grovester

A few people have said this - it's about making your own story. I haven't played much lately as have been on business trips, but went back into my 114 day game last night. Currently mooching around Coastal Highway, pretty comfortable, but had to avoid a bear on the lake and got back to the Waterfront Cottages without trouble. Dropped some kit off, went outside to go to the other cottage where I've stored some provisions and I hear a growl...there's a wolf blocking my path. Run back inside to save the game. Now, I had to go to bed IRL (it was late!) so now I'm sat here thinking - shall I shoot the wolf, using up one of my precious bullets? Shall I fight him with my axe, but risk serious injury? Shall I run away? Shall I try and rest overnight and see if he's gone in the morning? I have to wait until I've got the kids to bed tonight before I try again. It's like waiting for the next episode of a box set!

Parasites would be killed by slicing the meat thinly and then boiling. You know, make a nice soup. I get the idea that you can't just survive on wolf/bear meat alone, but this is a person who is resourceful enough to make a wolfskin coat; cutting some meat up and putting it in a soup really wouldn't present much of a challenge. Maybe scurvy instead?

Getting yourself nicely set up in a cabin, with lots of food, firewood, and crafting some nice new clothes. Resting up for a few days. Then realising you have to go out, as your food is getting low. You wander out into the bright, reddish morning, and see a wolf. Damn. So you climb up a hill, come across a deer, it runs away from you, into the path of the wolf. Wolf kills deer. You fight the wolf, kill it. So now you have more meat, more skins for crafting. So you hole up for a few more days to wait out the storm that's blown in. Craft some more clothes, maybe fix a few of your tools. And your food is running low...maybe go fishing?