Before I forget again...
http://dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=12038Part 1 of the Tale of Hans Musclebrain
Opal 19, 513-Strength Day!
AH WHAT A LOVELY DAY IT IS!THE PERFECT DAY FOR EXERCISING!
Of course, that's every day! OHOHOHOHO!
Today is Strength Day! I grab my copper battle axe and head south out of my village to find a tree to fell. I chop down an acacia and decide that today would be a good day to follow my dream.
I would create my own dojo! I name it Sinatura's The Glorious Palace of Strength. Unfortunately, it takes me six hours to make only part of the pillar of the dojo.
ROOAAR!
That wasn't some fell beast, that was my stomach, OHOHOHOHO! Food needs to be stored up if I am to build my dojo. I shall go hunting on the morrow! For tonight, I go a little ways north to The Boyish Hatchet for the night.
Opal 20, 513-Endurance Day!
AH WHAT A LOVELY DAY IT IS!THE PERFECT DAY FOR EXERCISING!
Of course, that's every day! OHOHOHOHO!
Today is Endurance Day! Even if I need to collect food, I can train my Endurance at the same time! All I have to do is swim after fish! Not only will I be exercising, but I can hunt down tasty meals too! I am so excited!
Perhaps I'll simply harvest these amaranth leaves for now.
I see some travelers putting me to shame, crossing right next to the waterfall. How confident they are in their strength! Hmmf! I have my food, I shall undergo the legendary waterfall training.
I'm cutting it a little close, but never give up! Never surrender!
That…that wasn't a scream. It was a relaxing sigh. Yes. Ohohoho.
About noon I feel like a spar. I look for someone who can match my mighty muscles. Unfortunately the only person who can match me physically yields quickly like a baby. A stupid baby who yields. A yield-baby.
Aha! Bowyer Ebir Stralthaguk is willing to spar with me. Setting myself in a deep stance, I let him strike at me to improve my dodging.
…Good show Ebir! That was quite skillful of you. When I speak with him after regaining consciousness, he is glad he has improved his fighting. A good man! Perhaps he shall be a co-founder of my dojo.I talk with him to learn more about him.
He doesn't value the mastery of a skill! I must change his mind! I speak until I have honed my abilities manyfold and my throat is parched, but he still does not acquiesce.
I spend the rest of the day arguing, until the sun sets.
Opal 21, 513-Skill Day!
AH WHAT A LOVELY DAY IT IS!THE PERFECT DAY FOR EXERCISING!
Of course, that's every day! OHOHOHOHO!
Today is Skill Day! I plan on fighting with Ebir until he concedes that skill is one of the highest goals in life.
Best three out of five!
Best…best four out of seven…
This is too much! This is disgracing the honor of my dojo before I've even built it! I must undergo more training before re-engaging with Ebir.
Returning to the Glorious Palace of Strength, I encounter some storks. I'll have some proper meat to eat now!
With lots of food, I decide to begin constructing the dojo, starting with a workshop.
This is still taking too long. I think I need to find some people to work for me. I go out and ask people to join me as either an adventuring companion or entertainer.
I would… rather not; I hear this response many times. I decide to seek out a tavern in the town of Datedslaps. The Eater of Mushroom. Luckily the big city had two warriors who agreed to come with me, a pikeman and crossbowman.
(At this point I stopped writing up as I played, so part 2 coming soon to a thread near you!)