Kit myself out for spelunking to wait out the night. I take a handful of torches and two extra axes, leave everything else at my base. At sunset, I head off and reach the cave just as it gets dark - perfect timing. Use a torch, descend into the darkness with axe out, ready for anything- oh, the cave's only a few metres deep.
I head back out, and take a peek out of the cave. It looks all clear, but there's a lake outside the cave I have to cross. I do the only logical thing: Leeeroy Jenkiins Walk out, scanning the terrain. Massive payoff: two spiders drop from the cliff behind me, but I dodge one web and only barely get caught in the other. Five seconds of crazy melee later, I've broken an axe and a half, killed both spiders by some miracle, and have some extra resources in pocket. Turn around and continue, only to spot three skeletons, a spider and a zombie outside my base - presumably there for a peaceful protest against my industrial pollution. Obviously.
So of course, I do the only logical thing: Leeeroy Jenkiins!, for real this time. Flat sprint, jump into the moat, break open the barricade and seal it behind me, just as the zombie reaches it.
By rights, I should have died. Instead, I came out with more than enough stuff to make a bow and some extra experience points (not that they're useful), for the price of half a hunger bar.
Minecraft, with Better Than Wolves.