Ok, so this one was so unexpected. I don't actually know if I'm going to make it yet (i'll edit.).
I decided to go to a lair, to see what's what. Suddenly a Roc, that killed five people comes swooping out of the sky. I'm a new character, Hero, with just a few kills.
I start throwing a arrow upwards, missing him. He then lands and I throw a spear through his neck, cutting open an artery. He then attacks me but I dodge, and I throw another arrow by hand, but missing him.
Then comes the bad part. He leaps at me and bites off my right lower leg off and cuts a companions leg with his claw. Here i thought i was done, but i still tried crawling away.
He then starts choking me with his wing... and dies of blood loss.
Which might happen to me. Hoping that i'll make it... Get a crutch... Something. (i'll edit with status).
EDIT :
Wow, the maddest thing happened to me. I decided to drink the blood coming out of my wound as if I was licking it or something to ebb the flow and not lose too much. I started fainting but the bleeding stopped ! I would like to think it's my very p&p thinking that did this, but it probably wasn't
Managed to crawl to a fort. Spread the news and got instant hero work (kill a dragon) and before they just ignored me ! I'm going to retire my character, not likely to go as he is... Maybe some day.
EDIT2:
Checked legends. Killing that rock got him more than a 100 hero status in loads of civilisations, here's a screenie :
here (there two more pages of that, only "hero".)
Losing that leg was worth it, he's probably the biggest hero of my world now x)
The Roc had 24 kills when my hero with three, including a kobold and two gobelins, managed to get him. Ironic. Is there a post for epic moments ?