Pick a Power: Survive the Jungle Edition

Originally posted by janus77
Bullseye's aim would buy me dinner every night. just throw a freshly carved (with the daggers) dart up at a nearby toucan (Toucan pie 🙂) or throw a sharp-edged rock at a charging boar ... meat on tap.

the only problem would be sleeping amidst the infinite army of poisonous creatures, but then none of the other powers are of any use there either (unless you have Wolverine's stamina + hf).

the best Bullseye can achieve on this front, imo, would be to kill off the bigger predators (snakes, big cats, boars, reptiles) and construct some sort of raised platform in the tree-tops to avoid much of the ground slithering and crawling harbingers of death.

spiderman's jumping ability and webbing means you can build shelter up in the trees

captain america's options prob allow you to build a strong shelter easiest

Originally posted by Starscream M
1) fire scares animals

2) how would trees eliminate that danger? if you have bullseyes aim, you still will have tough time climbing trees...esp in an emergency

face it, Bullseye's aim is a definite advantage here.

Originally posted by Starscream M
gambit can make a fire...by causing an explosion near dry wood

I can make a fire. I have two metal daggers. More than enough to cut wood with and make a fire with. Or to create a shelter with. Ever heard of a bow drill? Or a lean two? From temp to permanent creations it will be more the man than the powers he picks. The aim just gives me something to hunt with/protect with, and the daggers are the most useful weapons of the bunch

I'm going to go with Wolverine's powers and the sword. I know how to fight with various differnt kinds of swords, I'm an Eagle scout so the skills are no problem. The senses would help me FIND the food. The ability to kill the food is useless without being able to find the food. I know how to make Bows and arrows and I know how to use them. And while I'n no Bullseye I can hit bullseye's fairly well.

Originally posted by Blair Wind
the daggers are the most useful weapons of the bunch

as I can see wolverine's sword being more useful. you can't really chop wood with daggers...

Originally posted by Starscream M
wolverine's senses can keep you away from predators... at least while you're awake

spiderman's jumping ability and webbing means you can build shelter up in the trees

captain america's options prob allow you to build a strong shelter easiest

Spiderman's jumping is useless in the dense jungle, you'd end up banging into branches, hugging boa constrictors, upsetting wasps and god knows whatelse.

if you had an unending supply of his webbing, maybe you could construct some sort of defence but you wouldn't have the strength to build a heavy shelter up in the trees, even if the webbing were sufficient to construct one.

Cap's shield is utterly useless without his skill, and his level of strength is not going to help you past one week, as you won't have any way of really keeping your health up with food and shelter.

Originally posted by janus77
Wolverine's senses without his hf and stamina would just get you killed, as you can smell and hear the nasties all around but you have neither the experience nor the confidence to act calmly. instead you'd be constantly on edge, hardly sleeping, rapidly depleting whatever strength you had.

Originally posted by Starscream M
You're thrown into a wild South American jungle. There are no humans, and a mystical barrier 25 miles outside the center of the jungle, so you can't leave.

You have to survive for one year....meaning you have to fend off dangerous animals (this jungle has lions and hyenas), survive the elements, and provide food.

Which power do you pick and why?:

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Spider-Man's leaping ability and 12 web cartridges

I'd pick Gambit's powers. With three charges a day I could blast out a hole either in the ground or in the side of a hill to make a bunker/shelter, and charge some rocks or a log to create an explosion large enough to both create a clearing and knock down a large number of trees for materials simultaneously. When the rains come being able to have a home inside a manufactured cave with heat and light will be a major plus. Also, you could blast holes in the ground to set traps for animals for food as well as for predators, and fabricate a spear head for the adamantium staff to use it as a stabbing weapon to kill the animals that fall in the pits (or just blow them up with a charged rock). Since I'd be in the jungle for a year Gambit's powers give me an opportunity to cut down on the amount of time and effort it would take to perform some tasks (like cutting down individual trees vs blasting them down in bunches, starting fires for heat/light when conditions don't permit [i.e., when it's raining and the wood is very wet], etc) and to prepare a place to live. Plus having a greater capacity to alter the landscape to my advantage is a definite plus.

Does this jungle have a river?

Originally posted by illadelph12
I'd pick Gambit's powers. With three charges a day I could blast out a hole either in the ground or in the side of a hill to make a bunker/shelter, and charge some rocks or a log to create an explosion large enough to both create a clearing and knock down a large number of trees for materials simultaneously. When the rains come being able to have a home inside a manufactured cave with heat and light will be a major plus. Also, you could blast holes in the ground to set traps for animals for food as well as for predators, and fabricate a spear head for the adamantium staff to use it as a stabbing weapon to kill the animals that fall in the pits (or just blow them up with a charged rock). Since I'd be in the jungle for a year Gambit's powers give me an opportunity to cut down on the amount of time and effort it would take to perform some tasks (like cutting down individual trees vs blasting them down in bunches, starting fires for heat/light when conditions don't permit [i.e., when it's raining and the wood is very wet], etc) and to prepare a place to live. Plus having a greater capacity to alter the landscape to my advantage is a definite plus.

Does this jungle have a river?

Originally posted by illadelph12

Does this jungle have a river?

Originally posted by marwash22
does that include Spidey's agility and equilibrium, or just the listed abilities?.

Originally posted by Starscream M
yes. and I like your plan...didn't think of using his powers to blow up holes as shelter or trap.

Hmm, river means likely spear fishing is possible. Plus I could blast out some land and knock over some trees to make a makeshift dam and/or redirect some of the water to make a moat for added protection of my shelter.

Just don't pee (Candiru) or bleed in the water (Piranha) 😛

Originally posted by illadelph12
Hmm, river means likely spear fishing is possible. Plus I could blast out some land and knock over some trees to make a makeshift dam and/or redirect some of the water to make a moat for added protection of my shelter.

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Originally posted by Blair Wind
Just don't pee or bleed in the water 😛

Cap's strength and shield.

find a tree with a hollowed out base or hollow it myself, use the shield as a makeshift door when I'm sleeping. With the strength boost climbing will be no issue, so by day I'll travel by tree, eating fruit and avoiding most predators until I feel like some meat. Cap's shield would be helpful in making a fire, so I don't need to worry about that.

Finally, Cap's strength means that anything that does catch up to me is getting it's neck snapped.

Originally posted by Starscream M
that's debatable.

as I can see wolverine's sword being more useful. you can't really chop wood with daggers...

Originally posted by Uriel005
dagger limitation can be overcome with some vine and a sturdy branch. Also within a month or two hyenas die out and lions will have moved to the plains. Accuracy wins this one as its the only one that gives you a skill that will assist in long term survival. Also bullseye accuracy with spears. There are plenty of things with barbs and darts and I know I can catch a couple of dart frogs to make ti that much more lethal.

Wait, is this South America? I thought with the lions and hyena it was africa.

It's South America, but teh Lions and Hyenas have been added.

Originally posted by Martian_mind
It's South America, but teh Lions and Hyenas have been added.