1/4 Heretic 2019/06/13(Thu)14:40 No. 935640 ID: a451fc
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[SPRITE]: I'm here! Hi! My name's Sprite! Because I'm a Sprite! I'm sorry I'm just very excited because you finally arrived! I was narrating you until you woke up and I could talk to you! I do that a lot.

[SPRITE]: You probably think you're in heaven with how beautiful this place is but you're not! Nobody goes to heaven anymore! Anyway if this place isn't Heaven, then what is it you ask? Well! I have a little story here to answer that!

2/4 Heretic 2019/06/13(Thu)14:44 No. 935641 ID: a451fc
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[SPRITE]: Somewhere far far FAR away from here, a war was begun on a little planet called Earth between Angels and Demons! This war completely decimated the Earth, and left it a shell of it's former self. A wasteland! But that's not the important part! The important part is that the energies of Heaven and Hell clashing would bring upon an immensely odd phenomenon that would ripple throughout space and time!

3/4 Heretic 2019/06/13(Thu)14:48 No. 935642 ID: a451fc
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[SPRITE]: Rifts in dimensions would tear away parts of the Earth and send them somewhere else! Different CHUNKS of geography from different parts in time and space! Where would these chunks go you ask? Well! They all coalesced into the big pile of bullshit you are laying on now! The GIGA-CHUNK!

[SPRITE]: (I was gonna call this place the Nexus but that's a really generic and overused name)

[SPRITE: A place of danger! treasure! adventure! anything you could want!

4/4 Heretic 2019/06/13(Thu)14:53 No. 935643 ID: a451fc
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[SPRITE]: Well, now that you know what's going on! You're welcome to run around! Have adventures! Face danger! and most importantly take me with you! Please! I've been sitting floating around waiting for you to arrive, that's been my one job and you're really fucking late so I've had to wait doing NOTHING...

[SPRITE]: But first you need to tell me about yourself! Who the hell are you? What the hell are you?

Choose a name, species, and whatever else you want. You can be anything from an imp to a bunny, what you choose will have affects

Your name's Brook and you're a lady hill giant. Also, there's this tiny buzzy gnat flying around your face, which is very disorienting.

"Uria Lightfall"
Sex: Intersex (mostly Female)
Species: Corrupted Deerangel (Antlers sprouting feathers dripping coal)
Special Ability: Call of the Earth - your antlers absorb trace materials from the air and secrete rare materials or chemicals from the feathers. This process is slow but a steady source of income.

I wanna be a Lizarman, a male one! Your name is Arrayan, and you only care for your survival! If this place is as dangerous as you say it is, then survival would be difficult! AND also fun!

>>935643
Jorin, a male shadow. Yep, some poor guy back home is walking around without a shadow.

Want to see some shadow puppets?

Your name is Tom London, and you're the suavest (and the cutest) sonovab*tch cat in existence.

>>935652
This.

>>935655
I approve.

If you mean a normal looking cat I doubly approve.

Heretic 2019/06/13(Thu)15:59 No. 935659 ID: a451fc
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ARRAYAN THE LIZARDMAN

[SPRITE]: Are-Ray-An? What a weird name, but I like the attitude! Well Arrayan if you love danger you'll love this place! especially since when the sun goes down you'll be in trouble without a shelter! or tools! or anything! Even if you fancy yourself a fighter you'll be overwhelmed in the dark!

[SPRITE: But don't worry! As your guide I will help you in whatever was is possible! Now what do you want to do before the night comes?

Arrayan is currently in The Fields

find shelter... and a weapon I guess

Get shelter and tools would be the obvious one! But only if it's necessary? First is to see if you can find a vantage point to survey the landscape! Maybe there's a town nearby! Or at least a place that looks good for getting resources to make things?

>>935659
...is this minecraft? If we need a shelter before nightfall, then let's go looking for raw materials and/or some abandoned building we can salvage.
Tools would speed everything up.

>>935663
Yep, vantage point sounds good. Try to look for stones and trees, or a river. Rivers have stones that can be broken and sharpened into rudimentary axes. Not perfect, but it's something.

Heretic 2019/06/13(Thu)16:26 No. 935666 ID: a451fc
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By surveying his immediate surroundings. Arrayan can see a few points of interest...

[SPRITE]: You're in THE FIELDS right now! This place never gets too much danger in the daytime! Near you is a MOUNTAIN, a FOREST, and a POND!

[SPRITE]: The MOUNTAIN and POND might not be too dangerous, but plenty of creatures love to hide under the FOREST's canopy! So be prepared for trouble if you go that way.

>>935666
How is a lizard at swimming? Can you catch fish with your bare hands? I'd suggest going to the edge of the forest, getting a sturdy stick and make a fishing rod so we can fish, but I don't know how to get string.

Wait, we can make a spear. Let's do some spear fishing!

Pond, you need a source of water.

>>935666
Pond

Forest! You need a few sticks to make a campfire and also some tools to survive the night.

1/2 Heretic 2019/06/13(Thu)17:14 No. 935671 ID: a451fc
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With one stick from the outskirts of the forest fashioned into a spear, Arrayan is ready to go spear fishing!

[SPRITE]: I know you're doing this for a practical reason, but I hate this pond so much! It has no legends or myths about it or dangerous monsters hidden beneath it depths! It doesn't make you younger when you drink from it! It's just a boring lake with dumb fish, fish are never magic...

Arrayan has a hard time catching any fish, only managing to get two small ones...

2/2 Heretic 2019/06/13(Thu)17:14 No. 935672 ID: a451fc
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The next fish Arrayan sticks however is a bit bigger! It should make a nice meal.

[FISH]: Halt mortal! You have no buisness hunting here! This wound will heal should I escape your clutches so I will give you one chance to free me! Before I make you regret coming here at all!

Arrayan's some what convinced by the talking fish, but if he lets it go he doubts he'll manage any more food from the POND. What will he do?

It's a sentient fish. Spare them.
Ask for food sources that you can eat, like mindless predators and berries.

>>935672
Ah, but this is a source of information, not just food. Take it off your spear and tell it you just want to ask a few questions. First, where should you hunt if not here? Second, is there any shelter nearby?

>>935674
Sounds good. Not comfortable about eating sapient creatures.

Also, Sprite, do you feel a little silly now?

Get him out of the lake and go to land, his wound might regenerate but a magical fish outside of water is still a fish out of water. You shouldn't intimitate someone that impaled you!

Heretic 2019/06/13(Thu)17:55 No. 935679 ID: a451fc
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Arrayan is less interested in the food and more interested in the information he could get from this fish. He removes it from the spear
[ARRAYAN]: I'll put you back, as long as you answer some questions for me.
[FISH]: I shouldn't have to answer anything for you mortal!...but I guess if you happened to put me down I'd be kind enough to.

Arrayan places the Fish back into the water where it darts out of view to the bottom of the pond, after some time it returns to the surface to speak to you.
[FISH]: Okay, NOW I am ready to answer your foolish questions. Speak!

>Where should you hunt if not here?
[FISH]: Anywhere really! The forest has many animals you can eat such as boars and deer. The Mountains have goats, there are birds everywhere! However they will fight back a lot more than fish will...NOT TO SAY I WASN'T READY TO SMITE YOU!

>Is there any shelter nearby?
FISH: Past the forest there is a ruined city, though it is quite a ways away and you'd have to get passed the horrors of the forest to get to it!...Though if you do find yourself heading through the forest then maybe this will serve you.

The Fish hands ..."fins" Arrayan a clump of wet purple moss.

FISH: This heals wounds, but keep it away from your eyes, it stings quite a bit. FAREWELL.

The Fish dips back into the pond.

>Sprite, do you feel a little silly now?
[SPRITE]: Just because the fish talked doesn't mean it was magic! You're not a magic lizard are you? Anyway, where to now?

>You're not a magic lizard are you?
I... I don't know

anyways might as well head to the mountain next to hopefully find some better gear before tackling the forest.

>You're not a magic lizard are you?
Na-ah, i am a Lizardman! Lizardmen can talk! I should be able to communicate with other lizard-kind too.

I am not sure if we should go to the forest, but i guess we dont have much of a choice, we need to find some food. We can try to spend the night in the fields, since it's more safer than the other places arownd here.

>>935679
I think we need a better weapon to hunt goats. Let's go to the forest, gather some vines and a sharp stone or hopefully some flint, and make a stone spear.
Might be possible to craft a bow and arrow too, that'd take down birds.
If we can find good enough materials in the forest we could make an axe and gather wood for a shelter... Ask Sprite how sturdy the shelter needs to be.

>>935679
Speak the magic words that activates the salamander blood within you and sets you aflame and show the nonebeliever!
>>935683
The forest was stated to be more dangerous, but vines would probably be useful to help build things.

>>935684
It said "horrors of the forest" but that could just mean it'd take too long to go through and we'd have to survive the darkness for a while.

>>935689
>[SPRITE]: The MOUNTAIN and POND might not be too dangerous, but plenty of creatures love to hide under the FOREST's canopy! So be prepared for trouble if you go that way.

Sprite also implied that the forest is more dangerous.

We are totally fucking magic.

>>935679
Let’s start a fire and cook the 2 small fish we caught! They’ll make a good snack before we hunt something bigger to eat! Offer one of them to Sprite. If he can’t eat, then we eat both of the fish.

>>935683
>stone spear
>flint
It might be easier to find those rocks close to the mountain, instead of in the forest.

