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Beast Hunting
Elnara
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7/29/2013
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Having recently acquired a ticket to the Labyrinth of Tigers and a letter from Mr Inch, I find myself wishing to read said letter and yet being told that doing so will prevent me from any further 'beast hunting'.
I've completed a couple of beast hunts already - the marsh wolves and the fungus tower if I remember correctly, and found them a little time-consuming and not very rewarding, but I know there are lots of other possible hunts including a goat demon and a more human-like animal. Are there any particularly good rewards or lore involved with these beast hunts that I will miss if I go straight on to Mr Inch's new proposition?
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Flyte
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Posts: 671
7/30/2013
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Elnara wrote:
People don't get their eyes back when they return from the dead do they? No, and just as well. I really wouldn't want Spider Councils to take up agriculture.
Elnara wrote:
Can anyone invent some head canon for me that makes me feel less guilty about this? Umm... they won't starve, because they can go to live with the folk at the Observatory, who are not creepy at all. Braille has already been invented, and they can expect assistance from the Neath's many talking animals, who are without exception kind. Also, they will never inadvertently glimpse a Correspondence sigil, or a subaqueous terror, or the thing in the Palace cellars. And it's dark down here, anyway.
More seriously... blindness is an obvious hazard when hunting Spider Councils; your assistants knew the risk. Some may have been insured; Lloyd's of London is famous for its willingness to insure against all sorts of things, after all. Their earnings were no doubt substantial enough to live comfortably on for some time. The Docks must have jobs which can be adequately be performed by a blind man and his Talkative Rattus Faber, and really, not seeing subaqueous terrors is pretty nice.
edited by Flyte on 7/30/2013
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Sara Hysaro
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Posts: 4514
7/29/2013
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You get a unique quality for capturing a Spider-council, so if you're disinterested in completing all the hunts I would suggest at least going for that one.
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Zeedee
Posts: 276
7/29/2013
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Personally, the following options offered interesting narrative which enriched overarching plots:
- Hunt the Goat Demon (both dead & alive)
- Hunt a Spider-council
- Hunting that which walks on two legs
- Capturing a magician
The Goat Demon's hunt gave me particularly tantalizing clues. Actually, they were more puzzling than confirming, but they sparked new intrigue into Hell for me.
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