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[Anti-Paragon]

Yes, don't worry about me attempting to abuse IC knowledge; I'm a vet RPer and find it's more fun developing the character than trying to be a weasel and cheese my way through, although I do have a bit more ooc knowledge than the others when they started, like each turn being roughly an hour.

Anyway!

As I make my approach, I casually look for two types of rocks along the road; small, flat ones (your conventional skipping stones) and larger, round ones that would fit well in my hands. I won't go digging for them or anything (unless I roll a bad crit I suppose), but will clean them off a bit before putting them in my pack. I won't take more than 4 large ones and 10 small ones.
Since that can't take up an entire hour, I'll also go search for some edible plants and perhaps take some time to identify the local fauna.

Uh, I'm assuming I start on the same road as everyone else.

Edit: Fixed some typos. I was pretty spent when I wrote this. Also! Random fact: Stones that fit well in your hand and are a good size for throwing 'by feel' are almost exactly a pound, as that is how the measurement was made originally!
Yay.
Sorry. Just figured it might be relevant for weight proportions IC.

[major_sephiroth]

I sneak away from them, and keep looking for food and water.

[zestorum]

Well I'm not starting yet, but I'll start on the northern side.

[Anti-Paragon]

Oh, geesh, I forgot my starting location. I'm coming from the south.

[Paulus Fahlstrom]

Day 2, Turn 5: Order:Dwarmin (6!,4!), Mr. Person (3!), Sephiroth (5!), Weedo su (6!,5!); New Order: Weedo su, Dwarmin, Sephiroth, Mr. Person

Weedo su-

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(Observation check:5!) You're tired after your long travels but the sight of the fabled fortress in front of you to the north does much to ease your mind. You prepared well for your journey and so far it has largely been uneventful. You get a strange feeling that all that is about to change. As you've travelled you've collected stones along your way, finding ten that are good throwing stones, but too small to do serious damage, as four other larger ones with a bit of heft that you could easily use to try and brain some creature from a slight distance. You doubt you could throw it more than thirty feet with any accuracy though.

As you approach from the south you carefully scan the walls ahead of you. They tower above you, even as you emerge from the swamp and you've yet to ascend the slope to them. You don't see any entrance into the fortress from this direction so you'll have to skirt either east or west to look further. The swamp/marsh continues to west while the slopes of the mountain range rise to the east. You see several birds in the air but few other creatures. There are dozens of swans and herons flying above and it looks like they've set up roosts on the top of the wall. A large figure of a giant bird of some kind soars above and ahead of you in the air, riding some unseen currents.

You decide to look for some edible plants. (Herbalism check:5!-1) You recognize several, including some wild strawberries. (+1 to gathering checks in this area for 3 turns)

(+2 observation exp., +2 Herbalism exp.)

Dwarmin-

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You relax by the fire, eating some of your food and drinking from your waterskin. You feel full.

With your newfound comfort you decide to try and invoke Elyvilon on your behalf. (Invocation:5!, Effect:4!) You feel a warmth rushing through you and you feel much better. Your head is completely healed, although your ear is still torn. Your leg even feels better, though it's still a long ways from perfect. It seems that the break has been mended.

You spend a good little while resting and recovering your strength.

(+2 Invocation exp.)

(Recovery roll:4!+1 After your rest your leg feels much better and you think you can begin putting weight on it already. It will still slow you down a bit but using it will no longer make it worse.)

Sephiroth-

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You sneak past the goats (Sneak:6!,6!+2). You could have danced a jig on their backs you were so quiet. (Detection:1!,1!) They noticed nothing abnormal and continue their feeding motions.

(Observation check:4!) You're getting closer now to the strange large building and you see a wisp of smoke curling up around the tower from the base. As you approach, however, a small cave catches your eye on one of the slopes. It does not appear to be a natural cave, but rather looks to be hewn from the stone with tools. Ahead you see the slope dropping off steeply into the valley below where you see plants and water as well as some water-fowl.

(+2 Stealth exp.)

