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[center][h1][color=black]𝕬 𝖓 𝖙 𝖆 𝖊 𝖚 𝖘[/color][/h1]
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[h3][i]North Forest Clearing[/i][/h3]
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"Y-yeah, I just...Sorry, I just want them to believe me!" Antaeus stammered. There was no way he could do this the way he wanted to...much like this entire Quest. It hadn't gone anything like he wanted. There wasn't a glorious story to tell about this. There was no way he could be a legendary Hero after this...but dammit, he had to bring back [i]something![/i]

Antaeus tried to twist the Stag's head so that he could get a better angle for taking off the horn...but as he did so, he heard a meaty crunching sound. That...didn't seem right. He looked to see dark spot under the fur at the base of the creature's neck, and suddenly remembered how the silver haired girl had repeatedly slammed this monstrous creature. Had she...fractured part of its spine?

Antaeus was seized by a wild idea. He hefted the knife up high in both hands. His arms hardened, coils of muscle standing out against bronze flesh, then he brought it down with the decisive power of a professional stone-breaker. The blade went deep, hit bone, and kept going. With a twist the boy wrenched vertebrae away, jerking the blade out through the flesh in a spatter of blood and severed tissue. Quickly pocketing the knife in his pack, then he grabbed the White Stag's head by both horns--

Antaeus's entire body swelled as he pushed with his legs and thighs, straightened his back, expanded his chest, and PULLED!

The White Stag's head, or at least the upper part of the skull and antlers, came off with a horrifying crackle, snap, and RIP! The miner held it over his head for just a moment, shocked by his own strength and brutality.

Then he hooked the horns into the loop of his pack alongside his pickaxe and javelins, and grabbed the other side of the stretcher.

"Okaywe'regoodlet'sgo!" he whispered in a hoarse, panicky voice. Time to, as his father often told him, get the fuck out.
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Antaeus rolls a STRENGTH check to see if he can harvest fur or horns.
1d20+3
Result:[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/rolls/13058]19[/url]
GM over Discord: "Using the knife to help break the spine, you manage to tear off the White Stag's head."
Me: "holy shit"

Antaeus joins Orc to help with Retsu, and intends to skidaddle.
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[hider=Inventory]
1 Quest Book - 5 lb
1 Shovel - 5 lb
1 Miner's Pick - 5 lb
1 Block and Tackle Set - 5 lb
--Pulleys
--Cable
--Hook
1 Climber's Kit - 12 lb
--Pitons
--Boot tips
--Gloves
--Harness
1 Set of Clothes, Common - 3 lb
--Roughspun Tunic
--Roughspun Pants
--Ragged Boots
1 Belt Pouch - 0 GP
1 Hunting Trap - 12 lb
1 Backpack - 5 lb - Holds 30 lb
1 Waterskin - 5 lb (full) - holds 4 pints
1 Tinderbox - 1 lb
1 Hempen Rope - 10 lb - 50 ft
2 Javelins - 2 lb Each
6 Darts - .25 lb Each
1 BALISONG KNIFE
1 WHITE STAG HEAD
Total Encumberance: 71.5/240 lb (Light) + (??)
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[hider=Quest Log]
+Bookie has agreed to write a letter to Captain Ork at the Garrison. I should kill an animal in the forest and take it to Captain Ork to prove I'm adventuring material.
--The animal can be anything from the Forest. Bookie suggested a deer or a boar.

+With the help of these others, I've slain the White Stag! I should take back some form of proof, and give Barthen's trap back to him...
[s]--Barthen has requested me to hunt a White Stag in the Forest, and has given me a free hunting trap for this purpose. If I don't succeed I should probably bring the trap back.[/s]
[s]---I should try to find the Redchaser, she might be able to help me.[/s]

+Barthen is paying 1 GP per pound of Medicinal Herbs from the forest.
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