Mid Summer Feast
Elder: Ceremonial Mask
Hunter: Tattered Woven Basket, Spear
Crafter: Drying Slab, Mortar & Pestle
Nomad: Spear, Fur Coat
Communal: 1 Rock Shard, 2 Dried Fruit, 1 Dried Meat, 1 Spoiled Meat, 5 (Safe) Human Meat
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The Hunter ate some of fresh fruit and they are
full.
The Crafter ate some of fresh fruit and they are
full.
The Elder ate a couple helpings of fresh fruit and they are
full.
The Nomad ate some of fresh (safe) human meat and they are
full.
The Elder appears before the others like an unworldy being donning the cremonial mask, with the dancing shadows and the glow of the flames enhancing the features.
The Elder takes a burning piece of wood from the firepit and instructs the others to do so. They form a line of four bobbing embers swallowed in total blackness. Ahead of them, the sacred rock formation emerges from nothingness. The four form a circle.
The Elder steps forward and offers
some spoiled meat, also trusting the sacrifice of
some fresh human meat from before will be remembered.
They then lead the others in a chant, speaking respectfully and reverently to the ancestors. Heroes of the past are recited, as are the historical events they experienced, and terrific beasts they encountered. The chant ends with The Elder making a prayer for the tribe.
The Elder becomes silent and meditates for a short period, then begins to speak and move in an entirely different cadence. The words that pour from behind the mask are those of love and guidance.
"We are saddened by your many losses. They are now among us. They wish to warn you: Do not be alone."
When The Elder is once again themselves, they seem to glow with a radiance of inner peace.
The sacrificed food is left by the sacred rock formation for animals to consume. The Tribe returns to the cave to sleep.
Action Phase
[1] [6] At first light chirping echoes from over The Forest. Wailing carries from The Lake. As the trees begin to yellow, it is a reminder of the cold to come.
The Elder reflects upon the ceremony. The connection to the ancestors was particularly clear while the Eye of Fear was closed. They also recalled the former elder would sometimes request a specific blessing, or for an answer to a question. /Ceremonies performed mid season grant the strongest connection to The Ancestors. Requests for information or favors may be possible./
The Elder's hands tremble with age and their arms lack strength, their healing hands are no more. But they know of the Healing Leaves that would aid some problems, and teach about them to the others. /When Tribe members gather, instead of fruit they can choose to look for Healing Leaves./
The Crafter notices The Hunter's tattered basket, something they could repair easily if given back. /The Crafter can repair 1 item per turn as a free action./
The Crafter also notices the fur coat worn by The Nomad. It would be a simple thing to replicate, and good to guard against minor injuries and cold. /Learned Fur technology./
The Nomad added to Roles tab. Hunting can be done by anyone with a Spear or by The Hunter(with or without a Spear). Gathering can be done by anyone with a Basket. Without these, others can still accompany someone who is hunting or gathering to render minor assistance and receive the normal coin flip for some extra meat or fruit.You have 48 hours.
Choose Your Action.THE TRIBE
(All)
Each player represents one member of the tribe. When you joined you were randoomly assigned a role in the tribe. You are the owner of your stuff and your actions, and can go against the group. The goal is simply to survive next Winter. Each game day you can perform skills or abilities related to your role, or trade food and tools with other tribe members, or discuss group strategies. Throughout the year you will face unexpected obstacles and challenges, and not all of them may be from beyond the firepit. As you overcome your trials, your skills will grow. You can perform one skill per turn. Do not PM each other/discuss this game outside of this thread. You have 48 hours to discuss what to do.
Action Territories(Home is default unless another is specified):
Home: Safe but sparse. The tribe has access to a cave and a firepit. Meat is cooked automatically when eaten.
After becoming more familiar with the availability of hunting, gathering, and other resources for this year, The Tribe identifies four main territories. Actions may now choose to be done in one of these territories(or will default to the Home one). They are:
Forest: Plentiful but unpredictable.
Cliffs: Untouched but dangerous.
Lake: Fairly consistent.
Personal Stash: You own your stuff and no one can use it without your permission. Even if a majority wants to.
Communal Stash: You can place and take things from the common pile freely.
Hunger: You each have one / of hunger. When you get ////, you die. One food item removes one /.
Hunger Meter:
Full
/ Hungry
// Very Hungry: -1 to rolls
/// Starving: -2 to rolls
//// Dying: -2 to rolls, too weak to leave cave.
//// Deceased
Decay: Uncooked meat and undried fruit will go bad at the end of the turn, and the following turn will be entirely rotten and removed.
Tribal Kill: A majority of players can decide to kill another. To do this post their role in bold red. There must still be a majority at the end of the allotted time or it doesn't happen.
