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Predator Quest: Episode 26

You are Three-Claw, a Yautja hunter of the Cloud Viper clan. You have been tasked by your clan Matriarch to investigate breaches of forbidden knowledge by clan Weyland on the planet Fey'lenn, or Pandora, as it is known in the human tongue.

The previous quest thread is archived here:

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/25188450/

Follow:

https://twitter.com/PredatorQuest1

For alerts and scheduling on future sessions.

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You proceed carefully along the metallic bridge through the marsh. Not even the potent sensors on your mask are able to penetrate the thick surface to see what lurks beneath.

As you proceed, you notice several more signs of combat, and two more Na'vi corpses floating beside the bridge.

Suddenly, you notice something rise into the air to your right. The silouette is nothing more than a dot, but it swoops towards your position with great alacrity.

At first, you think it must be Steel-Arrow's ship, but as you zoom in with your mask's optics, you make it out to be some sort of large bird of prey. It looks reptilian in its posture, and more alarmingly, it seems to be charging towards you.

Do you:

A. Shoot it down with your plasma-caster. (DC: Easy)
B. Take it down with your disc (DC: Medium-Easy)
C. Take it out with your speargun (DC: Easy)
D. Wait for it to get closer and see whether it's hostile.
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>>25212986
C) NEED DEM TROPHIES FOR MISTRESS OF SHIPS
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C BUT HOOK THE LINE TO IT FIRST.
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>>25213034

Can do - Any second?
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>>25212986
Consider using this as new OP picture until we're doing something that requires a change?
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>>25213054
DO IT BABY CAKES!
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>>25213054
>>25213022
here, will second lashing it off. I hope we're not going on a pandora tour.
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>>25213082
What could possibly go wrong?
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>>C BUT HOOK THE LINE TO IT FIRST.
Wins.
Roll!

>>25213057
Okay.
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>>25212986
>B. Take it down with your disc
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Rolled 4

>>25213115
d20 or d100?
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Rolled 3

>>25213115
We are best sniper!
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Rolled 7

>>25213115
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Rolled 12

>>25213133
>>25213140
What have we done?
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Rolled 18

>>25213133
D20's - always
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>>25213144
Surprisingly, we pass, vs. a DC of 7.
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>>25213133
>>25213140
>>25213144
welp time to die
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>>25213144
>>25213140
>>25213133
And the RNG is already looking to shaft us.
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>>25213167
WE DID IT BOYS! MEAT'S BACK ON THE MENU!
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>>25213159
>>C. Take it out with your speargun (Pass, vs. DC 7)

You thumb the switch to attach the tether to your next spear, and take aim. With the lack of wind and the creature's head-on trajectory, it's an easy shot.

You take a deep breath, and fire. The spear soars through the air with the mono-fil tether attached, and pierce cleanly through the creature's neck.

The beast screeches, flares its colorful crown, and falls head first into the marsh. You watch the corpse become slowly swallowed by the ground.

As you prepare to reel it in, the corpse suddenly disappears into the ground and you feel your line snap taut. Something pulls you violently forward, and were it not for your two companions gripping your shoulders in panic, you would have fallen over head first.

Even with the three of you, it's difficult to resist the pull of whatever it was which ate your prize.

Do you:

A. Cut the tether.
B. Try your hardest to pull the thing up. (DC: Medium-Hard)
C. Fire plasma caster shots at where the bird went down. (Medium)
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>>25213280
YES! THIS IS WHAT I WAS PLANNING.
PULL MEN. PULL.
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Rolled 6

>>25213280
B. Try your hardest to pull the thing up. (DC: Medium-Hard)

HA HA TIME FOR FISHING.
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>>25213280

A, ok fuck this shit, easy trophies are all fine and good, but we're here on a rescue mission. This is not worth it.
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>>25213280
B

No, Swamp FIS; that's my lizard-bird thing! Speargun your own!
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>>25213280
C
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C AND B BOYS. C AND B.
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>>25213315
Assuming this is a vote for B,

B wins.

Roll!
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Rolled 1

>>25213401

Oh dice gods, bless us with thou nat 20s.
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Rolled 15

>>25213401
20 pls.
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>>25213280
B) because we do crazy stuff together. We got to all you can hunt planets and hunt one thing to hunt another.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXG2y-EpVro&t=1m30s
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Rolled 8

>>25213412
You. What have you done?
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Rolled 4

>>25213401
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>>25213412
Well we're off to a spectacular start here.
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>>25213412

Right, no more prayers to the dice gods.
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>>25213412
Oh shit. Write up incoming.
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Rolled 9

>>25213412

What TG dice giveth, TG dice also taketh away.
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>>25213455
>>B. Try your hardest to pull the thing up. (Critical fail)

The three of you strain your backs to hold on to the line. Together, you pull with all your strength. Suddenly, the line goes slack, causing the three of you to take a step back.

"I have a bad feeling about this," Burning-Scythe tells you.

Then, an instant later, the line suddenly tightens unexpectedly with great force. Your companions reach out for you but it's too late. You fly forward face-first into the marsh.

You land with a splash, about 5 or 6 meters away from the bridge and your companions. You are submerged in the sticky swamp all the way up to your waist.

