In reply to Nutcracker (msg # 85):

Looks like some successful hunts happened. Just let me know how many follow-up rolls are needed.

Day 1
18:37, Today: Nutcracker rolled 18 using 1d20+4.  Hunting pt 1 Day 1.
18:38, Today: Nutcracker rolled 24 using 1d20+4.  Hunting pt 2 Day 1.
18:40, Today: Nutcracker rolled 13 using 1d20+4.  Hunting pt 3 Day 1.
18:40, Today: Nutcracker rolled 11 using 1d20+4.  Hunting pt 4 Day 1.

Day 2
18:38, Today: Nutcracker rolled 21 using 1d20+4.  Hunting pt 1 Day 2.
18:38, Today: Nutcracker rolled 23 using 1d20+4.  Hunting pt 2 Day 2.
18:40, Today: Nutcracker rolled 5 using 1d20+4.   Hunting pt 3 Day 2.
18:40, Today: Nutcracker rolled 24 using 1d20+4.  Hunting pt 4 Day 2.

Day 3
18:38, Today: Nutcracker rolled 24 using 1d20+4.  Hunting pt 1 Day 3.
18:38, Today: Nutcracker rolled 8 using 1d20+4.   Hunting pt 2 Day 3.
18:41, Today: Nutcracker rolled 12 using 1d20+4.  Hunting pt 3 Day 3.
18:41, Today: Nutcracker rolled 18 using 1d20+4.  Hunting pt 4 Day 3.

Day 4
18:38, Today: Nutcracker rolled 18 using 1d20+4.  Hunting pt 1 Day 4.
18:38, Today: Nutcracker rolled 8 using 1d20+4.   Hunting pt 2 Day 4.
18:41, Today: Nutcracker rolled 22 using 1d20+4.  Hunting pt 3 Day 4.
18:41, Today: Nutcracker rolled 6 using 1d20+4.   Hunting pt 4 Day 4.

Day 5
18:39, Today: Nutcracker rolled 5 using 1d20+4.   Hunting pt 1 Day 5.
18:39, Today: Nutcracker rolled 10 using 1d20+4.  Hunting pt 2 Day 5.
18:41, Today: Nutcracker rolled 12 using 1d20+4.  Hunting pt 3 Day 5.
18:41, Today: Nutcracker rolled 14 using 1d20+4.  Hunting pt 4 Day 5.

Make a check for any of the animals you want to get meat from. You can't get meat from "Nones."

1-1: Boar
1-2: Elk
1-3: Wild Dog
1-4: Giant Rat
2-1: Giant Goat
2-2: Giant Elk
2-3: None
2-4: Giant Elk
3-1: Giant Goat
3-2: None
3-3: Giant Rat
3-4: Giant Wolf Spider
4-1: Giant Badger
4-2: Nothing
4-3: Axe Beak
4-4: None
5-1: None
5-2: Snow Monkey
5-3: Hawk
5-4: Wild Dog

Each downtime unit is essentially you spending eight hours on a task when you're not out on a job. That's why you have to pay your lifestyle expenses for every two you spend. Time will stretch as far as we need it to without breaking, so if you want to spend 60DTUs in the time between your last job and the assault, even though that's at least two months, it won't mean you have to miss the assault.



For each 15 or higher, you can specifically go for black bears or tundra apes(CR 1/2, easy encounter, 100xp)
For each 20 or higher, you can go for brown bears, tigers (CR1, medium encounter, 200xp) If you want something with a good chance of killing you, you can try aurochs, giant boars, sabertooth tigers, woolly rhinos or polar bears (both CR 2, deadly encounter, 450xp.) For those 25s, you can target giant Elk (same difficulty and xp as the polar bears, but they're huge.)

Also note that if you keep enough meat to feed yourself each day, you can save 5sp from your lifestyle expenses if you're sleeping in your house.

