Salted and smoked meat will keep for actual years. Food has been preserved in this manner for centuries prior to refrigeration.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_preservation
I find many refernces to shelf stable sausages lasting "for years", but no guidelines. The meat is salted and dried, but not as dry as jerky (which is even more stable). Sliced thin it can be eaten directly, but there is a chance that bacteria such as e.coli can survive, so heating or cooking is recommended.
Hey, its a Mush room.
Seriously though, listen to the Dwarf. So many nasty fungi monsters: Violet Fungi, Shriekers, Phychomid, Various types of molds and slimes, were it me I'd just turn around and find another route.
Did they actually start a new level by going in through the portal itself?
Would they be still able to teleport in where they had left off the time before?
You can go back through the teleporter and get back to the floor you were previously on, or you can take the stairs to a new floor. Portal scrolls cost money, but it's the only way to get back to the floor you were on.
In Marblegate, it's your choice whether you want to continue on the floor you were on, or just get a new floor by going through the Gate on the surface. The floor you end up on cycles to a different one every single time you go down the stairs (but not when you go up; you'll get the same floor you were on previously if you go up the stairs).
As long as you have the scroll that you used to return to the Town with, you can get back to the floor you teleported out of, since it acts as a sort of "homing beacon".
It's not super important to know exactly how it all works, but I do have how Marblegate works planned out in my notes. Maybe I'll make a Youtube video about it one day when I have more time.
*As long as you have the scroll that you used to return to the Town with, you can get back to the floor you teleported out of, since it acts as a sort of "homing beacon".*
Thanks that is exactly what I wanted to know. In most video games it doesn't work that way - not to mention that in common random 'floor changing' rpg's you can't go back to the upper levels and have to teleport out at some point.
Yes Randulf, money from treasure hoards can indeed be exchanged for food and alcohol. "A big treasure hoard" as Colleen wishes to find is the equivalent of a liquor and meat hoard, so you're just being contrary to be contrary.
Oh man, so many fungus related jokes that I could make here. I skip them because they are so easy. One thing about mushrooms it is very likely that the mushroom is very poisonous so don't eat the mushroom unless your a 100 percent sure its not toxic. Two fairy rings are awesome but make sure you plug the portal or it will cost 100's of gold to exterminate your house and land of fairies. You can tell you have a fairy infestation by holding up an item and the nearest fairy will tell you what it is and what it does.
Yeah that'd be fun. A ring of mushrooms so toxic you'd die just from inhaling a couple o' spores, and infested by carnivorous fairies that will eat your remains afterwards. Or just eat you outright -- if they don't kill you the spores will. :-D
A room full of mushrooms like this one will have the air saturated with poisonous spores. Our duo may need to visit a clinic / detox center after this trip to clear themselves of the spores and reverse the effects of the poison, lest next morning they find nightcaps growing out of their nostrils (now wouldn't that be fun, Gus? :-P).
I think the strength of this comic is not only in the character design but in the architectural design. Marblegate itself is a character. An ever-shifting character that wants to kill anyone who dares enter. I just love the details in each scene. While many artists dread backgrounds, you embrace it. The backgrounds would make amazing player handouts for a tabletop game. Yay Rocktopus!
In my younger, more foolish days, I've imagined an entire building that was "alive" and could sprout organs (like eyes) to watch you or kill you by sprouting appendages / sharp protrusions at will.
Marblegate, though... it's more like a very, very large cat (or lion?) that loves to play with its food. Draw you in with treasure as bait, then swipe you a few times with some monster hordes, but spare your life because food is so much more delicious the longer you play with them and lead them to think they have a chance, when ultimately, they will all die. But it won't kill everyone outright -- 'cos that only means nobody will come anymore. Just kill off enough of them to feed the hordes, but let enough of them survive to draw in other fools. Dole out just enough treasure to keep 'em coming, then kill them off once they've served their purpose.
:3
Yet.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_preservation
I find many refernces to shelf stable sausages lasting "for years", but no guidelines. The meat is salted and dried, but not as dry as jerky (which is even more stable). Sliced thin it can be eaten directly, but there is a chance that bacteria such as e.coli can survive, so heating or cooking is recommended.
https://preparednessadvice.com/food_storage/shelf-life-dry-sausages/
Another prepper link
https://www.offgridweb.com/preparation/8-shelf-stable-varieties-of-survival-food/
Seriously though, listen to the Dwarf. So many nasty fungi monsters: Violet Fungi, Shriekers, Phychomid, Various types of molds and slimes, were it me I'd just turn around and find another route.
Would they be still able to teleport in where they had left off the time before?
In Marblegate, it's your choice whether you want to continue on the floor you were on, or just get a new floor by going through the Gate on the surface. The floor you end up on cycles to a different one every single time you go down the stairs (but not when you go up; you'll get the same floor you were on previously if you go up the stairs).
As long as you have the scroll that you used to return to the Town with, you can get back to the floor you teleported out of, since it acts as a sort of "homing beacon".
It's not super important to know exactly how it all works, but I do have how Marblegate works planned out in my notes. Maybe I'll make a Youtube video about it one day when I have more time.
Thanks that is exactly what I wanted to know. In most video games it doesn't work that way - not to mention that in common random 'floor changing' rpg's you can't go back to the upper levels and have to teleport out at some point.
P.S. what does she want with the money anyway?
A room full of mushrooms like this one will have the air saturated with poisonous spores. Our duo may need to visit a clinic / detox center after this trip to clear themselves of the spores and reverse the effects of the poison, lest next morning they find nightcaps growing out of their nostrils (now wouldn't that be fun, Gus? :-P).
Marblegate, though... it's more like a very, very large cat (or lion?) that loves to play with its food. Draw you in with treasure as bait, then swipe you a few times with some monster hordes, but spare your life because food is so much more delicious the longer you play with them and lead them to think they have a chance, when ultimately, they will all die. But it won't kill everyone outright -- 'cos that only means nobody will come anymore. Just kill off enough of them to feed the hordes, but let enough of them survive to draw in other fools. Dole out just enough treasure to keep 'em coming, then kill them off once they've served their purpose.
"Things have been a lot more more difficult..."