# 0.B First Day Ritual

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-b-first-day-ritual/8939>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [February 17, 2015, 10:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-b-first-day-ritual/8939 "2015-02-17T22:39:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Tannen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Tannen](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Tannen)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 3:53am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-b-first-day-ritual/8939/41 "2015-02-25T03:53:41Z")

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> [@TheWumpus](#):
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> Rather difficult to craft gear when you start in the woods in the middle of a blizzard (yay spring in New England!). Because starting in EVAC and LMOE shelters is E-Z mode. You’d think the military would equip their troops with some cold weather gear knowing what they’re getting into…

You’re deliberately making the game harder for yourself and then saying that the challenge is “too hard”? That’s like starting a fps game on the “impossible” difficulty setting and then stating that you die a lot. Or, I guess, like me starting a “Really bad day” and then saying that I get eaten by zombies way too much. Aren’t these sorts of self-inflicted hardships the actual challenge to overcome once you’re “good” at the normal game?

> [@TheWumpus](#):
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> Just for the heck of it though I’m gonna try a shower victim in a woods start. That should be amusing. (never tried that one)

That actually does sound quite fun (Heh. My sense of fun could be off). I’m gonna try it too. Side note: I can never decide whether it’s better to leave the wet towel on for wind protection, or take it off cos water-logged towels decrease your temperature.

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**Author:** ![Chaz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/chaz/32/3870_2.png) [@Chaz](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Chaz)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 4:34am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-b-first-day-ritual/8939/42 "2015-02-25T04:34:07Z")

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My usual starting ritual for my previous No-Skills character:

[ol][li]Tear down curtains from one window, wield heavy stick[/li]  
[li]Smash a bunch of lockers and benches with the stick, don’t worry about damaging the stick at all[/li]  
[li]Make the heavy stick into a cudgel (I do this after smashing up stuff so it’s in top condition)[/li]  
[li]Use the two sheets from the de-curtained window to craft two makeshift slings - wear one to store more stuff for a little bit[/li]  
[li]Disassemble and reassemble the sling I’m not wearing until I level up to Survival 1[/li]  
[li]Unequip/drop slings and cut one up into rags[/li]  
[li]Make a spike with the remnants of one of the lockers I smashed earlier[/li]  
[li]Use the spike with a two-by-four and a rag to make a knife spear[/li]  
[li]Go downstairs once I’ve equipped one of my weapons - in case I have a zombie basement and I need to stab/whack stuff[/li]  
[li]Grab anything useful from the basement, check my map, make notes and plans for approaching places, head out into the world.[/li][/ol]

Of course, I’ve reconfigured my starting build so I now have Fabrication, Survival and First Aid all at level 2, so I don’t need to do the Makeshift Sling Shuffle anymore, I can skip straight to cutting a sheet into rags, making a spike and making the spear, while turning the stick into a cudgel (My mantra for starting weaponry is “Stabby for Fleshy, Smashy for Boney” - The knife spear does sod-all against skeletons in the early game, so that’s when the cudgel comes in handy!)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/1X/21b5d044e8473b25d0bf905d60477e25f6fbe0cf.png) [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 4:37am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-b-first-day-ritual/8939/43 "2015-02-25T04:37:22Z")

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Since I haven’t played in a while, this is normally my start:

1. Raid liquor store since I have the drunken master perk.

2. Being the unstoppable force I am now, kill everything in the way to the gun store.

3. Raid the gun store.

4. Quit playing for some reason.

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**Author:** ![Coolthulhu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/coolthulhu/32/2446_2.png) [@Coolthulhu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Coolthulhu)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 4:40am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-b-first-day-ritual/8939/44 "2015-02-25T04:40:38Z")

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> [@Tannen](#):
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> [quote=“TheWumpus, post:39, topic:8939”]Rather difficult to craft gear when you start in the woods in the middle of a blizzard (yay spring in New England!). Because starting in EVAC and LMOE shelters is E-Z mode. You’d think the military would equip their troops with some cold weather gear knowing what they’re getting into…

You’re deliberately making the game harder for yourself and then saying that the challenge is “too hard”?[/quote]

It’s more like about making sense here. There could be some separate under-equipped start, but military should adequately equip their troops.

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**Author:** ![KA101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/278dde/32.png) [@KA101](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KA101)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 4:52am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-b-first-day-ritual/8939/45 "2015-02-25T04:52:36Z")

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> [@Coolthulhu](#):
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> [quote=“Tannen, post:41, topic:8939”][quote=“TheWumpus, post:39, topic:8939”]Rather difficult to craft gear when you start in the woods in the middle of a blizzard (yay spring in New England!). Because starting in EVAC and LMOE shelters is E-Z mode. You’d think the military would equip their troops with some cold weather gear knowing what they’re getting into…

You’re deliberately making the game harder for yourself and then saying that the challenge is “too hard”?[/quote]

It’s more like about making sense here. There could be some separate under-equipped start, but military should adequately equip their troops.[/quote]

[PR’d](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/pull/11389).

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**Author:** ![Tannen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Tannen](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Tannen)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 5:13am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-b-first-day-ritual/8939/46 "2015-02-25T05:13:16Z")

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> [@Coolthulhu](#):
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> It’s more like about making sense here. There could be some separate under-equipped start, but military should adequately equip their troops.

Fair call.

Also, just found out that you can’t start as a shower victim in the wilderness start. It’s probably weird, but I’m vaguely disappointed…

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