path of the duck

basement.order

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ src/characters/sneaky.md
 src/characters/tea.md
 src/meta.md
 src/paths/paths.md
+src/paths/duckterror.md
 src/paths/murderhobo.md
 src/paths/retriever.md
 src/paths/soulsword.md

src/notes.md

@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ updated: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 20:32:23 -0600
 - Lady in Red ???
 - Benefactor wants Crystals to kill a god
 - Golden Iris wants Crystals to make a new god
+- Blavin double agent with Golden Iris
+- Gnu Zealots seek Sitopotnia the Corn Mother (aligned with Golden Iris)
 - BATT wants to preserve the timeline
 - Felixe and Corraidhin
-- Blavin double agent with Golden Iris
 
 **NAMES AND NPCS**
 
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ Upcoming NPCs and/or monsters
 - [ ] monks of vim
 - [ ] hinderbloke, gnu
 - [ ] falterchap, gnu
-- [ ] Cyber Woman With Corn! -- <https://www.shutterstock.com/search/cyber-woman-with-corn>
+- [ ] Cyber Woman With Corn! (Sitopotnia?) -- <https://www.shutterstock.com/search/cyber-woman-with-corn>
 - [ ] oracle - <https://lambdacreate.com/paste/midjourney.png>
 - [ ] corn smut? - <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_smut>
 - [x] harrowkrake

src/paths/duckterror.md

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+---
+title: duck terrorist
+created: Sat, 26 Nov 2022 13:20:16 -0700
+updated: Sat, 26 Nov 2022 13:20:19 -0700
+public: yes
+---
+### Path of the Duck Outlaw
+
+When Basket Duck is against the law, only outlaws will play Basket Duck.
+And not even the angels will weep when this path eventually leads to your inevitable death.
+
+Inspired by *juego del pato*, the traditional, much maligned, national sport of Argentina.
+<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pato>.
+Credit to ~mio for kicking off this idea.
+
+- 0. **Basket Duck** (Given the opportunity to befriend a duck, trap it instead and keep it in a basket): You can whip a crowd into a frenzy. The very sight of your duck in a basket can provoke a knife fight.
+
+- 1. **Gaucho** (Right 100 leagues on horseback with your basket duck): Your horsemanship is legendary. You can achieve feats of daring, strength, and agility while on horseback. And while you carry your basket duck.
+
+- 1. **Pate-au-pato** (Fatten a duck for an abattoir): Your foie gras recipe impresses any guest you invite to dine, increasing the likelihood a request will be responded to in your favour.
+
+- 2. **Pecking Duck** (Make a sauce 666 times): You gain a 2-dice Roasting skill with a chance of increased effectiveness on beasts and decreased effectiveness on humanoids.
+
+- 2. **Duck Trap** (Trap 44 ducks each under 44 seconds): Your Trapping skills have improved, which is to say, they have gotten worse at trapping ducks and better at trapping other somethings and nothings. Increased chance of finding other things in any trap you set.
+
+- 2. **Dog** (Trap 100 ducks): You gain a small but vicious dog who can help flush ducks out of the bush for you to trap. If you ever fail to trap one though, it will laugh at and demoralize you.
+
+- 3. **Pants Is Overrated** (Refuse to wear pants for 30 days): For as long as you wear no pants, you can preen yourself to become waterproof. This effect also extends to any items you carry. People may not approve of your lack of attire. But you have a long poncho right?
+
+- 3. **Feather Fall** (Survive a fall from over 20 feet high with your basket duck): You can pluck a feather from your basket duck and use it to slow your descent, landing safely on your feet.
+
+- 4. **Pato** (Safely deliver your basket duck back to your home; along the way, offer it to everyone you meet but don't let them take it): From now on, basket duck is outlawed by the government wherever you go. At the same time, you are a hero of the people and can muster a small mob to your aide.
+
+- 5. **Duck Typing** (Make an ink from the roasted beans of the java plant and a quill from a duck feather. Write on a parchment in *javascript* 100 times "Thou art a duck"): If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then---if you say it is---it is a duck.
+
+- 5. **Arrogate** (Kill the person who has stolen your basket duck from you): The angels have turned their backs on you, leaving you free to claim more than what is rightfully yours. You are immune to the blessings and curses of any minor miracle worker.

