Strangers in a Strange LandThe first thing you feel on your cheek is sand, rough and coarse. Next comes the wind blowing across your naked body, slowly waking you. Everything else comes next: the sound of waves and birds, the smell of salt, the sun beaming down on you
You wake to a beach stretching out far to the left and right of you, hot sand and swaying palm trees, like someone ripped a photo from a tropical vacation brochure. The sea is a beautiful turquoise color, the kind you don't see outside of movies. Sea birds caw and hop along the sands, sharing it with small, pink crabs and the occasional turtle. Drift wood and dried sea weed break out the sand, pieces of grey and green among the gold
Behind you a mighty jungle rises. Trees taller than most of your houses grow, creating a green sheet across the island. Beneath the canopy is a dark underworld of fallen logs, roots and tiny plants, only broken by the sunlight streaming in through gaps in the foliage. The sound of jungle birds, insects and stranger creatures echoes from it, creating a great cacophony of sounds. Beyond the jungle high peaks rise, snow capped and glittering in the light. You catch a glimpse of something else on the mountains, a smudge of grey against the white back ground.
As your eyes follow the mountains down back to the beach you catch site of sparkling blue, water. Sure enough, to the east and west, twin rivers emerge from the green to feed into the ocean.
Your reverie is broken by the sound of other voices. Five other people, men and women, are around you. All as naked as you are, they blink at the blazing sun. Your stomach growls in protest and throat feels dry. Escape is impossible if you don't survive.
An RTD about surviving on a tropical island and finding its secrets. I'm currently locked down due to MOUTH SURGERY so I thought I'd releive the boredom by making a simple game. RTD, for those who don't know, stands for roll to dodge. its rules go something like this
[1]= Epic Failure
[2]= Failure
[3]= Partial Success
[4]= Success
[5]= Great Success
[6]= Overshoot
Name: Something normal for the 21st century. You don't have to play a white Anglo-American by any means, but keep it within the realms of possibility
Occupation: What you did before becoming stranded. +1 bonus to activities involving relevant skills
Description: As simple or as long as you want it to be. Gender/haircolor/skin would be useful but not needed
Hunger: 6/10 (Leave as is)
Thirst: 6/10 (Leave as is)
:
1. Oswald Booker, Botanist
2. Alexei V. Tchurpin, Construction Worker
3. Adel Mattherson, EMT
4. Will Zaijcek, "Military"
5. Liena Bjornsdottir, Biathlonist
6. Grace Vanir, Wilderness Guide
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