Fabled Beast

"*Hunting for food, I understand, but for sport?*"

## Event

*Ursus, a young warrior from the North, proposes a hunting contest. "This farmer kindly saved my boy instead of handing him to the Empire. I will rid the land of the boars destroying his crops in thanks. Who'll be a worthy opponent?"*

*As you step forward to accept the challenge, the farmer warns, "Not only have they been wreaking havoc on my fields, a huge white beast ate one of my lambs! I hacked off one of his tusks, but he still roams."*

*You and Ursus shake hands before heading into the fields, paying heed to the gnarly grunts echoing in the distance.*

**Chance Cards Gambit** (1 Huge Success, 1 Success, 1 Failure, 1 Huge Failure)

Huge Success

*Following its huge tracks, you find the monstrous, white boar by the river.*
*You stealthily approach as he sharpens his single tusk on a boulder. When he senses your presence, he grunts in the Common tongue with a strange, lilted accent. "Spare this old blood, blessed mortal."*
1) Slay him and claim his tusk.
*You drive your sword into his thick hide. He writhes and thrashes as the life escapes him.*
*As his corpse is too heavy to carry, you sever his tusk to take back to the farmer.*
**The player gains 4 Fame.**
**The player will receive an Equipment card at the end of the Encounter.**
2) Spare him.
*You lower your sword.*
*The boar watches you with sad red eyes before bowing, cautiously.*
**The player gains 4 Fame.**
**The player gains a Blessing.**
**The player gains this card's Shard.**
Success

*You find a pair of giant hogs locking tusks. They're too busy fighting for dominance to notice you enter their territory. As you slay the biggest of the two, the other flees, leaving a trail of blood behind.*
*Across the field, a boar knocks Ursus to the ground.*
**The Dealer reduces the Dice Gambit target by 3.**
Failure

*You locate the boar's lair. Great tusked beasts snarl as they catch your scent. They stampede out of their cave, running you into the ground.*
**The player draws a Pain Card.**
*You hear Ursus cursing in the distance as the beasts escape.*
**The Dice Gambit target remains unchanged.**
Huge Failure

*The ground trembles as a huge white boar with a single tusk appears behind you.*
*Before you can steady your weapon, he gores you with his tusk and tramples away.*
**The player draws a Max Life Pain Card.**
*You waste time tending to your wound as Ursus lays claim to more boars.*
**The Dealer raises the Dice Gambit target by 2.**
*You continue hunting until the sun begins to set, then haul your kills back to the farmhouse.*

*Ursus paces in front of a pile of dead beasts as the farmer tallies your kills.*

**Dice Gambit** (Target: 15)

Success

If the Dice Roll is greater than the Target:
*"This adventurer is the clear winner today, having slain [Dice Roll] beasts!" announces the farmer. "Take a basket from my latest harvest as reward."*
**The player gains 4 Fame.**
**The player draws 3 Food Gain Cards.**
If the Dice Roll is exactly the Target:
*"Looks like a tie!" the farmer announces. "For ridding my land of these foul beasts, I offer you both a share of my bountiful harvest."*
**The player gains 2 Fame.**
**The player draws 1 Food Gain Card.**
Failure

*"Ursus has you beat by [Target - Dice Roll] beasts. Ursus is the winner!" the farmer announces.*
If the player slew the fabled beast and claimed his tusk:

*After, you reveal the fabled boar's tusk to the farmer.*
*"You saw him too!" says the farmer, admiring the gruesome memento. "I'm not crazy! He really does exist? Did he speak to you?"*
*My wife was once a blacksmith. I'll get her to fashion something from this for you!"*
**The player acquires an Equipment Card.**
*"I'm grateful to you both. My fields will be safe once more," says the farmer, embracing his precious flock of sheep.*