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<blockquote data-quote="Water Bob" data-source="post: 5924310" data-attributes="member: 92305">Survival is probably the most important skill in my Barbarian based game.&nbsp;I always look for things in the books I read and so forth to bring a sense of what a Survival check represents.&nbsp; I don't just want to say, &quot;OK, you found tracks.&nbsp; They lead off in this direction.&quot;&nbsp;I'd much rather describe the situation like this, &quot;You find horse droppings.&nbsp; They're not hot, but they're not hard yet, either.&nbsp; Probably six hours old.&nbsp; And you find a partial hoof print, so you can tell direction.&quot;&nbsp;In a recent Conan story I'm reading, Conan, out in the desert, uses his knife to cut off a piece of cactus.&nbsp; He removes the needles, then skins it, eating the wet, mushy interior.&nbsp; It provides food and water.&nbsp;Next time, in similar terrain, that my players use Survival to live off the land, I'm going to describe them doing as Conan did.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Water Bob, post: 5924310, member: 92305"] Survival is probably the most important skill in my Barbarian based game. I always look for things in the books I read and so forth to bring a sense of what a Survival check represents. I don't just want to say, "OK, you found tracks. They lead off in this direction." I'd much rather describe the situation like this, "You find horse droppings. They're not hot, but they're not hard yet, either. Probably six hours old. And you find a partial hoof print, so you can tell direction." In a recent Conan story I'm reading, Conan, out in the desert, uses his knife to cut off a piece of cactus. He removes the needles, then skins it, eating the wet, mushy interior. It provides food and water. Next time, in similar terrain, that my players use Survival to live off the land, I'm going to describe them doing as Conan did. [/QUOTE]

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