This will be the new OOC chat thread.

First in the pool!

Ewww...! Did you have to? I'm not getting in there now...

Crazy busy the next day or two--I may not be able to update 'til Thursday.

Offline all day Saturday and possibly all Sunday--if the party needs to move forward with anything before Monday, go ahead. Keep finding out who these guys are :-)

Do those npc newcomers even have weapons?

if they don't, they can use my hammer since I am now using a +1 mace.

You don't see any weapons on them, nor food, nor water.

Shakur’s reply had a Sanford and Son quality that put a smile on my face.

Voran, based on the map we have I think the room "to the right" should be the chapel where we found the two charming (pun intended) siblings that morphed into foxes.  I doubt we'll find them suddenly back again.

I believe left down the hall and straight ahead through the secret door are the only places we haven't yet explored on this level.

LOL, I should have read the OOC first! I just said the same thing IC! Vsaati makes me feel like I'm not quite so old!

FYI: I will be traveling this week for work, so my posting may be spotty. If I haven’t posted in 24 hours and I’m holding things up, please post for me.

In reply to Elder Voran (msg # 12):

Gotcha.  Travel safe.

Things are becoming a bit uncertain here.  If I suddenly drop off of the face of the earth for a bit, don't worry, I should be back in a few days.  Until then, I'll keep plugging along.

Hang in there DM! Hope all is well...

Yikes! Hope everything goes well!

I think that was the original Elboc...? Although it's difficult to recall. This game's been running a long time. Who of you are still original players? I'm the second Albricht, and I believe we've had a few Vsaati's...

Aren't we about done with this level? The only thing I can think of is that room down in the southeast that was filled with clear jelly or some such... I recon we're ready to head down. The warrior women upstairs wanted us to establish a supply line from the underground city. Am I the only one who remembers that? My player memory ain't much better than my character memory though, so I could be wrong...

As far as I can recall, the only room you haven't entered, aside from the one with the jelly, is the one with the secret door that is just around the corner from the one you're in now.

Elboc should have all of the first level spells.  The Magi of Usamigaras gave one or two spells to each magic-user, and I recall the casters sharing spells from their books.  This should have resulted in each caster having all of the first level spells available.

Albricht has lots of spells available too, in case anyone has blank pages in their spellbooks... Here's one:



He's pretty guarded about this sort of magic, but for the right price, I'm sure he'd be willing to share some secrets...

I guess the full turn casting time is to make extra-sure of the result?  ;)

I’ll update his sheet.  Thanks for telling me that.

Then it is there we will go! No jelly for us.

I'm heading out for coastal Oregon after work today, and will be back Sunday evening.  If I can get WiFi access in the hotel, I'll post from there, and maybe again before I leave today.

Tillamook, ho!  (It's gonna be a cheesy weekend)

Enjoy!

May you get all the cheese you need, and then some.

Keep the rain and wet on that side of the state please. ;-) The last time I was in Tillamook, I stopped at the factory and got some "squeaky cheese". I'm not sure if they do tours anymore or if they have their store, but it was fun back then. Hope you have a good trip!

~~~

Does Albricht notice any recognition between our "Doormen" and the room's inhabitants?

Squeaky cheese acquired.  The creamery is finishing construction on a huge new visitors' center, somewhat reminiscent of an Ikea.  I'm OK with having an Ikea of cheese within a handful of hours drive.  Tours are on hold until the new visitors' center is finished, but we had huge amounts of ice cream in flavors that we can't get up north, and some of the best grilled cheese sandwiches around, and then visited the Tillamook Country Smoker (no relation) factory outlet for delicious smoked meat products.  It was very good, and the wife and I got to spend much of the weekend with some of our closest friends.

~~~

Albricht doesn't seem to notice any sort o recognition on the part of the doormicemen

Nicely done Elboc!


I've got a delivery of heavy pipe to deal with tomorrow, trying to dodge rain and muddy fields. May not be available until late Tues or Wed.

Can Voran move up and hit the rat-guy with a sling-stone?

You should be able to, if you follow it down the stairs.

I will be 100% offline on Friday; if I'm holding things up, NPC me.

Will it take Roak his entire round to get down the stairs? I believe he was starting at the top.

It shouldn't.  He should be able to descend and still attack.

More substantial contributions from me tomorrow, busy day today!

I was waiting for our two "dreamer" friends to answer this.

I was waiting for them to tell us about a way to the city... We've got a lot of jingle to spend, and though water is always down, so are bigger baddies if this is like other adventures I've played in B/X... ;-P

I don't want to slow things down, this is getting interesting. Anyhow, Albricht is only 128 pts from Lvl 4... Those extra HP and Saving Throws would be rather helpful. ;-) Are we in a position to rest and level up yet?

You guys can back off and find a safe place to rest and level at pretty much any time.  I've got my wandering monster tables and some itchy dice...

Really, though, I kind of expected you to have done so already.  B/X modules get much tougher at around this point.

Cool. Let's do that, then.

Waiting for Albricht, Lanliss, Sherborne, Silverglade or Vsaati to share their thoughts or consent to the plan.

I agree that we should rest, but we should leave one of us on guard all night, not just our new "friends".

Roak nods. "I agree. They come with us and then, when we return to this level, they stay in this room to guard."

No objections here to taking a level-up break.

Cool.  Work it out in character and we'll get to it.

Yeah, rest & level...

I realize this is B/X and that often dungeons make no particular sense, but how are all the masked fools getting here? The warrior babes upstairs said they wanted us to locate a better route from the underground city to bring them supplies. Logic would say that if we're to find a "better" route, we ought to know the current route. I don't see all these "dreamers" wandering up from deeper more dangerous levels and surviving. I'm thinking that our "friends" are either lost up here (which is weird because they're not the first we've encountered), or they know a way to the underground city.  Albricht's running dangerously low on bolts, and we're packing around a LOT of jingle. If we could get to the city, we might resupply and spend/bank our earnings...

Make that case IC, Albricht. Roak's player is ambivalent to Albricht's IC problems ;-)

Elboc will memorize Sleep twice.

I am traveling for work and may not be able to update substantially until Friday.

Lanliss' player hasn't logged in since 13 February, and only sporadically before that.  Do any of you guys want to take over the character and run it as a second character?  If not, I'll open it up with a recruitment thread.

Sry, awol for a day or two more...

So, the obvious question: is there any way we can tell the real Vsaati apart from her "doubles?"

You'll have to figure that out in-character.  They all three look the same at the moment.

So, making sure I understand: two Vsaatis are attacking a third Vsaati right now, correct?

Yes.

I'm going to be away a few more days. Very sorry. Spring was verrry late in coming and now it's all happening at once. I'm beyond swamped. I'll be back before long, don't count me out. :-P

I will be on vacation with moderately limited access to RPOL from 4/28 through 5/6. I will try to post when I can, but if I don’t post after 24 hours at a stretch, NPC me.

