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[Draignean]

^꧁Ventures by Moonlight^꧂
_{(A Risky Venture into the Deepest Dark)}

Evil wings in ether beating;
Vultures at the spirit eating;
Things unseen forever fleeting
Black against the leering sky.
Ghastly shades of bygone gladness,
Clawing fiends of future sadness,
Mingle in a cloud of madness
Ever on the soul to lie.

It is a cold and bitter truth that there is no Golden Age that is not a prelude to some period of relative darkness and bleak decay. For decades our Country has enjoyed the fruits of a renaissance of science, thaumaturgy, medicine, and alchemic discipline. By clockwork we mechanized and cultivated endless fields, by alchemic explosive we cleared the impassible, by thaumaturgical mastery we made the most infertile ground into new Edens, and by the advances of medicine we biocrafted a new caste citizenry to enjoy all the fruits of our great labors.

Perhaps there is some truth to the rumors of the Church, that apocalypse came upon us because we surrounded idle hands with plenty and allowed them to poke too far into the edges of the unknown. Perhaps we brought the turn of the era upon ourselves, but the blame of it matters very little. What is important is that our Golden Age ended, not with the quiet rot of corruption and complacency that history taught us would be the end of an era of plenty. It ended under a lambent moon, in a single flash of corrupted moonlight.

We do not know why it happened. A disease contracted by the merest touch of the light. An infection of body, mind, and soul. A plague of whispers and promises within the mind, promising everything while taking humanity, mutating flesh, and robbing the mind of all sanity. Tens of thousands died, either succumbing completely to the sickness brought on by the pale light or torn apart by the monsters born in its wake. The crystal minds of our most advanced automata either shattered or took on the moon's corrupting glow as their own - taking a frightening, unbounded, and wholly wicked intelligence in the process. Corrupt machine and monster both carried the Moon's corruption like a disease, spreading it to all those they touched, regardless of the light.

Great cities became monstrous tombs, sprawling fields grew to fruit and rotted, and a kingdom once governed by progress and erudition fell to madness, fear, and superstition. Conclaves of survivors formed in places where the light could never touch, carving new civilizations out of old mines or outlying townships with windows boarded and every chink filled with mud and plaster.

Years have passed since the initial event, but the Moon's corrupted light does not wane. What civilization has re-established itself keeps to the edges of the old empire, a loose network of allied survivor camps not even fit to be called a shadow of its former glory. Still, it has been enough for some progress to be made, and for some sense of normality to be reestablished.

You are a practitioner of medicine and the arcane, not a combatant yourself, but of reasonable means and of keen mind. Through trial, error, and no small amount of macabre experimentation, you've managed to produce a single dose of a Moonlight Inoculation that will cure any individual suffering the earliest stages of moon sickness and immunize them permanently in the process - turning them into a meta-human commonly referred to as a Hunter. While this robs the subject of most of their memories, it is preferable to death, and it allows you to give them a new purpose.

The behavior of those afflicted by the Moon's curse is not random. They gather and congregate, they perform strange rituals in dark places or at the height of the Lunar hour, and where there is a pattern there is something to be learned. Perhaps a better cure can be devised, an immunization that does not steal memories or require the imbiber to already be afflicted by the pale light's contagion. Every Golden Age is prelude to a coming darkness, this is true, yet it is also true that every dark age is a prelude to a new Dawn. Perhaps you can find a way to light the road between now and that brighter future, but at the very least you can make yourself rich off the bones of the glories past.

For now, your best bet is to mount an expedition to the outlying town of Darremont's Bell. While completely overtaken by corruption, it's relatively small and inhabited primarily by the weakest forms of the Moon-touched monsters. It should be good for supplies and potentially a clue as to how to proceed forwards.

What is this: This is a Risky Venture style game. You start with 3 Sovereigns (₹) and an Experimental Moonlight Inoculation. (You can copy the 'Starter Items' spoiler below and rename as necessary) Your job is to create Hunters (by using Inoculations on Candidates) and then outfit those Hunters to go on Expeditions to various locations.

This game is Lazy Fair*, which here means that I'm going to be extremely lazy. I expect you to manage your own assets and keep them up to date. While I will provide you with the results of various actions and arbitrate disputes, it is my goal to do as little as possible. This is both to avoid burnout and to let you guys go a bit nuts with how you interact.

To facilitate this, please tag @ACTACTACT any time you want to take an action you want me to pay attention to. If you don't use the tag, and I miss your actions for the turn, it's your own fault.

*This term coined by Nuke, God Bless Him.

Addendum: For those interested, there is a sub-channel for this game in the Risky Ventures discord located here: https://discord.gg/AMzCWgPkWt

Spoiler: Starter Items (click to show/hide)

Funds: ₹3.00

Items

Value:	Can't Be Sold
Stock:	1
		Name:	Starter Moonlight Inoculation
		Encumbrance:	None	|	Consumable:	N/A

       Usage: Can only be used in town on a Candidate Hunter. Cures them and converts them into a Hunter that you can equip with items and send them on expeditions as needed. This special injection does not add traits during the cure process, nor can it be used to add traits to existing Hunters.

Game Mechanics

Spoiler: Expeditions and Encounters (click to show/hide)

As the game progresses, you gain access to various Locations that where you can send an Expedition. An expedition consists of one or more Hunters, who may come from various players or player coalitions. Each expedition has a cost, which represents the expense in supplies of getting each Hunter to that particular location, and this fee must be paid for every Hunter in the expedition.

Each expedition is a string of Encounters, which are combat actions where the Hunters go up against NPC enemies, other Hunters, or both. Each encounter takes one turn. The owner(s) of surviving Hunter(s) will receive combat logs at the end of the encounter, as well as the loot gained. The players can then decide to push forward on the expedition, which allows them to start another encounter next round without paying the expedition fee again, or return to Town. The loot and combat difficulty increase with each subsequent encounter on the same expedition, but all loot gained is lost forever if the Hunters are killed before returning to town.

There are two main ways of going on an expedition, Embarking and Invading.

When you Embark, you are intentionally trying to not meet with any other Hunters. You can specify any friendly Hunters you are going with, and as long as their owner(s) also specify that they're going with you, then you'll all join on the same side and fight together.

When you Invade, you are intentionally trying to pick a fight with another Hunter or group of Hunters who are already embarked. When you invade, there is a significant chance you won't find anyone and will embark on the expedition normally, but if you do find a target you'll enter during the start of their encounter, creating a 3-way fight between the Invader(s), the AI, and the original embarkers. If there are multiple invasion candidates, you will invade one at random and cannot specify any one group in particular. You can, however, specify groups that you will immediately back off from if you invade. This, however, can lead to a very high chance of wasting your turn. In this case, you gain nothing, but can otherwise proceed as though you were victorious.

 If you invade a group that is on the first stage of their expedition, you will be able to continue as a normal expedition after you achieve victory. Otherwise, you will be forced to turn back immediately, attempt to invade again immediately, or begin a new expedition at stage 1, if you achieve victory. After a successful invasion, you will have access to all the loot from the encounter, as well as the loot they've uncovered thus far. As with a normal expedition, you can invade with others.

If you are already a party member on an established expedition, you can also opt to Betray instead of going deeper or heading back to town. If you betray, it's treated the same as if you invaded (creating a 3-way fight), but you are guaranteed to get the fight.

Multiple invaders can independently invade the same area, and each will be on their own side, allowing for N-sided battles.

At the very end of an expedition, there may be a special Boss encounter. If the next encounter will be a boss encounter, you will be told so in order to inform your decision to press forward or turn back.

You can send me your actions for Expeditions AND ONLY EXPEDITIONS via PM. If PM actions and thread actions conflict, I will prioritize PM actions. Interacting with the store and other non-expedition actions still have to be in thread. If you are part of a coalition, I expect you to either CC your compatriots or have Chairman control.

Spoiler: Explanation of Stats (click to show/hide)

There's a lot of these, so bear with me here. There are two main categories, Intrinsic and Set stats. Intrinsic stats are part of what something is, and can only be changed by other items or gaining levels. However, Set stats can be configured whenever you're between encounters.

For Hunters, Hunter Candidates, and monsters, the actual numbers behind their intrinsic stats are obfusticated. Why? Because I felt like it.
Mortal Span: How much HP a unit can have. This number is always pretty low. Someone of average health can be killed by a single shotgun blast.
Armor Save: How effective a unit's armor is at preventing damage.
Strength: How likely a unit is to inflict serious damage when hitting in melee.
Toughness: How likely a unit is to be able to shrug off damage when struck.
Melee Skill: How likely a unit is to land a hit in melee.
Ranged Skill: How likely a unit is to land a hit at range
Alacrity: How many melee attacks a unit can make at base
Enc. Limit: The only non-obfusticated Candidate/Hunter stat. Determines how many items you can bring with you.
Mobility Chance: How likely a unit is to be able make or take ground in combat.
Initiative: How likely a candidate is to be placed high in the turn order for combat.

All Hunters can also have 3 Set stats
Preferred Range: The distance a Hunter will attempt to keep between themselves and enemies. 0 is Melee, larger numbers represent longer ranges.