www/index.html

@@ -229,6 +229,8 @@ Willows</a></li>
 <li><a href="#paths-and-templates" id="toc-paths-and-templates">Paths
 and Templates</a>
 <ul>
+<li><a href="#path-of-the-duck-outlaw"
+id="toc-path-of-the-duck-outlaw">Path of the Duck Outlaw</a></li>
 <li><a href="#path-of-the-murderhobo"
 id="toc-path-of-the-murderhobo">Path of the Murderhobo</a></li>
 <li><a href="#path-of-the-retriever" id="toc-path-of-the-retriever">Path
@@ -255,10 +257,10 @@ of the Were-Hare</a></li>
 </ul>
 </nav>
 <h2 id="stats">Stats</h2>
-<p>Total length: 37381 words / 159 minute read. (Mind you, that’s the
+<p>Total length: 37919 words / 162 minute read. (Mind you, that’s the
 length of this entire page, including all the extra bits and bobs. Not
 just the story.)</p>
-<p>There have been 136 messages posted over 135 days since the first
+<p>There have been 136 messages posted over 136 days since the first
 post on July 13, 2022 for a daily post rate of 1.00.</p>
 <h2 id="about">About</h2>
 <p>This is a game that me and the kids in the basement are playing over
@@ -598,6 +600,83 @@ then you would need to have unlocked a template of rank 1 and of rank 0
 in the same path before unlocking this one.) The name is “Favored Foe”.
 The trigger is “Slay 100 goblins”. And the perk is detailed in the
 description.</p>
+<h3 id="path-of-the-duck-outlaw">Path of the Duck Outlaw</h3>
+<p>When Basket Duck is against the law, only outlaws will play Basket
+Duck. And not even the angels will weep when this path eventually leads
+to your inevitable death.</p>
+<p>Inspired by <em>juego del pato</em>, the traditional, much maligned,
+national sport of Argentina. <a
+href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pato"
+class="uri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pato</a>. Credit to ~mio for
+kicking off this idea.</p>
+<ul>
+<li><ol start="0" type="1">
+<li><strong>Basket Duck</strong> (Given the opportunity to befriend a
+duck, trap it instead and keep it in a basket): You can whip a crowd
+into a frenzy. The very sight of your duck in a basket can provoke a
+knife fight.</li>
+</ol></li>
+<li><ol type="1">
+<li><strong>Gaucho</strong> (Right 100 leagues on horseback with your
+basket duck): Your horsemanship is legendary. You can achieve feats of
+daring, strength, and agility while on horseback. And while you carry
+your basket duck.</li>
+</ol></li>
+<li><ol type="1">
+<li><strong>Pate-au-pato</strong> (Fatten a duck for an abattoir): Your
+foie gras recipe impresses any guest you invite to dine, increasing the
+likelihood a request will be responded to in your favour.</li>
+</ol></li>
+<li><ol start="2" type="1">
+<li><strong>Pecking Duck</strong> (Make a sauce 666 times): You gain a
+2-dice Roasting skill with a chance of increased effectiveness on beasts
+and decreased effectiveness on humanoids.</li>
+</ol></li>
+<li><ol start="2" type="1">
+<li><strong>Duck Trap</strong> (Trap 44 ducks each under 44 seconds):
+Your Trapping skills have improved, which is to say, they have gotten
+worse at trapping ducks and better at trapping other somethings and
+nothings. Increased chance of finding other things in any trap you
+set.</li>
+</ol></li>
+<li><ol start="2" type="1">
+<li><strong>Dog</strong> (Trap 100 ducks): You gain a small but vicious
+dog who can help flush ducks out of the bush for you to trap. If you
+ever fail to trap one though, it will laugh at and demoralize you.</li>
+</ol></li>
+<li><ol start="3" type="1">
+<li><strong>Pants Is Overrated</strong> (Refuse to wear pants for 30
+days): For as long as you wear no pants, you can preen yourself to
+become waterproof. This effect also extends to any items you carry.
+People may not approve of your lack of attire. But you have a long
+poncho right?</li>
+</ol></li>
+<li><ol start="3" type="1">
+<li><strong>Feather Fall</strong> (Survive a fall from over 20 feet high
+with your basket duck): You can pluck a feather from your basket duck
+and use it to slow your descent, landing safely on your feet.</li>
+</ol></li>
+<li><ol start="4" type="1">
+<li><strong>Pato</strong> (Safely deliver your basket duck back to your
+home; along the way, offer it to everyone you meet but don’t let them
+take it): From now on, basket duck is outlawed by the government
+wherever you go. At the same time, you are a hero of the people and can
+muster a small mob to your aide.</li>
+</ol></li>
+<li><ol start="5" type="1">
+<li><strong>Duck Typing</strong> (Make an ink from the roasted beans of
+the java plant and a quill from a duck feather. Write on a parchment in
+<em>javascript</em> 100 times “Thou art a duck”): If it looks like a
+duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then—if you say it
+is—it is a duck.</li>
+</ol></li>
+<li><ol start="5" type="1">
+<li><strong>Arrogate</strong> (Kill the person who has stolen your
+basket duck from you): The angels have turned their backs on you,
+leaving you free to claim more than what is rightfully yours. You are
+immune to the blessings and curses of any minor miracle worker.</li>
+</ol></li>
+</ul>
 <h3 id="path-of-the-murderhobo">Path of the Murderhobo</h3>
 <p>You are an angel of death. A dirty, homeless angel of death with no
 conscious or qualms with killing the innocent.</p>