OK, everybody, the XP award is 1027 XP each.  I know it's not a lot, but I think that it might push one or more of you over the level hump.

No sweat. I'm in a good place, XP-wise :-)

Arrrgh!  No way to somehow eke out another 190ish xp?  What if I did backflips down the hallway?

Nope :)

You'll get there eventually.  Vsaati is the highest level character in the group, I believe, because thieves advance faster than any other class.

Got leveled up!

Question: Does the Combat Chart (to Hit) ever change, or is it static? I don't remember, it's been too long.

Yes, it does change.  Fighters, dwarves, and halflings all move to a 17 to hit AC 0 at level 4, and you can extrapolate the rest of the chart from there.  Clerics and thieves make the same change at 5th level, and magic-users at 6th.

Hey gang!  Heading off on vacation for a fortnight to the sunny south.  Should have internet but expect to post less often, so our good DM has my approval to push things forward by NPCing Vsaati as necessary if my lack of posting is causing a delay.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 62):
Thanks. Where do I find that? I've got Mentzer 83 Basic & Expert handy, but I can only find a Combat Chart in Basic. Anyway, I'll go update with 17=0AC.

Vsaati:
Have a great trip.  We'll keep your seat warm.

Albricht:
The combat chart can be found on page 29 of the Expert rulebook.
This message was last edited by the GM at 14:17, Thu 26 Apr 2018.

Just a reminder. Will try to pop in, but if I'm absent for 24 hours, move on and/or NPC me!

So, it looks like Vsaati and Elder Voran are out for a bit.  Still, the last in-character post was on Friday, and today is Wednesday?  What's up, guys?

Still able to post a bit, just slower on the frequency!

I wanted to give people a chance to react, given Silverglade's slightly extreme torture methods. Where to now? Is there anywhere left on this level?

You've been in every room that you've found, and that the map indicated, except for the one that you suspect has a gelatinous cube in it.

If I recall correctly, we cam back to this level to rest (and level up some of our companions).  The next step would be back down the stairs to the scorpion room, and from there to wherever the water is!  (for Albricht)

Slammed IRL.

Didn't the Warrior Babes tell us there was a route to the city? I kinda feel like we should find it...

Do we know where the Amazons sent us? If not, let's go through the scorpion room.

If the party prefers, the passage to the city is on this level.  Otherwise, there are only 5 more tiers of the pyramid, and they get smaller after this point.

Oh, well, it only took us like six years of RL to explore the first five tiers, so...

:-P

Albricht is still nursing his last five bolts. A resupply trip, a hot meal, a chat with a fellow dwarf perhaps... City is sounding pretty good...

Yes, city would be good.

To the city would be good!

DM, are you going to post something in the new thread or should we just react to the end of the last thread?

I had intended that your reactions would be posted in the new thread.  Sorry if that wasn't clear from what I posted.

Is there an actual discernable bar in the room?

Yes.  There are two, one on either side of the room, freestanding.

OK, I'm out until late Sunday, off camping.  I probably won't be posting again until Monday morning (or maybe evening).

Have a good time.  Don’t let the wood elves bite.

Or if they do, bite back. >:-)

Camping with friends was excellent, as always.  I hope you all had a good weekend.

OK, guys.  I'm out until Tuesday, off to PaizoCon.  I hope you all have a great weekend.

Have fun!

uh oh.

Well, nuts. Albricht was a fun character! I guess we'll be looking forward to your new entertaining personality. Sorry, man!

jiggle, shuffle, twirl, shake...

It's a lot like his 5 D's dwarven fighting maneuver!

*sniffle*

Albricht, you roleplay a dwarf so well that I wouldn’t be surprised if I found out you really were one.

HRRRUUMPH!

;-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-8G3UytENA

Elder Voran mentioned retreating to rest.  Is there consensus on this?

I'm sensing that IC. Everyone else want to confirm?

I'm at 23/31 HP, and still have all my spells, :-P
We already found the slipper, isn't this quest over?

I'm fine with either, I just worry what might happen to 'Timmy' if we dally too long.

I think we have to press on.  Unless we don’t want to try and save Timmy.  But I vote to continue.

Then say so IC, otherwise everyone's bailing on Timmy!

Can do, although it looks like Roak is the only one who suggested a rest.  Post imminent!

Head's up--I will be traveling for business Monday-Wednesday, so my posting may be spotty. NPC me Monday-Wednesday if necessary.

Go ninja go ninja go!

Of course, it attacks while I'm away.

How does Protection from Undead work, exactly?

I'm wondering if you want to save that and scribe it... It sort of seems like we might have this thing on the ropes, especially if our luck changes. Of course it has its turn coming up too... Hmm... tough decision. ;-)

I'm a cleric. I don't scribe spells :-)

I will be home and have my Expert Set book tomorrow, but if someone can tell me the basics of how the spell works we can decide whether it's worth casting now or not.

Protection from Undead creates a 10 foot diameter barrier around the person who reads the scroll (which can be anyone), and prevents some number of undead from entering the warded area.  It is conceivable that the entire party could huddle together to gain the advantage of it, but then none of you could attack.  Alternately, those with non-magical weapons could take shelter inside of its area, and those with magic weapons could continue to attack the figure.

Alright, guys.  I'm out until Tuesday, camping.  I'll be back either late Tuesday or as normal on Wednesday.

Sorry for the delay gang.

DM, hope you're enjoying your camping.

Don't choke on all that fresh air! ;-)

Watch out for Bigfoot.

I myself was the closest thing in appearance to our friendly neighborhood sasquatch at Cape Disappointment these last several days, although from the distrustful looks given to me by some few surly teenagers, my disguise as a human may have slipped a bit.

I think we're needing a DM nudge. What's our evaluation of the gear? Anything else of interest found in the chamber?

If not, then onward and downward... ever downward!

The gear is all in good shape.  If you've not been able to detect whether or not it's magical, only usage will tell.

FIVE THOUSAND POSTS! Congrats to the DM--thanks for running this for us! Longest-running game here that I've been a player in!

Roak! You beat me to it!

Huzzah! 5001!!! ;-)

Thanks for sticking with us DM! It's been a lot of fun!

Agreed. Thanks DM, and everyone, for making this so enjoyable.

I've been enjoying it too.  Thanks for hanging in there with me.  Let's work on the next 5000.

Yes, that's a pretty good run.

Are we still on some sort of vacation?

I was waiting for our elves to answer my question.

Not trying to be a jerk, let me know if that was out of line Silverglade... :-P

No worries.

Busy day for me--update from me tomorrow.

Just checking--did we explore both branches of the cave, or is there a direction we haven't explored yet?

At the last fork, you guys went right instead of left.  This was supposed to be confusing, with the way the tunnels are narrow and twist.

