"EQ game HT-SILVERRUSHES AND NORTHERN LIGHTS HUNT" By klimino (https://pastebin.com/u/klimino) URL: https://pastebin.com/WrSeeXjp Created on: Thursday 22nd of June 2017 03:54:49 PM CDT Retrieved on: Sunday 25 of October 2020 03:45:25 AM UTC SILVERRUSHES AND NORTHERN LIGHTS HUNT; When the two approach the Northern Tennants, they spot the ramshackle wall around it, and leading up to the front, a very nicely built stand manned by two griffons, a fancy sign above them reading “HUNTING TOURNEY SIGNUPS HERE”. Lights looks over to the pony he assumes is his partner for the hunt, giving a dorky smile and offering a hoof for a shake. "Howdy!" "ohhh, do we get to hunt the Griffins?" he starts at the two guards right next to a sign that says hunting sign ups. Lights was wondering if he was going to regret, though he has a strange, familiar feeling that this Pegasus was (mostly) deadpanning. He snorts before shaking his head. "I think it's a hunt through and through, doubt any griffins would volunteer for that!" One of the two simply, non guard griffons at the stand blink, frowning as they turn to Silver. “Please do not harm us or the other contestants. What ANIMAL you hunt though is your own choice. Now, may I assume you two are here to sign up?” she asks, a smile returning to her face. "volunteer? Oh no where's the fun in that?!---aw well I bet you guys would do it great. Erm. Yes I want to sign up" “Ah! Splendid!” she says, handing them each a sheet asking for information, such as Name, address, age, race, coloring, if your in a team and with who, please sign here to aknowledge the Hunting Guild isnt responsible for any injuries, maiming, or death.... Lights cheerfully nods. "Yupyup! I know I may not seem the type, but if it's the right creature I won't lose sleep over hunting." "So ah, mind teaming up with me mister...?" silverrush scribbles in an M after that erroneous 'who they'll be teaming with' "really it shouldn't end on the proposition either" he sneers before looking at the nerdy unicorn. "sure, why not. Buddy system is always important" Lights writes on the sheet- Northern Lights, his poner address, 21, Unicorn, Icy Blue coat and white mane, and that he was in a team with... "Awesome! I ah, I really wanna go for a big creature, so I hope you can keep up." He grins "What's your name though?" Herr SilberSchnell, the roof, old enough, Pegasus, silver and gold, blue nerd with horn and white hair "hm? the names Smith. Or smithy, to my friends" Lights squints before shrugging, writing down 'aryan pegasus with a heart of gold' on his sign up sheet. "Well alright Smith, I won't let you die if you kill the critter before me, alright?" "ah good. It is so fretfully inconvenient to die. I shall attempt to extend the same honorable offer with you." chuckles before nodding, offering up his sheet to the griffin in charge. He's polite enough to accept the offer, even if he doesn't need it. He is immortal after all!" "thank ye kindly, sir griffon." he hands his own sign up sheet to the guards As the griffon takes the sheets, smiling as she sets them aside, she raises a finger. “Well, glad to see that is out of the way, now, you do need to remember three simple rules. First, you cannot interrupt another hunters Hunt. Second, only one Game may be turned in per team. Third, have fun and be careful!” She nods, before adding in, “Oh! We also offer a hunting spear and two javelins to each contestant, if you so wish.” SilverRush-Today at 5:48 PM "yes please, I shall need more arms" Northern Lights-Today at 5:48 PM Lights nods, and takes all he can get! After a moment of rummaging in the back, she produces the weapons, handing them to each of them. “Good luck!” she adds in, going to help the next contestant. "Oh! And ah... Smoth? Smoth, I got one rule for us..." SilverRush-Today at 5:50 PM "oh, and what is that?" Northern Lights-Today at 5:50 PM "Absolutely no harming any prey, alright? Only vicious predators that this jungle would be better off without." "We're hunting for sport, not survival!" SilverRush-Today at 5:52 PM "oooo, yes." he taps his nose in the traditional sign of a con going well. "After all, the greatest predators are the ones signing the sign up sheets" "agree fully" Northern Lights-Today at 5:53 PM nodnods, that dorky smile growing as he puffs up his chest and finishes gearing up. "Alright then. Let's make like a mountain and dew this." It takes a good hour or so for the two