The Island: Turn 233

[thinkslogically]

Ok, so you bring up a point that I intended to include, but didn't make very clear. A campsite can be declared by the Chief at any time you like, but you can only have one camp at any given time. For the camp to function, at least three goblins need to sleep there (or else you'll be on watch all night and that's not relaxing for anyone). They don't need to be present when you declare the campsite, as long as they get back to the designated area by nightfall. You can only regain your full HP overnight if you:

1. Sleep in the camp and
2. Have eaten a full meal before nightfall (you may still act on turn '20' of each day)

Goblins who don't sleep in the campsite will not regain their full HP overnight (though they may regain a proportion depending on their other actions).

Hope that answers some of your questions!

[thinkslogically]

Turn 15



"Do your best to get Silver out of that footnom, guys, and be careful not to get caught yourselves! ...No more tricks up your sleeve, eh? Let's try this again, then!"

Still down on the beach, Swallows wishes everyone good luck and turns her attentions back to the lock, but try as she might it STILL won't open! She's almost certain that she's nearly got it now though.



Write continues towards the others, but finds she can't climb the ladder AND carry her plank of wood at the same time. So, she leaves the plank at the bottom of the ladder and heads into the jungle where everyone is trying to help Silver.

"AAAAAHHHH! Get it off, gettit off! get it off! It is burning through my skin! Eatting me alive! Gettit off! Nowwww!"
"Silver, I'm coming!"

Treasure and Shackled run towards Silver to help save her, but they don't have time to attack this turn! The plant continues to chew and Silver loses another 1HP bringing her down to 2/5HP!

Fortunately, Kin is already here! She attacks the plant with her belt knife while Silver pummels it with her old shackles. Between them they kill the plant and Silver is finally free again!! Hooray!

With that plant now safely dealt with, Spreads investigates the anthill, but as soon as he steps off the path into the leaf litter of the forest floor the ants start to swarm him and bite! He brushes them off and retreats to the relative safety of the path before too many find him, but it looks like you'll have to deal with that anthill somehow before you can go any further through the forest...

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Strike 2 for Doublefried...

Re. Apple-giving

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Since Kin & Silver were both attacking this turn, and since attacking ends your turn, you'll need to wait till next time to swap apples. Receiving them is a free action, but giving them is a minor.

[I'mBob]

Treasure uses his cutlass to cut the remaining plant.
"Best if this thing wont bother us any more..." he says.

[Arch Lich Burns]

Silver gets up and takes the apples. "Thanks" Silver limps southwards, away from the ants, and sits down to eat the apples, careful of her leg.

[lingrem]

Writes shouts from where she is to Treasure "Don't destroy the plants! They could be useful as traps!"

[I'mBob]

"How, exactly? If we transfer them they will probably die, and them just laying here is no use, but if you say so..."
Treasure says and draws back his cutlass.

"Well anyway, shouldn't we start building a camp?"

[Theis2]

Ooooh ants! I heard some can explode.. Do you think these can do something like that? I need a stick
Shackled will look for (and grab) a stick, or study the ants without it in a safely maner.

If there is enough time he will study the nearby redish plant

[GathersIngredients]

Relieved that Silver is safe for now, Kin hands off 2 juicy apples to every goblin present, except for Write, she only get one AND one of the brown trousers. (I hope that still counts as one minor option altogether.)
If she can still do something, she declares the base of the ladder the camp and moves south.

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Write only gets one because she already had a coconut. Also you guys are only supposed to eat them, if you're not at full HP before turn 20.

EDIT: Since Write requested cloth, I added in that Kin hands her one of the brown trousers. If she can only hand out so many items per turn, Write getting the cloth and Silver getting 2 apples has priority.
I hope the change is ok.

[Maiandra]

Swallows-a-Key

"Almost... there..."

Swallows is so close to opening this lock, she can see the contents of the chest already! Well, almost. In fact, her recent learning experience with traps (which Maglubiyet undoubtably sent her as a gentle warning against over-eagerness) has made her wary, so she keeps from opening the chest even if she manages to unlock it.

