Primeval Pit

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Encounter Conditions

Etheric

Initial Text

As you make your way across the yard, a pit catches your attention. It might have been dug and left to accumulate water, but it looks more like some primeval deluge carved its path into the ground.

Summary of Choices

1. Slip down - Fight Pit Spider
2. Jump down - Gain Submerged, fight Ruins Octopus
3. Cast a line (with fishing pole) - gain various results including puddle fish and construction mushroom
4. Leave it be - Walk away

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Choice Text and Results

Slip down

You slip down, trying to avoid the spiders' webs. Unfortunately, you either missed on or otherwise attracted the arachnid's attention somehow.

(Fight Pit Spider)

Or, with at least 10 Stealth Power:

You slip down, trying to avoid the spiders' webs. You find yourself to the edge of the pool below, where a few strange mushrooms sprout.

You found: construction mushroom

Or, with at least 10 Stealth Power and a mushroom spade equipped:

You slip down, trying to avoid the spiders' webs. You find yourself to the edge of the pool below, where a few strange mushrooms sprout, and harvest them with your spade.

You found: 2 construction mushrooms

Jump down

You jump off and crash into the water. Somewhere beneath, you see something moving in the murky depths.

You take ?-6-19-? damage. (depending on defenses?)

(And, if you are still alive after taking above damage:)
You've gained 1 duration of Submerged.

(Fight Ruins Octopus)

Or, with 3? Diving Ability:

You jump off and knife into the water. In the depths, you come face-to-staring-eye with a massive creature coiled around structures in the murky water.

You've gained 1 duration of Submerged.

(Fight Ruins Octopus)

Cast a line

You gingerly lower a line down among the webs, dipping the hook into the water below.

(see fishing for detailed results)

Leave it be

You turn your back on the pit, heading back onto the construction site.

See Walk Away