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As this mission only included 1 player there was not much out of combat conversation.  During a regular mission characters are allowed any number of posts during an out of combat time slot and the GM post will be the catalyst to move the time frame forward (much like what would happen on a table top).

EXAMPLE STANDARD MISSION STARTS HERE TRAINING MISSION:  Gather Wood Like A Chump PREREQUISITE:  Be Ian V. MISSION LEVEL 1 RECOMMENDED PLAYERS:  1 MISSION BEGINS:  12/16/2015   DESCRIPTION You are instructed to go get firewood .. what a boring mission .. you gather your things and head off towards the beach. You know you saw a pile of driftwood less than a mile away from the base. Upon arrival you check and see what you might collect PLAYER PERCEPTIONS PLAYER RESPONSE DAY 1 SLOT 1

DAY 1 - SLOT 1 Harold gathers his gear and whistles for Flint.  Being sent to gather wood seems a little beneath him but someone has to do it.   As they travel along, the seasoned hunters keep their senses alert as they look for signs of other creatures. // (Perception: Harold 26, Flint 24)

GM RESPONSE DAY 1 SLOT 1 Flint immediately stops .. Harold sees it too.  A rather large crab and a bunch of smaller ones have made their home between the perfect pile of driftwood. The crabs seem unaware of prying eyes. PLAYER RESPONSE DAY 1 SLOT 2

DAY 1 SLOT 2 Harold licks his lips as he motions for Flint to stop.  With a quick word whispered in the cat's ear and his scimitar drawn, the two begin to move carefully towards their prey. // (Stealth: Harold 6, Flint 12)

GM RESPONSE DAY 1 SLOT 2 Harold is so concerned about what a crab might taste like he steps on flints tail who yelps in surprise .. The Crabs, now aware of the two look about with raised eyeballs. PLAYER RESPONSE EVENING 1 DON'T FORGET PLAYER INITIATIVE ROLLS

DAY 1 SLOT 3 "Attack!!," yells Harold and he and Flint charge into battle.  Knowing that a crab has a tough shell, Harold makes sure to aim at the softer parts if possible.  Flint pads forward and swats at the crab with a razor sharp claw while Harold runs to the other side of the creature and attempts to slash at it from behind.  The crab, seeing them approach, manages to sidestep the claw as Harold's scimitar bounces off it's shell.  "Come on old friend, we can do better than this, " shouts Harold. // (Initiative: Harold 20 (Full action), Flint 15(5 foot step and Standard) (Know: Nature 22)

GM RESPONSE DAY 1 SLOT 3 With a skitter, the crab positions itself to attack, it finds the leg of a cat a solid choice but decides to hold back, assessing the threat.  Its skittering noises cause the smaller crabs to scamper back into their holes.   PLAYER RESPONSE DAY 2 SLOT 1

DAY 2 SLOT 1 Harold distracts the crab by swinging his scimitar wildly in its direction while Flint takes a few swipes at it which bounce off its shell.  In frustration Flint angles under the shell and manages to get a solid bite on the crab. //note: 8 taken from Crab's health.

GM RESPONSE DAY 2 SLOT 1 The crab sees its chance to take strike back at the cat.  Pincers extend, at first snipping at the cat and then followed up by a second claw which grabs the cats leg.  Blood trickles from the wound.  The crab attempts to hold on tightly but is unable to secure the cat within its mighty pincer.   PLAYER RESPONSE DAY 2 SLOT 2 // note  GM removed 4 HP from Flint by clicking the green circle and writing -4 and hitting the ENTER key

DAY 2 SLOT 2 Harold again strikes at the crab's shell, dealing no damage, but Flint, having found the soft flesh of the crab, claws at it and deals a killing blow.  Before he rips the corpse to shreds a quick command from Harold causes the large cat to step back.  Harold then looks to see if there is any meat he can harvest from the crab before turning his attention back to the driftwood and the task ahead. //note 9 health removed from crab, killing it.   (Profession Cook: 21) (Perception: 14) 

//note  In this response Ian did not give me a survival check but did give me a profession cook.  I am going to ask for survival now and give him a bonus and ask him to roll that and record what he thinks happen. GM RESPONSE DAY 2 SLOT 2 Harmless crabs skitter about.  A pile of wood is easily attainable.   A survival check [10] will harvest 1d4 goods + 1 for every 5 over the check A profession check might be used to assist this survival check if you have an appropriate one to roll. Each player may make this check and i will take the highest role OR you may choose to assist and post you assist and add +2 to the highest role if you do. (OOC) I need a survival check but gain a +4 bonus (2 for every 5 over 10) from your profession cook roll. Your target will be 12 and you can get 1d4 meals from the crab if successful DROP OUT OF COMBAT (OOC)  At this point we are out of initiative and you can write things that would take longer than 6 seconds PLAYER RESPONSE DAY 2 SLOT 3

DAY 2 SLOT 3 Harold spends some time and very carefully removes as much of the crab meat as possible, stowing it away 4 meals worth in his backpack for later.  Having taken care of the meat, he calls over Flint and takes a look at his leg where the crab had pinched him. Calling upon some healing power Harold waves his hand over the injury and it closes up, good as new.  Harold then turns his attention to the driftwood.  "Let's see how much wood we can get here and then head back. "  Harold carefully gathers a large stack of wood and then prepares to head back to camp. //(Survival: 26 + 4(from cooking) = 30) //4 meals worth of meat harvested from the crab //Cure Light Wounds for 6 brings Flint back up to full   //(Survival: 15 + 3(from 1d4 rolll) ) Harvest 4 units of firewood

CONCLUSION Well .. it turns out doing menial work sometimes pays off.  Well Done! REWARDS:   1 MP 4 Crab Meat (Uncooked) 4 Goods (lumber) Rewards should be split with the party Some missions might have quest items or start quests // note in this case Ian is the only account so he gets to keep all the goods.