Hey, I'm offline at a retreat through Sunday night--I am most unlikely to post until then. If I can pop on, I will, but I won't be writing a ton if I do.  NPC Roak until then.

Probably worth having one of the clerics have a look at the scroll once this battle is done.

Can Roak get up next to one of the niches and stab at someone?
This message was last edited by the player at 00:38, Mon 16 July 2018.

oops, I misread. Arrow slits huh?  DM can I change my attack to crossbow instead? If infavision doesn't work, then I suppose it doesn't really matter though... :-P

Unless I misunderstood. DM, help us out.

Sorry, I thought it was niches (as in recesses) as opposed to arrow slits?

Good call. I'll revise my post.

They are in recesses in the wall, not behind arrow slits.  Infravision works fine here, once you're close to them.

What are our light sources, again? Did anyone light anything?
This message was last edited by the player at 14:48, Mon 16 July 2018.

Someone MUST have something lit, as has been the case everywhere except in the underground city proper, otherwise only Albricht and the elves can see.

Okay, then, let's figure this out: who has an open hand to carry a torch?

Crossbow and/or Mace'n'Board...

;-)

I'd have to say it was our illustrious Sherborne bearing the torch... or Vsaati. But I dunno nuttin'.

Sherborne or Vsaati, which one of you is carrying the torch?

I'm not sure that a torch would help our thief hide in shadows.

Without it, some of us can't attack.

That includes Vsaati (needing light to see), but for the reason Silverglade noted and her propensity to use her sling from behind (loading would take a second hand) I had assumed someone else was carrying the light.

This is why I'm going to the trouble of finding out. Elder and Roak can't carry a torch. We need someone to.

Why are you two excluded?  Roak uses a two handed longsword I think.  Is it the sling for you, Voran?

Sling in one hand, shield in the other. :-/

There is a long-standing tradition of being able to hold the torch in your shield hand, assuming a shield strapped to the forearm (like a heater or some bucklers), and not one that you have to hold in your fist (like a Norse round shield).

Ah, very good. Then we will say that Elder has the torch.

When we get a chance, perhaps Albricht will innovate a little. Next time he's got some time at a forge - ;-) - he'll build Voran a helmet that has a sconce atop wherein he may place a torch! He'll certainly file a patent for such at the proper office in the Cyanodisiahslidfha;sdkfian city. Cutting edge tech on the way!

I'm offering a 10% interest to the lucky humanoid who can help come up with a good name for the product... Currently the working name is "Project HeadTorch".

Well, Voran does think of himself as the light of the party :-)

Headlights?

Ooooh... I kinda like that! Maybe I'll update the design and mount two mini-torches on the breastplate, ya know, in case it gets foggy...

I'm off to Europe this week for business.  Not sure I'll be able to post, so keep the game moving without me.  I'll drop in if I get a chance.

Safe travels.

Busy day--I may not be able to update until Wednesday my time (GMT-5).

Traveling on a looooong overdue mini-vacay for the weekend. Hard to do with d10-1 children, but I hope to survive both sanely and financially. ;-) Will be back Sunday night.

Back from my trip.  Will look to catch back up over the weekend.

How did you find business conditions in Europe, Vsaati?
This message was last edited by the player at 17:14, Sat 28 July 2018.

The trip was good, although hot.  Was ~35C each day we were there, and air conditioning isn't normal in the facilities or the hotel.  :(

FYI: I'm going to be traveling for work Monday-Thursday this week, so please NPC me if I don't post for 24 hours and you need a post from me. I will probably be able to keep up, but one never knows with work travel!

I'm going to be out camping this weekend, so don't expect updates from me after 07:00 Pacific time, until late Sunday or early Monday.

Hope you enjoy!

Welcome new Lanliss! Looking forward to gaming with you!

In reply to Albricht Burghammer (msg # 160):

Thanks!

Seconded!  Welcome aboard.

Welcome to the party, new Lanliss.

Aye, welcome, New-Lanliss!

I vote for not pursuing. Who knows what traps they're leading us into.

I'm waiting on a DM response to an idea...

Busy day, didn't get a chance to update--will post tomorrow.

I'll be out of town for a couple days for work. Setting a security gate waaay out in the woods. I'll try to check in, but don't wait on me. Should be back Tuesday night.

I'm going away for the weekend. I won't be able to post again until Sunday or Monday.

Someone help me out here: in later editions of D&D you could "convert" an existing cleric spell to a Cure spell. Is that possible in Basic D&D? or does the good Elder just need to sleep the night to gain more healing spells?

I don't remember anything like that unless there is a house rule in place.

There is no on-the-fly conversion of spells in BECMI D&D.  Being a cleric/healbot was much harder.

All good. Thanks! :-)

I will be traveling for work the next few days. I should be able to check in daily, but if I miss 24 hours and I'm holding anything up, NPC me.

Gotcha.  Travel safe.

I will be gone until Sunday night with no internet access so if a fight breaks out for some reason NPC me if needed.

Enjoy your time away from the Interwebs.

I doubt Alricht is even close to level up, but maybe some of the rest of you are... Any advancements in XP, DM?

You each get 400 XP, which should bring any character that gets the 10% XP bonus for having a high prime requisite to a total of 10,242 XP.  Some of you haven't been keeping track, and I apologize for not having properly updated the characters that went without players for a while.  Some of you will be leveling up.
This message was last edited by the GM at 14:12, Mon 03 Sept 2018.

That'd be +1 HP plus CON bonus overnight, right DM?

Also, let's update our plot points a bit... this game has been going on a looong time, and I know I'm forgetting stuff... Fit's with the character I'm playing. ;-)

The warrior babes - Madura? - asked us to try to find a better way to get supplies from the city back up top.

The Gorm bros - we wiped them out. We should probably own up to that or at least let the Gormies know that their bros are out of action...

We should explore the city, and discover other sane residents if we can...

Others?

I leveled up.  Yay!

Huzzah! Both my fellows nudge their way toward higher levels.

Roak heals 4 hp overnight, which is fantastic, and Voran heals to full.



This is my favorite options, per my PCs' perspective.

Albricht:
I suppose the CON bonus should be part of the HP regained through resting.  Try adding your character level plus your CON bonus (6 HP, in your case) in HP healed overnight, up to your max.  I'll add this to the rules posting.

Those who leveled up:
Congratulations to you guys!
This message was last edited by the GM at 14:26, Tue 04 Sept 2018.

Yeah, I've got too many rules in my head from over the years. I forgot about adding level. I knew you added something, but couldn't recall what, so I asked about CON.

Do you guys want to role-play the shopping trips, or should we just hand-wave them?

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 185):

Normally I'd hand-wave, but if half this town is tripping on shrooms even a grocery run could get interesting.

Yeah, that. I've kinda been looking forward to exploring the city and finding out how it even survives down here. I'm not holding my breath that there'll be an Aurora's Magical Walmart down here, but we've got a LOT of coin to spend on things that are... interesting.

