Re: Minecraft CYOA - Picture Heavy
Having lost myself quite well down here, I decide I might as well light the place up and explore it a bit. No need to rush digging a room for the night yet, I'm mostly safe in here anyway.
I go one way first, placing torches as I go. I encounter a sinkhole from the bottom, which an unfortunate cow has fallen through.
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The path goes up, but looks like quite a substantial cave. However, it does indeed terminate in a cave mouth just around the bend, nothing special.
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Here's a real gem, however! Near that small coal vein I found is a massive shelf like cave. A breathtaking view of the sunset, signaling my time outside is over for today. The edge is a straight drop down, so I'm quite safe up here. This would be a nice place to build my headquarters into. Underground yet massive enough for a two story building, with the possibility of a basement, though there are already tunnels leading to other chambers, I could fit a while complex down here!
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A tunnel to the left of where I entered the chamber, might go down this way in a minute after I look around a bit more.
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I notice this small chamber off to the side. Can't see a way over right now, but I could make one later if I wanted to explore. Would make another nice room for a headquarters.
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The new tunnel leads right to a traditional cave entrance, can hear something outside, probably peaceful as the sun hasn't been down long, but I won't take a chance.
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Turning back, having thought I'd explored everything, I find by the path down from the shelf another tunnel going down. Might be ideal for a mine. This place could be a headquarters/mine combo, really! This would be the ideal location for a reception desk, right behind me here, and this would be the main staircase.
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Now, this seems like a good place to stop and take stock. More exploration would be a comitment, one I'm not ready to jump into just yet without a plan. I believe my options are as follows:
1) Begin construction of a large headquarters complex. While my main goal is to establish a settlement(s) in the new world, a nice, fortified location to operate out of untill something more is created would be nice, especially with such a location.
2) Stick to the original plan and simply carve out a small shelter. Wouldn't take long, I could even build a small hut on the shelf instead, both ways would take about the same amount of time. This way I could keep exploring the island and not get bogged down just yet.
3) Explore the small opening near the shelf, I could cut a path across the cliff wall and see what's over there. I doubt there's much, but it might be a safer location, if not large enough to build much. A large headquarters would probably incorperate it anyway.
4) Go down and explore the cave some more. I'm pretty low on mineral resources, I could mine anything I find. I'd have no trouble carving anything out for construction, but I don't really have enough wood or stone to build anything good, though I could always use cobblestone, which might even add a nice look to my first project or two, eh?