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>>4434091

Seething with frustration at your misfortune so far today, you managed to stifle the growing anger inside. Splashing your face with the pool’s water helped, as did practicing a few throws with the spear into the mud. The knapped edges are still sharp enough after you wipe the blobs of mud away from them. Counting against the sun with your fingers, there looks to be another 8 hrs before nightfall. The clouds are starting to get dark, but you don’t smell rain on the wind yet. With your focus restored thanks to these simple tasks, you take note of your surroundings to determine where to head next from here.

>You currently have 1 CHERT SPEAR, 2 uses of dry tinder, and food for the rest of the day. What do?

>The streambeds were a bust before, but you can probably find new tracks along the banks. They’re damp enough you don’t need to wait for the rain for tracks. (Spend 3-6 hrs following the STREAM NE. Requires a Hard roll [<40] to pick out tracks from the muddle, due to unexplored territory. Roll determines usefulness of information gained and time taken.)

>If you push east, you could probably find more tracks this way. That is, if it actually went this way. (Spend 3-6 hrs pushing E from the POOL. Requires an Average roll [<50] to find traces in the forest ground, due to unexplored territory. Roll determines usefulness of information, and time taken.)

>You still hear the faint cawing of a crow to your south. It’s less than there was yesterday, but it may provide a lead there. (Spend 3-6 hrs pushing S from the POOL. Requires an Average roll [<50] to find traces on the forest floor, due to unexplored territory. Rolls determines usefulness of information, and time taken.)

>Write-in?

Votes will be open until 01:00 UCT. Things improved a decent amount now that dipshit isn’t my problem anymore, so updates should be regular for a few weeks yet. I’ll be around to answer questions until roughly 05:00 UCT.

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>>4434093
>If you push east, you could probably find more tracks this way. That is, if it actually went this way. (Spend 3-6 hrs pushing E from the POOL. Requires an Average roll [<50] to find traces in the forest ground, due to unexplored territory. Roll determines usefulness of information, and time taken.)

>>4434603

Course of action is:
>If you push east, you could probably find more tracks this way. That is, if it actually went this way. (Spend 3-6 hrs pushing E from the POOL. Requires an Average roll [<50] to find traces in the forest ground, due to unexplored territory. Roll determines usefulness of information, and time taken.)

I'll need a roll before I complete the write-up.

Rolled 61 (1d100)

Tossing out a die roll to get this ball moving.

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>>4434603

>If you push east, you could probably find more tracks this way. That is, if it actually went this way. (Spend 3-6 hrs pushing E from the POOL. Requires an Average roll [<50] to find traces in the forest ground, due to unexplored territory. Roll determines usefulness of information, and time taken.)

Roll required! Target is <50.

>>4435594

>Roll is 61! NARROW FAILURE!

The obliterated track seemed to point eastwards. Picking up your gear, you start trailblazing to the east. It’s likely to provide more information than anything else you’ve picked up so far. Cutting markers into the trees with your knife and using the spear to flatten thistles and prod the surface along the way, you set down to blazing trail ahead.

After around four hours of breaking trail, you fish out a few more blackberries from your pouch. There hasn’t been much of interest so far. The ground looks bit loamy around here, with the dense tree cover starting to break up a bit overhead. It’s not really a clearing yet, but it looks like there is a lot of pioneer plants in the area. You recognize a few mushrooms poking through the earth as burn morels. This seems like an old burn, either from wildfire or a set fire.

>OLD BURN added to Locations!

The ground here is still rather soft, too soft to form distinct impressions. You see dents in the dirt that seem to go further SSE. It’s hard to tell, since they’re really shallow and crumbling. Either way, these plus the stumps of eaten mushrooms are a heartening sign. Doing a bit of quick math, you estimate it’s 2.5 hrs to the pool from here since you have a clear path to follow now. Squatting down to look at the depressions better, you ponder the next course of action.

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>>4435666


>It’s late afternoon now, with around 4 hrs of daylight left in the day. You’ve eaten the food you’ve brought, and have two uses of dry tinder. The clouds are starting to mass up heavily, and there aren’t many blue patches left in the sky. What do?

>Investigate the old burn. There is food here, and signs of old tracks. This site may be useful yet. (Spend 3 hrs searching the OLD BURN. Average roll required [<55], due to indistinct tracks. Will provide 1 day’s worth of food regardless, due to edible mushrooms. Roll is to determine usefulness of information gained.)

>Press onwards in the direction of the dents. You want to follow these faint impressions before the oncoming rains wipe them away. (Spend 3-6 hrs following the trail SSE. Hard roll required [<35] due to unexplored territory and indistinct tracks. Roll determines time taken and usefulness of information.)

>Gather materials and make a quick camp for the night. There’s old charcoal around from the old burn, and you have tinder. (Spend 3 hrs gathering materials to build a fire and make a comfortable area to sleep tonight. No roll required, as you have tinder, lots of daylight, and there is pre-burned material here.)

>Write-in?

Votes will be open until 23:00 UCT, with the update arriving by 00:00 UCT, due to helping a friend with some projects tomorrow. I’ll be around until 07:00 UCT to answer questions and provide info on write-ins, since we got a surprise long weekend at work.

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>>4435668

Updated the pastebins with the new information thus far.

Tools and Resources V1.1: https://pastebin.com/w8Bs0xBZ

Locations V1.1: https://pastebin.com/RmgUQJL5

>>4435668
>>Gather materials and make a quick camp for the night. There’s old charcoal around from the old burn, and you have tinder. (Spend 3 hrs gathering materials to build a fire and make a comfortable area to sleep tonight. No roll required, as you have tinder, lots of daylight, and there is pre-burned material here.)
Before it starts to storm.

>Running a bit late, vehicle accident slowed traffic down like hell.

>>4435835

>Gather materials and make a quick camp for the night. There’s old charcoal around from the old burn, and you have tinder. (Spend 3 hrs gathering materials to build a fire and make a comfortable area to sleep tonight. No roll required, as you have tinder, lots of daylight, and there is pre-burned material here.)

Vote's called, writing.

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>>4435835

>Gather materials and make a quick camp for the night. There’s old charcoal around from the old burn, and you have tinder. (Spend 3 hrs gathering materials to build a fire and make a comfortable area to sleep tonight. No roll required, as you have tinder, lots of daylight, and there is pre-burned material here.)

Standing back up, you look around the burnt clearing. The sun is starting to get a bit lower in the sky, too low for your liking. It’s too far to make it to camp before nightfall, and even getting to the pool again will be cutting it close. Deciding to stay here for the night, you poke around until you find a deep enough depression for a good firepit. Picking up a few burnt branches and making a rough outline, you break up the old bird’s nest from a few days ago into a small pile of fluffy tinder. Taking two of the straighter sticks from the pile, you carve a fireboard and hand drill with your flint knife.

>Gained FIREBOARD and HAND DRILL! These are used together to produce fire. A slower method if you aren’t used to it, nevertheless this is a simple method that be produced with a knife or a flake. Can be turned into a BOW DRILL with a length of MIDDLING CORDAGE, or a DROP SPINDLE DRILL with a length of GOOD CORDAGE and a STONE SPINDLE.

Sitting down, you start rubbing the drill to produce the punk and ember for the fire. It takes a few minutes, since you’ve been relying more on old coals rather than fresh fire for over a week now, but it takes well. The tinder you prepared lights up like a dream, and soon you have the fitful start of a blaze in the depression. Feeding it with the deadfall in the area until the old charcoal catches, once the fire has been built to a stable size, you start to scrounge in the area for softer branches for a bed.

Picking away stones from a pleasant spot near the fire, you lay down an armload of pine boughs from the less fire-damaged area. Spreading them onto the loamy soil that is free from rocks now, you squat down and look over your gear. The flint knife is starting to get well used from the journey. It’ll be fine for a while yet, but it’s less robust than it was a week ago from the flaking you’ve done to keep it sharp. The spear is still in good order, and the flake you brought for a razor will be fine yet. There isn’t quite enough time to make a proper shelter, but you ‘ll be fine if you sleep near the base of the tree and keep an ear out for trouble. At least the smoke from the fire will keep mosquitoes away for tonight.

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>>4437135

>It’s currently late evening, with around 1 hr of daylight left in the day. You have a simple site to sleep in the OLD BURN. You have one use of dry tinder left, and ate the last of the food you had in hand. There’s a faint smell of rain on the wind, it might be raining by the time morning comes. What do?

>Gather some mushrooms to eat for tomorrow. It’s still light enough that you can do this with a brand from the fire if need be. (Gather 1 days’ worth of food in the OLD BURN. No roll required, as you haven’t touched this area yet, and there’s still a fair amount around.)

>Check around the clearing for traces. It’ll be rough since the night is closing in, but you’re sure that the rain will clear them out if you don’t get them tonight. (Spend 2 hrs searching the OLD BURN. Hard roll required [<40], due to lateness in the day and indistinct traces.)

>Look around the clearing for a good place to set traps. You’ve got a nagging feeling that this place has more going on that you think. (Spend 1 hr siting locations for TRAPS in the OLD BURN. Fairly Easy roll required [<65], since the area is open, and you know what kind of traps you want to lay here.)

>Write-in?

The votes will be open until 01:00 UCT tomorrow, with the update coming in by 02:00 UCT. Won’t be around tonight very much do to friends wanting to hang out, but should be in around 06:00 UCT tonight to provide info about write-ins if needed.

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Rolled 12 (1d100)

>>4437140
>>Check around the clearing for traces. It’ll be rough since the night is closing in, but you’re sure that the rain will clear them out if you don’t get them tonight. (Spend 2 hrs searching the OLD BURN. Hard roll required [<40], due to lateness in the day and indistinct traces.)

Rolled 48 (1d100)

>>4437140

>Check around the clearing for traces. It’ll be rough since the night is closing in, but you’re sure that the rain will clear them out if you don’t get them tonight. (Spend 2 hrs searching the OLD BURN. Hard roll required [<40], due to lateness in the day and indistinct traces.)

Rolled 28, 62 = 90 (2d100)

Sorry for the delays, had to deal with a tow truck driver that was called on my vehicle. Neighbour thought I was parked in his stall instead of mine, and had to get things squared away before they impounded it.

>>4437204
>>4437253

>Check around the clearing for traces. It’ll be rough since the night is closing in, but you’re sure that the rain will clear them out if you don’t get them tonight. (Spend 2 hrs searching the OLD BURN. Hard roll required [<40], due to lateness in the day and indistinct traces.)

>Roll required! Difficulty is <40!

>>4437204
>>4437253

>Best roll is 12! GOOD SUCCESS!

Ignore the rolls above, they are inconsequential right now.

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>>4437253

>Check around the clearing for traces. It’ll be rough since the night is closing in, but you’re sure that the rain will clear them out if you don’t get them tonight. (Spend 2 hrs searching the OLD BURN. Hard roll required [<40], due to lateness in the day and indistinct traces.)

>Roll required! Difficulty is <40!

>>4437204
>>4437253

>Best roll is 12! GOOD SUCCESS!

Stretching, you stand up from the small bed by the fire. Those clouds above are looking pretty heavy, and those few traces you’ve found are almost certainly going to be washed away with the few bout of rain. Picking up a brand from the fire and spreading some dirt over it so that it doesn’t burn out, you walk over to where the dents in the ground were.

Peering closely at them, your brow furrows in concentration. They’re too wide to be something hooved, and the pacing looks wrong for a canine. They seem to lead further south-south-east from the burn. Taking advantage of the waning daylight, you see them slightly stand out from the rest of the soil as darkened shadows.

Pressing onwards for around 20 minutes, you pause and feel your heartbeat pick up the pace. Thud-THUD, thud-THUD, thud-THUD. There, by an oak tree with a bunch of crushed acorns. Scat, and it’s fairly fresh. Squatting down, you prod it with a stick. It gives slightly, and breaking it apart, you see a few chunks of what looks like mushroom, mixed with seeds. It came this way, within the last couple of days. Three at the outside you figure. Hurrying back to the burn, you build the fire up and try to sleep. The adrenaline makes it a rough sleep.

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>>4438887

>Dawn of the 12th day! You have no food handy, one use of dry tinder on you, and you’re feeling pretty thirsty.

The first couple of drops hitting you in the face wakes you up. It’s starting to spit rain slightly. It’s not heavy yet, but it’ll start bucketing down eventually. Hearing the hiss of the rain hitting the coals, you spread dirt on them to help cover the smell of man in the area. A surge of confidence puts a spring in your step as you debate what’s next. With the lead that you found, you’re certain that if you bait this area, you can claim victory.

>There looks to be around 13 hrs of daylight, with around 5 hrs to noon. The rain is a very faint drizzle right now, but looks like it’ll get heavier later. What do?

>Push back to the camp. It’ll be a long trek, but most of your tools are there, including what you’ll need to set up the traps. (Spend 8hrs to return to CAMPSITE. No roll required, since it’s familiar terrain.)

>If you head back to the pool, you can get something to drink, and start knocking down the edible reeds for later. (Spend 3 hrs to return to the POOL, and harvest 1 days worth of food from the banks. No roll required, as it’s familiar terrain and simple labour.)

>You want to press onward, and see if the scat leads onwards to any more proof. Fortune favours the bold. (Spend 3-6 hrs pushing SSE. Hard roll required [<40], since the rain is starting to pick up and wash away the impressions you were following.)

>Write-in?

I’ll also need a vote on where you would like to plan for trapping BRUN.

>The pool is a popular location, and the ground is soft. It’ll be simple work to set traps here, but there may be by-catch that’ll foul them. (POOL)

>The old burn is a bit further out, but it seems to be less popular with the wildlife. If you bait it with the right stuff, you can probably lure them here. (OLD BURN)

>You’re going to hold out for a new location. Maybe you’ll find something close to it’s den, and certainly catch it by surprise. (HOLD OUT)

Votes will be open until 01:00 UCT tomorrow, with the write-up arriving by 02:00 UCT. The only thing I had planned out should wrap up by then, so barring anything stupid happening, it shouldn’t be late like today was.

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>>4438889
>If you head back to the pool, you can get something to drink, and start knocking down the edible reeds for later. (Spend 3 hrs to return to the POOL, and harvest 1 days worth of food from the banks. No roll required, as it’s familiar terrain and simple labour.)
We're thirsty and have no food.

>>4438906


>If you head back to the pool, you can get something to drink, and start knocking down the edible reeds for later. (Spend 3 hrs to return to the POOL, and harvest 1 days worth of food from the banks. No roll required, as it’s familiar terrain and simple labour.)

Called, and starting the write-up now.

>>4440331
Cool!
I really hope you get more votes, man, this is a great quest. Scratches the wilderness survival itch I didn't know I had.

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>>4438906

>If you head back to the pool, you can get something to drink, and start knocking down the edible reeds for later. (Spend 3 hrs to return to the POOL, and harvest 1 days worth of food from the banks. No roll required, as it’s familiar terrain and simple labour.)

Sneezing, you feel a tickle in the back of your throat. That, and the rumblings of an empty stomach does the thinking for you. Pushing the pile of bush aside so that you can find it again later and picking up the spear from it’s place by the tree, you start making the small trek back to the pool.

By the time you arrive at the pool, the rain has starting falling in earnest. The normally placid waters are churned up by the rain, turning a murky brown colour. The tang of silt is worse today, but it beats licking dew off of leaves. You make a mental note to turn the rabbit skin in the camp into a water bladder if you can get some sinew from some game.

Bending over and cutting the reed with the flake, harvesting a small pile of green shoots goes quickly. There’s still a lot of fresh growth here, and more will be coming along with the rains. Chewing on the roots, you look over the clearing and see tracks of deer that look to be heading northwest. Looks like an adult, probably a young buck since you don’t see fawn-sized prints following along.

>It’s morning, with around 2 hrs to noon and around 10 hrs left in the day by your estimate. The rain is starting to pick up, and you have food for today with one more use of dry tinder in your pouch. What do?

>With water down your throat and food in your belly, you feel up to tracking down that buck. With the rain coming down, he’ll be bedded down and vulnerable. (Spend 3-6hrs tracking NW from the POOL. Very Hard roll required [<30], due to unexplored territory and wily game. Results affect time and success of tracking.)

>Heading back to camp would be a good call right now. It’ll be hard work rebuilding the fire in this rain, and you need some crafting work done up for your plans. (Spend 6 hrs returning to CAMPSITE. No roll required due to familiar terrain and blazed trails.)

>Sticking around here and harvesting more resources would be prudent. It’s time-consuming to get here, and there’s still plenty to be gained. (Spend 2 hrs harvesting food and deadfall from the POOL. No roll required, as these are still abundant. Provides 2 days of food and 2 days of firewood, but will deplete these resources to a Medium roll [<60] afterwards.)

>Write-in?

Voting period will be open until 01:00 UCT tomorrow, with the update arriving by 02:00 UCT. Will be around to provide info for write-ins until 06:00 UCT today.

>>4440334

Thanks, that's the kind of stuff I was aiming for. It's been helping working through some creative blocks that I had, and gives me something to look forward to doing after work, no matter how shitty the day was.

>>4440431
>Sticking around here and harvesting more resources would be prudent. It’s time-consuming to get here, and there’s still plenty to be gained. (Spend 2 hrs harvesting food and deadfall from the POOL. No roll required, as these are still abundant. Provides 2 days of food and 2 days of firewood, but will deplete these resources to a Medium roll [<60] afterwards.)
Since we're here. We can head back to camp after.

Sorry people, I'll have to push the quest update back another day. Apparently someone put my name in on duty today, and didn't bother telling me. Will update twice the day after to make up for it.