Target Priority (Ranged): You can set six kinds of priority here, giving each a numeric weight. If there are multiple available targets for a ranged weapon, then the target that gets the largest value of the weights you've chosen will get shot at.
-Wounded: Applies its weight to any target in range that's wounded.
-Closest: Applies its weight to the nearest target you can shoot
-Furthest: Applies its weight to the furthest target you can shoot
-LeastNumerous: Applies its weight to the target you can shoot with the lowest number of units in its mob
-MostNumerous: Applies its weight to the target you can shoot with the highest number of units in its mob
-HasRanged: Applies its weight to any target you can shoot that has a ranged attack

Target Priority (Melee): Same as above, except Closest and Furthest can't be used.

For Melee Weapons, there are five main statistics. Every Melee Weapon has an encumbrance of 1, unless it's a Hybrid weapon (see below) in which case it has an encumbrance of 2.

Extra Attacks: A modifier to the number of base melee attacks a Hunter gets. Cannot cause the number of attacks to drop below 1.
Strength Mod: A modifier to the Hunter's melee strength.
Pierce: Directly penalizes the target's Armor save when attacking.
Damage: The number of wounds this weapon deals.
Hybrid: A yes/no. If no, then it's just a melee weapon. If yes, then this weapon is also a ranged weapon and, if equipped, you cannot also equip a separate ranged weapon.

For Ranged Weapons, there are 8 main stats, and as well as range brackets which can be disabled as needed.
Attacks: How many ranged attacks you can make in a round with this weapon.
Extra Attacks: Rolls 1dx, where X is the value of this stat, and gives you that many extra ranged attacks this round.
Damage: How many wounds a successful hit from this weapon deals.
Strength: The effective strength of the ranged attacks. (Not affected by the Hunter's strength)
Pierce:Directly penalizes the target's Armor save when attacking.
Ammunition Carried: How much reserve this ammunition gets at the start of each Expedition. | Will automatically refill this supply when in town.
Ammunition Used: How much ammunition is used for each attack.
Hybrid: A yes/no. If no, then it's just a ranged weapon. If yes, then this weapon is also a melee weapon and, if equipped, you cannot also equip a separate melee weapon.

Ranged weapons also have ranged brackets, which is the list of all ranges they can shoot at and any modifiers for that particular range. Between encounters you can always elect to turn off a particular bracket or brackets if you don't want to use the weapon at that range. Each bracket has 6 values.
Range: What range the bracket applies to.
ACC: Modifies the chance to hit the target at that range.
DMG: Modifies the damage
ATK: Modifies the number of attacks
ARP: Modifies the armor piercing value
STR: Modifies the ranged strength

For Gear, there's only 3 things to pay attention to.
Encumbrance: How many encumbrance slots the item takes up on a Hunter
Consumable: Whether the item disappears when used. There may be additional rules for it being consumed in the description.
Usage: Describes how and when a piece of gear can be activated, what it does, and any other effects that it applies or conditions it has.

Spoiler: The Store (click to show/hide)

The Store is where you'll get Experimental Candidates to use Inoculations on, purchase weapons and equipment, and sell off your ill-gotten gains.

Every round, the store loses a certain amount of inventory, gains a certain amount of inventory, and may shift its prices. Due to the way this happens, high-tier appear rarely and vanish quickly.

The store is not, entirely, First Come, First Served. Experimental Candidates are sold entirely through auction, with the max price limited only by what people are willing to pay.

For other items, however, you can either start the bid at the given price, or instantly buy the item for twice the listed price. When bidding against an existing bid, you're required to exceed the last bid by a minimum of ₹0.05 per rarity tier.
       ₹0.05 for Tier 5, (no symbol)
       ₹0.10 for Tier 4 (✢ symbol)
       ₹0.15 for Tier 3 (❊ symbol)
       ₹0.20 for Tier 2 (✾ symbol)
       ₹0.25 for Tier 1 (ꕥ symbol)

To prevent abuse, if you are currently winning the auction for an item or Hunter and you cancel a winning bid, you need to either find someone willing to take over your bid, or pay 10% of the canceled bid as an auctioneer's fee.

Items you gain will have a 'value' attached to them, which is what you'll be able to sell them for at the shop, no questions asked.

Spoiler: Combat (click to show/hide)

When an encounter starts, ranges are set between all units. Each encounter will usually tell you roughly what range you'll start at, and what the variability is.

Every round, initiative is recalculated. Each unit takes turns going through all of its actions. Many enemy units are mobs, that is they are made up of many smaller units. Mobs take their actions as though they were a single unit.

First, a unit attempts to maneuver into its favored range. Making a mobility check on every non-allied unit that isn't already at its favored range. If it passes, it moves one step closer to its favored range, if it fails, it doesn't move. Importantly, if a unit is engaged in melee, it must first disengage from all melee combatants before it can move further/closer to any other unit.

Second, if a unit is in melee, it launches melee attacks at the available non-allied melee target that best matches its selection criteria.

Third, if a unit has a ranged attack, has ammo, and has non-allied units at a range where its weapon has an active bracket, it will make all the ranged attacks it can at the unit that best matches its selection criteria.

This continues until there is only one side left in a given encounter.

The actual gritty details of how attacking and dealing damage works is ripped from WH40k. First, a unit rolls to hit (Melee or ranged skill). If it hits, it rolls to see if it did significant damage (str vs toughness). If it did significant damage, the defender makes an armor save. If the armor save fails, then damage is dealt based on the weapon.

If the damage reduces the target's mortal span to 0 or below, it loses one unit from its mob. If it's the last mob in the unit, that unit is destroyed. Importantly, extra damage does not roll over. There is no benefit to dealing massive damage to low HP targets. 
 

Spoiler: Expedition Formatting (click to show/hide)

When you're sending out an expedition or proceeding from one stage of an expedition to the next, there's a list of things I need to know to make it go smoothly. I need to know what hunters are going where, what equipment they have, any equipment they want to use/avoid using, and how they intend to engage. These four blocks are pretty easy.

The first two, what Hunters are going and what equipment they have, it's pretty freeform. Something Like,


Expedition to Darremont's Bell
Dame Beatrice of Thorne
Mare's Leg Rifle
Cruciform Sword
T4 Ammo

Doug the Subway Fugitive
Canister Rifle
Serrated Axe
Adrenaline Shot
Rage Serum


I don't need to know the hunter's stats, or even what items are being slotted where as long as I know what Hunter they're going on. It's all pretty self-explanatory for me to punch in, and the important part here is WHO is going and WHAT they're carrying. The next section, the equipment you intend to reserve or explicitly use, is easy to format but occasionally difficult to think about. You only need to explicitly use an item if, in its usage block, it contains the phrase 'declare'. For instance, the adrenaline shot has to be declared before it's taken at the beginning of an encounter. Conversely, you only need to explicitly disable an item if it would be used automatically during an encounter. Spare ammo, for instance, is automatically used when the unit runs out of ammunition. You activate or disable items with the following command

Activate: [item name]
Disable: [item name]

Any item not explicitly Disabled will be Enabled, and any item not explicitly Activated before the Encounter will not be used. When adding commands, make sure the names are as exact as possible. So, if we add these commands to the above, we can get a total expedition that looks like,


Expedition to Darremont's Bell
Dame Beatrice of Thorne
Mare's Leg Rifle
Cruciform Sword
T4 Ammo
---
Disable: T4 Ammo

Doug the Subway Fugitive
Canister Rifle
Serrated Axe
Adrenaline Shot
Rage Serum
---
Activate: Adrenaline Shot


The last block is the biggest, and contains a number of commands. You need to set a Hunter's range brackets, their preferred range, their movement, and their targeting parameters. The first, range brackets, is done with a single string.

[Enable/Disable] Range: [Input]

The [Input] can be done in a number of forms. You can list out all the numbers you want as the simplest method (I.E: 2,3,4,5,9), you can specify a range (2-5), and unbounded range (3+, 9-), or you can mix and match all of the above. If you're using the 'Enable' command, then any range not within the parameters listed will be disabled, and the reverse is true if you're using the 'Disable' command. Next up is the preferred range of the Hunter, which is set easily as a single value,

Preferred Range: [Input]

The preferred range should be a single integer. Importantly, you can't set your preferred range to a range you can't fight at. If you try to do so, your range will be automatically set to 0, or melee. Movement is also simple, with only a couple options to choose from,

Movement: [Hold Ground/Walk Only/Run To Engage/Free Movement]

If set to 'Hold Ground' a Hunter will never take movement actions, towards or away from enemies. 'Walk Only' forbids sprinting in any case, but otherwise allows normal movement. 'Run to Engage' allows a hunter to sprint as long as they're outside any of their usable weapon ranges, and 'Free Movement' places no restrictions on sprinting or movement. This leaves only targeting parameters, which takes up the largest section, and should look like:

Melee Target Weights (
[WeightName] = [WeightValue]
[...]
[WeightName] = [WeightValue]
)

Ranged Target Weights (
[WeightName] = [WeightValue]
[...]
[WeightName] = [WeightValue]
)

