--[x] [Occult] Track magical creatures (Tobe)
DC 85 (64% CoS) (4% CF 6% CS)
57+4(Doof)+15(Tobe)+19(Council)+1(Loyalty)+10(XP)=106
Great Success
Tobe spent several weeks traipsing about the wilderness, hunting for Fearsome Critters and the like that make your territory home. After several maulings, he's happy to report on the following creatures he has personally met and in several cases been trampled by.
Wampus Cat- Chased the Vagabonds up a tree
The Wampus Cat is a sort of magical wildcat that ranges across most of the American continent. It has six limbs, purple skin that blends in supernaturally well with the natural dusk in which they are active, and can easily be mistaken for a panther in low light. They are also amphibious, and are capable of breathing water as easily as air. Jumong got a few samples of the Wampus Cat's hair (it got a few samples of his as well) and he thinks that he can make something useful out of it.
Potion of Invisibility added to your Items.
Augerino- Collapsed a cave on Binggure; he made whoopee cushion noises
The Augerino is a 3-foot long wormlike creature with a sharp horn capable of burrowing through stone and concrete, often causing cave-ins in the process. It also secretes a silicate slime which solidifies and reinforces its own burrows.
Jing-Jing scraped a bit of slime off of Binggure's broken legs and returned it to your construction corps, who believe it to be a useful way to fast-cast foundations. You sent some interns out to capture the thing a week later; they did so easily as it is, in fact, a worm.
Augerino added to items list; +5 to non-public construction actions. On a critical failure, item is always destroyed (in addition to other results)
Mogollon Monsters- Threw rocks at Tobe, threw rocks into Grand Canyon, threw Tobe into Grand Canyon
The rather offensively named 'Monsters' appear to be a tribe of bigfoot-ish peoples who migrate around the various geographical features surrounding the Grand Canyon on a seasonal basis, most notably the Mogollon Ridge. Unfortunately previous abuse from colonialism has made them hostile to outsiders, which you know given the well-spoken critiques of American exceptionalism which they delivered to Tobe along with the rocks, and delivered to the Grand Canyon along with Tobe.
There is a tribe of Bigfeet living in southern Utah; they do not like visitors.
Piasa-Bucked Tobe off several times after he attempted to mount the creature; bound Jumong with tail and trampled with claws
The Piasa Bird is a large griffon-like creature that, if mythology is anything to go by, largely lives in the Mississippi Basin; which is why it seems rather strange to see one as far out as Wyoming. That's definitely one for exotic bird bingo. It has large, multi-pointed horns, a shaggy, manelike beard of fur, plumage of green, red and black, golden fur, and a ropelike prehensile tail nearly three times as long as the rest of its body. Khan has taken an interest in these rumors.
Hunt the Piasa action unlocked for Khan
Lake Nose Monster- ELUDES ME STILL
Tobe has completely convinced himself that Danville's Lake Nose has a sea monster living in it. You've tried to convince him that this is just rumors, but he won't listen to you.
Surely nothing will come of this.
Slide-Rock Bolter- Crushed Vagabonds in mudslide
The Slide-Rock Bolter is a massive eel-y type thing with a mouth big enough to admit a minivan. It spends its time hooking itself onto the crests of steep Colorado hills, waiting for prey to pass by below. When it senses its prey, which consists of elk, deer, and tourists, it detaches from the crest and slides down the hill in an artificial rockslide, devouring whatever waits below.
You uh… you can't really think of a good use for these things, to be honest. Roger is closing a few mountain trails early this year, you guess?
Unicorn Stallions- Trampled Tobe again, played rave music, Tobe briefly arrested
It turns out that a few unicorns seem to have hidden themselves amongst the great stallion herds of the Wyoming plains, which are a thing that do technically still exist. They seem to be being watched over by the fish and wildlife service, as Tobe found out following the unicorns getting him arrested by game wardens (charges were dropped when it became clear Tobe suspected 'poaching' to be some kind of fish), so you have to assume they're supposed to be there. Also they played rave music for some reason? Magic is weird.
You are now aware of a small unicorn population in the area.
There are a handful of magical creatures living quietly and peacefully in Danville itself, but the population is as yet small enough to be unnotable. Most of them live the way Kitsune does, quietly renting out a private room and keeping to themselves.
In the end, the Vagabonds dragged their bodies and their casts back into DEI after a successful hunt.
Only to immediately see what Mr. Moseby had done to the lobby.
