris becomes tired and takes a rest for the next 3 hits. During this time he can be hurt and attacked, but deals no damage until he recovers.
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.
Tromping through the increasingly swampy swamp, Rob kept a wary eye out for any unusual looking critters. But what he and the others with him were looking for specifically was an alligator: Chris. The Poseidon Chosen was the last they had to catch and cure, as far as he could tell, and he knew that it was not going to be the soccer-fest catching Brynn had been. That had almost been fun. This was going to be dangerous.
He heard the turned Chosen before he saw him. A low growl and hiss echoed through the woods, and a log started slithering across the wet ground toward them. A log with shreds of fabric caught on its hide. Rob's heart leapt into his throat. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea. Maybe they needed more people to subdue him. Or more with actual weapons.
With a snarl he readied his greatsword and charged the big lizard. As with Brynn, he didn't want to actually hurt Chris -- just get him back into his right head so they could give him one of the cures they'd brought with them. He smacked the gator good, catching one of the back ridges with the edge of his blade. Chris bellowed and lashed out, catching Rob with the tip of his tail.
The Dionysus Chosen yelped. This was not going to be an easy fight, nope.
Rob's HP: 50 - 7 = 43 Dmg: 10 Chris's HP: 150 - 10 = 140 Chris gets tired in 2 more hits!
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Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2016 12:29 pm
It made sense that Chris would have gone for the wetter parts of the swamp, but Sylvia wished he had stuck to sun-bathing in a dryer area. The mud was stickier here and she wasn’t exactly sure what she would have to do to get her shoes clean when they got back home. But Rob had been on the right track. The hiss startled Sylvia, but once she had spotted Chris she did her best to get a solid stance beneath her so that she was ready for him.
Rob hit first, and hit hard, which seemed appropriate given Chris’s tough hide and aggressive attitude. Chris, however, was not amused. Rob’s yelp made Sylvia worry a bit, and she called over as he fell back, “Are you alright?” Chris turned on her next and snapped at her, though she was just out of reach for him. Wanting to at least get a hit in if she wasn’t going to be able to get out of his way, Sylvia lifted her shield and went to hit the gator’s side. Unfortunately, her shield snagged on some debris beneath the water, and she absolutely missed Chris. Her attempt had still been enough to piss him off, and he lashed out at her once more, this time clipping her calf with some of his teeth.
“Ow!” Sylvia pushed herself back with her shield, gaining a bit of distance between herself and the alligator. She grumbled a bit, watching him carefully. He was quick in the water, he had an advantage, but she sort of hoped she would get a better hit in at some point. Even if it was Chris. That had hurt – her calf, and her pride.
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Weapon: Tower Shield [heavy defensive ; -15 init, base 10 dmg, -1 hit, +1 defense] DMG: (1 - 1 = 0; Colossal Failure) 0 Chris's HP: 140/150HP Sylvia's HP: 49/56HP Chris gets tired after one more hit!
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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 Minicert: [none yet]
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1Total: 1 (1-6)
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2016 12:45 pm
Izzy followed Sylvia into the slushy, grossy swamp, and looked back over her shoulder to see if Songtao and Misha were behind her. She was in time to see the tower shield-maiden get chomped on the leg. "Sylvia!"
She stood back, what she thought was a decent distance away from an alligator, and readied her spear to throw. But Izzy had never in her life been in Florida, or knew anything about how fast alligators could be. Before she could throw, Chris saw her, and within a breath he had closed the few yards between them. She headbutt her in the knee, causing her to yelp and fall backwards in hurt and shock.
Weapon: Spear (balanced ranged) DMG: 0 Chris's HP: 140/150HP Izzy's HP: 40/47HP Chris is tired!
Misha saw the speed of the alligator that had been Chris (no, was Chris) and adjusted her stance accordingly. Some primal part of her brain had been fighting the need to get her feet wet but that part was silent now in the face of a rampaging reptile. That was a very good thing as she needed all of her wits about her in this battle. Chris loomed much more terrifying and dangerous than Brynn.
When Izzy's strike made no difference to the alligator, Misha shifted her weight. She launched herself at the last minute and lashed out with a paw. Unfortunately, her aim was off and she barely glanced off the tough hide but it was still a strike, she told herself. As she scampered out of the way, she also reminded herself that she had avoided both his teeth and tail.
Misha's HP: 80 Damage: 2 Chris' HP: 138/150 Chris is tired for 2 more rounds!
After turning Griffin back to his human self, Songtao felt a little... unfulfilled. She had been all geared up for a massive crazy battle against a rhinoceros, and then that Zebulon guy just cured him, no problem. So after escorting Griffin back to the camp and grabbing a little snack, (she had no idea who Slim Jim was, but his dried meat sticks were delicious,) she decided to prowl around for more trouble. And she found it! When she heard the sounds of battle, she immediately changed directions as quickly as sticky swamp would allow, and came upon several other Chosen fighting what appeared to be a giant alligator. Or crocodile. She could never keep the two straight. She also noticed a lot of the other Chosen had shields, but at least Izzy was there.
