Chapter #5Tankred the Terrifying by: cheese111   When given the opportunity to set their own destiny, some aspire to be great heroes. Others fashion themselves leaders of cities and nations. Things hardly ever go as planned, and for all the lofty goals you had when starting the game, becoming a feared and notorious bandit was not one. Your adventure started in the Wild Woods, but through an unusual ally you were sent down the way of dastardly deeds. When you realized being the bad guy of the story could be this much fun, you embraced it with both arms.
Tankred the Terrifying
Strength: 12
Intelligence: 13
Charisma: 4
Agility: 26
Libido: 8
-Skills-
Archery III
Archery I (unlocked): You have become more adept at using a bow than most. You can land shots from greater range with greater accuracy.
Archery II (unlocked): You have learned how to account for every aspect of your surroundings, allowing you to always hit a target at shorter ranges as well as shoot specific limbs from longer ranges. You can now also use a bow whilst mounted
Archery III (unlocked): You have mastered shooting with staggering accuracy while mounted, no longer suffering any penalties, regardless of the speed at which the mount is running.
Archery IV (locked): The bow holds no secrets for you anymore. On foot, you can pin a cherry to a tree from 200 feet away. While mounted, you can hit any part of a target with pinpoint accuracy. |
Fletching I (unlocked): You know how to craft and maintain basic bows and arrows. You can also upgrade most basic bows to make them a little more accurate.
Fletching II (unlocked): You've learned how to add custom tips to your arrows, allowing you to create poisonous, fluid and gas arrows, used to strike targets with any poison, fluid or gas of choice. Regular arrows now have a good chance to pierce most light armors, ignoring their defense. Bows you craft are more precise and able to fire with greater power.
Fletching III (unlocked): You can expertly maintain any bow, augmenting their damage and accuracy. You can use exotic materials to craft bows and arrows with unusual properties, depending on the material. Your basic arrows can puncture some medium armor, ignoring their defense. Fluid and Gas arrows can now be fitted with miniature explosive charges to spread their payload over a wider area.
Fletching IV (locked): You can craft a bow out of practically anything and maintain any bow in the game in perfect condition. Your crafted arrows fly true even in difficult conditions and can pierce all light and medium armors, ignoring their defense. Your crafted bows far exceed any regular bow in power, accuracy and firing speed. |
Touch of Nature I (unlocked): You have an above average understanding of plants and animals around you. You can identify specific plants more easily and track most animals. You can also read an animal's body language well enough to gain a basic understanding of their intentions.
Touch of Nature II (locked): Your knowledge of the wild allows you to identify any plant and animal. You can commune with animals to a very basic extent, allowing you to more effectively soothe of scare them.
Touch of Nature III (locked): You can communicate with animals well enough to crudely converse with them. Your knowledge of plants allows you a resistance to most natural poisons. |
Poison Expertise I (unlocked): You can create basic poisons for blades and arrows. Your poisons are able to wound, slow and knockout their targets, though they take some time to be effective.
Poison Expertise II (unlocked): Your repertoire of poisons grows, allowing you to create silencing, arousing and berserking poisons. The effects of your poisons are more potent and act faster. You can now poison greatswords and axes of any size too.
Poison Expertise III (locked): You can hone your poisons to greater effect, allowing you to put a delay on them. Delayed poisons are unnoticeable for a set amount of time after being administered. The effects of your poisons are stronger and take effect almost immediately. Your can apply poison to blunt weapons.
Poison Expertise IV (locked): You know precisely how to mix a poison for almost any effect or combination thereof. Your poisons take effect the moment they are delivered to their target and can be put on nearly any weapon. |
Your plan of becoming a master archer and ranger of the wilds started as most did, gaining levels hunting the beasts the Wild Woods provided. You learned much about your weapon and surroundings, growing adept at maintaining your bow as well as crafting custom arrows for it. You didn't play Kinkquest just to be a pure and good beacon of hope though. Those points in Libido weren't there for show. Whenever you did venture into town to resupply you spent a considerable amount of your earnings on women. It was all in good fun until one of them drugged you and took you to the Capital Alteration Lab. You woke up the next day penniless in a back alley. To your horror you discovered you had been given the body of an anthro skunk, a long bushy tail now adorning your rear and black and white fur covering your body. With only the rags on your body remaining you head out into the wilds once more, bitter and angry at this cruel twist of fate.
The hunt changed for you. Beasts of the wild didn't carry the same thrill anymore, and NPC bandits were plenty. You became a hunter of men as much as beasts, quickly learning to adapt your newfound skills to your benefit. Honing your craft allowed you to create ammo using your own skunk spray, allowing you to deliver your foulest stink from long range. Soon you had picked up the art of turning the beasts you killed into powerful poisons to incapacitate your prey in various ways. With a smile on your face you would see your targets fall down with paralysis or go mad with berserking rage, turning on their comrades. When all was done you took an almost perverse pleasure in personally ending the paralyzed bandits with your foul farts and spray. Your dreams of heroism grew ever more distant as the bandits in the woods began to replace the animals as your prey of choice. The final straw was the moment you met Bandero
During one of your many hunts you came across a small cave with baleful howling echoing from within. Whatever creature was in there was in great pain, it's cries for help cutting through your very soul. When you got close enough you saw the largest stink wolf you've ever seen being kicked and beaten by a human player. The player's weapons were discarded nearby, he was prolonging this fight for his own sick pleasures. His idiotic chuckling as he kicked the downed wolf in the head made your blood boil. With righteous fury to put three arrows in the back of his head, the first killing him on the spot with the remaining two in there just for good measure. The wounded beast looked up to see what mysterious creature its saviour was. When you got close it growled a little before finally calming down. You tended its wounds as best you could and over the next few weeks you nursed the beast back to full health. You had taken to calling him Bandero, on account of you thought it fitted for the great wolf. You had no idea why it was a little larger than a horse, but it didn't seem to bother the stench wolf in any way. Your affinity with nature and the weeks spent around Bandero also made you completely immune to his stink. When he was free to roam the wilds once again, the great stench wolf looked you in the eye and resolutely walked to you, sitting down beside you. You had made a friend for life, and immediately you saw an opportunity.
It cost you an arm and a leg, but you had a custom saddle built for Bandero, both so you could ride on his back and to protect him a little. Though hesitant at first, the stench wolf proved a great mount, helping you chase down your targets. His size made him a very effective Gasser mount to boot. In no time at all he'd learned how to incapacitate and even kill with his potent farts and belches. Furthermore he picked up the Voracity talents, allowing him to swallow humanoid prey whole with ease. The bond between you grew as you took on bandits and players alike. When a Knight, a player who took an oath to take down notorious player killers, was added to this stack of victims, you knew this was the life you wanted. Let those good-hearted fools muck about in their big cities. But should they dare venture into your woods, they would soon meet the infamous Tankred the Terrifying.
The day had only just started and already you were in a good mood. A foolhardy newbie had charged you and was now lying on the ground before you, poison coursing through his veins and numbing his muscles. You had stripped him naked, rifling through his belongings for some rations or anything of value. Bandero stood nearby, whimpering a little to get your attention. You look up to see his huge puppy eyes looking down at the writhing player, then back at you. With a big smile you nod, allowing the horse-sized stench wolf to deal with the player. With only a few throaty gulps he swallowed the man whole and alive. Suddenly a sound catches your ear. You rub your hands together in delight, that sounded like...   indicates the next chapter needs to be written. |
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