1/5 Heretic 2019/06/13(Thu)21:32 No. 935718 ID: a451fc
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>Speak the magic words that activates the salamander blood within you
>We are totally fucking magic.
Unfortunately, Arrayan is only a simple Lizardman, and is only magical in his own special way, not in any real way.

>Forest
Arrayan and Sprite head for the forest. Arrayan making sure to take stock of his meager inventory which currently holds a Flimsy Wooden Spear, Purple Healing Moss, and 2 Small Fish.

2/5 Heretic 2019/06/13(Thu)21:33 No. 935719 ID: a451fc
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[SPRITE]: Now the forest is the real place to be! Teeming with mystery and danger! What secrets do these woods hold?...Wait is there a difference between Woods and Forests?

Beneath the dense canopy of the Forest Arrayan and Sprite move carefully and quietly to gather material. Arrayan manages to find some stones suitable enough to use! Along with some vines from the trees and a sturdy branch...

3/5 Heretic 2019/06/13(Thu)21:34 No. 935720 ID: a451fc
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After some work chipping the sides of the rock, sharpening the edges and using the vines to tie it down, Arrayan has crafted a Sturdy Stone Spear!

[SPRITE]: Well...It's no Excalibur, but it's still a deadly weapon!

4/5 Heretic 2019/06/13(Thu)21:35 No. 935721 ID: a451fc
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Arrayan's triumph is quickly interrupted by Sprite getting his attention

[SPRITE: Arrayan! I think there's something watching us!

5/5 Heretic 2019/06/13(Thu)21:35 No. 935722 ID: a451fc
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Arrayan quickly readies himself with his newly built stone spear, as an odd gelatinous creature leaps out from behind the tall trees of the forest. It's wonky eyes wobbling in Arrayan's general direction as it slithers closer.

[SPRITE]: Oh it's only one Sludge, this should be no problem for a survivalist like you right Arrayan?

>>935722
Of course. Pop the eyes.

Let's not be overconfident. Let it attack first, to see what it can do. Learn its patterns, then strike! Take advantage of your range.

>>935723
Yeah, stab the eyes. But don't thrust all the way in, this thing might be able to wrestle your spear away from you if it gets a good grip.

Your spear gives you each, take advantage of that and try to keep it at a length. Also go for the eyes I guess.

1/2 Heretic 2019/06/13(Thu)22:33 No. 935734 ID: a451fc
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>Go For the Eyes
Arrayan's spear is precise enough to attack the Sludge's weak-point! He thrusts the stone spear into the Sludge's eye! It bursts like a blood filled balloon!

[SPRITE]: Nice Arrayan! Your FIGHT SCORE is higher than the Sludge's with that new Stone Spear of yours! You can hurt it easily!

2/2 Heretic 2019/06/13(Thu)22:34 No. 935735 ID: a451fc
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The Sludge attempts to attack, but with a missing eye and Arryan keeping your distance with the spear it misses it's attack completely!

[SPRITE]: Oh now it's wide open! Slay it!

>>935735
Do what she says, and make a killing blow on the other eye.

Okay NOW you can strike straight through the eye.

>>935734
>Your FIGHT SCORE is higher than the Sludge's
Gonna need you to explain that to us, buddy...

>>935735
>Oh now it's wide open! Slay it!
After we kill this thing!

Slay it!

...after this fight, ask where Sprite came from, and why it was waiting for you.

You need an Epic Fatality to bring in the big score multipliers. Don't bother with a mere stab-to-the-eye move... follow these easy steps:
1: Throw spear over sludge's head.
2: Grab spear and be pulled behind it until over sludge's head, because what did inertia ever do for you?
3: Grab Sludge with one hand and with the other spike spear into ground to pole-vault all three of you into the air.
4: Throw Sludge in front of you then two-handed spear-smack it into the ground to launch yourself into the sky. because inertia might not be all bad...
5: Reach the apex of your ascent then start spinning as you descend upon Sludge, forming a dust-devil in your wake.
6: spinning spear-point + Sludge's eye + dust-devil = gorenado.
7: emerge perfectly-clean from the ensuing impact-crater to discover that the gorenado signed your name into the scenery.

1/4 Heretic 2019/06/14(Fri)00:47 No. 935748 ID: a451fc
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>>935744
Arrayan wishes he could do any of this shit because it all so badass, It's dumb and makes no sense really but for Arrayan's idiot brain it's the coolest shit in the world. Arrayan is kicking himself for not being able to do any of the extremely easy shit listed here. The best he can do right now is just stab it in the eye again...maybe twirl his spear a little.

2/4 Heretic 2019/06/14(Fri)00:47 No. 935749 ID: a451fc
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Arrayan skewers the Sludge! Really feels lack luster after knowing there could've been a better finishing move...

3/4 Heretic 2019/06/14(Fri)00:47 No. 935750 ID: a451fc
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What isn't lack luster is the stuff the Sludge dropped when it died!...Well some of it's just Slime, but it also dropped some odd black crystals.

[SPRITE]: Oooh! SLIME! that can be useful. And ONYX! I'll take all of those

Sprite flies over the crystal and slime and they float off of the ground and into her mouth.

[SPRITE]: Ugh, the slime ones never taste good.

4/4 Heretic 2019/06/14(Fri)00:48 No. 935751 ID: a451fc
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[SPRITE]: That was so cool Arrayan! I mean it was a pretty fast fight, but I love how all of it went down! Oh wait. You wanted to know what Fight Score is right? I guess it is important that I tell you. Even if you did fine without knowing it.

[SPRITE]: Fight Score is the layman's term for the brilliant resonant energy one brings forth in the midst of a skirmish. Many know it by it's true name FIGHTING GOLD. If your FIGHTING GOLD is higher than your opponents you'll have an easier time fighting them, and they'll have a harder time fighting you!

[SPRITE]: It never came up in your fight since you took no damage at all, but your life is driven forward by your PHANTOM BLOOD, a culmination of your physical, mental, and spiritual health. If your PHANTOM BLOOD ever hits zero, and no one's around to help you, you'll pass out and soon after die.

[SPRITE]: You won't have to worry about that though! After all you're such a natural with that spear! The way you so easily targeted the Sludge's weak-point must've been a BATTLE TENDENCY, a skill you can use mid battle either actively or passively! Not to mention because this is your first battle you get to ADVANCE! meaning everything you have get's BETTER!

[ARRAYAN THE LIZARDMAN]

[FIGHTING GOLD]: 4 ==> 5
[PHANTOM BLOOD]: 6 === 6
[BATTLE TENDENCIES:
Pinpoint: If aimed at a weak point, Deals more damage and cripples the body part. If not aimed at a weak point has a high chance of breaking the weapon used.

Training montage time! 100 lying on a sunning rock. 2 miles of examining the scenery. 1000 dipping your feet in a pond!

Should probably head towards that city you were told about before night kicks in

What about you Sprite? How are you in a fight?

>>935750
>Sprite flies over the crystal and slime and they float off of the ground and into her mouth.
So does this mean that she’s holding all of that for you until you need it? Or did she just eat all of it and you can’t get it back?

You’re not mad at her for eating it if she was hungry, you just want to know what’s going on.

>>935751
>stats are Jojo references
Neat!

Is it possible for us to get some more vines and make a little belt for us to wear around our waist? Then we could make a Stone Knife to carry on our belt in case we need something for if we ever want to get up close and personal with the next enemy we run into.

>SLIME and ONYX
What are this things for?

All those Jojo references.
>>935765
Yeah, ask her this. Also ask what would be considered good shelter by this place's standards.

Lets get industrious. Build a stone shovel and stone pickaxe and start digging. Try to find some metal. Then we can make a forge out of stone and mud.

>>935751
Alright questions time. Where did she come from, and why was she waiting for you? What even is a Sprite?
What kind of shelter would be sufficient for nightfall?

If we can find more flint, a knife would be useful.

>>935750
>Sprite ate the loot
What did you do that for? I might need those later!

>>935751
>Level up
So will we get taller as we level up? Possibly evolve?

>>935773
All of this.

1/2 Heretic 2019/06/14(Fri)19:01 No. 935812 ID: a451fc
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>>935752
A sunning rock sounds like heaven for Arrayan right about now, this is one of the best training routines. Unfortunately this may have to be done later.

>Questions
[ARRAYAN: What's all the SLIME and ONYX for?
[SPRITE]: These MEDIUMS are vital for you to create more powerful tools that aren't WOOD and STONE. Of course, for you to be able to able to use these MEDIUMS properly we must construct the HEAVENLY MACHINA, which we can't do right now. The ONYX is one ingredient, we'll need COPPER, GOLD, and STONES. For now let's not worry about that!
[ARRAYAN]: Where did you come from? What is a sprite anyway? and why were you waiting for me?
[SPRITE]: Remember the phenomenon that created rifts and made the Giga Chunk you're standing on? That same phenomenon created Sprites along with the Giga-Chunk! I don't know the specifics of it really. As for why I was waiting for you, A Sprite's main goal is to guide those that come here! Without someone to guide I have nothing to do, and that's so fucking boring!

>What kind of shelter would be sufficient for nightfall?
[ARRAYAN]: (SURVIVALIST) A good shelter would be one that's sturdy enough to be attacked or hidden enough to be bypassed yeah?
[SPRITE]: Yeah! If you're scrapped for time a smaller well hidden one would work well, once you have more time and resources you can make a larger one.
[ARRAYAN]:: Maybe using a cave in the mountain or digging a hole would work.

