Just did the village quest - "it's clobbering time". An Agnaktor, Volvidon, and a Rathalos. I intended to capture all three. Was wearing Pleisoth armour, and wielding the dios slicers. The agnaktor was giving me trouble, and just slapped me silly - I had used 8 potions, and he starts to limp when I'm trying to whack off it's tail. It dies mid-swing, and I end up wandering around until I find the Volvidon. It's in area five, the area with a ton of respawning mining areas. I start wailing on it, and it manages to poop on me. I think I'm in trouble until I see it start drooling. I end up setting up a shock trap, and getting licked in the process (eeeeeeeewww...Volvidon cooties!), and he walks right into it. I toss two tranqs, and he's out like a light. Again, I start wandering the map looking for 'Los. I almost run into Rathian, but it flies off without bothering me. I get annoyed, and I'm hungry and low on stamina. I wander back to base camp, grab a couple of rations of the box, and notice the psychoserums. I end up eating two rations, and taking a nap to restore both kids. I end up taking a psychoserum, and see a vision of the Rathalos entering the watery area of the volcano. I shake off the effects and run into the area. Right now I'm thinking...oh shit, because if it calls the Rathian, I don't have any antidotes on me. I fight 'Los for a while and get annoyed at the fact that it isn't limping at all. Just as the clock hits the thirty minute mark, I end up taking it out with a strike that removes it's tail. I then carve the tail, just to find mega potions...
I'm absent-mindedly checking the almost full rewards screen, when I notice a new icon on the rewards. It's red and I think, "Oh, a Rathalos part? Cool." I check it out, and it's a Rathalos Ruby. Now why can't I get a single freaking Brachy gem? (I want to make Dios Slicers+ and the skirt piece of armour!)
@ Moczan - lower rank DS have terrible sharpness. I was using Great Wroggi armour up 'til HR village. (It has razor sharp - which takes reduces the need to sharpen.) Right now I'm saving up for Brachy armour and probably gemming in more sharpener skills or similar.