Mushroom Grove

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Encounter Conditions

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Initial Text

During a lull in the gang wars, you find a strange sight in your new sewer domain: a figure hunched in the shadows, tending a patch of mushrooms. As soon as you approach, the figure runs deeper into the sewers.

Summary of Choices

1. Chase it - (If not etheric): Gain 2 XP in Will, 2 XP in Strength and 10 energy of Unbeliever.
   (if etheric and you've killed a mushroom scout today): Fight Mushroom Scout
   (if etheric and you've not killed a mushroom scout today):
   1. Jump it - Fight Mushroom Scout
   2. Try to trade - (if you have a protein bar opens up the following options)
      OR (otherwise) - Nothing
      1. Take the one - get destroying angel or warty toadstool or shaman staff or delicious puffball, lose protein bar
      2. Take the fistful - get 4-6 of edible mushroom, red toadstool, and large mushroom, lose protein bar
      3. Ask for the spear - get a Fungus Spear, lose protein bar
      4. Leap to the offensive - Fight Mushroom Scout
      5. Keep your protein bar - Nothing
   3. Leave it be - Nothing
2. Investigate here
   1. Plant the red ones - gain 3 XP in Will, plant red spores
   2. Plant the white ones - gain 23-30? hitpoints, plant white spores
   3. Plant your sparkling spores - get 10 energy of Toxic Spores, plant sparkling spores (if you have sparkling spores)
   4. Plant your cracked spores - gain 4 XP in Perception, gain 4 XP in Will, plant cracked spores (if you have cracked spores)
   5. Inspect the circle - reap previously planted mushrooms
      If you have not previously planted spores, obtain 3 of: edible mushroom, large mushroom, red toadstool, (warty toadstool?)
      OR, If Ocean Sight is active, gain 5 of them the first time, then in subsequent times gain 4, or 3+(black spores OR destroying angel), or 4+(1 of those)
   6. Ignore it all - Nothing
3. Keep walking - Nothing

Choice Text and Results

Chase it

(If not etheric)

You run through the sewers, chasing after shadows. After what feels like hours, you slow down, satisfied it was nothing but a strange reflection. Maybe some swamp gas or something.

Pretty good workout, though.

You've gained 10 energy of Unbeliever.

You've earned 2 XP in Strength

You've earned 2 XP in Will

(if etheric and you've not killed a mushroom scout today?)

After a brisk run, you catch up with the strange figure. It's some strange mushroom, several feet tall and apparently possessing enough intelligence to carry a spear around.

It seems ready to go on the offensive, but holds back for now.

"Jump it"; or "Chase it", after killing a mushroom scout today

You lunge at the strange mushroom figure. It grabs a spear and prepares to defend itself.

Fight Mushroom Scout

Try to trade

(if you have no protein bars)

He looks over your possessions. You guess he didn't find anything he was interested in because he abruptly wandered off.

(if you have at least one protein bar)

The creature points at one of your protein bars, then holds out an interesting looking mushroom in one hand and a fistful of normal mushrooms in the other. Its spear sits there forgotten on the ground.

Take the one

It hands you the mushroom in exchange for your protein bar and wanders off, bouncing happily.

You found: 1 of delicious puffball, destroying angel, giant puffball, shaman staff, warty toadstool

Take the fistful

The strange creature nods its massive cap and gives you a fistful of mushrooms in exchange for the protein bar. It doesn't have a mouth to smile or even really eyes to glitter, but the gills of its cap ripple in what you assume is happiness.

You found: 4-6 of edible mushroom, large mushroom, red toadstool

Ask for the spear

He seems to consider your offer carefully, then hands you his spear in exchange. He nods his gigantic cap and melts into the cave wall.

Which strikes you as a little strange. Unlike the giant mushroom guy you just traded a protein bar to.

You found: fungus spear

Leap to the offensive

You lunge at the strange mushroom figure. It grabs a spear and prepares to defend itself.

Fight Mushroom Scout

Keep your protein bar

Walk away

Leave it be

Walk away?

Investigate here

You inspect the patch. It looks like that figure left two small piles of spores, one white and one red, near a giant heap of garbage. A few mushrooms already grow in a rough circle.

Plant the red ones

You carefully scatter some of red spores in the damp garbage. It's very calming, like a toxic Zen garden.

You've earned 3 XP in Will

You can harvest these the next day. See Mushroom Picking

Plant the white ones

You spread some of the white spores over the mound of rotting waste. Aside from the stench, it's actually extremely pleasant and restful.

You regain 20-30 hit points!

You can harvest these the next day. See Mushroom Picking

Plant your sparkling spores

You sow some sparkling spores into the moist earth. It looks pretty good by the time you're done, but you've inhaled some spores along the way.

You've gained 10 energy of Toxic Spores.

With Air Filtration:

You sow some sparkling spores into the moist earth. It looks pretty good by the time you're done and you managed not to inhale any spores along the way.

You can harvest these the next day. See Mushroom Picking. Hidden: lose 1 sparkling spores.

Plant your cracked spores

You carefully plant your cracked spores, feeling particularly proud of yourself for the process of getting them out of their husks.

You've gained 4 XP in Perception

You've gained 4 XP in Will

You can harvest these the next day. See Mushroom Picking. Hidden: lose 1 cracked spores.

Inspect the circle

(if you haven't planted any spores)

You poke the mushrooms for a bit and they don't seem to do anything interesting, so you pocket a few. There aren't a lot, but you can't argue with free.

You found: 3 of edible mushroom, large mushroom, red toadstool, (warty toadstool?)

(if you haven't planted any spores, but you have Ocean Sight active? (all the time or some?) (or is only Ocean Eyes required?)

You find a small green mote, like one of those fairies you captured, dancing at the edge of the mushrooms. You don't quite manage to snag this one, but gather up the mushrooms near where it was dancing.

You found: 4-5? of edible mushroom, large mushroom, red toadstool, warty toadstool
or 3-4 of the above and 1 of: black spores, destroying angel
or 4? of: black spores, destroying angel

With fae sight active?

You find a small green light, one of your fairies, bobbing up and down near a few mushrooms near the edge. It doesn't seem to mind, so you grab those.

(normal drops?)

Ignore it all

Walk away

Keep walking

Walk away