>>935771
Arrayan searches for more stones, wood, and vines. Scales make getting splinters harder so it's not too hard, sharpening out more stones is frustrating though.

2/2 Heretic 2019/06/14(Fri)19:01 No. 935813 ID: a451fc
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Arrayan has crafted a Sturdy Stone Pick, a Sturdy Stone Shovel, and a Sturdy Stone Knife. To help carry these new tools he also uses vines to craft a Poor Vine Belt, it adds two extra slots to his inventory, If you throw away the Flimsy Wooden Spear you can fit all of your new Stone gear.

>Try to find some metal. Then we can make a forge out of stone and mud.
SPRITE: Before you start digging all willy nilly. I'll have you know that this Forests ground tends to hold cursed items and oddities, as well as creatures that enjoy nesting in the ground. Digging somewhere else might be more appropriate. We'll also have to look for a large enough stone to use for an anvil, and we'll have to make a furnace...Looking at how much time we have you can either mine for ores or gather more material for a sturdier shelter. It looks like it's noon right about now.

SPRITE: Oh! And before I forget, your FIGHTING GOLD is affected by your clothing, weapons, and physique! To begin with your base [FG] was 2, with the Stone Spear it was 4. Now that you've advanced in strength your base [FG] is 3 and with the Stone Spear it's 5. Equipment's great for raising your [FG], but some fights might be easier if you worked to lower the opponents [FG]! Taking an action before you attack like throwing something, using an item or a BATTLE TENDENCY might help!

[SPRITE]: Anyway I'm rambling, what're we going to do?

Alright let's head to the mountain. We should be looking to make a shelter there, as it's a good long term site. We will occasionally need to gather wood (and some clay) in the forest, but most of our time will be spent searching for ore and hunting for food.

First priority is the shelter. Once we have one, we're past the biggest hurdle which is the threat of eminent death. We already found a source of water, all that's left is learning to hunt in the mountains. After that we can just progress through the tech tree at our own pace until we're strong enough to pass through the forest.

>>935812
>picture
Woah! Arrayan, what are you doing?! Don’t touch yourself like that in front of Sprite!

>MEDIUMS
So we can still use them, even though Sprite ate them? Does that mean she’s got extra inventory space in her stomach or something?

>>935813
>If you throw away the Flimsy Wooden Spear you can fit all of your new Stone gear.
We could at least use it to start a fire for cooking those 2 small fish we’re still carrying with us. Then after we eat them, that’ll free up some more inventory space.

>Oh! And before I forget, your FIGHTING GOLD is affected by your clothing, weapons, and physique!
So maybe we should get ourselves some pants, we’ve already got weapons, and once we find a safe location, we start working out to increase our muscles!

>>935815
>go to the mountains for shelter
>get stronger before going through the forest
Good plan.

Getting all these tools to the mountains without going unarmed would be nice. Try disassembling the tools into one bound together bundle of handles and one vine-wrapped bundle of tool-heads(maybe held together in a large leaf or plate of bark?). That way the tools would drop by a carrying slot at the cost of having to reassemble them at the other end...

We could use our shirt and some vines to make a small pack to hold items.

>>935827
But then we’d be naked in front of a girl! That would be embarrassing!

>>935829
We're already pants-less, what difference will a shirt make?

1/2 Heretic 2019/06/15(Sat)00:20 No. 935835 ID: a451fc
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>Arrayan, what are you doing?!
Arrayan was very obviously working to assemble his set of tools! Nothing more and nothing less!

>>935829
To be fair Arrayan is already pants-less so it wouldn't make much of a difference. Still he is against using his one good tank top to hold goods.

>>935818
Getting rid of the Flimsy Wooden Spear still leaves Arrayan with the Sturdy Stone Knife and Sturdy Stone Spear, he would be far from unarmed, and even if those are disposed off his other tools can be weapons in a pinch. Disassembling the tools would be more work than it's worth.

>Make Fire with Flimsy Wood Spear to cook fish
Arrayan makes a quick fire with the spear and eats both fish freeing two slots of space.

>Sprite's got extra inventory space in her stomach or something?
[SPRITE]: I can easily store MEDIUMS. MEDIUMS tend to be naturally occurring resources on the Giga-Chunk, so it can't just be ANYTHING.

>>935815
An excellent strategy! The lizard and sprite work their way out of the Forest carefully not to provoke any hostile creatures and head for the Mountains, there they ascend the rocky slopes until they find a good place to mine.

2/2 Heretic 2019/06/15(Sat)00:20 No. 935836 ID: a451fc
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Once Arrayan finds a decent quarry he gets to work mining for ore all the while Sprite eats all of the STONE MEDIUM that gets dug up to get to it, the two of them stop for a little bit. Arrayan has gained nothing but junk stone, which can be useful on it's own, but the lizard-man is craving ore not stone.

[SPRITE]: So Arrayan! What're you here for?...I mean, most of the people that come here come here by accident. Sucked up by an errant rift or something, but now that you are here you don't seem to be in a hurry to get back anywhere are you?

[SPRITE]: So now that you're here, and we're close to making your shelter, what're you looking for after you figure out how to survive? Amassing vast treasure? Hunting down dangerous monsters? Exploring amazing places!? Because whatever it is I'll be here to help you as long as it's FUCKING AMAZING!

Amass fight money to herd two of every animal on a boat. Then beat the crap out of every single one.

>>935836
You want to be important live a life of luxury, to have power over other people but not in an evil way.

We were just embarking upon our grand [life/quest] when we were informed that the whole "become a dragon by travelling the world and being awesome" that we had been persistently convinced of was, in truth, a practical joke at our expense, and not even slightly possible. Thus it is that we have no grand purpose aside from no longer being surrounded by lying traitors.
... Let's punch out a dragon? Let's punch out [u[all[/u] of the dragons!

How quickly can you absorb MEDIUMS? Can we use you to drain an ocean? Can you be used as a shield against a rocky landslide? What about sling bullets if they are purely composed from a MEDIUM?

My father taught me everything I know and I left home to try and become a legend.

Or to add on to that I lived with your family growing up who lived on the edge of civilization and my dad was a bit of a woodsmen. Taught me everything he knew about surviving in the wild, how to fight, and well... a bunch of stuff really. Raised me off stories about his youth and how he set off from his home to travel the land and eventually settled down and build my family home. However when I finally came to age to go off on my own adventures something horrible happened. Civilization caught up to us. The woods that I grow up in where chopped down for lumber, the open plains plowed into farms, and the wild spirit of the land was tamed. No one had use for a woodsmen anymore. So I left to try and find greener, wilder pastures but it seemed no mater where I looked I could only find more civilization. I wanted to explore the unknown like my father did before me, by using the skills he taught me, but after traveling for so long I started to crave more. After going from town to town and finding nobody needed someone with my skills I also wanted to become something more, a... a legend. Someone who would be remembered for years and years.

I guess one reason I'm not see keen to head straight home is because this place is kind of a dream come true for me. A wild and untamed, unknown land full of danger and mystery, and maybe even treasures. How could I resist?

1/2 Heretic 2019/06/15(Sat)03:12 No. 935857 ID: a451fc
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>>935846
>>935852
[ARRAYAN]: As a child my father taught me how to survive, and once I grew up I wanted to explore the wilderness like he had! I had wandered my world looking to tame the untamed, explore the unknown, becoming stronger and more awesome with each trial I faced...but with civilization taking hold on the world there was nothing unexplored...nothing for me. In addition to his amazing stories my dad also told me of a legend, that a lizardfolk like me could become a dragon through mythical means I'd have to find through exploring the world..though a lot of people thought it was just bullshit, crazy hearsay. They may have been right, but now that I'm here there's wilderness, adventure, treasure! This is my kind of place! How could I want to leave!?
[SPRITE]: That's exactly how I feel! All of this unexplored craziness is going to be so fun to root through! and that's such a great goal! Becoming a dragon? That's fucking amazing?
[ARRAYAN]: W-what? I said that was bullshit.
[SPRITE]: Well maybe on your old lame world it was, but HERE with all the weird shit on the Giga-Chunk! There's gotta be a way for you to be a dragon!
[ARRAYAN]: You mean it!?
[SPRITE]: Of course!
[ARRAYAN]: OH HELL YEAH! HELL FUCKING YES!!!

With spirits soaring Arrayan continued to mine with new found energy! His dreams are coming true at last.

2/2 Heretic 2019/06/15(Sat)03:13 No. 935860 ID: a451fc
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>How quickly can you absorb MEDIUMS?
[SPRITE]: Pretty quickly
>Can we use you to drain an ocean?
[SPRITE]: Of course not, I have limits to how much of a certain MEDIUM I can keep contained
>Can you be used as a shield against a rocky landslide?
[SPRITE]: Nope! The MEDIUM chunks need to be small enough for me to consume. I can't just eat boulders without them being broken down first
>What about sling bullets if they are purely composed from a MEDIUM?
[SPRITE]: Yes if you want to use bits of a MEDIUM for ammo I can store them for you and give them to you when needed, of course stronger enemies will need more than just rocks to be hurt.

After all of the mining Arrayan has done, he's managed to dig up Iron Ore and Copper Ore, waiting to be smelted. Sprite gobbles the ores up and tallies what MEDIUMS she's holding right now.