to make it out and into the thick of the jungle, many a sound around but nothing really out of the ordinary so far. [roll d20 for perception] Northern, 7 Silver, 7 While neither one was paying much attention, after a bit longer northern hears a loud 'Crunch' off to the right, while Silver hears some bushes rustling a bit ahead of them. Lights perks up one ear towards the right, tilting his head quickly as he nudges the Pegasus in the side. readying the spear, Rush readies his weapon and directs his hearing to the bush Both the crunch and bush noises seem to be going away from them! Lights shakes his head. Not yet! "If they're too cowardly to fight us, they ain't worth our time." "hmm... Not a bad assessment" SilverRush-Today at 6:06 PM "we shall continue pursuing other quarry?" Northern Lights-Today at 6:06 PM "We must go deeper!" Letting whatever was making the noises go, they head deeper into the unknown jungles. [roll d20 for perception] Silver,15 Northern,11 As they get deeper, they suddenly are hit by a funny smell. A bit further, and they find another hunter, dead and insides eaten out, a Javelin sitting next to him. The body and trail of blood leading to the left are pretty fresh! Silver however notices a lot of smashed underbrush and broken tree branches to the right, as if something quite large but somehow not too close to the ground had stomped through the area... Northern Lights - Today at 6:12 PM Lights blinks and frowns, leaning down to examine the dead hunter. "...Nnn, this ain't good. Poor soul. I suppose this is why the buddy system is preferable..." SilverRush - Today at 6:13 PM "thaaats the ticket....." rush licks his lips as he crouched near the body, examining the bites and scanning for footprints. Lights supposes he doesn't need to pretend to feel shocked by a death, but the lack of tact from his partner is simultaneously refreshing and alarming. It wasn't anyone he recognized, though, and he knew what everyone else was risking by doing this hunt. "Obviously carnivorous, anything you notice Smath?" The Bites appear to be from something with an overbite and large, individual teeth, some bones being snapped from them. There are fat, oddly shaped paw prints heading off along the blood trail, though Rush doesn't recognize the type of animal. "mark the corpse on the map, we shall need to return for him as well. I would say we can take this poor sap as the quarry but we are past such humors. This is a most dangerous hunt now. We have a blood trail... The beast must be put down" Northern Lights-Today at 6:18 PM "Of course...". Lights becomes a lot more serious now as he gets up and takes the dead pony's javelin. Marking his spot on the map, he looks with contempt towards the beaten field. "Murder solicits justice!" SilverRush-Today at 6:19 PM he sniffs the ground with his pony snout and follows the trail, starting to hover to mask his hoofsteps Lights... Crinkles his snout, and wonders what he can do to mask his. Can't find a leaf big enough to drag behind him! As they go along the path, eventually the blood thins out, and as the ground becomes more stony the footprints becomes scarce. But thankfully they come to the entrance of a small cave! Many a bone of many an animal lays scattered about, though they see no sign of activity just yet. Lights has a light spell he's been working on, it's something like a flare! "I can ah... try and illuminate that cave from a distance if that works for you Mr. Smythe." SilverRush-Today at 6:24 PM "hold on, prolly shouldn't go into the lair.... We can smoke it out, maybe. It might not be home yet either" he perks his ears towards th cave and listens. Northern Lights-Today at 6:24 PM "Stake out?" "I would recommend bait, but all we have is our unfortunate friend back there" Northern Lights-Today at 6:26 PM "...Let's try and respect the dead as best we can." "If I were to cast a flare, it could lure the beast out albeit in a panic?" [Silver, Roll for perception. D20, 8+ pass, 12+ success] Silver,2, fail Silver doesn't see or hear anything out of the ordinary...compared to what they had already seen that is. Lights hums in thought, "Orrr we can magic a few rocks in and observe from above the cave?" SilverRush-Today at 6:31 PM "have any rope? We can set some traps first" "...... We can also drop rocks I it from. Above the cave if it comes out." Northern Lights-Today at 6:33 PM "Mmm, only 15 feet's worth. But I like that