25, 25 = giant elk, giant elk
24 = giant boar
23, 23, 23, 23 = tiger, tiger, giant boar
22, 22, 22 = tiger, tiger, tiger
20, 20 = tiger, tiger
19, 19, 19 = black bear, black bear, black bear
18 = black bear
17, 17 = black bear, black bear
16, 16, 16 = black bear, black bear, black bear
15, 15 = black bear, black bear
14 = ???
13, 13, 13 = ???, ???, ???
12 = ???
11 = ???
10 = ???

Not sure if you plan on deciding when these occur randomly, or doing them in some order. I've listed them in my preferred order (from bottom to top) for that reason, but am prepared to fight them however they come, which does admittedly make more sense.



That is reasonable, given the circumstances.

Not sure if it was just your example, but I only spent 20 DTUs (160 hours, or ~6.666 days)

It's also worth noting that with this style of play, it's plausible to get a whopping twelve short rests in a day! Though, it will likely be lower depending on how long it takes to find each beast. Still, it is very likely to be more than a couple, given the absurd number of encounters in this day haha.

In reply to Tidelan Wavyrus (msg # 90):

Tidelan, 60 DTUs represents downtime earned over the course of a year IRL. So if every six real days you said "I'm going hunting," the timing would seem normal. This is the same thing, except you chose to do it all at once for player convenience. It functions the same whether compressed or spread out.

Malkus has the truth of it I believe.

I see, I missed that part. ty

In reply to Tidelan Wavyrus (msg # 93):

I could be mistaken, that's just my take. And if Tidelan the character wants to harvest twenty acres' worth of animals in one go, that's pretty funny. I just think that's why it's not really game-breaking (see what I did there?).

1-1: Boar             Nutcracker rolled 24 using 1d20+4.  Harvest Boar.
1-2: Elk              Nutcracker rolled 22 using 1d20+4.  Harvest Elk.
1-3: Wild Dog         Pass
1-4: Giant Rat        Pass
2-1: Giant Goat       Nutcracker rolled 15 using 1d20+4.  Harvest Giant Goat.
2-2: Giant Elk        Nutcracker rolled 20 using 1d20+4.  Harvest Giant Elk.
2-3: None
2-4: Giant Elk        Nutcracker rolled 18 using 1d20+4.  Harvest Giant Elk 2.
3-1: Giant Goat       Nutcracker rolled 18 using 1d20+4.  Harvest Giant Goat 2.
3-2: None
3-3: Giant Rat        Pass
3-4: Giant Wolf Spider    Nutcracker rolled 15 using 1d20+4.  Harvest Giant Wolf Spider.
4-1: Giant Badger     Nutcracker rolled 14 using 1d20+4.  Harvest Giant Badger.
4-2: Nothing          Exits Neverending Story
4-3: Axe Beak         Nutcracker rolled 20 using 1d20+4.  Harvest Axe Beak.
4-4: None
5-1: None
5-2: Snow Monkey      Pass
5-3: Hawk             Pass
5-4: Wild Dog         Pass

Oops, Nutcracker, if you don't want to face deadly encounters with giant elk (CR2) you may substitute those rolls with regular sized elk, which we don't need to run combat for.

For everything else, you've gathered enough meat to make 450 rations (150 more than the fierce hearts require!)

Regular elk is fine with me. =D Are there any pelts or other parts that came along with the meat? Can possibly sell stuff to Jessop for some coin.

Okay, Nutcracker, that's another 50 rations worth of meat.

You need a separate survival check for each pelt you want (and one for bones, one for claws, etc, but pelts are the only thing you can really resell.)

22:49, Today: Nutcracker rolled 7 using 1d20+4.  Giant Badger Pelt.
22:49, Today: Nutcracker rolled 6 using 1d20+4.  Giant Elk Pelt 2.
22:49, Today: Nutcracker rolled 17 using 1d20+4.  Giant Elk Pelt 1.
22:49, Today: Nutcracker rolled 20 using 1d20+4.  Giant Goat Pelt 2.
22:48, Today: Nutcracker rolled 24 using 1d20+4.  Giant Goat Pelt 1.
22:48, Today: Nutcracker rolled 5 using 1d20+4.  Elk Pelt.
22:48, Today: Nutcracker rolled 12 using 1d20+4.  Boar Pelt.

