Added Bandit Monkey, Dust Ant, Whiptongue

notes-and-comments.txt

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 :question: **TODO:** Pickaxe needs digging bonus, pitons need a climbing bonus
 
+TODO: There's a tavern called "The Monkey's Butt"
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+Introduction: Flowery language, about a page of setup, using diagetic perspectives.
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+Items and weapons shouldn't be a D&D-style glut.
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+Packed in intro adventure - finding some standing stones on the first elevation?
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+Map of Vorland
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+License Details
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+Historical records of the mountain and Vorland
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+NPC perspectives, in a narrative short, to show how they view the world.
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+Divided on character backgrounds - joining the mountaineer's guild
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+Combat example
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rules.md

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 :question: **TODO:** introductions tend to be written late in development
 
-:question: **TODO:** TOC - for now, use VSCode's outline panel.
+:question: **TODO:** TOC, glossary of terms - for now, use VSCode's outline panel.
 
 # The Setting
 
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 When you fail a Skill Challenge, you may choose to "exert" your character once by spending one point of Stamina to re-roll that attempt - if you do, you must take the new result. If your Stamina (or Fortitude) ever reaches 0 (either by accident or deliberately), you become [Fatigued](#resting-and-fatigue).
 
+:question: **TODO:** Contested challenge: Highest roll? can extert.
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 ## Combat Encounters
 
 :memo: **Developer Note:** Consider advantage & disadvantage.
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 # Bestiary
 
-**Rock Bear**  
-Health: 12  
-Stamina: 20  
-Fortitude: 18  
-Obsession: 2  
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-Paw Swipe: Weapon (1d6). This creature can attack up to two close targets in one turn.
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-Rock Bears get their name form the rock-like carapace covering their bodies. When they curl up, they can often be mistaken for part of the landscape.
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 **Ambush Wolf**  
 Health: 3  
 Stamina: 8  
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 Ambush Wolves, with their green mottled coats, blend into the forests of the 1st and 2nd Elevations. While they do venture beyond the bounds of the mountain, their primary hunting method is to disguise themselves in the thick vegetation, and wait for their prey. What makes these beasts truly dangerous is when they hunt in packs of between three and ten, though accounts of several dozen have been reported.
 
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+**Bandit Monkey**  
+Health: 2  
+Stamina: 16  
+Fortitude: 10  
+Obsession: 14  
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+Rock Throw: Weapon (1d4). This creature can throw a rock or other hard objects at anything nearby.
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+Mob Rush: When this creature is gathered in groups of 10 or more, they can attack as a group by jumping on their targets, causing confusion distress. They will take this opportunity to steal any desired items they can carry.
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+Bandit Monkeys are a common sight in the forests and foothills, forming part of the soundscape of the mountain. Due to their proximity to Vorland's outer walls, interactions with these tree-dwelling simians are not uncommon. Their tendency to steal from unsuspecting travellers, either for food or for fun, is a well known trait - their tactics aren't intended to severely harm or kill, and items of little use are often discarded after inspection.
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+Children's stories often use Bandit Monkeys as main characters, and several notable architectural landmarks bear the images of monkeys at play. Bandit Monkeys have been a part of Vorland's cultural background for many generations, with some superstitions forbidding the harming of them or their homes, lest they retaliate against the city in their thousands.
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+**Dust Ants**  
+Health: 2  
+Stamina: 10  
+Fortitude: 2  
+Obsession: 0  
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+Nibble: Weapon (1d4). This creature attacks by biting with its short but sharp mandibles.
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+Call The Horde: When this creature senses danger to itself or its nest, it lets out a high ear-splitting screech. Any nearby creatures other than Dust Ants that hear it are deafened for one round of combat. Then, on each round of combat starting with the next, 2d6 more Dust Ants arrive to assist - if you roll 6 or below, this effect ends. Otherwise, repeat this check on the following round. This attack can only be used by the nest once per day.
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+These insects, being about the size of a small cat, are commonly seen within the winding tunnels of the Dotted Caves. While not truly metallic, their carapaces bear a metallic sheen, with some individuals sharing the patterns of the tunnel walls.
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+They pose little danger on their own, but each one is capable of calling for help from other members of the nest - when aggrivated, the best strategy to deal with these is to run away before they overwhelm you with sheer numbers.
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+:memo: **Developer Note:** The name of the Dust Ant is interesting - what does it mean? Are the ants merely specks of dust among many? Are they using some archaic language for them? Or are their excavations destined to one day reduce the mountain to dust?
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+:memo: **Developer Note:** I want to catch a Dust Ant and name it Hoffman.
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+**Rock Bear**  
+Health: 12  
+Stamina: 10  
+Fortitude: 18  
+Obsession: 2  
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+Paw Swipe: Weapon (1d6). This creature can attack up to two close targets in one turn.
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+Rock Bears get their name form the rock-like carapace covering their bodies. When they curl up, they can often be mistaken for part of the landscape. Despite their names, they're more closely related to pangolins.
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+These fearsome creatures are surprisingly docile if left undisturbed, with the exception of early spring, where they're actively rearing their young.
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+**Whiptongue**  
+Health: 45  
+Stamina: 20  
+Fortitude: 20  
+Obsession: 3  
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+Smash: Weapon (1d12). This creature slams a target using it's tongue.
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+Grab: This creature can wrap its tongue securely around a target, and on a successful skill challenge against the target's Fortitude, it will forcibly pull them into its mouth, trapping them, and causing 1d8 damage each turn. A wrapped or trapped target can escape on a successful skill challenge against the whiptongue's Fortitude.
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+A strange amalgam of creatures that have been infected by the mycelia Jungles, this gestalt monstrosity has embedded itself deep into the cliff face, and nourishes itself by stretching out and grasping with it's long prehensile tongue.
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+Observations of this "creature" are difficult due to the length of the appendage, but the external appearance resembles a reddish bulge of flesh in the cliff face, with a diameter of about 1.5 meters. The Whiptongue is immobile, with a root system that stretches an unknown distance into the mountain. Extreme caution is advised.
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 # Herbarium
 
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 # Appendices
 
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