Mr. Person-

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You drink a decent amount of the mushroomy water, alleviating the pressure on your poor bloated waterskin and relieving your thirst as well. You're still kind of thirsty but decide to try and cook your 'soup' first. You try and light a fire using the embers from the bushes (Action:2!) (Luck:1!-1) but you only manage to burn your fingers slightly. You try again using some of the oil from your lamp, which you hadn't turned on, and using some of the dried bushes you ripped out as tinder. (Action:4!) A merry little fire blazes and you scavange enough consumable material from the flora nearby to attempt to cook your soup. (Cook:4!) (Luck:2!-1) You manage to heat up your soup well enough and you smell a tasty aroma coming from it. When you remove the waterskin though you realize that it's been badly burnt and the leather has taken some damage. It's dried out and cracked in places, along with being generally sooty and charred. But you have soup! (I'll give you credit for both food and drink when you consume the soup. You have 3 uses in the waterskin.)

(+1 Cooking exp., Obtained soup, damaged waterskin)

(Recovery roll:1! Your gauntlets protected your hands from serious harm)

[Dwarmin]

Finally.

Firstly, work out my leg by exercising some dodging skill.

Then leave this place, gather up some extra firewood from outside, for later.
Close both doors and place a stick in the hinge of both doors, so that if someone opens them while I'm away, I'll see it broken and know. (at least that's the plan!)

Then head into the skull shaped building's main entrance, going as briskly as my leg will allow.

Onward to Adventure!

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And hopefully no more maiming

[Anti-Paragon]

Hmm. I've been thinking of what god to follow. I'm not really inclined to follow Shan Lai Ching from Nethack and my knowledge of Crawl is fleeting. Is there a list of human gods from that world I could get a gander at, or shall I just make one up for myself? I'm quite good with either choice. Anyway! On with the turn...

I take my time picking some of the not-quite ripened strawberries and putting them in my pack (because they'll last longer and are more durable than ripe strawberries) while checking the quality of the berries by popping one into my mouth. After this (fail or succeed) I sit myself down in the grass and ask for the blessings of my god, [Insert Lawful/Neutral god here], on the challenges before me, then proceed to look for some way beyond the daunting physical obstacle in front of me. There has to be an entrance somewhere! Let's start clockwise (west).

[Mr.Person]

Get going. Go through a door and continue on that way. (Did you ever say which directions the doors were?) I really don't care which one I take, but whichever one and facing further away from outside would probably be better. Oh, and light the lantern and continue on.

[major_sephiroth]

Head into the valley and scavenge food, but make sure I can get back up to the cave afterwards.

[Paulus Fahlstrom]

Anti-Paragon, here's a list of Crawl gods.

http://www.chaosforge.org/crawl/index.php?title=Gods

If you don't like those you may get deep enough to find altars to various dwarven gods which you could dedicate yourself to. Up to you. Oh, and in the DF world there is no... clockwise. 

Mr. Person, both doors are in the same wall, the west one. One of them is blocked by a mature Tower-cap. The other you cleared of brush and debris with fire.

Sephiroth, the slope is steep but easily climbable. You should have no trouble walking back up it.

[Anti-Paragon]

I've carefully read them all over, and as silly and fun as the more chaotic ones seem, I've decided against it. I'll wait for some DF god.

But... uh... does this make me a pious atheist? 

Also, pertaining the clockwise slip. Whoops, you have a good point. Good catch.

Edit: Also, when I read the title I thought I missed something and was being attacked! Aiee! Monks from the south! Kill them kill the- oh wait that's me.

[major_sephiroth]

Yeah I'll head down the slope and scrounge for food and water.

[Paulus Fahlstrom]

Day 2, Turn 6: Weedo su (1!), Dwarmin (2!), Sephiroth (4!), Mr. Person (3!); New order: Sephiroth, Mr. Person, Dwarmin, Weedo su

Sephiroth-

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You continue down the slope making your way towards the wildlife and swamp you see below. (Observation check:2!) You feel a difference in the air as you descend, as if the swamps themselves were healthier, but other than that nothing strikes you as particularly unusual. You seem pretty focused on getting a drink and filling your belly at the moment. You do your best to break through the ice to get some water (action:3!) and manage to do so, getting somewhat wet in the process. The water is cold but clear, except where you've stirred up the sediment. You fill your waterskin.