idea!" "that'll work. We'll set a snare trap, start a fire, and then wait above to drop a Boulder. You can hop on my back and I'll try to keep us out of death range if it comes to that" "start getting the kindling, I'll set up the ropes" Northern Lights-Today at 6:38 PM makes an affirmative little horse grunt and sets to it! The two get to work setting up the trap. [roll for stealth, d20, 10+ success] [and] [roll for perception, d20, 9+ pass, 15+success] Northern re-roll stealth, 18 and 1, success and fail 1/3 Silver, re-roll failed, 4 and 7- Fail and Fail 1/3 While Northern is able to get to work quietly, Silver ends up accidentally letting a few bigger chunks of wood slip and hit a rock with a loud 'CLUNK'. Both freeze, however, after a moment it doesn't seem like anything is around to notice, so they get back to work. When nearly done however, but before they can start the fire, neither notices as a large, hairless beast quietly steps out of the trees, and a moment later, Star notices a large shadow is next to him, before suddenly getting hit hard and being sent a good twenty feet rolling to the left. Looking up quickly, both take sight of a very odd creature. A gray, hairless thing, at least three times taller then them, lean but clearly powerful, is there. Like a mix between a Dog, Rhino, and a Gharial, snorting as it looks at Silver, slowly approaching him. Further details are lean legs, a tail with some hair looking like a fluffy dogs, a body like a rhinos, aswell ad the first part of its head, complete with large horn, but a snout and eyes like a Gharial, with feet a bit between all three, though its claws dont look to be as big a threat as they could be. Lights enters combat mode, bristling and readying his own Javelin. This seems to be bigger than the werewolf! silverrush doesn't make sudden moves, "psst can you uh... Get it to run into the rope... Distract it for a sec?" Lights ensures there's proper cover for him to dive into before nodding. "HEY! You!" He jumps and gulps, trying not to tremble as he hoots and hollers . The thing, for just one moment, stops and looks at Northern....then looks back at Silver and licks its lips. SilverRush-Today at 7:01 PM "well stab it!" Northern Lights-Today at 7:02 PM has plenty of spears, and decides to CHUCK one! Puffing his chest up and throwing with all his might! SilverRush-Today at 7:03 PM "rhino's aren't even carnivores..." he mutters at it "Dogs and crocodile things are though. And yanno, not just anyone wouldn't hesitate to distract a behemoth of sorts!" [North, roll a d20, 6+ pass, 15+ success] Northern, 6, pass Northerns aim is pretty iffy, luckily that doesn't matter much with such a large target. While the javelin doesn't go that deep and hits nothing important, it does piss the thing off, making it turn and start charging for Northern! SilverRush-Today at 7:08 PM "YOU'VE ACTIVATED MY TRAP CARD" Lights sports a biiiig smile and flicks his tail, waiting a safe distance away with the trap between him and the beast. An 18 trap would surely be great! is of course ready to dive into bushes to the side of him... but waits till the last moment so he can potentially go for another strike if the trap succeeds perfectly As the large beast charges, its foot does step into the trap, and for a moment, it stops, nearly tipping forward. However both look as it simply lifts up its foot, pulling, the rope starting to creak and splinter as the thing looks at North, snorting hard enough for him to feel the heat, and pretty darn close now.... Lights gives a cheeky smile before darting into the bushes before he pees himself . with the beast temporarily halted, silver hucks his own javelin to draw attention from his earthbound partner. Lights remembers this fucker most likely disemboweled a pony, and steels his resolve. What's he afraid of? Pain? Nah, that passes! He brandished his other spear and aims it for a stab into his eye. The beast it thrashes where it saw Northern disappear, using its size and horn to throw up bushes and break branches as it looks for its snack. [Northern, roll d20 for attack, 7+ pass, 17+ success, 3- crit fail] [Silver, roll for throw, d20, 5+ pass, 16+ success] Silver,16-success Northern, 15- pass While Northern doesn't hit the eye, he does hit its cheek, though it doesn't get past its teeth and its thrashing throws his spear point out and to the side, it does cause a nice gash up the side of his head a bit! He