www/spoilers.html

@@ -229,6 +229,8 @@ Willows</a></li>
 <li><a href="#paths-and-templates" id="toc-paths-and-templates">Paths
 and Templates</a>
 <ul>
+<li><a href="#path-of-the-duck-outlaw"
+id="toc-path-of-the-duck-outlaw">Path of the Duck Outlaw</a></li>
 <li><a href="#path-of-the-murderhobo"
 id="toc-path-of-the-murderhobo">Path of the Murderhobo</a></li>
 <li><a href="#path-of-the-retriever" id="toc-path-of-the-retriever">Path
@@ -258,10 +260,10 @@ id="toc-acknowledgements">Acknowledgements</a></li>
 </ul>
 </nav>
 <h2 id="stats">Stats</h2>
-<p>Total length: 37381 words / 159 minute read. (Mind you, that’s the
+<p>Total length: 37919 words / 162 minute read. (Mind you, that’s the
 length of this entire page, including all the extra bits and bobs. Not
 just the story.)</p>
-<p>There have been 136 messages posted over 135 days since the first
+<p>There have been 136 messages posted over 136 days since the first
 post on July 13, 2022 for a daily post rate of 1.00.</p>
 <h2 id="about">About</h2>
 <p>This is a game that me and the kids in the basement are playing over
@@ -601,6 +603,83 @@ then you would need to have unlocked a template of rank 1 and of rank 0
 in the same path before unlocking this one.) The name is “Favored Foe”.
 The trigger is “Slay 100 goblins”. And the perk is detailed in the
 description.</p>
+<h3 id="path-of-the-duck-outlaw">Path of the Duck Outlaw</h3>
+<p>When Basket Duck is against the law, only outlaws will play Basket
+Duck. And not even the angels will weep when this path eventually leads
+to your inevitable death.</p>
+<p>Inspired by <em>juego del pato</em>, the traditional, much maligned,
+national sport of Argentina. <a
+href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pato"
+class="uri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pato</a>. Credit to ~mio for
+kicking off this idea.</p>
+<ul>
+<li><ol start="0" type="1">
+<li><strong>Basket Duck</strong> (Given the opportunity to befriend a
+duck, trap it instead and keep it in a basket): You can whip a crowd
+into a frenzy. The very sight of your duck in a basket can provoke a
+knife fight.</li>
+</ol></li>
+<li><ol type="1">
+<li><strong>Gaucho</strong> (Right 100 leagues on horseback with your
+basket duck): Your horsemanship is legendary. You can achieve feats of
+daring, strength, and agility while on horseback. And while you carry
+your basket duck.</li>
+</ol></li>
+<li><ol type="1">
+<li><strong>Pate-au-pato</strong> (Fatten a duck for an abattoir): Your
+foie gras recipe impresses any guest you invite to dine, increasing the
+likelihood a request will be responded to in your favour.</li>
+</ol></li>
+<li><ol start="2" type="1">
+<li><strong>Pecking Duck</strong> (Make a sauce 666 times): You gain a
+2-dice Roasting skill with a chance of increased effectiveness on beasts
+and decreased effectiveness on humanoids.</li>
+</ol></li>
+<li><ol start="2" type="1">
+<li><strong>Duck Trap</strong> (Trap 44 ducks each under 44 seconds):
+Your Trapping skills have improved, which is to say, they have gotten
+worse at trapping ducks and better at trapping other somethings and
+nothings. Increased chance of finding other things in any trap you
+set.</li>
+</ol></li>