>>4440589
I agree with this though I do wonder if it would be better to head back to camp now and come back for the deadfall and food tomorrow morning, plus then this afternoon I would get a chance to be dry(ish) and get more crafting done. The food should still be here tomorrow and I know this spot well enough, hopefully the weather will work with me a bit better then as well.

Though I'll go with foraging more here and then heading back if that's what you want as well.

>>4441288
I'll agree to heading back to camp now (it was my second choice).

>>4441288
>>4441293

>Heading back to camp would be a good call right now. It’ll be hard work rebuilding the fire in this rain, and you need some crafting work done up for your plans. (Spend 6 hrs returning to CAMPSITE. No roll required due to familiar terrain and blazed trails.)

Writing now.

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>>4441288
>>4441293

>Heading back to camp would be a good call right now. It’ll be hard work rebuilding the fire in this rain, and you need some crafting work done up for your plans. (Spend 6 hrs returning to CAMPSITE. No roll required due to familiar terrain and blazed trails.)

Chewing on the root of a reed, you feel rain start running down your back from the leaves above. Swearing at the sudden burst of cold between the shoulderblades, you decide on heaging back to the camp. At least the lean-to has enough weight of roof to keep the rain off. That, and the thought of a warm meal cement the decision. Hefting the reeds under the left arm and using the spear as a walking stick in the right, you step off.

When you pass by those damned blackberry brambles, you notice more of them have ripened. You can’t see how much is ready without stopping, but there should at least be a day’s worth or so before they’re completely picked clean. Sidestepping and making a rude gesture to the outcropping you always trip over, you continue on the way to the camp.

When you arrive in the camp, your feet are sore and your arms are a bit numb from switching the weight between them for hours. Plopping down next to the pit, you feel a faint twinge of hope that there’ll be a coal left. Nothing. May as well build it up now before everything is soaked. Bending over to shelter the punk from the rain, you work up a small ember and use the last of the dry tinder on you to support it. By the time you feel the hunger pangs settle in, you have a fire going and set your shirt to dry from a bar in the lean-to.

>There is currently around 4 hrs of daylight left in the day. It’s still raining pretty heavily, and doesn’t look like it’ll let up for a while. There’s 2 more days to spare of food , 2 more uses of tinder, and around 3.5 days of firewood left in the camp(Halved from 7 due to burning more to stay dry). What do?

>You want to start braiding the creepers into useful cordage. They’re too frail right now for much of anything. (Spend 4 hrs braiding 16’ of MIDDLING quality CORDAGE. No roll required, as this process is time-consuming rather than difficult.)

>You want to form that feldspar blank into a pick head. It’ll make digging the traps later much easier than a digging stick. (Spend 2 hrs grinding a FELDSPAR BLANK into a PICK HEAD. No roll required, as you have an anvil stone to abrade against and a sturdy blank.)

>Your flint knife is really dull now. You should probably form the chert into a new knife. (Spend 2 hrs knapping a CHERT BLANK into a CHERT KNIFE. Easy roll required [<70] since although you have a flaker, it’s not particularly robust.)

>Write-in?

If there is a couple votes ready by 05:00 UCT, I’ll call the vote then and provide another write-up at 06:00 UCT. Otherwise, I’ll call the next vote at 00:00 UCT tomorrow and have the next update ready by 01:00 UCT.

>>4443109
>You want to form that feldspar blank into a pick head. It’ll make digging the traps later much easier than a digging stick. (Spend 2 hrs grinding a FELDSPAR BLANK into a PICK HEAD. No roll required, as you have an anvil stone to abrade against and a sturdy blank.)

>The pact was struck, and a deal fulfilled. Thy debt is paid in full.

>>4443320
>You want to form that feldspar blank into a pick head. It’ll make digging the traps later much easier than a digging stick. (Spend 2 hrs grinding a FELDSPAR BLANK into a PICK HEAD. No roll required, as you have an anvil stone to abrade against and a sturdy blank.)

Writing. Finally cleared up that favour for a friend, so unless work keeps sending shit down the pipe, updates should be regular for a while yet.

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>>4443320

>You want to form that feldspar blank into a pick head. It’ll make digging the traps later much easier than a digging stick. (Spend 2 hrs grinding a FELDSPAR BLANK into a PICK HEAD. No roll required, as you have an anvil stone to abrade against and a sturdy blank.)

After the fire is stable, you pull the anvil stone over, closer to the cover of the lean-to. It’s a bit heavy after being soaked from the rain, but it should still be abrasive enough to grind it down to a proper shape. To be on the safe side, you pull some of the wood ash out from the dry side of the fire with a branch, and scatter it over the surface of the stone. Taking a handful of berries from the stash to flavour some of the reed bulbs, you bend to your work.

The blank is a decent size, and will require the least amount of time to grind into a pick head. With that in mind, you grind and rub it against the anvil stone, occasionally adding more ash as needed. The wet anvil stone forms a gritty slurry with the stone dust and ash, making the grinding process a little faster than usual. Your hands are starting to cramp a bit around the end of the first hour when you finish getting the rough shape of it down.

Forming the groove around the centre is a bit more of a challenge. Usually you’d have a piece of granite or the like to rub against it, but all you have is more feldspar. It’s difficult to groove with the same material. Weighing the limited options available, you settle on using the edge of the anvil stone. It’ll take longer than usual and cause a lot of wear on it, but you can always find more trap rock at the defile. Getting a usable head is worth more in the end.

>You gain a STONE PICK HEAD! Combining this with a DIGGING STICK and 2’ of MIDDLING or higher quality CORDAGE will provide a STONE PICK. It will take 2 hrs, since you will need to burn out a socket, but will not require a roll since you have a chisel and knife.

When the head is finally finished, you head to the stream and wipe the slurry off of your hands. Glancing over at the fish trap, you see a crayfish chewing on the guts. It won’t be super filling, but it’s better than nothing. Grabbing it before it can dart away, pressing the flake into its spine stops its wiggling.

>You gain .5 days of food, bringing your total in camp to 2.5 days. The FISH TRAP is still BAITED, [<70] for a catch tomorrow.

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>Re-posting because I forgot the image like a pleb.

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>>4443444

Deciding to check on the snares as well, you’re less lucky. It looks like a rabbit got caught when you were out by the burn, but it got eaten ahead of you by a predator. The fur is ripped to pieces, bones are scattered, and a lot of the big chunks of meat are gone. Grumbling, you pick up the chunks and quickly bury them in the brush, marking it with 4 sticks in a pattern. A scavenger will probably dig them up, but if not, it may still be useful for bait later.

>It’s late evening, with around 2 hrs of daylight left in the day. The rain isn’t stopping, and you’re starting to feel tired from the exertion today. What do?

>You feel like staying up a bit later to braid some cordage. It’ll be late by the time you get to sleep, but this is important. (Spend 4 hrs braiding CREEPERS into 16’ of MIDDLING quality CORDAGE. Requires an Average roll [<50], since your hands are sore and you’re tired. Failures reduce total length made, due to mistakes.)

>You want to stretch out that rabbit skin from the other day before a scavenger starts tearing holes in it. It’ll take a few days to dry out, but it’s not like you don’t have time to spare yet. (Spend 2 hrs taking some of the firewood sticks and 8’ of CREEPERS to make a frame. No roll required as you are familiar with this process from your time in the village. Will produce 1x SMALL HIDE in 2-4 days, depending on weather. Re-usable.)

>With everything that happened today, you just want to relax and sleep. The rain drumming on the roof is sure to help lull you to a deep sleep. (Spend the rest of the night relaxing and sleeping early. Will give you the WELL-RESTED trait for tomorrow, which mitigates a total of two degrees of failure on personal rolls for the day. [i.e. NARROW FAILURE becomes NARROW SUCCESS, and TERRIBLE FAILURE becomes NARROW FAILURE. Does not improve results beyond NARROW SUCCESS.]

>Write-in?

I’m starting courses again this week, so I shouldn’t have anymore last-minute taskings affecting my spare time for the next fair while. Votes will be open until 01:00 UCT, with the write-up arriving by 02:00 UCT.

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>>4443446
>You want to stretch out that rabbit skin from the other day before a scavenger starts tearing holes in it. It’ll take a few days to dry out, but it’s not like you don’t have time to spare yet. (Spend 2 hrs taking some of the firewood sticks and 8’ of CREEPERS to make a frame. No roll required as you are familiar with this process from your time in the village. Will produce 1x SMALL HIDE in 2-4 days, depending on weather. Re-usable.)

Rolled 2, 73 = 75 (2d100)

>>4443447

>You want to stretch out that rabbit skin from the other day before a scavenger starts tearing holes in it. It’ll take a few days to dry out, but it’s not like you don’t have time to spare yet. (Spend 2 hrs taking some of the firewood sticks and 8’ of CREEPERS to make a frame. No roll required as you are familiar with this process from your time in the village. Will produce 1x SMALL HIDE in 2-4 days, depending on weather. Re-usable.)

Writing. Rolls are for the effectiveness of the traps overnight First is FISH TRAP [<60, due to less bait], and the second is SNARES [<30, due to messy kill scaring small game away.]

>>4444420

Correction, the roll for the fish trap is [<70]. Made a mistake in the tracking.

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>>4443447

>You want to stretch out that rabbit skin from the other day before a scavenger starts tearing holes in it. It’ll take a few days to dry out, but it’s not like you don’t have time to spare yet. (Spend 2 hrs taking some of the firewood sticks and 8’ of CREEPERS to make a frame. No roll required as you are familiar with this process from your time in the village. Will produce 1x SMALL HIDE in 2-4 days, depending on weather. Re-usable.)

Cracking your knuckles to ease the soreness a little, you decide to get a frame done up for the rabbit hide. It won’t dry as nicely due to the rain and lack of salt, but if it gets started now, it should be ready for brain-tanning in a few days time if you rub wood ash into it in the morning. You walk over to a few of the saplings at the edge of the clearing that usually catch most of the sunlight with the axe and a flake.

Hacking down the branches and twigs for the first handful of feet off the ground, you take some of the creepers and lash two cross-braces of firewood to make a square frame. Heading back to the bundle of sodden fur, you take a chert point and pierce the edges in a few spots. Twining short lengths of creeper through it, you walk over to the frame. Pulling on it to stretch it as much as you could, you tie it into place. It’s not as tight as you’d like due to the lack of strong cordage, but it should suffice for a small piece of rawhide. After it’s secured, you rub the hide to peel off some of the last membranes on it. The hide is too delicate to take a flesher to it with the materials you have, so you’ll have to hand-pick it over in the morning. By the time you’re satisfied with it, night has fallen and the rain is still coming down. With that, you lay down to sleep.

>The 13th day dawns! You used 1 heavy day’s worth of FIREWOOD overnight, leaving you with a new total of 2.5 days of firewood in the camp. (5 days worth, cut in half due to bad weather).

>Roll required for the traps! FISH TRAP roll is [<70], and the SNARES are [<30].

>>4444420

>Rolls are 2 for FISH TRAP, and 73 for SNARES. EXCELLENT SUCCESS for FISH TRAP! TERRIBLE FAILURE for SNARES!

When you wake up from a dreamless sleep, the rain has stopped drumming on the roof. The ground is muddy and gross, and the sky is a deep stone gray. It may still rain again today, since the clouds are still heavy with moisture. Spreading a handful of the warm wood ash over the hide and rubbing it in, you check over the snares. They’re empty, to your lack of surprise. You’ll likely have to move them again, because the scattered mess from the predator will have made the area reek of death. Moving over to the fish trap is a more pleasant surprise. It looks like a large pike got it’s head into the trap, and is thrashing around. Stabbing it in the gills with your knife, it slowly stops moving. The trap is a bit roughed up, but you’ll eat well with the fish in it tonight.

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>>4444505

>Gained 1.5 days of food from the traps! Brings new total to 3 days of food, after taking today’s food out of it. (.5 day of berries, 1 day of fish, and 1.5 days of reeds).

Cleaning and preparing the fish, you wrap the pike fillets in reeds with a mash of blackberries in between. Skewering it and laying it out to cook, you debate on what to do for today.

>Your estimate is that there is 12.5 hrs of daylight today, with 4.5 hrs to noon. The sky is overcast and cool, but rain may still come down yet today. What do?

>You could use more sturdy logs from the stand of oaks. Either for more spears with the flakes, or hafts for other tools. (Spend a total of 7 hrs to harvest logs with the CHERT AXE from the OAK TREES. No roll required, due to plentiful resources at this location, and having a sharp axe. Will provide 4 usable LOGS of hardwood.)

>You are low on sturdy cordage, and could use more. It’ll be a bit less since you used some of the creepers up on the frame, but that means less time spent braiding. (Spend 3.5 hrs braiding creepers into 14’ of MIDDLING CORDAGE at the CAMPSITE. No roll required, as this task is time consuming rather than difficult.)

>You have a lot of chert points that you can’t really use for much, since you aren’t likely going to have time to make a bow worth shooting. However, you have a devious idea for them, and the traps you have planned. (Spend 2.5 hrs breaking a CHERT FLAKE into points, and sharpening all the points into razor edges. If you slot them into the WOODEN STAKES, you can increase the lethality of the FOOT-HOLD TRAPS you were planning. BRUN probably won’t fight back as hard as they cut into his paws. Will increase the BY-CATCH rate of the traps, as other prey have a hard time stepping out of them.

>Write-in?

Votes will be open until 00:00 UCT tomorrow, with the update arriving by 01:00 UCT. I’ll be around for answering questions, and providing info for write-ins until 06:00 UCT.

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>You are low on sturdy cordage, and could use more. It’ll be a bit less since you used some of the creepers up on the frame, but that means less time spent braiding. (Spend 3.5 hrs braiding creepers into 14’ of MIDDLING CORDAGE at the CAMPSITE. No roll required, as this task is time consuming rather than difficult.)

Calling the vote here.

>>4444525

>You are low on sturdy cordage, and could use more. It’ll be a bit less since you used some of the creepers up on the frame, but that means less time spent braiding. (Spend 3.5 hrs braiding creepers into 14’ of MIDDLING CORDAGE at the CAMPSITE. No roll required, as this task is time consuming rather than difficult.)

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>>4444525

>You are low on sturdy cordage, and could use more. It’ll be a bit less since you used some of the creepers up on the frame, but that means less time spent braiding. (Spend 3.5 hrs braiding creepers into 14’ of MIDDLING CORDAGE at the CAMPSITE. No roll required, as this task is time consuming rather than difficult.)

Hearing the fish sizzle away in the wrappings, you turn towards the pile of creepers at the foot of a nearby tree. Sighing, you decide to finally braid some of them into more cordage. It was always one of your least favourite jobs in the village, made worse now by not having someone to talk to. At least there, you were often chatting with Nadia and Jonas to pass the time. Here, the only company is the fish on the fire, and the crackling of coals.

Tying off a knot to secure the end, you start braiding the vines in a simple four strand plait. It’ll be sturdy enough for the simpler tasks at hand, plus it has the advantage of going quicker. Stopping briefly after the first foot to flick the fish onto the anvil stone to cool off, you continue braiding for most of the morning. Your thoughts wander as the repetitive motions of outside vine over top, inbetween opposite outside strands, twist, repeat occupy your hands. What sort of totem should I make? I could go with taking the paws, and wearing them as gloves and shoes. Maybe a necklace of teeth and claws. It’s pretty convincing, since I doubt the honey-eaters give them up willingly. If there isn’t too many holes, a fresh pelt would be the nicest.

>Gained a total of 14’ of MIDDLING quality CORDAGE! Consumed all remaining CREEPERS in the CAMPSITE. Can sub-divide the lengths of cordage by cutting and re-tying as required. Multiple short lengths tied together aren’t as strong though.

As morning slowly turns towards noon, you set down the last of the braiding into a loose coil. Tying off the end, you stand up and crack your knuckles. You feel up to doing something, anything other than looking at another pile of vines again for a while. With the faint scent of rain on the wind, and a few lazy drops starting to fall again across the stream, you finish one of the pieces of fish entirely, and bury the other with the berries. The reed wrapping should help mask the enticing smell and keep the dirt off of the flesh.

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>>4445948

>It’s currently late morning, with around 1 hour to noon and 8 hrs of daylight left in the day. The rain is starting to fall again, and you’ve banked the fire enough to keep it stable for today. What do?

>Now that you have some cordage to work with, you can improve your digging tools. (Spend 2 hrs fixing the PICK HEAD to the DIGGING STICK to form a STONE PICK. No roll required, as you have a chisel and knife to form the socket that you will be burning out. Will consume 2’ of CORDAGE to wrap and secure the head.)

>You’ll need to re-site the snares to have them have a hope of catching anything. (Spend 2hrs re-siting the SNARES at the CAMPSITE. Medium roll required [<60], as you are starting to run low on places to site them. Will improve the SNARES roll from [<30] to [<60], as they won’t be in an area that reeks of death.)

>This rain is making you burn fuel at a much faster rate than normal. Faster than you’re comfortable with. (Spend a total of 5 hrs gathering firewood at the DEAD TREES with the CHERT AXE. No roll required, as there is a supply of usable firewood. Will provide 5 days (2.5 days of heavy usage) of FIREWOOD. Will deplete the area, and further attempts will require a Hard roll [<40] to get any meaningful amount of firewood.)

>Write-in?

The voting period will be open until 00:00 UCT tomorrow, with the update arriving by 01:00 UCT. I’ll check in until around 06:00 UCT to provide information on write-ins.

