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| Bloodfeast The Extreme-inator | |
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| Biographical information | |
| Hometown | |
| First Comic | |
| Last Comic | |
| Physical description | |
| Species |
Allosaurus/Lizard |
| Gender |
Male |
| Chronological and political information | |
| Affiliation |
Empire of Blood (former) |
| Alignment |
True Neutral |
| Known masters |
Tarquin (former) |
| D&D Stats | |
| Level |
10+ HD |
| Str |
24 |
| Dex |
12 |
| Con |
17 |
| Int |
2 |
| Wis |
15 |
| Cha |
11 |
| Skills |
Listen +9, Spot +10 |
| Abilities |
Improved grab, rake, swallow whole, trample, darkvision, low-light vision, scent |
Bloodfeast the Extreme-inator[1] is an allosaurus who is serving as Belkar Bitterleaf's mount. Formerly used for gladiatorial combat in the Empire of Blood and as a mounted unit in the Empire's army, he was befriended by Belkar and has traveled with the Order ever since. Bloodfeast was Polymorphed into a small lizard by Miron Shewdanker and stayed in this form until he was temporarily dispelled by Sunny and later permanently by Vaarsuvius during the Deluxe Order of The Stick's fight with Calder.
Biography[]
Blood Runs in the Family[]
Bloodfeast first appeared in the gladiator arena outside Bleedingham. He was used as a shock entry into the games, when the combat was not exciting enough.[2] Tarquin attempted to strictly control his appearance, so as not to over-saturate the surprise value of the giant dinosaur.
When Belkar saw Gannji and Enor, two friends who were forced to fight to the death, he was moved to pity (a new experience for Belkar), relating their experience to a hypothetical battle between himself and Mr. Scruffy, his animal companion. Belkar enlisted the help of Ian Starshine, and let the allosaurus out of its cage.[3] The beast rampaged into the arena just in time to save Gannji and Enor from certain death at the hands of Tarquin's firing squad. Bloodfeast was indiscriminate in his violence, hitting Enor as well, though this damaged his wing restraints and allowed the pair to escape the arena. Tarquin was annoyed at the dinosaur being used a second time in the games, and Bloodfeast was eventually corralled.
Bloodfeast appeared again in the desert of Windy Canyon, near the former site of Girard's Gate. At that time he was mounted by a soldier of the army of the Empire of Blood. There was at least one other mounted allosaur in the troop, as well as many other smaller mounted dinosaurs.
Tarquin ordered the army to kill Roy, Belkar, and "Durkon". Eventually, Vaarsuvius returned from the Abyss and joined the fray, as did Haley and Elan, who had been with Tarquin. With the Order surrounded, yet the army held at bay by a Wall of Fire spell, Belkar recognized Bloodfeast from their earlier encounter in the arena. He spoke to the beast, who apparently remembered Belkar and the feast of humans he had after he was let free. Belkar mounted Bloodfeast and proceeded to rampage through the army. Those in the party who could not fly mounted on Bloodfeast and escaped the army to the open desert.
After some pursuit by elements of the Vector Legion mounted on a triceratops, Bloodfeast was turned into a lizard by Miron Shewdanker by means of a Baleful Polymorph spell. It was at this point that Haley and the others learned that Belkar had named the beast "Bloodfeast the Extreme-inator".[4]
After their battle with the Legion, when they were escaping the the Mechane, Belkar insisted that Bloodfeast be saved from Tarquin so that he didn't "roast the little guy on a spit for helping us."[5]
Current Activities[]
Still a small lizard, Bloodfeast remained on the Mechane during the events of the Godsmoot. During this time, the vampire Gontor Hammerfell snuck aboard the ship and into Vaarsuvius' cabin, where Bloodfeast and the other animals were staying. Bloodfeast helped Blackwing and Mr. Scruffy battle the Mischief of Hel (swarm of rats) which Gontor called to dispatch them, considering the animals beneath him. Gontor escaped with V's teleportation orb, but Blackwing saved the animals with a scroll mishap which triggered an explosion and killed the rats.
When Bloodfeast is freed from Belkar's Bag of Holding during a fight with Serini Toormuck, most of the other members of the Order are incapacitated. He immediately bites Minrah Shaleshoe's hand to break her out of a Sleep spell, then restrains Mr. Scruffy from attacking Belkar as Minrah casts Calm Emotions on him.
Bloodfeast was also present at Roy's conversation with Julia to learn the truth of the deception. He was later seen trying to communicate something to Belkar.
During the Order's fight against Calder, Belkar threw Bloodfeast at the dragon, who was in an Antimagic Field made by the mind controlled Sunny, This caused him to temporarily turn back into his allosaurus because of the Baleful Polymorph spell being disabled, which gave him an opportunity to attack Calder with his teeth and claws. However when Calder knocked out Sunny, it led to the Antimagic Field being removed and Bloodfeast turning back into a polymorphed lizard. Calder then threw him in his mouth to be eaten, but before he could get chewed up, Vaarsuvius permanently dispelled the polymorph with a Greater Dispel Magic, which turned him back to an allosaurus and stretched Calder's jaws open. Continuing to fight, Bloodfeast sustained a direct hit of Calder's breath but was able to prevent Calder from flying off by biting his wings when the latter planned to escape. As Calder began to weaken yet refused to submit, Bloodfeast held him in place while Roy (and Mr. Scruffy) finished him off.
That, of course, created the problem of, "what do we do with a more-than-full-sized dinosaur which is kind of bigger than any passage and door of the gigantic dungeon he is stuck in the middle of?", which led to unexpected Belkar's growth. Of the moral variety, not the other[6].
Abilities[]
Bloodfeast has all the abilities of an Allosaurus, though since his size is greater than a normal member of his species, he may have more hit points and damage dealing.
As expected from an animal actually trained to work with humans, he displays some degree of comprehension of what is said near him. This allows him, not only to act as a mount, but also to often act as a party member and not just as a dumb lizard.
Despite his training being in violent violence and murderous murder at the arena, and most likely NOT on being a support dinosaur, Bloodfeast has consistently manifested the ability to exert a positive effect on Belkar on par with that which a profesionally trained therapy animal would have.
During his time Polymorphed, and thanks to the rules of the spell, Bloodfeast maintained his large HP along with prominent piercing attack in his lizard form. This was first seen when he bit Vampire Gontor (who was shocked by the pain) along with surviving the explosion of the spell scroll with little harm. It can also be inferred that he very likely kept the memory of being an allosaurus and not a lizard, as indicated by his apparent eagerness to be literally thrown into melee combat.
References[]
- ↑ a.k.a. "Belkar's Kill-O-Saur"
- ↑ Comic #778, "Nitpick Your Battles"
- ↑ Comic #784, "Unexpected"
- ↑ Comic #926, "Through the Wormhole(s)"
- ↑ Comic #932, "His Number One Fan"
- ↑ V: "You hardly constitute a high bar to clear". Belkar: "Was that a short joke?!?"
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