--MEDIUMS--
STONE[x210]
SLIME[x20]
ONYX[x14]
IRON ORE[x8]
COPPER ORE[x10]

[SPRITE]: Want to keep mining? Or should we start worrying about something else?

probably should start on building/finding that shelter before dark just so we can knock that off the list and don't have to scramble to find shelter later when the sun starts to set.

We should probably find shelter. Maybe look for a cave, or perhaps a little hidey hole that you can cover with a few rocks to keep it out of sight.

>>935857
>you can become a dragon here!
Awesome! We’re gonna be dreaming about that whenever we sleep for while!

>>935860
>total MEDIUMS
Now all that’s left is to find some gold, then we can construct the HEAVENLY MACHINA that Sprite mentioned earlier.

>Want to keep mining? Or should we start worrying about something else?
Let’s start worrying about getting a shelter.

>>935857
>There's gotta be a way for you to be a dragon!
>OH HELL YEAH! HELL FUCKING YES!!!
Maybe you're already a little more dragony? Try breathing really hard to see if any fire comes out!

>>935860
>Sprite eats more mediums
Does this mean that she doesn't need to eat normal food?

>Now what?
It's probably time to start looking for a shelter.

1/3 Heretic 2019/06/15(Sat)08:34 No. 935884 ID: a451fc
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>Try breathing really hard to see if any fire comes out!
All Arrayan has at the moment is fish breath.

>Does this mean that she doesn't need to eat normal food?
[SPRITE]: Even if I don't consume MEDIUMS I don't need to eat!

>Look for shelter
Arrayan and Sprite check the mountain up and down for a suitable place to call home. Arrayan makes sure to stay away from caves with signs of animal inhabitance. No cave seems suitable to use, at the base of the mountain however there's a crack in the rock that can be mined out.

2/3 Heretic 2019/06/15(Sat)08:34 No. 935885 ID: a451fc
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--MEDIUMS--
+ x105 STONE = STONE [x315]

3/3 Heretic 2019/06/15(Sat)08:35 No. 935886 ID: a451fc
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After some work Arrayan manages to carve out a pretty decent cave for him and sprite to stay in.

[SPRITE: It's cozy! This place doesn't look too bad! It could still use some work though. Needs a treasure trove over here, and armory over here, and a hammock. Hammocks are great!

The sun is starting to set, but there's still some light out.

Make thine hammock, start collecting the materials for one.

>>935886
make the entrance harder to see from the outside.even just piling up rocks so things would have to noisily climb to peek inside might help.

>>935886
We need to secure the entrance. You could transplant a bush to obscure it, or position some large rocks in front.
A hammock would be nice but how would we anchor it? We'd have to use wooden posts secured at the base somehow, I think. A bed of leaves might have to do for now.

>>935896
You know what could be useful for that? Leather. Maybe go out and kill a goat for its skin. It would also be helpful in that we could use their sinew for string that can be used in bows, their bones and horns to make more durable weapons, their meat for food. Mammals have tons of useful raw material.

Or maybe we should use the skin for pants. Kind of awkward running around without any pants on, and it could be useful as (weak) armor.

Making leather is really difficult though...

>>935886
Is Sprite made out of electricity? Hey, Arrayan, try poking Sprite to see if she zaps you a little.

>>935898
>Bush or rocks to hide entrance
>No time for hammock, bed of leaves for now
I agree with these.

>>935886
Once you cover the entrance with a bush and/or some rocks, you should wag your tail and do a little dance to celebrate finding a shelter!

>>935898
>A bed of leaves might have to do for now.
Yeah, we can figure out the hammock later.

>>935911
>poke Sprite
How about we give her a high five instead of poking her? It’s kinda rude to poke a lady.

I'd say start with a door or at least drop some stones in front of the entrince to hide the cave from the casual observer. Then build something to sleep on and maybe see about getting a fire going assuming you can figure out a way to let the smoke out of the cave and not having the light shine through the cave mouth giving away your position.

Gold seems to be an annoyingly rare random-drop from mining, there has to be an easier way. Do any low-threat monsters drop gold? Is Sprite willing to go looking for a gold-deposit we could mine? Just this once? Maybe we could build a stone bowl and go panning for gold in a stream.

Maybe we could build a hammock from carnivorous vines growing on the mountainside? That seems like a thing that vines would do...

>>935886
Try to find some coal so you can make some torches. We also need to start amassing iron and flux stones (Calcite, Chalk, Dolomite, Limestone, or Marble. Shoot for Limestone) so as to make pig iron and then crucible steel. Coal will be required to get a fire hot enough to melt the materials.

I would suggest going out and making two rudimentary doors. One for the entrance, and another for inside so you can start a mine in your cave.

>>935898
I agree with this. We should find some food too.

>>935944
We don’t need any of that. All we need is GOLD, then we can make the HEAVENLY MACHINA, which will help us make more advanced tools and weapons.

Quickly grab some raw materials to make bedding and a door and then close the place up for the night.

>>935947
That was never stated anywhere. While making it is important, it may have no bearing on gear. It clearly does something, but if it was just gear, Sprite would have had us focus entirely on it rather than worry about survival at all as it would be able to make anything we could possibly need.

>>935974
True, it was never stated anywhere.

But it might help us make better gear, since the Heavenly Machina could either act as a forge or it gives us the ability to create a forge. And if it helps us create a forge, that would be a much better option than trying to make one ourselves.

>>935997
That's what I was thinking.

1/4 Heretic 2019/06/16(Sun)17:05 No. 936057 ID: a451fc
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>Try poking Sprite to see if she zaps you a little
She buzzes lightly, she only zaps Arrayan's hand when the occasional bolt of energy arcs off of her.

>The Heavenly Machina could either act as a forge or it gives us the ability to create a forge
[SPRITE]: It kind of acts like a forge, but not really! You see, certain MEDIUMS can't be shaped easily without the HEAVENLY MACHINA, or they can only be shaped into certain things with the HEAVENLY MACHINA. You're going to still want things like COAL and FLUX STONE, and your also going to want to make a FORGE if you can since it's easier to do that then to wait 'til you can find gold. It might be a while until you can actually make the HEAVENLY MACHINA.

>Make a door
Arrayan and Sprite head to the Forest to find wood and brush.

2/4 Heretic 2019/06/16(Sun)17:05 No. 936058 ID: a451fc
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Along the way they pick up some clay along with the wood.

--MEDIUMS--
STONE[x315]
SLIME[x20]
ONYX[x14]
IRON ORE[x8]
COPPER ORE[x10]
CLAY[x50]
WOOD[x25]

3/4 Heretic 2019/06/16(Sun)17:05 No. 936059 ID: a451fc
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Arrayan drags a bush back to the cave. There he ties the wooden sticks into criss cross pattern and then attaches the bush to the wooden frame. Arrayan props the bush door up against the cave opening.

4/4 Heretic 2019/06/16(Sun)17:06 No. 936060 ID: a451fc
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Any extra is used to make a small bed.

[SPRITE]: Yeah...I guess we don't have time for a hammock, this is a perfect shelter for now though! So do you want to call it a day?

We need our energy to find more food first thing tomorrow so let's call it a night.

>>936060
Early to bed, early to rise, let's not get caught in the dark.

You know, I bet there might be some gold in that town on the other side of the forest. We're probably going to have to improve our combat ability if we want to get there though.

>>936060
Sure, let’s call it a day!

Is there enough room on that bed for Sprite? Or should we give her a tiny little bed of her own?

>>936060
Seems like that'll do for the day's work. Not as much food as we'd like but tomorrow can be focused more on hunting. Oh I forgot about foraging. ...if there's enough time we could gather some berries before bed. The sun certainly looks to be setting though, and if any monsters see us going into the cave they'll just follow us in.

sure, tomorrow we can mine for more materials and maybe improve our base a little bit.

1/2 Heretic 2019/06/16(Sun)18:37 No. 936077 ID: a451fc
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Arrayan curls up into his grass bed, and falls asleep...there are odd noises in the dark outside...

2/2 Heretic 2019/06/16(Sun)18:37 No. 936078 ID: a451fc
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The next morning Arrayan wakes up and rises from his grass cot, Sprite is hovering patiently waiting for him to get up.

[SPRITE]: Good morning Arrayan! Welcome to your second day on the Giga-Chunk, and congratulations on surviving your first night! How are we going to begin the day huh?

Arrayan is HUNGRY (-1 FIGHTING GOLD)

make fire, eat one of those fish you caught yesterday, work one making your base a bit bigger and then if we have time left find some more stuff to fill your base up with.

We must eat! and maybe find a way to preserve food, so we can collect and then eat later them when we are hungry. In the mean time, we need food that can be stored without having to worry about it going bad, like frutes and stuff like that. Berries or something?

He ate both fish already. The fish said there's deer and boars to eat in the forest. If you don't have any luck hunting maybe there's fruit and berries and mushrooms and things there too.

>>936078
Let's kill a goat for food, and maybe make some clothing from its skin. Specifically pants.

>>936078
Alright first let's forage for food-- fruit, veggies, nuts, and maybe some edible roots and tubers. Then once we've got some easy breakfast let's hunt for goats.

>>936086
This.

