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OOC Posts III.

Posted by The KeeperFor group 0
Wong Chi-yin
player, 145 posts
A oriental antiquarian.
Wed 26 Apr 2023
at 18:20
  • msg #404

Re: New player

In reply to Cynthia Jane Holloway (msg # 402):

Definitely.
The Keeper
GM, 1924 posts
Tony Stroppa
Sun 7 May 2023
at 20:51
  • msg #405

Re: New player

In reply to Wong Chi-yin (msg # 404):

You still have the choice of which entrance to use. The one at the Sphynx, or the deep well a ways away. And if you go now, or wait until closer to dawn.

Tony
Cynthia Jane Holloway
player, 1181 posts
Dilettante
Globetrotting Free Spirit
Mon 8 May 2023
at 18:21
  • msg #406

Re: New player

I think the vote is to go through the front door.
Count Sigismund Bathony
player, 924 posts
Antiquarian Book Dealer
Owner Abingdon Rare Books
Mon 8 May 2023
at 22:22
  • msg #407

Re: New player

In reply to Cynthia Jane Holloway (msg # 406):

Yes I vote for that.
The Keeper
GM, 1927 posts
Tony Stroppa
Sat 27 May 2023
at 07:12
  • msg #408

Re: New player

Hey everyone,

Two of my favourite games (Fallout New Vegas and Warhammer 40K: Final Liberation) are available for free until the 1st. Go ahead and download them!

https://www.pcgamer.com/get-tw...-for-a-limited-time/
https://store.epicgames.com/en...as--ultimate-edition

Tony
Wong Chi-yin
player, 148 posts
A oriental antiquarian.
Tue 30 May 2023
at 18:02
  • msg #409

Re: New player

In reply to Cynthia Jane Holloway (msg # 406):

That's my vote.
The Keeper
GM, 1933 posts
Tony Stroppa
Mon 31 Jul 2023
at 19:16
  • msg #410

Re: New player

In reply to Wong Chi-yin (msg # 409):

Is it just Perkins going in? Should the NPCs volunteer as well? The Basara brothers are with you hauling crates of Dynamite, as well as JM, Roger and Karlhienz hauling a Lewis gun plus ammunition and stick grenades.

Tony
The Keeper
GM, 1934 posts
Tony Stroppa
Fri 11 Aug 2023
at 05:22
  • msg #411

Re: New player

Further, you do have several cultist costumes with you, if you want to go in disguised. These were gathered in England so Chi-Yin may or may not have seen them.

Tony
Cynthia Jane Holloway
player, 1187 posts
Dilettante
Globetrotting Free Spirit
Sun 13 Aug 2023
at 11:41
  • msg #412

Re: New player

Sneaking in is not my strength. But cultist robes would work. I’d totally forgotten those!!!

(Work blocked RPoL recently. Ugh! Why do they think I’m even at work in the first place???)
The Keeper
GM, 1936 posts
Tony Stroppa
Fri 25 Aug 2023
at 04:23
  • msg #413

Re: New player

In reply to Cynthia Jane Holloway (msg # 412):

I assume everyone who's going in sneaks in? Wearing a costume?

Tony
Count Sigismund Bathony
player, 928 posts
Antiquarian Book Dealer
Owner Abingdon Rare Books
Fri 25 Aug 2023
at 06:22
  • msg #414

Re: New player


Yes wearing costumes.


-
The Keeper
GM, 1939 posts
Tony Stroppa
Fri 22 Sep 2023
at 17:44
  • msg #415

Re: New player

In reply to Count Sigismund Bathony (msg # 414):

Is anyone other than Cynthia firing?

Tony
The Keeper
GM, 1940 posts
Tony Stroppa
Thu 28 Sep 2023
at 02:33
  • msg #416

Re: New player

In reply to Count Sigismund Bathony (msg # 414):

Even though he's keeping watch, Bathony should really consider jumping in and taking out the third guard. There are other NPCs in the corridor that can keep an eye out.

Tony
Count Sigismund Bathony
player, 930 posts
Antiquarian Book Dealer
Owner Abingdon Rare Books
Thu 28 Sep 2023
at 05:26
  • msg #417

Re: New player

Oh ok, will get a post up now.


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The Keeper
GM, 1942 posts
Tony Stroppa
Wed 25 Oct 2023
at 21:23
  • msg #418

Re: New player

In reply to Count Sigismund Bathony (msg # 417):

Right now the two choices are everyone escorts the prisoners back to the surface, or some NPCs escort them while the rest continue on as quickly as possible. Count Bathony seems in favour of the former course, Cynthia the latter.

Which is your preference?