And oil.

Or alchemist's fire.

Or a blunderbuss.

Yeah.

Roleplaying the shopping, please. This could be fascinating :-)

I'm on it, then.

Do any you need updated hit numbers, saves, or other class feature information?
This message was last edited by the GM at 14:18, Fri 07 Sept 2018.

Tied up--likely able to post substantially tomorrow, if not Sunday then Monday.

Are we using weapon mastery rules?

If they show up past the Expert rules, we might be.  I've never had BECMI characters of high enough level to need anything from them.  I don't specifically recall those rules, though.

--

I just found the rules for weapon mastery in the Rules Cyclopedia.  It's an optional system that we're not using.
This message was last edited by the GM at 23:28, Sun 16 Sept 2018.

I forgot my laptop power cord at the place where I was at last night, so I have to go get it tonight. I may not be able to update today depending whether I can get to the cord or not.

I'm heading out camping tomorrow, and won't be back until Monday, Pacific Time, camping on the Oregon Coast.  I hope you all have a great weekend.  I'll probably be able to post in the morning tomorrow, but likely won't be back to it until Tuesday.

Have a great weekend, guys.

You as well! Enjoy!

you too!

Do we still have the Gorm uniforms and gear? Remember, we slaughtered their outpost up top... ;-) This 'interview' might be interesting!

FYI, I will be offline Friday-Saturday because I'll be out camping with my son.

And I say we hide our Gormite disguises for now. Nothing to see here! :-)

What did we do with the ones put under a sleep spell?

Probably still wandering around in the "world above."

Was that another group? I don't remember... It seems like we met a second group  when we were dressed as Gormies, but maybe that was the Madura babes. This has been, appreciatively, a long game! ;-)

Lol. I found this on post 77:



They might be getting thirsty around now...

Lol, which thread was that in? I don't know if that was me or the previous Albricht though, that guy was a master... ;-)

In reply to Albricht Burghammer (msg # 203):

That's from Chapter 001. It's actually post 455 - 77 was the number of posts by the old Albricht. This was back in 2015, though in game terms it's probably only a few days ago.

Heh. Yeah, my memory ain't that good. When I took over Albricht, I went back and read the old posts by the former player. I've tried to mimic his style as best I could, because I really did find it entertaining. But yeah, that was a loooong time ago! My guess is that it's been more than a few days in-game time. We've rested a handful of times as we worked our way down, and then it took a while to reach the city, and then we've rested again down here... So between a week and a ten-day?

I'm wiped out from work travel and work today, so look for a post from me very early (about 6am GMT-5/Eastern U.S time) tomorrow.

I believe that you still have the uniforms and gold masks of the Brotherhood of Gorm.  You haven't found a place to sell it yet.

Are you telling me I could have been wearing a cool golden mask this whole time?

Awww, Vsaati the Golden Mask Girl missed her chance. :-)

The rest of this week will have reduced posting. My wife and I are taking my daughter on a college visit to a school 8 hours' drive away, so I will be on RPOL only occasionally Thursday-Sunday. Next Monday should be back to normal.

More substantial post from me tomorrow--today got busy!

Is Timmy with us?

Yes, Timmy is with you.

I've only seen responses from Albricht and Roak.  Are you guys intending to follow?
This message was last edited by the GM at 14:26, Fri 05 Oct 2018.

Yes, Lanliss follows.

Yep, I'll follow too.

Time out, we need to back up--I was going to ask Timothea to stay outside. We need to retcon.

Done.

Crazy day--not because of a hurricane, just real life. Posts from me tomorrow.

No time to do much catching up today, update from me tomorrow.

I'll post my response to Timothea once the others are headed out of the room with the Gormies.

Sorry about the lack of response today.  I stayed home sick from work and hope to be back in the thick of it tomorrow.

No problem! Hope you feel better soon.

Question: Are the rest of you bored with the visiting of the Temples and roleplaying the city lore stuff? I get the feeling that Albricht was sort of a one-dwarf show in there, and while he certainly thinks the world could not revolve without his frequent and knowledgeable Hrrrumphs, I feel weird when most of the responses for the last several weeks have been "watch Albricht and expect be entertained"... I won't stop trying to entertain, but I just find it more fun to try things rather than observe.

I'm not criticizing, but if any of the rest of you have other ideas or would like to be more engaged, then by all means speak up! Treasure, Fortune, Fame and Short, Hairy Dwarf-maidens never came looking for the adventurer... The adventurer must go looking for them, and that means doing more and watching less.

;-)

Also, we're about to walk out of there with a contract! It's very one-sided toward Albricht... :-P

Well, you write in greater volume than many of us, but I in no way felt overshadowed. Roak is a halfling of few words, while Voran is having a nice dialogue with Timothea. I'm good.



You'll find out just how sharp Roak's sword is if you try to enforce that too closely :-)

I'm good to move on to a proper dungeon crawl, though, myself.

I actually enjoy having a little more context and background included in the storyline, as opposed to "open door - kill monster - collect treasure - open next door".  I think what might help me more is a reminder of how we got here and what we are trying to accomplish.  Given that I've joined the game and taken over Vsaati when the characters were already several levels into the pyramid, I think my understanding is a little vague.  Here is what I believe is going on:

1.  For whatever reason we were in the desert aboveground and found the entrance to the pyramid.  We entered, but I don't know why - a simple dungeon delve?  Something more?

2.  We have dungeon-delved our way down into the belly of the pyramid (or rather tip, since it's inverted), encountering all sorts of interesting characters and monsters along the way.  Some side quests have arisen based on interactions with the denizens, such as visiting the temple of Gorm in the city after encountering some of their acolytes earlier.

Do we have any group motivation other than to explore, kill monsters and collect treasures from this wondrous underground world?  Each of us has specific interests obviously, some broader than others.  But are we as a group trying to accomplish something specific, other than maybe escaping back to the surface?  I don't know.

In the meantime, my vote is for Albricht to carry on, as long as Vsaati gets cut in on that contract of course!  ;)

We were travelling across the desert with a caravan. A sandstorm arose and we got separated from it or it was destroyed - we don't know which. Then we wandered around, getting closer and closer to dying of thirst, before we found the pyramid top.

So we entered looking for supplies. We've fought only when we've had to. Gold is nice to collect, of course, but I still think that we'd die if we left the pyramid. We have water, but without pack animals we can't carry enough of it to reach civilisation.

In reply to Roak (msg # 223):

I do tend to wax rather flowery, but that's not what I meant. I like to write as an outlet. But I don't want to come across as a spotlight hog. When I took over Albricht, I got the feeling that the previous player was portraying him as sort of a sidekick character, and I've tried to keep that going. I just don't want anyone to think I'm pushing him into the spotlight.


