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[pickupsticks]

So there I am, questing away (for which read, picking up loot whilst waiting to bump into an ancient giant) when an alligator attacks.

The Human Pikeman stabs The Alligator in the right rear leg with his Iron pike!
It is badly pierced!
The Iron pike has lodged firmly in the wound!
...
The Alligator latches on firmly!
The Alligator gives in to pain.
The Human Pikeman twists the embedded Iron pike around in The Alligator's right rear leg!
The Alligator falls over.
The Human Pikeman twists the embedded Iron pike around in The Alligator's right rear leg!
The Wine-loving Elf Lady punches The Alligator in the right rear leg with her left hand!
The shot glances away.
The Wine-loving Elf Lady punches The Alligator in the lower body with her right hand!
The shot glances away.
The Wine-loving Elf Lady punches The Alligator in the head with her left hand!
The shot glances away.
The Human Pikeman twists the embedded Iron pike around in The Alligator's right rear leg!
The Wine-loving Elf Lady grabs The Alligator by the Iron pike with her left hand!
The Wine-loving Elf Lady twists the embedded Iron pike around in The Alligator's right rear leg!
The Wine-loving Elf Lady twists the embedded Iron pike around in The Alligator's right rear leg!
The Wine-loving Elf Lady twists the embedded Iron pike around in The Alligator's right rear leg!
The Human Pikeman twists the embedded Iron pike around in The Alligator's right rear leg!
The Wine-loving Elf Lady twists the embedded Iron pike around in The Alligator's right rear leg!
The Lasher from Knotbristled lashes The Alligator in the lower body with his Iron whip!
The shot glances away.
The Wine-loving Elf Lady twists the embedded Iron pike around in The Alligator's right rear leg!
The Lasher from Knotbristled lashes The Alligator in the lower body with his Iron whip!
The shot glances away.
The Wine-loving Elf Lady twists the embedded Iron pike around in The Alligator's right rear leg!
Oslemuznuk, Alligator has bled to death.

...and when the dust settled, the Elf Drunk ended up keeping hold of the pike (and now the pikeman is unarmed.  And pretty much un-legged too... yellow wounds to both lower legs)

Maybe from now on, when my party members lose their weapons, I'll look for some animal to make a pin-cushion out of, in the hope that they'll grab hold of something useful.
What're the best creatures for this, you think?

It'd have to be something that things will get stuck in, but not TOO vicious, and easy to kill quickly when someone has got hold of a weapon (so that they don't lose their grip again).


As you can see, both people had a-hold of the pike at the end.  I wonder if the drunk got it because she was the last one to twist it?

[pickupsticks]

...and she's not afraid to use her new weapon, either!

Another alligator decided to have a go at my elf, snapping at her fingers while she was trying to pick up an earring from a muddy puddle.

The flying Ashen arrow strikes The Alligator in the right rear leg!
It is pierced!
The Alligator bites You in the left hand!
It is torn!
The Alligator latches on firmly!
The flying Ashen arrow strikes The Alligator in the left front leg!
It is badly pierced!
The Alligator shakes You around by the left hand!
A chunk is torn away!
The Alligator spits out the elf Chunk.
The Alligator attacks You but You jump away!
The Wine-loving Elf Lady charges at The Alligator!
The Wine-loving Elf Lady stabs The Alligator in the lower body with her Iron pike!
It is badly pierced!
The Alligator's left kidney has been badly pierced!
The Wine-loving Elf Lady collides with The Alligator!
They tangle together and fall over!
The flying Ashen arrow strikes The Alligator in the right front leg!
It is badly pierced!
The flying Ashen arrow strikes The Alligator in the right rear leg!
It is broken!
The Alligator is no longer stunned.
The Wine-loving Elf Lady stands up.
The Lasher from Knotbristled lashes The Alligator in the upper body with his Iron whip!
It is torn!
The Alligator's liver has been torn!
The Alligator gives in to pain.
The Lasher from Knotbristled lashes The Alligator in the left rear leg with his Iron whip!
The shot glances away.
The flying Ashen arrow strikes The Alligator in the left rear leg!
It is badly pierced!
The Lasher from Knotbristled lashes The Alligator in the left rear leg with his Iron whip!
It is broken!
The Wine-loving Elf Lady stabs The Alligator in the upper body with her Iron pike!
It is pierced through completely!
The Iron pike has lodged firmly in the wound!
Alinoirecu, Alligator has been struck down.

(she's still got hold of the pike.  This could get interesting)

[valcon]

the best way to do that is to stick a spear in a wolf or bear or something, let it go, then let your party member go nuts on the guy.

you should, while your party member is attacking him, try and lock on to the animals legs and arms so the number of places for the guy to grab is reduced as well as reducing the damage potential of the animal.

[pickupsticks]

Good thinking, batman.

I've got a few "heroic parties" from older versions gathering dust because of lost weapons... I may well go back and try to wake some of them up.

(of course, I'll still be waiting for the lost-an-arm passing out to be dealt with, though)

The sensible solution, of course, is to only adventure with parties of previous PCs so that you can retire the leader and go and sort them out, if needed.
But that's no fun.

[valcon]

I'm not 100% sure that this is what you are trying to get at but

if you have a party member that is passing out due to a wound which will not heal

take them to a town and wait for them to go unconscious and then immediately fast travel, it should leave them behind in the town where they are nice and safe!

[pickupsticks]

Yup, did that with a companion for one of my first successful adventurers.
I want to go back and find them bandaged up though, one day... not just sitting outside in the snow slipping in and out of consciousness.  It's depressing.