Tony
Wong Chi-yin
player, 154 posts
A oriental antiquarian.
Fri 3 Nov 2023
at 20:49
  • msg #419

Re: New player

I would vote for the former.
The Keeper
GM, 1943 posts
Tony Stroppa
Mon 6 Nov 2023
at 18:58
  • msg #420

Re: New player

Wong Chi-yin:
I would vote for the former.


Thanks! I'll move things along then.

As well, you all passed your SAN checks.

Tony
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:01, Mon 06 Nov 2023.
Count Sigismund Bathony
player, 935 posts
Antiquarian Book Dealer
Owner Abingdon Rare Books
Wed 6 Dec 2023
at 00:33
  • msg #421

Re: New player


Should we attack the group looking to retrieve the prisoners or set up and attack the main chamber ?

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Wong Chi-yin
player, 156 posts
A oriental antiquarian.
Tue 2 Jan 2024
at 17:36
  • msg #422

Re: New player

Merry Christmas and happy new year everyone.
The Keeper
GM, 1949 posts
Tony Stroppa
Tue 2 Jan 2024
at 19:49
  • msg #423

Re: New player

Wong Chi-yin:
Merry Christmas and happy new year everyone.


Likewise!


Tony
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:03, Tue 02 Jan.
The Keeper
GM, 1951 posts
Tony Stroppa
Thu 11 Jan 2024
at 02:56
  • msg #424

Re: New player

I imagine everyone is wondering what you need to do here other than cause mass carnage.

The following was supplied by Dr. Ali Khafour before you departed.

This ceremony is intended to resurrect the Black Pharaoh's bride, Nitocris. To do this they need her mummified remains, which presumably lies in the sarcophagus on the altar. They will present three sacred articles: the Necklace, Girdle and Crown of Nitocris. The cult has all three. The last is to sacrifice someone who is imbued with great psychic ability. This will release power, which will be focused by the artefacts into the mummy of Nitocris. Miss Agatha was supposed to be that victim, but she has been spirited away to safety so they likely found another victim as a substitute.

Once the ceremony begins whatever you will do will become more difficult. One objective is to disrupt the ceremony before it starts. But unless the mummy and the artefacts are destroyed, the cult can just try again. It would help to eliminate the local high priest, Omar al-Shakti, but you don't see him. If you obtain the artefacts, you have spells available that will destroy them. As they need all three, destroying one should work. Dr. Khafour says there are other ways but he did not have time to prepare them before the ceremony. But if he can, he'll send assistance. The mummy is also effectively invulnerable at this time due to spells and incantations placed on it.

Tony
Cynthia Jane Holloway
player, 1192 posts
Dilettante
Globetrotting Free Spirit
Sat 13 Jan 2024
at 15:22
  • msg #425

Re: New player

Woah... changing up the RPoL interface is a nice touch, Tony! Definitely gives it that 'you're not in your normal space' feeling...

How do we know the mummy is protected by a spell? i.e., is there something visible? Or is this more of a "at least one of the three items needs to get stolen" sort of thing, because they've been protected for ages and dynamiting the whole pyramid wouldn't be enough to destroy them? Are we able to see the other two (girdle and necklace)? Maybe they're visible on the mummy?

Also will admit, this is a lot more cultists than I expected. I imagined something like Rotary Club scale.
The Keeper
GM, 1952 posts
Tony Stroppa
Wed 17 Jan 2024
at 06:30
  • msg #426

Re: New player

In reply to Cynthia Jane Holloway (msg # 425):

Ha! I thought I was just changing my own interface. Glad to hear green-on-black is suitably on-theme!

I assume you had been briefed with Khafour. He believes the mummy is strongly protected by spells. Therefore simply collapsing the chamber on to it is not going to do anything more than delay the resurrection. (You don't think you are actually under a pyramid at the moment due to the distance you traveled underground but you are still in Giza.) The cultists already summoned some kind of burrowing horror to try and steal the Girdle from the ibn Tulun mosque by tunneling from underneath. Even simply using a steam shovel or a work gang with picks and shovels would dig deep enough in a week or so to find it if it's being tracked mystically.

Dr. Khafour did say he was trying to find an alternative method. If he obtains one in time, he knows where to find you.

Tony
The Keeper
GM, 1953 posts
Tony Stroppa
Wed 24 Jan 2024
at 19:31
  • msg #427

Re: New player

In reply to The Keeper (msg # 426):

Cymon is in the process of moving and so will not be able to post as Bathony for a little while.

Tony
The Keeper
GM, 1955 posts
Tony Stroppa
Wed 6 Mar 2024
at 07:12
  • msg #428

Re: New player

In reply to The Keeper (msg # 427):

Sorry, now I'm just finishing moving. Plus I'm a bit sick and work has been busy. But I'm still interested, and engaged!

If Cynthia is going down into the pit, she's going to get some help.

Tony
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