Seasonal Skill Prompts - Spring, Year 14

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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">Spring, Year 14 Seasonal Skill Prompts</div>

<div class=tcat>Fighting</div>

<u>This Is My Turf!:</u> Though the volcano's effects aren't nearly as strong now, not everyone feels secure in their surroundings, which means some fights are bound to break out.
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<b>Goal</b>: Engage in a fight with someone encroaching on your territory, whether it's in a land your pack has temporarily (or permanently) claimed, or just in an area you've deemed as your own - or be the one doing the intruding!
<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. Either encounter someone who wants you off their turf, or try to get someone out of yours!
2. Initiate a fight, whether it is a dominance fight to get them to leave, a spar to get out your frustrations, or any other kind of fight!
3. The fight must be completed and rolled for it to count.
4. Play out the results of the fight. Who wins? Are there any consequences for the loser?
</div><b>Reward</b>: 30 Fighting Skill Points
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<div class=tcat>Hunting</div>

<u>Meager Rations:</u> With the continuing chill, prey animals are becoming even more scarce. What would usually be a season of rebirth and flourish is now just a continuation of Winter. When regular hunting tactics fail, how will you keep yourself and your loved ones fed?
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<b>Goal</b>: Find a way to trap or harvest food!
<b>Word Count</b>: 800 (Solo) or 1500 (Group)
<b>Location</b>: <a href="https://www.ardently.org/showthread.php?tid=29145">Zone 3 - 5</a>
<b>Tasks</b>: <div align="justify" style=" padding-left:20px; padding-right:20px;">1. Think of how to get food without using standard hunting tactics.
2. Implement a multi-step plan to acquire food.
3. Figure out if your methods worked or failed!
</div><b>Reward</b>: 30 Hunting Skill Points
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<div class=tcat>Healing</div>

<u>Old Wounds:</u> Many were affected by the volcano. During the chill, even some of the hardiest plants died out. Now, on top of the physical scarring, many have mental scars as well. How can one heal the mind, heart, and body when even the sun stays hidden behind the clouds?
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<b>Goal</b>: Help someone with their physical or mental wounds. Take into consideration how a whole season has gone by without being able to grow the herbs we rely on most.
<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. Check in on someone with a wound, whether mental or physical.
2. Inspect their wounds and theorize how you could <i>normally</i> help them.
3. Adapt that to reflect the low supply limits and current climate.
4. Do your best to reach a healing conclusion! What’s your diagnosis, doc?
</div><b>Reward</b>: 30 Healing Skill Points
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<div class=tcat>Navigation</div>

<u>Double the Danger:</u> Dangerous areas can be irresistible to those who know how to navigate them. There’s a whole swath of dangerous lands to survey after the volcano! Who could say no?
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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>: Explore a <a href="https://www.ardently.org/showthread.php?tid=29145">Zone 2 Land</a> and observe the impact the volcano has made.
<b>Tasks</b>: <div align="justify" style=" padding-left:20px; padding-right:20px;">
1. Pick a Zone 2 land to explore.
2. Survey the land, noting the damage, changes, and current risks.
3. Don’t die.
</div><b>Reward</b>: 30 Navigation Skill Points
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<div class=tcat>Intellect</div>

<u>Trade Tirade:</u> With resources so scarce, it may be necessary to trade to get the goods you desire. What are you willing to offer?
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<b>Goal</b>: Trade with a pack!
<b>Word Count</b>: 1500 (Group)
<b>Location</b>: Any pack land
<b>Tasks</b>: <div align="justify" style=" padding-left:20px; padding-right:20px;">1. Find a pack willing to trade with you for something you want, whether you are a loner or represent another pack. Do you want goods? Shelter? A mate?
2. Find out what the pack wants in return. How can you negotiate?.
3. Fulfill your end of the bargain.
4. Profit???
</div><b>Reward</b>: 30 Intellect Skill Points
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<div class=tcat>BONUS PROMPT HUNTING / HEALING</div>

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<u>Gathering Resources:</u> GROUP ONLY.  The cold has affected nearly every land. Packs have moved and resources have become scarce. How will the best providers continue to provide?.
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<b>Goal</b>: Collect some resources to store!
<b>Word Count</b>: 2500 (2 wolves); 3500 (3 wolves): 4500 (4 wolves)
<b>Location</b>: Anywhere
<b>Tasks</b>: <div align="justify" style=" padding-left:20px; padding-right:20px;">1. Identify what you need to get. Is it food? Is it herbs? Both are important! How will you transport these things? Store them?
2. Given the climate, how do you plan to get these things? Come up with a game plan. Does this include travel? Trade?
3. Execute the plan. Is it as simple as initially thought?
4. Get the goods! Or don’t! Life’s all about those little failures!

</div><b>Reward</b>: 30 Skill Points Hunting & 30 Points in Healing
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