After failing miserably on the first step last time, Dekana was determined to succeed this time. The climb was steep and the dangers present...
Quest Mechanics
Are you ready for chaos? Mayhem? No? WELL GOOD. It is time for the FINAL TEST OF YOUR PROOF AS A VILLAGER EGGSTRACTOR.
- On top of the highest hill through the highest mountain peak is the rarest of eggs, the Giant Snake egg. If you bring this home, then you have proven your worth as the greatest eggstractor of them all.
Step 1: Climb the mountain - You're already used to this part. Get going! Climb up that mountain and see what you're made of. Oh wait, right, we forgot to mention. The reason why you need a wyvern egg is you have to replace that egg with the Giant Snake Egg you need to get. That way the parent giant snake doesn't notice!
- As you climb the mountain, roll 1d4. Match your dice roll to the result below.
1: You break your wyvern egg! Sorry, you have to obtain another one.. 2. You manage to climb with relative ease. Something watches you in the distance. 3. You trip and stumble but save your egg! -10 HP for your character 4. You accidentally stumble into a giant cloud of miasma! Add +5 to your miasma meter.
Step 2: Replacing the egg
Finally you reach the base of the mountain with a [i 400 foot giant snake guarding its pile of eggs in the center. You must slowly sneak and take the Giant Snake egg, replacing it with the wyvern one. Roll 1d100 to see how quiet you were. If you roll 30 or less, you get eaten. You die and dissipate back to base camp. The good news is you still have your wyvern egg (must start quest again). Otherwise, continue onwards.
Step 3: New egg friend and you
At this point you no longer have your wyvern egg. You only have this Giant Snake Egg. So that means if you destroy your giant snake egg on the way back, you have to obtain a new wyvern egg from the previous eggstraction quest. The giant snake egg has 10 HP.
A pair of very hungry velicoraptor-like creatures seem to have found you and follow the egg hungrily! They have 10 HP. You only need to defeat one to move on (per group!) Every time you or ANYONE in the group rolls double dice (1, 1, 2, 2, etc) you take -2 damage to your egg, otherwise it takes no damage.
At the very end where the base camp is, there is a giant waterfall. You have no choice, you have to jump down! Roll 1d6 to see how much damage your egg takes. Good luck!
If your egg somehow survives, you have DONE IT. Go ahead and collect your prize and drop it off in this thread!
Rarity: Rare Size: 25 feet long (baby snek!) Weight capacity: 2 people max. (No mount/natural forms it gets skittish) Special ability: Is excellent at making impromptu bridges and shelter from cold areas. Sheds rainbow-coloured skin that can be used as waterproof wear. Has impeccable memory - as long as it has been to a place, it knows how to get there. Flying: Cannot fly. Teleportation: Teleports from Miasma Village to Halloween Town only (and vice versa) Temper: Extremely shy. Does not go indoors. Only likes large areas. Will escape through any given opening if the area is smaller than it is.
Dangerous enough that Dekana found himself smack dab in the middle of a Miasma cloud that blacked out the rock face and the path. Lost, he wandered for a while, choking on the stuff, until he finally found his way up to the peak he'd been required to find.
Where had that cloud come from? He felt a seething anger and paranoia curl beneath his skin as he climbed, the Miasma clinging to him and rolling off him like wisps from hot water.
OOC
Character Name:Dekana Faction: Monster Student Appearance: LInk! Miasma meter 24 (Students: Every time you gain Miasma, multiply it by x2. So, in a prompt if you gain +2 miasma, it is actually +4 for you.)
Items obtained: Herbivore Egg, Whale Fin, Rusted Key, Old Saddle, Giant Snake Egg Knowledge: Village shaped like an S.
Surprisingly, though, the Miasma that clung to him made him almost impossible to detect as he snuck around, a shadow withing shadow, to replace the egg in the nest. The giant snake stirred once, coiled tight, and forced Dekana to make a leap of faith over the body of the snake, Snake Egg in hand.
When it worked, it took everything he had not to hoot and hollar from the surge of adrenaline or to turn around and bite that stupid snake. He was so close, he could feel it!
It wasn't to be, however, as velociraptors cornered him on the way out and he was forced to fight. Setting the egg down in a safe place - that wind blow corner of leaves and soft things was perfect.
Dekana faced the raptors, intent on destroying them - he didn't come this far just to give up!
He opened himself to the underworld and drew forth the ghostly torrent to strike at the raptors in silent, soul-shuddering horror.
A torrent of fish and spirits from the underworld rose before him, wrapping him in their ethereal glow, and surged towards the raptor. The torrent caught it, wrapped around it and the screeches of fear and pain were music to Dekana's ear. Few could withstand Death's touch without screaming in agony.
When it faded, the raptor was still there, panting but alive, its eyes alight with hatred. While Dekana recovered, it savaged the egg, nearly cracking the shell and forcing Dekana to change his tactics. He ran after the raptor, grabbed it and bodily threw the creature from the egg, growling as he did so – this egg was his! No one would take it from after all the effort he put into collecting it!
His opening volley of attacks was, perhaps, over enthusiastic as he struck the raptor but also left the egg open to attack. It took significant damage and Dekana backed up, taking on a defensive posture.
He tagged the raptor and it squeaked in pain, falling back to re-face Dekana as he grinned, hands up and ready to fight.
The raptor charged, dodged and made for the egg, and Dekana squared a hit, sending it flying.
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With the Raptor disposed of, Dekana gathered up his hard-fought for Egg and continued on his way. However, the fight had stirred up the raptor's pack and they came streaming out of the caves, calling and growling as they backed Dekana up against the cliff's edge, forcing him to choose between the waterfall and a dozen raptors.
When he surfaced, the egg was intact and he was alive. The Snake Egg had been obtained! Elated, Dekana dragged himself out of the River and slogged his way back to the village, triumphant and excited. The Egg was a little worse for wear but it was whole and present and he was as pleased as could be.