Do you:

A. Slowly manuever your way to your companions. (DC: Medium)
B. Throw your spear gun to your companions and use the tether to pull yourself to them. (DC: Medium)
C. Stow the speargun, cut the tether, take out the combi-stick, and prepare for combat.
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>>25213562

BATTLE
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>>25213562
>C. Stow the speargun, cut the tether, take out the combi-stick, and prepare for combat.

ALL FIGHTS ARE NECESSARY
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>>25213562

B, we are not dealing with fis.
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Rolled 15

>>25213562
A. WE AIN'T DONE FISHIN.
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>>25213562
>C. Stow the speargun, cut the tether, take out the combi-stick, and prepare for combat.
Goddamn fis eating our trophy!
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Rolled 10

>>25213562
A
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>>25213562
B
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>>25213635
Looks like tie between A and C.

Tiebreaker please.
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>>25213562
C.

ITS ON NOW FUCKER FUCKER
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Rolled 2

>>25213652

1 A, 2 C
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>>25213652
C) "I FUCKING LOVE THIS PLANET"

Sharp-Strike looks at Burning Scythe and goes "I think our friend is a madman"
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>>25213562
A

SWAMP FIS NO PLZ
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>>25213652
lets take it out
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>>25213721
>>25213581
>>25213315
It really, really helps OP if you actually state what option you're choosing instead of making him guess.
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Either people are getting way too excited or today is the day summer has decided to fuck over Three-Claw.
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>>25213734
I thought it was fairly obvious, but whatever. Be passive aggressive.

C.
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>Three-Claw reaches the HQ of the Traitors
>He runs past countless pictures of the developing human civilization
>He finally reaches the leader's room
>The leader steps out of the shadows
>"Who are you?"
>"Ah, Three-Claw. I have seen a lot. I have seen the human empire grow and evolve. They called me a lot of things. The New Way Devil, the Invisible Hunter, the Scarred face...But my friends call me..."
>"...Jerry..."
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>>25213741
We haven't taken a trophy in almost a month.

>>25213758
That's not passive aggressive, passive aggressive would be treating you like a cunt without stating the actual issue. What happened was someone was assertive - If you're picking an option *state which option you're actually picking*.
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>>25213679
>>C. Stow the speargun, cut the tether, take out the combi-stick, and prepare for combat.

Wasting no time at all, you clip the speargun to your back, release the tether, and extend your combi-stick. Its blades whine and lock into position as you power up the expando-tip.

On the bridge, Burning-Scythe raises his plasma pistol and Sharp-Strike adopts a fighting stance with his combi-stick nervously.

Suddenly, you feel something grip your ankle, and drag you downwards into the cesspool below. Your mask detects the sudden change in pressure and activates the rebreather..

You find yourself submerged into darkness, and sinking quickly. You cycle through your vision modes but none can penetrate the dark murky ichor. You can barely make out a blur of movement in front of you. Your mask issues a warning for your plasma-caster. It would be inadvisable firing it in something of this consistency.

Do you:

A. Try to cut at whatever is holding your ankle. (DC: Medium)
B. Thrust forward blindly at the blurry figure in front. (DC: Hard)
C. Take your disc and fling it forward. (DC: Medium-hard)
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>>25213796
that sneaky mother fucker
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>>25213813
A
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>>25213813
B
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>>25213813
Disc hasn't failed us yet! DISK!
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>>25213813
>C. Take your disc and fling it forward. (DC: Medium-hard)

Hydrophobia Intensifies.gif
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>>25213847
See >>25213734
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>>25213813
C
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>>25213871
C Seems to be the winner.

Roll it.
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Rolled 5

>>25213885

Guy who rolled the crit fail, lightning can't strike twice, r-right?
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>>25213865
>One of the options says "Use your disc."
>I say "Use your disc."
>STOP SAYING THAT, PICK A LETTER.
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Rolled 13

>>25213885
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Rolled 2

>>25213885
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>>25213892
Unfortunately, we barely fail, vs. DC of 15.

Write up incoming.
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Rolled 13

>>25213890
>>25213847
>implying that simply putting a C) infront of your statement is completely fucking impossible, and doesn't make the QM's life just a tiny, tiny bit easier when it comes to tallying things up.

At anything remotely resembling a literate fucking typing speed it takes a *fraction* of a second to do. stop being lazy.
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>>25213923
SWAMP FIS STRONK
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Rolled 5

>>25213885
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>>25213926
Look man, I'm not the one arguing with you. I don't see why you're takin it so seriously but shit, I'll put a letter in front of it next time. Get the sand out of your vagina and relax.
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>>25213890
I'll leave it to OP to discipline you if he has an issue with it. His thread after all.
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>>25213926
In honor of a really good quest thread, I'll let you stay mad.
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>>25213963
At this point all I have to say is "...really?" when it's been mentioned 3-4 times to be specific as to what you're picking. Now "Use the disc" isn't nearly as vague as "BATTLE"... but really.
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>>25213986
Oh yay, we're onto the juvenille shitposting portion of someone being butthurt when people politely tell him to stop being a retard.
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>>25213813
>>C. Take your disc and fling it forward. (Fail, vs. DC 15)

You grip your serrated disc by reflex and fling it forward. You track its passage with your vision mask through the thick, black broth. It disappears into something even darker. You hear a rumble, and the next thing you know, you're violently lifted out of the ichor and into the air.