>>4445949
>Now that you have some cordage to work with, you can improve your digging tools. (Spend 2 hrs fixing the PICK HEAD to the DIGGING STICK to form a STONE PICK. No roll required, as you have a chisel and knife to form the socket that you will be burning out. Will consume 2’ of CORDAGE to wrap and secure the head.)

We have 3 days of food and 5 of firewood if the pastebin is right, we should be able to spend the time doing this.

>>4445969

The food total is correct, the current wood supply is in this post:

>>4444505

You are currently sitting at 5 days total of firewood, with 2.5 days if the weather keeps being shit. You use up double the day's worth of firewood whenever it rains through the night, since you are trying to keep biting insects, scavengers, and predators away from your campsite.

Calling the vote here.

>>4445969

>Now that you have some cordage to work with, you can improve your digging tools. (Spend 2 hrs fixing the PICK HEAD to the DIGGING STICK to form a STONE PICK. No roll required, as you have a chisel and knife to form the socket that you will be burning out. Will consume 2’ of CORDAGE to wrap and secure the head.)

Writing.

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>>4445969

>Now that you have some cordage to work with, you can improve your digging tools. (Spend 2 hrs fixing the PICK HEAD to the DIGGING STICK to form a STONE PICK. No roll required, as you have a chisel and knife to form the socket that you will be burning out. Will consume 2’ of CORDAGE to wrap and secure the head.)

Sneezing slightly, you happen to glance at the digging stick. Since you have a head for it, and a fresh supply of decent rope, you settle on fixing the feldspar pick head to it for now. You slice and tie off a shorter length off of the fresh cordage, and quickly tie it off before the whole braid unravels. Taking it all under the roof of the lean-to, you bend to the task.

Taking up the knife, you score the bark at the digging end of the stick. Peeling away the bark, you set a small groove in it with the blade. Taking up a sturdy hunk of rock, you hammer on the feldspar chisel until you have a narrow slot into the first ring of the stick. Setting the chisel aside, you flick out a coal from the fire with the knife. Balancing it on the flat, you set it into the slot and blow on it. Over the course of the next hour, the coal slowly works its way through the haft until it comes out the other side. The rain starts up again, and the drumming is a nice backdrop to the sound of hissing as raindrops hit the coals.

Taking up the oblong pick head, you fix it into the socket. Once it is secured in place, you wind rope all around the head, tying off a clove hitch below to lash it all together. Stepping out to the muddy clearing, you give it an experimental swing into the dirt. The pick sinks deeply into the earth, and pulls up a nice hunk of earth with ease. You figure that it will cut down the time needed for digging by a substantial margin.

>Consumed FELDSPAR PICK HEAD, DIGGING STICK, and 2’ of MIDDLING CORDAGE to produce STONE PICK! This tool lowers time spent on digging tasks, and reduces difficulty of these tasks further. Simple tasks can be completed at a ratio of 1:3 from a digging stick (Tasks taking 3 hrs now only take 1.) due to ergonomics and less breaks required. Moderate tasks like digging small pits no longer require a roll, and Hard tasks like digging a large animal pitfall trap are reduced to Average difficulty [<50].

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>>4447216

Setting the pick aside, you take the small flaker you have in hand and re-sharpen your tools. Everything is sharp enough to work for a while, but you’ll want a better flaker to keep them going well. You could also use some more resources, as hammering on the chisel with a rock rather than a sturdy piece of wood was frustrating to deal with. Grabbing a drink of water from the stream, you take a quick break to rub a bit more ash on the hide again as the rain plasters your hair to your scalp and neck.

>It’s currently early afternoon, with around 6 hrs of daylight left in the day. The rain is back in force again today, and you’re starting to get a nice collection of tools in the camp. What do?

>Some more sturdy lengths of hardwood would be useful. Either for more spears and tools, or just for hammering in general. (Spend 7hrs heading to the OAK TREES to harvest LUMBER with the CHERT AXE. No roll required, due to abundant resources, proper tools, and familiar, trail-blazed paths preventing you from getting lost when night comes. Will provide 4 logs to work with.)

>You’ll need to re-site the snares to have them have a hope of catching anything. That, and the fish trap is a bit banged up from the pike you caught today. (Spend 3hrs re-siting the SNARES at the CAMPSITE, and repairing the fish trap. Medium roll required [<60], as you are starting to run low on places to site them in the area. Will improve the SNARES roll from [<30] to [<60], as they won’t be in an area that reeks of death, and will restore the FISHTRAP from BATTERED with bait [<65], to STURDY [<70].)

>You want to pick over an old location. Maybe you’ll find something new there? (Pick a LOCATION from the location’s pastebin. Time required depends on distance from CAMPSITE. Will require an Average roll [<50], to find new materials there, with results affecting what you find. Will bring along 1x CHERT SPEAR, 1 use of tinder, the HAND DRILL, and food for the night in case it extends past nightfall.)
>Write-in?

Voting will be open until 00:00 UCT tomorrow, with the update arriving by 01:00 UCT. I will also update the pastebins then, and re-post the links to them at the end of the update for convenience’s sake. I’ll be around until roughly 06:00 UCT to answer questions and provide info on write-in or LOCATION choices.

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Rolled 60 (1d100)

>>4447218
>You’ll need to re-site the snares to have them have a hope of catching anything. That, and the fish trap is a bit banged up from the pike you caught today. (Spend 3hrs re-siting the SNARES at the CAMPSITE, and repairing the fish trap. Medium roll required [<60], as you are starting to run low on places to site them in the area. Will improve the SNARES roll from [<30] to [<60], as they won’t be in an area that reeks of death, and will restore the FISHTRAP from BATTERED with bait [<65], to STURDY [<70].)

Rolled 17 (1d100)

>>4447227
+1

Calling the vote here.

>>4447227
>>4447333

>You’ll need to re-site the snares to have them have a hope of catching anything. That, and the fish trap is a bit banged up from the pike you caught today. (Spend 3hrs re-siting the SNARES at the CAMPSITE, and repairing the fish trap. Medium roll required [<60], as you are starting to run low on places to site them in the area. Will improve the SNARES roll from [<30] to [<60], as they won’t be in an area that reeks of death, and will restore the FISHTRAP from BATTERED with bait [<65], to STURDY [<70].)

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>>4447227
>>4447333

>You’ll need to re-site the snares to have them have a hope of catching anything. That, and the fish trap is a bit banged up from the pike you caught today. (Spend 3hrs re-siting the SNARES at the CAMPSITE, and repairing the fish trap. Medium roll required [<60], as you are starting to run low on places to site them in the area. Will improve the SNARES roll from [<30] to [<60], as they won’t be in an area that reeks of death, and will restore the FISHTRAP from BATTERED with bait [<65], to STURDY [<70].)

>Roll Required! [<60] to re-site SNARES.

>>4447227
>>4447333

>Best roll is a 17! GREAT SUCCESS!

Moving some of the sodden hair out of your eyes and wiping the ashes onto your legs, you decide now is as good as time as any to get the snares moved. The rain coming down will help mask your smell from the area, and with the ash drying off your palms slightly, you can still have a decent grip on the cordage. Walking over to the location where the snares are, you go to work.

It doesn’t take long to remove the short lengths of cord from the various branches and twigs you have set up. What takes a long time is finding game trails to set them at and signs of squirrel spoor at the base of trees. You’ve dealt a fair hit to the population of small game near the campsite. Eventually though, you find a small trail that leads along the bushline. There’s a few pawprints of rabbit and the tell-tale s-curve of a wood rat on the move. In addition, you see a few trees that have a small pile of pinecone debris, indicating squirrels, as well as the stripped bark of a porcupine’s feeding. So long as you don’t get too greedy, or leave them dead too long, you can probably bag a decent supply of meat here.

>Rolls for SNARES improved to [<60]! If they are required to be re-sited again in the CAMPSITE, it will require a HARD roll [<40], due to game depletion.

When you finish re-setting the snares, you head over to the inverted cone fish trap you had set up. That thrashing pike this morning loosened up a lot of the cords securing it together. Pulling it out of the water, you undo and redo the lashings, securing the bars and cone back in place. Placing the guts back into it as you set it in the water, you feel as though the fish are slowly becoming a bit more wary of the area. Either way, by the time they completely wise up, you should be having a stomach full of BRUN’s meat, surrounded by your loved ones at the village as you regale the tale of how you defeated him.

>Rolls for FISH TRAP improved to [<70]! May be re-sited further up the stream with a MEDIUM roll [<60], to improve the traps roll to [<80].

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>>4448824

Heading back over to the lean-to so that the rain stays off your back, you sit back down on the bed for a brief break. The light is getting a shade dimmer as the afternoon stretches into evening, and the rain looks to be slowing down a little. Hopefully it lets up in the night, so that you don’t have to worry about your knife slipping while it’s wet out.

>It’s currently evening in the CAMPSITE, with around 3 hrs of daylight left in the day. The rain is still steady, but isn’t bucketing down like it was the other day. What do?

>Your flint knife is starting to get pretty dull from the use and abuse from the last 2 weeks. It’s probably time to make a new one. (Spend 2 hrs knapping a CHERT BLANK into a CHERT KNIFE. Easy roll required [<70] since although you have a flaker, it’s not particularly robust.)

>Your small flaker is pretty junk, and isn’t going to work well enough for your purposes. With the way those buck tracks seemed to go, maybe you can find some antler sheds to the north? (Spend a total of 3 hrs heading N from the CAMPSITE to look for antler sheds. Will require a HARD roll [<40], as you aren’t completely sure how much male big game is here, and you haven’t found definite trails to follow.)

>Your hands are aching from using that hand drill on top of all the handiwork the last few days. Making a bow drill will at least make making fresh fires easier. (Spend 1 hr to make a BOW DRILL from 2’ of MIDDLING CORDAGE and a length of firewood. No roll required, as this is a simple tool, and you have a knife to cut the notches with.)

>Write-in?

Voting will be open until 00:00 UCT tomorrow, with the update arriving by 01:00 UCT. I’ll be around to answer questions, and provide info on write-ins until around 06:00 UCT. The pastebins have been updated today, and the addresses are as follows.

Tools and Resources v 1.1: https://pastebin.com/w8Bs0xBZ

Locations: https://pastebin.com/RmgUQJL5

If you notice any discrepancies or mistakes, let me know and I’ll be sure to correct them.

Rolled 29 (1d100)

>>4448827
>>Your small flaker is pretty junk, and isn’t going to work well enough for your purposes. With the way those buck tracks seemed to go, maybe you can find some antler sheds to the north? (Spend a total of 3 hrs heading N from the CAMPSITE to look for antler sheds. Will require a HARD roll [<40], as you aren’t completely sure how much male big game is here, and you haven’t found definite trails to follow.)
lady luck bls

>>4449249
HELL yeah antler time!!!!!!

Rolled 99 (1d100)

>>4448827
pastebin looks good
was going to do the knife but I'll support
>>4449249

Called here.

>>4449249
>>4450045

>Best roll is a 29! NARROW SUCCESS!

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>>4449249
>>4450045

>>Your small flaker is pretty junk, and isn’t going to work well enough for your purposes. With the way those buck tracks seemed to go, maybe you can find some antler sheds to the north? (Spend a total of 3 hrs heading N from the CAMPSITE to look for antler sheds. Will require a HARD roll [<40], as you aren’t completely sure how much male big game is here, and you haven’t found definite trails to follow.)

>Roll required! [<40], due to lack of information.

>Best roll is >>4449249

>NARROW SUCCESS!

Looking over the tools that you have at hand, in the camp, and inside your pouch, you come to a conclusion. You’re sick and tired of having all these tools to work with, but no way of keeping them in a functional state. Your Grandfather would have laughed long and hard seeing you maintain an edge using the thigh bone of a rabbit. Silly hare, why would you trust another hare to keep your blade sharp and hale? Deer won’t betray you, even if they leave their young behind to the grey hunters to live another day.

Taking his advice in hand, you head northwards from the campsite. You notice that the buck’s tracks went this way, and maybe you can find a fresh shed to work with in this direction. At the very least, antler is more robust than thigh bones, and can provide a solid flaker amongst other tools. With this in mind, you try and keep an eye open as you walk amongst the oaks, elm and pine trees.

Eventually you get fed up of looking for sheds in the trees. 2 hours of daylight, wasted by wandering through the woods and tripping over roots and glaring at poisonous mushrooms. Finally, you turn your gaze southwards towards the camp. There, wide out in the open and plainly obvious to see, you notice a 5-point buck shed hanging from the trees You swear under your breath at the sight of it. Merciful ancestors, why do you place a visage like this before my eyes as I venture through the woods? The howl of wind through the trees is your only response.

>Gained DEER ANTLER! This resource can be used for hard cutting tools like picks, as well as tools that are more robust than wood, but less prone to stress breakage than stone. You currently have 4 TINES of ANTLER to work with, as it was not a trophy buck or a large animal.

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>>4450203

By the time you return to the camp, the sun has completely dipped below the tree-line. There is a fitful light from the campfire being battered to and fro from the weather, but things are starting to level out again. Setting the antler aside with the cordage under a sturdy pine tree, you stare into the coals, and make a plan for tomorrow’s actions.

>It is currently nightfall inside the CAMPSITE on the 13th day. The rain is slowing down, but you’re planning on feeding the fire heavily tonight to keep the wildlife at bay. What do in the morning?

>Now that you have an antler to work with, you can form a better flaker. It beats some garbage made from a rabbit’s thigh bone. (Spend 1hr in the morning shaping 1 TINE of ANTLER into a HORN FLAKER. Won’t require a roll, as you have an abrasive ANVIL STONE to shape it with. HORN FLAKERS get more use out of STONE TOOLS, and reduces rolls to keep them sharp and produce new tools.)

>In the morning, you feel like getting fresh wood from the stand of oak trees. You could use more hardwood to fit flakes into for spears. (Spend 7hrs in the morning heading to the OAK TREES to harvest LUMBER with the CHERT AXE. No roll required, due to abundant resources, proper tools, and familiar, trail-blazed paths preventing you from getting lost when night comes. Will provide 4 logs to work with.)

>You should probably start moving tools and equipment over to the old burn tomorrow. With everything as it is, you’ll need a head start moving the stuff you’ll need over there before you set and bait the area. (Spend 8 hrs tomorrow moving equipment to the OLD BURN. No roll required, as you know the way there. Choose equipment and resources you want to move there with this vote.)

>Write-in?

Voting will be open until 00:00 UCT, with the update arriving by 01:00 UCT. I will be around until 06:00 UCT to provide information on write-ins and the like. As well, I will require 2d100, to see the results of the traps. 1st roll is for SNARES, and the 2nd is for FISH TRAP.

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>>4450205
>Now that you have an antler to work with, you can form a better flaker. It beats some garbage made from a rabbit’s thigh bone. (Spend 1hr in the morning shaping 1 TINE of ANTLER into a HORN FLAKER. Won’t require a roll, as you have an abrasive ANVIL STONE to shape it with. HORN FLAKERS get more use out of STONE TOOLS, and reduces rolls to keep them sharp and produce new tools.)
IIRC the anvil stone is @ the campsite, so this should be done now and then other stuff can be done after the move.

Rolled 52, 42 = 94 (2d100)

Running a bit slower tonight, because work held us late. Calling the vote here.

>>4450340

>Now that you have an antler to work with, you can form a better flaker. It beats some garbage made from a rabbit’s thigh bone. (Spend 1hr in the morning shaping 1 TINE of ANTLER into a HORN FLAKER. Won’t require a roll, as you have an abrasive ANVIL STONE to shape it with. HORN FLAKERS get more use out of STONE TOOLS, and reduces rolls to keep them sharp and produce new tools.)

Doing a traps roll as well, with the first one for SNARES [<60], and the 2nd for the FISH TRAP [<70].

>>4451467
Nice rolls.

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>>4450340

>Now that you have an antler to work with, you can form a better flaker. It beats some garbage made from a rabbit’s thigh bone. (Spend 1hr in the morning shaping 1 TINE of ANTLER into a HORN FLAKER. Won’t require a roll, as you have an abrasive ANVIL STONE to shape it with. HORN FLAKERS get more use out of STONE TOOLS, and reduces rolls to keep them sharp and produce new tools.)

Stretching widely, you choose to sleep early tonight. It’s been a long day with the rain drizzling downwards, and the constant sniffling of your nose is getting on your nerves. Last thing I need is to be laid up for a few days sick. Can’t really have warm soup to clear out a cold without a bowl after all. With this in mind, you chew on the end of a cattail as you stare into the flames. Eventually, you nod off and go to sleep, with the sizzle of rain on coals putting you to rest.

>The 14th day dawns! The rain has lifted, and the cloud cover overhead is starting to break up, with patches of blue sky shining through. Consumed heavy amounts of FIREWOOD in the night! New total is 3 days worth (1.5 days if bad weather comes by again).

>Traps roll required in the morning! Current status of traps are as follows: SNARES [<60] (Re-sited recently), and FISH TRAP [<70] (Sturdy condition, and baited).

>>4451467

>Traps roll are SNARES 52! NARROW SUCCESS! FISH TRAP 42! GOOD SUCCESS! Gained a total of 1.5 days of food! New total in the camp after today’s ration is 3 days (2 days of fish, and 1 day of reeds.)

You wake up in the morning with a sneeze and a start. Something seems a bit off while you wipe the sleep from your eyes. Thank the Maker, the rain has stopped. It looks like it’ll be gone for good now too, with the clouds breaking like that. Scratching your hip as you walk over to the stream, you check over your trap lines. There’s a trout caught in the cone trap, and a squirrel hanging from the snares. Cleaning them and burying the offal with the others, you set them on sticks to cook by the fire as you go to work on the antler.

