Getting back into Cata again. Enjoying it as much as usual, heh.
New survivor’s doing pretty alright. He took the blacksmith start, with some added skills in survival, melee, and marksmanship. Started out in a shelter inside of a city, which I usually think of as unlucky. I like being a good twenty minutes’ walk away from the nearest building, that way characters are near scavenging opportunities, yet distant enough from loads of zombies.
Copious knife spearing ensues, thanks to finding a broom and a steak knife in the nearest house. He fills up on onion rings and fried seeds from a nearby fast food place, drinks up some herbal tea from a gas station, and finds a nice duster, balaclava, and cargo pants at a clothing store.
And jeez, there sure is a lot of food with normal item spawn set, I’d forgotten. He’s got enough fruit that it’ll probably rot before he can eat it all, plus some wild vegetables from scavenging underbrush, the meat from two giant web spiders, and an absolutely ludicrous amount of canned goods of all types thanks to basements, grocers, and kitchens.
And this is also all on the first day. His piercing weapon skill is already 2, he’s getting the basics of cooking, and he’s found a few skill books here and there, but I can’t recall which ones. I foresee great things from this humble beginning.