Sprite has lots of stone, could we make a sort-of underwater trap-fence? A porous L-shape from the shore making a passage that water and smaller fish can somewhat get through the walls of but larger fish can be chased into and be forced to turn around or jump to escape. It would make them easier to catch? And only involve dumping rocks into the river? The problem would be that you want a tall, distinct porous wall and would get a vague mound.
Or you could try to make a section wider and shallower, but the fish would avoid that because they know how easy it is to get caught in open shallows.
Or make some stone shotputs and hunt rabbit-equivalents.

>>936090
The talking fish told us to not fish in the pond anymore and it would kinda be a dick move to go fishing again after we said we wouldn’t.

>>936086
This is a good idea, however we may be a carnivore which would mean this wont work.

>>936084
We will need to get some wood to make a tanning rack, but that shouldn't be too difficult.
--

So if we are going to make steel, we will need to make pig iron, which is basically iron that has been smelted and purified to make crude ingots. Once we make these, we can throw them and any flux stone we find into the smelter and then let stew for a while.

1/3 Heretic 2019/06/16(Sun)22:32 No. 936101 ID: a451fc
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>Forage
Thanks to Arrayan's excellent survival skills there's no question what food is and isn't safe to eat. After scavenging around the forest Arrayan managed to find a good amount of edible berries and mushrooms, enough to make a good breakfast.

Arrayan is no longer HUNGRY.

2/3 Heretic 2019/06/16(Sun)22:32 No. 936102 ID: a451fc
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>If we are going to make steel, we will need to make pig iron
Arrayan will definitely need a FORGE first. He has the clay to make it, and can always get more.

>Hunt for goats
Arrayan and Sprite climb to the top of the mountain again in search of goats to hunt...

3/3 Heretic 2019/06/16(Sun)22:33 No. 936103 ID: a451fc
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Following the signs of inhabited caves and hoof prints, Arrayan manages to come across a Woolly Goat near it is another odd looking creature Sprite calls a Shelluk. The Woolly Goat stamps it's hoofs against the ground and bleats loudly at you as a warning, the Shelluk simply sits there, odd energy occasionally arks off of it's shell...

Not sure if the shelluk's charge is purely defensive or it can zap you from range. Go for the goat first, but don't use your battle tendency until we're sure of a weak spot. The head maybe?

>>936104
Goats have hard heads since their main attack is headbutting, and with the shape of the skull the spear would be unlikely to pierce, probably just giving a shallow cut (although there are lots of blood vessels in the head which could blind them if cut, probably would be better to use a knife for that though). Its chest would probably be better, especially if it's charging in which case the spear would just dig deeper.

For the shelluk, best advice would be to stab the fleshy bit and not the shell. Because our spear is partially wooden, we probably don't have to worry about getting zapped in the process. Bet it also drops something that generate electricity which could be used to give us an electric spearhead if we make one out of metal. Assuming it is simple enough we won't need a Heavenly Machina.

I have a bad feeling there’s some symbiotic relationship here. Try and lure the goat away from the shelluk before we attack it so we don’t have to find out if that’s the case.

1/2 Heretic 2019/06/17(Mon)00:25 No. 936115 ID: a451fc
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Arrayan stabs at the Woolly Goat, but it's FIGHTING GOLD is too high to get past!...Wait, the Shelluk is empowering the Goat and adding their FIGHTING GOLD together.

SHELLUK
BATTLE TENDENCY
Gastropod Guardian: Shelluk can add it's FG to one other allies

2/2 Heretic 2019/06/17(Mon)00:25 No. 936116 ID: a451fc
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The Woolly Goat charges Arrayan.

ARRAYAN
PHANTOM BLOOD: 6 ==> 5

>>936116
Damn. Can you reach the shelluk with your spear? If not, try throwing a big rock at it to knock it over and hopefully distract it long enough that you can harm the goat.

>>936115
>the Shelluk is empowering the Goat and adding their FIGHTING GOLD together.
You could easily beat them one at a time, but with that Shelluk boosting the Goat, they’re stronger than you!

It seems like in order to win, you’ve gotta take out the Shelluk first, but there’s no way you’ll be able to get in close with the Goat in the way!

There’s some rocks by your feet, try throwing those at the Shelluk!

One thing we could do, as our opponents primary attack appears to be a charge, we can plant and angle our spear, thus turning the enemies momentum into a weapon against them when they attack. Brains over brawn.

also it occurs to me that as our primary weapon is a spear we should at some point make a simple shield as they tend to compliment spears well in battle.

1/2 Heretic 2019/06/17(Mon)03:10 No. 936128 ID: a451fc
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>>936117
>>936118
Arrayan takes one of the rocks from the ground and chucks it at the Shelluk. It knocks the Shelluk off of the rock and onto the ground stunning it and scaring into hiding in it's shell. The Woolly Goat rushes Arrayan again without noticing it lacks it's Shelluk Protection...

2/2 Heretic 2019/06/17(Mon)03:10 No. 936129 ID: a451fc
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>>936120
Arrayan quickly angles his spear as the Woolly Goat charges and the goat ends up impaling itself on the spear head. Arrayan swiftly grabs hold of the spear handle and pushes it further into the Woolly Goat's chest until it stops moving. After removing the spear from the animal's chest Arrayan looks over and realizes the Shelluk is still alive, though not much of a threat anymore now that the goat's dead. When he attempts to pick it up, the Shelluk stings his hand, not enough to do real damage but enough to sting like a motherfucker. It's not very friendly, but it's also not the main reason Arrayan went hunting.

[SPRITE]: Another excellent battle! Soon enough we'll be fighting truly ferocious beasts! But for now you should gather what you need from the goat, oh and maybe kill that Shelluk too. They like to eat the bacteria out of Woolly Goat coats, but are giant assholes to everything else.

might as well slay it just to see what it drops.

what sort of loot do goats and shelluck when slain?

either way start cutting up that goat for it's tasty tasty meat... now that I'm thinking about it maybe at some point down the road we should build a smoke house to be able to smoke the meat of things we kill, and maybe a pen at some point to try and capture and tame some goats. I mean if we can grab a few goats we might be able to get milk to add to our diet.

Are Shelluk susceptible to Stockholm Syndrome? I think this question calls for Science!. Tie it to your spear and carry it like a bindle.

Hm, any possibility of taming beasts in this world?

What if we wore the fur from the goat? Would the shelluk assist us then?

Kill the Shelluk, keep shell as a hat. Skin that goat. You shall have a wooly mantle and smelly meats.

>>936129
The Shelluk’s shell looks like it would be big enough to serve as either a shield we can strap to our arm or a helmet we can put on our head. Both of those would be extra armor and increase our FG.

Let’s pull out our stone knife and finish off the Shelluk. Then we can start carving out the Goat’s meat and wool. Arrayan's excellent survival skills should make it pretty easy for him get those.

I know Arrayan already ate some berries and mushrooms, but that seems like a small snack, so I think he should cook and eat the Goat’s meat. Especially since we have no way of preserving the meat and it could spoil if we just try to save it.

What would we gain from killing the Shelluk? Something useful? Can we use its shell for anything?

1/2 Heretic 2019/06/17(Mon)15:51 No. 936189 ID: a451fc
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>Shelluk Shell
The shell of the creature is too narrow to fit onto Arrayan's head, and too oddly shaped to use as a shield. At least while it's in it's current shape. When Arrayan slays the Shelluk, it's shell becomes brittle and falls apart into what looks like a limestone like material. All but one piece, the largest spine on it's back stays whole and keeps it's toughness, it even crackles slightly with energy.

--MEDIUMS--
STONE[x315]
SLIME[x20]
ONYX[x14]
IRON ORE[x8]
COPPER ORE[x10]
CLAY[x50]
WOOD[x25]
LIMESTONE[x15]

2/2 Heretic 2019/06/17(Mon)15:52 No. 936190 ID: a451fc
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>Woolly Goat
Arrayan gets to work harvesting material from the Woolly Goat, getting it's Hide, Wool, Horns, and plenty of Chevon in the process. Arrayan wraps the wool and horns up with the hide so it fits better into his inventory, and keeps the meat separate and stores the Shelluk Spine in his belt to make room.

SPRITE: Good haul! We gonna head back to base to cook it?

>>936190
Might not be the best idea. There's going to be smoke so we can't cook it inside, and the smell of meat could potentially attract dangerous things to our spot. Better to do it in a temporary camp.

>>936193
Good idea.

>>936193
We could also simply fortify our camp. Outward-facing spikes should keep out most things. We could also dig a chimney into our camp allowing us to not only cook, but also smelt and forge inside of the cave without risk.

>>936196
Smoke would still have to come out around our house, unless we want to dig a really convoluted system. I also would rather just not risk our shelter getting attacked at all. Spikes might be a good thing to have though.

>>936193
True, but we do have ore now. We're gonna need to smelt it to use it.

Perhaps after we cook, we should search either for a more secure location, or materials to fortify ours.

Let's set up a cooking spot on the plains, within sight of home base but far enough away as to not be directly associated.

>>936199
It's fine if it's ore near our base, that would probably only attract something intelligent. It's cooking meat which attracts predators.

Heretic 2019/06/17(Mon)17:30 No. 936207 ID: a451fc
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>Cook
Arrayan smokes the meat somewhere far from his base, but still on the plains. He uses some wood and stone to make a smoking set-up and slices the chevon up into small strips to make jerky. It's going to take a few hours to smoke it.