Actions:
Major: pick lock
Minor: pick lock, if needed, or grab the ten-foot pole plank if the lock is successfully picked

[lingrem]

((Does anyone have access to spare clothing? Kin?))

"Does anyone have any material we can use to bind Silver's leg?"
Writes decides to sit down and examine Silver's leg, and will bind it if she is given some material, hoping that maybe she learned a little something from when Swallows bound her own wound.

((If no one else has anything to offer her, she'll reuse her own bandage I suppose... which is rather gross...))

Just in case, Writes gives out another prayer to Maglubiyet, but she whispers it so that the others can't hear her. "Maglubiyet, please let Silver heal quickly.. this swamp area is rather frightening. Also, please help me not go crazy, I keep hearing things..."

Major: Bind Silver's wound
Minor: Pray to Maglubiyet for healing

((and the praying really is the minor action here... seeing as Writes doesn't know that Mag's actually listening ever!))

[Maiandra]

My vote for Spreads is that he try to catch and eat one of the ants. I'm hoping for some protein.

Major: carefully try to pick up the nearest ant at the thorax, with the mandibles pointing away.
Minor: pull off a leg and have a taste

[Arch Lich Burns]

Silver whimpers when her legs are bounded. "It hurts so much... I...I am sorry I went ahead."

[GathersIngredients]

My vote for Spreads is that he try to catch and eat one of the ants. I'm hoping for some protein.

Major: carefully try to pick up the nearest ant at the thorax, with the mandibles pointing away.
Minor: pull off a leg and have a taste

I second that vote, but I would like to add that Spreads LEAVES the grass (this seems to alert/annoy the ants) after he caught one. Also, if the capture causes other ants to attack, put the ant back not to agitate them more, instead of mutilating it.

[lingrem]

My vote for Spreads is that he try to catch and eat one of the ants. I'm hoping for some protein.

Major: carefully try to pick up the nearest ant at the thorax, with the mandibles pointing away.
Minor: pull off a leg and have a taste

I second that vote, but I would like to add that Spreads LEAVES the grass (this seems to alert/annoy the ants) after he caught one. Also, if the capture causes other ants to attack, put the ant back not to agitate them more, instead of mutilating it.

Second this. We don't want to get attacked by ants, Silver wouldn't be able to run away from them very well.

[Maiandra]

Should we try to have Spreads talk to the ant first to find out whether they're sapient? It's the type of dirty trick I might visit on unsuspecting players... coconuts, begging for their lives

[thinkslogically]

Turn 16



"Ooooh ants! I heard some can explode.. Do you think these can do something like that? I need a stick"

Kin decides it's about time everyone ate a proper meal and dishes out her apples to everyone and a pair of brown trousers to Write (presumably not for eating!). Finally, she declares the area at the bottom of the ladder as their Goblin Camp. If three or more goblins sleep there overnight, they will regain their HP by the following morning.

Treasure wants to destroy the dead plant completely, but Write tells him not to so he doesn't do anything.

Shackled goes and finds a poking stick and uses it to prod at the ants. A couple of them bite the stick and hang on tightly! He now has [Ants on a Stick]. He takes a quick look at the red plant by the side of the path too, but can't tell very much about it except that it's also almost certainly a plant. Shackled is starting to wish he'd learned more about plants in his lifetime...

Since that all makes Spreads voted actions somewhat redundant, Spreads zones out. Which is probably for the best because he suddenly feels very strange indeed, like he can't quite remember who the hell he is any more...

Silver gratefully takes the apples from Kin and eats them. She has now eaten a full meal for today. Write brings the trousers over and uses a couple of strips of material from them to bind up Silver's wounds while she wispers a prayer. It's not the neatest tear in the fabric, but they were too big for the goblins anyway.

"Maglubiyet, please let Silver heal quickly.. this swamp area is rather frightening. Also, please help me not go crazy, I keep hearing things..."

