A bit of fighting and:
A bulky bandit chief arrives from the southeast, carrying a mace.
You swing at a bandit poacher with your iron mace!
20 crush damage (76%) (chest, cuirass)
Several broken ribs driven into the chest! Shish-ka-poacher. *mortal*
A bandit poacher has been defeated.
A bulky bandit chief swings at you with his copper mace!
15 crush damage (44%) (chest, breastplate)
...
You think to yourself, "Finally. A worthy challenge!"
...
::SAY:: A bulky bandit chief exclaims, "Our battle will be legendary!"
You head southeast.
[Bandit Camp] (OutFrFlDt) Mid Evening, Warm, Clear, Slight Breeze
Much of the undergrowth and foliage has been hacked away to help clear this small section of the forest by the riverbank and a reinforced #palisade of sharpened logs put in place to keep out unwanted guests. A gate has been raised in a gap to allow access to the interior from the south. Scattered around and mostly clustered around the remaining trees left standing within the walls are bedrolls alongside equipment. High above and strung up by their feet, in full view of the camp and beyond, are a pair of corpses that dangle from a platform in the trees.
You have trouble seeing in the low light. The area is mostly quiet.
Obvious paths: northwest, north, northeast, out.
Your current energy is 44.
::SAY:: You shout, "Begun! Not over!"
You shift to a sitting position, taking care not to reveal yourself in the process.
Energy: 54 Nutrition: slightly hungry (52%) Morale: +4.86 Sanity: Sane
Wounds or maladies:
chest: moderate wound
back: slight wound
right arm: minor wound
left arm: minor wound
right hand: moderate wound
left hand: slight wound
abdomen: slight wound
left leg: slight wound
::SAY:: You hear a voice from the northwest yell, "That's right!"
You peer northwest and see ...
Also here: (npc)[[a bulky bandit chief]] (severely wounded, winded, moderately-armored, carrying a mace, bloody) and (npc)a bandit poacher (lightly-armored, carrying a shortbow).
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::SAY:: You challengingly shout, "Don't 'That's Right' me! I am alone!"
...
::SAY:: Speaking to a bulky bandit chief, you dryly say, "Now, we end this."
A bulky bandit chief no longer appears staggered.
You swing at a bulky bandit chief with your iron mace!
17 crush damage (50%) (chest, vest)
Several broken ribs driven into the chest! Shish-ka-chief. *mortal*
A bulky bandit chief has been defeated.
A bulky bandit chief is staggered!
(energy -6)
::SAY:: You hear a voice from the east yell, "Chief dammit, you need all your wounds dressed! You're not impressing anyone!"
A bandit poacher arrives from the east, carrying a shortbow.
The adrenaline rush fades.
A bandit poacher blinks.
::SAY:: A bandit poacher exclaims, "He got the chief!"
A bandit poacher glances around frantically for somewhere to flee!
A bandit poacher heads east.
::SAY:: You dryly ask, "Too late, isn't it?"
You think to yourself, "A good, enjoyable fight. It probably should worry me that I'm smiling at corpses, but there's noone around to see me. Noone around that matters, at least."
You grin at the corpse of a bandit poacher.