Pterodactyl Hunt 2001

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Note: This page is a historical record of the decisions and events involved in the 2001 Pterodactyl Hunt. It was not and should not be used in the planning of any Pterodactyl Hunt, except as a reference.
The appropriate venue for those running the Pterodactyl Hunt to plan is the hunt list, hunt (at) swil.org.

The 2001 Hunt took place on Friday, October 5th. It was run by ~Elliot Reed, Matt Fowles, and Rachel Kaufman as the Hunt Wizards.

Table of contents

1 Monster list 2 Rule Set 3 Anecdotes and Gameplay 4 Orientation 5 Layout 6 Economy 7 External Links

Monster list

The following monsters were used in the 2001 hunt:

Monster	Played by
The Black Knight	Hollis Easter
The Cat
The Fishmonger	Kyra Jucovy
Hobgoblin Queen	Rachel Sapiro
Hydra
Oracle
Orc King
Pterodactyl(s)	BDan Fairchild, Amy' Marinello
The Werewolf	Adam Oleksa
The Jabberwock	Ben Newman

Rule Set

• Daggers: Silver daggers were on sale at Hunt Central, and could be used both as offhand weapons and to kill the Werewolf
• Duels: A player or monster could accept a challenge to single combat, and was immune to other attacks until he or his opponent was killed
• Amulets: On sale at Hunt Central, warded off the Cat, Werewolf, and Vampire
• Hunt licenses: Not every member of a team attacking a Pterodactyl needed a license. Hunt licenses are retained when a player dies and loses all other equipment.

Anecdotes and Gameplay

Orientation

Layout

• Campus map (http://www.swarthmore.edu/visitordash/map_campus.html)
• Hunter Orientation:
• Playing field:
• Hunt Central:
• Monster Central:
• Oracle:

Economy

External Links

• Gazette records the winners (http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/org/daily/archive/fall_2001/therest/20011008.html#pterodactyl)
• Phoenix: Hunt brought campus together in divisive times (http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/org/phoenix/2001/2001-11-08/opinions/11503.html)

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