-How do you get around the city you live in?
NAF - Horse
glee - Horse
Santo - My prized Khanset mare, Buttercup.
Antinor - Dunno. Donkey?
-Do you participate in any sports?
NAF - Riding, wrestling
glee - Riding, jousting, dancing
Santo - Um… spitting?
Antinor - Dunno. Donkey?
-Do you have any artisan skills?
NAF - Don’t know
glee - Wood carving
Santo - Fletching, especially long bow
Antinor - Don’t know
-Do you have any memory of how we all ended up here?
NAF - No
glee - No
Santo - No
Antinor - No
-What’s your favorite kind of beer?
NAF - Porter
glee - Wine
Santo - Don’t know
Antinor - Can’t think of the place, but there’s a really great Inn with this bonnie lass Ingrid, there’s a maiden head over the bar, and they serve a mean weissbier.
Santo: “Hey, I know that place! I used to drink there, with… You!”
“Good ol’ dissociation; perhaps we should share some wine together this evening. Once we put ourselves into the same mindstate as we were in the Inn, we’re sure to remember more about each other and our own pasts.”
“Mmm, tasty! You’re right, we shouldn’t drink too much while we still have a walk in front of us under the sun. That’ll zap the energy right out of a guy. We still need to find a supply of food and water before too long, also… and hopefully some more wine.”
It is an excellent wine. Very tasty, and you all are pretty thirsty.
Some three hours have passed since you first woke up. The Sun is up.
As you indulge, Antinor, you look to the east, up the mountains. Something is circling above and to the east. It is a black shape. Perhaps an eagle, but with such a long neck? And a long tail? It’s hard to judge size against the sky. Maybe it’s an eagle, but maybe it is much, much, larger.
It doesn’t chirp like a bird. It lets out a screech that echos throughout the mountains. It sends a shiver up your spine.
“Do you guys see that? I’ve got a bad feeling about whatever it is and have the feeling that we should get away from here. I’m thinking we should do what we can to arm ourselves…and find some shelter.”
Starts to head downhill, being careful to stay under shelter and keeping an eye out for anything of use.
(Ahh, great idea… I don’t remember if I’ve mentioned it, but this is my first time with this sort of thing… either you guys have done this before, or are pretty good at faking it. :p)
looks through the greenwood to find a suitable piece about my height and about as thick as my wrist
“This ought to make a fine bow, fellas. I can’t hit that creature while it’s flying, but it has to stop to rest at some point. It’ll take me a few hours to make it accurate enough to work, perhaps I can get a bit of help finding a suitable drawstring? I can use part of my tunic, but there’s surely something better lying around. I believe I can use some of that dropwood to make some arrows, and surely there’s obsidian or other type of amorphous rock around I can use for an arrowhead. I’ll need some feathers for fletching, but first things first. I don’t know if that bird is friend or foe, but we had better be able to protect ourselves in case it’s the latter.”
Building a decent bow (i.e. one that can shoot an arrow that will come close to hitting something) takes about 18 hours, and ideally requires a piece of wood that’s been cured for at least several months. It also requires tools. And once built, you’ll need arrows, of course.
The big bird (which appears scarily reptilian) might not wait for you to finish.
I’d add that avian creatures tend to have very keen eyesight. Fortunately, this thing is pretty far away and hasn’t made any aggressive moves.
“I propose that we follow the stream tomorrow. If we’re going to find civilization, it’s going to be near a water source. It would also allow us to ration our wine, as we wouldn’t have to drink it all Tonight so we could fill our skins with water.”
Foraging skill is 28. Not that great. You rolled a 25. Great.
You stumbled onto a boiled lobster bush, which is right next to boiled potatoes with a side of slaw and a nice cold beer tree. And it has low hanging fruit.
(Seriously, all you found was berries and such, but enough to sate all of you. Well done!)
