📯 Great Hunt: Shrimp & Dart

Sound the horn! What started with odd shimmers on contaminated water and strange lights in the marshes turned out to be a pair of corrupted mages hiding near Namarast. All mages are called upon to help defeat the Anuran Bane and the Opal Serpent!

Game mechanics-wise, these two monsters will behave as one monster, and share the same pool of hitpoints. If you have any questions about this, hit us up in #ask-staff!

Click here to view the monsters' current HP

Killing Blow:

Silver & Bronze Hunters:

Every character who participated in this event will get a special badge for their profile!

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the combat system

In addition to your mage's base damage output (which you can read about here), every 10 gold counted for a piece of art, writing, or roleplay, will earn another +1 damage.

This means if your mage does 5 damage based on their stats, but your attack is worth 40 gold, they will deal an additional +4 damage. This is calculated before the double event bonus, as well as any effort bonus, is applied.

If you have any questions about this or need help calculating your damage, write to us via Modmail or in #ask-staff and we will be happy to help!

prizes

These are the prizes for participating:

ALL PARTICIPATING MAGES receive +2 to their choice of Power or Discipline.
THE MAGE WHO DOES THE MOST DAMAGE receives the Killing Blow badge, is the slayer of the beast and receives +100 Gold, +1 Corruption, and their choice of scroll or amulet from the shop.
SECOND PLACE MAGE receives +75 Gold, and their choice of scroll or amulet from the shop.
THIRD PLACE MAGE receives +50 Gold, and their choice of scroll or amulet from the shop.

monster description

The Anuran Bane is a great, fleshy beast, its skin oozing an oily, sweet-smelling substance. Inside its wide mouth, there is a bright Hypnotic light, shining from behind sharp teeth. Its back legs are stunted, making the creature mostly stationary, but its front legs end in large, shovel-like hands, adorned with overgrown, curling claws. It is crowned by horns but seems to lack eyes.

The Opal Serpent is a nimble, legless lindworm, protected by hard opalescent scales, but whose belly is pale and sensitive skin. It has a sharp pointed beak and large eyes that seem to glow as if lit from within. Its tail ends in a tree-like growth, from which sprouts pink flowers, reminiscent of the blossoms of the cherry tree.

monster abilities

The Bane’s breath is noxious fumes, and anyone who comes near will be caught by the monster’s shovel hands, pulled into their gaping maw. Judging by its fervent sniffing and snorting, it has a great sense of smell, but seems to be entirely blind. The light shining in its mouth has a hypnotizing effect, drawing its victim like moths to a flame.

Wherever the serpent has passed by, small flickering flames appear, confusing the senses and leading its victims astray. It is very agile, and actively hunts, attempting to spear its prey on its beak. If the serpent is chasing something downhill, it will bite its own tail and roll like a wheel.

monster behavior and location

The two monsters have taken up residence in an old ruin, deep within the Sunless Jungle, near the river close to Namarast. Could they have been drawn to the old stones by some ancient trace of wild magic?

They are not hostile to each other, but neither do they seem to take any notice about each other at all.

The Serpent lies in wait, using its beautiful tail to attract any unwary travelers, then quickly strikes; if the ambush fails, it will take up the chase.

The Bane trusts its poison fumes to bewilder and weaken its prey, then using the hypnotizing light in its mouth to lure them towards their demise.

monster combat bonuses

Having a buddy to watch your back might save your life. Mages working in pairs or groups deal +1 damage. (Only applies to collabs and roleplay with more than 1 player involved. Nonmages may be part of a group but won’t do damage.)
Those with an Animal Communication Scroll deal +1 damage.
Those with a Detect Magic Amulet deal +1 damage.
Mages with healing or physical strength are at an advantage, and deal 2x damage. Applied to the base stat point damage, before damage bonuses or gold damage is added.
Powers pertaining to poison or the mind is at a disadvantage, and deal ½x damage. Applied to the base stat point damage, before damage bonuses or gold damage is added.

📯👹🏹 Join the Hunt!

Hunt Prompts: Every week the monsters still live, a new prompt will roll out, describing the monsters' behaviors, location, and the destruction they have wrought. Collabs are encouraged for Hunt Prompts! All event-related art is worth double gold!
- This Hunt's prompts: click here
- This Hunt's attacks: click here to submit your attack for damage.

Art/writing/RP/Collab Submissions: You don't have to respond to a specific prompt to kick some monster tail!! Any submission showing mages whippin' ass (or otherwise responding to the Great Hunt) can count as an attack; just tag this profile as a "character" on your finished work, and follow the instructions here!

