(089) Moonlight Backtrack

[ehiker133]

"If we go much longer without proper food in our stomachs, we'll be feeling it soon - sluggish responses, weakness, even worse decision making... Let's take an extended break and try and see if we can't get a few of these marsh hares."

If the others agree, Leudigar will find a well-used water hole or some rabbit runs and set up some deadfall snares to try and catch a few marsh hares.

[Eris]

While Leudigar is doing his trapping, Freid will work with Zem to see if we can divide the loot in a way that he can help him carry it.

My understanding is that Freid has only his clothing, his sword and shield and nothing else. If he has no bag or pack, then how to carry loot is going to be a problem. Pockets?

[coffee]

Karl is fully willing to carry his comrade's heavy pack.

Aside from trapping, I think Leudigar's bow is our best bet to get food.

Also, we could follow one of the brooks we find to a river; we might get fish there.

[ehiker133]

"Good thought, Karl. I thought to save the arrows for danger, but..." he pats the Bleakmass Blade at his side, "... this suffices if we need the arrows for hunting."

Therefor, if Leudigar sees an opportunity to shoot game with his bow, he will.

[waysoftheearth]

Leudigar goes a hare-hunting and trapping while the others contemplate how to move the pack full of gold, or where they might find a fishing spot. The ranger has frugal materials to make traps and snares, but he constructs a few make-shift snares from plant material available. They're not great, he acknowledges, but his bow and arrows will serve well enough. He finds a nice quite spot and lays in ambush, his empty belly reminding him he must succeed...

His patience pays off, and during the day he is able to shoot three, largish marsh-hares. They're not exactly plump, but they will make a decent enough feed for the hungry company. A quick check of his snares as he heads back to where he left the others proves they were all futile. Never mind, he has a meal about him.

Meanwhile, Karl is confident he could carry Zem's pack. Zem and Fried have figured that they could possibly tear fabric off their shirts to make knapsacks in which to divide the loot among them. Not that they have any excess of clothing, and the night will almost certainly be chilly...

When he returns, Leudigar notes that nobody has thought to gather firewood, prepare a fireplace, or locate water. However... the hare-skins might also be made to serve as make-shift pouches...

Rangers should be "good at" hunting, so lets give Leudigar two dice; any 3--6 will shoot a hare, a 6 will trap one too. 2d6=3,2 okay, just enough to shoot something. Since the die was 3, let's call it 3 hares.

[coffee]

Karl will happily go collect firewood if the rest will guard the gold and clean the rabbits.

He won't go too far, though, because it wouldn't do to get separated.

[ehiker133]

Leudigar asks one of the others to gather some water from the nearby stream while he prepares the rabbits. He deftly nicks the rabbits' skin across the ankles and removes the head before stripping their skins off them in one swift motion, sort of like taking off a nightshirt and turning it inside out in the process. Then he locates a rock that will work as a makeshift scraper to scrape off any fat or tissue remaining on the skin so it doesn't go rancid. Then with a little bit of stitching at the appendage holes, they should make smaller suitable rabbit-fur purses of sorts...

[Eris]

Leudigar asks one of the others to gather some water from the nearby stream while he prepares the rabbits. He deftly nicks the rabbits' skin across the ankles and removes the head before stripping their skins off them in one swift motion, sort of like taking off a nightshirt and turning it inside out in the process. Then he locates a rock that will work as a makeshift scraper to scrape off any fat or tissue remaining on the skin so it doesn't go rancid. Then with a little bit of stitching at the appendage holes, they should make smaller suitable rabbit-fur purses of sorts...

I'm not at all sure we have anyway of carrying water. I can but ask...

"I'll get some water while Karl is getting firewood." says Freid then asks, "Does anyone have a waterskin or container of any kind I can use to hold the water?"

"If no one does, I think we should move our camp down to the stream where we can lap up the water." Freid finishes.