You shake your head and realize you're hanging upside down, with a hooked, neon-colored blue tentacle rising straight out of the marsh, its tip wrapped around your ankle. Before you, a large, blob-like form with a distinct teeth-filled jaw emerges from the broth. You notice your disc stuck on its thick side. You attempt to recall, but the serrated disc does not respond; it's stuck.

Burning-Scythe takes aim, but hesitates, as the tentacle swings you back and forth in front of his line of aim.

Do you:

A. Try to cut yourself down with your spear. (DC: Medium-hard)
B. Tell Burning-Scythe to take the shot. (DC: Medium)
C. Throw your spear into the creature's maw (DC: Hard)
D. Fire your plasma-caster at it. (DC: Medium)
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>>25214044
D.
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>>25213963
>>25213969

Having a letter does make it easier when there's a lot of options.
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>>25214044
A
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>>25214044
Fistopus... y u so hard to take trophies from.

C + D if we can combine. If not just d.
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>>25214044
B and D
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>>25214019
At this point all you're doing is shitting up OP's thread.

Also, D.
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>>25214074
sorry b* & d if we can combine
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>>25214074
We can do C+D.

Re-vote if you support this option.
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>>25214044
B.

Our plasma-caster was just immersed in this shit, I don't trust it.
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>>25214097
>>>25214074
>>We can do C+D.

Sorry,
Make that B+D
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>>25214044
C
We can't use the plasma caster!
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>>25214097
C+D
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>>25214111
Voting B and D again.
Sorry bout the letters. Sorry bout the man-children arguing over letters already...Just damn son...damn.
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>>25214111
>>25214076
There's one there.
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>>25214127
Right - looks like B+D wins. We'll go with that.

Combined DC is still medium.

Roll!
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Rolled 15

>>25214145
Rollin
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Rolled 18

>>25214145
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Rolled 15

>>25214145
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Rolled 12

>>25214145
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>>25214176
That'll do.
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>>25214176
>>B. Tell Burning-Scythe to take the shot. (DC: Medium)
>>D. Fire your plasma-caster at it. (DC: Medium)
>>Pass, vs. DC 11

"Shoot it!" you cry out, as you loose a burst from your own plssma-caster at the creature.

Your own shots smash into the creature's thick blue hide but fail to penetrate. The impacts pock its outer hide-bound shell with black scorchmarks but it only seems to anger it. It's only when Burning-Scythe landed a shot with his over-charged plasma pistol that the beast roared in pain.

It slams its tentacle down and throws you forcefully onto the bridge. You feel a sharp pain as air is knoecked out of your lungs. Sharp-Strike rushes over and swings his combi-stick at the tentacle, slicing it in half.

You struggle to your feet.

Two more tentacles rise from the marsh and wrap themselves around the bridge you stand on. The beast is pulling itself closer!

Do you:

A. Fire on it with everything you've got as it apporaches. (DC: Medium)
B. Get out of there and run back towards solid land. (DC: Medium-easy)
C. Wait until it comes closer, and fight it with your melee weapons.
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>>25214321
C
we need our disk back
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>>25214321
C. We're getting out disc back and if we need to kill this thing from the inside out we will.
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>>25214321
B
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>>25214321
Also, why can't we combine A and C?
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>>25214348
>>25214338
Supporting these votes.
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>>25214321

B
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>>25214321
C
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>>25214321
C

FUCKER STOLE OUR DISK!
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>>25214321
>>25214362
A + C
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>>25214362
It would just be a vote for A.
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>>25214321 C. Y U FISTOPUS NOT DIE
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>>25214387
C wins. write up inc.
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>>25214321
>C. Wait until it comes closer, and fight it with your melee weapons.

You ready your spear and wait as it drags it self closer. Burning-Scythe holsters his pistol and rases his wrist blades.

The creature suddenly jerks and rushes forward with great force. A third and fourth tentacle rise behind it and sweeps the bridge.

You and Burning-Scythe dive over them as they approach, but Sharp-Strike is swept off his feet. The tentacle wraps itself around his feet and lift him into the air.

You have moments to act.

Do you:

A. Leap forward and slice at the tentacle with your spear (DC: Medium)
B. Fire at the swinging tentacle with your plasma caster (DC: Medium-Hard)
C. Leap forward onto the creature itself. (DC: Medium)
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>>25214550
C. C always works. Right? RIGHT!?
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>>25214550
A

Lets put the hurt on!
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>>25214550
A
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>>25214550
A
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>>25214594
Looks like A>

Roll!
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Rolled 10

>>25214649
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Rolled 15

>>25214649
Rollin
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>>25214550
A

just say "friend" in elvish and we can escape into moria
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Rolled 13

>>25214649
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Rolled 11

>>25214649
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you came to the wrong swamp motherfucker!
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>>25214702
Sides, orbit, ect
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>>25214659
>>A. Leap forward and slice at the tentacle with your spear (Pass vs. DC 10)

You bend your knees and leap into the air. You raise your combi-stick and draw an arc across the mid-section of the tentacle holding Sharp-Strike aloft.

The blade slices through sinew and cuts the slimy appendage in two. Borh you and Sharp-Strike are flung forward straight onto the creature itself.

Sharp-Strike rams his spear downwards at the creature's thick hide. The blade barely penetrates, but it's enough for him to latch on. You stop your downward slide down its slimy surface by planting a foot on the disc lodged in its side.

You raise your spear and thrust downwards. It penetrates by half an inch, but no more. The beast roars in pain.

