"little things to do"

things to do

Good things

don’t

happen to good people

Good people

make

good things happen

Good things

don’t

happen to good people

Good people

make

good things happen

tying complex knots is tinkering, or at least it is in my mind

ropes are super important – but in ruins, tinkering's used bunches

doors, traps, devices – and jerry-rigging useful tools on the fly

so make sure you have situations where you ask for specific knots

make sure, if you have specialists, to have locked doors begging for picks

and have some simpler traps or strange devices to fool with, it'll help

climbing is like Schrödinger's cat if unskilled – don't know when you're dead

I think people don't grok: climbing requires prep for 99% of situations

so climbing sans rope is only for the truly skilled or insane

there are many instances where climbing is good for adventure

mountains, castle walls, crevasses, and cliffs overlooking the sea

you should also include pitches in ruins, dungeons, and shortcuts

it always seems so easy – so effortless – like it just takes thrust

but hurting someone is hard to do – and it is variable

most people who get stabbed don't realize – and will die later on

it just feels like impact a lot of the time – punches and pressure

and so, a sneak attack is a way to exacerbate damage

people are unobservant or unprepared so sneak attacks work

opening doors ain't a skill that can improve in lamentations

but nevertheless, it is critical – and should be used often

doors are wedged – with bodies, detritus – and rusted and iced over

doors need prying open – and so, strength and crowbars are always useful

make sure there are doors that need prying – it's a great opportunity

the noise can trigger encounter checks – and make rooms more exciting

languages are critical – and everything can change when you speak

the words - spoken, written, and read: they can make all the difference

talking to sailors, scholars, savages, slaves, whalers, merchants -

and the natives, ruin inscriptions, most books, letters, auctions, war cries -

these all might be in different languages – so a polyglot

a linguist will be useful navigating everyday life here

catching something falling, passing off fake goods, hiding limps and lumps

makeup and disguise, coin flips, die rolls, card tricks – little subtle tricks

sleight of hand, swapping one object for another – grabbing with whips

juggling and dart-throwing – and it is balancing things on your nose

coins falling down fingers like water falls – running on a barrel

snagging fingers on rope – impulsive reflexes, like jack burton

how a structure is built can underlie concerns regarding it

who built this? when was it built? can it support my weight? do I dare?

does this passage slope down, up? does a room's dimensions seem normal?

what can be said of brickwork? - what is gleaned from the soffits and grout?

what is strange?, what is different?, what is critical in this room?

where are things hidden?, where is function built in? - important questions

tracks – how to heat rocks – what to eat and where to find it – surviving

how to produce fire, how to make cordage, and how to clean water

keeping fit, sane – attendance to details – meticulous planning

maintaining, waiting, improvising, timing, inner strength, wisdom

taking each opportunity to better one's situation

additive forces – and using bushcraft is this, it's survival

the structure of noise, how echoes and breathing betray light footsteps

the elements of life being the storage of information

so concealment of that information is quite valuable

see, sneaking and hiding can help change a fight to a cakewalk

avoiding fights conserves all resources, it's a crucial thing

if you want to live, you have to pick your fights, it is life or death

looking for stuff takes time – searching every crack and nook takes effort

see, time is valuable and time spent is sometimes time wasted

maybe sometimes search might not just be for rooms, for shelves, for old walls

maybe search is used for research, for indexes and stacks of books

traps, secrets, the usual trappings that accompany dungeons

searching for them takes time, sometimes time wasted – when time's critical