Adventuring monster suggestion: Brain Josh and his western-style gang of Organ Outlaws. Body-part Bandits?

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Adventuring scenarios would be really cool to have. Daily scenarios are my favorite mechanic on the site so far so I want to do more every single day! Having some scenarios scattered throughout Adventuring would be a fun thing to have.

Additionally, having Adventuring scenarios with your friend's cats would be neat. For example: if your friend has gone Adventuring in the past hour, then there's a chance your party will be able to run into theirs in a crossover scenario.

it would be cool to have some sort of encounter where one not-cat gets separated from the group, and you have to puzzle them out of the situation in some way before returning to the party and resuming normal combat

Undead Class monsters, both friend and foe. Zombie not-cat variants (depending on location), not-cat skeletons, and various kinds of not-cat spirits would all be interesting. Not particularly graphic though. More like the kind you find in minecraft. Creepy and threatening, but they shouldn't be horrifying.

with befriend as a skill, it's very possible this is already planned -- but I think it would be neat to have a chance of coming across new not-cats while adventuring that will return home with you! Search to find a not-cat hiding from nearby monsters, Force rubble away from a trapped cat, Sneak around a monster to create a distraction... or use skills to impress them! maybe skill challenges where the new not-cat wants to see if you're up to their standards with a display of a particular skill, physical or knowledge based. not sure you'll be good enough at what they want? attempt to Bluff, Intimidate, or Befriend instead.

possibly the new not-cat could have stats based around what skill they want a display of, either something that matches (Clever cat wants to see knowledge skills) or something that makes up for what they lack (low Strength cat wants to see Strength skills, etc).

kittens could maybe be found through adventuring? but the implications of that are pretty sad

this was longer than intended, oops! I really enjoy the idea of more ways to encounter new not-cats to bring to the village, and even if it's a very rare encounter, I think it would add a fun bit of flavour.

Maybe some feral noodles if we adventure near the lake like with bigger tails and like spines or also mushroom based creature which I'm going to draw and upload here soon :)))

Not sure if this is too powerful, or possibly already planned, but based on this: “flying creatures are exempt from all but hiding.” from the adventuring tutorial, it would be cool if ascended cats got some advantage for having wings and being a ‘flying’ creature, and would provide more motivation to ascend cats. Making them immune from almost all special terrain is a lot though, so maybe just something like a speed boost? Or maybe balance the lack of land challenges by adding some rarer air terrain challenges specifically for flying creatures, like strong wind or thick fog.

Seconding faster text and feathers in the reward pool


Also would be fun if there were more movement gimmics (unless im unaware of some) like enemies that move like knights in chess or can only stay in swimming tiles ect ect

I think having enemies count as obstacles for cats, and vice-versa, would add a new tactical dimention to battles. It would make things like cornering or surrounding an enemy a possiblity, also flanking them and sheperding them to where we want them to be on the map. It would make creating a defence line possible, where beefy cats could make a wall for frailer or wounded cats in the back, aka establish a "controlled territory" where there isn't the threat of an enemy just waltzing in.

This could also open new abilities; I'm thinking of one to slip by enemies specifically. It would fit ghost-like enemies like wisps and rat skeletons, and flyers would also be unhindered. For cats, it could be a thief ability.

As is, there's effectively no way to create a safe zone in adventuring (also bcs I have no idea how line of sight works). Enemies can just slip by guardians and fighters and beat up a cat I've been trying to heal for two turns, making the point of a class like guardian a bit moot. The only way I've found to have a cat safe is to have them backed up against an obstacle and have the other cats surround it. This is complicated to do and doesn't offer a lot of flexibility or offensive potential.

Edit: Also, currently cats are blocking eachother's sight, but if they didn't hinder eachother we could have rangers shooting enemies from behind guadrians or other fun formations.

PS: I adore adventuring, thank you for all the hard work you put into this! The class system especially is a blast.