Player powers are right here for quick reference →
Party Inventory
Tools
2 rapiers [RS]
3 scimitars [SS]
12 suits of leather armor [LA]
1 yew bow [YB]
1 pistol [PG]
Box of Infinite Bullets
Consumables
1 Scroll of Mastery
8 rations
59 Gold Coins
10 arrows
1 health potion
1 potion of strength
Other stuff
1 compass
1 map
Health System
Health can be changed by getting injured, not eating/drinking/sleeping in too long, contracting a disease, etc.
If you have a disease, you're starving, dehydrated, or haven't been sleeping enough, I'll add a tag next to your name that says your ailment so you know what's going on.
White means you are all good and couldn't be in a better shape.
Green means you are in ok condition.
Red means you are not doing too well and are rather unhealthy.
Black means you're dead. It also means I'll mute you for the time being because dead people can't speak (don't worry, there will be resurrection potions!).
The Scroll of Mastery makes any power take 1 less week to use. For example, Nicol can bake bread every 3 weeks, but after using the Scroll of Mastery on that power, Nicol can now bake bread every 2 weeks!
Status Updates: Everyone's health went to green as they are all hungry and tired.
The adventurers choose to go west.
Along the route they take, they find a lot of burnt corpses and caravans, probably destroyed by the dragon. The dead won't be needing their supplies anymore! The party takes anything of value they can find. They have found:
2 rusted rapiers 3 rusted scimitars 12 suits of leather armor (leather armor for everyone!) 1 yew bow 1 pistol Box of infinite bullets! 1 Scroll of Mastery 5 burnt rations of food 59 gold coins
Everyone equips the leather armor they found Man equips the yew bow Whitepimp007 and UsernamePending equip the rapiers Tartosis, iatepewdiepie, and arisuu equip the scimitars tyrannosaurusrex equips the pistol
There's a lot of clean water from streams that the adventurers find. Dehydration is not a problem right now.
The adventurers get to a plain. It's been about 2 days of seeing no civilization, and the party decided to save rations until necessary. This may be a subject of further debate if the adventurers want to eat the food now.
The party comes to a three-way fork in the path.
The left path leads to what seems to be a cave. Might have some monsters in there.
The center path leads onwards to the horizon. It may be the path to a town.
The right path is not very well used, as grass is growing up through the dirt. stophammeringme thinks he hears the sound of water to the right for a second.
Choice 1
» Go down the left path
» Go down the center path
» Go down the right path
Choice 2
» Split up all rations and eat all of them
» Allow the five most important individuals to eat one ration each
The adventuring party, consisting of Nicol, the baker, arisuu, the artist, Ioris, the jester, tyrannosaurusrex, the sheriff, Man, the fletcher, stophammeringme, the gardener, UsernamePending, the Apothecary, Tartosis, the merchant, Whitepimp007, the watchman, xPooky, the chef, iatepewdiepie, the fence, and Minie, the maid, were all staying in the inn when a giant dragon decided to destroy the entire village of Shwartzburg. Luckily, the adventurers are safe, but it seems like everyone else in the village is dead! The party was also unable to grab any food or supplies when escaping the inn, so they're quite vulnerable.
Well, it looks like the adventurers have to hit the road!
There are four paths leading out of Shwartzburg, one in each cardinal direction. Shwartzburg is completely destroyed and still burning, so it's not safe to stay in the area for too long.
The north path seems more rugged and recently made.
The east path is well-lit by torches on the sides, but there's also a sign that says "Private Property, DO NOT Trespass!".
The west path is certainly the most used out of the paths, and it seems safe enough. The adventurers used to see a lot of merchants going down the west path, so it is possibly a path to a town.
The south path goes straight into a small pond. It must be one of those boat launch places that you made sure you didn't slip down as a child.
Remember that you can also use your powers at any time!
In the poll, it'll ask if you want to use a power, and that's when you'll tell me. Of course, it's always good to discuss first with your party.
I'm also going to repost first part of the story on my alt so that we can go back and reread the entire story once we're all finished with it. Constantinople will post the rest of the story advancements from now on; I can help with any technical questions.