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Quickly take stock of my equipment so I know what I have going into this. Then spend the majority of my time, reading up on spider mythology and web structures of various spider species. If possible, do so on a mobile device like a tablet so I can cross reference in the field.

One thing, when creating a new monster, give me an idea of how much you want to invest in it and how much you want to invest it whatever parts of it are new.

Edited. Is that what you were looking for? I'm not exactly sure what you meant.

I'll go for Japan.

Roboson's entry:
First thought: in b4 the North men show up in the far south
Second thought: I wonder if having two backstories featuring volcanoes makes that stuff more likely to happen in the future, too.

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If I get in, perhaps there's a lore opportunity there. A single event which caused the volcanoes to go off. That would be cool. Would have the potential for intertwined backstories. I didn't realize someone else was already doing a volcano thing, I probably would have gone with a different theme, but I was reading about Yellowstone and volcanic swamps and was like "Ok, how do I get my people to live there? Fight a volcano god. Sounds legit."

Ptw

Tankkit and King Zultan

You two go up to the surface and inspect the SUVs in the parking lot. They're all a shiny black, and the exact same make and model. It reminds you of the fleets of cars that important people in movalways seem to have around them. [2][6][3][2][6] You two set about searching the 5 SUVs. Most of them are incredibly damaged, one is actually ripped open and looks like something tried to tear it in half. It did a pretty good job. Another looks like it was flipped over and then smashed down from above. From what you can tell, they're nothing more than gasoline soaked scrap at this point. The third car seems completely undamaged! It was parked off to the side on the edge of the parking lot, and whatever happened to the other cars, doesn't appear to make it over this far. When you try and open it, it's locked though. The fourth car has a concave hood and lots of fluid leaking out, though the interior is accessible through the smashed front window. There's a pair of nice mirrored aviators, a bag of pork rinds (half eaten of course), a scraper to get frost off the windshield, and bloodstains in both the driver and passenger seat. The fifth car is smashed to pieces, it looks like it was flipped over a few times judging by the debris scattered around. However, that's not what grabs your attention. Pinned underneath the car is, from what you can tell, a corpse of a middle aged man in a nondescript black suit. You can see his head and arm through the overturned window, which is now pressed against the ground.

As far as weapons go, there is a lot of twisted metal which could serve as a makeshift club. a good deal of it is sharp though and would need a handle or some cloth wrappings to keep your hands from getting cut as you hold it. Among the crates there's a lot of splintered wood which has a similar dilemma, but you manage to find two crowbars among the electronic components and wood chunks.


GPeter
[14] You pull up the computer and search for a map of the area. Its not looking particularly good on that front. It appears to be a very specialized piece of equipment related to the, as you find in the notes on the computer, Soul Reconstruction Pods. There's a fair deal of semi-corrupted notes relating to the pods and the End, but it doesn't even have internet accessibility. If the internet still exists. You find notes on how they can be used in a variety of ways including analyzing living and deceased organisms, first aid, and genetic modification of living organisms. Additionally you find the schematics for their construction, in the case you need to move or reconstruct them. A small antenna sticks off the back of the computer tower, though you've never seen anything like it. It looks like it recieved its activation signal through that, if you had to make an educated guess.


Glass
You remain catatonic and your breathing begins to slow. Soon it will stop and you will slip away. Perhaps your body wasn't properly assembled, or your soul unwilling to return to the world. Whatever the case, if you cannot muster the will to move, you will certainly die. 

Will post sheet when it's not 4am...

TankKit
You go up to the surface to find yourself inside a large warehouse, almost like a hanger. You can see the remainders of crates, and scattered electrical pieces across the floor. Dried pools of blood, accompanied by drag marks can be seen from your location. Getting a quick look around, it seems the elevator at this level is surrounded by thick steel and cement, forming a dome shaped bunker. Scratches off to your left make you immediately thankful that whoever made this made it rather durable. You notice spent shell casings, likely from some sort of pistol. At least one of the people here didn't go down without a fight, though with only bloody drag marks leading out of the agape hangar doors, you feel fairly sure their end was less than savory. Taking a quick peek out the hangar door, you see that the warehouse stands alone in an open field. A road runs north south disappearing out of view in both directions. A small parking lot sits next to the warehouse, mostly black SUVs, mostly smashed or flipped over. To the west, off in the distance, a faint glimmer of an ocean can be  seen. To the east, a tree like about two or three miles off obscures your view.

GPeter
You go up to the computer and clear away a screen saver that says "Zero Industries." The computer seems as if it was booted up remotely only a few hours ago, and still seems to be compiling data. [8] Though, just looking at the number of error messages, you can tell that a lot of it is corrupted. [13] You manage to slowly track down a bit of relevant information from the chaotic data stream. "$%)@*# &he eclipse ended, however the unusual energy field remained. Low to moderate levels of M-radiation detected in various locations. Avoid repeated or prolonged exposure to the aurora. Mutations of class C have been documented in $^&# #&(!@#&...."