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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Apr 14, 2023 18:54:33 GMT -5
You wake up some day to find yourself in a strange forest you get up look around, and see an army of mostly humans making their way along a large road.
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Post by Manah on Apr 14, 2023 19:34:31 GMT -5
Arachne
The black, shadowy figure drew closer to the army with curiosity, wondering who they were and what their business was.
9 (Ef) in Thieving (Stealth) to draw closer without getting noticed.
7 in Intelligence to pay attention to their appearance, whatever they may be saying, or any sign or information I can gather about them from what they carry, do or say.
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Apr 14, 2023 20:35:56 GMT -5
You hear them talking hunting down a giant herd of Beastmen, and wiping them out after they burned several villages.
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Post by Manah on Apr 14, 2023 23:06:34 GMT -5
Arachne
Curious about both the army and those 'Beastmen' - Gnolls? Kobolds? Minotaurs? Something else? - but still unsure of what to think of both the situation and these men themselves, she turned into a large black mastiff. Goal being to try and join them without needing to explain herself; namely as a friendly war dog which they'd likely appreciate having by their side as they would march against their foes.
She didn't want to alarm them or fream them out by just trotting up to them, so she let them know of her presence: she barked at them loudly, as would be expected for such a dog.
8 (Ef) in Shapeshifter (Beast Form) +2 from Shapechanger Bloodline, adding Fangs/Claws +2, increasing Animal Senses by +2, and adding Hunting/Tracking 6.
Barking, and putting 9 (Ef) in Ninja into defense. (Total ph.defense: 20)
Black Mastiff (Hunting/Tracking 6, +2 Animal Senses, Fangs/Claws +2)
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Apr 15, 2023 0:07:10 GMT -5
A few spearmen look shocked and ready their weapons until it seems you are not a threat.
"A dog? Out in the forrest this deep?" One asks.
"Probably a hunter's dog seperated from it's master." Another says.
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Post by Manah on Apr 15, 2023 0:41:36 GMT -5
Arachne (Black Mastiff)
The big black dog padded over to them, sniffing about in apparent curiosity, including some of the men, before barking less loudly again as it began trotting to their side, having apparently decided to accompany them, searching for interesting scents.
1 to maintain my form.
6 in Hunting/Tracking to start using my sense of smell to do my dog thing.
1 in Speed to keep up with them.
Black Mastiff (Hunting/Tracking 6, +2 Animal Senses, Fangs/Claws +2)
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Apr 15, 2023 0:48:22 GMT -5
The smell of gunpowder, and steel fills the air along with that of horses, and Griffon-like creatures.
"You wanna come with boy. We won't stop you. Just be warned we're going to fight some pretty nasty creatures. You might not come back alive." One said rubbing your neck.
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Post by Manah on Apr 15, 2023 19:20:29 GMT -5
Arachne (Black Mastiff)
The dog hopped up and down, barking with enthusiasm. If it did understand the man, it didn't seem to mind. But for all he could tell, the hound was mostly interested in being with people, so it just followed them.
1 to maintain my form.
6 (Ef) in Social Skills to basically just act like a big hunting dog who's just glad to have found friendly humans to hang around with.
1 in Speed to keep up with them.
Black Mastiff (Hunting/Tracking 6, +2 Animal Senses, Fangs/Claws +2)
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Apr 15, 2023 21:14:45 GMT -5
The men quickly rejoin their unit and get back in formation.
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Post by Manah on Apr 15, 2023 22:47:51 GMT -5
Arachne (Black Mastiff)
The dog kept trotting alongside them, sniffing out trouble as they went.
6 in Hunting/Tracking +4 from Animal Senses to keep a nose out for trouble.
1 in Speed to keep up.
Black Mastiff (Hunting/Tracking 6, +2 Animal Senses, Fangs/Claws +2)
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Apr 15, 2023 23:52:40 GMT -5
As you progress farther you begin to smell something awful. Something of strange animal fur mixed with excrement, and some sort of taint... a foul dark taint that would be indescribable to most humans. It is coming from the forrest, and it grows stronger by the minute.
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Post by Manah on Apr 16, 2023 0:39:05 GMT -5
Arachne (Black Mastiff)
The hound stopped, growling and snarling towards the scent increasingly angrily to warn its new companions.
Of course, Arachne herself didn't give much of a damn about those unknown people, but the dog would, and until she knew more about what was going on and where she was, she was fine with simply... being the dog. At least for now.
1 to maintain my form.
5 (Ef) in Social Skills to growl and snarl towards the scent to let the hoomans know that something bad's coming and where it's coming from.
Black Mastiff (Hunting/Tracking 6, +2 Animal Senses, Fangs/Claws +2)
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Apr 16, 2023 0:46:27 GMT -5
The men begin to stop and look around...
Just as a huge stone flies through the air and lands crushing half a dozen crossbowmen off to your right.
As that happens arrows begin to rain down on the army causing a few more men to fall around you including the men you "befriended."
Then you see them.
Creatures with the legs, and heads of goats, but the upper bodies of men with claws and fangs they burst out of the woods and charge at the men screaming in barely comprehensible languages mixed with brays and roars!
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Post by Manah on Apr 16, 2023 19:00:50 GMT -5
Arachne (Black Mastiff)
The mastiff stood back for a moment... when all of a sudden, dozens upon dozens of giant spiders rushed at the Beastmen from the trees out of nowhere, ignoring the humans and immediately swarming their attackers!
3 in Warmaster (Spiders, Elite Troops) to swarm the Beastmen with 300 hound-sized to elk-sized monstrous spiders... and six more about as huge as elephants (the Elite ones. Basically Gargantuan Monstrous Spiders from DnD.)
9 (Ef) in Ninja into defense. (Total ph.defense: 20)
Black Mastiff (Hunting/Tracking 6, +2 Animal Senses, Fangs/Claws +2)
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Apr 16, 2023 21:13:34 GMT -5
The beastmen are forced back by the spiders as more arrows rain down. This time targeting the spiders instead of the dumbstruck humans.
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