Author Topic: Sword Quest XII - A Z-Machine Adventure (Read 47014 times)

>You move leftward, and its jaws just miss you, coming so close you can feel the scales against your sleeves. However, it horns are still likely to catch you!

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Kilgamayan · « **Reply #255 on:** December 22, 2015, 06:35:57 PM »

> Are the horns pointed straight forward, or do they flare out to the side?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #256 on:** December 22, 2015, 06:54:32 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on December 22, 2015, 06:35:57 PM

> Are the horns pointed straight forward, or do they flare out to the side?

>They flare out, like a kind of collar, but they are coming at you fast, and seem to be quite hard.

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Kilgamayan · « **Reply #257 on:** December 22, 2015, 07:28:05 PM »

> A collar? So they extend from all around the neck as opposed to the top of the head?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #258 on:** December 22, 2015, 07:29:41 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on December 22, 2015, 07:28:05 PM

> A collar? So they extend from all around the neck as opposed to the top of the head?

>Primarily from the top, one or two from the sides.

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Kilgamayan · « **Reply #259 on:** December 23, 2015, 01:08:30 AM »

> Is the behemoth moving so fast that we wouldn't be able to grab onto a horn?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #260 on:** December 23, 2015, 04:21:50 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on December 23, 2015, 01:08:30 AM

> Is the behemoth moving so fast that we wouldn't be able to grab onto a horn?

>It would probably be a very painful and counterproductive experience to try, but it may be possible.

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Kilgamayan · « **Reply #261 on:** December 23, 2015, 04:32:56 AM »

> Is there enough room for us to fit between horns, then?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #262 on:** December 23, 2015, 05:02:49 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on December 23, 2015, 04:32:56 AM

> Is there enough room for us to fit between horns, then?

>There ought to be, if you can turn sideways fast enough...

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Kilgamayan · « **Reply #263 on:** December 23, 2015, 10:57:32 AM »

> It's our only hope! Twist sideways and get through them!

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #264 on:** December 23, 2015, 11:01:08 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on December 23, 2015, 10:57:32 AM

> It's our only hope! Twist sideways and get through them!

>You twist, preemptively tensing up, and feel them pass over and underneath you.

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Kilgamayan · « **Reply #265 on:** December 23, 2015, 12:12:51 PM »

> Phew!
> Complete the barrel roll and twist ourselves back into a regular upright position, untensing in the process. Then check in with where we are relative to the behemoth's body.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #266 on:** December 23, 2015, 12:53:44 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on December 23, 2015, 12:12:51 PM

> Phew!
> Complete the barrel roll and twist ourselves back into a regular upright position, untensing in the process. Then check in with where we are relative to the behemoth's body.

>You are along the side of its neck, though it is already starting to turn around toward you.

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Kilgamayan · « **Reply #267 on:** December 23, 2015, 01:03:07 PM »

> Is its neck within sword range?
> Can we see any part of the behemoth that sports a sword wound?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #268 on:** December 23, 2015, 01:06:59 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on December 23, 2015, 01:03:07 PM

> Is its neck within sword range?
> Can we see any part of the behemoth that sports a sword wound?

>Yes.
>You would have to take a moment to look around for them.

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Kilgamayan · « **Reply #269 on:** December 23, 2015, 01:13:10 PM »

> Don't worry about looking for the prior sword wounds, then.
> Adjust our grip on our sword as needed to prepare a two-handed stab with the sharp edge of the sword facing in the direction of the rest of the behemoth's body (instead of back up toward the head), and then launch said stab at its neck.