Seasonal Skill Prompts - Winter, Year 13

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Skill Prompts are a monthly feature that allows your character to gain skills in different ways. <b>Each <u>character</u> can only complete ONE prompt per season</b>, and can be completed either in a solo post or in a group thread. You cannot claim these posts for other skill points! Please note that as long as you complete the objectives, you're free to be creative with your posts and have some fun with these prompts!

For <b>solo posts</b>, you must complete the entire prompt in <b>one post</b>. Of course, you can use these posts as thread starters and continue the thread as usual, but no other skills may be claimed by you from that thread.

For <b>group threads</b>, the word count is <b>cumulative</b> and will be taken over all participants. However, participants must be ACTIVELY trying to complete the skill prompt for their words to count. <u>Note that group threads have a maximum of 3 allowed participants unless otherwise specified.</u>


<div class="thead">Winter, Year 13 Seasonal Skill Prompts</div>

<div class=tcat>Fighting</div>

<u>Tense Relations:</u> There’s something to be said about stress: it makes everyone grumpy!
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<b>Goal</b>: Dominance fight with someone over something silly to relieve some of those volcano- or winter-related tensions! Maybe they stole your stick or maybe you just wanted to challenge them to pluck a hair from an elephant’s tail! Who knows what kind of risks are at steak!
<b>Word Count</b>: 1500 (Group Only)
<b>Location</b>: Anywhere
<b>Tasks</b>: <div align="justify" style=" padding-left:20px; padding-right:20px;">1. Get into an argument with someone.
2. Challenge them to a <i>dominance fight</i> with the loser having to do something undesirable! (No maims/right to breed challenges unless agreed upon by both parties!)
3. Duke it out!
4. To the victor goes the spoils! Or… at least they won’t have to do something embarrassing!
</div><b>Reward</b>: 30 Fighting Skill Points, +5 Fighting points for the loser if they act out their chosen punishment!
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<div class=tcat>Hunting</div>

<u>May I Have Another:</u> Is there even any food to be found? Who knows, but if there is, there’s sure to be some competition.
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<b>Goal</b>: Search all you might for some grub! Remember most prey will be frantic and- later in the season- starving.
<b>Word Count</b>: 800 (Solo) or 1500 (Group)
<b>Location</b>: <a href="https://www.ardently.org/showthread.php?tid=28759">Zone 4 Lands</a>
<b>Tasks</b>: <div align="justify" style=" padding-left:20px; padding-right:20px;">1. Start around the time your character starts hunting
2. Track, track, and track some more. Where <i>is</i> all the prey?
3. Hunt! Don’t be scared to fail!
4. Maybe something already dead can be found to conserve energy, but then it might come with a fight.
</div><b>Reward</b>: 30 Hunting Skill Points
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<div class=tcat>Healing</div>

<u>Make Do:</u> There isn’t much plant life with the impact of the volcano as well as the frigid winter. What is a healer to do? How can one heal the countless injuries caused by the abrupt nature of the natural disasters?
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<b>Goal</b>: Heal someone injured by the recent climate! Be creative and don’t be afraid of failure!
<b>Word Count</b>: 1500 (Group Only)
<b>Location</b>: Anywhere
<b>Tasks</b>: <div align="justify" style=" padding-left:20px; padding-right:20px;">1. Find an injured wolf to heal.
2. Heal them, discussing how to possibly make scarce supplies last longer- who knows when things will grow back?
3. Please discuss at least 3 possible items and their uses!
4. Feel free to use some of the creativity from last season’s prompt. It might fail and that’s OK!
</div><b>Reward</b>: 30 Healing Skill Points
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<div class=tcat>Navigation</div>

<u>Tread Carefully:</u> Everyone knows the Volcano is erupting, but is anywhere safe?
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<b>Goal</b>: Work on figuring out where the safest lands are!
<b>Word Count</b>: 800 (Solo) or 1500 (Group)
<b>Location</b>: <a href="https://www.ardently.org/showthread.php?tid=28759">Zone 2-4 Lands</a>
<b>Tasks</b>: <div align="justify" style=" padding-left:20px; padding-right:20px;">
1. Experience a zone-specific event.
2. Think about the when, where, and why of the situation.
3. Use this info to make predictions about the weather, and where might be safe!
</div><b>Reward</b>: 30 Navigation Skill Points
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<div class=tcat>Intellect</div>

<u>For Our Safety:</u> With the lands being shaken (quite literally) it may be time to get up and move, but where will you go?
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<b>Goal</b>: Have your character consider moving somewhere safer or decide to stay where they are!
<b>Word Count</b>: 800 (Solo) or 1500 (Group)
<b>Location</b>: Anywhere
<b>Tasks</b>: <div align="justify" style=" padding-left:20px; padding-right:20px;">1. Choose some lands to ponder, ask questions about, or answer questions about.
2. Discuss!
3. Will you stay or leave? Up to you!
4. Feel free to cover these things in a meeting thread, get everyone’s input!
</div><b>Reward</b>: 30 Intellect Skill Points
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<div class=tcat>BONUS PROMPT : ANY TWO SKILLS!</div>

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<u>Hunted and Hunted:</u> GROUP ONLY. Resources are scarce, it’s only natural that everyone will need to learn to defend themselves and heal themselves. Can these two mindsets come to an agreement for future safety?

Use a mix of skills to learn to survive this terrible terrain! What can YOU bring to the table? Use a mixture of <b>two skills</b> to keep yourself and your loved ones alive.

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<b>Goal</b>: Survive the season!
<b>Word Count</b>: 2500 (2 wolves); 3500 (3 wolves): 4500 (4 wolves)
<b>Location</b>: Any grassy or tree-filled land
<b>Tasks</b>: <div align="justify" style=" padding-left:20px; padding-right:20px;">1. Figure out what is happening!
2. Talk about how to use your different skills to survive the season and those to follow.
3. Players are encouraged to use the expanded word count to make creative choices and pay attention to detail.
4. Success is determined by the players. Discuss what consequences they may sustain in the future struggle.

</div><b>Reward</b>: 30 Skill Points in Each Applicable Skill (2 total)
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