A practical guide to what matters across CDDA’s scavenging, crafting, equipment, and specialist systems.
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Coffee syrup mixed into milk. It's been the state drink of Rhode Island since 1993. With added sweetener for those who like it even sweeter. Can also be served cold as iced coffee.
Homemade not-coffee created from the Kentucky coffeetree, just like the Meskwaki tribe! Doesn't actually have any caffeine, but it'll pass in a pinch. The added sweetener neutralizes the bitterness somewhat.
The morning ritual of the post-apocalyptic world. Brewed from the Kentucky coffeetree, this drink has no actual caffeine, but serves as a replacement for those who dearly miss the aroma of real coffee. Can also be served cold as iced coffee.
Milk enriched with protein powder, it's extra healthy and doesn't taste too bad. It has sugar added, for those who like it sweeter.
Some milk with sugar added. Tastes slightly better.
Hot tea with cold milk and added sweetener.
The beverage of gentlemen everywhere, made from applying hot water to leaves of the tea plant "Camellia sinensis". With added sweetener for a better taste. Can also be served cold as iced tea.
Sweets for your Sweet Child is a best-selling cookbook marketed to the parents of young children. Every recipe uses oversized text, easy words and diagram instructions for children learning to cook with their parents.
The world's leading resource about aquatic sports.
A swimming kickboard, would be a great training aid for the beach or the pool, if only they weren't full of zombies and mutant fish.
A set of bionic stimulators that enhance the user's nervous system, granting a 10% boost to speed.
An electromagnetic stimulator surgically implanted on the back of the head and along the spine, continually draining power. As long as it's active, the user will not suffer from sleep deprivation, although they may still feel sleepy; if activated by a user that is already sleep-deprived, it will gradually reduce the symptoms of lacking sleep.
A handful of oddly-shaped smallish bits of synthetic fabric, waste material from tailoring projects. Not useful for much and usually disposed of.
A sheet of synthetic fabric, suitable for making clothing.
Highly efficient synthetic lungs which replace the user's own. After installation the user's cardio fitness will be greatly increased and will not need regular exercise to maintain but the user will need continuous power to remain breathing. Further, they will weaken the user's immune system somewhat.
An employee badge for a system's supervisor. The reverse side describes the protocol for using it; this could grant access through white zone card readers.
An acrylic cube cast around a small black crystal. It's tepid to the touch.
A ordinary-looking bottle cap with a stamped logo of the Tacoma ranch on the inside. You can take it back to the bartender with your glass for a small refund.
An informative guide to self-defense using clubs and batons. Aimed at the law enforcement and military market, it is packed with time tested, no-nonsense information and written to be understandable for beginners.
A glossy magazine all about handguns and shooting. There is a good article about proper sighting near the middle.
A foldable add-on stock for handguns and submachine guns with a pivoting hook that latches onto the forearm, allowing for greater stability.
Blood that's obviously unhealthy. You could drink it, but it will poison you.
A rotten, brittle bone from some unnatural creature or other. Could be used to make some stuff, like charcoal or glue. You could eat it, but it will poison you.
A carefully folded raw skin harvested from an unnatural creature. The smell of rot is overwhelming, and it has an ghastly unnatural feeling with a wide variety of cuts, divots, and malformed lumps covering the sickly green-gray skin. This can't be used for anything useful.
The stained skull of what was once a human being. It is rotted and noticeably warped from its lively form. Carrying this around probably isn't going to win you any friends.
An unidentifiable selection of rotted innards that barely hold their form. It is revolting and certainly no longer healthy to eat.
A rotted and then shredded arm. Not much use unless you want to scrape the meat from the bones.
What's left of some zombie's limb. Most likely a leg based on the proportions. Though it's rotted, there is quite a bit of meat still on it.
A carefully folded raw pelt harvested from an unnatural creature. The smell of rot is overwhelming, with bits of flesh cling to the mangy, sickly patches of fur still present on the pelt. This can't be used for anything useful.
Shredded scraps of raw skin from an unnatural creature. It can't have much use.
Fatima's obsession with the dead threatens to consume her when she falls in love with a restless ghost. In this provocative romp celebrated author Kea Dekker gently lifts the thin veil separating cold bodies from warm.
A large prayer shawl worn by observant Jews during morning prayers and certain other occasions.
One of the central texts of Rabbinic Judaism, the Talmud expounds upon the Hebrew Bible with teachings and opinions of thousands of rabbis.
A single-volume book containing the complete canon of the Jewish Bible.
A modest wooden box containing a square base, two small triangles, two large triangles, a parallelogram, and a rhombus, all painted in different colors to play the traditional Chinese puzzle of tangram. At the box, there are several figures that you can make with the pieces.
A folded sheet of fur made from carefully tanned animal pelt. Can be cut up or used as is.
A module that integrates visual and proprioceptive information from peripheric sensors and outputs information necessary for accurate aiming.
A bionic module that contains rangefinders and synchronizes the movement of the user's eyes with their arms, to a degree. Shots they fire will be much more accurate, particularly at long ranges.
A broken and mis-wired module that would cause food and drink to taste terrible if installed.
A set of highly-sensitive sensors implanted in the user's mouth, combined with a sophisticated analyzer. While active, it will block all unpleasant taste and texture at the cost of bionic energy.
A thick hardcover book as much about Indian culture as it is a cookbook, clearly written with adoration.
Time and the elements have reduced them to a mound of filthy ribbons.
A collection of written oral traditions of the religion of the Maori people, including the Whakapapa (genealogy and the relationships between the living, the dead, and the natural world), the Tikanga (customs, traditions, and protocols that govern the daily lives of the Maori people), Waiata (songs that play a significant role in the Traditional Maori Religion), Pepeha (a personal statement that outlines one's whakapapa, or genealogy, and connection to the land) and Taonga Tūtahi (sacred treasures and objects that hold spiritual significance for the Maori people), as well as inscriptions regarding the deities, entities and religious traditions of the Maori Religion.
A noxious aerosolized irritant used to fend off attackers both human and bear alike.
It is the only one of its kind. It may have unknown powers; try activating them.