Actions (5 left from last week, 4 gained this week, sum available = 9):
1 AP, [?? oak wooden planks]: place some planks across/into the pit (like a ramp), so no one gets hurt until the bridge is finished. Do this a.s.a.p. preferably before anyone else does anything to minimize the safety risks to everyone (moving about, and possibly even the crew working on the building the bridge). Since Flinda didn't do that much last week, I hope she's well rested and ready for action.
(or have a 'readied action' she can spend on securing the pit in this very basic way
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As soon as she hears about the spike pit someone built so eagerly, before doing anything else, in fact, before anyone does anything else this week, Flinda sets out to amend the potential danger to the dungeon dwellers. She carries some oaken planks (actual number will depend on the length, width and strength of the planks; they should be solid and stable enough to enable creatures to cross the pit) there and put them across the pit as impromptu solution until the bridge is built, reminding everyone to still watch their step, as the planks aren't fixated into place. If the planks aren't long enough to cover the pit, she'll lean them from the rim to the floor on each side so creatures can walk carefully down them like a ramp, cross the pit bottom and walk up the plank on the other side.
1 AP, [8 oak wood Planks, 6 copper Nails, possibly durability of the hammer (?)]: gather up the needed materials and build a tanning rack, so we can process the rabbit hides. Approach Donnigan and his graces
and tell them they are free to use it.
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Flinda is very happy with the nails she managed to make, and puts them to good use, immediately. With some planks from the store room, she builds a simple construction to pull tauts hides upon it, to scrape any residue meat, fat and anything else that isn't skin off them, to treat them into furs or leathers. She picks up her handiwork project and takes it to the Djinnborn that has taken it upon himself to gather grass and weave baskets, and his followers.
"Greetings, companions on this strange adventure." she says in a soft voice. "I heard that you are looking into the honorable crafting trade of the tailor. So I figured you might be able to use this, to treat the hides of the rabbits that last weeks hunting party were able to gather. I have other stuff to attend to, but I wanted you to know that this useful thing exists, so you can use it for its intended purpose, if you have time left over."
She'll await any reply from Donnigan and his apprentices, and then respectfully walk away again, leaving the device in the care of the three.
1AP (unless I can do it in ONE go with the tanning rack building), [unknown amount of oak wood - probably planks? - (depending on how much stuff I can produce with one AP), durability on a knife]:
Borrow a knife and build some kitchen implements, like a tripod to hang a kettle/pot from over a fire, and/or a smoking rack, where we can smoke meat and fish, so it will keep longer before spoiling, and/or some sort of roasting spit with which we can grill/roast fish and meats over the fire. Create some cooking tools (like bowls/plates, cutlery, ladle, spatula, tweezers/tongs/pliers = anything to handle hot stuff without needing to use their own hands, funnel, rolling pin, ...) as many/much as she can, if any with that one AP.
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1 AP, [the hammer Flinda built last week]:
Pick up her hammer and go find the strongest, tallest minotaur (that isn't a djinnborn), probably Kragmarr. Diplomacy: Offer the hammer to him, in return he should gather as many more materials suitable for hammer making (thick branches, stones/rocks of suitable size and hardness) and bring them to Flinda. Ask them to bring branches/twigs of any length and thickness (so the thin ones, too!) they can find.[*]
If the 'hireling' still has time to do something else, ask him to mine some coal.
In any case, encourage them to bring a basket for the gathering.
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1 AP, IF she gets materials suitable for hammer making [the gathered material from the hireling or parts thereof, OR oak wood planks to be turned into poles/handles and/or soapstone bricks for hammer heads)]:
craft more hammers from the gathered materials. [*] Ask every minotaur (they get hammers first) to drop by for some measuring and attempt to customize the hammer to the special parameters of the body of the one who will be using it (like arm length, upper body strength, personal preference as to 1h or 2h, etc.). If still time and materials left, make more hammers for another population, but not let them know about this yet. DON'T hand any hammers out just yet.
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1 AP [sticks, possibly use of knife and/or kitchen implements previously crafted, ingredients]:
create/invent new cooking methods/meals:
mushroom surprise burger (take the 'hats' of two mushrooms - the shaft can be used in stews or something - and put something else in between them. E.g. larvae/minnows for the omnivores, lichen for the herbivores. Add spices/herbs as preferred/available. Roasting recommended, but optional)
smoked meat/fish (mostly to preserve the food, use the smoking rack, if Flinda was able to create one, to smoke the raw items)
IF she gets twigs/branches: Minnow/larvae on a stick (just 'spear' 5 of them - or other meat ingredients - on a stick so you have a nice meal to go, roasting optional) for carnivores,
leaf spit ('spear' leaves, mushrooms, lichen, or other plant ingredients on a stick so you have a nice meal to go, roasting optional) for herbivores
mixed spit (combine any of the above ingredients as preferred/available) for omnivores
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more recipes/methods as I can think of them
[*] explanation: I'd like to try and make the handles for the hammers from branches that are about the right size and thickness and only need little adjustment/smoothing. I'm not sure if this is feasible. If not, use planks, turn them into poles/handles instead and send the hireling to find suitable rocks for the hammer heads instead. If the soapstone bricks would be better hammer heads, just send the hireling to gather sticks (for cooking purposes) and mine coal.
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