--MEDIUMS--
WOOD [-10]=[x15]
STONE [-10]=[x305]

[SPRITE]: The Field is a safer place to cook meat, but if you set up defenses around your cave you could cook there safely too!
[ARRAYAN]: That Shelluk thing's shell also had LIMESTONE in it, I can use that to make LIME MORTAR and make stone buildings. That'd be useful for reinforcing my base.
[SPRITE]: So after we're done making your jerky what do you want to do? You've got a lot of stuff you might want to store away to use later, or use now!

>>936207
I feel like we should get to work on either tanning for armor, or smelting for metal weapons.

Time to collect wood, make a forge with our clay and stone, then make some copper tools. Especially a saw, so we can make planks, which will let us build a sturdy shack for storing barrels, which will let us make leather properly.
We should also set up a charcoal pit.

Can you make a better spear with the shelluk spine or would you be better waiting for later?

Fortify your base and once that's done you can work on setting up a forge and other workshops.

There is a significant lack of ranged options at present. Ranged weapons generally require experience to use, so making some crude ones for training seems like a good use of free time. Javelins /throwing-spears feel like a good option for the ranges at which we have been fighting, but that would be less of a factor if we ever get fire-breath or similar. Bows have an undeniable advantage of range and damage per mass of ammunition, but are less in our expertise and can be awkward to swap out or use in close-quarters. Crossbows could be a nice compromise, but loading can be a chore and they are probably beyond our means to construct.

I'm going to say bow!
Construct a crude bow from wood and twisted bark and some wooden sticks to fire. Use these to train while waiting for jerky. You aren't trying to hit anything nor apply any strength, just get used to keeping your grip consistent and keeping your claws and eyes out of the way of any fast-moving elements.

I kinda want to improve the base a bit by making it a bit bigger. Nothing fancy for now just some more rooms to put some more things. If we can find enough lime stone as well and build some basic defenses we could also just build out from our crave and make an actual base that is both inside and outside the mountain... that sounds like a later project though, for now I say improve our base a little bit.

>>936207
Would that piece of the Shelluk shell make a good spear tip? Since it’s still crackling with energy, it would give anyone you stab an extra jolt of damage!

You can untie the Stone tip of your spear, tie the shell to the end, and give it a few test swings to see how that feels. If it’s too awkward, you can take the shell of and put the stone tip back on.

upgrading our spear to a glaive if we can might serve better than a charged spear due to it giving us extra ways to use it in a fight.

1/4 Heretic 2019/06/17(Mon)21:34 No. 936257 ID: a451fc
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>Can you make a better spear with the Shelluk spine?
The Shelluk spine while still tough isn't useful for a spear head, it doesn't seem to be too much tougher than your stone one and the tingling energy dormant in the shell doesn't really "shock" anything. It's better to wait and find a better use for it.

>Gather wood
Arrayan and Sprite spend a good amount of time, it's difficult considering Arrayan never made a proper axe so he sticks to gathering fallen wood and twigs, Arrayan collects any clay he can too while he's in the Forest.

--MEDIUMS--
WOOD[x60]
CLAY[x80]

2/4 Heretic 2019/06/17(Mon)21:34 No. 936258 ID: a451fc
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>Make Charcoal
Arrayan makes a Charcoal Mound and fills it with 40 units of wood, he then leaves it to burn. It'll probably be ready tomorrow.

3/4 Heretic 2019/06/17(Mon)21:34 No. 936259 ID: a451fc
File 156083248746.png - (144.37KB , 876x941 , Bow and Arrow.png )

>Make a Bow and Arrow
Arrayan uses some fibrous wood and sticks ,about 8 units, to make a simple bow and some wooden arrows.

[SPRITE]: I took you for more of a spear guy, but I'm definitely not complaining!...Well unless your aim is shit then I might complain.

Arrayan takes some time to practice holding the bow and making adjustments, he sets up a log and practices his aim...It's not great.

[SPRITE]: Yep, looks like I'm complaining.

4/4 Heretic 2019/06/17(Mon)21:34 No. 936260 ID: a451fc
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It's been some time, Arrayan decides to return to the temporary smoking camp sight, He immediately notices the stranger slowly inching closer to his beef jerky. The figure also notices him from behind, possibly from his smell or from hearing him. Arrayan prepares for conflict before the stranger speaks.

[STRANGER]: Oh! Is this your camp site? I don't mean to intrude, I just couldn't help but be drawn to the smell. I'd hate to be rude but, would you be interested in a trade?

>>936210
We have limestone which we can use as a flux if we want to make steel tools as well.

Might as well hear this batty fellow out.

>>936259
>terrible aim with bow and arrow
>Yep, looks like I'm complaining.
Well I can’t always use a spear! I’ve gotta branch out and see if I’m good at more than just 1 weapon type!

>>936260
>I'd hate to be rude but, would you be interested in a trade?
“That depends, what are you offering?”

bat!
friend!
bat!
friend!
bat!
friend!

>>936259
Well, that's why we're practicing. Can't all be experts at the start.

>>936260
Sure thing. You wouldn't have any gold you might be willing to part with, would you? I might not have anything worth giving gold for, but maybe we could work out a deal? I'm willing to take jobs.

Ask who he is and ask what he has for trade.

Sprite is an electric type! Use the Thunder Stone on her!
Can Sprite use her shocking nature to manipulate the electric-aligned spike? Maybe we could mount it into a clasp to let her wear some sweet robes!

Yeah... bows take a lot of work to get good at. Still, one of the deadliest of all weapons in the hands of a master.

Compliment badass coat.
Suggest teaming up to increase chances of survival.
Offer lizard hole to sweeten the deal.

>>936277
He probably can survive well enough on his own.

Also, Arrayan has too much self respect to let just anyone use his lizard hole, it needs to be the right person. Also, it might be awkward with Sprite around.

1/2 Heretic 2019/06/18(Tue)04:31 No. 936284 ID: a451fc
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>>936277
>>936278
[ARRAYAN]: Dear god, please stop calling it that

2/2 Heretic 2019/06/18(Tue)04:31 No. 936285 ID: a451fc
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[ARRAYAN]: The names Arrayan, what do you have to trade?
[DESMOND]: Well Arrayan my name is Desmond, and I have a few things that may interest you. Though, I'm not very well stocked, but I do hope I have something worth a bundle of jerky.

Desmond produces a number of items from his cloak which he lays out for you to examine.

COMBAT MANUAL: A thin booklet on the in's and out's of combat using certain weapons
CRUDE MAP: A poorly drawn map of the things outside of your immediate surroundings
LEATHER BANDOLEER: A nice looking leather strap to go across your shoulders, looks like it'd give you more inventory space
COIL OF ROPE: About 50 feet of rope
GLASS JARS: 3 Jars of clear glass complete with lids
PAIR OF TONGS: A pair of iron blacksmithing tongs

You have 5 batches of jerky smoked, you doubt Desmond would object to taking more than one batch. Your sure you could possibly trade something else for whats in his inventory too.

definitely going to say the map.

A map for that KNOWLEDGE.

Tongs and jars! They're both things you'd currently struggle to make by yourself and they'll be helpful.

yes invite him to come into you lizard hole then later tell him your goal to become a dragon and say that if he helps you you'll let him ride you

>>936285
>Desmond produces a number of items from his cloak which he lays out for you to examine.
Combat Manual and Leather Bandoleer.

>You’re sure you could possibly trade something else for what’s in his inventory too.
Tell him what you’ve got, besides the jerky, and see if there’s anything else he would like. Just don’t offer to give him anything that would be difficult to replace.

>>936291
>lizard hole
Please stop calling it that.

>lizard hole
Ew, you guys, stop it.

Map and a combat manual sounds good, what is he willing to accept for those?

Hey man. His Lizard Hole is a private place for him to crawl in to.

Manual and Tongs!

>>936285
Well, we can probably supplement the manual ourselves, and we can make our own bandolier with the leather we are going to make, so I think we should pick from the last four.

If we are comfortable doing so, i say we should trade four of our five jerkies for the map, rope, jars, and tongs.

>>936285
Perhaps we could offer the snail spike in trade, as well. We don't really know what it's good for, and can probably get another easily enough.

Yes
COMBAT MANUAL
PAIR OF TONGS

Maybe
COIL OF ROPE
GLASS JARS

No
CRUDE MAP, could be wildly inaccurate.
LEATHER BANDOLEER, can make one ourselves.

>>936302
>map sucks
Oh, i didn't even think of that. Thats a good point.

>>936285
Combat manual and the tongs, make better weapons and learn how to use them better.

Heretic 2019/06/18(Tue)09:12 No. 936307 ID: a451fc
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Arrayan passes over two bundles of jerky for a pair of iron tongs and a combat manual.

>Tell him what you’ve got, besides the jerky
Arrayan shows Desmond his other items. Desmond is interested in the Purple Healing Moss and nothing else.

>Team up with Desmond
[DESMOND]: As a traveler I can't be tied down to one spot for too long...but I guess I could make sure to travel over this spot more often. More buisness is always good, and when I get more inventory I'm sure you'll have more stuff to trade with me.

>>936285
Hmm none of these are particularly game-changing.
Alright my evaluation:
>COMBAT MANUAL
It's thin so it won't be a huge deal.
>CRUDE MAP
Poorly drawn so it'd be about as good as making a map yourself (though I guess you don't have paper...)
>LEATHER BANDOLEER
Can't you just make a vine strap?
>COIL OF ROPE
50 feet is a lot of rope! Rope is generally useful and time consuming to make, this might be the best purchase.
>GLASS JARS
Clay jars will work just as well for most purposes.
>PAIR OF TONGS
Well, you will want one of these eventually but the thing is you can probably make do with wooden tongs. They'll scorch and burn but you can make multiple tongs; also you won't need tongs for cast-molding.