Taking the shed in hand and placing it on the anvil stone, you press the chisel along the main branch by a long tine. Bringing down another rock on it heavily, you snap it off without splintering the rest of the antler. Taking the tine, you starting using the anvil stone to grind and shape the points. By the time the morning meal was cooked through, you have the horn flaker shaved down and slotted into a stick. Satisfied, you take the old rabbit bone flaker you were using and toss it into the flames, and put the new one into your pouch alongside your knife.

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>>4451506

>Gained HORN FLAKER! This pressure flaker allows you to sharpen and knap stone tools more easily. It works by flaking off small chips from the edge with the hard horn tip, and either your palm striking it or another rock for hammering strikes. It lowers rolls needed to form tools from blanks, and allows you to get more sharpening uses on other tools as the hard point allows you to remove smaller flakes than the bone one you were using.

Standing up and pulling out your flint knife, you press the knife’s flat onto your thigh. Taking the flaker in hand, you work the edges over the span of a couple minutes, bringing it back up to a fine edge. You won’t be able to sharpen it much more since you took so much material off with the old one, but it’ll hold up for another couple days at least. With that thought in mind, you get ready for the day’s plans.

>It is currently early morning on the 14th day, with about 5 hrs to go until noon. Your estimate is that there is around 13 hrs total of daylight today, and the rainclouds are heading off quickly. What do?

>You want to form a new knife from the chert blank. It’ll go fast with the new tool, and you’d rather have it ready before the flint one breaks on you. (Spend 2 hrs knapping and finishing a CHERT KNIFE from the CHERT BLANK at the CAMPSITE. This will consume the CHERT BLANK, and 1’ of MIDDLING CORDAGE. No roll required, as you have a HORN FLAKER and an ANVIL STONE to work with.)

>You could use some more logs for hammering and tool hafts. The oak stand still has plenty of solid hardwood to cut down. (Spend 7 hrs heading to the OAK TREES to harvest LUMBER with the CHERT AXE and bring them back to the CAMPSITE. No roll required, as you have the proper tools, and there is an abundance of resources at this location. Will provide 4 LUMBER.)

>You should get a head start moving equipment closer to the old burn. It’s a fair way’s travel from camp, and you’ll need the time to get them over there. (Spend 8hrs moving tools one way to the OLD BURN. No roll required, as you have a trailblazed and familiar path to follow. Will move the STONE PICK, 2x STONE SPEARS, and the WOODEN STAKES to the OLD BURN, using both lengths of cordage in the camp to lash them all together into a bundle to be carried. Will bring 1x STONE SPEAR as a walking staff, the FIREBOARD and HAND DRILL, food for today, and the 2 uses of dry TINDER in the campsite.)

>Write-in?

The voting period will be open until 00:00 UCT tomorrow, with the update arriving by 01:00 UCT. I’ll be around today until around 06:00 UCT to answer questions and provide information on write-ins.

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>>4451507
>we need cordage to make the knife AND to move stuff over
Can the moving cordage be reused after the equipment is at the Old Burn? If yes,
>You should get a head start moving equipment closer to the old burn. It’s a fair way’s travel from camp, and you’ll need the time to get them over there. (Spend 8hrs moving tools one way to the OLD BURN. No roll required, as you have a trailblazed and familiar path to follow. Will move the STONE PICK, 2x STONE SPEARS, and the WOODEN STAKES to the OLD BURN, using both lengths of cordage in the camp to lash them all together into a bundle to be carried. Will bring 1x STONE SPEAR as a walking staff, the FIREBOARD and HAND DRILL, food for today, and the 2 uses of dry TINDER in the campsite.)

>>4451522

Yes, the cordage will be re-used. It's used for moving the equipment by tying everything into a tight bundle with a length of cordage at either end of it, secured with a knot and taking up the running ends in your off-hand. Once at the burn, you undo the knot to release the bundle, and re-coil it back up. If you didn't have two long lengths of cordage, you wouldn't be able to bring nearly as much tools with you.

The 1' of cordage used in the knife construction is cut off from the creeper cordage, split into two twisted, and wrapped around the base of the knife as a grip. You would re-use the sisal wrapping from the flint knife if it was broken, but it'd be better to have two knives, switching out the usage to reduce wear on the edges. Plus, some actions work easier with multiple blades, and knives are better for those tasks than razor flakes, as you can exert more force on a knife without splintering it.

Hopefully this clears up what questions you had.

>>4451532
It does, thanks! I'm fine with my vote as is.

Calling the vote here.

>>4451522

>You should get a head start moving equipment closer to the old burn. It’s a fair way’s travel from camp, and you’ll need the time to get them over there. (Spend 8hrs moving tools one way to the OLD BURN. No roll required, as you have a trailblazed and familiar path to follow. Will move the STONE PICK, 2x STONE SPEARS, and the WOODEN STAKES to the OLD BURN, using both lengths of cordage in the camp to lash them all together into a bundle to be carried. Will bring 1x STONE SPEAR as a walking staff, the FIREBOARD and HAND DRILL, food for today, and the 2 uses of dry TINDER in the campsite.)

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>>4451522

>You should get a head start moving equipment closer to the old burn. It’s a fair way’s travel from camp, and you’ll need the time to get them over there. (Spend 8hrs moving tools one way to the OLD BURN. No roll required, as you have a trailblazed and familiar path to follow. Will move the STONE PICK, 2x STONE SPEARS, and the WOODEN STAKES to the OLD BURN, using both lengths of cordage in the camp to lash them all together into a bundle to be carried. Will bring 1x STONE SPEAR as a walking staff, the FIREBOARD and HAND DRILL, food for today, and the 2 uses of dry TINDER in the campsite.)

Thinking in depth, the old burn site is probably the best location you can find to start getting ready to trap a honey-eater. As such, you’ll want to start moving a lot of the heavier tools there, so that you can work without pause to prepare the killing field ahead. Nodding to yourself, you gather up the pick and two spears, and lay them flat on the ground. Taking the shorter stakes and placing them around the outside, about 2/3rds of the way below the heads, you take up the two long lengths of cordage free in the camp. Tying the bundle together tightly and securing it with a figure 8 knot, you test the heft over your shoulders. Smearing a bit more of the warm ash on the hide and burying the charcoals beneath a mound of dirt, you take up the bundle and small tools you have packed into your pouch, and set off.

There’s a lovely trill of birdsong in the trees by the time you get near the pool. There, you see fresh tracks of wildlife, notably a porcupine’s swishing path and the small handprints of a raccoon. Stopping to take a quick break and ease some of the tension in your shoulders, you cup some of the silty water into your mouth. It’s not as nice as upstream by the camp, but it’s better than no water at all. You catch a quick glimpse of a hare, startled and running through the woods from the reeds nearby. At the very least, you can set up here for food later on, although it’ll be a bit harder to funnel them into the area you want. You press on towards the burnt clearing.

Noon has come and past by the time you stop inside the clearing. You set down the bundle by a large tree at the edge, and stretch out your shoulders and back. There’s a faint creaking and popping noise as you crack your joints. Opening up the bundle, you re-coil the rope at the base of the tree, and lean the rest nearby. You could still use the other spear and the chert axe still at the campsite, but those are a problem for tomorrow. The other main things to bring along will be food, and the bait you have planned. Setting some fires here will be a bit ill-advised, as you don’t want the killing field to start smelling like man with the smells of fresh fire, cooking food, and sweat. As such, you’ll probably camp out halfway between here and the pool, so that you’re less associated with both areas.

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>It’s currently late afternoon on the 14th day, with around 5 hrs of daylight left in the day. All the clouds have fully moved on, and it’s a clear blue sky. You’re currently in the OLD BURN, with food for today, around 1 day of deadfall in the area, and 2 uses of tinder in your pouch. What do?

>You know roughly which way BRUN is from here. With the fresh rainfall the last couple of days, maybe you can figure out the best spot to site traps? (Spend 3-5 hrs looking for traces SSE of the OLD BURN. Medium roll required [<60], due to fresh mud making recent tracks and traces clear to you. Results affect time taken, and information gained. Successes add to future TRAPS rolls in this area, as you know where to place them for best effect.)

>You can start tying the stakes into the frameworks you’ll need for the traps. Doing this now should save some time, plus if you hang them in the pine trees for a few days, they won’t smell like manflesh. (Spend 2 hrs, tying the WOODEN STAKES into LEG-HOLD TRAPS. No roll required, as you have proper materials to work with, and some springy fresh growth in the area to form the hoops with. Will consume the WOODEN STAKES and 10’ of MIDDLING CORDAGE.)

>You should gather up the food and deadfall in the area. Getting a small cache ready will be useful, plus it’ll help cut down on the amount you’ll need to bring with you from the camp. Spend 2 hrs gathering MORELS and DEADFALL from the OLD BURN. No roll required, as you know where it is here. Will provide 2 days of food, 1 day of firewood, and 1 use of tinder. Will deplete these easily gathered resources in the area, requiring more advanced tools to gain more. [<30 Roll without tools, <80 roll with AXE, SPEAR or TRAPS].)

>Write-in?

Voting will be open until 00:00 UCT tomorrow, with the update arriving by 01:00 UCT. I’ll be around until 05:00 UCT to answer questions and provide information on write-ins. I’ll update both the pastebins altogether after the next voting period, so that the information is as recent as possible.

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Rolled 18 (1d100)

>>4452728
>>You know roughly which way BRUN is from here. With the fresh rainfall the last couple of days, maybe you can figure out the best spot to site traps? (Spend 3-5 hrs looking for traces SSE of the OLD BURN. Medium roll required [<60], due to fresh mud making recent tracks and traces clear to you. Results affect time taken, and information gained. Successes add to future TRAPS rolls in this area, as you know where to place them for best effect.)

Rolled 65 (1d100)

>>4452728
>You know roughly which way BRUN is from here. With the fresh rainfall the last couple of days, maybe you can figure out the best spot to site traps? (Spend 3-5 hrs looking for traces SSE of the OLD BURN. Medium roll required [<60], due to fresh mud making recent tracks and traces clear to you. Results affect time taken, and information gained. Successes add to future TRAPS rolls in this area, as you know where to place them for best effect.)

Rolled 1 (1d100)

>>4452728
>figure out where to site traps
joining the bandwagon

>>4452822
>tfw we catch BRUN right now

>>4452822
Hot damn.

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>>4452818
>>4452820

>Alright, sounds simple enough to deal with tomorrow, a GREAT SUCCESS is a decent resu-

>>4452822

>image related.

Well, at least I have time until the write-up tomorrow to think about how to work a DIVINE INTERVENTION result for tracking and siting. Needless to say, you've found pretty much the best spot in the forest that you've seen or are likely to see to place the traps. See y'all at the usual time tomorrow for the write-up.

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>>4452818
>>4452820
>>4452822

>You know roughly which way BRUN is from here. With the fresh rainfall the last couple of days, maybe you can figure out the best spot to site traps? (Spend 3-5 hrs looking for traces SSE of the OLD BURN. Medium roll required [<60], due to fresh mud making recent tracks and traces clear to you. Results affect time taken, and information gained. Successes add to future TRAPS rolls in this area, as you know where to place them for best effect.)

>Roll Required! Target value is [<60]!

>>4452822

>Best roll is 1! CRITICAL SUCCESS!

Taking up your preferred spear, you get ready to track again. That scat from the other day was a promising lead, and the fresh mud will provide the best information you can expect from here. Pressing the flaker on the edge, you hone it to a fine, razor sharp edge. You can’t explain why, but you feel like this is the right thing to do. Taking your auroch charm and fairy stone in hand and giving it a rub, you send a quick prayer to the ancestors before stepping off.

Passing by the scat and following further along south-south-east, you come across a part of the forest where the canopy is thinning out. After around 1.5 hrs or so, you notice a defile starting to emerge. There’s the leading edge of a ravine to the west, with more of it going further ahead. Peeking ahead from the bushes, you notice the path is leading onwards, the ravine getting deeper. Ahead, you can kind of see something like a cliff-face ahead. This defile would be an excellent area to trap. The ravine cuts off one avenue of escape, and this looks like a well-worn game corridor. There are some pine trees that you climb up and watch the area from, and it’ll be far enough that your scent shouldn’t travel easily, especially if you break some of the branches and coat yourself in the pine resin. If you set a strong-smelling enough bait in the burn, it’s almost a given this will be the path they’ll take.

>Discovered BARREN DEFILE! This location’s information is added to the LOCATIONS Pastebin.

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>>4453891

Staring at this area, you feel curious about what may be at the other end of the ravine. You might find someplace better, and there will likely be water at the low end. As you move further along the path, you notice a promising sign. There’s some claw-marks on a tree, the five lines a characteristic of BRUN. It’s old cuts, but that could be useful information. A little way further, where the path is a bit barer, you move deeper towards the bushline, feeling exposed along the trail. Glancing back towards the trail, you feel the thud-THUD, thud-THUD of your heartbeat pumping faster. There’s a clear paw-print. Another. Another yet. It’s a trail. A fresh trail, you can tell because the edges are clean and you can even see the indents from the claws. thud-THUD, thud-THUD It’s alone. Large, but not massive. Not a sow, because you don’t see the small prints of cubs that you’d expect at this time of year. Not an old boar, too small and out in the open for a wily one. A yearling? If so, they may spook, if they haven’t been separated from the mother too long. It may be older though, old enough to be cocksure and unafraid.

You feel a chill crawl down your spine as you look up from the tracks. thud-THUD, THUD-THUD . Your skin feels tingly and prickly, the hairs raising on the back of your neck. There’s a crunching noise down the trail. It’s up-wind from you, and there’s a rank smell in the air. THUD-THUD, THUD-THUD. A rush of nervous energy flows through your muscles, your right hand gripping so hard on the spear’s haft that you think that it’ll crack and splinter. THUD-THUD. Your breath catches, and your heartbeat stops in your throat. THU-. HE’S RIGHT THERE.

Hedoesn’tseeme, WHATDOIDO!?

>FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BOLD! STRIKE! (Very Hard Roll required! ??? Difficulty. Will receive an initial bonus in the first round due to not being noticed, difficulty raised overall due to BRUN being free to maneuver.)

>HE’S DISTRACTED, AND YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED. FLEE!(Easy Roll required! ??? Difficulty. Spend 2 hrs to return back to the OLD BURN. Difficulty lowered due to food distractions and being downwind of BRUN.)

>THE RAVINE! SCARE HIM INTO THE RAVINE! (Extremely Hard Roll required! ??? Difficulty. BRUN is alone and young, it may work. Results may vary, since you can’t tell how old it is.)

>WRITE-IN?

Voting will be open until 00:00 UCT tomorrow, with the write-up coming in no later than 01:00 UCT. I’ll be around to answer questions and provide information on write-ins until around 05:00 UCT today. I’ll post the updated pastebins in a reply to this post after I finish them up.

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Rolled 46 (1d100)

>>4453893
>THE RAVINE! SCARE HIM INTO THE RAVINE! (Extremely Hard Roll required! ??? Difficulty. BRUN is alone and young, it may work. Results may vary, since you can’t tell how old it is.)

AAAAAAAAAA

>>4453893

Pastebins updated! If you notice any discrepancies or errors, left me know and I'll fix them to the correct amount.

https://pastebin.com/w2zE7p00
https://pastebin.com/RMG1cntx

Rolled 63 (1d100)

>>4453893
if "very hard" is DC 30 (hard is 40) we have a 66% chance of making it. If it's DC 20 we have a 50% chance.

I feel like flipping a coin desu
>Strike

>>4453925
dumbass

>>4453925

>THE RAVINE! SCARE HIM INTO THE RAVINE! (Extremely Hard Roll required! ??? Difficulty. BRUN is alone and young, it may work. Results may vary, since you can’t tell how old it is.)

>>4453953 #

>Strike.

I'll need a tiebreaker vote between these options with a roll attached. If there isn't one by the time I call the vote in 2hours and a bit, I'll roll a 1d2 and tack on a 1d100 roll as well. I'd rather not though, since this an important choice in a dangerous scenario.

Re-posted this message because I fucked up the timeframe like a jackass.

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>4454914

Calling the vote here. Need a tie-breaker to choose, so rolling a 1d2 for results.

>Strike! is 1.

>Ravine is 2.

Rolled 14, 3 = 17 (2d100)

>>4455069
Looks like STRIKE is the result. Rolling 2d100, with the first being our 3rd roll, and the 2nd being BRUN's composure.

Vote called! Results are ass follows!

>>4453925

>Ravine.

>>4453953
>>4455069

>Strike!

>Roll required! Difficulty is VERY HARD! [<30]. Modifiers are +10 due to reach from spear, +20 due to surprise, and -10 due to BRUN's reach. Total difficulty is [<50]!

>>4453925
>>4453953
>>4455071

>Best roll is a 14. GOOD SUCCESS! BRUN's composure is 3! UNFAZED AND ANGRY.

Writing.

>>4455080
>QM roll saves our ass
thank u QM

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>>4453925

>Ravine.

>>4453953
>>4455069

>Strike!

>Roll required! Difficulty is VERY HARD! [<30]. Modifiers are +10 due to reach from spear, +20 due to surprise, and -10 due to BRUN being free to move how he pleases. Total difficulty for this roll is [<50]!

>>4453925
>>4453953
>>4455071

>Best roll is a 14. GOOD SUCCESS! BRUN's composure is 3! UNFAZED AND ANGRY.