notes the tip of his spear bent slightly though, but what is expected from a free spear hitting strong bone? Meanwhile, Silver gets a good toss in, this one hitting a joint and sticking good! While still not a huge wound, it does cause it to thrash and turn, charging in his direction! Light takes this opportunity to brandish his dagger, leaping up to get onto the beasts back and plunge his trusted weapon deep into its eye again! rush takes flight, tempting it closer while preparing another javelin [Light, roll d20 for dagger grapple, 8+ pass, 20+ success, 3- crit fail] [Silver, roll to fly quickly, 5+ pass, 10+ success, 1- crit fail] [Silver, if first success, roll d20 for throw, 7+ pass, 12+ success] Light, 18- pass 1/3 Silver 1st, 13-success Silver 2nd, re-roll, 16-success 2/3 Lights manages to leap ont its back and hold tight via a knife into its thick hide, however he is basically right above its ass, far from its eye as he hangs on for dear life as he bounces as it charges. Silver is able to quickly get above its head, tossing a javelin into the back of its neck, still far from a killing shot but it sinks deep, the thing roaring loudly, as it swerve, hitting a tree hard enough for the thing to splinter and fly back! [Northern, roll to hang on! D12, 6+ pass, 10+ success, 3- crit fail] Lights, 11-success While a bit dizzy, despite the hard jarring as the beast hits the tree, Northern hangs on! The things starting to thrash now though, but suddenly snorts,looking up at Silver then down at the stump....and starts putting its large horn under the roots.... Lights is going to try and scamper to that javelin in his neck and hack/twist like a madman with it. Lights is REALLY trying to wiggling and thrusting that javelin around now! Lights figures with a good enough grip if he were to fall off the beast that javelin would have fun coming outta that beast worst case scenario. with the rhino busy digging under the tree, he stabs at the root of its spine with his spear. [Light, d20 for your master plan! 9+ pass, 17+ success, 2- crit fail] [Silver, d20 to dodge! +1 as small hors, 8+ pass, 16+ success, 1- crit fail] [Silver, if success, d20 for stab! 7+ pass, 18+ success, 3- crit fail] Lights,re-roll,13-pass 2/3 Silver 1st,8-pass Silver 2nd, did not succeed 2/3 Lights is able to dagger his way up to the front of the thing, however as he grabs the javelin, the beast uproots the stump and tosses it at Silver! This combined with Lights attempt to twist the weapon simply causes the shaft of it to break, Light falling backwards and latching on to its back again! Meanwhile Silver sees the stump incoming, but is able to quickly swerve out of the way, however with the beast now facing him and his position lower down, he isnt able to get a clear shot at its neck to charge. As Lights dagger digs back into its back, the thing shakes again, and rushes at another tree, intent on throwing off its parasite! Lights wonders if he can magic the flying stump juuuust a little for it to land on the beast as it crashes down Lights pants and looks up at the sky, wondering as his horn starts to flicker... the whole thing just exhilarating! is content to keep stabbing... though now he tries to reach his hoof around the big bad thing's underbelly to slash at its stomach. with his unicorn mate stuck riding the beast, silver follows along, preparing another strike while it's barreling toward the tree. [Lights, roll a d12 to stay on! 5+ pass, 10+ success, 3-crit fail] [Lights, if success, roll d20 for stomach slash! 9+ pass, 17+ success, 4- crit fail] [Silver, d20 for attack! 7+ pass, 15+ success, 3- crit fail] Lights 1st,10-success Lights 2nd,6- fail 2/3 Silver,4-fail 2/3 As the Beast slams into the tree, shattering it, Lights hangs on like a tick, tight to the things smelly flesh, before sliding down to try and get at its stomach, however he slips, finding himself hanging on literally only by the dagger stuck in its flesh! Meanwhile Silver goes in for another jab, but the splinters throw off his aim ,and he bounces off the side of the thing, rolling above the air before coming to a stop a few inches above it. The thing snorts, turning to him and actually LEAPING into the air at him, a good distance up too given its weight! Northern Lights-Today at 8:20 PM "WAUGH!" Lights holds on for dear life, grimacing as he holds his dagger tight and focuses hard... gripping his other spear with his magic to try and