Re: Eastern Farmlands
Well, basically, the bear left a rather obvious trail so I was able to track it back to its lair. The bear had made its home in a shallow cave halfway up a nearby ravine. Now, even though I knew were it was, I didn't rush in to fight it. Although the old bear may not have been as strong as it once was, the older they get, the craftier they get. There was a good chance that a bear this old had encountered humans before and knew a bit about fighting them, not to mention it was desperate because of its starved state. If I had trapped it in its lair with me between it and the exit I likely would have died. Tch, even if I had merely fought it in the open, it could have had a good chance at winning. Bears can be very hard to take down. In the end I decided to use the surrounding ravine itself to my advantage. I found a large boulder a ways up the ravine that was rather loose, so, using a rope and a large chunk of wood, I braced the boulder such that a good yank on the rope would pull out the wood and send the boulder tumbling down on demand. While one boulder wouldn't have taken out the old bear, having the boulder start off much higher in the ravine would mean it would catch up other stones and boulders as well causing a small avalanche. After that, all I had to do was wait. Then as soon as the bear left his cave and started heading down, I pulled the rope and sprung the trap. It worked like a charm and took out the bear. As a side bonus, the avalanche didn't obstruct the path to the bear's cave so the remains of the ones the bear had eaten were able to be recovered and properly put to rest. Zagan finishes, from the tale you can tell he is more for practicality than heroics.