I say buy the rope, and maybe the combat manual.
Also I figured you'd use your stone knife for gathering wood. An axe would be better though, make one! You won't need to carry it around all the time, just leave it somewhere near the woods when you're not using it.

>>936307
That moss could save our life later, so I don't really want to trade it. A lot of the stuff that he has is also stuff we could probably make except for the jars, and I don't really know why we would need glass jars. If Sprite can't pick it up, we can probably just use a bag.
>>936309
How do you even make wooden tongs? I also don't think it's a good idea to use flammable objects to pick up something that's incredibly hot. That's just asking for a fire.

Lets give one jerky for rope and keep the moss.

>>936307
>Arrayan shows Desmond his other items. Desmond is interested in the Purple Healing Moss and nothing else.
Hmmm, I think we’ll keep the moss for ourselves. Sorry, Desmond.

>can’t be tied down to one spot
>can make sure to travel over this spot more often
That sounds like a good deal.

Make sure you shake his hand, er, wing, thank him for the trade, and tell him that you hope you can continue to do business with him in the future.

Does he have any interest in the long, hard, pointy things we pulled off of the round slimy thing and the big thing that kept thrusting forwards? Maybe as a matched set we could get one jar? Or he knows refined products of them that he would want in future?
It would be good to get a list of local products that are desirable trading goods.
Glass jars are a big deal. They resist most corrosive substances(but perhaps not the lids) and can be sealed. Clay jars are difficult to get a seal on(though something similar to a wax plug is probably possible) and could easily contaminate any chemistry efforts.

The rope would be a huge pain to make, and if this stuff seems reliable, that can be difficult to get by hand.

>travel over this spot more often
But this is just a random fire-pit you might never return to. You should show him your mountain. That way he'll know to get his bearings by sitting on your peak before descending to your personal crevice to unload his stuff.

>>936315
I agree that glass jars would be really useful if we get any volatile liquids, but uh... that seems a long way off at this point.

>>936307
Let's keep the moss.

Trade for the rope too.

If he travels would he mind telling us some of the areas that lie past the mountains, pond, and woods?

>>936326
yeah ask him about what he's seen around the place.

>>936307
Keep the moss. Tell him this ain't your camp and where he can find you if he feels like trading again.

Heretic 2019/06/18(Tue)23:32 No. 936361 ID: a451fc
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[ARRAYAN]: What lies beyond this area? I've only been to the outskirts of the forest and mountains.
[DESMOND]: I haven't really been here too much, this chunk of land is pretty new. It wasn't here two days ago, but there are some ruined buildings past the forest, and I think I've seen some structure in the mountain somewhere. I tend fly more than stick to the ground so I do pay attention to too much of the stuff close to the ground.

Arrayan keeps his moss, but sells another bundle of jerky for 50 feet of rope. He explains where his actual base of operations is as well. Arrayan has 2 bundles of jerky left

[DESMOND]: Well, I'll be sure to fly over if I can. Be seeing you Arrayan. Oh! and here.

Desmond hands Arrayan a small pouch and then flies off, he shouts over his shoulder as he leaves.

[DESMOND]: It's just some seasoning in case you cook more!

[SPRITE]: He seemed nice! and useful! Well back to the grind! What's our next move chief?

>>936361
I'm thinking work on tanning that skin.

>>936361
Briefly wonder how bat tastes.

Build wooden traps for bigger animals

>>936361
Take a bite of the jerky. Then sprinkle some of the spice on it and take another bite. Compare the bites you took to see if you like the spice or not.

Regardless of if you like the spice or not, eat a little more jerky so that you don’t get hungry for a while.

Afterwards, use your survival skills to attempt tanning the Woolly Goat Hide.

>>936364
>Briefly wonder how bat tastes.
Please don’t eat the traveling salesman that may end up providing something cool in the future.

Well we could either find somewhere to mine for more materials or build a bunch of traps and leave around the area to try and help us catch more game so we can have a steady supply of food coming in.

briefly wonder if you'll ever find love

Let's get working on some leather gear! A nice chestpiece, bracers and helmet. Oh, and one of those strap things for arrows!

Eating, then we need more materials for when the Charcoal Mound is ready to use.

Read manual, eat food, make leather.
Hug tom

>>936390
Read food, eat Tom, hug leather, make manual.

1/3 Heretic 2019/06/19(Wed)10:55 No. 936393 ID: a451fc
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>Take a bite of the jerky. Then sprinkle some of the spice on it and take another bite.
It's much better seasoned, the bag of seasonings seems like a mix of salt, pepper, and paprika. It'd probably taste better if Arrayan seasoned the meat first and then smoked the jerky.

>Briefly wonder how bat tastes.
[ARRAYAN]: I remember eating a bat once on a spelunking trip. It didn't taste too bad, though I wouldn't go out of my way to eat one again.

>Briefly wonder if you'll ever find love.
[ARRAYAN]: I've never given that much thought. I'm not really the romantic type so it's never really crossed my mind.

>Read manual
Arrayan claws through the small booklet, it gives important tips on using certain weapons to their full potential.

--PICK ONE--
TALENT: SPEAR SPECIALIST
Gain +1 FIGHTING GOLD When using SPEARS. Learn PUNCTURE (When using a SPEAR, attacks hit one enemy behind the original target)

TALENT: DAGGER SPECIALIST
Gain +1 FIGHTING GOLD When using DAGGERS. Learn SHIV (When using a DAGGER, will lower enemy FIGHTING GOLD by 1 ONCE per combat)

2/3 Heretic 2019/06/19(Wed)10:56 No. 936394 ID: a451fc
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Arrayan lacks certain supplies to properly tan the hide, he can however make it into RAWHIDE. This way Arrayan can re-hydrate it later when ha has the proper supplies and tan it. Arrayan make a tanning rack with [x10] UNITS of left over wood.

[SPRITE]: So what do we need to tan the hide for leather Arrayan?
[ARRAYAN]: Brains!
[SPRITE]: ...W-what?
[ARRAYAN]: We gotta boil brains in water and smear it on the hide to tan it.
[SPRITE]: T-that sounds uhh...
[ARRAYAN]: We could probably just use egg yolk or oil if we can't get brain though. Anything fatty.
[SPRITE]: Yes! Please no brain smearing.

3/3 Heretic 2019/06/19(Wed)10:56 No. 936395 ID: a451fc
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>Make traps
Arrayan's only familiar with small game traps, though he does know how to make larger ones it'll be time consuming and exhausting. If he does want to make smaller ones he'll need more wood.

>>936394
Honestly, I think we're more likely to get brains than eggs or oil.

Maybe we should get started on that smelter.

>>936395
MOAR WOOD
Make an axe, chop some lumber.

DAGGER SPECIALIST
also
That's not how tanning works you need salt son!

>>936400
There's many tanning methods.

>>936401
Yes but the one he's thinking of needs salts.

And ya lets make a stone axe.

Spear!
What does Sprite care about brains? She doesn't even have- nevermind...

>>936393
>--PICK ONE--
TALENT: SPEAR SPECIALIST

Since we’re already using a spear, it makes sense to get a spear skill!

>>936394
>Tanning Rack
You built that close to you shelter, right?

We should probably work on making our shelter bigger. That Tanning Rack looks like it’s too big to fit inside our shelter, which isn’t good since we don’t want anything or anyone messing with it during the night if we leaving it outside.

>>936410
Don’t be rude!

>>936419
>leaving it outside.
leave it outside.

>>936405
I looked it up and it doesn't?

Everyone knows that spears win wars. Is literally the most OP weapon in history. Grab a shield and you are set.

TALENT: SPEAR SPECIALIST
Numbers are the name of the game and we lack them. Best learn us ways to deal with superior numbers.

>Leather Tanning
A good brain alternative is plant tannins.
Boil down a shitload of Bark, leaves, or bitter nuts, and then boil it some more until it's black and pungent.

>>936419
Oh crap, I didn't notice it asked us to pick. Yeah, spear definitely.
>>936425
Wouldn't call it OP, but it was definitely commonly used. It required very little training to use compared to a weapon like a sword, and since soldiers in the medieval age had to buy their weapons and armor, they flocked to cheaper weapons. Since the spear is pretty much a stick with a sharp stone/piece of metal, not hard to make. They are also fairly good against cavalry, which had a serious advantage over none mounted units.

There are also many different types of spears, wondering if we should take a specific type. I kind of like the spetum.

>>936393
TALENT: SPEAR SPECIALIST
Gain +1 FIGHTING GOLD When using SPEARS. Learn PUNCTURE (When using a SPEAR, attacks hit one enemy behind the original target)

Chop some more wood and get started on a smelter

>>936429
I said "OP" just to say that they are very good. They are cheap and easy to matain, they give you range, and if you are really good with it, you can beat any other wapon with ease. The same could be said of any other wapon, but might not as easy to mantain or produce. Axes are quite similar as well, but they lack the range. Any way, spears are balanced and useful when survival is on the line.

spear specialist

and find more wood... and since we're going to be out and about anyways maybe see if you can't find something to make that hammock that sprite was talking about.

