Still alive! There was one
eerie moment where I was looking at a map and several of the dots began to
shift, but they ended up just being a bunch of lady bugs. If I had crit missed on that perception check
they would have been flesh eating scarabs so I’m glad the die was in my favor. Through this skill challenge I also
discovered that there is a town in Missouri called Knob Lick… how this will
help us on our quest I am not sure, but it is interesting none-the-less.
After successfully navigating our way out the door our rolls took
a drastic turn for the worst. We failed
a nature check… twice. So we were
equipped to handle a 60 degree day with an easy trail to our project site when
in reality we faced temperatures in the high 30s, a light rain, and an
intermediate climb up a 45-50 degree incline.
Being the Emergency Response Team, we made sure to buy and pack supplies
that made us nearly impervious to the weather Missouri would throw our way, but
that hike was a doozy. Despite the
detours we made it to our site in good time and proceeded to play the forest in
a giant game of chess.
The forest of Current River State Park has a very defensive mind;
almost every tree is defended by another if not three. Unfortunately for it, my mind works similarly
when it comes to playing such games.
With patience and mobility on our side we were able to take out the
stragglers and weave our way through their front line.
The game has
only just begun, but I personally put away 15 larger trees and an
inconsequential number of smaller ones.
This forest uses a lot more than 16 pieces though. One may call that cheating, but hey, it will
make our victory all the sweeter. Bed
time! My body is worn from chainsaw
acrobatics and my mind has been tried by Cards against Humanity. I won the card game, I think. Dalton made a furious comeback, but I think I
squeaked by. Night friends, I wish you
all natural 20s in your skill challenges to come.
Getting ready to start the day. Photos taken by me.
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