Seaweed (Exploration Event)



This is a Beach exploration event. It occurs multiple times per game and offers the chance to gain Fish Bait,   Kola Potion,  Mead,  Raw Fish,  Salt, and  Seaweed. It also offers the chance for the participating survivor to gain a significant boost to their Agility score, should they succeed on a Wisdom check.

Inspect
The beach is full of seaweed, gathered in large bands by the waves. Judging by their position, you figure out it is currently high tide. Although from the looks of it, it wont be for long.

Gather (x2)
Relevant Skills:  Harvesting  The smell is strong but any food matters and you know algae are quite the hunger suppressor. It's not the time to be picky.
 * Failure :You gather all the seaweed you can carry without distinction. You then sit on a rock. You reek of low tide but you will have to endure it while you clean the algae of small shells and crabs. You end up throwing away two thirds of what you gathered because it was too full of filth to be cleaned. Not really worth the rancid odour, was it?
 * + Seaweed.png Seaweed
 * + Depression.png Depression
 * Success :You gather a bunch of good looking seaweed, removing small shells and crabs stuck to them. You also find a few useful things buried in the sand.
 * + Seaweed.png Seaweed, and potentially one or both of the following: Salt.png Salt, Fish Bait.png Fish Bait

Wait for Low Tide (x1)
Note: This is a 'red' option, meaning the 'entity' will disappear once this action is taken! Relevant Skills:  Exploration ,  Scavenging ,  Wisdom  Who knows what treasure is hidden in the sand? You wait on the beach for the water to withdraw.


 * Explore far from the shore ( Exploration )
 * Failure : You're surprised by how fast the water withdrew. You don't want to risk being taken unaware if the water comes back. Better hurry! You run toward the waterline... until one of your feet gets stuck in the sand. And the other... You frantically move to get your feet out but only manage to get sucked into the sand up to your knees. You're in panic. As you keep getting sucked deeper and deeper, you grow more and more tired. You shout for help. Only the sound of the waves answers you... You keep shouting. Your voice becomes hoarse. The sand is up to your neck now, still you fight with your last strength. With your last breath... You wake up several hours later on the beach. Are you dead? Your mind is fuzzy and your mouth tastes of the sea. You spit and stand up. Your whole body is sore. It makes you smile. No, you're still part of the living. You slowly drag yourself to the camp. You're alive, you don't know how, but you are. You're truly grateful to whoever saved your life.
 * + Depression.png Depression Fatigue.png Fatigue
 * Success : You're surprised by how fast the water withdrew. From now you'll be wary of quicksands. You grab your weapon and use it as a tool to probe the sand. On your way, you see a few fish caught unaware by the tide. You were picking some up when you noticed the debris of a hull between sharp rocks. Now that's interesting! In the sand between the rocks, you find several undamaged bottles. It was worth the walk!
 * + Kola Potion.png Kola Potion Mead.png Mead Raw Fish.png Raw Fish


 * Search Along the Shore
 * You decide not to wander too far from the beach. Several fish were caught unaware by the tide. It's like if they were asking to be your dinner.
 * + Raw Fish.png Raw Fish
 * But wait... something is wrong... you can't move your right foot! and now your left one is stuck as well! You gasp in horror as you start being sucked into the sand. Quicksands...
 * Get out! ( Wisdom )
 * Failure : You frantically move to get your feet out but only manage to get sucked into the sand up to your knees. You're in panic. As you keep getting sucked deeper and deeper, you grow more and more tired. You shout for help. Only the sound of the waves answers you... You keep shouting. Your voice becomes hoarse. The sand is up to your neck now, still you fight with your last strength. With your last breath... You wake up several hours later on the beach. Are you dead? Your mind is fuzzy and your mouth tastes of the sea. You spit and stand up. Your whole body is sore. It makes you smile. No, you're still part of the living. You slowly drag yourself to the camp. You're alive, you don't know how, but you are. You're truly grateful to whoever saved your life
 * + Depression.png Depression Fatigue.png Fatigue
 * Success : You try to keep you cool. Think... Think... Panicking won't solve anything. How can you get out of this? You remember people talking about quicksands at camp. They did say to keep calm and take as much space as you could, and make slow moves to get out. You just do that and... yes, it works! You slowly extract yourself from the mire.
 * + Agility +5