Camelot Overthrown: Bird Scenarios

As soon as I put on the goggles and the load-in is finished, I appear in a circular chamber. I’m sitting in a wooden chair -- I can feel the wood. t looks like I’m in the tower of a caste. There are arrow slits in the walls and I see birds fly past. The land outside looks rugged and green. I blink.

I have base scores:

Health 100
Magic 0
Reputation 500
XP 0

I’m not alone. A bird hops across the stone floor, some kind of crow. In the air all around are translucent wiring diagrams, they appear to be game menus. The crow says, “Welcome to Camelot Overthrown.” He has a strange accent, but then he’s a bird.

“I am Huginn.”

Odin’s raven. That figures. Why can’t game developers be more original? Always pilfering legends and fantasy books for the names of their NPCs.

“Prayer allows the regeneration of lost health.” And that’s all it says. Pretty cool though. I look at the tree. For 5 points I get “Regenerate 1 health point a minute, out of combat.” For 10 “Regenerate 2 health points per minute out of Combat” and for twenty I get to regenerate 5, still out of combat. I put 20 points into prayer.

That leaves me with 40. I scan the rest of the skills. There are some interesting ones. I see Smithing. For 5 points I get to make a weapon with 5 damage. For 10 I get to make armour with 5 protection. For 15 I get to make a 10 damage weapon. I put 15 points into that and 20 into making armour with 10 protection.

Then I foresee a flaw.

“But I need to get the ingredients, right?”

Huginn says. “Yes. You buy moulds for different weapons, but you can either buy the material or mine it.”

I check Mining. 5 points allows me to mine and smelt copper. Copper adds 10 to the score of any item made with it. So copper armour at my level is going to give an armour rating of 20. I commit ten points and get the ability to mine and smelt copper.

That’s me