A voice whispers right by her ear again, "Crazy is always SUCH a subjective concept...! But if you don't want an answer, then why do you keep asking questions?"

Any thoughts of going crazy are suddenly propelled right to the forefront of Write's mind as her hands start to glow with a pale gold light. She feels a deep sense of calm wash through her and into Silver, whose wounds vanish! Holy crap!

"Still think you're crazy? You can thank me next time."

The voice vanishes into the rustling of the leaves.



"Almost... there..."

Swallows fiddles with the lock again and FINALLY gets the satisfaction of hearing the lock click open! Then she does what no-one else in adventuring history has ever done and leaves the completely unlocked treasure chest alone in favour of a wet plank of wood. To each their own I guess!

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PLAYER SPOT AVAILABLE!!

Since doublefried has missed 3 updates in a row, I'm offering his space up to another player. If you want the spot, please post your interest IN SPOILERS in the thread. I'll roll to see who's in tomorrow (Thursday) evening. You don't need a character & background until you find out if you're in or not, but I will need your info before Friday's update. If you're in LotMK, you'll have 10 points deducted from your roll; if you applied for this game before but were unsuccessful, you'll have 10 points added. Otherwise it's down to the roll of a D100. Good luck!

[Ants on a Stick]: A stick with 2 ants biting onto it.

@theis: The dice don't want you to know ANYTHING about plants apparently. Your rolls have been so bad you're lucky Shackled hasn't stabbed himself in the eye with a poison twig or something

[Jacon]

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Normally I dislike joining games that have already started but I wouldn't mind this one since it's still pretty new. i'll give it a try.

[gamecreator]

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I wold like to apply, but what are requiremens? Most importantly, what time and amount of roleplaying needed?

[BadgeAddict]

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So, this is a bit awkward. I am currently player-sitting a player in Lotmk due to that persons internet problems. so i guess that is -10? but i also tried to get into the island on the old forums, so i guess that is +10?

The thing is, as this game is not as far along and there is more to explore, i would happily join this one instead. At the same time, i like to think of myself as a good steward and wouldn't want to just drop splits.

Thus, I will leave it in your hands Thinks as the final decider of the fates.

But i would like to play in ...(drum roll)...The Island (spppoooky jungle noises)

[thinkslogically]

@Badgeaddict

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As I see it, you're a temporary replacement in LotMK until kurik comes back so you're not a permanent player over there. I'll not take a deduction off your score based on that

[Arch Lich Burns]

"Thank you. ...Teller?" Silver gets up again and streches. "Okay....what are we going to do about the ant hill...guys?" Silver inspects the plant to see what it maybe.

[Maiandra]

Swallows-a-Key

"All hail and praise to Maglubiyet, whose steady guidance has lead us to victory once again!"

She now crouches towards the chest and carefully pushes the lid open with her plank, ready to run off if a swarm of angry bees flies out, or to duck to avoid any exploding parts, or use the plank as an improvised weapon should she free a snake, or...

If nothing untoward happens, she examines the contents of the chest and loots them, if possible. Then she turns her attention to the real treasure, which obviously is the non-functional trap. Priorities!

Actions:
Minor: open chest in a circuitous way, loot
Major: study trap mechanism

[M0rtimer]

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Ugh, no must- Resist- Joining- Too much other stuff!

...Actually, yeah, too much other stuff. Good luck to you other guys.

[gamecreator]

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I found update shedule and must say that it suits me perfectly. Also I don't see much roleplaying, that's fine too.

[thinkslogically]

@GC & other prospective players

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The amount of roleplaying you're comfortable with is up to you, although you will find you get more out of the game if you invest some time in building and playing an interesting character rather than just a different-coloured sprite. It also helps me massively if I have an interesting background to work with for some aspects of the story

If you get in, you'll need to post actions every update (3 per week) and I'll need a Name, Background & first actions from you before Friday's update.