Where '[WeightName]' is any of the targeting types listed in the above "Explanation Of Stats" section, and the [WeightValue] is any integer. Any targeting type you don't set using this command is treated as 0. Combining all of the above, our final expedition manifest should look like,

Expedition to Darremont's Bell
Dame Beatrice of Thorne
Mare's Leg Rifle
Cruciform Sword
T4 Ammo
---
Disable: T4 Ammo
Disable Range: 1-, 4+
Preferred Range: 2
Movement: Run To Engage

Melee Target Weights (
Wounded = 1
)

Ranged Target Weights (
LeastNumerous = 2
Wounded = 2
HasRanged = 3
)

Doug the Subway Fugitive
Canister Rifle
Serrated Axe
Adrenaline Shot
Rage Serum
---
Activate: Adrenaline Shot
Enable Range: 2-7
Preferred Range: 7
Movement: Walk Only

Melee Target Weights (
Wounded = 2
MostNumerous = 1
)

Ranged Target Weights (
HasRanged = 2
Wounded = 1
)

[Draignean]

^꧁The Beastiary^꧂

Spoiler: Beastiary (click to show/hide)

Name:         Rotten Human 
Mortal Span:  Fragile        |   Armor Save:    Undefended   
Strength:     Average        |   Toughness:     Average      
Melee Skill:  Proficient     |   Ranged Skill:  null         
Alacrity:     Average        |   Enc. Limit:    0            
Initiative:   Sluggish       |   Mobility:      Fleet-Footed 
-             -            -     -              -            
Melee Attack                                    Rotten Hands 
Damage:       1              |   Extra Attacks: 0            
Strength Mod: 0              |   Armor Pierce:  0            

Beastiary Entry: A common citizen, cursed by the Moon's unholy light. This particular individual is one of the least powerful of the cursed, and, despite their appearance, is not truly dead. Referred to as 'Rotten', this variety of cursed wished (and wishes) for nothing but to survive their sickness. The curse that grows within them fulfills this wish, sustaining their warped tissues even as it steals mind and eats away at the soul. The remnant left behind remembers nothing of who it was, retaining only pain and desire to survive that it itself no longer truly understands. Easily manipulated by the whispering light, these creatures frequently swarm around intruders into territories that have fallen to the moonlight. Individually weak and easily dispatched, they are seldom encountered alone and can overwhelm novice Hunters whose weaponry is too slow to combat their sheer numbers.

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Name:         Rotten Hound Pack 
Mortal Span:  Fragile             |   Armor Save:    Undefended             
Strength:     Weak                |   Toughness:     Average                
Melee Skill:  Bladesman           |   Ranged Skill:  Unskilled              
Alacrity:     Quick               |   Enc. Limit:    0                      
Initiative:   Superhuman          |   Mobility:      Sprinter               
-             -                 -     -              -                      
Melee Attack                                         Decayed tooth and claw 
Damage:       1                   |   Extra Attacks: 0                      
Strength Mod: 0                   |   Armor Pierce:  -1                     

Beastiary Entry: Though the Moon's disease has the fastest and most horrific progression in humans, the common dog is not exempt from transformation. Like many domestic animals, it is thankfully divorced enough from its killer instincts that it seldom undergoes metamorphosis into a fully fledged moonbeast - though Tyndalian Hounds and Unquiet Ones are terrifying exceptions - and frequently persists only as one of the rotten. Both sustained and degraded by the moon's curse, Rotten Hounds are easy to kill individually, but blindingly fast and capable of a savage flurry of decomposing tooth and claw. Despite their fierce demeanor, their atrophied bodies and decayed natural weapons frequently mean that armor of even middling degree can prevent many injuries.

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Name:            Antiquarian Shotgun Cultist 
Mortal Span:     Fragile                       |   Armor Save:    Undefended      
Strength:        Strong                        |   Toughness:     Sickly          
Melee Skill:     Proficient                    |   Ranged Skill:  Proficient      
Alacrity:        Average                       |   Enc. Limit:    0               
Initiative:      Slow                          |   Mobility:      Average         
-                -                           -     -              -               
Gear             
Name:            Adrenaline Shot               |   Encumbrance:   1               
-                -                           -     -              -               
Melee Attack                                                      Cultist Dagger  
Damage:          1                             |   Extra Attacks: 1               
Strength Mod:    0                             |   Armor Pierce:  -1              
-                -                           -     -              -               
Ranged Attack                                                     Cultist Shotgun 
Damage:          2                           
Base Attacks:    0                             |   Extra Attacks: 1d2             
Ammo Per Attack: 1                             |   Ammo Carried:  3               
Strength:        5                             |   Armor Pierce:  -2              

Range ACC ATK DMG AP- STR 
0     0   0   0   0   0   
1     -1  0   0   -1  -1  
2     -2  0   0   -2  -2  

Beastiary Entry: Appearing mostly whole, these moon-touched madmen owe themselves to the Antiquarian. While whatever version of the inoculation they've received has clearly destroyed their sanity and ravaged their bodies, they seem to be almost entirely spared the moon's curse. Stupid but not mindless, savage but not unthinking, these maddened cultists rarely attack alone and frequently supplement their brothers with a lethal spray of shotgun fire before joining the fray.

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Name:         Antiquarian Cultist Swordsman 
Mortal Span:  Fragile                         |   Armor Save:    Undefended    
Strength:     Muscled                         |   Toughness:     Sickly        
Melee Skill:  Bladesman                       |   Ranged Skill:  Unskilled     
Alacrity:     Quick                           |   Enc. Limit:    0             
Initiative:   Fast                            |   Mobility:      Average       
-             -                             -     -              -             
Melee Attack                                                     Cultist Sword 
Damage:       1                               |   Extra Attacks: 0             
Strength Mod: 1                               |   Armor Pierce:  1             

Beastiary Entry: Strangely calm in their journey throughout the Mooncursed lands, these cultists appear to have received a strange and... partially effective variant of the inoculation given to Hunters. While they do not seem directly under the moon's sway, they speak seldom - communing instead through gestures and half-vocal intonations that make sense only to their maddened minds. Their bodies are riddled with bizarre mutations and perturbations of unnatural flesh, but it does not seem to help or hinder them.  Deathly calm even in battle, they move as one, striking with long knives and uncanny silence at any interloper - mooncursed or otherwise - into the domain they protect.

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Name:            Rotten Soldier 
Mortal Span:     Weak             |   Armor Save:    Resistant      
Strength:        Strong           |   Toughness:     Scarred        
Melee Skill:     Duelist          |   Ranged Skill:  Unskilled      
Alacrity:        Average          |   Enc. Limit:    0              
Initiative:      Average          |   Mobility:      Fleet-Footed   
-                -              -     -              -              
Melee Attack                                         Corroded Blade 
Damage:          1                |   Extra Attacks: 0              
Strength Mod:    1                |   Armor Pierce:  0              
-                -              -     -              -              
Ranged Attack                                        Rusted Pistol  
Damage:          1              
Base Attacks:    1                |   Extra Attacks: 1d0            
Ammo Per Attack: 1                |   Ammo Carried:  3              
Strength:        3                |   Armor Pierce:  0              

Range ACC ATK DMG AP- STR 
0     0   0   0   0   0   
1     0   0   0   0   0   
2     0   0   0   0   0   
4     -1  0   0   0   0   

Beastiary Entry: While still one of the rotten, and thus far off in power from a true moonbeast, this individual represents a soldier or guard of the old empire. Well-trained when they lived, reflexive memories of weapons training and tactical placement still remain in their cursed madness, as does much of their old equipment. That said, the ill-maintained equipment and their own untrustworthy bodies make their accuracy with their sidearms almost negligible, and they rely primarily on volume of fire to deal any damage to distant targets. In melee, however, their armor and mindless strength serve them well, as the slight edge provided by their dimly-remembered training is often sufficient in allowing them to make effective use of their corroded blades. While not terribly dangerous alone, they, like most of the rotten, are very rarely encountered alone.

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Name:         Grafted Carn Citizen 
Mortal Span:  Fragile                |   Armor Save:    Basic          
Strength:     Muscled                |   Toughness:     Tough          
Melee Skill:  Bladesman              |   Ranged Skill:  Unskilled      
Alacrity:     Quick                  |   Enc. Limit:    0              
Initiative:   Average                |   Mobility:      Runner         
-             -                    -     -              -              
Melee Attack                                            Grafted Talons 
Damage:       1                      |   Extra Attacks: 0              
Strength Mod: 0                      |   Armor Pierce:  0              

Beastiary Entry: This creature was, once, a citizen of Carn Feuerlyn. To be technical, it was once several citizens. Someone of great surgical skill, mechanical expertise, and consummate sadism has taken limbs and musculature from several individuals and stitched them into a single individual, augmenting them heavily along the way with what appear to be homemade mechanical components. Beneath the skin of this wretched creature lurk a number of wickedly crafted automaton components, implanted with no care for comfort and compatibility. No sane individual would have asked for this, and no reasonable necro-surgeon would have wasted so much material on such minor augmentations. Whoever did this did it for the fun of it, and very likely fully intended the process to inflict the constant agony indicated by this creature's stilted motions and tortured moans.