In reply to Vsaati (msg # 224):

We've had a lot of that kick, kill, search, repeat. So it is nice to have some moments of roleplay, but two things I would say about that is that A. this is an OSR game and kick, kill, search, repeat is sort of the name of the game, and B. roleplay on this platform can get very heavy and slow games way down. One of the reasons this game has gone on so long, in my opinion, is because it's been light. Light in rules, light in plot, and light in roleplay. So while I don't want to see a total kick, kill, search, repeat cycle ad infinitum, I would like to make sure we're light enough that it's not slowing down the pace of the game.

As to your points:
1. As I recall, and again I'm Albricht 2.0, it was a sand storm that scattered the caravan we were guarding and we entered the pyramid to survive. Once there we began delving to search for food and water, and once we stole ahem, acquired those from the Brothers of Gorm, we continued our delve in search for treasure.

2. It's a pyramid, pointy side up. It's inverted from the Cynodecian's perspective... the world narrows as one goes up from the city... The warrior babes of Madura tasked us to find a better way to the city, or to make the way to the city safer. My understanding was that the City was the destination, but now the Gormish Grand Poobah says there's catacombs below...! Yeah!

Albricht's personal motivation was to prove there's "water down there, whole lakes of it, this is not to be questioned." Not it doesn't need to be questioned. He's seen it with his own eyes (though maybe not both at precisely the same time...) His new personal motivation is to try and find a way to rid these people of the mind consuming mushrooms and return some sanity to this place.

In the background there seems to be a looming doom of Zargon, but we haven't really run into it yet. I reckon our characters are going to get high enough level (one of these years) that Zargon and his followers will take notice...

I'd like to visit the other two Temples (not Zargon though) and see what quests we can rustle up from them, and then go about them as we prep for somehow helping the Cynodelicians to get clean and sober...

If anyone has anything different from that, please speak up. Voran/Roak often is our leader in game, driving the party forward, and lighter is better in almost every situation, but this is how I understand the "plot" and what I, as a player, think whould be done about it.

I'm willing to go along with whatever you guys want.  You still haven't found an outlet to sell your extra gear here in town, although you've mentioned it a time or two.

Zargon was referenced as being deeper down in the pyramid, below the level at which you exited for the city.

I wasn't entirely intending for you to spend so much time talking in town, but I'm OK going with it as well.  There are plot angles for going after the (probably) larger forces of bugbears, beyond the group that was kidnapping farmers.  There is a plot hook for going after the undead below the city.  There's quite a bit of the city left to explore.  There's also the remainder of the pyramid above.  To boot, at some point you'll likely want to head up and try to get home.

So, to clarify: which angle did the Brothers just open up to us? What did they "hire" us to look into?

Sweeping the catacombs under the city of undead.

Then let us proceed to the sweeping!

Only one key question for my fellow players: do we take Timothea with us?

Can she fight, or is she a level 0 red shirt?

Good DM, the question goes to you.

More importantly, does she want to come?

I say we visit the other temples and see what our options are. Undead tend to be hard on PCs... It might be wise to see if there are other pursuits before we head down...

Timothea has been a farmer, and was captured while working in the fields.  She holds no affinity with the churches, has shown no tendency to want to fight, has indicated no particular interest in magic (in addition to having no spellbook and not having been concerned about recovering such).  I'm not going to talk about the stats of a creature or NPC that you encounter directly, but this seems to be pretty strong evidence to me...

Fair enough, let's leave her out of the action.

Cool. Someone post something IC to reply to me and I'll sender her on her way.

Tied up with family stuff today--update from me tomorrow.

Are you guys going to the temple of Madura first, or heading straight out to the catacombs (wherever they might be)?

The tally so far... place your bets, erm... preference now folks!

Madura - Albricht, Vsaati
Catacombs - Voran, Roak

In reply to Albricht Burghammer (msg # 240):

Madura

Madura

Albricht, a favor: don't speak for me :-)

Madura! And Voran isn't arguing.

You previously spoke. I was just keeping score. :-P

Yeah, no, circumstances changed. New information is good for that.

My kids tease me continually for saying "Yeah, no..."

Which is it dad?

Yeah, no, I wasn't trying to force a decision on Roak, I just interpreted what you'd written earlier, posted AS Roak, as Roak's intent.

Ah, well, my perspective changed. :-)

No time to post today--update from me on Monday.

I will be hardcore offline Friday-Saturday. I may--may--have time to pop on once or twice, but otherwise I'll be waking up, eating, showering, heading to the gaming convention from 8am-11:30pm, going home, sleeping, waking-eating-showering, heading back to the gaming convention from 8am-midnight then going home and crashing. Move things along without me and Voran and Roak will catch up.

It's a gaming convention.  Why all the showering?

Maybe he's been to one before... ;-)

Because if I don't, my wife does not let me back into the house at the end of the day. And I rather like my wife. And my house.

BRAVO VSAATI ON A GREAT SCENE!

That was very enjoyable. Nicely done kiddo! ;-)

Thank you, thank you.  Now shut up while the grown ups talk!  ;)

Tuesday I have eye surgery and have no idea what appetite I'll have for gaming then; so the most likely next update from me will be Wednesday, if surgery goes as advertised. I'll update before then if I get lucky, but I do not anticipate such luck, sadly.

Best of luck with the surgery Roak.

Good luck for a quick return!

Quick refresher for the prior meeting with the Magi of Usamigaras:

link to a message in this game

Ah, nostalgia!

Well Plathstream didn't make it, but his mace did! I believe it's the magical mace Albricht now wields... uh, oh. This might be awkward.

Poor Plathstream. He was fun :-)

FYI: Will be traveling for work this coming week, so if I miss a day posting, just move on without me.

Gotcha.  Travel safe.

Remind me, folks--how do you create holy water in this edition?

I don't recall every having done this back in the day though. My gut tells me it would require spending the 25gp and a Bless spell or similar ritual and having a vial. This is what AD&D was like, I think.

I don't have the Rules Cyclopedia handy, but I'll check the AD&D stuff.

Edit: Yeah AD&D DM's Guide pp114-115

Nudder Edit:

This message was last edited by the player at 23:03, Mon 10 Dec 2018.

Basic question for the DM: Do we have enough bags on us to carry all this stuff, or are we going to need to acquire some bags quickly?

I've been assuming that your existing containers are enough for what you've gathered, but haven't really tracked it.  For flavor, getting some extra bags or other containers would be great.  You're looking at about 100 pounds of gold here, which could easily weight one of you down fairly severely.

This is hilarious. We're dragging around a TON of gold and haven't found anywhere to spend it. ;-) Let's go melt it down and make a statue of Albricht fighting a hobgob!

Where's the Aurora's All-Realms Emporium down here?

As hinted, there ARE places to spend it, although you haven't found them yet.

C'mon gang! Let's go beat the streets and find those little niche restaurants and specialty shops! Albricht's craving some Gaddodabobadian truffles! :-P

Can we buy magic items? :-)

If you can find someone who has any, and is willing to part with them.

