So after several attemps at Adventurer mode that all ended in failure because I'm not used to every potential target in the world having 200 years of practice and I'd rather not spend so much time stat-grinding only to have it taken away by an arrow or something, I finally created a character with high potential. An elf, actually, named Zepave Seasonpuzzle.
I recruited a bowwoman and swam across the river (by which I mean I jumped into one of the deeper parts, fell down a waterfall, and rode the river until I found a part on the other side that had a high enough water level for me to climb out) to meet the Druid, who, to my surprise, told me that we were at war and sent me to go kill "Subi Handledhide the human", a person I knew nothing about. Eager to participate in what's as close to a war as you can get in the current version, I headed to the human town of Steamlathered, far to the west.
Upon arriving, I ended up being placed in the mead hall of all places. My teammate had her lungs and heart mangled with a single *<<*Iron arrow*>>* from the humans' leader. I immediately hid and watched the elite crossbowman leave after shooting her with another arrow that instantly killed her. Of course, at this point, I had a bow, a bunch of wooden arrows, and only one of the two iron arrows, since it was the only one that I could find. I never got to use any of these, though; most of the action was done by my right upper arm alone.
So I stole a bronze sword and shield, as they were the only things the human shops had that were better than my wooden weapons, and strangled everyone in the middle of the night, raising my Wrestling skill to Adept easily. The person I was sent to kill was a high priestess. She was strangled. I then got sent back to kill a recruit, who had killed six people. After an epic fight, he died too. I even killed a bunch of people trying to flee the town on the world map, and some elven slaves who sided with the humans. It totaled up to 53 people. I was so unstoppable that I had earned the title of the Brave Dagger, if you can call sneaking around in the middle of the night and strangling children in their sleep "brave". Then I went back to the druid for the third time, hoping to recieve one more quest that would cause Steamlathered's icon to change to ruins, and he sent me to go kill... a cyclops in a cave way up north?
After arriving at the cave, I remembered this cyclops, who had killed one of my previous adventurers and her ally, both also elves. I then saw the cyclops, took a bunch of swings at him, missed every time, and got hit with a 3-page combo similar to a fighting game move that ended with me being sent back down the hallway, slamming into a wall, and dying. Urgh. The cause of the problem was probably that I couldn't find any armor that fit me; I had tried equipping the stout human armor, but it wouldn't let me.
Was this the elves' way of getting rid of me? Did they know the cyclops would finish me off? Were they done with me? Were they the real bad guys here, simply using me to weaken the humans? Probably, which would explain why everyone hates the elves so much, beyond just being annoying to trade with. Oh well, at least I've learned the secret to making a successful character without spending hours grinding: strangling people in their sleep.
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Topic: Epic Failures (Read 19862 times)