(027) Some Country Air

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 11:16 am

waysoftheearth wrote:
Ulric removes his boots and socks and hitches up his filthy robe around his belt, exposing skinny white legs.

Then he carefully wades into the shallows to pick up his catch. The water is as near to frigid as to not matter, causing Ulric to catch his breath at ankle depth and gasp and knee depth.

When he pulls the first 6 inch fish from the water, it immediately wakes and struggles violently (1d6=1) and Ulric looses grasp of the slippery sucker. It plunges back into the pool and swims away.

He very quickly realises that he could not hold onto more than a couple of them at a time even if they were still, so Ulric attempts to fling each sleeping fish ashore before it awakes, planning to collect them all after. This is a tricky proposition, with some of the fish already drifting out toward the stream on the current.

(12d6=6, 4, 1, 5, 5, 2, 1, 5, 2, 5, 1, 3)

In all he manages to get of the fish ashore, by which time his knees are blue and his feet are aching with severe cold. He is extremely happy to get out of the water and to rub some life into his frozen feet.

Then he collects his half dozen fish, most of them between 6 and 9in long -- a mere snack -- and returns triumphant to the others.

Almost an hour has passed since he left them.

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 11:29 am

heartless wrote:
"Ulric you are a fantastic fisherman. Let us help you gather the fish next time you go fishing", says Wibert. "After we eat we should keep moving and get as much distance we can from our foes.

waysoftheearth wrote:Everyone is hungry, but Wibert's search reveals that the Hobgoblins were travelling very light indeed, and it is not even clear whether some of their supplies are edible at all. They had a heel of hard grey bread, a fist sized wheel of gnawed, very stinky cheese, a dead frog, a 1ft long snake with its head bitten off...

Wibert plans to use the lizard he caught and the Hobgoblins food tomorrow if they come across nothing else.

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 5:48 pm

mushgnome wrote:
It is not in Highbough's nature to complain of hunger, so he grinds his teeth and says nothing. Nevertheless now that there is no sign of immediate pursuit, he begins to relax. "What a wonderful trick, Ulric!"

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:22 pm

waysoftheearth wrote:
So, noon is at least an hour gone, and everyone is ravenously hungry.

There are a fat hare, half a dozen smallish fish, and a few unfortunate reptiles on the menu.

Do you wish to create a fire to cook them, or are you going to eat them raw?

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 12:46 am

tonneau wrote:
"Time to work your magic, master chef", says Gustave to Wibert, eyes bulging with hunger.

He searchers for something with which to form a cooking fire.

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 3:25 am

ehiker133 wrote:
"Aye, let's eat!" mutters Desmond.

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 3:36 am

waysoftheearth wrote:
"There's scare enough for me here, what are you lot gonna eat?" says Mondes, eyeing the sum of the catch greedily.

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 4:39 am

danhem wrote:
"Let's make this quick," Ulric says still fighting off the chill of the water. "A small fire should work. The more hands we have helping, the faster it will go."

Ulric joins Gustave in gathering firewood.

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 7:46 pm

eris wrote:
"If we're going to take the time to cook and eat now, we'll need to be quick about it." says Olaf, "Maybe better to gut and eat the fish raw now and save the rabbit for later when the smoke from a fire won't be as noticeable."

"Time is also important. There are still goblins out here and I expect those we ran off to come back with reinforcements."

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 11:42 pm

heartless wrote:

waysoftheearth wrote:So, noon is at least an hour gone, and everyone is ravenously hungry.

There are a fat hare, half a dozen smallish fish, and a few unfortunate reptiles on the menu.

Do you wish to create a fire to cook them, or are you going to eat them raw?

"I have a few pots, so I will cook a few different meals in each to dig into", says Wibert. "But we must be quick for I do not want the smoke to alert our foes where we are".

Wibert will use what ever herbs and roots he can find quickly to cook with.

OOC: When I get to town I need to buy some herbs and spices to cook with.

"To hide ourselves I need someone fan the smoke as it raises, so it dissapears quickly so we are not seem easily? ", asks Wibert. "Doing this may saves someones life!", adds Wibert with determination on his face.