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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 6272132" data-attributes="member: 6696971">Your Nature check is successful.The depth and fullness of the howl informs your mind immediately that It is undoubtedly that of a wolf. Wolves sense of smell is keen and the chanting would inevitably draw their curious, ever-ravenous nature. But the fire...the fire should keep them away...not draw them in. And where is the answering call? You know all lupine creatures hunt in packs and answer each other with immediacy. Most unnatural...this is no mere wolf...Your Religion check is successful.Once upon a time, your great grandmother told you of The Beastlord; an ancient being, perhaps a lost deity, an archfey, or an elder primal spirit of animal savagery...ever cloaked in the blood of his kills. Those who would venerate him would wear his red, don masks of his various forms, and give up "offerings" unto him. The greatest honor one could attain would be evisceration by his primal fury...and to be consumed...The canopy of the trees provides the massive bonfire moderate protection from the deluge, but it wavers as a stray gush of rainwater is released from the weighed-down foliage; a weird illuminating effect of dancing flames and shadows flits across the deranged proceeding before you. The scant bushes gives way to a great wolf, red of muzzle, shape wildly disproportionate from its more natural kin. The crowd of red robed figures do not miss a beat. Their chanting grows urgent, more insistent, more reverent. The children's terror heightens in unison. Their chorus of unhinged screams cascade upward to your position in the trees. The creature's features elongate further and it becomes bipedal, grotesquely long arms scraping the ground with the wickedest of claws. Its muzzle moves from child to child, sniffing the aroma of their blood, terror-stricken perspiration, and the rawness of their fear...taking it in like the bouquet of a fine wine.Your grandmother's stories made an impact on you. Ever since you have always been sure to keep a few silver-tipped arrows in your quiver...just in case...Your stealthy reconnaissance has been successful thus far. You move about unseen and have assessed your foe. The moment you were concerned about is upon you. The children are in peril. What are you doing?FYI, if you're going to perform an RBA with your next action, you will get a + 2 for CA. Your target DC would be 21. Please perform your next action only as climax is impending.[TABLE="width: 500"][TR][TD]4/6 successes[/TD][TD]0/3 failures[/TD][TD]1/1 Hard DC passed[/TD][/TR][/TABLE]</blockquote>

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