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Name:            Lunacite Horror 
Mortal Span:     Fragile           |   Armor Save:    Quick         
Strength:        Average           |   Toughness:     Flimsy        
Melee Skill:     Unskilled         |   Ranged Skill:  Marksman      
Alacrity:        Average           |   Enc. Limit:    0             
Initiative:      Average           |   Mobility:      Quick         
-                -               -     -              -             
Melee Attack                                          Crystal Claws 
Damage:          1                 |   Extra Attacks: 0             
Strength Mod:    0                 |   Armor Pierce:  2             
-                -               -     -              -             
Ranged Attack                                         crystal blast 
Damage:          1               
Base Attacks:    0                 |   Extra Attacks: 1d3           
Ammo Per Attack: 1                 |   Ammo Carried:  8             
Strength:        4                 |   Armor Pierce:  0             

Range ACC ATK DMG AP- STR 
0     0   0   0   1   0   
1     0   0   0   0   0   
2     0   0   0   0   0   
3     0   -1  0   0   0   
4     0   -1  0   0   0   
5     -1  -1  0   0   0   

Beastiary Entry: Difficult to classify, these abominations appear to be a hybrid form resulting from an infestation of living lunacite taking hold in one of the rotten. Prone to long periods of stillness, these creatures are completely motionless when at rest and resemble corpses that are covered from head to toe in Lunacite growths of varying sizes. When they move, they do so with an unnerving and jerky swiftness, frequently shattering some of their own external crystals on their first movements after a long period of torpor. While the awkward growths that pierce their bodies make them rather unfit melee combatants, despite the sharpness of their innate weapons, they possess the ability to propel short barrages of their crystal structure at targets within short range, and are fast enough on their feet to keep slower adversaries at a distance. Easily dispatched with a single solid blow, they're threatening when other creatures prevent easy engagement in melee.

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Name:            Automated Legionnaire 
Mortal Span:     Fragile                 |   Armor Save:    Resistant              
Strength:        Weak                    |   Toughness:     Scarred                
Melee Skill:     Novice                  |   Ranged Skill:  Hunter                 
Alacrity:        Average                 |   Enc. Limit:    0                      
Initiative:      Average                 |   Mobility:      Average                
-                -                     -     -              -                      
Melee Attack                                                Automated Legion Rifle 
Damage:          1                       |   Extra Attacks: -2                     
Strength Mod:    2                       |   Armor Pierce:  1                      
-                -                     -     -              -                      
Ranged Attack                                               Automated Legion Rifle 
Damage:          1                     
Base Attacks:    1                       |   Extra Attacks: 1d0                    
Ammo Per Attack: 1                       |   Ammo Carried:  8                      
Strength:        8                       |   Armor Pierce:  2                      

Range ACC ATK DMG AP- STR 
1     -2  0   0   2   0   
2     -2  0   0   1   0   
3     -1  0   0   0   0   
4     -1  0   0   0   0   
5     0   0   0   0   0   
6     0   0   0   0   0   
7     0   0   0   0   0   
8     0   0   0   0   -1  
9     -1  0   0   0   -2  

Beastiary Entry: One of the early models of automated legionnaire, from the first major inclusion of golemcraft infantry into the military, soldiers such as this were decommissioned from service in the military and refit as patrolling law-keepers in major cities. Spartan military regalia has been replaced with a more fanciful uniform, and its programming altered to detect minor infractions of the law and deliver reports back to mortal guardsmen. Its long rifle, a mass-produced weapon designed for battery fire at range, should have been refit as well to accept non-lethal electro-aetheric gel rounds - but someone has re-militarized the weapon to fire quite lethal bullets again. Oddly, someone has attached a coin purse to this unit as well, and several sticks of moldering jerky poke up from the jacket pocket.

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Name:         Rotten Draft Beast 
Mortal Span:  Tough                |   Armor Save:    Undefended   
Strength:     Olympian             |   Toughness:     Trialed      
Melee Skill:  Bladesman            |   Ranged Skill:  null         
Alacrity:     Average              |   Enc. Limit:    0            
Initiative:   Average              |   Mobility:      Fleet-Footed 
-             -                  -     -              -            
Melee Attack                                          Rotten Bulk  
Damage:       1                    |   Extra Attacks: 0            
Strength Mod: 0                    |   Armor Pierce:  1            

Beastiary Entry: Despite being much less susceptible to the curse than their human counterparts, even simple beasts of burden have been corrupted by the Moon's cursed light. Domestic animals like most of the savage characteristics that create the most dangerous of moonbeasts, and frequently end up in a 'Rotten' state. Sick and corrupted, but sufficiently sustained by the curse's power that they are unable to die. Motivated primarily by maddened pain and influenced only slightly by moonlit whispers, these creatures are primarily a threat due to their size and unfeeling mass, rather than any kind of skill or innate weaponry. While tough, sustained beating from nearly anything will eventually tip this rather pathetic creatures over death's cusp.

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Name:            Automated Warhound 
Mortal Span:     Average              |   Armor Save:    Resistant                
Strength:        Strong               |   Toughness:     Flimsy                   
Melee Skill:     Duelist              |   Ranged Skill:  Marksman                 
Alacrity:        Quick                |   Enc. Limit:    0                        
Initiative:      Sluggish             |   Mobility:      Runner                   
-                -                  -     -              -                        
Gear             
Name:            Evasive Movement     |   Encumbrance:   0                        
-                -                  -     -              -                        
Melee Attack                                             Augmented tooth and claw 
Damage:          1                    |   Extra Attacks: 1                        
Strength Mod:    1                    |   Armor Pierce:  0                        
-                -                  -     -              -                        
Ranged Attack                                            Automated Hound Tail     
Damage:          1                  
Base Attacks:    1                    |   Extra Attacks: 1d2                      
Ammo Per Attack: 0                    |   Ammo Carried:  1                        
Strength:        5                    |   Armor Pierce:  2                        

Range ACC ATK DMG AP- STR 
0     0   0   0   0   0   
1     0   0   0   0   0   

Beastiary Entry: The first war-automata to be trained on animals, the Automaton Hound goes far above and beyond its simpler automaton equine predecessors and incorporates two control crystals. The primary crystal, which controls the body of the hound, is relatively sophisticated. It allows the automated hound to navigate difficult terrain, follow simple commands much like the animals it emulates, and make split-second decisions in melee combat.  The secondary core is much simpler and located in the hindquarters, little more than an IFF and an animal instinct, it solely controls the extensible tail of the hound and was trained off the motions of a Kanstazi desert scorpion. The combination of the two cores, good armor coverage, excellent speed and evasive movement, make the Automaton hound exceptionally lethal. However, its compact design places many fragile clockwork components in close proximity, and it relies entirely on its evasive movement and armor plating to avoid damage.

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Name:            Exalted Carn Citizen 
Mortal Span:     Average                |   Armor Save:    Resistant       
Strength:        Muscled                |   Toughness:     Tough           
Melee Skill:     Duelist                |   Ranged Skill:  Hunter          
Alacrity:        Quick                  |   Enc. Limit:    0               
Initiative:      Average                |   Mobility:      Runner          
-                -                    -     -              -               
Melee Attack                                               Arcing Claws    
Damage:          1                      |   Extra Attacks: 2               
Strength Mod:    2                      |   Armor Pierce:  1               
-                -                    -     -              -               
Ranged Attack                                              Arcing implants 
Damage:          0                    
Base Attacks:    0                      |   Extra Attacks: 1d5             
Ammo Per Attack: 0                      |   Ammo Carried:  1               
Strength:        5                      |   Armor Pierce:  1               

Range ACC ATK DMG AP- STR 
0     1   0   0   0   0   
1     0   0   0   0   0   
2     0   0   0   0   0   
3     -1  0   0   0   0   
4     -2  0   0   0   0   

Beastiary Entry: A former citizen of Carn Feuerlyn, heavily augmented with strange biomechanical devices constructed from Aicha's alloy. Magnificent prongs of the golden metal rise from the creature's back, and arcs of electricity periodically jump from the prongs to nearby metallic or living objects. The lightning itself seems directed in some manner by the enhanced citizen, and it will directly seek out living creatures to stun with a barrage of bolts before tearing them apart with its taloned hands. Despite the massive tissue disruption caused by the implants, this creature moves with a fluid and malevolent purpose that contrasts starkly against the more crudely grafted citizens of Carn.

