My character Antti went to look for Traders with some furs, popped by at forester village, they had wounded adventurer there. Bear had mauled him, you know the drill. Anyway, bears aren't easy to find in winter and previous one resulted in 200lbs+ of awful dried bear cuts.. dog food, eh.
So figured why not look up the handaxe, kill the man-eater bear and get winter hide and better jerky.
Day later, big male bear killed on a ice of a lake. Packed 90lbs on the dog, had to leave 60 lbs behind as fur load was limiting Antti from hauling it all in one go. (he's big guy @ 217lbs, max strength, high endurance) battling tiredness, dark of the winters night and fatigue, popped into a Njerpez. And he's standing mere 5tiles/10m away, facing towards. Oh crud.
Antti has so far killed 31, his dog 4. But this one might be fatal, the wrong way. 45% fatigue, 39% encumbrance. 7% injuries from bear bruising. Oh well, at least the dog's deep cuts healed 2 days prior.
Drop the excess load, furs, meat, all other food items, water. Anything but battle gear: broad sword, bow&arrows, handaxe, broad knife
And what does the Njerpez warrior do? Mind you, he had shortbow, plenty arrows, Njerpez scimitar, knife...
The Njerpez, turned away and fled. He literally hightailed outta there.With Antti's load at max, decided to let him run. Which he did.
But, what's changed? Like the guy in red, running away?
I guess massive guy clad boar armor, bear and elk fur, metal helm and long coif, steaming like bull from the near black night over knee deep snow; dropping ~150lbs fresh bear cuts, stack of hides and grabbing masterwork hunting bow with handaxe, broadsword and two knives on the belt, roundshield strapped to the ruck... could be intimidating. Especially if there has been a hidden scout to witness what happens to any of their ilk.
Topic: Scared Njerpez? Or hidden reputation within culture? Huh, how, what? (Read 4370 times)