Your blood is roaring through your eardrums as you rise from the bushes like the hungry ghosts in the village’s campfire tales. You feel adrenaline surging through your body, hot, cold, tingly and dull all at the same time. The crunching of nuts pulls you forward, against the dull voice telling you to flee. I will not flee. He is right there, and I. Am not. A COWARD! Any fear left in you is washed out by the snare drum of your heartbeat, and the whooping shout out your lungs. BRUN starts upwards as you run screaming at the top of your lungs. A few leaves drop from his lips as you shout ”Hi-hih-YAAAAAH!”. Your spear flicks outwards, glancing off of his great skull, thick dark red blood flowing downwards towards his left eye.

>TELLING BLOW INFLICTED! Adds +5 to roll DC in remaining combat, due to blindness in the left eye!

As you retract the spear and prepare for another strike, aiming to drive the shaft through the shoulder and hopefully clear the collarbone, you make eye contact. His great golden eyes meet yours for just a second, and you see the fearlessness of a young boar, as fearless in his resolve as you. His jaws open widely, a thick, purplish tongue lolling outward over yellow fangs. A boneshaking Rooo-OOOARRRRRR passes over, under and through you as his great bulk turns towards you. His massive paw lifts off the ground, and you react entirely on instinct.

>You’re currently locked into a fight with BRUN! He is a YOUNG ADULT BROWN BEAR, not yet wily and strong, but fearless in nature and plenty strong enough to smash you dead if you make a wrong move.

Glancing blows (NARROW SUCCESS/NARROW FAILURE) inflict .5 points of damage, Telling blows (GOOD SUCCESS/BAD FAILURE) inflict 1 point, and Devastating blows (GREAT SUCCESS/TERRIBLE FAILURE) inflict 1.5 points. Devastating blows or better have a chance of inflicting bonuses or maluses in the fight, and crits inflict 4.5 with a MORTAL WOUND. Even if reduced to 0 or negative health, the combatant will fight for one more round, as they lash out with the last bit of vigour they have left. I have included a bonus for this Telling Blow, as you completely caught BRUN off-guard in this round.

>Current health values
You: 6/6. Healthy, well-rested, and vigourous.

BRUN: 11/12. Fresh, with a wound over the eye. Stalwart, and more than a little pissed off.

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>>4455146

How do you react?

>You have to strike hard, and score some ground. Stab him again! (Lash out aggressively with the SPEAR. Roll is [<35]. Telling Strikes given or received will cause wounds.)

>Take up a defensive stance. If he stands, you’ll need to ward him off. (Defensive position, with the butt of the spear nearly planted. Roll is [<45], cannot cause or receive anything harder than a Telling Strike.)

>Throw your spear at him and run into the ravine. He may chase you, but you’re willing to take the risk, this fight is too unlikely to win with him able to move freely. (Throw CHERT SPEAR at BRUN, and try to escape to the RAVINE. Roll is [<50], will remove CHERT SPEAR from inventory. BRUN will make a composure roll to determine if he follows you into the RAVINE.)

>Write-in?

I’ll be around until 05:00 UCT tonight. If we have three votes with rolls before then, I’ll write up another post, otherwise the voting period will be open until 00:00 UCT tomorrow, with the write-up arriving by 01:00 UCT. I’m willing to keep going and crank out as many updates tonight as I can since this is a combat, but I do have to sleep eventually.

>>4455084

No worries bb, I gotchu.

Rolled 96 (1d100)

>>4455148
>Take up a defensive stance
Imo we should try and injure him but not kill... we can finish him off with the traps we've been planning.

Rolled 42 (1d100)

>>4455148
>Take up a defensive stance. If he stands, you’ll need to ward him off. (Defensive position, with the butt of the spear nearly planted. Roll is [<45], cannot cause or receive anything harder than a Telling Strike.)

>>4455174
:sweating:

Rolled 37 (1d100)

>>4455148
>Take up a defensive stance
and get ready to feel the Bruuurn

>>4455179
nice save bro

>>4455182
u too

Vote called!

>>4455174
>>4455179
>>4455182

>Take up a defensive stance. If he stands, you’ll need to ward him off. (Defensive position, with the butt of the spear nearly planted. Roll is [<45], cannot cause or receive anything harder than a Telling Strike.)

>Best roll is a 37! NARROW SUCCESS! GLANCING STRIKE!

Writing.

>>4455174
>>4455179
>>4455182

>Take up a defensive stance. If he stands, you’ll need to ward him off. (Defensive position, with the butt of the spear nearly planted. Roll is [<45], cannot cause or receive anything harder than a Telling Strike.)

>Best roll is a 37! NARROW SUCCESS! GLANCING STRIKE!

You remember stories from the elder’s when you brought up when BRUN was last killed in the woods. You made the mistake of calling it by its true name BEAR. Don’t speak that cursed name in this village. They know when you speak it, and come when called, ruining everything they can touch. NOIR is smaller, and will feast on dead ones. BRUN will eventually stop if you don’t fight back, but is much more dangerous. Either way, if they get mad, they’ll stand up taller than you, and press down will their bulk. If you see that, pray to whoever listens that you have a spear to plant and that your aim is true.

You don’t see a good opportunity to plant, but you manage to bob and weave through his clumsy blows. It would almost be funny, but one of the gouges he dug out with a swing teared up a chunk of earth larger than your head. He’s rearing back, but whether to lunge with a bite or stand up, you can’t tell. A lash outwards graze his paw, but whether you got fur or flesh, he isn’t slowing down.

>Current health values
You: 6/6. Healthy, well-rested, and vigourous.

BRUN: 10.5/12. Fresh, with a wound over the eye and a scratch on the paw. Stalwart, and more than a little pissed off.

>Situation: You are currently holding a defensive position, using the slight elevation from the defile to add some reach. The RAVINE is to the right, and BRUN is to your front. What do?

>Step it up. If you can injure him more, he’ll be rash, and prone to mistakes. (Roll is [<40], normal fight results.)

>Be aggressive. Scoring a nasty wound will help turn the tides. (Roll is [<35]. Giving or receiving TELLING BLOWS or better will cause wounds, affecting DC)

>Maintain defensive position. He’ll get frustrated, and be prone to errors if you keep it up. (Roll is [<45]. Cannot cause anything greater than TELLING BLOWS. Will cause BRUN to make a composure roll.)

>Run like a frightened child. Your blood is up, and you are not a coward, you cannot take this option.

>Write-in?

Rolled 31 (1d100)

>>4455195
>Maintain defensive position. He’ll get frustrated, and be prone to errors if you keep it up. (Roll is [<45]. Cannot cause anything greater than TELLING BLOWS. Will cause BRUN to make a composure roll.)
If we end up making him run that'll be a BADASS story to bring back to the village

Rolled 60 (1d100)

>>4455195
>>4455200
+1
ayyy

>>4455200
>>4455207

Since both votes are for the same action and it's been a while, I'll be willing to let one of you roll again to get this moving along, and try and get more of this combat dealt with.

Rolled 75 (1d100)

>>4455250
Aye aye!

Rolled 1 (1d100)

Vote Called

>>4455200
>>4455207
>>4455253

>Maintain defensive position. He’ll get frustrated, and be prone to errors if you keep it up. (Roll is [<45]. Cannot cause anything greater than TELLING BLOWS. Will cause BRUN to make a composure roll.)

>Best roll is 31. GLANCING STRIKE!

Roll is for BRUN's composure, higher is better for you.

>>4455261

Well, that's one chill bear, with it's eye on the prize. Your delicious, supple flesh

Writing.

>>4455261
COME ON
Good thing we're in defensive mode, christ.

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>>4455200
>>4455207
>>4455253

>Maintain defensive position. He’ll get frustrated, and be prone to errors if you keep it up. (Roll is [<45]. Cannot cause anything greater than TELLING BLOWS. Will cause BRUN to make a composure roll.)

>Best roll is 31. GLANCING STRIKE!

>BRUN requires a composure roll! Higher is better for you.

>>4455261

>Composure roll is a 1! COOL AS A CUCUMBER.

Jabbing outwards again, you slowly shift backwards. BRUN lunges forward suddenly to the left, causing you to roll of to the right. The blade of your spear licks out again, but catches him on the shoulder, an area thick with muscle and fat. If you got stuck in there it would be good, but a surface level slice isn’t going to do anything. He bellows again, and you’re starting to feel a niggling doubt in your heart.

Ducking under another lazy swipe, you have the ravine to your back. You still have some ground to give up, but this isn’t good. However, you might be able to do something yet.

>Current health values
You: 6/6. Healthy, well-rested, and vigourous. You’re starting to get nervous, because BRUN is acting nothing like what the elder’s warned you about.

BRUN: 10/12. Fresh, with a wound over the eye with a few surface level cuts. Stalwart, and eerily calm. Almost too calm.

>Stay on the defensive. You’re not at the edge yet, and you still have some ground to give. (Roll is [<45]. Can’t cause anything greater than a TELLING BLOW. Will bring you closer to the RAVINE’s edge.)

>Be aggressive. He’s too calm, almost smug in it’s way, and that’s infuriating. (Roll is [<35]. TELLING BLOWS given or received can cause WOUNDS.)

>Feint a strike, and roll to the side. It may bait him to the edge, and maybe even send him over. (Roll is [<40]. Can’t give anything more than a GLANCING STRIKE. Roll on success causes a composure roll for BRUN, where the DC is the best result.)

>Write-in?

Rolled 5 (1d100)

>>4455284
>Feint a strike, and roll to the side. It may bait him to the edge, and maybe even send him over. (Roll is [<40]. Can’t give anything more than a GLANCING STRIKE. Roll on success causes a composure roll for BRUN, where the DC is the best result.)
S-surely he won't crit twice in a row?

Rolled 85 (1d100)

>>4455284
>>4455288
+1 again I'm not creative
dc 5 = good odds

>>4455288
>>4455300

If we don't have another roll in 10 minutes or so, feel free to roll again. Pretty sure we won't get enough to cause a split decision on the votes.

Rolled 91 (1d100)

>>4455307
ok ohpee

Rolled 7 (1d100)

Vote called
>>4455288
>>4455300
>>4455324

>Feint a strike, and roll to the side. It may bait him to the edge, and maybe even send him over. (Roll is [<40]. Can’t give anything more than a GLANCING STRIKE. Roll on success causes a composure roll for BRUN, where the DC is the best result.)

>Best roll is 5! GLANCING STRIKE! BRUN must make a [<15] roll to maintain composure. (Base 5, + due to EERIE CALMNESS)

Rolling for composure, then writing.

>>4455335
That's supposed to read +10. Either way, NARROW SUCCESS means he isn't frothing mad, but his calm is cracked now.

>>4455335
guys I think this bear is magic ;-;

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>>4455288
>>4455300
>>4455324

>Feint a strike, and roll to the side. It may bait him to the edge, and maybe even send him over. (Roll is [<40]. Can’t give anything more than a GLANCING STRIKE. Roll on success causes a composure roll for BRUN, where the DC is the best result.)

>Best roll is 5! GLANCING STRIKE! BRUN must make a [<15] roll to maintain composure. (Base 5, + due to EERIE CALMNESS)

>>4455335

>Roll is 7! NARROW SUCCESS! BRUN’s composure is maintained, EERIE CALMNESS bonus is used up.

Maintaining distance, you’re getting weirded out by BRUN’s actions. He stopped swiping, and is pacing around, just staring at you. Feeling off-put, you decide to feint, trying to bait him out towards the ravine. A false stab to the left, and you quickly shift it over, nicking his right ear on the recovery. That gets a reaction. he bellows, and the strange sense of calmness vanishes. It’s a small, negligible cut, but he’s has that wild fury back in his eyes. He’s rearing back onto his haunches, but you can’t tell if it’s a lunge, rush, or stand up he’s planning.

>Current health values
You: 6/6. Healthy, well-rested, and vigourous. Your confidence is returning, now that he’s acting like an animal again.

BRUN: 9.5/12. Fresh, with a wound over the eye with a few surface level cuts. Stalwart in posture, the eerie calmness you seen is completely gone now.

>Situation: You’re getting pressed back to the RAVINE. You still have a bit of room behind you, but BRUN is preparing something. What do?

>It’s a rush, he’s going to try and push you over. Slash at his paws, and roll to the left, he may stumble. Stumble bad enough to go over, even. (Roll is [<40]. Normal results, will cause a composure roll to see if he takes the bait and rushes.)

>He’s trying to stand. Hold your ground, and plant the spear at the last second to impale him. (Roll is [<45]. Can’t cause anything greater than a TELLING BLOW. Will require a [<60] roll to maintain footing, in case it’s a rush instead.)

>It’s a lunging bite again. If you strike hard, you may be able to blind his other eye, whether by another cut or a stab. (Roll is [<35]. TELLING BLOWS or better given or received cause WOUNDS.)

>Write-in?

>>4455350

And I missed the +10 bonus again. Wonderful.

>>4455339

If he didn't crit-succeed the composure roll before, he'd likely be on the backfoot mentally. You've been evading all his strikes, and they aren't exactly known for their even temper.

Rolled 48 (1d100)

>>4455350
>It’s a rush, he’s going to try and push you over. Slash at his paws, and roll to the left, he may stumble. Stumble bad enough to go over, even. (Roll is [<40]. Normal results, will cause a composure roll to see if he takes the bait and rushes.)
I think this make the most sense since we're close to the edge.

Rolled 92 (1d100)

>>4455350
>he's trying to stand

>>4455367
>>4455383

It's getting near the end of the time I have available tonight. Do you two want me to wait out until tomorrow's session, or roll a 1d2 to break the tie and get one more update out tonight?

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Alright, I'm gonna have to call it for tonight. Need some sleep so that I don't crash a truck tomorrow. Voting period will be open until 23:00 UCT tomorrow, with the first update arriving by 00:00 UCT. I'll be running another blitz session for around 5 or 6 hrs to try and wrap up the fight. If it drags out longer, it'll be the weekend and I should be able to stay up until the finish. If there isn't a consensus by the time the voting period ends, I roll a tie-breaker, with any 1d100s remaining. Hope you all enjoyed it so far.

>>4455434
Sorry, was playing Hades. Sounds good boss.

Rolled 2 (1d2)

Rolling a 1d2 to pick between these two options.

>>4455367

>It's a rush.

>>4455383

>He's trying to stand.

1 s for rush, and 2 for stand.

I'll be running as many updates as I can until 06:00 UCT tonight.

Rolled 29, 66 = 95 (2d100)

>>4456251

>He’s trying to stand. Hold your ground, and plant the spear at the last second to impale him. (Roll is [<45]. Can’t cause anything greater than a TELLING BLOW. Will require a [<60] roll to maintain footing, in case it’s a rush instead.)

Rolling 2d100 to determine results. 1st is for the defensive strike, and the 2nd is for footing.

>>4455367
>It’s a rush, he’s going to try and push you over. Slash at his paws, and roll to the left, he may stumble. Stumble bad enough to go over, even. (Roll is [<40]. Normal results, will cause a composure roll to see if he takes the bait and rushes.)

>>4455383
>>4456252
>He’s trying to stand. Hold your ground, and plant the spear at the last second to impale him. (Roll is [<45]. Can’t cause anything greater than a TELLING BLOW. Will require a [<60] roll to maintain footing, in case it’s a rush instead.)

>Best roll is 29! GLANCING STRIKE!

>Roll required to maintain balance! [<60]

>>4456252

>Roll is 66! NARROW FAILURE!

Writing.

>>4456254
ouch

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>>4455367
>It’s a rush, he’s going to try and push you over. Slash at his paws, and roll to the left, he may stumble. Stumble bad enough to go over, even. (Roll is [<40]. Normal results, will cause a composure roll to see if he takes the bait and rushes.)

>>4455383
>>4456252 (You)
>He’s trying to stand. Hold your ground, and plant the spear at the last second to impale him. (Roll is [<45]. Can’t cause anything greater than a TELLING BLOW. Will require a [<60] roll to maintain footing, in case it’s a rush instead.)

>Best roll is 29! GLANCING STRIKE!

>Roll required to maintain balance! [<60]

>>4456252 (You)

>Roll is 66! NARROW FAILURE! You are knocked kneeling by the force, but still up! Takes .5 damage from bruising to the knees and arms.

Seeing BRUN rearing backwards, you react entirely on instinct. Pressing the butt of the spear into the ground and planting, you can already tell you made a mistake. He lunges forward, your speartip grazing him over the scalp again. Twisting as much as you can, you avoid his snapping jaws, but still catch his shoulder in your bicep. The only reason your spear didn’t go flying away from you is the death-grip you have on it. Knees on the ground, you see him wheeling over to try and check his speed. He’s not going over, but his side is open to you.

>Current health values
You: 5.5/6. Healthy and well-rested, you have a lot of bruises on your limbs from the rush. Your on your knees, but you should be able to pop up on your next strike.

BRUN: 9/12. Fresh, with a wound over the eye with more than a few surface level cuts. He’s off balance from the rush, and his flank is wide open right now.

>Circle around him, jabbing at his sides. He’s strong, and quick for his size, but you’re quicker at the small maneuvers like this. (Roll is [<40], normal results. Maintains footing, and will cause a composure roll.)

>His flank is open and guard is down. Strike hard at his side! (Roll is [<45]. TELLING BLOW or greater given or received causes WOUNDS. Failure will leave you open to a counter-strike. [-5 DC to next roll]).

>Jump on his back. You can keep a grip with his fur, and try to stab him with your flint knife. (Roll is [<25]. Normal results. Will drop CHERT SPEAR, and be armed with your FLINT KNIFE. Will cause composure rolls, and may have different options next round.)

>Write-in?

