Spritelings Chapter 01

Mara can get to the top in a bit over 9 minutes total, others in about 19. If you want to rush and spend some Drama Charge (remember, going into negatives is fine at this point), it's a Trivial matter (×1 cost multiplier per level for Dynamic activations), but there's probably little reason to.

@KaijuCuddlebug, I think the little bit of characterisation / flaw showcase, which probably undermined Bull's respectability, might be worth a point of Drama Charge just by itself, but I would rather wait for the whole scene to finish with everyone getting a chance to showcase their characters instead of tracking every little bit per post, as the first scene has good odds of being an establishing one for many PCs.

With three PCs climbing to the top, others would likely have enough time for a lengthy chat or other actions (if we are to try keeping things relatively synchronised, which is probably for the best).

Edit: Dram: 0 -> - 9

Smaugalir's song provided +4 Mobility modifiers to all three climbers.

Trivial Level 3 Lightness

Gliding is a level 4 trivial qualitative effect (4 drams, and an option to cross the river to the northwest if you want, though consider the downsides of splitting the party and getting back across). Gliding crudely straight down with an abysmal glide ratio, or dropping a tanking the hit (no glide ratio), is a level 3 trivial qualitative effect (3 drams).

As for the race, I think between Mara choosing a faster initial approach, and having a higher Mobility, Mara should win the race down too. (I can imagine the snake picking up fall speed and then decelerating near the ground, but that seems to still be not as fast as dropping down all the way. Though it does feel like one of those awkward game-physics fiat moments for the GM.)

Also, I suggest that players also write down system details like drama expenditures in the [ooc] tag.

Spending 3 drams on a trivial use of Level 3 Stone Skin

Shall I roll? If so, how many die, and what's the opposition?

No need to roll, though you can activate Gentle Giant to speed up the process if you want (Trivial show off). The more straightforward approach of gnawing and felling it would probably take you around 5-6 minutes, and about twice as much for getting rid of extraneous branches and roots, and then about as much to get the tree to the shore and position it correctly across the river. So . . . about 20, at most 30 minutes for everything.

Edit: Upon some discussion, it became clear that it would be reasonable for Walk Like a Mammoth to warrant a stronger bridge - either three trees instead of one, or two trees and some reinforcement with webbing, or significantly more webwork.

I'll avoid spending drama charge for now.

Perhaps one of the usage for the 'Heroic tune'? Here a shanty-like version? ;-)

* An hour of effort assumes Bull and Nemma as main contributors. It's possible to reduce this further by either assistance (though compared to those two, total crafting or brawn ratings of less than 7 will be very modest), or by enhancing those two's ratings supernaturally.

Do clarify which of the shores you're going to - presumably either northwest or southwest, as good crossing points towards those are close by to the starting location?

I vote for northwest

Northwest shore vote as well.

northwest is fine with me, too

Northwest is fine. Also, what are the dietary requirements of a spriteling anyway?

Assume a spriteling is omnivorous unless you want life to be more complicated (in which case you'd be getting Drama Charge from the extra hassle). In terms of amount, a typical spriteling eats three meals a day comparable to how much a humanoid would. Except for Bull, who will often need 2.5 times as much, but gain Drama Charge when that causes problems.

On average, an hour of effort of foraging or hunting in the wilderness provides one standard meal, with Survival improving yield as per the decibel scale. This doesn't mean it always takes one hour per hunt, but there's not much point in diving into fine details (beyond the initial narration) and randomising yields from time to time. Note that this food is not particularly well-preserved, and much of it will be unsuitable for hoarding for more than a couple of days.

Travel speed through 'normal' wilderness for a spriteling is about four thousand yards per hour, adjusted by Travel as per the dB scale. So, for example, Bull can comfortably accelerate to a cruising speed of ten thousand yards per hour over normal terrain (or even 25 by Activating Group Steed); this may be reduced for bad terrain though.

It would probably be best to decide on a more specific course/direction/destination - either by azimuth, or by using an image. (Note the site supports automated/integrated pasting of images to imgur, but given the latest mess with imgur, using that function may silently fail depending on your IP address' region.)

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With the introduction scene over, everyone gains 15 Drama Charge as previously discussed. It's probably more than the scene impact would indicate, but I said it will be around 15 so I'm handing out 15. Of course further dialogues and other RP are welcome as always.

Lol no points in travel

I think I've got the highest base survival in the party, at a whopping 2, so I figure I'm lead on most of the provisioning. Later on Tracking might be partially applicable if we've got enough meat eaters for hunting to make sense, but it's no good here for foraging and fishing.

I admit I don't yet have an idea what mechanical consequences should be for immersion in chilly water yet.

Got a survival of 2 as well, my girl is gonna be so maaaaad

Spending 2 drams activating Dense Fur for cold resistance

Gains:
Nemma: one fishing net (suitable for fishing without worrying about chilly water);
Smaugalir: +1½ meals;
Bull: +1½ meals;
Snakey: +2½ meals (and would benefit from taking a break to warm up a bit);
Mara (I'm treating Tracking as offering half the bonus to hunting for now): +3¾ meals.

Total food gains for this hunting/gathering cycle: 9¾ meals, which, if everyone eats breakfast, will leave 3¼ meals worth of surplus (since bull eats 2½ as much as normal, and gains 4 drams for the hassle).

For now, any Drama Charge effects (Fortes and Flaws) that affect food gains and losses can be considered to last for the rest of the day (i.e. all hunts/fishing can be treated as part of the same Check).

Time of arrival is around 14:00.

Nutrition requirements (per sitting):
Bigs eats 2½ meals (due to today's Flaw Activation), other four Spritelings eat 1 meal each.
Total 6½ meals for the lunch and another 6½ for supper, for a net 13 needed by the end of the day (of which 3¼ you already have).

Gains per hour:
Nemma: Survival 2 -> 1.6 meals.
Smaugalir: Survival 0 -> 1 meal;
Bigs: Survival 0 -> 1 meal;
Snakey: Survival 1 -> 1¼ meals base, doubled for plentiful fish -> 2½ meals;
Mara (I'm treating Tracking as offering half the bonus to hunting for now): Survival+hunt 4 -> +2½ meals.
TOTAL GAIN PER HOUR: 8.6 meals.

After 1¼ hours of foraging (done by 15:15), you have gathered +10.75 meals, and you had had 3¼ meals of surplus from the previous hunt/fish/gather (perhaps held in a net during travel), for a net 14 meals in stash. Once done with lunch (another quarter-hour), it'll be 15:30 (and 7.5 meals remaining). Sunset is at 18:00.