Shipwreck survival

[NineDaysDead]

Originally Posted by Vynticator

I'd really welcome other ideas on this - I want this to be a tough, gritty 'out of the comfort zone' challenge for otherwise very robust, supernormal-warrior-type characters.

Fire is very important:

Originally Posted by Fire-Starting Gear; low tech page 35

The simplest fire-starting gear is two pieces of wood. Vigorously rubbing one against the other produces heat, fine sawdust, and eventually an ember, which may be placed on tinder (dry leaves, wood shavings, etc.) to set it alight in turn. Any attempt to start a fire without dedicated equipment takes 6 minutes and a Survival or Housekeeping skill roll. Double fire-lighting time if any of the components aren’t completely dry – and kindling that’s actually damp to the touch won’t catch fire at all with low-tech methods! More-sophisticated tools speed the ember-lighting process, but still require a skill roll unless otherwise noted. Friction techniques cost 1 FP per 3 minutes of effort.