Waking up in bed, feeling so unambitious, just got to use my first skill, my first power and its underwhelming. Did alot to get to this point and they payout is just bleh. No doubt I'll start getting experience over there even faster but what's the point? I finally get back some messages from the people over seeing the farmers market and they shot me down on trying to sell spears, and notified the game warden that I had them, great. So I've got a system that can give me some free food, improve my learning speed, and functional success rate slightly plus sell me magical items with the weakest enchantments anyone has ever imagined! Why did I even bother trying to move on from my job nothing is working out, I can't get into a relationship with anyone who feels like a partner, at least inflation isn't hurting me like everyone else! God I can't get like this, can't let myself spiral, just gotta keep going keep working. Things have gotten alot better its just alot more work with diminishing returns. So I can't dance with my spear anymore, I still want some basic combat skills but I can't just mess around in the woods now and classes won't encourage repetition like I'm after. I've gotta change gears again somehow while staying focused, restrictions don't make things impossible just more difficult after all. So what can I do? I need skills to help me hunt, increasing energy capacity or efficiency would be huge but.... Crap I have a magic frickin' staff and forgot it cause it hurt me. I went to dig the staff outta my closet a level 2 healing staff, first I tried using a basic healing spell, to no effect, then I held it sideways before me to collect mana, the burning sensation and disorienting displaced weight came back hard and fast, it felt abit easier this time, no doubt at least partially because it was expected. After a few seconds I cast healing, and dropped, then saw and felt everything go black.
When I woke I immediately checked the time, only twenty minutes had past and while my mind felt abit drained I was otherwise fine. Picking up the staff and assuming the stance to draw in mana again my mind cleared up almost instantly then got overwhelmed again. Casting the spell I barely managed to fight to stay conscious and started drawing mana for a second with this I was able to recover. I dedicated my day to this and kept going until late into the night until I got my skills.
Healing Staff Meditation: When you meditate using a staff as your focus you gain mana 0.1% faster that will oppose you 0.1% less
Healing Staff Healing Spell: This spell can be cast 0.1% faster and stronger
Not quite what I was hoping for, with that I went to bed feeling fried, but also charged.
Can't sleep, I cast healing to knock myself out.
Waking up in my blankets, I dug up a quick breakfast, put my new pets in the wading pit, and undressed to go meditate in the creek.
Once there I laid in the water with a few grubs on my chest and taught one Intimidate before meditating then teaching another did this for each one, going back and forth between meditating till my energy was full then using my teaching skill. When I was done my energy still increased by one so there was no loss. Heading back to camp I level all my skills as I warm up then begin my daily workout. The spear feels so much more natural now, although I'm not sure how much of that is from practice and how much is from my new wooden spear skill.
Time for more gambling.
Primitive Tool + Teach Wade = Recipe Folded Leaf Boat
Basically a folded paper boat made from a leaf
Primitive Tool + Sprint = Recipe Hide Sandal
Primitive Tool + Bug Empathy = Recipe Teaser Stick
No more Bug Empathy gambles
Primitive Tool + Backpacking = Wooden Backpack Resistance
Wooden Backpack Resistance Lv1 = Take 1% less damage and resist splinters from Wooden backpacks 1% more effectively
....so Wooden backpacks are a thing....no....
Primitive Tool + Tribal Spell: Share Aquatic Skills = Carry Water Bucket
Carry Water Bucket Lv1 = Water in buckets weighs 1% less to you
Umm balance skill? Gravity Magic? Firefighter skill?
Primitive Tools + Teach Intimidate = Unwoven Rope Whip
Unwoven Rope Whip Lv1 = When using an unwoven rope whip your effective range and damage are increased by 1%
Primitive Tools + Spear Handling = Wooden Spear
....
Welp guess I better get digging, an hour later I've gotten deep enough to start poking/drilling some thin holes under my shelter. I finish before nightfall and crawl in my cot....which is colder now...and will be till I fill and start the fire pit...fuck.
After what felt like hours I finally wake up in my bed. Made myself an ommelette and started grinding restarts on 76, got Reverse engineering speedy receiver for the pipe pistol, the got on fable to start grinding some blocks and spells, the beetles made perfect opponents, got block for wooden stick and sword, got lightning, and conjuring beetle.
Work was short and uneventful, after running home I ground 3 more 76 restarts getting Scrapping beer bottle, harvesting carrot flower, and eating carrot flower.
Climbing in bed I can't wait to drift off
Waking up in my cot I dig up a quick breakfast and take some tamed pets with me to the creek, I start by teaching Intimidate then meditating, the back and forth makes it take a little longer but feels way more productive. Now just gotta do this three more times. I hurry back to the fire to warm up/dry out, and level my skills as I do, then resume gambling.
Teach Wade + Sprint = Teach Water Running
Teach Water Running Lv1 = You get a 5% boost to teach someone to run on water upto your skill level.
Teach Wade + Backpacking = Teach Ocean Parachute Landing
Wtf
Teach Wade + Tribal Spell: Share Aquatic Skills = Tribal Spell: Sacrificial Drowning
Tribal Spell: Sacrificial Drowning = During The full moon you may drown someone who trusts you to gain some of thier skills and experience
Terrible, gonna do it
Teach Wade + Teach Intimidate = Stealth Wade
Stealth Wade Lv1 = When wading you splash and make noise 1% less
Teach Wade + Spear Handling = Teach Spear Fishing
Teach Wade + Talent Grasshopper Leap = Frog Swim
Frog Swim Lv1 = When swimming like a frog you move 1% faster and use 1% less stamina
...this is how I Swim irl I call this a win!!!