stab upwards along the bad abomination's chest . Silverrush WHINNIES in challenge, directly at the beasts face. screeching a horsey angered battle cry, he tries to dodge the Jaws and stab its now very exposed face. if the situation weren't so dire, it might have sounded like a laugh erupting from the 'aryan' colored Pegasus. But all that can be discerned is a rage filled roar as the stallion plays a move close to the chest. [Lights, roll to hold on! D12, 7+ pass, 12+success] [Lights, if pass -4 penalty, but roll d20 for stab! 9+ pass, 19+ success, 4- crit fail] [Silver, roll for dodge! D20, 7+ pass, 14+ success, 3- crit fail] [Silver, if success, roll d20 for attack! 5+ pass, 17+ success, 4- crit fail] Lights 1st, 9-pass Lights 2nd, 2-crit fail 2/3 Silver 1st,re-roll, 17-success Silver 2nd,1-crit fail 3/3 As the beast lands, Light is barely able to hold on, and panics as he feels the dagger slipping out of it! Meanwhile Silver expertly dodges its snapping mouth, Spear aimed true at its face, before suddenly the thing twists its head sideways, slamming it into Silver, snapping his spear and sending him tumbling across the ground, where he comes to a stop against a rock. Nothing feels broken but a lot of things feel bruised. Meanwhile lights nerves get the best of him, and his magic fumbles with the spear, taking too long, allowing the beast to kick back at him, knocking him off its stomach and onto the ground hard! It turns around, snorting at Lights, clearly ready to end this. Lights is too disoriented to notice, but there is a new, but not super deep cut where the thing headbutted Silvers spear. Lights yelps and mutters curses into the wind, his muzzle scrunching as he tries his best to keep his composure... gritting his teeth, he sways in his hooves, wearily holding his last spear tho he has the dead pony's javelin still Lights is ready to end this too... fire seeming to emit from his icy blue eyes as he leaps up for a dramatic STAB up the creatures neck and hopefully into his brain! "... Shit." Silver looks around for a weapon. Seeing the javelin still lodged in the rhino, and the shattered weapons lying around* his compatriot facing the beast head on, silver chucks a rock at the beast at least to throw it off. Wings unfurling he dashes for the intact javelin. [Lights, d20 for stab! 7+ pass, 18+ success, 4- crit fail] [Silver, d20 for throw! 5+ pass, 16+ success] [Silver, if success, d20 for speed to javelin! 10+ success, 3- crit fail] Lights,12-pass 2/3 Silver 1st,4-fail Silver 2nd , no roll needed "FUCKING HOOVES" he swears, as he tosses the rock supremely shittily. As Silver fails to even hit the beast, he flies off, hoping the javelin would be worth leaving Light to fend for himself for a second or two. And Light makes the most of being stared down by a massive pile of angry predator, jabbing forward quickly, he misses its neck but gets a good hit into its shoulder! The thing angrily wails, jumping back a bit, before roaring and leaping back in at Lights! Light quivers and prays to the God that's given him such kek-worthy fate to make it so weapon in hand, Rush leaps off the ground, trying to piledrive the javelin deep into the beast, as it focuses on Lights. His wings beat the air hard as he uses himself as a pony sized missile. Lights growls like a cornered pupper, eyeing his pray and steeling his resolve. He has faith. It'd all turn out fine. STAB THROUGH THE HEART. [Silver, d20 for dive stab! +1 for pushing self to the limits! 6+ pass, 16+ success, 1- crit fail] [Lights, d20 for heart attack! 6+ pass, 17+ success, 3- crit fail] Silver, 16- pass Lights, 9- pass 2/3 Silver comes down like a boss, landing with a hard jab into the thing, getting quite deep but still not a weak enough point of impact. Lights also gets a nice, hard jab into it, sliding under it and ending up behind it as it lands. While no jab through the heart, he can see a lot of blood dripping down from the deep wound, and the thing roars in pain from both hits. Its breathing is becoming heavier, though you yourselves are feeling you own bruises starting to effect you.... Lights pants out as he rests for a split second on his back- magicking the spear back into position between his hooves as he tries to touch the butt, aka stab the things butt. he gets a better idea, and hops up into the air, slamming his backhooves on the butt of the the javelin, bucking it through the already pierced flesh, jamming it deeper into the animal. [Silver, d20 for nailing that javelin! 