Talk:Vykathi reaper

Bug (Reaper) Trap Encounter

TIME: April 26, 2021

It has been 438 years, 0 days since the Victory of Lanival the Redeemer.

It is the 1st month of Akroeg the Ram in the year of the Iron Toad.

DISARM CRATE IDENTIFY:

A crust-covered black scarab of some unidentifiable substance clings to the ironwood crate by six tiny legs, all of which are firmly imbedded into the wood and look like it may be tough to dig them out.

PICK CRATE QUICK: You realize very quickly that this was a very bad idea...

Not sure where to start, you begin by prying off the body of the crusty scarab, hoping to break it free of its clinging legs. It seems to work, until the discarded insect body explodes in a swirl of sand.

The sand devil spins and whirls, rapidly growing in intensity until it reaches the size of several Humans. As the stinging winds die down, they leave in their place several very angry vykathi reapers standing right beside you!

The stinging, sandy winds have made you pause.

Roundtime: 12 seconds.

Immediately (before being able to type another command):

a vykathi reaper claws at you.

a vykathi reaper claws at you.

a vykathi reaper claws at you.

LOOK:You also see a vykathi reaper, a vykathi reaper, and a vykathi reaper.

ASSESS: You assess your combat situation...

You (nimbly balanced) are facing a vykathi reaper (3) at melee range.

A vykathi reaper (1: solidly balanced) is behind you at melee range.

A vykathi reaper (2: nimbly balanced) is behind you at melee range.

A vykathi reaper (3: nimbly balanced) is facing you at melee range.

FEINT:

You feint a stone heavy mace at a vykathi reaper. The mace lands a solid hit that deeply bruises the right bicep.

A vykathi reaper twitches helplessly on the ground for a few moments before it lies still.

SKIN REAPER:

Working deftly, you skillfully remove a chitin fragment from the remains of a vykathi reaper. The task is difficult, but the rewards are worth it.

You carefully fit a chitin fragment into your bundle.

SEARCH REAPER:

You search the vykathi reaper.

The vykathi reaper was carrying a nemmiro stone stone and some oravir slivers.

After each reaper manages about twelve (12) attacks (approximately 60 seconds):

The vykathi reaper suddenly freezes, then collapses into a pile of sand.

The vykathi reaper suddenly freezes, then collapses into a pile of sand.

ASSESS: You assess your combat situation...

[Nothing]

LOOK: You also see a vykathi reaper which appears dead.

A vykathi reaper decays away.

DISARM CRATE IDENTIFY:

Several small pinholes centered around the keyhole indicate that some sort of apparatus, previously attached, was picked apart and removed from the ironwood crate.