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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MacConnell" data-source="post: 9175828" data-attributes="member: 6855223">[ooc]Posting for [USER=6790669]@Tellerian Hawke[/USER] [/ooc]Garin is lost in thought, staring into the forest to the west of the path. He is listening to all the sounds, taking in new smells, and looking for patterns. Brock nods in agreement. “Sounds good to me. Stick and I will cover our tail. That puts Brenda in between us.”[ooc]53, 65[/ooc]Cycle: 497. Season: Chilling. Day: 6.[spoiler= Explore]Brock: 8(observe) + 19(senses) + 53(d100) = 80Garin: 20 + 11(smell) + 65 = 96Belaria: 22 + 9 + 53 = 84Gaio: 12 + 23 + 65 = 100Brenda: 10 + 10(hearing) + 75 = 95 [/spoiler]Veering ever so slightly south as the party travels west brings the party away from the drier environment near the road into a true deciduous forest of nut and acorn trees. Some of the trees still have a few brown leaves that have not yet fallen but, being in the Chilling Season, the larger trees are mostly bare of foliage. Some of the understory shrubbery and smaller trees remain green, as they do throughout the Cycle. There are plenty of nuts and acorns upon the ground. While these are the primary forage of many denizens of the area, they are no longer very suited to be consumed by people.During the day of walking, Brock discovers movement within a rotting pile of detritus. Poking into it with his stick, he sees that the cause is a pod of fist-sized beetles. He manages to step on five of them, breaking off their valuable, chitinous wing coverings, commenting about selling them to Maeli when the party returns to town.Once snares are set, Garin, Gaio, and Brenda find that they have each captured a small tree rat and bring them back to camp to prepare for food. Holding the carcasses, each senses that the animal’s feet and skull harbor mystical proclivity. After some meditation upon them, they conclude that all four feet or the cleaned skull can augment the overall wellness (Health +1) of anyone in the party who wishes to carry them. Not really caring for the skull Gaio offers his up while keeping the feet for himself, tying them together to hand from his belt. Garin likes the idea of a skull fetish and offers up his set of feet. Like Garin, Brenda keeps her skull and offers up the feet.Belaria manages to eventually run down and capture a lizard about the size of her arm, from nose to the tip of the tail. Like the rat that Garin captured, the lizard makes for a good meal. She also realizes that its feet and skull can augment the physical strength (Strength +1) of anyone in the party who wishes to carry them. As strength is not her path to combat she offers these items to Brenda and Brock, in particular.Sharing what little fresh meat they have, the five youths feel pretty good about their trip, so far. The night is cool and the stars can be seen through the barren tree branches. Denizens that roam the night do not come near the campsite and the five sleep near the remains of the fire for its warmth.[spoiler=Character Data]Garindell: full wellnessBrock: full wellnessBelaria: full wellnessGaio Verde: full wellnessBrenda: full wellnessCollections:15 ocrinLizard Feet: 1 set: (Strength +1)Lizard Skull: 1: (Strength +1)Rodent Feet: 2 sets: (Health +1)Shellacked Elytra: 5: 10 clams[/spoiler][ooc]Each character receives 5 DP. State nominal actions and intentions. Provide 2 random rolls.[/ooc]</blockquote>

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