It raises three of its tentacles and attempt to dislodge you. Burning-Scythe, however, manages to keep them at bay with accurate shots from his plsama pistol.

Do you:

A. Ask Sharp-Strike to help you push your combi-stick into its thick hide. (DC: Medium-Easy)
B. Hang on with your spear and reach down to retrieve your disc (DC: Medium)
C. Fire armor piercing spears into its hide point blank with your spear gun. (DC: Medium)
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>>25214792
C
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>>25214792
B
We need that disk.
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>>25214792
C
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>>25214792
B. Surely the disc shall not fail us again.
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>>25214792
A

If we can get the expando-tip in deep enough we can fry this thing from the inside out.
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>>25214792
C
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>>25214792
A.

Then we can use the plasma tip to burn it from the inside out.
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>>25214792
Can we do A followed by B? It seems having the combi-stick lodged deeper could help us reach that disc without slipping.
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>>25214792
B
fis return our disc
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>>25214846

That would follow a vote for A then
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>>25214860
Also - looks like C and B are tied. Tiebreaker please.
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>>25214868
C
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>>25214874
C it is!

Let's roll.
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Rolled 1

>>25214883
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Rolled 3

>>25214883
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Rolled 7

>>25214883
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Rolled 18

>>25214883
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>>25214891

Oh, that's bad.

Write-up incoming.
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Rolled 7

>>25214883
WHY
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Rolled 2

>>25214883
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>>25214891
God damnit.
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>>25214891
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>>25214891
YOU
MOTHER
FUCKER
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>>25214907
plz dont kill teammates. we like our teammates
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WAIT WAIT, I HAVE AN IDEA - WE SEND SOMEONE BACK TO THE SHIP AND WE BLAST THE FUCK OUT OF THIS THING WITH OUR MAIN CANNONS.
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>>25214891
Remember when we used to not fuck up? Because I don't.
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WELCOME BACK TO FEY'LENN

WHERE THE NATIVE WILDLIFE IS ACTUALLY MORE DANGEROUS THAN THE XENOMORPHS
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>>25214983
>Big game hunting - pandora style.
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>>25214983
Yeah the ship could demolish it!
It's too late, we're all dead.
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>>25214907
C. Fire armor piercing spears into its hide point blank with your spear gun. (Critical fail)

You hang on tight to the protruding spear and reach for your spear gun. You point the muzzle flush at its hide and depress the trigger. A series of dense armor piercing spears thump into its hide, and sink into the leathery surface. They do not fully penetrate, however, as the hide is simply too thick and rigid.

The beast roars and brings a tentacle down upon your head. You rotate your body in an attempt to dodge, but the thick and heavy appendage catches your shoulder. You lift the spear gun and try to fend it off, but it's far too strong. It wraps itself around the barrel of your gun and forcefully tear it from your grip!

Do you:

A. Pull out your combi-stick and try to cut at the tentacle (DC: Medium-Hard)
B. Pull out your disc and throw it at the tentacle (DC: Medium)
C. Ignore the tentacle and ask Sharp-Strike to help you with piercing the creature with your combi-stick. (DC: Medium-Easy)
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>>25215034
>Dynamite fishing - pandora style
fixed that for you
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>>25215062
C I guess

Cutting doesn't seem very effective.
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>>25215062
Goddamned thing keeps ganking all our gear!
B. The Disc is the one true way.
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>>25215062
B
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>>25215062
B
>lose our disk
>now lose our spear-gun
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>>25215062
B
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>>25215062
Can we do a combo attack? A and C?
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>>25215062
B. Pull out your disc and throw it at the tentacle (DC: Medium)
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>>25215062
B
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>>25215094
B wins!

Let's roll!
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Rolled 1

>>25215112
Rolling
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Rolled 11

>>25215112
I know why its taking our weapons! ITS TRYING TO MASTER OUR TECHNOLOGY!
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Rolled 12

>>25215112
Destructo Disc!
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>>25215121
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>>25215062
C, we'll retrieve our gear after it dies.

>We have more strength than the spear gun right?
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Rolled 10

>>25215121
oh ffs. rolling a 20
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>>25215121
Hatred. Burning, seething hatred.
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>>25215121
What. Really?

Okay.

Write-up incoming.
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>>25215121
WHAT THE FUCK.
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>>25215033
MAN, FUCK FEY'LENN. This shithole could be filled to the fucking brim with the black prey and it STILL would be less dangerous than it already is.
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>>25215121
First time, twice in a row.

No wonder there was a distress call.
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>>25214891
>>25215121
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>>25215159
>>25215152
>>25215148
>>25215144
>>25215143
>>25215137

So sorry guys.
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Clearly we are fucking HORRIFYING AWFUL at fighting anything aquatic or using ships. I wonder what happens if we try to use ship on aquatics.

3 crit fails and quest ended?
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I WANT TO GET OFF THREE-CLAW'S WILD RIDE

I WANT TO GET OFF THREE-CLAW'S WILD RIDE

I WANT TO GET OFF THREE-CLAW'S WILD RIDE
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When we're done with this thing, we're going to look at our friends, and tell them: "I *told* you about the Fis."
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>>25215239
*this one was a little one* - they get much, much bigger.
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We're stuck with the fis, once agian.
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>>25215239
>>25215112
I think its time to send someone to the ship to BRRRRRRT this fucking thing to death.
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>>25215148
>> B. Pull out your disc and throw it at the tentacle (Critical Fail)

You slide down the shaft of your combi-stick and reach for your disc. You pull with all your strength, but it refuses to budge.

