In reply to Stormrider Sureheart (msg # 325):

"Yes lets go North."


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Will you go north as you went so far, moving half speed but hunting on the way? Who will sleep in the tent? This will allow recovering STAMINA during the cold, northern nights.

Yes and will save us rations

In reply to The Director (msg # 327):

Hunting as we go and Robustous will buy a one person tent as well as rations.

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I didn’t pay for the tent, so I don’t expect to sleep in it.  Hunting as we go sounds good to me, however.

I have a 2 man tent, u can share mine.

You follow the road west and, finally, north, always hunting, resting in tents and eating Sentry during the night. After almost a week you reach what you immediately call the Sea of Dust.
These freezing, sandy plains are eternally battered by piercing winds which blow fiercely from the northern mountain rage. There are no landmarks and you imagine that yo can navigate this Sea of Dust only by relying on the stars, when there are no dust tempest and you can actually see the night sky and its stars.
You stare at the cold, sandy surfaces in awe.

[OOC: just remember that one night of good sleep in a warm tent allows you to recover STAMINA]

Storm suggests continuing in the direction

Garl isn’t so sure this is a good idea.  With no landmarks, it would be easy to get lost, and there is no natural shelter.  Conditions are very harsh.  And there may be other perils on top of that.

Storm asks Garl for suggestion.

Andor looks out over the plain before them. "That looks like a hard road." HE says to the others. "But I don't see any alternative...."


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[OOC: so?...]

In reply to The Director (msg # 337):

OOC: Robustous is happy to go if that is the group decision.


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Storm advises going north.

Eventually you decide to go north.
On the first day you can't find anything to hunt [OOC: please eat two rations or lose two points of STAMINA for each meal missed] but you can make some progress against the strong winds. You have a good night under your tents, that protect you against the cols gales and the Sentry spell ensures you can enjoy a full night of rest.
When you wake up, you realise there are no landmarks and you have only the sun and the stars for orientation [OOC: please roll SKILL+Navigation+Astrology to see how well you can navigate this hostile environment - not all of you need necessarily to lead the group, if you want you can just follow]
This message was last edited by the GM at 15:19, Wed 29 May 2019.

Stom tries to find the way.

OOC:19:25, Today: Secret Roll: Stormrider Sureheart rolled 6 using 2d6.

Robustous will add his skill to the way finding.

Robustous Clovetrue rolled 3 using 2d6.


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You are convinced that you made some progress, but it is difficult to say, as the land is still without any landmark and you still can't find anything to hunt. [OOC: deduct two meals from your backpack or two points from your STAMINA for each meal missed]
Once again it is evening and you pass a very cold night, but the warm tents protect you from frostbite.
At dawn, you have the problem of having to find the way again.

Garl suggests trying to turn back.  He’s running out of rations, and sees no particular reason why they should expect to find game any time soon.  Death seems probable, if they continue.

Sorm suggests pooling rations. He has 8 left.

Andor has 4.

“So you both want to push onwards?  I’m willing, although I fear that ill fortune awaits us.”

Garl is more than willing to pay some gold in exchange for rations.
This message was last edited by the player at 23:48, Sat 01 June 2019.

This time you give up hunting and, at the end of the following day going north, you see in the distance the ruins of an ancient settlement!

Storm suggests moving forward to the settlement
He tells garl no need to pay for food though he wonders why the Mage doesn't not buy food

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