1st Felsite, Late Spring 200
FOOD AND BOOZE DEPLETION: -10 each
Rodicurst Onyxbone, Chief Medical Dwarf
JOBS: Update Stockpiles
HIGHEST PRECISION.
+150 Record KeeperXP
Modul "Tweak" Mostsilver, Mechanic
JOBS: Pull the Lever, Build Construction
Modul pulls the lever, sealing off Cloisteredtombs from the outside world. He then watches in amazement as "Dan the Man" Cowbridges sprints to the half of the world full of zombies, then decides to work on completing the tower.
-10 Sandstone
+10 Sandstone Fortifications/Floors
Tulon Lensstream, Hunter
NPC JOBS: Haul Shit
Tulon helps with the various hauling assignments that need to be done.
Fuzz Oiledsparce, Farmer
JOB: Plant Field
Fuzz, with the help of the various NPC's, replants the Quarry Bush Field.
-9 Rock Nuts
+270 Grower XP
Kib Koganobul, Miner
JOBS: Dig
Kib has been entrusted with the birthing of a fortress, home to generations of dwarves, and damned if a small thing like a zombie attack is going to distract him from that task!
+180 Mining XP
+17 Sandstone
Signun Robermeng, Weaponsmith
JOBS: Construct Fortification/Wall
Signun looks at his wooden training sword. Then the zombie, as it gnaws on a bit of Vismil's leg. Then back at the wooden sword. Then back at the zombie. Signun decides to work on the fortifications.
-10 Sandstone
+10 Sandstone Fortification/Floor
Thikut Itdunkul, Militia Captain, "Dan the Man" Cowbridges, Swordsdwarf, and the Zombie Ocean Sunfish.
JOBS: Kill Zombie.
Thikut takes position atop the tower, readying his bolts. Dan hastily exits Cloisteredtombs as the drawbridge snaps shut behind him. The Zombie, seeing this, begins to flail in the general direction of Cloisteredtombs.
Dan, readying his sword, closes most of the distance to the zombie.
The zombie makes it to close quarters, [6]+2 vs [5]+1 and strikes Dan in the lower left arm, [1]+2 bruising the fat, tearing the muscle and chipping the bone!
Thikut fires off a bolt, [3]+4+1-1(rain) vs [4]-1 and nails the zombie in the head, [6] bruising the fat, tearing the muscle and shattering the bone! The bolt has become lodged in the jaw!
Dan [4]+3 vs [1]-1 takes advantage of this opening to slash at the beasts neck, [4]-1(copper weapon) bruising the fat and tearing the muscle! An artery has been severed by the blow!
The zombie [6]+2 vs [2]+1 slams Dan in the head, [3]+2-2(leather cap) bruising the fat and bruising the brain! Dan is stunned!
Thikut [4]+4+1-1 vs [4]-1 hits the zombie in the head with a second bolt, [5] bruising the fat, tearing the muscle and shattering the skull! The bolt has become lodged in the wound!
Dan [5]-1(stunned) staggers backward, waving his sword in an attempt to keep the zombie at bay.
The zombie closes [1]+2 vs [2]+1-1(stunned)+1(fighting defensively) and strikes at Dan but the shot is parried!
Thikut [5]+4+1-1 vs [2]-1 sends yet another bolt into the zombie's head, [3] bruising the fat and tearing the muscle!
Dan is no longer stunned, and [6]+3 vs [2]-1 slashes at the zombies neck, [2]-1+1(wounded area) bruising the fat and tearing the skin!
The zombie [1]+2 vs [5]+1 continues to ineffectually flail in Dan's general direction.
Thikut [3]+4+1-1 vs [2]-1 continues to turn the skull of the zombie into some kind of rotten porcupine, [1]+1(wounded area) as his latest bolt tears the fat!
Dan [3]+3 vs [3]-1 stabs the zombie in the upper body, [4]-1 bruising the fat and tearing the muscle!
The zombie [4]+2 vs [1]+1 strikes Dan in the upper body, [6]+2-1(copper armor) bruising the fat, breaking the third true rib and breaking the second true rib! Dan is sent flying!
Thikut [6]+4+1-1 vs [4]-1 fires a bolt into the zombie's neck, [3]+1 tearing the fat, tearing the muscle and chipping the bone!
Dan lands a dozen feet away and skids, fetching up against the Carpenters Shop. [6] He shakes off the blow, as well as the pain of his various wounds, and pulls himself to his feet. [1]+1(endurance)-1(metal armor)+1(armor user) Dan is tired, and no wonder, taking a licking like that for 4 days. All of his skills are lowered by one point. For example, normally Dan gets +3 from being a competent swordsdwarf- while tired, however, that bonus is only +2.
Five combat rounds have passed, which is the most that can take place in a phase. The action resumes Wednesday!
-5 Bronze Bolts
+ All kinds of XP
Dan Health: Lower Left Arm Inhibited, Bruised Brain, Second True Rib Broken, Third True Rib BrokenUpper Body Minor Wound
Zombie Health: Rotting (and therefore minor damage to everywhere), Function Loss Left Side Fin, Right Side Fin Inhibited, Head Mangled, Upper Body Inhibited
NPC Metalsmith, Milker
ENABLED LABORS: Hauling, Metalsmithing
Whoo combat! If Dan didn't have those various bits of armor he'd be in rough shape. Of course, if the zombie wasn't a zombie it would be very dead.
Incidentally, the various forms of undead have Building Destroyer 1, meaning they can destroy wooden hatches, wooden doors, supports, statues, windows and archery targets only. They will, in fact, actively try to destroy those things if they can see them. Fortunately, they cannot destroy Bridges. After a bit of wiki walking, it appears that no sea creature has Building Destroyer 2, so the bridge is adequate protection until you start fighting megabeasts and goblin sieges.
This is also the first time tiredness has come up, so I'll give it a bit of a talk here. Because Dan didn't sleep for 4 days, he had to make a roll to dodge becoming tired. He did not succeed. As mentioned, actively used skills (like swordsdwarf) suffer a -1 penalty while tired. If the fight were to go another five rounds, Dan would make another roll to avoid becoming Exhausted. While exhausted, all actively used skills suffer -2 and all other rolls suffer -1. If, by some bizarre twist of fate, Dan was unable to sleep for yet another phase, then he would have to make a roll to avoid Fatigue. While Fatigued, all rolls that use a skill suffer -3 and all other rolls suffer -2, and any time any action is attempted the dwarf must make another roll to avoid falling unconscious then and there. The endurance attribute provides a bonus to all of these checks.
Not likely to come up in this particular fight, but now I've said it out loud in case it comes up. Or is incredibly stupid.
Map and stocks to come, you know the drill.
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