You also hunt around in the areas closest to the slope for plants (Herbalism check:3!) You recognize a few that might be suitable to eat but it seems most of the edible types tend to grow a little further from the mountain for some reason. (+ bonus to gathering if you move into the swamp a little further.)

Mr. Person-

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(Observation check:6!,6!) You light your lantern and the small flame flickers at first before the light floods the room. Now that you can see clearly you realize you're in a decent sized hall. Easily large enough to fit several wagons and dozens of people. What appears to, at one point, have been a Trade Depot appears to have collapsed with the growth of several Towercaps from the vicinity and much of the ground under it lies buried in rubble. You can see two large arrow-slits, one facing the ruined building, the other facing up the ramp from which you came. The pair of doors are inset into the wall opposite the ramp and, apparently lead further into the fortress. There is a large variety of plant life and you recognize, at the very least, the mushrooms you've been eating. They have a deep reddish hue, as does almost all of the sand in the room. There are engraved upon the walls near the doors the number four, whereas, you realize now, in the hallway just outside the room was engraved the number five.

You slip into the hallway and throw open the door opposite the one you had entered. You light floods into the room and you see Six large furry bodies turn as one to face you, cringing away slightly from the light. (Luck:2!-1)Bright red eyes glow in the lantern light and they converge as one upon you. You seem to be a source of fresh meat to them. As they get closer you realize that they are large demon rats, roughly the size of a medium sized dog. They appear to have large teeth and sharp claws, as well as a liking for fresh meat. Disgusting.

(+2 Observation exp.)

Post combat intentions. (Keep in mind that large demon rats normally show up in groups of 8-12 or so in DF. That has it's implications.)

(Recovery roll:6!,4!) Your leg feels better.

Dwarmin-

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(Excercise leg:3!-1) You stretch, trying to limber up your leg but it doesn't seem to be working. In fact doing so causes it to hurt some. Not enough to cause you to black out but enough to distract you and possibly discourage you from doing so in the future. You consider practicing dodging but you realize that you have nothing to practice on or with. Throwing stones at yourself isn't exactly the easiest thing in the world.

You decide to head out and cleverly place a small twig in the hinge of the door that would let you know if someone has been there since you left. (Observation check:2!) Just moving up towards the skull keep is enough to keep you focused on your path and climbing the hill takes quite a while. You reach the top and find yourself before a rather rickety looking rope bridge. It seems that the original structure was destroyed somehow.

Do you cross in any particular fashion?

(Recovery roll:5!+1,6!) Your leg continues to improve after your slow workout. Maybe it helped after all.

Weedo su-

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(Observation check:2!) You decide to go strawberry picking and pretty much ignore your surroundings for a bit. It seems safe enough.

(Herbalism check:6!,2!) You use your pot to put the berries in as you pick them and  manage to fill it with lovely nearly ripe strawberries. They're all quite small so it takes a long time. You save some of the riper ones to eat as you go. They're small but tasty and quite sweet. As you pick you think about your situation. (It's perfectly fine for right now for you to follow a 'code' instead of a deity. There isn't anything you can pray to about it, nor blessings you can gain, but if you chose a deity aligned with your ethics it will count as time spent in their belief system.)

You decide that you should arbitrarily head west around the wall. That's the direction the sun still sets and should it take longer than expected you'll have the most light on that side of the wall. In fact it's nearing mid-morning now.

(+1 Herbalism skill, pot o' berries)

[Mr.Person]

Run back to the hallway. Don't go in too far or I might get hit by those stupid traps. Start fighting once there. Getting surrounded is a big no-no in Roguelikes.

[Dwarmin]

Move across the bridge undaunted. Use my staff to test for rotten boards.

Also examine the bridge and try to determine the type of wood and rope are used in it's construction, as well as how long it's been here. I would like to know whether it's just old or shoddily built but new.