About half a minute after he turns around to leave the frightened girl, he hears her scream out in terror, so raw, so primal, the sound hurts your ears.
Roll Perception -2, please
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About half a minute after he turns around to leave the frightened girl, he hears her scream out in terror, so raw, so primal, the sound hurts your ears.
Roll Perception -2, please
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"Damnit..." Marcus races back in the direction of the girl's scream, cursing his ego the entire time.
Roll
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Marcus also heard a faint, unnatural growl after the scream. You can't see the girl from where you are yet, but the scream wasn't that far away. You have two turn before entering the forest, if you want to take any actions.
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Metal is one of the building blocks of the world, and Marcus calls upon this elemental connection as he runs toward the forest. Feeling the Glamour increase his sense of vigor and vitality, he reaches into his trouser pocket to meet the catch for some more overt protection. He grasps his keys as he invokes the protective strength of Metal to surround him. Steel chains seem to grow from the veins beneath his shining skin, sprouting wicked, irregular spikes as they snake over his limbs and torso with increasing speed. Don't be too late... don't be too late... don't be too late...
Here goes...
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As Marcus breaches the threshold of the forest, he sees the oil-dripping girl, but she doesn't see him. This is because her attention is held, quite understandably, by the Bright Pink Wolf-sized Cotton Candy Spider bearing down upon her fallen form. You can hear her pleading with it as she tries to back away, her hands and feet slipping out from underneath her and sputtering black oil everywhere.
The creature's limbs move with unnatural grace and a PLOMP sound, one by one, closer to their meal. Golden syrup drips from its maw.
Marcus is approximately 30 yards away. Roll initiative, please.
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The Spider notices Marcus enter the forest. It looks up at him with googly Manga eyes that seem to shake. It's two front legs rise up and extend out, waving. For a smaller spider, this is a signal of territoriality; the Great Pink Manga Cotton Candy Spider looks like it wants to be picked up for a hug.
Spider Perception and Initiative
First, though, it tries to secure its meal. It spits a big gloop of golden syrup toward the retreating Greasy Girl, who, predictably, screams as she's stuck to the forest floor. Then it waddles its way toward Marcus, PLOMPPLOMPPLOMP., growling like a mad dog all the way.
Sticky Syrup
The Spider is 20 yards away at the end of its turn. Runaway is immobilized. Marcus is up.
Spider stats: 3 Def, 1 Armor, Size 4
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Ignoring his fear, Marcus uses the short time he has to find the path of least resistance in the tangle of options before him. He trusts in the Wyrd to guide his hand. Glamour suffuses the air around him as he calls upon the wisdom of the Hearth to aid him in his next endeavor as the spider approaches.
Favored Fate
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The spider's low growling continues as its head turns from side to side, trying to keep Marcus within sight of each of its nine (nine?) googaly white eyes. Then it charges, PLOMPLOMPLOMPLOMP, and raises one thin, pink-haired foreleg into the air and takes a swipe at the tin man.
Leg Swipe 2B
The leg crashes into Marcus' side with surprising force from a confection. The leg impales itself upon one of the jagged spikes surrounding the Metalflesh, and as it yanks free, Marcus sees that the underside of the pink cotton candy is black spider-flesh. Thick, yellow-green blood spills out from the wound and it howls in rage.
Marcus is at 5B/10 Health from the two attacks he's suffered. Spider is at 1L/? Health. Marcus is up.
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Well, at least it screams... Marcus uses the sharp, metal chains to attack the creature. Fighting for his life, he taps inner reserves to cause it as much hurt as possible.
Take that!
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