You feel a great and sudden pain as the tentacle smashes into your back and begins to pummel you with your own speargun. Again and again it slams into you and each time it feels like you're getting hit by a large sledgehammer.

With no room to dodge the blows, you grit your jaws and do your best to hold on to your combi-stick. You feel a sudden sharp pain as the spear gun connects with the back of your head. You are on the verge of blacking out.

You hear a sudden roar and Burning-Scythe leaps to your rescue. He extends his wrist claw and uses it to latch onto the beast. With his other hand, he sets the plasma pistol to full auto and fire blindly at the tentacle, keeping it away.

You're quickly losing consciousness, and your only goal is to hold on for dear life. You see Sharp-Strike's vague figure climbing over to you.

Do you:

A. Try to pull yourself together and make one last attempt to dislodge the disc. (DC: Hard)
B. Call for Sharp-Strike to pull you up. (DC: Medium)
C. Try to use the disc as leverage and leap away from the beast onto the bridge. (DC: Medium)
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>>25215265
Actually, that's a good idea. Call Steel-Arrow; call in an airstrike.
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>>25215274
B.
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>>25215274
A. Might as well.
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Rolled 9

>>25215274
HERO TIME

A.
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>>25215274
B, haaaalp!
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>>25215274
D) talk to steel arrow - we need to BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRT this fucking thing.
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>>25215274
A.
Do eet
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>>25215274
A
everyone knows that it's only when you reach the bottom that you can push yourself back up
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>>25215274
Fuck the disc, and fuck the Fis.
B, get us the fuck out of here.

...Fuck.
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>>25215274
C

We can at least make it back to dry land under our own power. I REALLY don't want to be dragged to safety by the newbie.
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>>25215274
B. Get some help getting out of here, then plasmacaster this thing into Fis sticks.
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>>25215274
C
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>>25215274
Can we go for the combined spear stab power our are we to beaten now?

B? tough choice
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>>25215274
This Fis cannot be allowed to get the best of us.
Obviously, there is only one solution left.
Prepare the self-destruct
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>>25215296
looks like it's going to be A.

Roll!
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>>25215274
B, or failing that C; something "Medium" pls.
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Rolled 14

>>25215312
ROLLAN
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Rolled 13

>>25215312
Hope I don't roll another nat 1.
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Rolled 11

>>25215312
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Rolled 1

>>25215312
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Rolled 2

>>25215312
What the *hell* are we thinking...
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Rolled 1

>>25215312
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>>25215315
>>25215316
>>25215316
>>25215320
Looks like we're dead. See you guys
>>25215321
You. I hate you.
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Rolled 17

>>25215312
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Rolled 15

>>25215312
DO IT
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>>25215321
>>25215322
>>25215323
HOLY HELL!

>>25215315
>>25215316
>>25215320
Not bad, but not good enough for "Hard" last time the DC ranges were posted.
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>>25215321
>>25215323
thank god that one faggots 'crit successes / fails within the first 6 rolls always count' isn't an actual rule.
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So many damn 1's tonight. What is going on!?
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Rolled 19

>>25215321
>>25215323
OH GOD WHY
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>>25215315
Alas, we fail, but hey, it's not a critical fail, at least.

The DC was 17.

Write-up incoming.
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>>25215274
A
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>>25215338
Get over it, it was a simple quest mixup. Several other quests follow that rule.
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>>25215334
Well, lets hope for partial progress at the very least.
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>>25214702
I TOLD YOU FUCKERS YOU CAME TO THE WRONG SWAMP!
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>>25215345
As far as I can tell, several folks were voting for "B or C", probably because anything with a Medium sounded better than a Hard.

Sigh, plurality voting sucks.
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>>25215345
Somehow I cant help but think that you hoped to make more progress with the quest tonight... and we've failed at it spectacularly.
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>>25215379
> implying he didn't know this thread was going to be all about Fis.
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Do we still have Night-Star's honor device?
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>>25215345
After this stunning example of a thread... maybe consecutive crit fails should uh, not be able to happen.
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>>25215379
we've had nothing but bad rolls when it comes to the fis. this is just the results of us not being in a ship while encountering them
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>>25215392
Maybe next time people shouldn't pick the "hard" option right after we've rolled two critfails.
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OP I've really enjoyed reading these. Is there any quality predator literature?
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>>25215390
The booms on that aren't 'hand grenade explosion' type boom, they're 'wipe new york / or other incredibly large city off the face of the planet' type explosion.
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>>25215402
Other than this? No, not a bit.
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>>25215379
and all because we thought it would be a good idea to use the hook line.
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>>25215402
Alien VS Predator : Prey novel is pretty decent - its where OP has stated a lot of his non-movie knowledge comes from, aside from wiki's / comics / other novels.
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>>25215403
Your point? I'm still inclined to shove it down Fis's throat and detonate it from minimum safe distance. Let's genocide this whole swamp.
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>>25215399
The dice gods are fickle.
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OP can we have clear voting rules and stick to them? Which roll do you take?
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>>25215415
We're here looking for a distress signal.
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>>25215403
I don't think Ahnald outran a fireball the size of New York in a minute or two. The're either adjustable yield, or vary between hunters/hunts.
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>>25215345
>>A. Try to pull yourself together and make one last attempt to dislodge the disc. (Fail, vs. DC of 17)

"Steel-Arrow! Could use some help here. How far away are you?" You hear Burning-Scythe shout over the commms.