Rolled 97 (1d100)

>>4456273
>his flank is open

Rolled 50, 35 = 85 (2d100)

>>4456273
>>Circle around him, jabbing at his sides. He’s strong, and quick for his size, but you’re quicker at the small maneuvers like this. (Roll is [<40], normal results. Maintains footing, and will cause a composure roll.)
Rolling 2 to keep this moving! You'll have to tiebreak I guess OP

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>4456330

>his flank is open

>>4456359

>>Circle around him, jabbing at his sides. He’s strong, and quick for his size, but you’re quicker at the small maneuvers like this. (Roll is [<40], normal results. Maintains footing, and will cause a composure roll.)

First vote is 1, second vote is 2.

Rolled 70 (1d100)

>>4456330
>His flank is open and guard is down. Strike hard at his side! (Roll is [<45]. TELLING BLOW or greater given or received causes WOUNDS. Failure will leave you open to a counter-strike. [-5 DC to next roll]).

>>4456359
>>4456361

>Circle around him, jabbing at his sides. He’s strong, and quick for his size, but you’re quicker at the small maneuvers like this. (Roll is [<40], normal results. Maintains footing, and will cause a composure roll.)

>Best roll is a 35! GLANCING STRIKE!

Rolling for BRUN's composure, and writing.

>All these 90+ rolls so far.

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>>4456330
>His flank is open and guard is down. Strike hard at his side! (Roll is [<45]. TELLING BLOW or greater given or received causes WOUNDS. Failure will leave you open to a counter-strike. [-5 DC to next roll]).

>>4456359
>>4456361

>Circle around him, jabbing at his sides. He’s strong, and quick for his size, but you’re quicker at the small maneuvers like this. (Roll is [<40], normal results. Maintains footing, and will cause a composure roll.)

>Best roll is a 35! GLANCING STRIKE!

>Success causes BRUN to make a composure roll to not take the bait! DC is [<35]

>>4456363

>Roll is 70! TERRIBLE FAILURE! BRUN is getting really pissed off!

Scrambling to your feet, you see BRUN panting heavily. You’ve been scoring a ton of small strikes, but nothing meaningful so far. You can see the rise and fall of his ribs, and can practically see the tension rippling through his back. Strafing around his backside, you can feel the air rush past your legs as he kicks out at you. You thrust out against, catching him on the right buttock. That gets a reaction, as you shift again. Roaring again, you see him rise up. He’s so blasted tall.

>Current health values
You: 5.5/6. Healthy and well-rested, you have a lot of bruises on your limbs from the rush. You’re standing, in a half-readied position, but are starting to slow down from exertion.

BRUN: 8.5/12. Fresh, with a wound over the eye with more than a few surface level cuts. He’s mad, and not going to take it anymore! He’s currently standing up, ready to press!

>Situation: You’re on balance, and BRUN is facing you. He’s reared up, prepared to maul you. The RAVINE is behind him, and you have a through-line to the woods behind you. What do?

>This is it! Brace your spear, and aim for the heart! (Defensive posture planting the butt of the spear into the ground. Roll is [<45]. Normal results, bad enough results may have the spear snap under strain.)

>Not yet! Dive back, and pray that you’re fast enough! (Attempt to dodge out of the press. Roll is [<40], due to the size of BRUN. No damage inflicted, but can take advantage of BRUN being off balance.)

>Roll into a ball and try to survive the press. Even half-addled with adrenaline and exhaustion you realize that this is tantamount to suicide.

>Write-in?

>>4456377
Whoops, fucked up the defensive posture option. It should read:

>This is it! Brace your spear, and aim for the heart! (Defensive posture planting the butt of the spear into the ground. Roll is [<45]. All results are raised one level (GLANCING > TELLING > DEVASTATING > MORTAL> FATAL). Bad enough results may have the spear snap under strain.)

Rolled 22 (1d100)

>>4456377
>Plant the spear
stab time

Rolled 64, 3 = 67 (2d100)

>>4456377
>>This is it! Brace your spear, and aim for the heart! (Defensive posture planting the butt of the spear into the ground. Roll is [<45]. Normal results, bad enough results may have the spear snap under strain.)
Hell yeah!!!!

>>4456396
>>>>>3
Is that mortal?? =D

>>4456395
>>4456396

>This is it! Brace your spear, and aim for the heart! (Defensive posture planting the butt of the spear into the ground. Roll is [<45]. All results are raised one level (GLANCING > TELLING > DEVASTATING > MORTAL> FATAL). Bad enough results may have the spear snap under strain.)

>Best roll is a 3! MORTAL BLOW! BRUN gains 2 wounds, and takes 3 damage! He is pinned on the CHERT SPEAR, but still alive!

Writing.

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>>4456395
>>4456396

>This is it! Brace your spear, and aim for the heart! (Defensive posture planting the butt of the spear into the ground. Roll is [<45]. All results are raised one level (GLANCING > TELLING > DEVASTATING > MORTAL> FATAL). Bad enough results may have the spear snap under strain.)

>Best roll is a 3! MORTAL BLOW! BRUN gains 2 wounds, and takes 3 damage! He is pinned on the CHERT SPEAR, but still alive!

Seeing BRUN stand so tall, you remember the flash of insight from the elders. You plant the spear into the dirt, and aim for the centre of the chest.

>BRUN gains the following wounds! PUNCTURED LUNG, and GRAZED HEART! He’s not out yet, but bleeds out 1 damage every round and you gain +10 DC to further attacks, due to slow breathing.

His weight presses downwards, and you can feel the rankness of his breath in your face. He slides down the spear, but hitches on it halfway down. It flexs menacingly, giving you mere seconds to react.

>Current health values
You: 5.5/6. Healthy and well-rested, you have a lot of bruises on your limbs from the rush. You’re on your back, with BRUN right above you.

BRUN: 5.5/12. Badly hurt, with a wound over the eye, more than a few surface level cuts, and a spear in his chest. He’s mad and still alive, but his time is short.

>Situation: You’re currently on your back, with BRUN still above you. He’s likely going to die from the wound you gave him, but now it’s trying not to die yourself. The CHERT SPEAR is stuck fast, and you’re not armed with the FLINT KNIFE.

>Risk getting mauled, and try to cut his throat. You’re likely to get hurt bad, but it’s a sure kill. (Stay under him, and cut with the KNIFE. Roll is [<50], with results being stepped up one level. BRUN will roll [<50] to try and maul you, with his results being stepped up one level as well.)

>Get out from under him. That spear’s going to snap, and you don’t want 700lbs+ of angry bear on you. (Wriggle out from underneath, trying to opportunistically stab as you go. Roll is [<40]. Cannot cause more than a TELLING BLOW. BRUN will make a composure roll to stay and fight, or flee.)

>Curl up and play dead If you try, you won’t be playing dead for very long.

>Write-in?

Rolled 37 (1d100)

>>4456416
Die a hero!! Or we can be "that guy who lost his arm stabbing a beat to death," either way
>Risk getting mauled, and try to cut his throat. You’re likely to get hurt bad, but it’s a sure kill. (Stay under him, and cut with the KNIFE. Roll is [<50], with results being stepped up one level. BRUN will roll [<50] to try and maul you, with his results being stepped up one level as well.)

Rolled 89, 46 = 135 (2d100)

>cut throat
go big or go home??

Rolled 66 (1d100)

>>4456422
>>4456428

>Risk getting mauled, and try to cut his throat. You’re likely to get hurt bad, but it’s a sure kill. (Stay under him, and cut with the KNIFE. Roll is [<50], with results being stepped up one level. BRUN will roll [<50] to try and maul you, with his results being stepped up one level as well.)

>Best roll is a 37! TELLING BLOW!

Rolling for BRUN's attempt to maul you.

>>4456432
GOD I'm glad this is roll under

>>4456432
phew
we're close boy(s)

>>4456432

>BRUN attempts to maul! Roll is [<50]

>NARROW FAILURE! Receives TELLING BLOW!

Congrats anons, you dealt 2 damage. With the additional 1 from bleed-out, and me fucking up, forgetting that MORTAL BLOW is 4.5 instead of 3, he's dead to rights next round. Now it's just trying not to get got yourselves. Writing.

Rolled 14 (1d100)

>>4456422
>>4456428

>Risk getting mauled, and try to cut his throat. You’re likely to get hurt bad, but it’s a sure kill. (Stay under him, and cut with the KNIFE. Roll is [<50], with results being stepped up one level. BRUN will roll [<50] to try and maul you, with his results being stepped up one level as well.)

>Best roll is a 37! TELLING BLOW!

>>4456439

>BRUN attempts to maul! Roll is [<50]

>NARROW FAILURE! Receives TELLING BLOW!

>BRUN receives a total of 2 damage from this round! BRUN bleeds out for 1 damage! BRUN received additional 1.5 damage due to QM error regarding MORTAL BLOW damage. BRUN IS SLAIN! DEATH THROES ACTIVATED!

Pulsing hard, with shaking hands, you back up on the ground. BRUN sinks closer and closer, his paws swiping at you and only getting air. You thrust out with the knife, the knife your Father gave you at the start of your rites, and hit true in the jugular. A massive gout of bright red blood splashes out at you, and BRUN is starting to slow. With a frightening CRACK, the spear splinters under his massive weight.

>GET OUT! YOU WILL NOT DIE HERE! (Roll is [<45], as you are further up his body than earlier. Failure will result in BRUN pinning you, with how much of you being pinned dependant on results.)

>BRUN is rolling DEATH THROES! He will make a [<15] roll to attempt to pin you with his paws before he leaved this mortal coil. Success will lower your escape result by one stage. Roll is lowered due to your position, him being blinded, and having no energy left as the lifeblood and breath leaves him.

Rolled 15 (1d100)

>>4456450
ROLLAN

Rolled 36, 12 = 48 (2d100)

>>4456450
pls don't crit pls don't crit

>>4456452
>>4456455

>Best roll is 12! GOOD SUCCESS!

>>4456450

>BRUNS roll is 14! Lowers result to NARROW SUCCESS!

Writing.

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>>4456452
>>4456455

>Best roll is 12! GOOD SUCCESS!

>>4456450

>BRUN’s roll is 14! Lowers result to NARROW SUCCESS!

Scrambling, you scoot backwards as fast as you can. The blood sprays out again, hitting you in the face. BRUN’s paws raise up weakly, and slap at your foot. Even with the last ounce of energy left in him, it hurts. It’ll bruise by tomorrow, but you feel just a scrape rather than a missing foot. Sitting on your ass, the spear CRACKS, and he slumps over onto his side. The ribs moves up and down, and he lets out a soft moan. You make sure to watch his eyes, as they dart around. They lock onto yours, and slowly lose all life in them. You hold your knife out threateningly, but he doesn’t move. You watch him for what feels like an eternity.

It’s only now, covered in blood that is not your own, that you realize what time it is. The light is fading from the sky, and you are completely exhausted. First from the long walk with the gear from the camp, and now from surviving the encounter. You run your hands over your limbs, shivering as the adrenaline flows from you. Staring at the size of him, you wonder how you managed to come out alive, hale, and whole. Rubbing the auroch charm and fairy stone nervously, you stare at his dead eyes.

>It’s currently late evening on the 14th day. There looks to be around 2 hrs of daylight left in the sky. Your CHERT SPEAR is lying snapped under BRUN, and you have 2 uses of tinder in your pouch. There is enough deadfall here for tonight, but nothing to eat. What do?

>Gather deadfall, and start a fire. It’ll be damp and annoying from the tiredness, but you don’t trust the corpse to not be torn apart by scavengers. (Spend 2 hrs building a fire at the BARREN DEFILE. Requires a Medium roll [<60] to start it with the FIREBOARD, due to exhaustion and damp wood.)

>Head back to the burn. BRUN will stay for a night, and you’ll need the tools there to haul the parts you want back to the camp. (Spend 2 hrs to return to the OLD BURN. No roll required, as you know the path back.)

>Start carving him up. It’ll be frustrating with just the knife and a flake, but you’d rather be done tonight. (Spend 1 hr harvesting parts from BRUN with the FLINT KNIFE and CHERT FLAKE. Will require a Medium roll [<60] to collect valuable enough parts for a TOTEM due to exhaustion and only one KNIFE. Will provide 2 days of raw meat regardless of results.)

>Write-in?

Voting will be open until 00:00 UCT tomorrow, with the update arriving by 01:00 UCT. I’ll be around to answer questions, and provide info on write-ins tonight until 06:00 UCT.

>How are you enjoying the quest so far? Things to improve?

Rolled 21 (1d100)

>>4456470
>Gather deadfall, and start a fire. It’ll be damp and annoying from the tiredness, but you don’t trust the corpse to not be torn apart by scavengers. (Spend 2 hrs building a fire at the BARREN DEFILE. Requires a Medium roll [<60] to start it with the FIREBOARD, due to exhaustion and damp wood.)
Better safe than sorry after this.

>How are you enjoying the quest so far? Things to improve?
Best one I've played in ages. I don't know how you don't have more voters.

Rolled 4 (1d100)

>>4456470
>>4456472
+1
>tfw we speedran the quest
badass. how do you feel about it qm?
also one roll since overnight

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>Pick one for the type of totem you want. If you want something else, describe it and I'll work out the requirements later.

>>4456472

Right on, thanks! It's been nice using some of the bushcraft skills I learned over the years writing for this. I'll probably change up the system for the next quest I run, but that's a future problem. I'll stick with this one until this is finished.

>>4456478

Honestly, I was a little surprised by some of the actions you guys took, but the dice fall where they may. Definitely didn't expect BRUN to just calmly stand there after getting nicked so much. That +5 bonus from the surprise round saved your asses a lot, there were a lot of narrow rolls that came down to the wire. I was half expecting to write up an epilogue of another person stumbling over your bones locked in combat with BRUN when I saw you guys chose strike at the beginning with a narrow failure on the dice.

>>4456495
wew, yeah, it was tight
hear me out can we get... like... a bear hat+pelt combo and make a whole cape? bear cape

>>4456472
>>4456478

>Gather deadfall, and start a fire. It’ll be damp and annoying from the tiredness, but you don’t trust the corpse to not be torn apart by scavengers. (Spend 2 hrs building a fire at the BARREN DEFILE. Requires a Medium roll [<60] to start it with the FIREBOARD, due to exhaustion and damp wood.)

>Best roll is a 4! GREAT SUCCESS!

Writing.

>>4456502

That one should work, it's like the similar cuts you'd make for a bear-skin rug, but without the back of the pelt past the hips due to the height difference. Probably with the paws crossing over the chest as a clasp.

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>>4456472
>>4456478

>Gather deadfall, and start a fire. It’ll be damp and annoying from the tiredness, but you don’t trust the corpse to not be torn apart by scavengers. (Spend 2 hrs building a fire at the BARREN DEFILE. Requires a Medium roll [<60] to start it with the FIREBOARD, due to exhaustion and damp wood.)

>Best roll is a 4! GREAT SUCCESS!

Fire. You need a fire for the night. You don’t trust scavengers to not show up and ruin the carcass. You’d be damned rather than let your astonishing victory be ruined by enterprising crows and vermin. With that in mind, you start to wander the defile, looking for anything that will burn. You already had some tinder and fireboards to build it with, you just need the materials for it. After a while, you find enough dead branches and twigs to keep it going.

Returning back near the corpse, you kneel down and go to work with the hand drill. It’s funny, the exhaustion just puts you in the right zone. {i]Rub back and forth and down. Up. Rub back and forth and down. Up.[/i] The usual frustration at the punk not catching isn’t a concern, just the fluid motions of using it. Taking the small coal and blowing it into the remains of the bird’s nest, you eventually get the fire going. When it’s stable, you walk over to the hazelnut bush, and use the leaves to wipe as much of the blood off of you as you can. Your clothes are stained, but that’ll wait until the stream. Walking back, you enter a deep, dreamless sleep.

>The 15th day dawns! You’ve used up 1 use of TINDER, and consumed the readily available deadfall here. There is a few hazelnuts to eat, but little food besides the bear meat ahead of you.

As you groggily wake up, you start at the sight of BRUN’s face. You almost imagined that it was a dream. The tacky blood on your clothes is further proof that it was no dream, and you have won. You’re a bit thirsty, but it can wait for now. The fire is nearly out, and you have enough wood to keep it going until the mid-afternoon if you tried. Wiping the sleep from your eyes, you decide what’s next.

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>>4458054

>It’s currently early morning on the 15th day. The skies are clear, and the buzzing of flies sipping on the blood is starting to bother you. You have 1 use of TINDER available. What do?

>Start sectioning off the choice bits of BRUN. It’ll be rough with just the one knife and flake, but you know time is value with their meat. (Spend 3 hrs carving up BRUN’s carcass. Easy roll required [<65], due to freshness of the corpse, and having limited blades to work with. Will provide between 2-4 days of meat, and a PELT to form a totem with.)

>Head back to the burn for your tools. It’ll take some time, but it’ll improve your odds here. (Spend 4 hrs going to the OLD BURN to gather the CORDAGE and SPEARS. No roll required, as you know the way.)

>See if there is anything else of value in this area. Some more tinder, creepers, food, anything. (Spend 2 hrs searching the BARREN DEFILE for resources. Average roll required [<50], due to unfamiliar and scarce territory. May provide resources dependant on results of the roll.)

>Write-in?

Voting will be open until 00:00 UCT tomorrow, with the update ready by 01:00 UCT. I’ll be around until 05:00 UCT to answer questions and provide information on write-ins.

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>>4458056
>Head back to the burn for your tools. It’ll take some time, but it’ll improve your odds here. (Spend 4 hrs going to the OLD BURN to gather the CORDAGE and SPEARS. No roll required, as you know the way.)
Work smart, not hard.