+<li><ol start="2" type="1">
+<li><strong>Dog</strong> (Trap 100 ducks): You gain a small but vicious
+dog who can help flush ducks out of the bush for you to trap. If you
+ever fail to trap one though, it will laugh at and demoralize you.</li>
+</ol></li>
+<li><ol start="3" type="1">
+<li><strong>Pants Is Overrated</strong> (Refuse to wear pants for 30
+days): For as long as you wear no pants, you can preen yourself to
+become waterproof. This effect also extends to any items you carry.
+People may not approve of your lack of attire. But you have a long
+poncho right?</li>
+</ol></li>
+<li><ol start="3" type="1">
+<li><strong>Feather Fall</strong> (Survive a fall from over 20 feet high
+with your basket duck): You can pluck a feather from your basket duck
+and use it to slow your descent, landing safely on your feet.</li>
+</ol></li>
+<li><ol start="4" type="1">
+<li><strong>Pato</strong> (Safely deliver your basket duck back to your
+home; along the way, offer it to everyone you meet but don’t let them
+take it): From now on, basket duck is outlawed by the government
+wherever you go. At the same time, you are a hero of the people and can
+muster a small mob to your aide.</li>
+</ol></li>
+<li><ol start="5" type="1">
+<li><strong>Duck Typing</strong> (Make an ink from the roasted beans of
+the java plant and a quill from a duck feather. Write on a parchment in
+<em>javascript</em> 100 times “Thou art a duck”): If it looks like a
+duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then—if you say it
+is—it is a duck.</li>
+</ol></li>
+<li><ol start="5" type="1">
+<li><strong>Arrogate</strong> (Kill the person who has stolen your
+basket duck from you): The angels have turned their backs on you,
+leaving you free to claim more than what is rightfully yours. You are
+immune to the blessings and curses of any minor miracle worker.</li>
+</ol></li>
+</ul>
 <h3 id="path-of-the-murderhobo">Path of the Murderhobo</h3>
 <p>You are an angel of death. A dirty, homeless angel of death with no
 conscious or qualms with killing the innocent.</p>
@@ -4707,9 +4786,11 @@ embers.</p>
 <li>Lady in Red ???</li>
 <li>Benefactor wants Crystals to kill a god</li>
 <li>Golden Iris wants Crystals to make a new god</li>
+<li>Blavin double agent with Golden Iris</li>
+<li>Gnu Zealots seek Sitopotnia the Corn Mother (aligned with Golden
+Iris)</li>
 <li>BATT wants to preserve the timeline</li>
 <li>Felixe and Corraidhin</li>
-<li>Blavin double agent with Golden Iris</li>
 </ul>
 <p><strong>NAMES AND NPCS</strong></p>
 <p>Upcoming NPCs and/or monsters</p>
@@ -4727,7 +4808,8 @@ class="uri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_rabbit</a></li>
 <li><input type="checkbox" disabled="" />monks of vim</li>
 <li><input type="checkbox" disabled="" />hinderbloke, gnu</li>
 <li><input type="checkbox" disabled="" />falterchap, gnu</li>
-<li><input type="checkbox" disabled="" />Cyber Woman With Corn! – <a
+<li><input type="checkbox" disabled="" />Cyber Woman With Corn!
+(Sitopotnia?) – <a
 href="https://www.shutterstock.com/search/cyber-woman-with-corn"
 class="uri">https://www.shutterstock.com/search/cyber-woman-with-corn</a></li>
 <li><input type="checkbox" disabled="" />oracle - <a