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I wouldn't want this to be a completely separate skill, but it would be nice to somehow gather tree resin and apply it to medium branches to make our own torches.
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I think adding this to carving would be reasonable. I'll toss a note Rithiel's way.
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Post by Rias »

Take a chop into a pine trunk, let the sap drip into a bucket, boil the contents of the bucket to make the resin? Then dip the branch into the bucket. Don't think it would require any carving other than removing the bark from a branch.

I'm not a survivalist though, I might have the process down wrong.
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Post by Isiaa »

The wood would have to be slow burning though. So it shouldn't be just any wood only slow burning ones and if you use the wrong type...
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Realistically for a torch, you just need a green branch split down the middle, and something that's flammable to stuff down the split bit.
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I think the point of the resin is to serve as a long-burning fuel source, hence you don't have to switch to a new torch every couple minutes and can carry fewer bulky torches with you.
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torch=stick covered in feces
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On the same track, is there any way to find firestones naturally? Are they some kind of unique stone to clok or is it just another name for flint and steel?
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Post by Reynard »

I thought they were stones covered in some sort of alchemical substance.
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I had never thought a whole lot about it, but I like Reynard's explanation. Alchemy/foraging could be used in the creation of one's own firestones. Grind and combine the correct ingredients, pick up some rocks, coat the rocks in the substance, and boom - firestones.
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I'd always assumed it was CLOK slang for flint and steel. xD
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I just thought they were cool collectibles.
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Post by Reynard »

Gotta steal 'em all, Emberstones!
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