D&D Meta Thread

[Alice]

No fun allowed, huh?

Where's Tamamo, I guess he needs some help. He's never even seen snow.
Fine, fine, we'll think of something else. I guess Kashtan's the only one who's spent a night out in the field in the arctic cold.

[Kashtan]

you noobs are all going to die i bet none of you ever camped outside in winter

ok heres what we do. they got the tent even if the snow is not compact enough for an igloo they can build a snow mound or ring that shades them from the wind. gather branches and cover the mound to prevent the wind blowing away the snow. use a place between the trees and build a leaning shelter with branches twigs and snow for insulation. like a hedge around the tent. also use the pine branches as insulation under the tent so it doesnt stand on snow.

make a fire from branches in a pit where snow has been removed near the tent. for warmth and cooking. You can heat rocks near the fire and put them in the tent for dry heat. its not stealthy but survival is a higher priority.

[Angry Bear]

I look forward to analyzing your response critically.

If you do hollow out a troll, then I will have Bear do the thermal analysis to determine how that works out. But I don't think you will all fit directly.

[Alice]

i bet none of you ever camped outside in winter

Of course not, I hate snow and cold!

If we can't be stealthy, I recommend the opposite. Let's make a large snow ring around our camp with multiple fires. Let the enemy think a large force has arrived to take them down. They'll think twice before attacking a large camp.

We'll set up the tent first. Cat must use her Primal Knowledge to find the right spot and tell us what to do. Also cut branches and make a fire. I will pile up snow. Yulya and Ashley can do light work like arrange the pine branches.

[Angry Bear]

>Ashley do work

[Τamamo]

Would you rather arrange branches or tend to Yulya?

Sorry for the delay, these are some great ideas, Kashtan!
Cat will incorporate all of this!

[Angry Bear]

Ashley's cats won't carry anything. Not that they couldn't physically but because they aren't trained in carrying. Olga could drag a deer up a tree but dragging a light branch is beyond her.

[Ashley] I am also not trained.

Ashley Panther could because she has some fuzzy crossover to being human though with some limitations, but Nixie wouldn't.

[Ashley] my summons if I asked them to do manual labor: 

[Alice]

You fit together well.
Maybe should 'train' you all...

[Kashtan]

Yulya will try her best to be useful

[Τamamo]

That was over quickly.
I assumed we would keep watch and keep the fire or multiple fires going. We are not trying to hide. We want to appear as big and threatening as possible. Did we even eat?

So what do we do now?
I assume Alice is shapeless.
Ashley should use the boom tactic and summon Nixie. Maybe that will scare them off.

[Angry Bear]

I presume you ate, but standing watch in a blizzard wouldn't be possible given your gear as is. The fire had a small chance of staying lit in an active blizzard without a shelter. There wasn't any other reason to delay the hours passing once you successfully nested in.

[Alice]

I don't like wild dogs.
Here's what we do. I will throw a stink bomb while Ashley summons Nixie with a boom. If that's not enough, Cat will attack followed by Nixie and Yulya

[Angry Bear]

Don't forget that you will need to open the tent to do that and they'll rush in because they have initiative. That's the issue with not having a watch. I saw no preparation or mention of keeping watch. In this case, it would have taken some planning or sacrificing.

[Ashley] I didn't think of it either, I could have had exhaustion because my summons wouldn't have had any issue with it. Hindsight is 20/20. I honestly figured we would have a standard watch but Joy is Joy and she didn't even think about it until it was too late.

[Alice]

Well, to be fair we didn't expect the next scene to be morning but rather dinner. Of course we had planned for someone to keep watch and keep the fire going but whatever.

Whoever is on watch should continue reinforcing the structures! The work will help you from freezing too.

So if I open the tent the dogs rush in. If I do nothing, they rush in as well in addition to maiming our tent. Can I punch the first dog through the tent then?

[Angry Bear]

Whoever is on watch should continue reinforcing the structures! The work will help you from freezing too.

Error: insufficient conditions met

punch a dog through the tent

You may but the tent will be damaged and absorb a small portion of that damage.

However the question is moot because the tent will be open whether you open it (I'll give you a use action to do that) or it's ripped open and you will be able to attack with initiative. However one dog will attack simultaneously.

>simultaneously