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Name:            Blackfire Wraith   
Mortal Span:     Fragile              |   Armor Save:    Undefended         
Strength:        Average              |   Toughness:     Trialed            
Melee Skill:     Proficient           |   Ranged Skill:  Proficient         
Alacrity:        Quick                |   Enc. Limit:    0                  
Initiative:      Lightning Reflexes   |   Mobility:      Runner             
-                -                  -     -              -                  
Melee Attack                                             Blackfire Thurible 
Damage:          1                    |   Extra Attacks: 0                  
Strength Mod:    2                    |   Armor Pierce:  1                  
-                -                  -     -              -                  
Ranged Attack                                            Blackfire Thurible 
Damage:          1                  
Base Attacks:    2                    |   Extra Attacks: 1d0                
Ammo Per Attack: 1                    |   Ammo Carried:  22                 
Strength:        4                    |   Armor Pierce:  0                  

Range ACC ATK DMG AP- STR 
0     0   0   0   1   1   
1     0   0   0   0   0   
2     0   0   0   0   0   
3     0   0   0   0   0   
4     0   0   0   0   -1  
5     -1  0   0   0   -1  

Beastiary Entry: A legless hovering figure, their face covered in a metal mask, carrying a thurible from which thin streams of near-black fire writhe. A smokelike nimbus surrounds them, and the exact details of their form flicker and change like a drunkard retelling a half-remembered night terror. Clearly this being is a Wraith, a creature born from the spirit of dead mage, but the real question is who bound this creature to service. It frequently patrols alongside cultist groups, raining fire from a distance while its allies engage in melee.

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Name:            Antiquarian Guardian 
Mortal Span:     Average                |   Armor Save:    Inhuman         
Strength:        Olympian               |   Toughness:     Hardened        
Melee Skill:     Elite                  |   Ranged Skill:  Proficient      
Alacrity:        Average                |   Enc. Limit:    0               
Initiative:      Fettered               |   Mobility:      Torpid          
-                -                    -     -              -               
Melee Attack                                               Guardian Sword  
Damage:          1                      |   Extra Attacks: 0               
Strength Mod:    2                      |   Armor Pierce:  2               
-                -                    -     -              -               
Ranged Attack                                              Guardian Shield 
Damage:          1                    
Base Attacks:    1                      |   Extra Attacks: 1d0             
Ammo Per Attack: 0                      |   Ammo Carried:  1               
Strength:        3                      |   Armor Pierce:  -2              

Range ACC ATK DMG AP- STR 
0     0   0   0   0   0   

Beastiary Entry: A silent guardian of the Lady Antiquarian, covered in ornate plate armor from before the era of firearms, and fighting with sword and shield. The coiled eel crest of the Antiquarian's house is plainly visible and beautifully picked out in azure and crimson lacquer, and were it not for the eery quiet with which the guardians move and the strange skull masks they bear, these would seem a fitting honor guard for a rich noble.

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Name:            Antiquarian Cult Mage 
Mortal Span:     Average                 |   Armor Save:    Quick                    
Strength:        Weak                    |   Toughness:     Tough                    
Melee Skill:     Proficient              |   Ranged Skill:  Hunter                   
Alacrity:        Average                 |   Enc. Limit:    0                        
Initiative:      Average                 |   Mobility:      Quick                    
-                -                     -     -              -                        
Melee Attack                                                Summoned Moonlight Blade 
Damage:          1                       |   Extra Attacks: 2                        
Strength Mod:    3                       |   Armor Pierce:  2                        
-                -                     -     -              -                        
Ranged Attack                                               Moonlight Seekers        
Damage:          1                     
Base Attacks:    4                       |   Extra Attacks: 1d0                      
Ammo Per Attack: 1                       |   Ammo Carried:  50                       
Strength:        4                       |   Armor Pierce:  0                        

Range ACC ATK DMG AP- STR 
1     0   0   0   0   0   
2     0   0   0   0   0   
3     0   0   0   0   0   
4     -1  -1  0   0   0   
5     -2  -2  0   0   0   

Beastiary Entry: Masked and enshrouded by a thick mixture of armor and robes, what little is visible of this cultist flesh shows exactly how little truth there is to their apparent humanity. These individuals, despite being tactical and intelligent, appear to still be among the lowest of the Antiquarian's Servants, leading the patrols outside her demense or operating has minor guards within her manor. Still, either for their intelligence or their magical aptitude, they are permitted to bear the crest of the coiled eel that represents the Lady Antiquarian.

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Name:         Antiquarian Cultist Abomination 
Mortal Span:  Adamantine                        |   Armor Save:    Basic               
Strength:     Olympian                          |   Toughness:     Trialed             
Melee Skill:  Proficient                        |   Ranged Skill:  Unskilled           
Alacrity:     Blurring                          |   Enc. Limit:    0                   
Initiative:   Average                           |   Mobility:      Average             
-             -                               -     -              -                   
Gear          
Name:         Antiquarian Cultist Amulet        |   Encumbrance:   1                   
-             -                               -     -              -                   
Melee Attack                                                       Tentacles and Teeth 
Damage:       1                                 |   Extra Attacks: 2                   
Strength Mod: 0                                 |   Armor Pierce:  -1                  

Beastiary Entry: A Cultist of the Antiquarian, their body completely torn apart by lunar corruption but still somehow capable of following orders and working with the other cultists. Strangely docile under most circumstances, content to silently follow its more human brothers and sisters on their sinister errands, it transforms into a screaming and thrashing frenzy of disjointed limbs and raking, teeth-covered, tentacles.

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Name:            Skittering Mass of Lunacite 
Mortal Span:     Hearty                        |   Armor Save:    Resistant               
Strength:        Muscled                       |   Toughness:     Trialed                 
Melee Skill:     Elite                         |   Ranged Skill:  Proficient              
Alacrity:        Average                       |   Enc. Limit:    0                       
Initiative:      Sluggish                      |   Mobility:      Average                 
-                -                           -     -              -                       
Melee Attack                                                      Crystalline Forelimbs   
Damage:          1                             |   Extra Attacks: 2                       
Strength Mod:    0                             |   Armor Pierce:  1                       
-                -                           -     -              -                       
Ranged Attack                                                     spray of crystal shards 
Damage:          1                           
Base Attacks:    0                             |   Extra Attacks: 1d6                     
Ammo Per Attack: 1                             |   Ammo Carried:  18                      
Strength:        4                             |   Armor Pierce:  -1                      

Range ACC ATK DMG AP- STR 
0     -2  0   0   0   0   
1     0   0   0   0   -1  
2     0   0   0   0   -2  
3     0   0   0   -1  -2  

Beastiary Entry: This creature is a stark departure from ordinary biology, and represents a notable divergence from the Lunar Corruption's normal path of twisting existing life. This being appears to be a form of consciousness that arises spontaneously from sufficiently large clusters of Lunacite crystals, tearing itself up from its morbid and glittering bed and exhibiting individual volition. Like most living creatures, its primary motivation appears to be to feed, which it attends to in uniquely grisly fashion. Lunacite has a well described tendency to grow in places of bloodshed that recieve direct moonlight, with the greatest psychic disturbances resulting in the richest beds of crystals. These skittering masses of lunacite seem well aware of this and will use forelimbs sculpted of jagged crystal to batter and weaken any unfortunate living prey, weakening them before picking their victim up and impaling it while still alive onto one of the jagged crystals on the creature's back. This grisly behavior, usually a presage to a long bask in the moonlight, in combination with their peculiar many-limbed physique has earned them the evocative moniker "Spider-Shrike".

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Name:            Lunar Vessel: Corrupt 
Mortal Span:     Hearty                  |   Armor Save:    Resistant             
Strength:        Frail                   |   Toughness:     Scarred               
Melee Skill:     Unskilled               |   Ranged Skill:  Hunter                
Alacrity:        null                    |   Enc. Limit:    0                     
Initiative:      Lightning               |   Mobility:      Average               
-                -                     -     -              -                     
Melee Attack                                                Augmented Backhand    
Damage:          1                       |   Extra Attacks: 0                     
Strength Mod:    0                       |   Armor Pierce:  0                     
-                -                     -     -              -                     
Ranged Attack                                               Corrupt Energy Blasts 
Damage:          1                     
Base Attacks:    3                       |   Extra Attacks: 1d3                   
Ammo Per Attack: 0                       |   Ammo Carried:  1                     
Strength:        5                       |   Armor Pierce:  1                     

Range ACC ATK DMG AP- STR 
0     1   0   0   0   2   
1     0   0   0   0   1   
2     0   0   0   0   0   
3     0   0   0   0   0   
4     0   0   0   0   0   

Beastiary Entry: This creature is clearly an advanced amalgamation of moonbeast flesh and clockwork cybernetic augmentation, but where one begins and the other ends is impossible to say. The moonflesh is dessicated and bloodless, pulled taught against the mechanical frame so sharply that its blue-white pallor almost causes it to resemble a strange metal of its own, while the machinery is bizarrely organic in its design with every hard edge masked in strangely bulbous contours and ephemeral veils of what can only be described as clothing.  The golden facemask that tops the design is the most unsettling; a benevolent and deific mask out of which burns a hellish red light that incites the oldest and most primal fears of the ravaging flame that consumes land and home alike, born from the primeval wells of the deep earth and regurgitated seldom in streams of molten chaos against which logic and reason is of no avail.