>>4458056
>>Start sectioning off the choice bits of BRUN. It’ll be rough with just the one knife and flake, but you know time is value with their meat. (Spend 3 hrs carving up BRUN’s carcass. Easy roll required [<65], due to freshness of the corpse, and having limited blades to work with. Will provide between 2-4 days of meat, and a PELT to form a totem with.)

Rolled 1 (1d2)

Since there's a tie right now, I'll break it with a 1d2.

>>4458635
>Head back to the burn for your tools. It’ll take some time, but it’ll improve your odds here. (Spend 4 hrs going to the OLD BURN to gather the CORDAGE and SPEARS. No roll required, as you know the way.)

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>>4458672

>Start sectioning off the choice bits of BRUN. It’ll be rough with just the one knife and flake, but you know time is value with their meat. (Spend 3 hrs carving up BRUN’s carcass. Easy roll required [<65], due to freshness of the corpse, and having limited blades to work with. Will provide between 2-4 days of meat, and a PELT to form a totem with.)

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>>4458635
>>4459432
>Head back to the burn for your tools. It’ll take some time, but it’ll improve your odds here. (Spend 4 hrs going to the OLD BURN to gather the CORDAGE and SPEARS. No roll required, as you know the way.)

>>4458672
>Start sectioning off the choice bits of BRUN. It’ll be rough with just the one knife and flake, but you know time is value with their meat. (Spend 3 hrs carving up BRUN’s carcass. Easy roll required [<65], due to freshness of the corpse, and having limited blades to work with. Will provide between 2-4 days of meat, and a PELT to form a totem with.)

Looks like we're heading back to the burn to gather our tools. Writing.

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>>4458635
>>4459432

>Head back to the burn for your tools. It’ll take some time, but it’ll improve your odds here. (Spend 4 hrs going to the OLD BURN to gather the CORDAGE and SPEARS. No roll required, as you know the way.)

>>4458672

>Start sectioning off the choice bits of BRUN. It’ll be rough with just the one knife and flake, but you know time is value with their meat. (Spend 3 hrs carving up BRUN’s carcass. Easy roll required [<65], due to freshness of the corpse, and having limited blades to work with. Will provide between 2-4 days of meat, and a PELT to form a totem with.)

Your fingers itch to start working on the carcass. Stilling yourself, you manage to hold back the urge to carve away. It was a massive stroke of fortune to strike BRUN down, I’d rather not ruin his pelt. Certainly not a fine pelt like this. Besides, the spearheads will help cut it up, and the cordage will be needed to parcel it up anyway. That, and the pick should make going through the ribcage and joints easier. Sighing, you resolve to quickly get there and hurry back. Kicking some dirt over the coals, you step off.

You don’t see much more than thin trees and junipers along the way to the burn. Picking your way over, you find a quicker path that will shave some precious minutes off the time. Keeping it in mind, you arrive back over, past the scat that led you onwards, and erupt into the open clearing. Moving fast, you pick up a spear and the pick, and quickly wrap both coils of cordage around your body like a sash. Glancing around, you pick up a handful of the morels to stave off the morning hunger pangs, and wrap up a small bundle of charcoal. At least this way, you can stay another night out at the defile if you need to.

>Gained CHERT SPEAR, FELDSPAR PICK, 8’ of GOOD CORDAGE, 12’ of MIDDLING CORDAGE, firewood for today, and some food. Found a path that reduces time from the OLD BURN to the BARREN DEFILE by .5 hrs.

Returning back to the defile, you drop all your belongings in a heap. Tossing some of the charcoal onto the coals and building the fire back up, you stare back at BRUN. Thinking of all the ways you could form a totem from the carcass, you decide on a cape, with his head going over yours, his front paws going over your shoulders, and the pelt from the hips upwards covering your back. You wouldn’t have minded keeping the rest of the pelt attached, but it’d drag on the ground, and not be appropriate. You could also salvage the claws for a necklace as well.

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>>4459467

>It’s currently morning at the BARREN DEFILE, with around 10 hrs of daylight left in the day. The flies are starting to bother you, but they’re thinning out a bit from the smoke. What do?

>You want to focus on cutting BRUN’s pelt off first. It’ll be hard work, and you want your blades to be as sharp as you can for this. (Spend 1hr carefully cutting the pelt off. Requires an Easy roll [<70], as you have proper tools to work with, but rigor mortis is settling it making it hard to move. Will provide 1 pelt, with other parts available dependant on success.)

>You’re more focused on getting the body cleaned. The pelt can keep, but all those organs rotting will ruin the meat fast. (Spend 2 hrs cleaning out the body. No roll required, as you have sharp blades and a handy ravine to toss the guts into. Will prolong the usefulness of the corpse.)

>You’ll focus on getting some of the meat cut and cooking first. You’re famished, and you know this meat goes off fast. (Spend 2 hrs preparing cuts of meat and cooking it on sticks. Medium roll required, [<60] as the body is less fresh than earlier, and you are trying to not blunt or break your knives. Will provide up to 2 days of meat, without ruining the PELT.)

>Write-in?

The voting period will be open until 00:00 UCT tomorrow, with the write-up arriving no later than 01:00 UCT. I’ll be around to answer questions and provide info on write-ins until 05:00 UCT.

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>>4459469
>You’re more focused on getting the body cleaned. The pelt can keep, but all those organs rotting will ruin the meat fast. (Spend 2 hrs cleaning out the body. No roll required, as you have sharp blades and a handy ravine to toss the guts into. Will prolong the usefulness of the corpse.)

>>4459625

>You’re more focused on getting the body cleaned. The pelt can keep, but all those organs rotting will ruin the meat fast. (Spend 2 hrs cleaning out the body. No roll required, as you have sharp blades and a handy ravine to toss the guts into. Will prolong the usefulness of the corpse.)

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>Noticed that I fucked up with the totals brought from the OLD BURN. You brought 2x CHERT SPEARS there in the bundle from the CAMPSITE. The SPEAR you were using as a walking staff is the one that is snapped under BRUN. Totals have been adjusted for this action.

>>4459625

>You’re more focused on getting the body cleaned. The pelt can keep, but all those organs rotting will ruin the meat fast. (Spend 2 hrs cleaning out the body. No roll required, as you have sharp blades and a handy ravine to toss the guts into. Will prolong the usefulness of the corpse.)

Squatting down over BRUN, you try and find a decent spot to work with. Wrinkling your nose at the rankness of musk and the metallic tang of blood in the air, you know that you need to move fast. It’s already been a while with the organs inside. If I don’t get them out quick, all that meat is going to fouled. Jabbing the two spears into the earth near his belly, you press hard, and manage to shift it off the ground slightly. Kicking the pick between them and the dirt, you relax, and his gut is exposed for the knife. You make sure to grab a fistful of leaves from some of the bushes nearby. It wouldn’t do to lose my grip on the flake as I go along.

Taking out the horn flaker, you pressure knap the edges of the knife and the flake you have at hand. Taking the flake in your right hand, you rummage through the fur until you fight the crotch. Pressing in with the point, you very gently work the flake forward, slitting the pelt. After you clear the hips, you see a thick white membrane that looks to be holding the intestines in place. Stepping clear of the expected gush, you move the flake further along until you get near the chest cavity. As soon as you breech it, there’s a massive flow of dark red blood leaking from the opening. Giving it a bit of time until the flow slows down, you gently work you way forward, stopping to form a Y-section at the arms. Wiping the flake on some of the leaves, you follow the cut along up to the horizontal slash you left in his neck.

There’s a reek of blood in the air, but no foulness of ruptured organs. Re-sharpening the flake, you pull the digestive tract organs outwards from the cut you’ve made. Dragging them over the smoothest patch of dirt towards the edge of the ridge, you cut them loose and nudge them over into the ravine. There’s a meaty splash below as they hit the rocks, and you follow up with the lungs and heart. By the time you get the windpipe pulled and thrown as well, there’s a couple of crows circling the ravine, and you have a dull ache in the arms. It’s heavier work than you expected. Wiping your forehead absentmindedly (leaving a streak of blood on your face), you decide on what to carve up next.

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>>4461026

>It’s currently noon at the BARREN DEFILE, with around 8 hrs of daylight left. You’re starting to work up an appetite and a thirst. What do?

>Focus on cleanly cutting away the pelt. If those crows get brave, you don’t want their beaks poking holes in the hide. (Spend 2 hrs carefully cutting of the hide and skull. Requires an Easy Roll [<70] as you have appropriate tools, and you took a substantial amount of weight out of the carcass, even though it’s getting rather stiff. Produces PELT, with other gains determined by the roll.)

>You’re getting damned hungry, and want to carve a few cuts off. At least it isn’t tainted and is still pretty fresh. (Spend 3 hrs cutting off sections of meat and setting them to cook over the fire. Requires an Average roll [<50], as you only have the one knife, and the meat is getting real stiff and hard to cut. Produce between 2-3 days of meat.)

>You want to clear the broken spear out of the corpse, and start snapping the ribcage open and paws off with the pick. It’ll make handling the corpse easier. (Spend 2 hrs removing the paws and breaking the hard bones with the STONE PICK. Requires an Average roll (<50), as this tool is not particularly sharp. Will add a +10 bonus to further butchery rolls, as the body will be substantially easier to move around. Will produce BEAR PAWS, which can be rendered down into CLAWS or used as-is for a totem.)

>Write-in?

Voting will be open until 00:00 UCT tomorrow, with the update arriving by 01:00 UCT. I’ll be around for a couple hours to provide info on write-ins, as I’ve got to prepare for some tests tomorrow.

>>4461038
>Focus on cleanly cutting away the pelt. If those crows get brave, you don’t want their beaks poking holes in the hide. (Spend 2 hrs carefully cutting of the hide and skull. Requires an Easy Roll [<70] as you have appropriate tools, and you took a substantial amount of weight out of the carcass, even though it’s getting rather stiff. Produces PELT, with other gains determined by the roll.)

Rolled 36 (1d100)

>>4461038
>You’re getting damned hungry, and want to carve a few cuts off. At least it isn’t tainted and is still pretty fresh. (Spend 3 hrs cutting off sections of meat and setting them to cook over the fire. Requires an Average roll [<50], as you only have the one knife, and the meat is getting real stiff and hard to cut. Produce between 2-3 days of meat.)

Rolled 23 (1d100)

>>4461150
supporting this instead

>>4461150
>>4461154

>You’re getting damned hungry, and want to carve a few cuts off. At least it isn’t tainted and is still pretty fresh. (Spend 3 hrs cutting off sections of meat and setting them to cook over the fire. Requires an Average roll [<50], as you only have the one knife, and the meat is getting real stiff and hard to cut. Produce between 2-3 days of meat.)

>Roll required! Difficulty is [<50]!

>Best roll is a 23! GOOD SUCCESS! Narrowly avoiding blunting the only knife you had at hand by 7 points.

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>>4461150
>>4461154

>You’re getting damned hungry, and want to carve a few cuts off. At least it isn’t tainted and is still pretty fresh. (Spend 3 hrs cutting off sections of meat and setting them to cook over the fire. Requires an Average roll [<50], as you only have the one knife, and the meat is getting real stiff and hard to cut. Produce between 2-3 days of meat.)

>Roll required! Difficulty is [<50]!

>Best roll is a 23! GOOD SUCCESS!

Sneezing, there’s a rumbling gurgle coming from your stomach. Belatedly, you realize that you haven’t eaten anything more than a fistful of morels. With this in mind, you get to work on the rear flanks of the bear. Leg meat is bound to be tough as hell, but you make due with what you have. At least if it slips while cutting, it’s far enough down the pelt I can still make a cape out of the upper. Pressing hard with your body weight, you open up a line to the left leg.

First, you take the newly sharpened flake and slit the pelt along the inside of the thigh, working towards the paws. You cut all the way around the calf just above the ankle joint and peel the pelt away from the paws to expose the meat. Next, you take the flint knife and slice back and forth over the calf muscles until you reach the tibia and fibula. Cutting gently, making sure to not damage the edge over the hard bone. Exposing the bone to the air by pulling the meat away to leave behind around an ich of bone, you take up the flake again and score the bone lightly, just enough to mark it. Taking up the feldspar pick, you bring it down with two sharp CRACKS, and snap the bones under the blow, severing the paw with about 8” of leg attached to it. You go and repeat the process at the other paw, the knee joints, and the hip joints, resulting in four long pieces of meat to carve up.

Pulling the cuts further away from the carcass, you get into the process of slicing thick rashers of meat and skewering them on some of the sticks you’ve brought over. Taking the time to flake away more sharp edges on the flint knife, you set the rashers to cook as you keep working. By the time you finish the second section, the smell of grilling meat makes your mouth water, disrupting your focus. Taking one of the pieces off of a stick, you chew at the tough meat. Man, it’s tough like an old stag. However, the rich wild flavour of it burns it’s way into your memory, leaving a mark in it permanently. Sating yourself on a couple more morsels, you finish sectioning the meat and cooking it by the time the sun moves further along the sky.

>Gained 2 days of bear meat! The rear paws have been damaged in the process, and are only good for the claws. The PELT is still workable. The FLINT KNIFE is on its last legs, and can only be used for 1 more task before being too fragile to use as a KNIFE. It can be rendered down into a FLINT FLAKE when blunted however.

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>>4462207

>It is currently mid-afternoon at the BARREN DEFILE, with around 5 hrs of daylight left. You have food for today, and the crows are starting to get brave, moving closer to the carcass when you were busy cutting meat. What do?

>You’re hell-bent on getting that pelt. You aren’t going to be satisfied with a mere claw and tooth necklace! (Spend 2 hrs cutting the PELT off of the carcass with the KNIFE and FLAKE. Medium roll required [<60], as even though it’s lighter yet from taking off the rear legs, it’s still heavy as fuck, and you don’t want to jab a hole in it. Will provide a PELT, with the quality of it determined by the results.)

>You’ll be fine with just the front paws and skull. It’ll make a decent hat and gloves, with the damaged rear paws going towards a necklace. (Spend 1 hr removing the head and paws with the KNIFE, FLAKE and PICK. Easy Roll required [<70], due to just cutting off extremities. Will provide a HEAD, 2x PAWS, and 10x BEAR CLAWS. Results determine if you can salvage additional PELT material.)

>You’re tired, thirsty, and homesick. They’ll believe you with all of his claws, fangs, and the jawbone. It’s not like they give those parts up willingly. (Spend 2 hrs cutting off the minimum number of parts and returning to the OLD BURN. No roll required, as you have sharp tools, and something to break bones with. Will provide 20x BEAR CLAWS, 4x BEAR FANGS, 1x JAWBONE, and enough SINEW to thread them all together into a heavy necklace.)

>Write-in?

Voting will be open until 00:00 UCT tomorrow, with the update arriving by 01:00 UCT. I won’t be around for very long tonight, as I have more tests and a range going on tomorrow. I’ll try and provide additional information and the like before the votes gets called though.

Rolled 79 (1d100)

>>4462210
>You’re hell-bent on getting that pelt. You aren’t going to be satisfied with a mere claw and tooth necklace! (Spend 2 hrs cutting the PELT off of the carcass with the KNIFE and FLAKE. Medium roll required [<60], as even though it’s lighter yet from taking off the rear legs, it’s still heavy as fuck, and you don’t want to jab a hole in it. Will provide a PELT, with the quality of it determined by the results.)
We're getting that cape, boys.

Rolled 9 (1d100)

>>4462210
>>You’re hell-bent on getting that pelt. You aren’t going to be satisfied with a mere claw and tooth necklace! (Spend 2 hrs cutting the PELT off of the carcass with the KNIFE and FLAKE. Medium roll required [<60], as even though it’s lighter yet from taking off the rear legs, it’s still heavy as fuck, and you don’t want to jab a hole in it. Will provide a PELT, with the quality of it determined by the results.)

>>4462650
NICE

>>4462235
>>4462650

>You’re hell-bent on getting that pelt. You aren’t going to be satisfied with a mere claw and tooth necklace! (Spend 2 hrs cutting the PELT off of the carcass with the KNIFE and FLAKE. Medium roll required [<60], as even though it’s lighter yet from taking off the rear legs, it’s still heavy as fuck, and you don’t want to jab a hole in it. Will provide a PELT, with the quality of it determined by the results.)

>Roll required! Difficulty is [<60]!

>Best roll is 9! GREAT SUCCESS!

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>>4462235
>>4462650

>You’re hell-bent on getting that pelt. You aren’t going to be satisfied with a mere claw and tooth necklace! (Spend 2 hrs cutting the PELT off of the carcass with the KNIFE and FLAKE. Medium roll required [<60], as even though it’s lighter yet from taking off the rear legs, it’s still heavy as fuck, and you don’t want to jab a hole in it. Will provide a PELT, with the quality of it determined by the results.)

>Roll required! Difficulty is [<60]!

>Best roll is 9! GREAT SUCCESS!

With a belly full of meat, you decide that if you don’t get it now, you’ll be too weak to fight off scavengers soon. The allure of fresh meat is bound to pull in GRAU or PUMA by the time night will fall. Fire may hold them at bay for a while, but sleep will give them the opening they want. Glancing back down at the knife, you look back to the corpse. This is it. Father, may your blade produce pride for our people. Testing it’s razor sharp edge and freshening up the flake, you kneel down and get to work.

