Pine shadows stripe the forest floor as Genova follows the deer's broken trail through wet fern and amber leaves.
Branches snap ahead. The wounded deer bursts across the path, breath steaming, one foreleg faltering but still driving it onward.
Genova has only a few strides before the animal reaches the thicket.
A rival hunter emerges behind it, bow lowered, one hand rising sharply to claim the kill.
Hadrik
Hold, forest-runner. That blood belongs to my arrow, and this quarry is mine.
The deer stumbles within reach, caught between Genova and the hunter's raised claim. Beyond the trees, distant bells mark the boundary of Genova's tribe's hunting grounds.
Hadrik
Take one more step, and we settle the share with steel.
The hunter's fingers drift toward a short blade while the wounded deer gathers itself for one desperate bound.
✓ Quest Accepted
Secure the deer pelt for the tribe
“Can I claim the deer by proving it crossed into my tribe's grounds?”
YES, BUT (Likely, rolled 63)
The boundary bells do confirm the deer has crossed into your tribe's grounds, but the rival hunter's arrow struck it before that crossing, so the claim does not settle in your favor.
“I claim the deer and secure its pelt, I ignore the humans claims of it was his arrow that struck it”
SUCCESS (Good Willpower, rolled +2)
Genova moves without answering. Her bow stays slung as she steps past the rival and reaches the deer before it can vanish into the thicket.
The rival's hand closes around their blade, but Genova's steady advance leaves no opening for an argument to halt her. The deer falls still beneath the shadowed pines.
A brief, merciful act is followed by the practiced work of a huntress. By the time the boundary bells sound again, the pelt is cleanly freed and rolled beneath Genova's arm.
Hadrik
You take it by force of claim, then. My arrow made the kill.
Genova gives the accusation no answer. She tightens the cord around the folded deer pelt, securing the tribe's prize against her pack.
Hadrik
Those bells will not make this dispute disappear. Will you carry your claim before the boundary wardens?
Resolve the rival hunter's claim to the deer
Quest Complete
Secure the deer pelt for the tribe
+ New Item Acquired
Rolled Deer Pelt