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Name:            Massive Mining Automaton 
Mortal Span:     Superhuman                 |   Armor Save:    Defended                   
Strength:        Ogrish                     |   Toughness:     Hardened                   
Melee Skill:     Duelist                    |   Ranged Skill:  Proficient                 
Alacrity:        Average                    |   Enc. Limit:    0                          
Initiative:      Sluggish                   |   Mobility:      Sluggish                   
-                -                        -     -              -                          
Melee Attack                                                   Steam-powered mining drill 
Damage:          3                          |   Extra Attacks: -2                         
Strength Mod:    0                          |   Armor Pierce:  3                          
-                -                        -     -              -                          
Ranged Attack                                                  Hurled Boulder             
Damage:          2                        
Base Attacks:    1                          |   Extra Attacks: 1d0                        
Ammo Per Attack: 1                          |   Ammo Carried:  4                          
Strength:        8                          |   Armor Pierce:  4                          

Range ACC ATK DMG AP- STR 
2     0   0   0   0   0   
3     -1  0   0   0   0   
4     -2  0   0   0   0   

Beastiary Entry: A heavy mining machine built to search through the deepest depths of the Carn Feuerlyn mines alone, seeking along beacon paths laid by prospectors. Enormously tough, built to withstand and drill its way out of cave-ins, as well as excavate tunnels potentially filled to the brim with hostile fauna on its own, many of these relic machines became local mascots and icons of their local under-district. Despite their relative sophistication at mining, the basic machinery and control system of these massive machines is quite simple, though robust and heavily reinforced. Most of these machines were deactivated, rather than destroyed, by the light of the cursed moon due to their incredible simplicity and redundant cores, but something has clearly been reactivating them.

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Name:            Governor Martyn, The Betrayer of Darremont 
Mortal Span:     Tough                                        |   Armor Save:    Defended          
Strength:        Muscled                                      |   Toughness:     Hardened          
Melee Skill:     Elite                                        |   Ranged Skill:  Sharpshooter      
Alacrity:        Quick                                        |   Enc. Limit:    0                 
Initiative:      Quick                                        |   Mobility:      Sluggish          
-                -                                          -     -              -                 
Melee Attack                                                                     Blade of Office   
Damage:          2                                            |   Extra Attacks: 0                 
Strength Mod:    1                                            |   Armor Pierce:  1                 
-                -                                          -     -              -                 
Ranged Attack                                                                    Moonlight Seekers 
Damage:          1                                          
Base Attacks:    0                                            |   Extra Attacks: 1d4               
Ammo Per Attack: 1                                            |   Ammo Carried:  95                
Strength:        6                                            |   Armor Pierce:  0                 

Range ACC ATK DMG AP- STR 
2     0   0   0   0   0   
3     0   0   0   0   1   
4     0   0   0   0   0   

Beastiary Entry: Much beloved by his people, Governor Martyn Assais lived a life of, ultimately misguided, sacrifice. His youth was sacrificed as the knight champion of his father, earning scars for causes not his own. His first wife and best love was sacrificed due to a barren womb, cast aside for the need of heirs to continue a bloodline. His eldest sons were sacrificed to war, given up to lieges and distant battlefields. His daughters sacrificed to treaty and alliance

Despite this, he ever maintained a fair hand, reasoning always that the sacrifices he made were worth as much as the lives they protected. To give of oneself freely was, in his mind, the surest path to become whole. He governed justly, and Darremont's Bell flourished under his prudent hand, blossoming as it never had under his father's cruel care.

Under the Moon's curse he watched all that he protected turn inwards, as the night filled with screams, the gnashing of teeth, and worse besides. As survivors clustered together in cobbled shelters, all that he had sacrificed for seemed fit to fall apart. Everything he had done was rendered meaningless in the face of disaster at a scale beyond imagination. It was to this despair in Martyn that the Moon called and pulled, reflected light wheedling a deal. A favor. Martyn's willing strength, his final willing sacrifice, and it promised that the bulk of his people, far more than in any other city, would be spared.

Martyn sacrificed - and his people did not die. They persisted, as legions of the rotten, caught between life and death. Much can be said of the malevolence behind the Moon's curse, but it is as good as its word.

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[Draignean]

^꧁Debuff Index^꧂

Spoiler: Debuff Index (click to show/hide)

Debuff Type/Name: Bleed/Seeping Bloodloss 
                                          STR |  APP% |  DUR |  TRH |  HIT |  
                                          1      100%    3      3      Graze+ 

                       Effect        APP% |  CHG |  RE-CHG |  DUR |  CD |  THR |  
On Melee Miss:         1 self damage | 10%   -/-    -         -      -     -      
On Melee Graze:        1 self damage | 15%   -/-    -         -      -     -      
On Enemy Melee Block:  1 self damage | 20%   -/-    -         -      -     -      
On Melee Damage Dealt: 1 self damage | 25%   -/-    -         -      -     -      

   Description: Builds up a debuff on grazes or better, causing damage to the target when they attack in melee.

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Debuff Type/Name: Bleed/Profuse Bleeding 
                                         STR |  APP% |  DUR |  TRH |  HIT |  
                                         2      50%     3      0      Graze+ 

                       Effect        APP% |  CHG |  RE-CHG |  DUR |  CD |  THR |  
On Melee Miss:         1 self damage | 10%   -/-    -         -      -     -      
On Melee Graze:        1 self damage | 15%   -/-    -         -      -     -      
On Enemy Melee Block:  1 self damage | 20%   -/-    -         -      -     -      
On Melee Damage Dealt: 1 self damage | 25%   -/-    -         -      -     -      

   Description: On a graze or better, can inflict a debuff which causes the target to occasionally take damage when attacking in melee.

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Debuff Type/Name: Burning/Smoldering flesh 
                                           STR |  APP% |  DUR |  TRH |  HIT |  
                                           0      20%     3      4      Graze+ 

                    Effect        APP% |  CHG |  RE-CHG |  DUR |  CD |  THR |  
Combat Round Start: 1 self damage | 20%   -/-    -         -      -     -      

   Description: Charges up to set the target alight, potentially doing damage each turn.

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Debuff Type/Name: Burning/Burning Embers 
                                         STR |  APP% |  DUR |  TRH |  HIT |  
                                         0      100%    2      2      Graze+ 

                    Effect        APP% |  CHG |  RE-CHG |  DUR |  CD |  THR |  
Combat Round Start: 1 self damage | 20%   -/-    -         -      -     -      

   Description: Builds up a short-duration DOT debuff on grazes or better, with a low chance to deal low damage each turn.

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Debuff Type/Name: Burning/Wraithfire 
                                     STR |  APP% |  DUR |  TRH |  HIT |  
                                     2      20%     3      0      Block+ 

                    Effect        APP% |  CHG |  RE-CHG |  DUR |  CD |  THR |  
Combat Round Start: 1 self damage | 33%   -/-    -         -      -     -      
Passive:            -Mobility     | 100%  -/-    -         -      -     -      

   Description: A dangerously long-lasting debuff that has a chance to deal damage every turn and reduces target mobility.

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Debuff Type/Name: Burning/Eldritch Fire 
                                        STR |  APP% |  DUR |  TRH |  HIT |  
                                        3      100%    4      0      Miss+  

                    Effect        APP% |  CHG |  RE-CHG |  DUR |  CD |  THR |  
Combat Round Start: 1 self damage | 35%   -/-    -         -      -     -      

   Description: A long-lasting fire with a good chance to inflicted damage every turn.

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Debuff Type/Name: Crit/Bisect 
                              STR |  APP% |  DUR |  TRH |  HIT |  
                              2      5%      0      0      Damage 

           Effect        APP% |  CHG |  RE-CHG |  DUR |  CD |  THR |  
On Debuff: 5 self damage | 100%  -/-    -         -      -     -      

   Description: Small chance to deal heavy extra damage.

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Debuff Type/Name: Detonate/Inner Flame 
                                       STR |  APP% |  DUR |  TRH |  HIT |  
                                       1      100%    0      0      Block+ 

           Effect        APP% |  CHG |  RE-CHG |  DUR |  CD |  THR |  
On Debuff: 1 self damage | 100%  -/-    -         -      -     3      

   Description: Builds up a charge counter on the enemy. At max charges, the enemy takes damage.

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Debuff Type/Name: Detonate/Sparkmote Bolt 
                                          STR |  APP% |  DUR |  TRH |  HIT |  
                                          1      100%    0      5      Damage 

           Effect        APP% |  CHG |  RE-CHG |  DUR |  CD |  THR |  
On Debuff: 3 self damage | 100%  -/-    -         -      -     -      

   Description: Builds up a pulse of static energy that triggers in a single burst of moderate damage.

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Debuff Type/Name: Detonate/Bio-wave collapse 
                                             STR |  APP% |  DUR |  TRH |  HIT |  
                                             2      100%    0      4      Block+ 

           Effect        APP% |  CHG |  RE-CHG |  DUR |  CD |  THR |  
On Debuff: 2 self damage | 100%  -/-    -         -      -     -      

   Description: Builds up a pulse of static energy that triggers in a single burst of moderate damage.

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Debuff Type/Name: Doom/Curse of the Bereaved 
                                             STR |  APP% |  DUR |  TRH |  HIT |  
                                             2      25%     1      0      Block+ 

         Effect                 APP% |  CHG |  RE-CHG |  DUR |  CD |  THR |  
Passive: ---Global Damage Dealt | 100%  -/-    -         -      -     -      

   Description: Has a low chance to apply a potent debuff that greatly reduces an enemy's ability to deal any damage for a brief period.

