creating stable chaos
making patterns where there should be none
sewing order into the chaos
you spit in the face of random numbers, of chaos
Getting (enough) food?
Jun 27, 2017, 12:18 am
skunk
Joined: Jun 27, 2017
Location: Northern Finland
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Location: Northern Finland
Posts: 2
Hey!
I don't know if anyone is still reading these forums, but I thought I might as well ask. This might be a silly question for you IVAN veterans, but how exactly do you get enought food? Dying of starvation has been the most common way for me to die so far. And is there a way to store or preserve food that goes bad over time? Can you for example stuff bananas in a tin can and preserve them way?
Also, which bodies are safe to eat? So far I've noticed that eating zombies, spiders, snakes and kobolds is a bad idea, eating shrooms might cause something funny happen too.
I don't know if anyone is still reading these forums, but I thought I might as well ask. This might be a silly question for you IVAN veterans, but how exactly do you get enought food? Dying of starvation has been the most common way for me to die so far. And is there a way to store or preserve food that goes bad over time? Can you for example stuff bananas in a tin can and preserve them way?
Also, which bodies are safe to eat? So far I've noticed that eating zombies, spiders, snakes and kobolds is a bad idea, eating shrooms might cause something funny happen too.
Jun 27, 2017, 2:16 am
Mage Prophet
Joined: Dec 3, 2007
Occupation: Chaos Weaver
Location: Standing between all life and death
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Occupation: Chaos Weaver
Location: Standing between all life and death
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Zombies, spiders, snakes and kobolds...
Of all the corpses to eat, what made you pick those?
You can't tin food, but whatever is in them will last indefinitely, so save them for last. Loaves will last longer than any fresh fruit or meat, try regular animal corpses.
Welcome to the forums!
Of all the corpses to eat, what made you pick those?
You can't tin food, but whatever is in them will last indefinitely, so save them for last. Loaves will last longer than any fresh fruit or meat, try regular animal corpses.
Welcome to the forums!
Jun 27, 2017, 3:01 am
skunk
Joined: Jun 27, 2017
Location: Northern Finland
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Location: Northern Finland
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Zombies, spiders, snakes and kobolds...
Of all the corpses to eat, what made you pick those?
Of all the corpses to eat, what made you pick those?
You never know until you try
Besides they weren't even that bad. Until I died of poisoning, that is.
This might be a bit off-topic question, but does time go forward if you are not present? What I mean is, if I leave food in the other floor of the dungeon while I myself go into another, does that food still go bad?
Jun 27, 2017, 3:49 am
archangel
Joined: Sep 8, 2010
Occupation: Petty Functionary
Location: Drinking pea soup in the world map
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Occupation: Petty Functionary
Location: Drinking pea soup in the world map
Interests: Mangoes
Posts: 1,216
This might be a bit off-topic question, but does time go forward if you are not present? What I mean is, if I leave food in the other floor of the dungeon while I myself go into another, does that food still go bad?
I should know, but I don't. Since burning is related to spoiling, the same thing should happen if something is on fire and burns more.
My instincts tell me a fruit is "preserved" on another level.
its been so long since i had gotten that far i didnt think it through. arrrr!!!!!!
Jun 27, 2017, 4:30 am
Scholar
Joined: Apr 9, 2016
Occupation: Priestx of Sophos
Location: Standing on a big mine in GC1
Interests: the relation of queer crystal hyperfeminism and amphibious neutronium cybersocialist art
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Occupation: Priestx of Sophos
Location: Standing on a big mine in GC1
Interests: the relation of queer crystal hyperfeminism and amphibious neutronium cybersocialist art
Posts: 258
Levels other than the current level are completely frozen. Nothing rots, mirrors don't disappear, monsters don't move or spawn.
Jun 27, 2017, 5:59 am
Scholar
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Occupation: Priestx of Sophos
Location: Standing on a big mine in GC1
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Occupation: Priestx of Sophos
Location: Standing on a big mine in GC1
Interests: the relation of queer crystal hyperfeminism and amphibious neutronium cybersocialist art
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To answer the question, starvation is pretty common for me even when I know which corpses to eat and which things spoil. All my winners have needed to be fed by a god. It's also helpful to avoid being burdened or stressed.
Jun 27, 2017, 11:10 am
The Imperialist
Joined: Dec 2, 2007
Location: New Attnam
Interests: bananas
Posts: 2,309
Location: New Attnam
Interests: bananas
Posts: 2,309
Yeah, avoid being stressed or heavily burdened (lightly burdened is ok). That makes you go hungry way quicker. That was how 90% of my characters died when I started out
Jun 27, 2017, 11:48 am
Ex-Tyrant of the IVANers
Joined: Dec 8, 2007
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Location: Not California
Interests: Physics and Astronomy, Exoplanets, Singing praise to Valpurus while smashing skulls with a bloody warhammer, Jogging
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Occupation: Junior Scientist
Location: Not California
Interests: Physics and Astronomy, Exoplanets, Singing praise to Valpurus while smashing skulls with a bloody warhammer, Jogging
Posts: 2,920
Everyone seems to wonder if the forum still lives when they first arrive. I wonder why. I mean, yeah, this community is basically kept alive by foul necromantic magicks, but it seems there are still a number of us that check it at least daily...
"Put more stuff in the... thing where... more stuff goes in."
Jun 27, 2017, 11:15 pm
Mage Prophet
Joined: Dec 3, 2007
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I dunno man, at this point I'm not sure it's necromantic, I suspect something deeper.
creating stable chaos
making patterns where there should be none
sewing order into the chaos
you spit in the face of random numbers, of chaos
making patterns where there should be none
sewing order into the chaos
you spit in the face of random numbers, of chaos
Jun 28, 2017, 2:36 am
archangel
Joined: Sep 8, 2010
Occupation: Petty Functionary
Location: Drinking pea soup in the world map
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Occupation: Petty Functionary
Location: Drinking pea soup in the world map
Interests: Mangoes
Posts: 1,216
Necrophilic?
its been so long since i had gotten that far i didnt think it through. arrrr!!!!!!
Jun 29, 2017, 2:19 am
Mage Prophet
Joined: Dec 3, 2007
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Location: Standing between all life and death
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Occupation: Chaos Weaver
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If it's necro-anything it'd be more along the lines of necrophallic, but no, I was thinking that it may be the souls of the damned that the Iter Vehemens ad Necem has claimed.
creating stable chaos
making patterns where there should be none
sewing order into the chaos
you spit in the face of random numbers, of chaos
making patterns where there should be none
sewing order into the chaos
you spit in the face of random numbers, of chaos
Jun 29, 2017, 12:12 pm
Ex-Tyrant of the IVANers
Joined: Dec 8, 2007
Occupation: Junior Scientist
Location: Not California
Interests: Physics and Astronomy, Exoplanets, Singing praise to Valpurus while smashing skulls with a bloody warhammer, Jogging
Posts: 2,920
Occupation: Junior Scientist
Location: Not California
Interests: Physics and Astronomy, Exoplanets, Singing praise to Valpurus while smashing skulls with a bloody warhammer, Jogging
Posts: 2,920
Those souls were never damned. They were simply collecting bananas and got a chance to leave. If anything, they were freed from damnation.
"Put more stuff in the... thing where... more stuff goes in."