There's no response.

"Steel-Arrow?"

"Dammmit! Something's jamming us," he shouts.

You make one last effort to dislodge the disc, and pull with your waning strength. But the disc still would not budge.

You glance behind you to see the tentacle swing at you one last time. Suddenly, you catch a silver glint sail through the air as Sharp-Strike throws his combi-stick with deadly accuracy.

The tip sails through the thick appendage and becomes lodged hard. The beast buckles suddenly in pain, and Sharp-Strike, without his combi-stick to grip, is thrown hard onto the bridge.

Do you:

A. Make a leap and try to grip the spear dangling from the tentacle hovering above your head. (DC: Medium-Hard)
B. Instruct Sharp-Strike to run for your ship while doing your best to stay alive.
C. Instruct Sharp-Strike to use his disc and cut the tentacle down. (DC: Hard)
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>>25215426
Highest of first 3, unless crit success or crit fail, multiple crit successes bagged us a queen (rule of cool), crit successes and fails cancel each other out.
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>>25215432
A
die madafaka
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>>25215432
A *and* C. We're two different predators, we can do two different things.
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>>25215432
A.
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>>25215442
Sorry, that should be "A and B", rather. No cutting the tentacle we're jumping to.
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>>25215432
C
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>>25215432
>>25215442
Combine A+B
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>>25215432
A

FUCK YOU FUCKING SWAMP FIS
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>>25215432
A+B
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>>2521543
Crits within how many posts?
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>>25215465
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GioUQcTOUU

WELCOME TO DA SWAMP.
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>>25215467
Looks like A and B wins.

Roll for A!
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>>25215432
B then A.
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Rolled 13

>>25215474
Only crits within first 3.
>>25215479
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>>25215474

3
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Rolled 5

>>25215479
Rolling
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Rolled 2, 19 = 21

>>25215479
.
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Rolled 10

>>25215479
>>
Rolled 13

>>25215479
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>>25215486
We barely pass, against a DC of 13.

Write-up inc.
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Rolled 2

>>25215492
Hey. one dice at a time bub. that's cheating otherwise.

>>25215465
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iohDegwDzwQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH_MObR3G54

Don't you just love the swamp?
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Rolled 7, 7, 7 = 21

>>25215511
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>>25215511
>Hey. one dice at a time bub. that's cheating otherwise.

Didn't see the note to roll for A only, and saw that A+B won, so I was rolling for A+B.
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>>25215515
Jackpot!
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>> A. Make a leap and try to grip the spear dangling from the tentacle hovering above your head. (DC: Medium-Hard)
>> B. Instruct Sharp-Strike to run for your ship while doing your best to stay alive.

"Get to the ship!" you cry to Sharp-Strike.
The young blood rises to his feet and begins to sprint to your ship. You know him to be a fast runner, and you estimate it'll take him about ten minutes to reach your ship.

You look up and leap with all your might. You grip Sharp-Strike's combi-stick dangling from the limp tentacle and hold on with all your might. You feel the appendage tighten, and smash downward.

You use your body's mass to guide its momentum and direct the tip of the spear at the creature's own body. You ride downward with the swing and drive the spear downwards. Your weight, added with the tentacle's swing, drive Sharp-Strike's combi-stick deep into the beast, effectively nailing the thick appendage to its body.

The beast roars in pain and shakes violently. A second tentacle smashes towards you, but Burning-Scythe hits it with a plsama shot, forcing it away.

Do you:

A. Attempt to wrestle your spear-gun from its grip. (DC: Medium)
B. Retrieve your own combi-Stick half a meter away. (DC: Easy)
C. Attempt to hold on and drive the point deeper. (DC: Medium-Easy)
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>>25215569
B. Retrieve your own combi-Stick half a meter away. (DC: Easy)
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>>25215569
A

Spear Gun 2: Electric Boogaloo

If we can get that back we can fill it with AP spears and end it.
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>>25215569
C
Let's make this thing hurt. We've spent the entire fight trying to get our shit back, let's do something that'll actually fucking hurt it a little.
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>>25215569
B. Expando-tip spear would be preferable to Sharp-Strike's spear.
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Rolled 12

>>25215569
>Expando tip.

Give her the B.
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>>25215569
B. Grab our stick.
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>>25215591
B wins!

Roll it!
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>>25215569
B
Lets start simple, and build on our success.
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Rolled 15

>>25215569
B!

>>25215612
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Rolled 1

>>25215612
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>>25215612
>inb4 someone rolls a 1
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>>25215605
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Rolled 2

>>25215623
NO

FUCK YOU
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Rolled 6

>>25215623
uckfay ouyay.
>>25215612
20!
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>>25215623
Uh oh... write-up incoming.
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>>25215623
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I'm not even mad any more.
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>>25215623
hahaa critical fail thread today
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>>25215623
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>>25215645
Fis thread is best thread.
Fis thread is worst thread.

