In an ancient bookstore...Maps asks for permission to browse the selection in this fine store!
~Go ahead, sir. Peruse it however long you please.~Maps takes the opportunity to do so, being an appreciator of literature!
[Search roll: 2]
It appears that this store is full of entertaining fiction novels! Common subjects include hoverplate gangs, the implications of horrid transformation on romance and various other things Maps had not ever even considered!
In a village of elephant people...Vincent, feeling confident about his odds, chooses to go ahead and kill these elephant people! He and his metal buddy charge the gathering natives!
[Vincent vs. Elephant People: 4+2 vs. 2+3]
[Metal Guardian vs. Elephant People: 1+2 vs. 5+3]
Vincent manages to stab one right in the chest! The elephant person falls down bleeding! The other 11 elephant people look quite pissed! In fact, when Vincent's metallic friend charges them, it just gets lifted into the air by the mob!
[Counterattack: Elephant People vs. Metal Guardian: 5+3 vs. 6+2]
However, the metal guardian's relentless kicking ensures that they don't get very far with their sordid plans, dropping the metal guardian soon after!
[Elephant People vs. Metal Guardian: 6+3 vs. 6+2]
They kick and punch it for a while, but it doesn't really do a whole lot, what with the metal guardian being, you know, metal.
[Vincent vs. Elephant People: 5+2 vs. 3+3]
Vincent uses the elephants' distraction to stab another one in the gut most severely, making him fall to the ground!
[Metal Guardian vs. Elephant People: 2+2 vs. 5+3]
The metal guardian remains on the ground and takes its beating like a very lazy man!
[Counterattack: Elephant People vs. Metal Guardian: 6+3 vs. 2+2]
The elephant people jump up and down on the metal guardian and try to smash it in any number of ways, but only succeed in making its limbs slightly bent!
[Elephant People intelligence roll: ?]
The announce that this problem is best solved later and choose to focus on beating up Vincent!
[Elephant People vs. Vincent: 2+3 vs. 2+2]
One of them pushes Vincent backwards, putting him slightly off-balance!
[Vincent vs. Elephant People: 2+2 vs. 3+3]
He keeps on stepping back as the elephant people advance!
[Metal Guardian vs. Elephant People: 1+2 vs. 1+3]
The Metal Guardian remains on the ground as the people try to run Vincent through!
[Elephant People vs. Vincent: 4+3 vs. 4+2]
A rock hits Vincent on the head, making a nasty crack!
[Vincent vs. Elephant People: 1+2 vs. 4+3]
Vincent charges at the elephant people, unwilling to take any more of this! As he finds himself in the middle of a pack of angry elephant humanoids, he wonders if this was perhaps not the best idea!
[Counterattack: Elephant People vs. Vincent: 1+3 vs. 1+2]
He is given a kick to the ribcage! It kind of stings!
[Metal Guardian vs. Elephant People: 1+2 vs. 3+3]
The metal guardian remains on the ground, looking at the melee happening right in front of him!
[Counterattack: Elephant People vs. Metal Guardian: 3+3 vs. 1+2]
A rock is thrown at it from the crowd! The metal guardian looks sad now!
[Elephant People vs. Vincent: 1+3 vs. 1+2]
Vincent is punched on the shoulder by one elephant person, but the others dare not approach, fearing his halberds!
[Vincent vs. Elephant People: 1+2 vs. 2+3]
Vincent swings his halberds around a bit, but the elephant people just retreat, then move in to strike between his swings!
[Metal Guardian vs. Elephant People: 6+2 vs. 2+3]
The metal guardian, insulted by the rock thrown at it, suddenly leaps to its feet and grabs two elephant people, smashing their heads together and caving in their skulls! With that done, it grabs another one and headbutts it most unpleasantly, relocating its brains to the ground! There are seven elephant people left!
[Elephant People morale roll: 2]
The elephant people, blindsided by the metal guardian's vicious assault, run away to the other side of the village!
Good gods! 122 pages. From October 23rd to December 18th...That is QUITE a feat!
Not quite. You see, the reason this has so many replies is that about half of them are mine. I update obsessively, plus many of the updates are about one or two paragraphs at best. A lot of replies, yes, but not really all that much content.
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