>>936436
>hammock
Oh, yeah, definitely need to get that hammock.

Or maybe a sunning rock?

Spears may have been many things in history, but here it looks like Puncture for multiple opponents(especially support units like shelluk) versus Shiv which is more generalist for gaining an advantage early or summit.

Get the Spear Skill. Make an axe for chopping wood. Attempt to build a hammock.

If the hammock fails, get a sunning rock.

>>936393
>Love?
Maybe when you become a dragon, all the ladies will come to you? After all, who wouldn't want to be with a dragon?!

>>936442
That snail shell has electrical energy and Sprite is made of electricity. Did we ever see what would happen if Sprite touched the shell? Or see if she can charge the shell? Or absorb the energy for herself?

>>936446
>After all, who wouldn't want to be with a dragon?!
Lots of people. But if we specify being a big, strong, handsome dragon, that’s when everyone will want to be with us!

>>936463
Of course we would be a handsome dragon. We were incredibly handsome as a lizardman, so it only stands to reason that we'll be the handsomest of dragons.

I want to investigate the structure on the mountain at some point. Maybe not now though, since we're doing stuff.

>Love?
As far as i am concerned, liard people don't care for those things, unless, Arrayan is other kind of lizardman. But yeah, he shouldn't mind those things now.

1/2 Heretic 2019/06/19(Wed)23:12 No. 936496 ID: a451fc
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>SPEAR SPECIALIST
Arrayan learns to utilize the spear more efficiently!

>Make Axe
Stone Axe is made!

>Gather wood
[x100] Wood is gathered! Sprite has [x102] WOOD stored!

>That snail shell has electrical energy and Sprite is made of electricity.
The Shelluk Spine doesn't really react with Sprite.

2/2 Heretic 2019/06/19(Wed)23:13 No. 936497 ID: a451fc
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>Smelter
Using [x50] Clay and [x50] Stone, Arrayan constructs a Furnace outside of his cave base, complete with a fan blower to supply oxygen to the flame and a large rock to use as a makeshift anvil, Arrayan sets the tongs down by the Furnace.

[SPRITE]: This should be safe enough out here! I don't think anyones in a rush to steal a furnace

Building the furnace took a while, the sun's beginning to set.

[SPRITE]: Now that we got more done today we should think more about what we need in the future if we're going to venture out further!

Backpack to carry more things, armor encase we run into more trouble, and food/water if we’re planning on taking trips that are further then a day.

Speaking of longer trips, we would need to figure out a way to rest safely at night like a sleeping bag we can hang from a tree to hopefully keep it out of reach from threats, or go about a days journey out from our base, build another safe camp, and then just make a series of camps we can leap frog from. The second option would take longer but would probably be safer.

>>936497
>the sun's beginning to set.
Time to eat dinner!

Then we start getting ready to go to sleep. Or, if we have time, do 1 or 2 small things, then go to bed.

>What do we need in the future?
Obviously we’ve gotta get ourselves some decent armor at some point.

>>936497
Maybe replace the rock spearhead with metal. Also, armor. Gotta get those brains.

>>936421
>Tawing is a method that uses alum and aluminium salts, generally in conjunction with other products such as egg yolk, flour, and other salts.
using plants to get tannin seems like a easier idea so do that

>>936497
>what we need in the future
we need to get iron

We should practice more with the bow and probably make sure we have a backup weapon seeing the spear might break due to our BATTLE TENDENCY. Is the axe good enough?

We do have a little bit of iron ore, we should make a new spear. Make some pieces of armour with whatever we have left over, maybe use some copper too. The rest can be rawhide.

Will a rawhide tent provide enough protection or will we have to dig out a shelter each night? A better pick might be a good investment then.

Finally we need to stockpile more food and make a good backpack.

1/3 Heretic 2019/06/20(Thu)06:56 No. 936530 ID: a451fc
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>Make sure we have a backup weapon
Arrayan has a stone dagger, and the axe would also be suitable as a weapon. Though it isn't very accurate, if he uses it he probably wouldn't be able to use (Pinpoint).

>If we have time, do 1 or 2 small things.
Since Arrayan has the wood now he goes to set up some small game traps around the outskirts of the Forest. He uses [x20] Wood to make 4 traps.

>Eat
Arrayan eats a bundle of jerky.

2/3 Heretic 2019/06/20(Thu)06:57 No. 936531 ID: a451fc
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>Sleep
Arrayan goes to bed, only occasionally waking from the sounds of odd creatures moving around outside...

3/3 Heretic 2019/06/20(Thu)06:57 No. 936532 ID: a451fc
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In the morning Arrayan wakes to Sprite patiently waiting for him to get up.

[SPRITE]: Good morning Arrayan! It's a new day just waiting to be tackled!

Arrayan's had a few thoughts on what to do for today. Getting better material for armor and equipment is a good idea, maybe exploring the area some more since he's never gone that deep into the mountain or forest.

Arrayan assess his inventory, a lot of the stuff he gained yesterday he had mostly left on the ground somewhere he thought was safe when he need more room for something else.

--CAVE INVENTORY--
- Stone Tools (Spear, Dagger, Axe, Pickaxe, Shovel)
- Bow and x2 Stone Arrows
- Shelluk Shell
- 50 ft Rope
- Purple Moss
- x2 Woolly Goat Horn
- x4 Wool Clumps
- 1 Bundle of Jerky

--ARRAYAN INVENTORY--
-Nothing right now

Arrayan can carry 4 things on him and 2 things on his vine belt. A backpack or bag would definitely be useful in someway

>>936532
Time to go check the traps and see if you caught anything that you can kill and eat it for breakfast.

I say go check the traps and see what you may have caught. Then since you're already near the woods might as well head out and explore the woods a bit more. Maybe find that city people have been telling you about. Might find some good supplies their and maybe even a second base you can shack up in if you can't make it back to your mountain base for whatever reason.

>>936532
We can probably gather enough vines to make that hammock, and anchor it with logs or sturdy branches with stones at the base.
Go out, check the traps and forage for fruit and veggies. Gotta keep a varied diet.

Bring the spear, dagger, and actually we should gather some vines to make some vine rope for tying things up with. The rope is mainly to be used for climbing down a pit or something since it's so long. We could also take bits of twine off of it; that would be more durable than whatever we're using to bind tools with.

>>936532
Check the traps, then lets start processing the iron into steel so as to make some quality weapons.

Don’t we need a hammer and a big tub of water or something when using the furnace to make metal weapons and armor?

I think a hammer is needed to shape the hot metal into the shape you want it to be. And the big tub of water or something to put the hot metal into in order to cool it off.

>>936544
Just processing the metal doesnt need either of those. Making steel will take a while.

But yes, when we actually start making blades and tools, we will need some form of anvil, a tub of water, and a hammer.

>>936545
I guess we’re already 1/3 of the way there, since Arrayan said he put a large rock to use as a makeshift anvil in front of the furnace.

Well, it's possible to make stuff without an anvil or hammer. We just need to make casts, and a grindstone.

The dagger ability would've been more useful.
Can we still get it? How does the manual work?

>>936532
waggy waggy waggy

Check and reset traps, eat foods, get charcoal, mine some metal, make hammock.
Then start working on leather or metal.

>>936532
What did you dream about, Arrayan? Did you dream of being a big dragon sitting on top of a giant pile of treasure?

>What do?
Check traps, kill and cook whatever you caught, add spices while cooking, eat food.

>>936539
>fruit and veggies
Include these with the meat to get and amazing meal!

>>936548
It would be higher quality if we use a hammer though. Really, all we would need to do is tie a flat-ended rock or an ingot to a sturdy piece of wood to make a hammer. We do need to make casts for ingots though.

Do we have materials to make a back pack?

Also, how's temperature over there? Are you warm? Is there winter in this place? Should we worry about it?
Lizards and cold don't go well together.

>>936558
We still have the goat skin, but I'd rather we make leather armor out of it.

Copper is probably soft enough that you can make a needle from it. That would be very useful for making a backpack.

>>936532
Time to get up and eat breakfast. Then maybe work on that hammock?

>>936559
>>936562
We still need brains to make leather. Right now it is just rawhide.

>>936603
Read this >>936394 . Brains are only one method we could use, which Sprite didn't like.

Arrayan then said we could use anything fatty, which Sprite agreed with and said she didn't want any brain smearing.

We don't need brains, we only need something fatty.

>>936611
It isn't like she's going to wear it. And really, it depends on what we find first. If we kill something with brains, we'll use brains, if we find something else, we'll use something else.

1/3 Heretic 2019/06/20(Thu)18:51 No. 936614 ID: a451fc
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>What did you dream about, Arrayan?
ARRAYAN: Being a dragon of course! Loads of treasure soaring through the sky! Burning down castles!

Arrayan takes his Stone Spear and Stone Dagger.

>Hammock
Arrayan takes some vines from the outskirts of the forest, enough to make a decent hammock.
[SPRITE]:Yes! I'd love to sleep in a hammock! If I needed sleep that is.

>Check traps
Only one of Arrayan's traps has caught anything, one other trap only has bits of fur.

>Scavenge for food
After some searching Arrayan manages to find some edible mushrooms and tubers, which he'll have to cook to get rid of any toxins.

After gathering everything Arrayan prepares and seasons the meat before cooking it along with the tubers and mushrooms. It tastes much better seasoned.