Well I just think he looks like a particularly rotund gnome here in this shot. ;D

Hope that's ok with you DM!

why not a porkulent gnome?

Shrimpy Giant or Towering Gnome? It's all a matter of perspective, right? Go for it!

All that hair is just to make him look bigger and more formidable.

I've heard gnomes don't wear any clothes and just grow their hair out for modesty reasons...

That's only down where the sidewalk ends.

After one month of inactivity and no response to PMs, Dwarghar's player has been removed from the game.

An abundance of patience this DM doth possess.

Yes he does, I wouldn't give them that long. And Dwarghar was new too. So sad.

Summertime vacations and all.

You still have an abundance of patience David! Kudos!

Those are House Elves. We don't talk about them.

@DM - please handwave us to a spot we can rest and fast-forward through it if there isn't a random encounter. We've been in this room for several months of real time, counting our hiatus I grant, but I fear we're losing our momentum and need a soft reset in the form of having rested and ready to get going again. I realize Pock probably has some info that might influence this, but if he ain't gonna cough it up, then let's bump the story a bit...

Don't mean to come across as pushy, but we need some impetus or either we'll lose more players or the game will fold. Gotta keep things moving folks.

My question is if the tunnel keeps going downward outside of the double-doors leading into the control room, as I recall it, that's likely our only way to pursue unless Pock's got something for us.

Actually the truth of the matter stands like this:

DM did give Pock some info, based on Pock's backstory of how he came to be here and frozen and all.

But...Pock asked...may I add several times...what are you guys doing here. Nobody bothered to answer that. So Pock has absolutely no idea what you wanna do, and hence is unable to contribute or share his knowledge...which isn't much really...to positive effect.

The way I am playing Pock now, is to try and get out of this mountain. He has no further plans beyond that.

Welcome to Pock, and the new Dwarghar and Manaku.

Part of the problem was I expected the team leader to order everyone in one direction. If it’s not Brodd or Einhard, please clarify who is.

This is exactly what's needed. I nominate both. If one's not available the other can Call and help keep things moving.

A caller. Yup. Sounds good.

Hello
Thanks for the welcome. I’m starting on a weekend where I don’t feel well.

Take care!

Oh by the way, is scene VIII missing?
This message was last edited by the player at 20:27, Sat 24 Aug 2019.

This is fine with me. Not sure that was ever specified, but now that it is out there, I will do my best to keep things from stalling out for weeks upon weeks.

This makes good sense since Einhard has a vested interest in the accomplishment of our quest, over and above the monetary reward... ;-)

I fixed the scene number. Sorry, haven’t used Roman numerals since the VIth grade.

How did you youngsters learn to read a clock?

Supah busy this weekend, moving and traveling. Be back Monday evening. I have no idea if I'll be able to post in between tonite and then.

I'm back from Florida! People were boarding up windows just as I was leaving. I'm very glad I didn't opt for the Bahamas Cruise.

ditto!