I'm going to need something magic, or at least silver, to have any chance of doing damage to many types of undead.  Right now I have neither, so that's my priority.

Then, DM, we want to search around the city for anyone with silver or magic weapons so we can buy/trade for them.

What else are we looking for, guys?

Armour? Hand weapons? If there's nothing like that then I'm happy to return to the violence.

We could really use some potions, holy water, oil, and at least one magical weapon each. Our encounters with undead in the levels above went pretty well, all things considered, but I'm very concerned about level-drain and not being able to harm them.

Also, DM, I PM'd you a wishlist for the next 10 years or so of play. ;-)

I just passed 3 years in this game so far, it's been great and I've enjoyed playing with y'all!

Edit: I was just looking, and I'm horrified to see that we don't seem to have a running tally of our coin! I thought Plathstream was accounting and we had a post somewhere with our funds... Ack! Anyone?
This message was last edited by the player at 07:13, Mon 17 Dec 2018.

Looking to me (player who formerly ran Plathstream) to tally gold was probably a bad idea. I hate that kind of stuff. I can go back and do some accounting, but it will take a while.

DM, I think first priority is to see if we can come up with holy water and another PERMANENT magic weapon.

Let me know what you're looking for, specifically, guys.  Albricht had listed a magical mace in his PM, and I found that to be reasonable (although not the "destroys ALL undead on sight" enchantment, or these guys would have already cleared the catacombs out themselves).

I'm aware that we've been a bit light on magical treasure, so send me wishlists and I'll see what I can come up with.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 277):

Lanliss already has a magic sword but anything else would help: A magic bow, silver/magic bow/arrows & dagger. Perhaps a ring of feather falling or some potions or arcane scrolls.

Ditto on the magic bows.

Btw, can those magic arrows be reused?
This message was last edited by the player at 19:52, Mon 17 Dec 2018.

OOOoooo... A Mace +2! Dibs! *calls credit union*

Anyone want a gently-used Mace +1 that is a party heirloom. Previously belonged to our deceased companion, Plathstream and was given him by the Brothers of Gorm high in the pyramid... I think.

I'll try to go and do some accounting later. I really thought we had a tally going, but alas, I'm not finding it anywhere. Seems like it was a lot though.

Magical sowrds, daggers, slings, and whatever else a thief is allowed to use!

In reply to Vsaati (msg # 281):

Do we have a base of operations to store treasure and supplies we accumulate? A cottage to rent or something? Is there a bank?

Appropriately enough, Voran will take the Mace +1!

DM, is it possible to get a sling +1? :-)

Sherborne has a +1 mace that he got from somewhere...I don't recall anymore.  I think we had two of those maces in the party.

Elder Voran:  there is only a sling +2 currently available.  You guys are working this community fairly hard even coming up with this list.

If Voran will take the Mace +1, I'd like to grab the Sling +2.  At least that will allow me to contribute from a distance, if not up close.  (Unless you can backstab with a sling? Garotte, maybe?  ;) )

Sigh. Voran is a ranged attacker, so I would rather give someone else the mace. I don't suppose Vsaati could backstab with a mace?

If not, I'll stay magic-weapon-less and just be a support and turn-the-undead guy.

No, let's not do that.  If you don't want the mace we'll figure something else out.

In this edition I'm pretty sure thieves are fairly limited in what weapons they can wield.  Dagger, sling, darts, maybe short bow and short sword?

Mentzer Basic Player's Guide, p. 43:

"A thief may use any missile weapon, and any other weapon usable with one hand (two-handed weapons are prohibited.  For more information, see "Advanced Combat," page 58)."

So let's work this out. The weapons available are (not counting arrows and holy water):

shortbow +1 (2500 GP)
longbow +1 (6000 GP)
sword +2 (6200 GP)
sling +2 (450 GP)
shield +1 (350 GP) x4

In terms of current magical equipment, that I know of, we have:

sword +1 (Silverglade)
mace +1 (Albricht)
mace +1 (Sherborne)

I'm pretty sure that there was another shield +1 found at some point, and probably some other swords, but I don't recall who nabbed them. It seems to me that the meat shields should get the shields, with the missile weapons for those who tend to stand back from the fights. As for the best melee weapons, it makes sense that they go to those who are constantly melee attacking, which isn't the elves, given that we cast spells some rounds.

What do others think, and can we fill in the additional current equipment above please?

I haven't had a chance to do an audit yet. Maybe over the weekend? Busy time of year though.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:21, Thu 20 Dec 2018.

You forgot Roak's sword +1.

Vsaati could have my sword +1 if I get the sword +2.

About 1/2 way through accounting. Tired. Finish tomorrow.

OK, so the list is currently:

shortbow +1 (2500 GP)
longbow +1 (6000 GP)
sword +2 (6200 GP)
sling +2 (450 GP)
shield +1 (350 GP) x4
mace +1 (1500 GP)
mace +2 (3000 GP)

In terms of current magical equipment, that I know of, we have:

sword +1 (Silverglade)
mace +1 (Albricht)
sword +1 (Roak)

Lanliss has a Sword +2

Vsaati, what do you say?

I’d love to get my black hands on that longbow +1.

Roak, that works for me.  Appreciate the offer!

So, does that mean Voran can have the sling +2?

I can give the mace +1 to someone else.

Merry Christmas (if that's your thing) and happy holidays to everyone!  May you enjoy the company of family and friends.

I'll be largely out of circulation the next couple of days for those exact things, so see you mid-week!

Happy holidays, and in particular merry Christmas from a Christmas guy. Talk to you all on Wednesday, unless I have a little time on Christmas day.

Merry Christmas everybody!

Merry Chistmas! Hope everyone has a good one! Thanks for a great game!

Merry Christmas to all of you as well.  It's been a fun ride so far, and I'm excited to see where you take it from here.

Merry belated Xmas, and a premature happy New Year!

Regarding Elboc's question IC:

Someone else besides me is going to have to do that math. Loot management is my very least favorite thing in RPGs.

I'm still accounting, about half way through. Christmas and so forth has derailed me. I'll be out of town until Monday, but if I can find some time I'll try to continue my efforts. I've accumulated all coins and gems in Chap 000-003pI so far.

Thanks for taking care of this, Albricht.  It's a tedious job, I know.

Concur, thank you! :-)

Well.

Well, well, well.

Accounting has been very interesting.

I've gathered a list of just coins, gems, and jewelry-type treasures. There are several weapons, shields, etc. that we were never able to ID, but are likely either worth a lot or magical, but that will take another run through and I'm a little cross-eyed at the moment.

Here's what I came up with, and it's... impressive. There are several of these entries that are vague and don't seem to have ever been quantitatively expressed by our DM. These will need additional attention on his part, for example 001.323 "coins and gems"...



