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>Well...that was shockingly effective. Good to know.

>Considering our current needs, let's go with searching for ingredients in wolf territory. There is a chance of attack, which will be wolves for our quest. IF we aren't attacked, we can possibly gather some wood chips and some new types of ingredients.

> Nice! That was pretty cool, we're stronger than we look.

> Yes, head into wolf territory and look for ingredients. Perhaps we should do something about Dave, too. Does he need to rest at all, and would that help?

{Exploring Forest - Into the Thick of It}

You decide to search this new area for ingredients; maybe you'll find something you've never seen before.

On your way through, you come upon some wild cacao trees, and get some cocoa beans from them (+3 Cocoa Beans). You also find more magic grass, which is certainly good (+4 Magic Grass). You manage to avoid running into any more monsters for the moment, which seems good given Dave got a bit hurt earlier.

When you make camp for the night, you say, "Um, is your leg okay?"
"Sure!"
"You're not even looking at it," you give a hopefully (probably not) stern frown and cross your arms.
"Uh.." He makes a show of leaning his head up close to it and intently staring for several seconds. "Yep, scabbing up just fine. I think I'll be better by morning. Seriously, don't worry about it; I've got hurt worse than this climbing a tree.

"You know, though..this is pretty different from coming out here with dad and the other guys. They usually go up front and take all the real hits and stuff. I got tired of not really helping, which is why I figured out a ranged attack to begin with, y'know?"
"Yeah...sorry I'm not much help," you say.
"Psh, you're fine. But if I'm gonna be up close and personal with the monsters like this a little more often, maybe I oughta think up something to take advantage of that situation."
"Seems like a good idea, sure."
"Hmm...I mean, I bet if I just put my mind to it I could get a bunch of hits in at once. Like, chop-chop-chop-chop!" he makes a rapidly-chopping-in-tandem motion with his hands.
"I guess that works, but I think anyone could've thought of that," you say. "'Just attack more'!"
"Yeah, but...like, it'll be cool and...you know, whatever."

Dave has learned Slice & Dice!

When you get up the next morning, Dave waves his leg around enthusiastically to emphasize how fine it is. Totally fine. Actually it still looks a little scuffed up, but you give him a thumbs-up so he'll stop being a doofus about it.

Now, what to start with today?

>

Date: 1/8
Time: Dawn

Status & Inventory:

1626 Cole

Location: Nearby Forest - Wolf Territory

Character Status:

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SpoilerSarah Kennigan: Uninjured, Just Okay
Weapon: Basic Staff
Armor: Normal Clothes
Accessory: None
Skills:

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SpoilerEther Light: A self-defense technique from Master. Non-elemental magic attack, any 1 square.

Dave Barrett: Barely Scratched, Just Fine
Weapon: Hatchets
Armor: Normal Clothes
Accessory: None
Skills:

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• Hatchet Throw: Throw a hatchet in any of 8 directions. Does physical damage to whatever it hits first.
  
• Slice & Dice: Chop-chop-chop-chop! Attempts 5-10 normal attacks at reduced accuracy.

Fee: 0 Cole

Miranda (???): Uninjured, Fine
Weapon: Knight's Sword
Armor: Knight's Armor
Accessory: None
Skills:

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• Zero Motivation (passive): Eh. Miranda has less energy states than normal (Exhausted, Okay, Fine). It costs energy to perform regular move and attack actions in battle. Active skills require a large percentage of her maximum energy.
  
• Chill (passive): Whatever, it's fine. Miranda regains a small amount of energy anytime she isn't doing anything, regardless of if it's out of town or even in the middle of a battle.
  
• Spin Slash: Gotta respect the classics. Slashes everything in the 8 tiles surrounding Miranda for physical damage.
  
• Lazy Combo: Way too much effort. Performs six normal attacks in a row (which can have distinct targets), and then lacks the motivation to do anything at all for the next two turns (Chill is disabled during these turns).
  
• Slack Off (3/3): Miranda's favorite activity. Doesn't accomplish anything immediate, but restores a moderate amount of energy instead of spending it. Has a 2-turn cooldown and only works 3 times per battle.

Fee: 500 Cole

Dual Techs:

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SpoilerSarah & Dave:
Ether Hatchet (Hatchet Throw + Ether Light): Do the thing! Targets any enemy on a straight line from Dave which he could hit with Hatchet Throw. Deals physical damage to the target and then magical damage to anything in the 3x3 square centered on the target.

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SpoilerThink I'd like to add changes to inventory in parentheses for bookkeeping and clarity purposes, etc. Hopefully not too distracting.

A single sample of "Cocoa beans" is not a single individual bean. That'd just be silly. It's some ambiguous number of them instead.

Random.org rolled a 72 out of 1-100 with 75-100 being "monsters appear".