("enc_blizzard",0,"It's snowing again, but this time you're worried. The gray sky is fading to white, while the wind rises and rises, until the snowflakes are blowing in waves, horizontally, like the ocean. You're caught in a blizzard! You decide to...","none", [CODE],[
("enc_blizzard_keep_going",[],"...keep going.",[(jump_to_menu, "mnu_enc_blizzard_kept_on")]),
("enc_blizzard_pray",[CODE],"...pray to a saint for aid.",[(CODE ask which saint, test), success (jump_to_menu, "mnu_enc_blizzard_prayer_worked"), fail (jump_to_menu, "mnu_enc_blizzard_prayer_failed")]),
("enc_blizzard_camp",[],"...find a protected spot, pitch camp, and wait it out.",[(jump_to_menu, "mnu_enc_blizzard_made_camp")]),
]),

("enc_blizzard_kept_on",0,"The blinding snow makes it impossible to see more than a few feet ahead of you. Still you stagger forward, struggling to the last of your strength. Only then do you collapse in the lee of a boulder, dig a snow hole, and make a cold, wet camp.
The blizzard lasts $Number1 days. You shiver through it, gradually freezing to death as your food runs low, your cloth cracks, and your alchemical materials are ruined. Finally the snow and wind abate, allowing you to painfully stagger out and get your bearings.","none",[CODE damage health, degrade equipment, destroy reagents],[("leave",[],"(Travel onward.)",[(call_script, "script_end_encounter")])]),

("enc_blizzard_prayer_worked",0,"The prayer of $ChosenOneName is hardly finished and when the wind begins to die down. Gradually the skies lighten and the snow stops. The blizzard fades away as quickly as it came.
'This was no fluke,' $he says. 'My prayer was heard!'","none",[],[("leave",[],"(Travel onward.)",[(call_script, "script_end_encounter")])]),

("enc_blizzard_prayer_failed",0,"Alas, the stinging snow whips about $ChosenOneName as $he prays and prays. There is no respite from the storm.
'I'm afraid my prayers have no effect,' $he shouts to you.","none",[CODE return to enc_blizzard]),

("enc_blizzard_made_camp",0,"You camp as best you can in the awful conditions. Fortunately, you have enough energy to construct a useful shelter in the snow. Here you wait out the blizzard for $Number1 days. Food runs low, and it's hard to protect against frostbite. Finally the blizzard abates.
Although everyone has suffered a little from the experience, nobody is seriously weakened. You now consider how to resume your travels...","none",[],[("leave",[],"(Travel onward.)",[(call_script, "script_end_encounter")])]),