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Debuff Type/Name: Freeze/Glaenfrost Chill 
                                          STR |  APP% |  DUR |  TRH |  HIT |  
                                          2      100%    2      0      Damage 

         Effect                 APP% |  CHG |  RE-CHG |  DUR |  CD |  THR |  
Passive: -Alacrity, ---Mobility | 100%  -/-    -         -      -     -      

   Description: On damage, sets a debuff that reduces enemy melee attack rate and dramatically reduces mobility to prevent fleeing.

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Debuff Type/Name: Mark/glimmering outline 
                                          STR |  APP% |  DUR |  TRH |  HIT |  
                                          0      100%    1      0      Graze+ 

         Effect                      APP% |  CHG |  RE-CHG |  DUR |  CD |  THR |  
Passive: -Evade Ranged, -Evade Melee | 100%  -/-    -         -      -     -      

   Description: A low strength and short duration, but easily applied, debuff that increases accuracy against the target.

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Debuff Type/Name: Mark/Corrupted Lure 
                                      STR |  APP% |  DUR |  TRH |  HIT |  
                                      1      100%    1      0      Miss+  

         Effect        APP% |  CHG |  RE-CHG |  DUR |  CD |  THR |  
Passive: --Evade Melee | 100%  -/-    -         -      -     -      

   Description: A short duration, but potent and instantly applied, mark effect that makes the target easier to hit in melee.

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Debuff Type/Name: Poison/Glaenfrost Venom 
                                          STR |  APP% |  DUR |  TRH |  HIT |  
                                          0      50%     1      0      Block+ 

         Effect                             APP% |  CHG |  RE-CHG |  DUR |  CD |  THR |  
Passive: -Toughness, -Mobility, -Initiative | 100%  -/-    -         -      -     -      

   Description: A moderate poison that weakens the enemy's mobility, initiative, and makes them more susceptible to further attacks.

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Debuff Type/Name: Poison/Eldritch Poison 
                                         STR |  APP% |  DUR |  TRH |  HIT |  
                                         0      100%    5      0      Miss+  

         Effect                            APP% |  CHG |  RE-CHG |  DUR |  CD |  THR |  
Passive: -Strength, -Mobility, -Initiative | 100%  -/-    -         -      -     -      

   Description: A weak but long-lasting poison that weakens the enemy's mobility, initiative, and strength.

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Debuff Type/Name: Poison/Automaton Tail Venom 
                                              STR |  APP% |  DUR |  TRH |  HIT |  
                                              1      100%    3      2      Block+ 

                     Effect        APP% |  CHG |  RE-CHG |  DUR |  CD |  THR |  
On Any Damage Taken: 1 self damage | 25%   -/-    -         -      -     -      

   Description: A weak poison that has the potential to worsen further damage.

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Debuff Type/Name: Poison/Assassin Poison 
                                         STR |  APP% |  DUR |  TRH |  HIT |  
                                         2      50%     0      0      Graze+ 

         Effect        APP% |  CHG |  RE-CHG |  DUR |  CD |  THR |  
Passive: +Damage Taken | 100%  -/-    -         -      -     -      

   Description: A vicious poison that increases the damage taken from all sources.

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Debuff Type/Name: Poison/Toxic Mist 
                                    STR |  APP% |  DUR |  TRH |  HIT |  
                                    3      100%    5      5      Miss+  

                     Effect                                            APP% |  CHG |  RE-CHG |  DUR |  CD |  THR |  
Passive:             -Strength, -Alacrity, --Initiative, +Damage Taken | 100%  -/-    -         -      -     -      
On Any Damage Taken: -All Stats                                        | 25%   -/-    -         2      -     -      

   Description: A slowly built-up effect which slows the target, decreases their strength, and increases the damage they take. Damaging the poisoned target has a chance to dramatically increase the effect.

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Debuff Type/Name: Shock/Electric flux 
                                      STR |  APP% |  DUR |  TRH |  HIT |  
                                      3      80%     2      0      Block+ 

         Effect                      APP% |  CHG |  RE-CHG |  DUR |  CD |  THR |  
Passive: -Melee Skill, -Ranged Skill | 100%  -/-    -         -      -     -      

   Description: On hit or block, sets a debuff that reduces enemy ranged and melee skill slightly.

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Debuff Type/Name: Shock/Bio-electric disruption 
                                                STR |  APP% |  DUR |  TRH |  HIT |  
                                                4      100%    2      5      Graze+ 

         Effect                                             APP% |  CHG |  RE-CHG |  DUR |  CD |  THR |  
Passive: -Armor, -Toughness, --Melee Skill, ---Ranged Skill | 100%  -/-    -         -      -     -      

   Description: On a graze or better, charges a debuff that significantly reduces enemy ranged weapon skill, as well as reducing melee skill and slightly reducing toughness.

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^꧁Turn 0^꧂

The journey begins here and now. Church surgeons, thuamaturges, antiquarians, alchemists, artifabrians, all gathered in the Survivor's capital, all ready to begin haggling over the business of flesh and purchasing the first of the bodies that will become the first of a new generation of Holy Hunters to explore and take back the Moon corrupted lands.

Spoiler: Available Expeditions (click to show/hide)

Darremont's Bell
Expedition Fee:₹0.5
Threat Level: Low?
Main Enemies: Unknown

^꧁The Store^꧂

Spoiler: Inoculation Candidates (click to show/hide)

Candidates at Auction

Entry Bid:	₹3
		Name:	Candidate B002
		Mortal Span:	Average	|	Armor Save:	Basic
		Strength:	Average	|	Toughness:	Tough
		Melee Skill:	Proficient	|	Ranged Skill:	Hunter
		Alacrity:	Average	|	Enc. Limit:	4
		Initiative:	Slow	|	Mobility:	Average

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Entry Bid:	₹3
		Name:	Candidate A643
		Mortal Span:	Stalwart	|	Armor Save:	Basic
		Strength:	Average	|	Toughness:	Flimsy
		Melee Skill:	Novice	|	Ranged Skill:	Hunter
		Alacrity:	Quick	|	Enc. Limit:	5
		Initiative:	Average	|	Mobility:	Runner

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Entry Bid:	₹3
		Name:	Candidate E133
		Mortal Span:	Tough	|	Armor Save:	Basic
		Strength:	Strong	|	Toughness:	Tough
		Melee Skill:	Duelist	|	Ranged Skill:	Sharpshooter
		Alacrity:	Average	|	Enc. Limit:	4
		Initiative:	Quick	|	Mobility:	Fleet-Footed

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Entry Bid:	₹3
		Name:	Candidate F858
		Mortal Span:	Hearty	|	Armor Save:	Basic
		Strength:	Muscled	|	Toughness:	Scarred
		Melee Skill:	Bladesman	|	Ranged Skill:	Novice
		Alacrity:	Rapid	|	Enc. Limit:	6
		Initiative:	Fast	|	Mobility:	Runner

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Entry Bid:	₹3
		Name:	Candidate C011
		Mortal Span:	Average	|	Armor Save:	Basic
		Strength:	Average	|	Toughness:	Average
		Melee Skill:	Bladesman	|	Ranged Skill:	Novice
		Alacrity:	Average	|	Enc. Limit:	4
		Initiative:	Sluggish	|	Mobility:	Runner

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Spoiler: Melee Weapons (click to show/hide)

Melee Weapons For Sale

Price:	₹0.59
Stock:	1
		Wooden Hammer
		Damage:	2	|	Extra Attacks:	-1
		Strength Mod:	2	|	Armor Pierce:	1
		Hybrid:	No

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Price:	₹0.72
Stock:	1
		Bandit Dagger
		Damage:	1	|	Extra Attacks:	2
		Strength Mod:	-1	|	Armor Pierce:	-1
		Hybrid:	No

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Price:	₹0.76
Stock:	1
		Dueling Cane
		Damage:	1	|	Extra Attacks:	0
		Strength Mod:	1	|	Armor Pierce:	0
		Hybrid:	No

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Price:	₹0.98
Stock:	1
		✢Serrated Axe✢
		Damage:	2	|	Extra Attacks:	0
		Strength Mod:	2	|	Armor Pierce:	0
		Hybrid:	No

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Price:	₹1.17
Stock:	1
		✢Cruciform Sword✢
		Damage:	1	|	Extra Attacks:	1
		Strength Mod:	1	|	Armor Pierce:	1
		Hybrid:	No

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Spoiler: Ranged Weapons (click to show/hide)

Ranged Weapons For Sale

Price:	₹0.41
Stock:	1
		Throwing Daggers
		Damage:	1
		Base Attacks:	1	|	Extra Attacks:	1d3
		Ammo Per Attack:	1	|	Ammo Carried:	15
		Strength:	3	|	Armor Pierce:	-1

Range	ACC	ATK	DMG	AP-	STR
0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	-1
2	-1	-2	0	0	-1

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Price:	₹0.44
Stock:	3
		Hand Crossbow
		Damage:	2
		Base Attacks:	1	|	Extra Attacks:	1d0
		Ammo Per Attack:	1	|	Ammo Carried:	5
		Strength:	5	|	Armor Pierce:	1