All life begins with Fis and ends with Fis.
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>>25215623
This is fucking bullshit. The dice are trying to kill us.
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Rolled 3

>>25215623
>>
RIP three claw. Time to roll a new char.
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>>25215634
... please don't make us fight any more fis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battered_Husband_Syndrome
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>>25215675
>Time to roll a new char.
We did, it was with that 20 for sexy tiems with Librarian-tan
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>>25215623
>>25215323
>>25215121
Goddamn it guys. I leave you alone for one session and we get tentacle raped.

This is bringing back the horror...
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>>25215687
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>>25215687
>any more fis.
If we don't leave this planet with a loyal amphibious Fis sidekick, I'm going to vote that we crack the planet, fuck nuking it, fuck sterilising it, its existence is a blight on the universe
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>>25215634
>>B.Retrieve your own combi-Stick half a meter away. (Critical Fail)

You take a quick step and grip your own combi-stick. You pull it loose from the creatures skin, but at that moment, the beast suddenly decide to leap upwards. Its entire mass surges from the swamp and both you and Burning-Scythe slide from its body. Burning-Scythe manages to find purchase on the metallic bridge, but you fall straight down to the dark soup below.

You feel yourself slowly sinking.

Do you:

A. Thrust your spear forward blindly and try to latch on to the beast's body. (DC: Medium)
B. Kick yourself away from the beast towards the metallic bridge. (DC: Medium-Easy)
C. Attempt to dive and grip one of its submerged tentacles (DC: Medium)
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>>25215714
B
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>>25215695
I dislike the idea of the males being so much smaller than the females. If that were true, why would males even bother hunting. Females would be better at it. Predator fathers would be stay at home dads.
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>>25215714
Sometimes in life you must choose between what is right and what is easy.

This is not one of those times.

B.
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>>25215714
We're already dead, let's at least make it interesting.

A>
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>>25215714
B

Fuck this water

Fuck the goddamn kraken
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>>25215714
A
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>>25215714
B.

>>25215736
So much this.
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>>25215714
A
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>>25215714
A.
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>>25215727
Did it ever occur to you that image might portray a younger male and his mother consoling him after a bad dream?

In any case, technology wins against physicality every time.
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>>25215714
B.

>>25215738
*hell* no.
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>>25215714
B.
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We shouldnt have even got into this fight. We were instructed to be quick and quiet, its a damn rescue mision ffs. I hope, if we survive, we are punished for our pride so that we arent so quick to go "DERP I NEEDA TROFY" next time. This isnt about trophies damn it.

B)
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>>25215753
Yes but technology + physicality beats technology.

>>25215690
I'm still reading through the archives, found this today. This is the best quest on the board. If I was Howard Hughes I'd pay the OP many moneys for this.
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B wins, it seems

Let's roll!
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>>25215714
A) We're not letting this fucking thing make off with our gear.
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Rolled 19

>>25215776
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Rolled 1

>>25215776
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>>25215785
oh thank christ
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Rolled 13

>>25215776
plz 20, srsly 20 plz
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>>25215786
.....
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>>25215786
Stop rolling, whomever you are. Stop rolling and die.
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>>25215786
GODDAMNIT

on a side note, I think OP is trying to train Three-Claw to hold on in the bedroom...
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>>25215786
2 fails make a win..
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>>25215786
...math bros, exactly what is the likelihood of a nat 1 of a 1/20 die roll occurring within three rolls for the past... x number of posts where this has happened?
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>>25215786
please OP, don't let the dice gods kill Three-Claw
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>>25215786
... this isn't even fucking funny anymore. That's something like 10 crit fails in a thread.

PLEASE INVOKE NO CONSECUTIVE CRIT FAILS RULE OP, PLEASE.
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>>25215786
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuudge.
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>>25215786
RIP Three-Claw. He died raped by a shoggoth.
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>>25215786
>>
With these series of fail rolls, assuming we're still alive, I think OP should call it a night.
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>>25215786

Ah, of course. Write-up incoming.
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Rolled 9

>>25215776
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>>25215786
IA IA CTHULU FHTAGN!
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>>25215823
Welp, looks like we're going spear-fis'ing
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>>25215786
LOOOL
we re dead
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>>25215823
IA IA CTHULU FHTAGN!
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>>25215806
Yea the chance of there being a 1 is pretty high. Maybe we should revise rules.
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I rolled one of the 1s, but now I'm starting to suspect a 1d1 roll troll.
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>>25215786
Three-Claw is allergic to water. I swear to god.
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>>25215848
You can tell what dice someone rolled when you hover over email though. It's not 1d1 trolls - it is legit nat1's fucking everywhere.
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>>25215851
Should we survive this, we are going to drain every drop of water out of Pandora.
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>>25215863
>drain
>not evaporate
pls.
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>>25215863
Fis holocaust.
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>>25215806
1 in 20.
>>
So end the brutally short adventures of Three-Claw.
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>>25215873
Yes, drain. We will then deposit it somewhere that can appreciate the water and has no fis.
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>>25215888
the systems star for instance
>>
Right now, there's a Weyland-Yutani spy satellite directly above us, recording our every action. In a control room somewhere, a couple of humans are standing around, completely slackjawed. One of them is going to turn to the others and say "Guess they're not that big a deal after all".
We are smalltime.
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Just saying, if there will be no scars to carry away from this, I'll be disappointed.

Like "I lost an arm" level of scars.
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>>25215902
Robot arm? Robot arm. I asked for this.
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>>25215902
we wouldnt lose an arm from this, but we would have a decent about of fractures bones and cracked ribs, lacerations and crush damage
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>>25215902
Then we can tell all the little hunters. "I CARRIED A PLASMA CASTER!!!!"

