You wait until evening before making your way to the Baron's mansion, as you figure that he's more likely to be in then; you also hope that the dark of night will enable you to move around more safely. The mansion is in the grand part of town where narrow alleys and busy streets and squares give way to leafy lanes and even the occasional field and copse. One such copse is unfortunately infested with Gutterlags: hyena-like scavengers which live in the suburbs but come down into the towns and cities at night to forage among the sewers for scraps of meat. Individually they prefer their meat cold and putrid, but a pack of Gutterlags, such as the one that is sneaking through the trees towards you, will attack live meat like yourself. You can fight the pack as if it were a single enemy because, once you have killed a few of them, the rest will scatter and slink back into the trees. But you cannot possibly defend yourself against all of them at once, and every even-numbered Attack Round you must reduce your STAMINA by 1 point, whatever else happens during that round.
GUTTERLAGS SKILL 7 STAMINA 16
If you win, turn to 310.
Waluigi doesn't seem like a veteran adventurer. Any experienced adventurer would know that if you want to visit someone who's probably evil, you should do so in broad daylight, because evil people are likely more powerful at night in fantasy.
These things seem
exactly like hyenas, so I'm not sure why Waterfield went to the trouble of coming out with an alternate name for them...
COMBAT LOG:
Gutterlags 17, Waluigi 13. Waluigi is at 12.
Gutterlags 13, Waluigi 16. Gutterlags are at 14. Waluigi is at 11.
Gutterlags 15, Waluigi 20. Gutterlags are at 12.
Gutterlags 15, Waluigi 17. Gutterlags are at 10. Waluigi is at 10.
Gutterlags 11, Waluigi 20. Gutterlags are at 8.
Gutterlags 9, Waluigi 18. Gutterlags are at 6. Waluigi is at 9.
Gutterlags 13, Waluigi 16. Gutterlags are at 4.
Gutterlags 17, Waluigi 15. Waluigi is at 6.
Gutterlags 15, Waluigi 14. Waluigi is at 4.
Whelp, the mandatory damage every other round combined with some bad rolls puts Waluigi at risk. Do we want to use LUCK to increase damage output/reduce damage taken?