Starting at the rear, you carefully pull upwards by the tail. Working slowly and methodically, you separate the thick skin from the flesh beneath. Rolling the loose skin towards the head as you go, you focus on the left side of the body. When you reach the left paw, you make sure to wedge the knife into the wrist joint to remove the paw without damaging the pelt. At the base of the skull, you carve away from the neck. You’ll split the jawbone later when you have the chisel at camp, but you don’t want to spill out the brains just yet. You’ll need them to tan the hide when it’s fleshed and dried out. With that, you remove the spears and bring them to the other side.

A tickle and cough escape your throat. This thirst is getting frustrating. Focusing through it, you heave, and manage to roll the body onto the other side with a noticeable amount of strain. After you sit down to clear the spots, it’s a matter of minutes to finish removing the pelt and other paw. Sighing deeply, the pelt looks magnificent. You managed to get enough for the cape to drape near your feet, even after you get older and taller yet. With this trophy, not even that ass Jacoby will be able to cast shade in your presence. Take your stag pelt and choke on it Jacoby. Any clod can find a six point buck and bring it down with a pitfall, not everyone can bring BRUN down with just one spear and no hounds. Smirking, you take note of the dipping sun, and decide on where you want to camp tonight.

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>>4463370

>It is evening on the 15th day, with around 3 hrs of daylight left. You will wrap up the PELT with the MIDDLING CORDAGE, and use one SPEAR as a walking stick with the cooked meat in your shirt over the other shoulder in your shirt and the good cordage. The PICK and other SPEAR will be left behind due to weight. What do?

>The burn is the closest and easiest. The thirst is bothering you badly, but you can power through it until the morning by drinking from tree hollows tonight and dew in the morning. (Spend the remaining time tonight at the OLD BURN. No roll required, as you have a clear path to follow and lots of light. Will wake up in the morning with the THIRST debuff {Reduces roll targets by 10 points, and causes simple actions to become EASY ROLLS [<70], as you tire more easily and make mistakes. It goes away when you get the chance to drink your fill.})

>You’ll follow the paths you made over to the pool. It’ll be riskier since night will fall, but you want to shorten tomorrows walk. (Spend 4 hrs to walk blazed paths to the POOL. Easy roll required [<70], due to cleared paths that aren’t treacherous to walk. Results affect tiredness in the morning. Will not have time to make a fire tonight.)

>You’ll try and move through the woods to the pool. If you can find a game trail there, you’ll have enough time to start a fire tonight. (Spend remaining time to try and push bush to the POOL. Average roll required [<50], due to unfamiliar territory and no obvious paths. Results affect tiredness in the morning. Success will give enough time to produce a fire tonight and prevent THIRST.)

>Write-in?

The voting period will be open until 00:00 UCT tomorrow, with the update arriving by 01:00 UCT. Work is getting obscenely busy, so I’ll probably only have a couple hours each night to answer questions and provide info on write-ins for the next couple of weeks. I’ll try and provide info at least an hour before the voting period ends so that you can make informed decisions, but I can’t guarantee anything. Fuck 10hr workdays every weekday

Rolled 24 (1d100)

>>4463372
>You’ll try and move through the woods to the pool. If you can find a game trail there, you’ll have enough time to start a fire tonight. (Spend remaining time to try and push bush to the POOL. Average roll required [<50], due to unfamiliar territory and no obvious paths. Results affect tiredness in the morning. Success will give enough time to produce a fire tonight and prevent THIRST.)

>>4463417

>You’ll try and move through the woods to the pool. If you can find a game trail there, you’ll have enough time to start a fire tonight. (Spend remaining time to try and push bush to the POOL. Average roll required [<50], due to unfamiliar territory and no obvious paths. Results affect tiredness in the morning. Success will give enough time to produce a fire tonight and prevent THIRST.)

>Roll required! Difficulty is [<50]!

>Best roll is 24! GOOD SUCCESS!

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>Just checking for something interesting.

>>4463417

>You’ll try and move through the woods to the pool. If you can find a game trail there, you’ll have enough time to start a fire tonight. (Spend remaining time to try and push bush to the POOL. Average roll required [<50], due to unfamiliar territory and no obvious paths. Results affect tiredness in the morning. Success will give enough time to produce a fire tonight and prevent THIRST.)

>Roll required! Difficulty is [<50]!

>Best roll is 24! GOOD SUCCESS!

The tickle in your throat makes the decision for you. The pool will be the best place to camp out tonight. There should be enough reed husks to make up some tinder for tomorrow too. Rolling the pelt up tightly, you secured it with the creeper rope. Testing the heft, you should be able to walk with it if you use the spear for a stick. Taking off your shirt, you lay done the strips of meat on it. Securing it with the sisal cordage, you set it down. You look at the pick and other spears, annoyed at the time wasted on them. Sighing, you leave them behind. Probably won’t have time to pick them up. Shame, they were good tools. Hopefully they find use again for someone else.

Grabbing the ropes free ends in your left hand, you wince at the rough texture of the cordage before stepping off. After a while of walking, you notice a game path heading roughly NW. This must have been the way BRUN got to the pool. Either that, or it’ll cross paths with the trail I made before. Can’t believe I missed it on the way here. Holding up your fingers to the sun, you figure that it should help cut some of the time you’ll need. Time that you could use to spend setting up a fire. Time that you can spend on your butt rather than your feet. That, and the dull ache you’re starting to feel in your arches and shoulder, is that. Veering off the beaten path, you move along.

The hanging branches whipping your chest, and the occasional tall thistle brushing against your stomach after a short time in makes you almost on to turn around. Persevering through the stings and whips, you break through at the pool with the sunset slowly turning the skies a lovely purple-pink tone. Heaving everything at the bushline, and slump over by the pool. The water is tepid, silty, and one of the best things you’ve drank in recent memory. Sated, it’s a minor effort to get the tinder in your pouch lit. Taking up some of the dead bushes and shrubs with dully numb limbs, you collapse on your side, staring at the crackling fire as the stars wink in and out in the sky.

>Used up 1 use of TINDER! You burnt the last of the dry tinder you have brought with you!

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>>4464592

>It will be the morning of the 16th, with around 13 hrs of daylight in the day. You’ll be at the POOL, and have the fire able to get going for most of the morning. You had enough time to remove TIRED and THIRSTY traits. What do?

>You want to take a break in the morning. Everything is sore from the bruises to the rawness of your shoulders. (Spend 3 hrs relaxing and doing light work in the area. No roll required, as the soft mud is pleasant to the touch. Washes the blood and meat juice from your body and clothes in the STREAM and POOL, and produces 1 use of tinder from the reeds. Applies the WELL-RESTED trait. [Improves DCS for the next 24 hrs by 10 points.)

>After a quick breakfast of meat, you want to pick some of the reeds for food and tinder. It’ll be a bit of a heavy burden with everything else, but you don’t want to be lacking when you get back to the camp. (Spend 2 hrs harvesting food and tinder at the POOL. Medium roll required [<60], as you’re still a bit achey from the last few days. Can gain between 1-2 days of food [REEDS], and 2-3 uses of dry TINDER.)

>You just want to power through and make it back to the camp. That bed of boughs and leaves isn’t much of a bed, but it’s a dream compared to dirt and mud. (Spend 5.5 hrs pushing W to the CAMPSITE. Hard roll required [<40], as you are sore, carrying a fair-sized load, and it’s a long walk. Results affect time taken, and state you’ll be in when you arrive there.)

>Write-in?

Voting will be open until 00:00 UCT tomorrow, with the update arriving by 01:00 UCT. I’ll be around for a few hours tonight for answering questions and providing information, but it’s another early morning with way too much to do. I’ll wind up updating the pastebins tomorrow after the post so that it’s current going into the weekend.

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>>4464595
>Relax
we earned this bros
also, we have a bunch of bear meat, we're not hurting for food

>>4464715

>Relaxing.

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>>4464715

>You want to take a break in the morning. Everything is sore from the bruises to the rawness of your shoulders. (Spend 3 hrs relaxing and doing light work in the area. No roll required, as the soft mud is pleasant to the touch. Washes the blood and meat juice from your body and clothes in the STREAM and POOL, and produces 1 use of tinder from the reeds. Applies the WELL-RESTED trait. [Improves DCS for the next 24 hrs by 10 points.)

>Event rolls in the night!

>>4464592

>Rolls are 57 and 87! A flash of fur by the POOL and STREAM, and a loud noise from the SE.

Waking up with the sun on your face, you roll over and scratch your leg. Your clothes are stiff and starting to reek, and the dull throb in your feet is still there. Blow this, the tanning can wait until later. The morning is for me. Warming up a bit of the meat for breakfast, you first drink your fill again at the pool. You’re planning on getting all this manky blood out of you and your clothes, so you may as well drink deep before it gets fouled.

Stripping down to your underwear, you slowly wade out towards the stream. By the time you reach hip depth, you can already feel the nibbling of minnows at your toes and the webbing between. A little giggle escapes, as you squish the soft river mud between them. The minnows move up your shins as you begin to soak and swirl the stained clothing. Wringing them out, the water slowly gets murkier and dirtier from the silt being kicked up and blood seeping out. It’s not as clean as you’d like without soap to scrub out the worst of it, but not having crusted blood on your arms is a soothing sensation. Rubbing at your face, you just squat down and enjoy the flow of running water, taking the aches and pains downstream with it.

>Gained the WELL-RESTED TRAIT! [Improves DCS for the next 24 hrs by 10 points.]

>EVENT OCCURS!

As you lay in half-lidded repose, you are alerted by something way down the stream by the bend. It’s a quick movement, made harder to discern by your eyelashes. All you catch is a sight of tawny fur and a tail, moving east into the woodline. Bolting upright, you don’t see or hear anything else. The birds still sing their songs, and the ree, ree, reebit of frogs says plenty about the threat. Still, unnerved slightly, you pull some of the reeds to replenish your stock of dry tinder. As you do, you hear a deep and throaty AWOOOOO to the southeast, with a few quieter responses answering in the same direction. That’s the direction of the ravine. GRAU must have found the body. Better move on.

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>>4465963

>It is currently morning on the 16th, with around 10 hrs of daylight left. You gained one use of DRY TINDER from the POOL, and the sky is clear with the occasional puffy cloud. What do?

>The camp is a good call. It’ll take time to set up a proper rack to dry the pelt before tanning. (Spend 6hrs pushing W at a moderate rate to the CAMPSITE. Simple roll required [<90], as you are well rested with a fair-sized load, and have a clear path to follow. Results affect time taken and potentially finding shortcuts.)

>You want to get back to camp, but you’ll run it where you can. It’s a bit more risky, especially with that blasted rock by the brambles, but it’ll cut the time in half. (Spend 3 hrs jogging W at a fast pace to the CAMPSITE. Average roll required [<50], as even though you have a clear and familiar path to follow, running with a load is exhausting work. Results affect the state you’re in upon arrival.)

>You can go slow back to camp. You’ve still got plenty of time, and you might spot something you missed along the way. (Spend 8hrs walking back to the CAMPSITE. Average Roll required, [<50] with results affecting new information you gain in the area. Will return at the CAMPSITE regardless of rolls Barring errant 100s)

>Write-in?

Voting will be open until 23:00 UCT, with the update arriving by 00:00 UCT. Bumping it up a bit because a friend wanted me to visit them tomorrow. Will be around until roughly 06:00 UCT tonight, updating pastebins and the like. Will tag this post with the updated bins when completed.

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>>4465964

>Tools and Resources V1.3:

https://pastebin.com/pAFAqN44

>Locations V1.3:

https://pastebin.com/KULRbhrL

Decided to split them off of 1.2, so that people reading in the archives don't get spoiled by mistake. If you notice any errors or mistakes, let me know and I'll get them fixed up.

>>4465964
>The camp is a good call. It’ll take time to set up a proper rack to dry the pelt before tanning. (Spend 6hrs pushing W at a moderate rate to the CAMPSITE. Simple roll required [<90], as you are well rested with a fair-sized load, and have a clear path to follow. Results affect time taken and potentially finding shortcuts.)

Rolled 30 (1d100)

>>4466191
Whoops.

>>4466191

>The camp is a good call. It’ll take time to set up a proper rack to dry the pelt before tanning. (Spend 6hrs pushing W at a moderate rate to the CAMPSITE. Simple roll required [<90], as you are well rested with a fair-sized load, and have a clear path to follow. Results affect time taken and potentially finding shortcuts.)

>Roll required! Target value is [<90]!

>>4466192

>Best roll is a 30! GREAT SUCCESS!

Writing.

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>>4466191

>The camp is a good call. It’ll take time to set up a proper rack to dry the pelt before tanning. (Spend 6hrs pushing W at a moderate rate to the CAMPSITE. Simple roll required [<90], as you are well rested with a fair-sized load, and have a clear path to follow. Results affect time taken and potentially finding shortcuts.)

>Roll required! Target value is [<90]!

>>4466192

>Best roll is a 30! GREAT SUCCESS!

Stepping out of the stream, you put on the dripping clothing. There are still a few stains on the shirt from everything since it was just a water bath, but it’s not stiff and soaked through anymore. Standing nearby the fading fire, you start to re-pack everything for the last push to the camp. Tightening the bundle again and packing the meat inside the shirt again, you decide to hang them on either side of the spear as a make-shift yoke. The haft stays straight and true, so you scoop up handfuls of water to dump onto the coals. With them completely cool and kicking dirt onto the ashes, you hoist your things over the shoulders and start walking.

When you arrive by the blackberry brambles, you side-step that one outcropping. Taking a short break to shovel a few of the ripe berries into your mouth, you continue along the path. There’s a few more tracks along the stream, but nothing very large. Moving your gaze back and forth along the path and over the river, you notice a few willow bushes over at the north bank of the river around halfway between the blackberries and the campsite. They could likely be useful for making a basket if you need to, as well as something easy to burn.
>WILLOWS added to LOCATIONS known. It’s approximately 2hrs E of the CAMPSITE. This area can be explored more for a better idea of its resources.

Arriving back at the camp, you ease the burden off of your shoulders and roll the tension out of them. Stretching, you decide to check on the site to see if anything changed. The fish trap is empty, with the bait completely gone. Probably had everything eaten while I was away. One of the squirrel snares also is tripped, with a small pile of cracked bones and fur below it. Sighing, it’s a simple matter to re-set them. The small pile of buried bait was untouched, as well as the hidden food cache. There’s still some firewood, and you take out the tinder you salvaged earlier today. Kneeling down to start it burning, your mind wanders to what to do next.

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>>4467501

>It’s currently late afternoon at the CAMPSITE, with around 4 hrs of daylight left in the day. You have enough firewood for the next 3 days here, and 4 more days of food after todays food. What do?

>The rabbit skin is ready to be tanned, and it’ll free up the frame for the pelt. It’ll also be a good time to reinforce the frame too. (Spend 3 hrs working the HIDES at the CAMPSITE. Easy roll required [<70], as you don’t have a sharp KNIFE to work the materials, or a FLESHER to take off the remaining fleshy parts on the PELT. Will consume 8’ of MIDDLING CORDAGE on the frame, and will improve the frame into STURDY HIDE FRAME.)

>Before going to work, a new knife and a flesher will make the leatherwork planned easier. (Spend 3 hrs forming a CHERT KNIFE and a HORN FLESHER at the CAMPSITE. No roll required, as you have a HORN FLAKER to form the tools with and an ANVIL STONE to help abrade the edges you’ll need. Consumes the CHERT TOOL BLANK, 1x TINE, and will turn the FLINT KNIFE into a FLINT FLAKE, re-using the handle wrap for the new knife.)

>The rabbit skin is ready to be worked. You can bend the rawhide over your knee, and sew it with the bear sinews to form a bowl. (Spend 2 hrs soaking the RAWHIDE in the STREAM, and turning it into a HIDE BOWL. Easy roll required [<70], as you don’t have a NEEDLE to easily sew it together. Will produce a HIDE BOWL that you can use to prepare the brains for tanning with.)

>Write-in?

Voting will be open until 00:00 UCT tomorrow, with the update arriving by 01:00 UCT. I’ll archive the thread tomorrow morning since it’s getting close to dropping off the board, and will provide a new thread with the update. I don’t want a repeat of it not getting archived like thread #2 again.

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>>4467503
>Before going to work, a new knife and a flesher will make the leatherwork planned easier. (Spend 3 hrs forming a CHERT KNIFE and a HORN FLESHER at the CAMPSITE. No roll required, as you have a HORN FLAKER to form the tools with and an ANVIL STONE to help abrade the edges you’ll need. Consumes the CHERT TOOL BLANK, 1x TINE, and will turn the FLINT KNIFE into a FLINT FLAKE, re-using the handle wrap for the new knife.)

>>4467503
>>Before going to work, a new knife and a flesher will make the leatherwork planned easier. (Spend 3 hrs forming a CHERT KNIFE and a HORN FLESHER at the CAMPSITE. No roll required, as you have a HORN FLAKER to form the tools with and an ANVIL STONE to help abrade the edges you’ll need. Consumes the CHERT TOOL BLANK, 1x TINE, and will turn the FLINT KNIFE into a FLINT FLAKE, re-using the handle wrap for the new knife.)

>>4467786
>>4467791

>Before going to work, a new knife and a flesher will make the leatherwork planned easier. (Spend 3 hrs forming a CHERT KNIFE and a HORN FLESHER at the CAMPSITE. No roll required, as you have a HORN FLAKER to form the tools with and an ANVIL STONE to help abrade the edges you’ll need. Consumes the CHERT TOOL BLANK, 1x TINE, and will turn the FLINT KNIFE into a FLINT FLAKE, re-using the handle wrap for the new knife.)

Writing, and preparing the new thread.

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>>4469273
>>4469273
>>4469273

New Thread!