We left the jungle, but the jungle never left us.
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>>25215895
Cue them dropping monumental quantities of fis and fistopus on the main worlds of the Empire.
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>>25215863

>>25215823
>>B. Kick yourself away from the beast towards the metallic bridge. (Critical Fail)

You plant both feet on top of the beast and kick away, but with the bludgeoning you took earlier, you cannot muster enough strength to push yourself very far.

You feel yourself slowly sinking into the marsh. Above, you hear the muted burst of Burning-Scythe's plasma pistol. Helplessness grips you like a constricting serpent. You relax, and prepare yourself for the end.

What seems to be an eternity passes, and a sudden buzz in your ear alerts you.

"Sharp-strike here. I'm ah, I'm in the air and on my way. Something is jamming the long range comms...I - I'm not sure what, but short range comms should be unaffected. Hang on!"

___________________________________

END Episode 26

Let's resume tomorrow. I think the dice god is too angry today!

See you next session and thanks for playing, guys!
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>>25215961
>"Sharp-strike here. I'm ah, I'm in the air and on my way. Something is jamming the long range comms...I - I'm not sure what, but short range comms should be unaffected. Hang on!"

We are so getting him promoted.
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>>25215973
To Player Character.
Rest in peace, Three-Claw.
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>>25215961
I think that is the worst /tg/ has every rolled consecutively
>>
WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED IN HERE?
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>>25215983
Hell no. We're going to live. We roll over for no Fis!
>>
Can...can we just not archive this and pretend it never happened? Opredator snaps out of a fis-related PTSD vision?
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>>25215806
with three rolls, the chances of getting atleast once a crit is about 13%, meaning that getting either a crit success or a crit fail is happening 27% of the cases.
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>>25215990
>>25216001
>>25216005
We got trolled really, really fucking hard by dice.
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>>25216005
No, it happened. No retcons.

It'll make it all the more satisfying when we roast Fis over a fire.
>>
Archived here, as a warning to future generations

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/25212986/
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>>25216026
Nat 1 to roast fis: we suffer 3rd degree burns to 90% of our body.
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>>25216022
Yup. 12.875% chance each of a crit or critfail each time.
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>>25216033
We need to name this thing Phil.
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>>25216042
If we die we can take over as sharpstrike and avenge threeclaw by killing all fis
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>>25216055
We're *not* going to die. Shaddap.
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Tally of our rolls this thread:

Crit Fails: 5
Fails: 2
Passes: 4
Crit Success: 0
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WTF these rolls.

Clearly spaceships and fis are our kryptonite.
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>>25216062
We lose our arm and have it replaced with BIONIC ARM
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>>25216022

So I've worked out a bit of the percentages.

The theory is that overall, the system would favor successes with the best out of 3 system but have an increased tendency to swing crits.

This makes it easier for me to dynamically tell the story and have dramatic swings.
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>>25216098
Do predators have bionics?
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>>25216104
You're pretty good at having it not be gamebreaking when we crit or critfail, so this works out pretty well.
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>>25216104
Yea, I think it's gone good. Even with the fails this thread, it allows sharp-strike and three-claw to go through some character development.

Maybe we should have a +1 to all "cunning" rolls because we specialized in that in the beginning. That way we actually have some innate skill instead of being pawns of the dice gods.
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>>25216110
Yes. They don't often use them though, a hunter who loses a mandible may get a cosmetic replacement, a hunter that loses a hand straps a knife to it or something.
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>>25216110
They do now.
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>>25216127

Yeah, that's the idea. I certainly won't kill us off on a crit fail, but losing a limb or a piece of equipment may be fair game.
>>
You know who I blame for this? Jake Sully. The prick taught Eywa how to fight and it taught the animals. The fucking this never forgot. Dice gods help us if we ever stumble across a Thanator
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>>25216289
Jake Sully is a race traitor.
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>>25216198
if we lose a limb, fuck tradition, we are getting a bionic/cybernetic replacement, god knows the Yautja have the tech and know how, and damnit, we can't be Opredator with a pistol in one hand a a knife in the other with only 1 hand
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>>25216350
Assuming we don't commit suicide to save our honor.
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>>25216358
dude, we don't go full sudoku, we shall burn this planet to naught but cinders and ash, none shall know of its crimes against the dice
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I think someone was rolling a 1d1 dice
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>>25216506
just checked, there were no 1d1's, all were legit 1d20's
>>
I blame all you dense motherfuckers who kept trying to go after the fucking disc. Jesus christ, we could have ripped it out of its corpse after we killed it with all the other weapons we have on us.
>>
Has anyone here thought of an Aliens quest, where we play a Xenomorph?
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>>25217623
Or a marine. Really emphasize your vulnerability.
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>>25217204
I thought it was a pretty good plan actually. Our plasma caster and armour piercing spear rounds didn't have much of an effect. But the disk managed to cut the thing enough to get stuck. If we had gotten it back we could have activated the spinning blade and messed that fis up.

Then came the 1s....
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>>25217653
uhh, we're currently playing as well as a marine would in this situation...
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>>25217672
Marine would probably have drowned after the first 1.

Playing as a marine with the same setup this quest uses would be pretty fun though.
>>
That's all wrong we obviously need to play as a Fis.



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