Be confused. Be very, very confused.
Only Jase heard the boar talk, because it was in his dream and didn't actually happen. What it said may or may not be true.
"Boar, we do not need to be enemies. Allow us to help you find what you seek in the dungeon."
Wake up, befriend boar.
Toughness[8+20]
You wake up. You're still hanging from the boar's tusk. The boar doesn't seem to understand what you're saying, and it charges down the tunnel.
Jake speed[19-5=14]
Ronald speed[15-10-1=4]
Boar speed[18-5=13]
Jake luck[18+5=22]
Takeshi luck[17-5=12]
Jase luck[9]
Ronald luck[2+5=7]
If the boar resists diplomacy, slash it with the letter opener.
Jake slashes the boar with his letter opener.
Dex[14]
Str[13-5=7]
Giving it a shallow wound on its ribs.
Boar tough[18+5=23]
The poison doesn't seem to affect the boar.
"The boar can talk? Well, fuck. Sorry, boar."
Run towards the people further back. Use them as meatshields.
Before Ronald can escape, the boar charges at him.
Boar dex[16-5-1=11]
Boar str[13+5=18]
It tramples him completely.
Ronald tough[6-5-1=0]
Ronald will never get back up. He's dead.
The boar is now in the entrance tunnel, near the spike trap. Jase is awake, hanging from the boar's tusk. Jake is in the round room. Takeshi is in the entrance tunnel.
Gundar the Headhunter enters the Meatgrinder.Name: Gundar
Gender: Male
Age: 34
Description: Wiry and scarred, he has only one eye, one ear and a half of the other one.
Backstory: Notorious headhunter, Gundar recently returned from the hellish trip to the lands of undead - a shadow of himself. He never speaks of his part.
Stats (You have 20 points to distribute. Each stat starts at -5. you can drop stats below -5.)
Strength: -2
Speed: +1
Dexterity: +3
Toughness: -5
Perception: +3
Luck: -10
Inventory: Longbow
20 barbed arrows
Name: Jake Trout
Gender: Male
Age: 37
Description: Jake is a balding and slightly overweight man. He has bags under his eyes and a perpetual frown.
Backstory: Originally a semi-respected royal accountant, Jake realized one day that his life was boring. After sneaking away from the castle he worked in, he decided that his fresh start would begin (and likely end) here, at the Meatgrinder.
Strength: -5
Speed: -5
Dex: 0
Toughness: -5
Perception: 0
Luck: 5
Inventory: Poisoned letter-opener
Wooden sign
Name: Jase the Invulnerable
Gender: Male
Age:24
Description: A tall man with brown hair, blue eyes, and a full beard. He is covered in scars.
Backstory: Jase was born on the streets, and made a living taking what he wanted from others, usually through violence. His fighting style was based on a legendary man called Igor, who was said to be invincible. When the guards finally ran him out of town, he headed for the Meat grinder to try and take a fortune the only way he knew how, for it surely could not grind meat as tough as his.
Stats (You have 20 points to distribute. Each stat starts at -5.)
Strength: 0
Speed: -15
Dexterity: 0
Toughness: +20
Perception: -15
Luck: 0
Inventory: Long sword
Name: Takeshi
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Description:An apparently stereotypical ninja looking to break the mold. He likes sheep for their ability to digest explosives.
Backstory: Emerged violently from the local woodwork. Yes, this means the sign.
Strength: -1
Speed: -4
Dexterity: +2
Toughness: -1
Perception: -1
Luck: -5
Inventory: Rope Dart