6+ pass, 11+ success, 1- crit fail] [Lights, d20 for butt stabbing! +1 for it being exposed! 5+ pass, 14+ success, 2- crit fail] Silver, 8-pass Lights,6- pass As the beast starts turning, Silver manages to hit the javelin a bit, but the thrown off angle only pushes it in another inch or tow, and while it makes the thing yelp in pain, its not enough to put it down. Lights also gets a good stab into its rear, but the creature quickly turns intent on slamming its paw down on Lights! Silver just hits the spear again "JUST" SLAM "FUCKING" SLAM "DIE" his rear hooves tense again as he bucks the pole, unaware of any unicorns that might be piledrive him. Lights luckily would never do such a thing if a Pegasus was still trying to accomplish the exact same thing! He grits his teeth and switches weapons- the fallen pony's javelin in his hooves as he winds back to deliver justice, using as much momentum as he can to drive it in the beast! "REPENT!" [Silver, d20 for abusing the javelin! 4+ pass, 8+ success, 1- crit fail] [Lights, d20 for dodging the incoming attack! 6+ pass, 11+ success, 2- crit fail] [Lights, if pass d20 with -3 penalty, 7+ pass, 15+ success] Silver, 4-pass Lights 1st, 13-success Lights 2nd, 15-success Silver manages to get the javelin a good few more inches in, but its just not enough, though it does cause the creature to buckle a bit. This gives Lights his opening, as he rolls under its swiping paw, he comes out of the roll perfectly, tossing the javelin as he does...right into the things open mouth and into the top! The things own strength is its downfall, as it bites down, sending the weapon up through its head! It simply topples over, sending up a wave of dust as the creature lays motionless before you. Lights coughs and crinkles his snout, that fierce look of divine justice slowly fading away. "Heh... hah..." "Nothing personnel." silver just pulls the thing out of the animals side, in frustration,using the butt end to walk the dead animal, ensuring its well and truly dead. hits it a few more times. "..... Nose goes to drag it back to town" he touches his muzzle, panting his own tiredness making it seem more like he punched his own face. Lights trots up, retrieves his dagger and dusts himself off. His injured shoulder sags a little, but he has a weak goofy grin on his face. "We do it together, and bring his victim with us." The light blunicorn stumbles forward before chuckling, his suspicions confirmed as he offers a hoof to Silver. It's time to brohoof with a force ten times better than the end of Predator. clop go the brohoofing hooves "we should check out its den too. Erm. Can you like send up a flare so the guild can see us" he gestures at the giant hard rod on Lights face. Lights pants and nods, slumping over and tilting his head at the cave. Focusing hard, his rock hard horn aims itself for the gaping entrance of the cave, shooting its light load into its depths. The Cave lights up nicely, but all they find inside really is more bones, a nest of moss and twigs where it slept, and a smell that said the back of the cave was its toilet.... "...you know, I would've killed you if that woke up its mate. Hah..." "eh I would've just flown away, would've said some good words at your funeral" Lights falls onto his back for a second, capturing his breath with another laugh. "You're insane. One of the craziest ponies I've met." He opens one eye and tilts his head at Silver, raising his brow. "Woulda said that at your funeral." "ha! Pity neither of us will get the chance then!" he snorts in amusement while eying the cave one last time before heading out "right so... We just wait here?" "Sure, this thing has gotta be way more than what we could lift. Should we wait for the gryphons to come before trying to get the body of our comrade?" "Sure, this thing has gotta be way more than what we could lift. Should we wait for the gryphons to come before trying to get the body of our comrade?" NEW MESSAGES SilverRush-Today at 10:04 PM "if you have a blanket then sure. But he was barely intact, would be messy to bring him here" Northern Lights-Today at 10:04 PM "R-right. I ah, I don't think I'm thinking straight." he wacks the rhino again "im taking your horn, for that, motherfucker" After a bit of time, the Hunters guild shows up, helping to drag the game back to camp and recovering the dead hunters body.