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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Binks" data-source="post: 6874405" data-attributes="member: 6775039">My eyes briefly focus on the alpha, waiting for the moment he pops his head up.  Predictably, it rises after he tears some flesh free.  He flings it into the air and throws his head back to catch it.  At full draw, I loose.But not at him.I wait until the last moment to see how well the trap is sprung.  When the third raptor evades the snares and closes in on my wolf, my arrow flies free from my bow, homing in on the head of the creature.[sblock]Called Shot (Dex)5, 5 +3 (take +1 from DR) = 14Head.d8 damage and they do nothing but stand and drool for a few moments.  4 -1 armor = 3 damage.[/sblock]Another arrow from my quiver.  Another deep draw.  Another one finds its mark though much worse than the first.[sblock]d8 damage on the raptor pursuing my wolf.  7 - 1 armor = 6.  Dead.[/sblock]Two arrows emerge from my quiver, one between each knuckle.  I set them to string and pull, knowing how desperate the moment is.  I exhale and loose.[sblock]Volley (Dex)Using Blot Out the Sun and spending 1 Ammo to get both raptors.  3, 2 +3 (take -1) = 7d8 damage on all (and best of that or d6 on the one fighting my wolf) and danger.  3  -1 armor = 2 damage on both of them.Counterattack on me.  b[2d8 +1 for the second raptor].  6, 2 = 6 +1 - 3 armor = 4 damage to me.[/sblock]I growl in the lupine tongue of my wolf.  "Get in the fight!"I shoulder my bow and draw my elven short sword, dancing out of the circling predators' gambit to buy myself some time.  [sblock]Order Followers (Loyalty)4, 6 +2 = 12Defy Danger (Dex)3, 5 +3 = 11Hack and Slash (Dex)2, 1 +3 (take +1 to H&S for wolf) = 7b[d8 or d6 - wolf) damage on one of the raptors .  5, 2  -1 armor = 4 damage.  One raptor is dead.Counterattack on me.  b[2d8 +1 for the second raptor].  3, 7 = 7 +1 - 3 armor = 5 damage to me.[/sblock]With no time to spare, I do my best to defend myself with my sword as I reach into my pack with my off-hand, graspingCovenant of Winter.  I pull it free and invoke the elemental forces of winter, hoping they heed my call.  My eyes turn chalky white as winds whip violently around us.  [sblock]Defend (Con) myself3, 5 +1 = 9Hold 1Halve the attack's effect of damage.b[2d8] damage to me.  3, 1 = 3/2 = 2 damage - 3 armor = 0 damage to me.Covenant of Winter (Con)6, 3 +1 = 10Rend with ice and sleet.d10 cold damage (no armor) on the charging alpha raptor.  6 cold damage.[/sblock]Lucky snarls away two poor attempts by the raptor as my bladework deflects and parries a few more.  My hair and cloak billow behind me in the wintry winds.  I raise the Winter Fey artifact.  From its frozen tip comes an arctic ray.  Shards of unforgiving ice flay the flesh from the chest of the charging alpha raptor.I do.  The dire wolf and Lucky both draw near me.  We watch them leave.I stroke the dire wolf's fur and scratch behind its ears.  The first sign of affection I have given it.  "You did well.  There is a place for you amongst us.  We will call you Edge, for that is where you seem to like to spend most battles."  I smile at that.[sblock]Cost:  Affection: kind words and deeds, quality time and attention.[/sblock]We pull the bodies out, build a modest pyre, though big enough that each of the fey giant hunters can respectfully rest upon it.  I commit their bodies and the spirits that once lied within them to the Three Fates the Wild Hunt venerates; The Maiden, The Mother, and The Crone.  I request they be taken up to hunt forevemore in the afterlife.  We set them alight and go back to camp.  [HR][/HR]I'll do my End of Session and all the Manage Provisions, etc moves later.  I'll do a separate post with the things we need to talk about while on the ferry.</blockquote>

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