Seasons:
0-4: Spring. No modifiers. A "tutorial failsave" is applied to lethal rolls and encounters.
5-9: Summer. Everything, the bounty and the dangers, are more abundant.
(Fall is flavortext only)
10-14: Winter. A time of lack and hardship.
15: Sping (new year). The ultimate goal.
Summer Modifiers:
Animal Cry Identification: Make this a secret Hunter ability, PM at start with 5 to 10 diff sounds each type can make, so harder to identify without them.
Grazer Heard: Grunting and wailing. Depletes fruits. Big game.
Flyer Flock: Shrieks and Chirps. Depletes fruits. Small Game.
Unidentified Predator: Growls and Roars. Unknown specifics. Use caution when alone.
Support Hunting flips 2 coins instead of just 1 during Summer.
Gathering requires a basket.
Gathering: Fairly safe for getting a medium amount of fruit. Can invite others to come when picking fruit. Each additional person reduced The Gatherer's roll by 1. They each have a 1/2 chance of finding 1 fruit. Can instead search for Poisoned Leaves, which are not impacted by animal activity, or Healing Leaves, which still are.
1: 0
2: 1
3: 3
4: 3
5: 3
6: 3
Hunting requires a spear.
Small Game Hunt: Low meat but high chance of success. Can invite others to come when small game hunting. Each additional person reduced The Hunter's roll by 1. They each have a 1/2 chance of obtaining 1 meat.
1: 0
2: 0
3: 2
4: 2
5: 2
6: 2
Big Game Hunt: High meat but high chance of injury and low chance of success.
1: 0 major injury
2: 0 minor injury
3: 0 minor injury
4: 0
5: 6
6: 6
Performing a Ceremony requires a Ceremonial Mask.
Ceremony: Free action. Perform ceremonies by wearing the mask and sacrificing food, which is left by a sacred rock formation nearby for animals to consume. Ceremonies performed mid season grant the strongest connection to The Ancestors. Requests for information or favors may be possible.
Cooking Requires a Drying Slab for drying, or a Mortar & Pestle for other recipes.
Cooking: Spend a turn to do one of the following:
-turn any number of fruit or meat into dried food. Dried food does not spoil. Requires Drying Slab.
-turn any combination of fruit or meat into 1/4th that many hot food. Hot food goes bad next turn. Hot food adds a bonus to any roll next turn. Requires Mortar & Pestle.
-poison food, 1/3rd chance of death on consumption. Requires Poison Leaves or Human Meat. (PM to do this secretly.)
-spoiled food will create poisoned food when cooked.
THE ELDER
MonkeyMarkMarioTHE TRIBE
(see below)
The Elder is frail. When hurt, minor injuries become major injuries, and major injuries are deadly. A limp prevents joining others in away activities.
Advise: You may choose one person each turn. The recipient will use the best of two rolls when using a skill. Elder can give bad advise with the opposite effect. (PM to do this)
THE HUNTER
a1s
Determined: Can hunt without a spear. Gain +1 to roll with one.
Tribesman Hunt: Kill 1 other tribesman during the Action Phase. Always works, gives high meat that may be poisonous. You may PM to do this, and post a false action in the thread. The PM must be sent first and can't be canceled. The Hunter can offer me an alibi, and if there are no witnesses the update will read as if it happened that way.
THE CRAFTER
TricMagic
Design/Revise: Research and craft tools for the various roles, which may grant them new or improved skills. Revising and adjust an existing design is hard. Conceiving a brand new design is very hard.
Repair: Can restorate 1 tool as a free action.
Current Technology:
-Walking Stick: Remove excess twigs from a branch to be used to aid elderly or injured with walking. Required a rock shard to craft.
-Rock Shard: Smash two rocks together to make rock shards. Sharp rock fragments for cutting and chopping.
-Woven Basket: Weave strips of bark to create a basket for fruit foraging. Requires a rock shard to craft.Frail, Tough, Reliable
-Spear: Clean a branch and make a weapon by weaving a rock shard on the end. With this, anyone could hunt on their own. This could also make a fine walking stick for the injured or elderly. Requires a rock shard.
-Fur Coat: Take fur to give extra protection from minor injuries and cold. Requires Grazer Corps Scraps.
THE NOMAD
KitRougard
Coordination: When Hunting or Gathering at the same time as other Tribe members, The Nomad copies the best roll. This does not duplicate Tribe buffs or count extra rolls the others received.
Aloof: The Nomad does not care for politics and does not participate in or count towards majority in Tribal Kills, but can still be killed by it.
The Eye of Wrath has faded, slightly.
Addit: Spears. Drying.
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