Nutcracker collected pelts valued at 16gp, 5sp. (10gp in giant elk, 6gp in giant goat, 5sp in boar.)

Long rest at my place, -2gp.

In reply to Malkus (msg # 101):

Second long rest at my place to recover spell slots. -2gp

Long rest at the Frosthide Inn, -2 GP.

Long rest in camp with own supplies. Replenishing spent arrows. -1gp

A day or so after the Burning Stag assault cooled off, and everyone had returned to town,
Santio could be seen in a glen on the outskirts of town, practising katas with his new katana.

Most of the time, these kata has Santio holding the beautifully crafted blade with both hands ... but there were times that he slowly moved it through his motions single handedly.

After confirming with Jessop that the man was still paying for pelts, Santio went hunting one night.

spend two DTU:
- rolled   7 using 1d20+5.  1st  half night of hunting.
- rolled 19 using 1d20+5.  2nd half night of hunting.
This message was last edited by the player at 01:09, Sun 26 June 2022.

In the days (and weeks?) that followed the assault on Burning Stag ...

Lady Donella Turen could be observed working on a magnificent new contraption.  A magical, mechanical-like steed.
While everyone around town had got used to seeing the Rock Gnome wheeling around town in her magical, mechanical-like wheelchair ... this was something entirely new, and different.

A spider form construct ... about the size of a Giant Wolf Spider (Medium sized construct/creature).   A mechanical steed with bulbous form, and eight long, spindly legs:  it had a small head at the front of its rotund body, complete with pincers/mandibles.

And while most 'big folk' couldn't ride such a thing, it made for an impressive and effective steed for the small (3' nothing) paraplegic Rock Gnome.
Mounted onto the construct's back, by way of buckles on its side (rather than a girth strap), was a typical riding saddles ... complete with saddle bags.
And with the hand-holds, and the creatures ability to crouch itself down, Lady Donella was able to climb onto the critter's back/saddle.

The construct steed was larger and filled more space than her usual wheelchair ... but in more outdoor settlings, it could move with more precision and agility.
Not only that, but it was, like most folk's steeds, sentient: and trained to follow her commands.  In fact, it seemed very protective of the little Gnome.

Donella would, usually, be seen out and about in town in her wheelchair; the new Spider Strider designed more for wilderness use ... however, it did seem sapient and independent  enough to have its own life in and around Donella store ('Leather and Longings'), though it never ranged far.

Santio, you get 2 survival checks for 1 DTU.
This message was last updated by the GM at 22:15, Sat 25 June 2022.

After confirming with Jessop that the man was still paying for pelts, Santio went hunting one night.


- rolled   7 using 1d20+5.  1st  half night of hunting.
- rolled 19 using 1d20+5.  2nd half night of hunting.

Kiara spent the day attending to the task her Mistress had set for her, that of unifying the Southern Clans behind one banner.

She was cautious, and subtle in her work, but she spoke of the strength of Smith's Gambit, the warriors and sages who had flocked to that banner. She encouraged the warriors of the camp to tell their own stories, tales of bravery and blood as they defeated the Red Foot. Anything to stir the memories of what it felt like to face that Tribe that had once been thought of as so strong.


Free DTU

Due to Silver Tongue, Kiara can't get less than a 19, so that's a 19.

07:00, Today: Kiara Goldentongue rolled 17 using 1d20+9.  Persuasion
This message was last edited by the player at 14:13, Tue 01 Aug 2023.

Gee, thanks, Kiara. Now the boss wants me to add a reputation system to the game to track how well the tribes are getting along. For now, looks like you don't have inspiration. Go ahead and mark inspiration on your sheet, and you also, of course, get 1 whole xp for spending a DTU (even if this was a bonus one.)