Shouldn't I be getting experiance for all this combat?
A few animal attacks aren't enough to get experience.
Banzayatc: I release the elemental from my control and negotiate with it, trying to recruit it.7 -1 (no skill in controlling NPCs) = 6
Banzayatc tries to release the elemental but only partially succeeds. The elemental has +3 to its escaping roll.
Webadict: I practice my mind healing abilities on Kashyyk's leg9 + 1 (skill) = 10
Kashyyk's leg becomes good as new and the infection is removed along with the pain.Fenrir: I sing a song to tame the croc.6 = 6
Fenrir sings a song to try and tame the croc but fails. However, he does manage to distract it slightly. -1 to its dodge for the next attack.Jay Kayell: I use my powers to freeze the caiman's heart. If the caiman is tame I try to cleanse Kashyyk's wounds with some alcohol that I'll summon forth. [Receiving the gem doesn't take a turn. Picking it up does.]10 +1 (skill) = 11
11 – 1(distracted) = 10
4 + 3 (skill) = 7
Jay attacks the caiman with his mind powers and it dodges a fraction of a second too slow. He freezes its hearth, the cold bursting the delicate cells. It drops dead. They hear a slight rumbling coming from beneath the clearing. The crocodiles stands up again, even though its heart is destroyed. [Please imagine Toccata and Fugue in D Minor.]Kashyyk: I Chop the Crocodiles head off with my Machete8 + 1 (skill) = 9
7 = 7
7 +3 (machete) = 10
Kashyyk bravely rushes forward and slashes at the undead horror with his machete. He completely severs its head from the rest of the body. The body collapses but the head continues snapping its jaw. They hear evil chuckling coming from under the clearing.Fire elemental:6 + 3 = 9
The elemental breaks free of Banzayatc's control.Negotiate4 = 4
Banzayatc tries to negotiate with the elemental but it responds “What can you give me that I can't take by force? What do you have that I want?” but suddenly realizes it's surrounded by the moat and trapped in the clearing. “Let me out or die!” it screams.
More animals:6 = 6
A bobcat suddenly appears above Jays face. They hear more evil chuckling. It catches him by surprise.
6 = 6 CTH
7 -3 (surprised) = 4
8 = 8
He doesn't manage to dodge it and it scratches his face badly. Pain, bloody face (-1 to CTH).Status:Fenrir: Mind Powers Healing +1, Strength: +3 (+2, +1), has 1 machete (+1 to damage, -1 to CTH [chance to hit]), 1 dagger (-1 to damage, +1 to CTH), has 1 hammer (+1 to crafting using a hammer).
Banzayatc: +3 mind powers forces, has 1 machete (+1 to damage, -1 to CTH), 1 dagger (-1 to damage, +1 to CTH).
Webadict: +3 mind powers kinetic, +1 to sensing geological formations, +1 to healing or modifying bones, has 1 rapier (+1 to damage, +2 to CTH), 1 dagger (-1 to damage, +1 to CTH). +2 to severing jaw controlling nerves of mammals.
Jay Kayell: +3 mind power forces, +1 CTH with mind forces, Can extract energy from plants, has 1 machete (+1 to damage, -1 to CTH), 1 dagger (-1 to damage, +1 to CTH). 3 broken ribs. winded (-1 to movement), pain (5% chance of passing out), bloody face (-1 to CTH).
Kashyyk: +1 sense, +1 Mind powers kinetic, +1 CTH, has 1 machete (+1 to damage, -1 to CTH, +2 against flesh and bone, can shatter into shards against hard stuff like rock), 1 dagger (-1 to damage, +1 to CTH) , and a snake skin. +1 to butchering animals.
Fire elemental: Has +2 to fire and heat mind powers. Fires started by it don't go out until its death (dismissing it doesn't count as death, neither does it running off into the jungle).
Everybody has enough food for 4 turns, enough raw food for 10 turns and enough water for 3. Each player is also wearing a shirt, belt with place for dagger and machete, long pants, socks, leather boots and has a quantum backpack.
The group find themselves in a slight clearing about 8m in radius. The other 2m is a 2m deep moat full of water. There is a pile of freshly cut saplings in the middle. There is a mouse sized fire elemental in the middle screaming to be let out. There are Anaconda pieces to the North along with Jaguar bones and skin. There is a headless black caiman body north. There is a moving caiman head north. There is a bobcat near Jay.