Accounting
--------------------
001.323 = coins and gems guarded by bees (Gorm Treasure)
001.475 = 135sp and 40gp
001.539 = four gems
002.521 = scrolls and gemstones
003.70  = jeweled necklace and two gold bracelets
003.149 = 300 GP and five gems
003.366 = jewels on the lid are quite valuable
003.377 = Ablricht de-jewels the lid
003.388 = more lid de-jeweling by the dwarf
003.565 = 15 gp, 96 sp, and 238 cp
003.956 = a set of two platinum circlets with matching linked-gold collars, gold bracelets, and various rings of precious metals.
003b.126 = Queen's Crown and Sceptre
003b.248 = King's Crown, Armor (Albricht now wears) and Sword (Lanliss?)
003b.264 = a scepter made of ivory and chased with gold and platinum...some writing on it that only the elves in the party can read: "Hold Fast"
003b.327 = 3000 gp (Shadow treasure!)
004.45 = potion vial (invisibility), 3000 EP, 5000 GP, a suit of extremely well-made and rust free chainmial, and a finely-wrought dagger with a jeweled hilt in a jeweled sheath.
004.83 = a particularly sparkly necklace around her neck, a small satchel at her side, and a water bottle on a thong
004.123 & 004.138 Magical mace (Albricht - Sherborne has Plathstream's)
004.151 = a large pile of electrum and what appears to be a potion vial.  A further search of the room yields 18 gems
004.235 =  he has recovered a woven silver belt set with opals and a platinum earring-nosering chain set with onyxes
004.237 = a simple, unadorned dagger of exceptional quality, with just the hint of a purple tinge to the metal?
004.340 = The gamblers also left behind 3000sp, 5000gp, six (6) pieces of jewelry, and 26 gems in their haste to leave.
004.428 = Three pieces of jewelry totaling about 3000 GP in value
004.891 = 1400 GP, a red gold ring
005.30 = 2000 SP and 4 gems worth 700 GP each
006.171 = a coin purse (with 50 PP, 128 GP, 117 SP, and 102 CP in it
006.223 = 63 GP
006.257 = 23cp, 18gp
006.329 = 106 copper pieces and 41 silver pieces


*Needs DM clarification

Just coins we have over 55pp, 3000ep, 30564gp, 5389sp, 469cp, and 57 gems, (not counting jewelry)...


And I also came across these delicious tidbits from Timothea:



I reckon if we time things right, we can get HUGE discounts on the items we're looking to buy! ;-)


I suspect that Albricht's current shield is magical (hasn't been hit yet) and his "bird of prey" helm may be as well? Anybody got Identify? Albricht also is wearing the King's Platemail +1 and has the Mace +1 we found in the desk. Plathstream's Mace of Usimagras (+1) is being used by Sherborne currently. It appears Roak, Silverglade and Lanliss have enchanted swords.

Also each of us will get a share (2500gp) of the 20,000gp reward. Albricht bartered his share for an enchanted crossbow bolt (+1, returning, etc?).


Anything I missed?

Looks good. How do you want to track the magic items we're acquiring now in all this?

Albricht, thanks for sorting that out. Perhaps we can hire somebody in town to identify the magic items we've found.

It sounds like we can buy every magical item there is, and so I think we should, because that's a pretty efficient way of carrying wealth.

As a starting point, how about this way of splitting things:

Albricht - should open doors from now on, given that he has the best armour
  +1 plate
  unidentified shield
  unidentified helmet
  +1 mace

Elboc
  shield +1 (350 GP)

Elder Voran
  shield +1 (350 GP)
  mace +2 (3000 GP)

Lanliss
  +2 sword
  shield +1 (350 GP)

Roak
  sword +2 (6200 GP)

Sherborne
  +1 mace

Silverglade
  +1 sword
  shield +1 (350 GP)

Vsaati
  +1 sword (was Roak's)

Not sure who would want the missile weapons:
  shortbow +1 (2500 GP)
  longbow +1 (6000 GP)
  sling +2 (450 GP)

Also, this looks like being a spare:
  mace +1 (1500 GP)

Oh, and Happy New Year everybody.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:27, Mon 31 Dec 2018.

Thanks for the hard work, Albricht.  Maybe I can help going forward, so we keep track as we go rather than having to go through this substantial effort again.  I mean, you all trust the burglar to keep track of the valuables, right?

Silverglade, I'd be happy to take one of the bows if people are agreeable.  Voran wants the sling and I'll be of more use in support of front line fighters than in direct combat myself, especially owing to a weak armour class.  Unless we have some miscellaneous items more suited to my skills?

Happy New Year, everyone!

Updates on values:

001.323 = 2000sp, 500gp, 2 gems (100gp each), one piece of jewelry worth 700gp
001.539 = 4 gems (100gp, 100gp, 500gp, 1000gp)
002.521 = 5 gems (10gp, 50gp, 100gp, 100gp, 500gp)
003.070 = necklace (1500gp), 2 bracelets (600gp each)
003.149 = 4 gems (500gp each, I incorrectly wrote this a 5 gems)
003.366 = gems worth 3000gp in total
003.956 = two linked circlets and matching necklaces (1100gp each), 2 bracelets (150gp each), various rings (490gp)
003b.126 = Crown (5000gp) and sceptre (just a bit too finely wrought to not be magical, room #32 for future reference)
003b.248 = Crown (5000gp)
004.083 = necklace (700gp)
004.151 = 2000ep (electrum, 1/2gp each), 18 gems (100gp each), potion still not identified
004.235 = Woven Silver Belt set with opals (100 gp), Platinum Earring-Nosering Chain set with onyxes (1100 gp)
004.340 = 26 gems (3100gp total), 6 pieces of jewelry (6000gp total)
004.891 = unidentified (magical) red-gold ring (room #41, for future reference)
005.030 = (it looks like you aready have the info on this one)

Could I have a bow?

Elboc, go for it.

Everyone list everything they want here in an OOC post and I'll pull it all together into an IC Montage.

Thanks, Elder Voran.

In reply to Elder Voran (msg # 316):

Can we get the potions and the ring identified?

I second Lanliss' question about identifying those items currently suspected of being more than what they appear.

Elboc, as both bows are +1 the only choice between us would be longbow vs. shortbow.  Do you have a preference?

With some checking around, you can get the rings and potions identified at the temple of the Magi of Usamigaras.

I apologize for the delay, Lanliss.  I assumed that you were asking Elder Voran from the way your reply was formatted.

For 150gp, you can learn the following:

The sceptre is a Wand of Paralyzation
The ring is a Ring of Fire Resistance
The potion from 4.151 is a Potion of Poison
The dagger from 4.237 is a Dagger +1

The other potion (which had already been identified) is a Potion of Invisibility

Assuming the money for identification comes out of the common fund, I'd be happy to pay back my share of gold to hold on to the Ring of Fire Resistance.

