Thered also be, you know, the giant level of consistent pain, the inability to sleep for more than an hour at a time, the gangranous message about how it looks infected, the constant pain messages interrupting everything you do, and the 12 hours of blue limb warning you about the deep bite
I was fighting off some zombies in a mansion while fully encumbered at 69.
Somehow one of those bastards bit me through my trenchcoat and i used my combat knife to cauterize the wound, except it failed and i was infected anyway.
I brought my books to my mine base and started reading a bit before using antibiotics, except i died way too quick and sudden.
Oh and for fun, the second character i sent to the base that died in the ammo explosion also burned all the damn books i brought back and maybe some stuff in my piles of materials i probably didn’t notice.
At least there’s a second mansion close by with more books.
Day 37
Summer is boring. Its hot and theres a lot of tedious microing for skills so I can access a book.
Well, it hasnt been completely tedious. I should start back.
Ive been looting mines. Or at least going into them. Inside, I found an ant hive and a bunch of wyrms. I found a few special items, one of which protects me from psychic attacks and one of which summons psychic monsters and make me hiss. So synergy?
I found a new companion who has done little more than eat my food and prove to me that crossbows are not good NPC weapons. Of course it might be how they have no skill either. they know how to swim and barter better than I do. thats it.
I took out my seats in my humvee and lengthened it, so I had to craft a sheet and strap that on for the NPC. They hate it, and are constantly stealing my seat.
I found robutts for fun and Ive been crafting electronics to get skill. Slllloooow going, and that little tramp is sitting in my seat so every time I go to turn on the engine or the lights or to sleep there it is.
A yugg spawned and gave me perceptive. Im now about halfway between lizard and elf. and a little cat and aplha too.
Found a jabberwock fighting a migo in the middle of the forest.
Needless to say, I GOT THE FUUCCCCK OUTTA THERE
EDIT: AW FUCK I FOUND ANOTHER ONE BEHIND ME FUCKKK
[quote=“FunsizeNinja123, post:11804, topic:47”]Found a jabberwock fighting a migo in the middle of the forest.
Needless to say, I GOT THE FUUCCCCK OUTTA THERE
EDIT: AW FUCK I FOUND ANOTHER ONE BEHIND ME FUCKKK[/quote]
Lucky bastard, yuggs always give me near-sighted ;-;
Day 04
My last character died after catching the fungus from a flaming eye in his sleep. Then the next sleep cycle he sprouted fungal blossoms. Then on his way to a lab to get bleach he slept outside the lab only to get another flaming eye teleport him outside. His companion followed the teleported body and a grendier spotted them. I woke up to the sound of my companion eating a grenade hack and it took all of 18 seconds for a GD mininuke hack to wander over to me.
RIP
This new guy spawned in a neat location: 2 4 house cities, a school, a hospital, and a public works. All the cars in the areas I was willing to risk were promptly dismantled. I wandered around in the dark, making use of the lessened zombie population (read as: still like 50+ but much, much less than the functionally infinite population of larger cities) to get all the loot from the civilian area as possible. While over at the public works area searching for a flashlight the sun came up. I spent half the day in the bathroom, and the other half sneaking around the back yard there, hiding in the shadows of the garages and crafting what I could. Night 02 was spent in a shelter off the beaten path, sewing and reading.
I walked day 03, west and, when jack ants started appearing, north around their radius. I found a radio tower at the termination of the road, and an odd dirt path heading off the road. The dirt path lead to fun times, and I eventually found a car. I used an under the hood book and a screwdriver set to disassemble the security system present on the car, and drove off with my prizes.
I have a duffel bag, some choice clothing, including a cloak (because Im lacking in warm clothing), and a welder/hacksaw/wrench/googles set and 800 batteries in reserve. Ive invested in the car enough to repair its red frames and add 4 headlights, removing the original 2 into a more prefered position.
Now, I have 600+ clean water, enough worm meat to make Mcdonald’s blush, and even a nail bat. Ive a gun and ammo but no mag, some arrows but no wayt o currently fletch more, and my trusty sling.
Nailbat will keep me safe for now. Im running low on booze, but not too much to do but search for a city. If I hit detox before I get to one Ill detox, if not I wont. I try not to rush alcoholism since its there to give me a challenge in the form of micro and logistics and low health modifier.
I installed a dirty water tank onto the car out of habit, even though Ill likely never want for water again.
Now for the reason I wanted to post at all: I found a napkin that whispers my name. When I flap at at something like a magician it makes a dazzling light that I may or may not be to mitigate with blinders and ear protection. It makes an awful racket too, but it in return gives me a surge of energy. Its a combat device.
