Votes registered; Ariel Faust Constantine will follow this gruesome trail.
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The bloodied trail crosses other tracks and rivulets running through the marsh until it reaches a clearing littered with the bones of animals, large and small. On the edge of the clearing is the carcass of an ox and, from what you can tell, it has been killed only recently. There is a ripple in the water beside the clearing, but it must be a fish or a swap snake, you tell yourself. Suddenly something rears up out of the water at your feet.
Test your Luck. If you are Lucky, turn to 11. If you are Unlucky, turn to 288.
Rolling the dice yielded a 7, meaning that Ariel Faust Constantine was Lucky.
11
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Standing before you is a three-metre-tall humanoid with lank, thick green hair, dripping mud and water. It has ugly, bestial features and strong, muscular arms which end in sharp talons. With an animal growl the monster leaps at you. Drawing your sword, you find yourself fighting for your life against the Fen Beast.
FEN BEAST SKILL 8 STAMINA 10
If you manage to kill the monster, were you sent into the marsh by a group of farmers? If you were, turn to 86; if you were not, turn to 152.
The fight:
[spoiler]Round 1: Fen Beast Attack Strength: 11, Player Attack Strength: 25;
Fen Beast Stamina: 8, Player Stamina: 14
Round 2: Fen Beast Attack Strength: 15, Player Attack Strength: 21;
Fen Beast Stamina: 6, Player Stamina: 14
Round 3: Fen Beast Attack Strength: 14, Player Attack Strength: 24;
Fen Beast Stamina: 4, Player Stamina: 14
Round 4: Fen Beast Attack Strength: 11, Player Attack Strength: 21;
Fen Beast Stamina: 2, Player Stamina: 14
Round 5: Fen Beast Attack Strength: 19, Player Attack Strength: 24;
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As expected, Ariel Faust Constantine flawlessly kills the Fen Beast.
She was not sent into the marsh by a group of farmers.
152
The Fen Beast’s lair contains nothing more than the remains of previous meals, so you decide to press on through the marsh. Just as you are leaving the clearing you see a clump of mistletoe growing in the branches of a gnarled tree. If you wish to, you may cut some to take with you, but make a note of what you cut it with. You wander on through the swamp and, unable to see the hills because of the murky haze, soon realize you have lost all sense of direction. The twisting path soon splits three ways. Will you go:
Left? Turn to 396
Right? Turn to 339
Straight on? Turn to 237
Please make your votes on whether to take the mistletoe, how to cut it if the answer is yes, and where to go next before 6:00 PM PST to ensure that they will be counted.
Adventure Sheet
[spoiler]Ariel Faust Constantine
SKILL: 14
Initial Skill = 14
STAMINA: 14
Initial Stamina = 24
LUCK: 10
Initial Luck = 12
FAITH: 12
GOLD PIECES: 15
PROVISIONS: 7
INFECTION: 0
Turn to 13 if INFECTION is 15 or more
EQUIPMENT AND TREASURE:
Sword
Lantern
Tinderbox
Backpack
Silver Key With ‘252’ Engraved
Shroud
Falcon
Protective Leather Gauntlet
Scarlet Lady
Drake Nettle
Ilithorn Rose
Phoenix Grass
Charmed Pipes
Jar of Powder
Golden Sickle
Skullsgrig
Shield
Deliverer
Necklace of Elven Prayer-Beads
Shackles
Notes:
Knows Demonic Word of Command
Say ‘One, two, away’ to send a falcon with SKILL 7 STAMINA 5 against an opponent
Reduce any additions to INFECTION by 1 point
Password is ‘The four phases of the moon’
RESURRECTIONS: 4[/spoiler]
Say No To Fascism. The left is the one true way to go.
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