Sword Quest II - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

> How far are we from the boar after the leap back?

>You are a yard away from it and about two feet above it.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Are its horns curled, curved, or straight?

Forgot to ask that earlier.

[Hello Purvis]

> Are its horns curled, curved, or straight?

>As a boar, it does not have horns. Rather, it has some tusks, which are curved.

>_

[Yaersulf]

>Skirt around the boar and try and land a hit on it's wounded leg with our bamboo.

[Hello Purvis]

>Skirt around the boar and try and land a hit on it's wounded leg with our bamboo.

>You skirt around the animal as it stands, then strike it with the bamboo before it can turn to face you. It staggers and nearly falls. Then it does fall as another burst of white danmaku flies from the bamboo and slams into its side again. It is already trying to stand again, but more slowly than before.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Has it been able to make any lateral movement while trying to stand?

[Hello Purvis]

> Has it been able to make any lateral movement while trying to stand?

>It has not tried to move sideways, rather it seems to prefer to turn to face you; likely so it back bring its primary weapons to bear on you.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Bring the bamboo down hard on the boar's head, right between the eyes. (Try not to stab it with any points ends of the bamboo while doing this, we're only trying to bludgeon it.)

[Hello Purvis]

> Bring the bamboo down hard on the boar's head, right between the eyes. (Try not to stab it with any points ends of the bamboo while doing this, we're only trying to bludgeon it.)

>You strike the boar as hard as you can between the eyes, while another barrage flies from the bamboo and slams into its side. The boar falls again, and struggles to stand, not really succeeding at such.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Do we have a more humane method at our disposal for knocking the boar out? Repeated smacks to the head seems kind of brutal.

[Hello Purvis]

> Do we have a more humane method at our disposal for knocking the boar out? Repeated smacks to the head seems kind of brutal.

>Good use of danmaku would probably be more humane. At this point, its endurance is probably sapped well enough that it wouldn't take too much.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> What variety of bullets do we use?

[Hello Purvis]

> What variety of bullets do we use?

>You have a pretty wide variety at your disposal; arrows and arrowheads, small dark spheres, large bright spheres, knives, and talismans. Arrows tend to be your basic ones.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Do any of our shot types do notably more damage than others?

[Hello Purvis]

> Do any of our shot types do notably more damage than others?

>Not really, it's more being a part of a pattern.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Let's pelt it between the eyes with arrowheads before it stops trying to get back up, then.

[Hello Purvis]

> Let's pelt it between the eyes with arrowheads before it stops trying to get back up, then.

>You do so! It takes several, quite a few actually, before the boar slumps back down and stays down.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Give it a moment, to see if it tries again.

[Hello Purvis]

> Give it a moment, to see if it tries again.

>You give it a moment, but it doesn't seem like it's going to try to raise up again.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Nod to the boar.
> "A worthy adversary. A shame fate could not smile upon us all this day."

[Hello Purvis]

> Nod to the boar.
> "A worthy adversary. A shame fate could not smile upon us all this day."

>"You okay?" Reisen calls out; as you hear her approaching from the left.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Yes. That was quite the impressive showing on your part."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Yes. That was quite the impressive showing on your part."

>"You kept it distracted long enough for me to do anything," Reisen says, as she emerges from the bamboo.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Perhaps. Still, my shots did little more than irritate it."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Perhaps. Still, my shots did little more than irritate it."

>"Most of what we did just irritated it," says Reisen. "That's just the kind of animals they are."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Yours also knocked the beast over."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Yours also knocked the beast over."

>"True," shes says.  "Speaking of which, it's not going to be unconscious forever..."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> How much commotion did this entire encounter cause?
> How much fresh blood is on the trap?

[Hello Purvis]

> How much commotion did this entire encounter cause?
> How much fresh blood is on the trap?

>It was a fairly noisy affair.
>Looking at the trap, some of the blood is fresh, some is dried.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "This is also true. Perhaps the solution to that problem is in the area? Please pardon my shouting."
> Give Reisen a second to brace herself, then turn the volume up to a controlled shouting level. Aim away from Reisen, to be polite.
> "Huntress! Are you nearby?"