Range	ACC	ATK	DMG	AP-	STR
0	0	0	0	1	0
1	0	0	0	0	-1
2	-1	0	-1	0	-2

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Price:	₹1.45
Stock:	2
		✢Hunter Shotgun✢
		Damage:	3
		Base Attacks:	1	|	Extra Attacks:	1d0
		Ammo Per Attack:	1	|	Ammo Carried:	5
		Strength:	6	|	Armor Pierce:	-1

Range	ACC	ATK	DMG	AP-	STR
0	0	0	0	0	0
1	-1	0	0	0	-1
2	-2	0	0	-1	-2
3	-2	0	-1	-1	-2

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Price:	₹2.39
Stock:	1
		❊Precision Carbine❊
		Damage:	1
		Base Attacks:	1	|	Extra Attacks:	1d0
		Ammo Per Attack:	1	|	Ammo Carried:	10
		Strength:	6	|	Armor Pierce:	1

Range	ACC	ATK	DMG	AP-	STR
1	-2	0	0	0	0
2	-1	0	0	0	0
3	-1	0	0	0	0
4	0	1	0	0	0
5	1	2	0	0	0
6	1	1	0	0	0
7	1	0	0	0	0
8	0	0	0	0	0
9	-1	0	0	-1	0

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Price:	₹6.13
Stock:	1
		✾Twin Shotgun Handaxes✾
		Damage:	2	|	Extra Attacks:	3
		Strength Mod:	2	|	Armor Pierce:	0
		Hybrid:	Yes
-	-	-	-	-	-	-
		Ranged Attack Mode
		Damage:	4
		Base Attacks:	2	|	Extra Attacks:	1d0
		Ammo Per Attack:	1	|	Ammo Carried:	10
		Strength:	8	|	Armor Pierce:	-1

Range	ACC	ATK	DMG	AP-	STR
0	0	0	0	0	0
1	-1	0	0	0	-2
2	-2	0	0	0	-4
3	-3	0	-2	-1	-4

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Spoiler: Other Equipment (click to show/hide)

Equipment For Sale

Price:	₹0.24
Stock:	1
		Name:	Decoys
		Encumbrance:	1	|	Consumable:	Yes

       Usage: Use when initiating an encounter. All units start combat one unit further apart than normal.

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Price:	₹0.42
Stock:	1
		Name:	Alert Tripmine
		Encumbrance:	1	|	Consumable:	Yes

       Usage: If you would be invaded, you escape the encounter automatically and the invader is forced to fight in your stead.

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Price:	₹0.48
Stock:	3
		Name:	Padded Vest
		Encumbrance:	2	|	Consumable:	No

       Usage: Increases Toughness Slightly

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Price:	₹0.66
Stock:	1
		Name:	✢Improved First Aid Kit✢
		Encumbrance:	1	|	Consumable:	Yes

       Usage: Used automatically after an encounter that results in a damaging injury.  Has a 75% chance to cure a wound. Has one charge, but is only consumed if it works.

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Price:	₹1.68
Stock:	1
		Name:	❊Healing Draught❊
		Encumbrance:	1	|	Consumable:	Yes

       Usage: Declare when starting an encounter. Immediately recovers 3 wounds.

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Price:	₹1.77
Stock:	1
		Name:	✢Warding Charm✢
		Encumbrance:	1	|	Consumable:	Yes

       Usage: Declare at the start of an encounter. Significantly improves both Toughness and Armor Save.

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Price:	₹1.89
Stock:	1
		Name:	✢Corrupt Moonlight Inoculation✢
		Encumbrance:	1	|	Consumable:	Yes

       Usage: Usable only in Town, on an existing Hunter or Candidate. Turns a candidate into a Hunter. Can grant traits, but has a strong chance of giving a negative trait, and a very small chance of a high tier positive trait.

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Price:	₹2.64
Stock:	1
		Name:	❊Plated Cuirass❊
		Encumbrance:	3	|	Consumable:	No

       Usage: Improves armor save, slightly improves toughness, but reduces mobility. Passive.

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Spoiler: Common Items and Services (click to show/hide)

Always Available Items and Services

Price:	See Below
Stock:	Inf
		Name:	Spare Ammo
		Encumbrance:	1	|	Consumable:	Yes

       Usage: Increases the amount of carried ammo for a Hunter's ranged weapon by an amount equal to its base carry capacity. Cost for this item is based on the item tier. Automatically used as needed.
       ₹0.10 for Tier 5, (no symbol)
       ₹0.25 for Tier 4 (✢ symbol)
       ₹0.75 for Tier 3 (❊ symbol)
       ₹1.50 for Tier 2 (✾ symbol)
       ₹3.00 for Tier 1 (ꕥ symbol)

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Price:	₹0.5
Stock:	Inf
		Name:	Experimental Treatment
		Encumbrance:	None, See Below	|	Consumable:	N/A

       Usage: Can only be used for a Hunter that is in town. Immediately removes one wound. Can be bought multiple times in a round, and does not preclude also going on an expedition.

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Price:	Free
Stock:	Inf
		Name:	Rest and Recovery
		Encumbrance:	None, See Below	|	Consumable:	N/A

       Usage: Can only be used for a Hunter that is in town. Immediately removes one wound. Can only be done once in a round, and precludes also going on an expedition.

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[evictedSaint]

Moonlight Chronicles:


Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8

[IronyOwl]

I'm in!

3 bucks on F858.

Wanna form a noble order and buy him a serrated axe with me?

[dgr11897]

Spoiler: Digger's stuff (click to show/hide)

Funds: ₹3.00

Items
Value:   Can't Be Sold
Stock:   1
Name:   Starter Moonlight Inoculation
Encumbrance:   None     |    Consumable:   N/A
       Usage: Can only be used in town on a Candidate Hunter. Cures them and converts them into a Hunter that you can equip with items and send them on expeditions as needed. This special injection does not add traits during the cure process, nor can it be used to add traits to existing Hunters.

@ACTACTACT 3 bucks on Candidate E133 Good stats all around. Though I will need someone else's help in order to equip them if they don't start with equipment.

[evictedSaint]

I'm in!

3 bucks on F858.

Wanna form a noble order and buy him a serrated axe with me?

Sure! You, me, and Fox can be the Noble Order of the Crab!

[TheFantasticMsFox]

Present.

Also I move our group is labeled the Noble Consolidated Order of Crab, Owl, and Fox

[dgr11897]

Present.

Also I move our group is labeled the Noble Consolidated Order of Crab, Owl, and Fox

Can I join your Noble Order as well? I put a Bid on a guy before realizing I lack the money to both bid for them and outfit them with any kind of gear. They look to be a good candidate for ranged combat who could back up the probably melee focused F858.

[IronyOwl]

Present.

Also I move our group is labeled the Noble Consolidated Order of Crab, Owl, and Fox

I second this motion.

Do we want to keep it small or amass more members and start bidding on a second Hunter?

[evictedSaint]

Present.

Also I move our group is labeled the Noble Consolidated Order of Crab, Owl, and Fox

I second this motion.

Do we want to keep it small or amass more members and start bidding on a second Hunter?

Thirded.

I think three doctors is plenty - I'm sure the other players will consolidate nicely.  Plenty who want to work with dgr.

[Knightwing64]

I知 in! 

Magic doctor. 

98 cents for Serrated Axe. Hunter shotgun for 1.45.

And, I want a padded vest.

[dgr11897]

I知 in! 

Magic doctor. 

Want to collaborate? I buy the hunter, you pay for equipment and the first few expeditions, and we split the profits from those expeditions 50/50. For now we could ally with an agreement to rethink our cooperation once you have enough for a hunter again, and I have enough to pay for whatever equipment the hunter I buy ends up getting. In other words, when we can go our separate ways and not screw each other over by doing so.

[Knightwing64]

I知 in! 

Magic doctor. 

Want to collaborate? I buy the hunter, you pay for equipment and the first few expeditions, and we split the profits from those expeditions 50/50. For now we could ally with an agreement to rethink our cooperation once you have enough for a hunter again, and I have enough to pay for whatever equipment the hunter I buy ends up getting. In other words, when we can go our separate ways and not screw each other over by doing so.

Sure, I will readjust my purchases in the morning. I知 tired.

[The Canadian kitten]

I知 in! 

Magic doctor. 

Want to collaborate? I buy the hunter, you pay for equipment and the first few expeditions, and we split the profits from those expeditions 50/50. For now we could ally with an agreement to rethink our cooperation once you have enough for a hunter again, and I have enough to pay for whatever equipment the hunter I buy ends up getting. In other words, when we can go our separate ways and not screw each other over by doing so.

Sure, I will readjust my purchases in the morning. I知 tired.

Something something maybe form a group of three like that animal group? 

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Items
Value:   Can't Be Sold
Stock:   1
Name:   Starter Moonlight Inoculation
Encumbrance:   None     |    Consumable:   N/A
       Usage: Can only be used in town on a Candidate Hunter. Cures them and converts them into a Hunter that you can equip with items and send them on expeditions as needed. This special injection does not add traits during the cure process, nor can it be used to add traits to existing Hunters.