So for a full flashbang (that center me as the epicenter) I get adrenaline rush. Thats asking to be abused. Flashbangs are very, very usful. They do attract zombie attention, but they provide stunning and give you an edge. IT EVEN RECHARGES FASTER THAN ADRENALINE WEARS OFF!!!
Its my new homie.
Stumbled on the messy remains of what appeared to be a pitched battle between some zombies and a wolf pack. Last man standing was a fairly-injured firefighter zombie. I beat him to death with a rock, stripped him naked, and now I’m playing firefighter! Also, one of the other zombie corpses was carrying a TV.
Minifridges and/or aluminum kegs are quite a bit funnier to find as zombie drops, IMO.
Day 3 of Jack Torrence.
He’s had some pretty yin-yang luck. The shelter he was evacuated to actually had a well-stocked basement? Well, there’s a swamp next door. Closest building in town is a garage? Zombie brute inside. Find a katana? Get your arm broken by aforementioned brute. Clear out the block without alerting the horde? Too bad, a wandering one will stumble across you anyway. On, and on. Through the second night, I stood on the rubble of my partially-collapsed garage, slicing away at the shocker zombies (plural!) climbing towards me, sustaining bite wounds all over while I tried to find a free moment to cauterize my wounds, having run out of first aid kits and bandages long before. After the infection set in, I dove out into the night, searching for antibiotics… and I found some.
I recall - my buddy in the shelter NEEDED antibiotics! I rush out into the darkness, making my way across a mile or so of dark, wet ground. Outside of the shelter, I get a debug error, noting the completion of “Mission 1” - no. I open the door, and poor Jayca is dead on the floor, her infection getting the best of her. Rest in peace, Jayca - though I gotta say, thanks for the kickass M1 Garand.
Been Buzzing around on my motorcycle all over the country side. Found a survivor encampment full of survivors that promptly ran off as soon as I go close, so I looted the place. Spent some time mapping out locations of various useful vehicles. Found a military base with a near by LMOE shelter. I promptly moved into the LOME shelter. Then fell ill with a cold, been holding out for the past 5 days but now I have a parasite making my veins itch wracking me with pain and fuzzing my vision. I’m pretty sure I didn’t eat any raw meat. Did parasites get added to raw offal? Its going to be a pain to get rid of these things especially with no near by health facilities…
Raw offal was always a parasite risk.
I spawned near what looks like a small town, I haven’t explored it enough because I wasn’t well equipped enough to be fighting. Made a crowbar, killed a zombie and took its clothes to make a pouch. Killed a dog and coyote near a forest to make a bone needle. A cougar attacked me, almost killed me, then a racoon joined the fight but couldn’t do any damage. Cougar turned its attention to racoon and I ran back to the shelter. I’d be fine with just getting away but I had to drop most of my stuff to have a chance at surviving the cougar attack. So now, I’m back at the shelter with just a stone knife, a matchbook and an almost destroyed head.
I’m pretty sure this is how Robocop would begin if it was set in the universe of Cataclysm, minus the guns and criminals. I’m going to have to rebuild myself so I can hunt all the cougars and racoons to extinction. Then I’ll work on clearing that town of zombie.
Raw offal was always a parasite risk.[/quote]
I ate a bunch of offal yesterday and then i went blind, stupid parasites…can’t even craft haggis without oatmeal so what’s the point in offal.
How do i cure it, with tanbark/pine tea?
Raw offal was always a parasite risk.[/quote]
I ate a bunch of offal yesterday and then i went blind, stupid parasites…can’t even craft haggis without oatmeal so what’s the point in offal.
How do i cure it, with tanbark/pine tea?[/quote]
You cure parasites by getting antiparasitic drugs.
Raw offal was always a parasite risk.[/quote]
I ate a bunch of offal yesterday and then i went blind, stupid parasites…can’t even craft haggis without oatmeal so what’s the point in offal.
How do i cure it, with tanbark/pine tea?[/quote]
You cure parasites by getting antiparasitic drugs.[/quote]
Woah man, i totally did not know that!
But seriously how do i cure it, and don’t say royal jelly/beef or i’ll slap you.
Mugwort oil or something like that, i don’t remember as i am not a druid.
I never had to deal with parasites since i never ate dodgy stuff until offal was added and no recipe exists to cook it besides haggis.
Survival and chemistry are the skills you need.
I forget what homemade concoction cures parasites, but moonshine probaby cleans your piping good
Nope.
JSON stuff:
[redacted panacea], antiparasitic drugs, mugwort oil, and bark tea have the ANTIPARASITIC flag. You may need to take multiple doses over time to rid yourself of vermin. Also, the blood filter bionic may get rid of blood parasites, but I don’t know.
moonshine was a joke. because its chemical
I got the joke. I just wanted to note that moonshine cannot be used as antiparasitic medication ingame, in case someone tried to use it.