They were attacking the alligator (Songtao decided to go with alligator) with mixed results, so instead of defending Izzy, Songtao attacked as well. She swung at the turned creature in a backhand, and... missed! The damn thing was too low to the ground. <******** 鳄鱼高跟鞋," she muttered.
Weapon: Buckler (agile defensive) HP: 56/56
Chris' HP: 138/150 Chris is tired for 1 more round!
Word Count: 183
Character Name:Songtao Zheng Brief description of character: A capricious, leaning towards grumpy, chain smoker who has joined the Prytaneum to further her conservation efforts back home in China. Deity: Demeter
"What are you lot doing, interpretive dance?" Rob snapped at the other Chosen. "We've got a ********' alligator here!" It was fortunate that for some reason Chris wasn't attacking them, just hissing in a menacing manner. Otherwise it could have been bad, really bad.
He brandished his greatsword and swung at the Chris-igator, again not wanting to hurt him, just knock some sense into him and get him into his right mind. The tip of the weapon cut into the thick ridges on the gator's back, sending him into a thrashing frenzy. Rob backed off quickly, not wanting to get hit by either jaws or tail.
"Well, that got his attention…"
Rob's HP: 43 - 0 = 43 Dmg: 5 Chris's HP: 138 - 5 = 133 Chris gets tired in 3 more hits!
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6Total: 6 (1-6)
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 9:59 pm
“I’m alright!” Sylvia appreciated Izzy’s concern, but they had more important things to worry about, and she could tell that Aphrodite’s protection was in full effect. The chomp had hurt, but it hadn’t hurt nearly as much as it should have. Unfortunately, Izzy didn’t even get the chance to strike against Chris as he quickly turned against her. Misha fell short in her own attempt, and Songtao apparently hadn’t checked her gear before going for her own hit.
Sylvia turned at Rob’s quip at them, glaring a bit. “Oh, really?! Thank you so much for pointing that out!” Sylvia didn’t usually rise to confrontation, but she was a little peeved that Rob was so dismissive of their efforts, and adrenaline was a bit high. She was a bit upset with herself for snapping, but she was more upset with the situation, and she tried to channel that into another attempted hit against Chris.
Sylvia charged through the swamp and lifted her shield, bringing it down heavy against the alligator’s rough back, striking hard. Before she could celebrate too much, though, Chris lashed out and chomped at Sylvia’s ankle. She was able to shake him off and scramble back out of his range. With a huff, she gave Rob a look. “Better?”
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Weapon: Tower Shield [heavy defensive ; -15 init, base 10 dmg, -1 hit, +1 defense] DMG: (6 - 1 = 100%) 10 Chris's HP: 123/150HP Sylvia's HP: 42/56HP Chris gets tired after two more hits!
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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 Minicert: [none yet]
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Izzy's eyes were open in shock at Rob. He had just dissed his teammates - all of them women, mind you. While maybe the alligator was a real and present threat, the idea of being in such close proximity to a misogynist shook Izzy on a deeper level. Sid had seemed comfortable around him, but were these his true colors when it came to battle? Did he not think women fighters were good enough?
She sort of worked automatically for a moment - the alligator strayed a bit too close to her, so she shifted her spear to her left hand and took a strong step towards the creature, which snarled in expectation.
"Excuse me. Are you mansplaining an alligator attack to us? This attack, that we are in right now with this thing?" With her golden eyes still fixed on Rob, she smashed her spear across Chris's side loudly to punctuate her point, though at poor Chris's expense. She didn't even care at the alligator's swipe back.
Anyway, the gator probably deserved it too, for biting Sylvia earlier, and probably other past misdeeds against women.
Izzy's HP: 33/47 Chris's HP: 117 Chris falls asleep in 1 turn Rob will wake up next to a severed horse head in 1 night!
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Izzy's outburst, somehow delivered with such disdain and disappointment and simmering anger despite the fact they were deep in a battle with a raging alligator, stopped Misha in her tracks. The cat-woman looked over at Izzy, distracted. She was mad? At Rob? For a stupid joke? Oookay, then.
Shrugging mentally, Misha turned her attention back to Chris. Izzy's blow had hit the mark and he growled, low and threatening. He seemed content to settle back on his haunches, though, making no move to lunge out at them again. Misha dismissed Izzy's ire from her attention further. Carefully, she padded in a half circle around the alligator. Once she felt that she had landed in his blind spot, she sank back onto her own haunches and tensed up. Unfortunately, her back paw slipped in the muck as she launched herself, throwing off her aim. Misha managed to just barely twist herself around to land properly, one paw lashing out to just barely score along the alligator's side.
Dammit. That did not go how she wanted or planned.
Misha's HP: 73 Damage: 2 Chris' HP: 117 - 2 = 115 Chris is tired, no damage next 3 rounds!
Songtao wished Izzy would use less slang, but now was not the time for an English lesson. It appeared that the Alligator Chosen had worn himself out with all his thrashing and attempted murder. Songtao was okay with that. She hopped over his snout as he turned to weakly snap at her, and slapped him with her shield while he faced away from her.
