Early Morning, Day One - Part 4

While Sarah pockets the strange coin she has found, Mephis searches the first aid kit. Along with the general contents of a First Aid Kit [Inventory item], there is a small scalpel.

As Sarah screams, William stumbles over towards Gauronne and the almost-completely transformed man. Fortunately, Gauronne's Slumber spell holds and spares William the necessity of having to defend off the creature, though he remains wary for the slightest hint the creature is regaining consciousness.

[Gauronne casts Alchemy at a cost of x MPs - How many did you want to spend?]

Upon discovering that the taxi driver is unfortunately beyond saving at this point, Gauronne begins an incantation. The monster begins to glow, a light which brightens until it is almost blinding. When the light subsides, the party is able to notice a few things.

The first is that the creature, now completely transformed into a quasi-bipedal boar-man, is dead; there is apparent even to those completely unskilled in either medicine or magic. Streaks of its flesh have turned golden, and gives the appearance of being metallic: could it be real?

Apparently this driver was worth his weight in gold.

The second is that the curse affecting the boar-man was not totally unprotected from counter-attack: Gauronne's maain hand has been transmuted into gold.

[Gauronne may use this as essentially a Golden Club for combat; however, it is one that gives a -1 penalty to Coordination, Nimbleness and Strength, and cannot be unequipped until the effect is reversed. The physical and mental shock also causes 5 HP of damage. The hand counts as an inventory item as well.]

[OOC Cubic: No, the characters don't know each other; the first time they met was when they were getting picked up in the taxi.]