Heirs to the apocalypse: Headhunters!

[Oddball]

"Does that recharge have to be constant? Scince your sensors can see in the dark how about you take the midnight watch."

[Oddball]

"I'll take first watch."

[Krrth]

Marvin

If that is acceptable to the rest of the group, than that is what I will do.

*turning to the others*

Let me know what you want.

[Zid]

After a brief nights rest, the small group start out again. The landscape stays the same, although the farms become more sparse, and more of the landscape in taken up by thigh-high red grass with razor sharp edges. You have to go around some fields, but the smaller ones are quickly cut down by machetes.


About midday, you see two figures on the top of a hill. One mutated bear, and one mutated human, both armed with thick spears, and dressed in a strange armour. One of them spots you, and waves.

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[Krrth]

Marvin

*Marvin notices the two figures on the hill...and something sparks an idea in his processors.*

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[Damian Jade]

Gerrin has seldom been away from the city and he is cautious by nature. He acknowledges the strangers but immediately begins scanning the surrounding fields for others.

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[Catspaw]

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(1d20)[1]I don't have Either skill but Ican use one untrained here is a straight roll with no bonuses.

Mayfleet waves in acknowledgement., trying to see who they are.

[Wizard of the Coat]

Lars

Lars is immediately returning this obviously friendly gesture.

"Greetings" he calls out to them

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[Zid]

The two strange individuals come down from the hill. Lars recognize their equipment as eehl-catching equipment. The Eehls are a dangerous land-living snakelike creature, becoming up to a feet in thickness, and often moving through the wilderness in large packs.

The elk presents himself as Zigge Smolk. "Me and my men are trying to catch up with a rather large throng of eehl," he says. "There is good money to be made if we catch up with them, and they ate a small boy from a nearby farm last day. Are you interested in helping out?"

[Damian Jade]

Gerrin looks at the others.
"I've never hunted before but this sounds like a dangerous pack of beasts, we'd be doing the outlying communities a huge favor by killing the eehls."
Turning to the elk-man, he asks.
"How can we help?"

[Krrth]

Marvin

They are a danger to humans?

*Marvin stresses the last word slightly, almost like he's trying to tell someone something*

Then my programming requires me to help.

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That could be taken in multiple ways, not all of which are good. Marvin is stressing humans so that the others know if they tell him "yes" (true or not) he has to help.

[Oddball]

"I guss we could help, but I don't know Akabar (the horse)(named for a hero on a page in a book I found, he helped destroy something called the Death Star.) would react to a eehl."

[Zid]

Smolk looks at the horse. "I wouldn´t let Eehls get so close to something that expensive."

They are led over the hill and on the other side the rest of Smolks hunters await. It is about ten people in total, most armed with the strange spears that Smolk and the mutated human had. They seem happy and friendly, and talk is mostly about the culinary qualities of Eehl flesh.

[Catspaw]

Hey Smolk, I have a few questions. How big is this throng of Eehls. I've noticed you all have spears. Is it best to attack them from a distance?

[Krrth]

Marvin

I am....unfamiliar with these eehls. Could you please describe them to me?

[Zid]

The tall elk scratches his mule for a while, before answering.

"I bet they are at least twenty or so. Quite dangerous, and quite large at that. We use these spears because you often don´t want to come too close to an eehl."

He turns to Marvin.

"Well, tinman, eehls are dangerous creatures. Hunger drives them up from their subterran homes to feast on flesh. Small calves are scared by the stories their grandmothers tell them about eehls. But we know better than to be eaten by normal eehls. If it were an emperor-eehl, that would be a whole different story. Much larger, and much more dangerous."

[Krrth]

Marvin

Logically then, if you use spears because you don't want to get close....why not use a bow or crossbow?

[Oddball]

"In that case I don't think my wea6pons will do that much good,can I have a spear?"
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[Zid]

If you wish for spears, they lend you the spearlike weapons.

"They come from within the earth", Smolk says. "When they are up close to you, a gun won´t help you!"


The small party wanders on, following the tracks of lightly upturned soil. After about half an hour, he holds his hand close to the ground, and then calls. "The ground is shaking! They are coming!"

Immediately, Smolk and his men form a small circle, with the spears pointing outward. In the distance, they see the ground rumbling and smoke and dirt being tossed up in the air. They are coming...

[Krrth]

Marvin


Indeed sirs, I would recommend doing as these nice gentleman are doing

*Marvin then attempts to get ready for the eehls.*

[Damian Jade]

Gerrin hefts the spear and prepares for whatever comes next.

[Oddball]

Iron pulls out his spear and does the some.
"GET READY!!!"

[Zid]

The groudn erupts, and several slime-covered snakelike creatures slither out of the depths of the earth, ready to eat all flesh they find. They ar about two meters in length, with a round mouth at the end, covered in tint razor sharp teeth.

OOC: If you have a firearm, you get to shoot once when they erupt (readied action) and once more if you beat init 11. If you are carrying a spear, you get one AOO as they slither to attack you.

[Damian Jade]

Gerrin lines up the first thrust and hopes for the best, biting his lip as he plunges the spear downward.

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Treating the spear as a short spear with 1d8 damage, if that is incorrect, feel free to reroll and apply as necessary.
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[Krrth]

Marvin


Marvin waits until the last moment, then thrusts at the eehl.

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I believe the spear counts as a simple weapon. If not ignore this post.
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[Catspaw]

Mayfleet Steady himself then lunges forward with a spear.

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[Oddball]

DIE
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[Oddball]

Sorry.
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