That wand might be a good item for Elder Voran, if so, I'd argue for Albricht to get the new Mace +2. (see what I did there? ;-)

We might even start thinking about creating our own Faction down here based on outside commerce and the sale of water... Dream big! Ninth Level is only five or six years away!

DM, can Voran use the wand?

Mentzer, Dungeon Masters Rulebook, p. 45:



It goes on to state that there will be different rules in the Expert rulebook, but I've read through that section and it doesn't change any of the rules.

Elder Voran will not be able to use the wand.

I suspected as much. Can we sell it?

Lanliss and Silverglade can use it, and it would have some interesting strategic uses... We're not hurting for coin...

So are we saying something like this?

Albricht - should open doors from now on, given that he has the best armour
  +1 plate
  unidentified shield
  unidentified helmet
  +1 mace
  Dagger +1

Elboc
  shield +1 (350 GP)
  shortbow +1 (2500 GP)
  mace +1 (1500 GP)

Elder Voran
  shield +1 (350 GP)
  mace +2 (3000 GP)
  sling +2 (450 GP)

Lanliss
  +2 sword
  shield +1 (350 GP)
  Wand of Paralyzation

Roak
  sword +2 (6200 GP)
  Potion of Invisibility

Sherborne
  +1 mace

Silverglade
  +1 sword
  shield +1 (350 GP)

Vsaati
  +1 sword (was Roak's)
  longbow +1 (6000 GP)
  Ring of Fire Resistance
  Potion of Poison

Silverglade, agreed with your analysis.



Works for me.

Are we ready to move on into the catacombs?

Albricht - should open doors from now on, given that he has the best armour
  +1 plate
  unidentified shield
  unidentified helmet
  +1 mace
  Dagger +1
  Magical crossbow bolt (+?, returning)

I spaced the unidentified stuff. Would be fun to RP it out and discover later on, but for the sake of this discussion and RL time... can we get those ID'd as well?  Also, with this much going on, perhaps the Usi-priests will have Albricht's bolt enchantment done before we leave? Maybe? ;-)

I'll be glad to short-cut the identification scenes.  Can you remind me of where you picked those items up?  It will help with getting the data to you.

Actually fairly recently --> 006.167-179

Elboc would greatly prefer the longbow +1, but sadly, that costs more.  (He’ll also need more arrows.)
This message was last edited by the player at 07:22, Sun 13 Jan 2019.

 I figured that Vsaati would be firing her bow most often, not being a front rank fighter.

It costs another 150 GP, but Albricht's gear is identified as a Helm +1 (just to AC) and a shield +2.

Thaaaats niiiice, that's very nice.

I think Albricht's about ready to take off then. Are we sorted?

So are we getting the items that Silverglade listed?

Yes we are. :-)

Apologies for the lack of post yesterday--I am traveling for business and was occupied from waking to sleeping yesterday. I am not sure if I will be able to update today, either; worst case I will update tomorrow.

Nudging the DM--how do we handle this?

I'm prepared for all of the items listed to be purchased with a hand-wave.  You guys decide how the payments are split up, and how much gold gets distributed to each character.

When you're done, we can go on to the catacombs.

Albricht, what are your suggestions on the cost splits?

Well, a couple of thoughts. We've got tons (maybe literally) of coin and wealth. This is the first time in the game we've had a chance to buy or sell anything. There may or may not be future opportunities. We've lost a few characters along the way... ahem... as you would know. So we might as well spend it. However...


Albricht would certainly wish to give this a try, and pay as little as possible... I realize this makes things harder for the DM, but...

Long term, I can see using our wealth to further our relations with entities beyond the City. But how do we secure it in the meantime?

If we aren't able to spoof the Cynodecian merchants to buy their stuff without paying hard currency for it, then let's buy all the stuff we need with it. Just take the total bill, subtract it from our combined wealth, and then earmark whatever's left over divided evenly.

Of course there's a greedy glint in the old dwarf's eye that hasn't been there until it was clear just how much jingle we have...  >:-D

But all that aside, let's let DM do what works best of what I've kinda brought up and let's get back to killing (or re-killing as it were) some foes!

While I haven't been big on tracking encumbrance (at all), you might make a point of keeping some of the more valuable gems and jewelry, for flavor's sake, as their value-to-weight ratio is more advantageous for the characters.

I'm willing to give a 20% discount on all of what you buy, as a quick representation of the generally disconnected nature of the local populace.  Divide that how you will.

I as a player haven't been here as long as the rest, but I think Vsaati has a pretty long history with the group.  I hope I'm not being insensitive to other long-time players when I say I agree with Albricht's proposal to buy all the listed equipment and then maintain the remaining funds in our party coffers, ostensibly to be divided equally among the group's members should we need to split up later on.

I am completely comfortable with that. Here's my only caveat: following the DM's advice, we should see about keeping some of the jewels for purposes of bartering. I'll leave the amount and specifics up to Albricht, as long as we have some.

Sounds cool to me.

Hey guys this all sounds good, I just haven't had time to get my brain into mathing. I have an important bid due next Wed that's taking most of my brain power and what little is left over is going to my FtF game this Thurs. I'll try to spend a little time on figuring it all out, but I think we've got plenty to go around, besides if it be converted into keeping us alive I'm all for it. Anyway, thanks for being patient. I'll get my homework done as soon as I can spare a few cycles. ;-)

DM, can we move along before then?

Alrighty then, I'm no accountant, but in the absence of anyone with a clue, I'm the best you've got! ;-) Numbers are rounded down-ish in most circumstances and gems/jewelry are expressed in gp equivalents.



So, we're still filthy-rich... A good problem to have.

Gems
 1 @ 10gp
 1 @ 50gp
 5 @ 100gp
 6 @ 500gp
 2 @ 1000gp
 1 bag of 3000gp worth of gems
 1 bag of 18 gems (100gp each)
 1 bag of 26 gems (3100gp total)
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13,460gp

Jewelry
 700gp jewelry
 6 @ 6000gp total jewelry
 1500gp necklace
 2 @ 600gp bracelets
 2 @ 1100gp circlets/necklaces
 2 @ 150gp bracelets
 490gp worth of rings
 2 @ 5000gp Crowns
 700gp necklace
 100gp woven silver belt with opals
 1100gp Platinum with onyx earing-nosering set
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24,290gp

Ideas:

• Make a deposit with the priests of Usamigaras, dunno if they'll act as bankers or if they'll just accept it as a donation and screw us.
• Purchase a home/fort/base and spend money to have it fortified, including a vault, maybe we're not high enough level? For example, Name Level for Dwarf is 9...
• Find a place to hide a bunch of our stash, or put bits of it here and there in places we don't think it'll be discovered.
• Albricht would love to re-establish contact with the surface and get a water project underway, get some passive income while he's gaining levels!

@DM - Is there a place we can bank in the city besides perhaps the Usamigarianites?