Weapon: Buckler (agile defensive) HP: 56/56
Chris' HP: 115 - 8 107/150 Chris is tired for 2 more rounds!
Word Count: 246
Character Name:Songtao Zheng Brief description of character: A capricious, leaning towards grumpy, chain smoker who has joined the Prytaneum to further her conservation efforts back home in China. Deity: Demeter
Rob scowled at the Chosen girls. "What? What did I say?" He didn't want to get in a fight with them, and in all honesty had already forgotten the snapped smart remark he'd made. It was just how his brain worked -- in the heat of battle, it often failed to engage before he opened his mouth. And he wasn't about to apologize for something he didn't remember saying.
So distracted was he by the discussion (he wasn't going to call it an argument, not yet) that he failed to realize that Chris was log-like and not moving, and he could have taken an easy potshot at him. Instead, he swung his greatsword around as he spoke, the blade bouncing harmlessly off the turned Chosen's alligator hide.
That got his attention. "Why are we even fighting about this? We need to be fighting Chris here!"
Rob's HP: 43 - 0 = 43 Dmg: 0 Chris's HP: 107 - 0 = 107 Chris is tired for 1 more round!
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At least Rob’s attitude had some decent affect, making Sylvia mad enough to hit the gator hard, and Izzy seemed to get a good shot as well. Misha seemed a little distracted, or perhaps she was still finding her footing in the swampy setting. Songtao, whether pissed or just finally having fixed her buckler, managed to also get a good hit in. There was progress made. Hopefully enough progress to shut Rob up.
Though that seemed useless, as he seemed to have entirely missed that there was an issue at all, or actually, honestly forgotten what he’d said. Sylvia stared at him for a moment, but rolled her eyes – it was definitely not worth pursuing. She had acted on adrenaline as well, she couldn’t entirely blame him for snapping – however much she might have wanted to after his next comment as well. They were fighting Chris. Hadn’t he seen their last hits? Of course he had. Sylvia shook her head at herself. This was ridiculous – she was tired and hungry and needed to refocus.
With that in mind, Sylvia went for a chance to strike the gator again. Unfortunately, he saw her coming, and chose to escape her wrath rather than stay and prepare to strike back. They were both unscathed, but Sylvia could tell this might be a long fight with tensions already high. She took a breath and narrowed her eyes at Chris, then called out to the others.
“Hey, I can have much better luck blocking with this thing, and we tried our luck with a cure when we went after Rafe. I think that might work here as well. Does anyone have a cure we can try to get in his maw? If so, I can block you while you go for it.” She was pretty sure none of them was thrilled with the idea of thrusting a snack into Chris’s toothy grin, but it was worth a shot if someone was up for it…
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Weapon: Tower Shield [heavy defensive ; -15 init, base 10 dmg, -1 hit, +1 defense] DMG: (1 - 1 = 0; Uber Miss) 0 Chris's HP: 107/150HP Sylvia's HP: 42/56HP Chris is no longer tired! Look out!
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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 Minicert: [none yet]
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5Total: 5 (1-6)
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 10:00 pm
Izzy nodded at Sylvia. "Good idea. We have some strong shields among us, between you and Songtao.". Izzy didn't know what Misha was, besides a cat, and certainly didn't want to ask the smaller Chosen to throw herself in front of the reptile. She notably did not acknowledge Rob.
The Artemis chosen saw that Chris had stirred awake again, and was darting his eyes between targets. So she stepped forward out of rank and nailed it across the snout with the blunt end of her spear, which perhaps might make people wonder if she had a second life as a ruler-weilding schoolmarm. She took a bit of damage, but was able to take a long jump back among the group. She pounded the end of her spear into the dirt.
"Next chance I have, I'm going to use a cure on the hot-headed heel-snapper, and see if we can turn him back into a civil human being.". Izzy looked square at Rob, finally, a crooked smirk twisting her lips. "Then I'll see what I can do about the alligator."
Weapons: Spear (balanced range), ice sharp wit DMG: 8 Chris's HP: 99/150HP Izzy's HP: 29/47HP (Songtao shielded for half) Chris gets tired in two turns!
And again with the cutting words! While Misha could appreciate Izzy's skill in wielding her wit and might have giggled under other circumstances, she still rolled her eyes inwardly. One thing at a time, girl! she felt like shouting. Then again, Izzy seemed to be using whatever had pissed her off so badly to generate some pretty solid hits. A girl could not complain with those kind of results.
At the mention of shields, though, Misha grimaced inside. Claws were nice but, when her paw hit Chris' rough hide and skittered off easily, she wanted to scream and curse and demand her weapon back. Especially when he swung around and lashed out with his tail. Her feline body adapted without thinking, tucking and twisting to roll out of the hit with less damage than she should have gathered, but it annoyed her and hurt nonetheless.
Misha's HP: 66 Damage: 2 Chris' HP: 97/150 Chris gets tired in one turn!
