Events of the 9th of Opal, 313Comp was working on smoothing the walls of his home when it came. He was just walking along the side of the lake when a growl echoed through the caves. He looked up and saw it.
He turned and hurried towards the main fortress entrance. Maybe it was time to grab an axe anyhow for clearing out a few trees in the farm area. Given a choice, he’d rather be stuck in the fort than down in the caves with a killer beast. Derm might want to handle this beast solo.
Events of the 12th of Opal, 313There was no way Derm the Soulchopper was missing this opportunity. He waited patiently as the secured bridge cycled to allow him access to the caves and he made his way over to the magma pipe. As he rounded the corner he saw the beast emerge from the lake. “Hey ugly!” he shouted. “Come have a taste of my steel!”
The beast let out a roar of fury and began to run towards Derm. Derm shouted in kind and charged back. Derm got in the first blow, shattering the beasts left wing with his first swing. Then the beast began charging him and pushing him around. Derm was having some trouble keeping his feet. Fortunately, despite being off balance, Derm kept blocking the attacks easily with his shield.
But just when Derm thought that the beast wouldn’t ever give him an opening, suddenly he saw an opportunity. His back was up against a wall from the beast pushing him around. The beast turned to charge at Derm again, hoping to crush Derm into pulp against the wall. This time, Derm deftly dodged out of the way, letting the beast slam at full speed into the wall instead. The force of the impact sent the forgotten beast reeling and it tumbled onto the ground. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Derm took a mighty swing with his axe . . .
And took the beast’s head off right then and there in a single blow.
*I included the non notable stuff to show the status of Troglodytes.
Derm wiped his axe off and headed back to the fortress to sound the all clear. It was a shame really. He was hoping for something a little more exciting than this. Still, another solo forgotten beast kill was nothing to sniff at. Maybe something more challenging would show up in the future.
OOC: That was rather anticlimactic but very cool. A man made out of coral doesn’t sound too threatening, especially when faced with Derm. By the way, I did the magma test finally. Derm isn’t any less vulnerable that any other Dwarves as far as I can tell. He simply seems to be taking advantage of the skill that goes with 11 years of non-stop military training. He’s up to grand master shield user now.
@Syntic: I’ll have to have a look at your engravings later. I didn’t have access to the game while I was writing this update. I’ll post a sample of them in the OOC section sometime in the next update. No masterworks from what I observed but certainly up in the exceptional range.
Apparently the king doesn’t come when adamantium is located anymore. I suppose because it’s everywhere now. I think that he could still be triggered via the economic route but that’s a pretty long road. As for the Baron, there are specific conditions for him as well but I guess I haven’t hit them perfectly yet. I haven’t really been trying either, apparently you need to delay your meeting with the liaison until after the dwarven caravan departs.
@Tuxman: Awesome! That looks pretty fantastic if you ask me! Looks like Derm’s waiting impatiently for goblin ambushes and sieges to show up again. The green glass dome of the dining hall in the background is a nice touch as well! Thanks for sharing it!
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