Chapter 2): Constitution Saving Throw! (Campaign 1 Part 2)
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{All Rolls are Real Rolls, I am using my own Dice to roll these as I write!}
[DM/Dungeon Master Speaking]
(Player Speaking)
"Cupid/Characters Speaking"
{This is a Level 2 Membership story on Buyme/acoffee/Flaminglines}
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Just as Cupid reached Knolls Convenience Store the voices came back.
[Alright Cupid, you waited until you the cops left and then using the cover of the night made your way across town to investigate where your father was murder under suspicious circumstances in your opinion.
What do you do?]
(Alright umm, well I guess I am just going to check out the place and surrounding areas for information.)
[Alright, go ahead and give me an investigation check. And it will be flat because there is disadvantage as you are doing this in the dark but with your race trait Darkvision it offsets it as a flat d20.]
(Come on luck of the dice!...*Clack* *Clack* *Clack*...That is a 11.)
Cupid could hear it all and his body automatically started to look for clues, he didn't know what he was looking for exactly but he did see the blood stain from where his father died. It would be better if he could see the body but that was something that wouldn't be easy for him, instead he looked for traces of anything that could lead him to what did this.
After looking over everything he didn't find anything to out of place though, he did see some scuffle from where he could assume that the attack too place. He just didn't have enough to go off of to know what had really happened here.
Looking around he came across a print of an animal.
[After searching you can see that a battle took place here, but the cops have long since took anything of importance that you could use to find out more clues. You do come across an animals foot print though, that doesn't look like a regular animals though.]
(Alright umm can I do a check to see what this is?)
[Sure, why don't you go ahead and give me a nature check.]
(Come on give me a Nat20 baby....*Clack* *Clack* *Clack*....damn 10.)
[Hmm, you're not to sure what it could be, you haven't spent enough time in the actual wilderness to know what this is.]
Cupid looked over the animal print and it did look bigger then any animal he knew of in the area, he was sure of one thing though that despite what he was looking at he could tell it wasn't a mountain lion. So something else was going on here that he needed to figure out, his father was either killed because he was in the wrong place or he was deliberately hunted by this animal.
[Hey Cupid, real quick why don't you give me an insight check.]
(Umm okay...*Clack* *Clack* *Clack*... That is a 4.)
[Alright well you don't see anything.]
Despite the calm voice of who was giving out instructions Cupid's heart pounded, he for sure knew that he needed to know what was going on, but even as he wanted to he couldn't see anything. It was as if his vision wouldn't allow him to see what was there, it was frustrating but he left it alone.
Instead he sighed as he decided to go home, there was no way that he was going to be able to see the body before tomorrow, and he would also need to get some sleep. Despite everything that had happened tonight he knew that he would need to sleep for the test, he still wanted to have his chance at first line this year.
He might be a loner but that didn't mean he didn't crave for people to know his name.
[Hey Cupid, I am going to need you to roll for initiative!]
(Ahh man!...*Clack* *Clack* *Clack*... I got 4.)
[Out of the woods appears a gigantic beast with blood red crazed eyes, it growls as it lunges at you it's jaws wide open to razor sharp teeth ready to take a bite from you...*Clack* *Clack* *Clack*...What's your *AC?]
(11.)
[Ooh the beast got a 13. It's going to successfully bite you and you take...*Clack* *Clack* *Clack*...8 points of damage. What's your *hit points at?]
(1.)
Cupid meanwhile screamed as he got bit in the side, his screams rang out in the dead of night even the alerting people nearby but hearing the screams they weren't brave enough to help him. With the burning pain in his side he reached for his rapier but the beast had already backed off licking its snout as it grinned? At him before it ran away into the night.
He gritted his teeth as he dragged his body to the side, he was going to use the same path to get back home but he couldn't allow the cops to find him, not only because he was now technically an orphan. Also because they had left his house not to long ago so if he was to be caught out doing this he would look suspicious, plus he was sure they wouldn't believe him about whatever the hell that was.
Holding his side he stuck to the shadows as he dragged his body home and basically flopped through the window, he landed hard groaning as he limped to the bathroom. Going inside he ripped off his tattered clothes and started the shower, on his side was a big bite mark where the beats had gotten him earlier
Being the idiot he was he reached out and touched it but flinched in pain as the skin was obviously tender from the bite, he was surprised though that not as much blood was flowing as he was expecting there to be. Stripping naked he got under the warm spray and hissed as it touched his side, he endured it though as he needed to clean the wound.
[Cupid, this is going to be a very special roll for you here. Now I need you to give me a constitution saving throw here, I'm not going to tell you until you roll but this is to see if you contract Lycanthropy.]
(Shit! Alright, luck of the dice be with me please, I don't want to live as a werewolf...*Clack* *Clack* *Clack*... That is a....)
Cupid held his breath as he was waiting to see if he would change, at least he got one clue as to what attacked him tonight though. It wasn't so hard to believe after learning of himself being a Half-Elf.
(A 17, come on I have to be safe with that!)
[Your body heats up as you feel something in your body wanting to unleash, a nasty growl at the back of your head a howl echoing in the depths of your mind. Suddenly a pale green light emits from the pendant your mother gave you and you hear a sweet comforting voice say....]
"Don't worry, my dear, your mother is here. I got you." Cupid heard the sweet voice in his head as his body felt warm and comfortable a low humm going on in his ears. For the first time in a long time he felt comfortable and at peace.
Instinctively he knew it was his mother, even if she wasn't physically with him he heard her.
(Oh thank god, what did I need to beat though, out of curiosity.)
[A fifteen. A fifteen or lower would have had you as a werewolf for the rest of your life since there is no known cure for it.]
(Whew dodged a bullet there.)
Cupid agreed, he had just found out he was a Half-Elf there was no way that he would have been able to deal with being a werewolf too, it would have been way to much for him. Leaning back he relaxed as the spray of water hit him, he could see his side healing slowly, his heart beat calm as he watched it all.
After making sure all the blood was gone Cupid got out the shower, as he walked to his bedroom naked he saw that the bite mark was already gone. He didn't know what the hell the healing spell was but he was glad that it helped, he knew though inside that it was mainly thanks to that constitution saving throw that he was going to be okay.
After dressing he went ahead and began to eat while thinking about what just happened, it was clear that whatever attacked him killed his father. It was lying in wait there for something and then just decided to attack him, that wasn't a coincidence at all, he was sure it could smell his father on his or something.
As he at his bowl of cereal his thoughts went into different theories but he couldn't understand why his dad was killed, it didn't make sense to him since the beast was intelligent enough to wait for him and attack. Cleaning his bowl he put the thought away, without looking into this more he wouldn't be able to find out anything, he would have to wait on this.
For now he had more important things to worry about, like avoiding being caught as an orphan and passing school, because those two were his main priorities until he got another lead on everything.
Crawling into bed he slept soundly but visions of blood red eyes kept popping up until he was able to get into a dreamless sleep or at least there was nothing that he could remember from the dream.
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Tips For Non-players:
AC or Armour Class: The number on your AC indicates what is the minimum roll the DM/Dungeon Master can make in order for a hit to be a miss or not.
Hit Points: The amount of health you have, which indicates the damage you can take.