by Datgum » Mon Aug 01, 2011 11:05 am
I'm out out foraging in the woods near my camp when I see a bear. I warp home, drop off all my stuff, fill up my waterflasks, and carry a boat down to the river, as close as I can get to the bear. He's two or three screens away from the water, but I assume I can outrun a bear, or at least move at the same speed. I find the bear, and decide to pull him with the Dash skill, since that's how I've been pulling foxes when I fight them hand to hand. Well, either my Stamina bar depleted really fast while walking there, or Dash depletes your stamina, because as soon as I pull the bear and start running, this bear is IMMEDIATELY on my ass as I waddle away.
So now I'm trying to click ahead in the woods so I can drink while I move, while this bear is swinging at me. I assumed I was dead, but out of sheer desperation I tried my best to get to my boat. So I'm dodging trees, drinking like 0.2 liters at a time, walking half the time running half the time, and the damage sound is telling me that I'm getting hit for real. Miraculously I get to the river, only slightly overshooting where my boat is. The boat shows up on the screen, and as soon as I get a clear path to it I bang the Avast option, jump in, and sail offshore. When I looked up at my health bar, the bear had taken 110 of my 200 hitpoints off. What a relief. Of course I got my revenge and I'll be dining on Bear Salami soon enough. Biggest rush I've had in a video game in a long time.