Attacking and Aiding: Mages have the ability to attack a monster, or (for whatever their reasons may be) aid the monster, and try to keep it alive. When submitting pieces that attack or aid the monster, please follow instructions on this comment.

⚔🛡🏆 How does this work?

The monsters described above are rampaging through Ivras! It is up to the Mages of Anathema to stop it. Only mages can damage monsters.

Every piece of art, writing or roleplay made for this event featuring Mage characters counts as an "attack" on the monsters. The damage your mage does is based on their stats and the monsters' weaknesses; read the Hunt Guide for more info! Attacks for this hunt should be posted here. The event runs at least two weeks, and then ends when the monsters' HP is lowered to 0.

These two monsters have 300 HP combined. A grace period of 4 days will be allowed for submissions when they hit 0 HP, so works in progress can be completed. Check this profile for the most up-to-date look at the monsters' HP.

For more detailed instructions and information on prizes/rewards, check out the Hunt Guide by clicking here.

❓ Any questions?

Feel free to comment on this bulletin, or don't hesitate to contact staff on our Discord server or our forum! We're happy to help!

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prompt one: a guiding light

Despite the Order’s warnings about the poisoned river, not everyone has stayed away. For reasons of their own, your character finds themselves in the vicinity. Walking along the river, it’s not hard to see the reason for the warnings; the river’s surface is shimmering with something oily and shimmering, froth building up along the edges. A few fishes are gently floating downstreams, belly up.

Evening is falling, the sky darkening in the east, and the forest is growing dim and dark on the other side of the river.

Suddenly, there is a flickering light just beyond the edge of the trees, small and faint, visible for only a few moments, then it disappears. A small flame.

The bridge across the river is right there—and the path is leading towards the light too. And there it is again! The light returns, a little further away this time, but this time it seems to stay…

What does your character do?

Prompt responses must be worth at least 1 gold (i.e. at least 100 words or at least an uncolored headshot).
Upload your response like any other art or literature submission, tag this character profile, and claim your gold; collect double your total count for prompt responses.

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prompt two: a twofold choice

The lights flicker and dance mesmerizingly, and as your character follows them, the sky darkens. They seem to lead deeper into the woods, along a winding path, and the branches of the trees beside it are curiously bent and broken.

Eventually, the trees fall away to reveal a jumble of stone ruins—probably an old Wild Clan outpost, long since forgotten and overtaken by the jungle.

There is a cloying, sweet smell in the air, and from somewhere deeper within the ruin, a deep sniffling, snorting sound is coming.

To the side is a beautiful tree. It almost glistens in the faint moonlight, and its cascades of pink blossoms invite a closer look.

Does your character investigate the strange sound, or do they admire the tree?

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prompt three: out of the frying pan

Suddenly, there is a loud noise of snapping branches and bending trees. From behind comes a large wheel-shape, shimmering white in the moonlight, followed by bright flames that flicker and die in the wake of the thing.

It looks to be some kind of large wyrm, with a sharp beak and glittering opalescent scales. It makes a musical, hissing sound, shaking its scales as it approaches, snapping dangerously with its wide mouth.

Perhaps it would be safer to retreat into the ruins, despite the ominous sounds coming from there…

Does your character take the risk?

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prompt four: desperate measures

Four weeks after the horn was sounded, the warnings about the poisoned river water are still in effect. News about the monsters hiding in the ruins have spread, and concerns are being raised in the nearby communities. Why are these monsters so stubbornly clinging to life, when the two previous ones were so swiftly vanquished?

Those who dare enter the jungle ruins and face the monsters head-on may notice that they are looking somewhat worse for wear; the Serpent’s quick attacks aren’t so fast anymore, and the Bane’s breathing sounds a little more strained. Neither seem intent on moving away from their lair, though…

Perhaps they could be lured out of their hiding spot?

Prompt responses must be worth at least 1 gold (i.e. at least 100 words or at least an uncolored headshot).
Upload your response like any other art or literature submission, tag this character profile, and claim your gold; collect double your total count for prompt responses.

📯 Great Hunt: Shrimp & Dart

hunt for the Anuran Bane & The Opal Serpent

the combat system

prizes

monster description

monster abilities

monster behavior and location

monster combat bonuses

📯👹🏹 Join the Hunt!

⚔🛡🏆 How does this work?

❓ Any questions?

Comments

prompt one: a guiding light

prompt two: a twofold choice

prompt three: out of the frying pan

prompt four: desperate measures

attacking and aiding:

please use the following form in your reply:

for collaborations and roleplays: