Feel free to get to know the other players here when out of character and please try to keep chatter that isn't in character confined here.  I won't get crazy about a bit of off topic messaging elsewhere, but we've got a nice thread here for it.

Just wanted to share some things I acquired today:




TSR's board-game "Dungeon!"

Inside was a copy of the reprint of the basic D&D rules.

Cool! Holmes Basic D&D! I love it! It is what i started off playing way... way back then. Nice find! Hope you enjoy them both greatly. Cheers

In reply to Roak The Quick (msg # 3):

I've never actually seen a copy of "Dungeon" before.  I started with the Mentzer version of the Basic rules, but acquired the Holmes and Moldvay versions in short order.  Thanks for sharing that!

Did you know there was a the copy of the basic rules rules in there? If not great find.

Great find indeed. I started on 1E and then Moldvay B/X, 1980 I think. I have two Holmes books but don't actually own Dungeon, although we did play that way back when too.

  just to let everyone know, I know the description of his eyes are clear and blue, the picture shows red, i'm still looking.. lol

thanks for understanding and having the fortitude to only make one or two jabbing comments back at me about it. lol

 thanks all

Apologies busy weekend. Post has been made. Ready to enter the secret door.

In reply to Albricht Burghammer (msg # 8):

No need to apologize. Happens to us all. Cheers

Here's my attempt at a map. Does it look about right?

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18 |   |   |   |   |   |###| V |###|###|###|   |   |###|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
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                           ENTRY

  ###   = Wall of corridor
   H    = Dead hobgoblin
--DDD-- = Door
   V    = Crossbow trap
   $    = Secret door

Scale 1 square = 5ft

In reply to Albricht Burghammer (msg # 10):

Good job Albricht!

In reply to Albricht Burghammer (msg # 10):

 Looks good,

  Oh, and I particularly liked the Dwarf holding the lantern HIGH for anyone needing the light.   :)

 jk

That's just an excuse for him to try and singe your eyebrows.

;)

In reply to Lanliss (msg # 13):

Ah   hahahahahahaha

Cool!

It's a d6 to try to open a door, right?

In reply to Greyband (msg # 16):

Yup.

Eventually I'll be able to roll well enough so that we're sure that there aren't any traps.

Sorry all if I'm being too cautious, but Vsaati is having fun messing with things.

In reply to Vsaati (msg # 19):

s'all good.

In reply to Vsaati (msg # 19):

You are doing exactly what you should do. No worries. Cheers

In case we are getting confused here. Albricht did not hear anything, but that doesn't stop him from claiming that he did. It's a personality thing.

question....

 how do i get the race and class in the description of my name, in the threads, like the one that says "Hobbit Fighter"
 for Roak?

 thank you very much

In reply to Elboc Ice Eyes (msg # 23):

Character Details -> change biography

In reply to Sherborne (msg # 24):

thanks

Forgive my charging on (assuming we can), just trying to move us on before we spend several weeks stuck in the first two rooms!

The Dwarf is slowly becoming my favourite character in this group.

@Lanliss, it's fine I just figured we could cover the downtime by looking for any other entrances, as the room seemed like one big trap to me.

That's real old school D&D, having the first room be a trap to wipe out the party.

Aye, makes for a real quick game haha

 question,.... how big around is the tube? I mean, can I stand on the ladder and lean against the wall behind me?

In reply to Elboc Ice Eyes (msg # 30):

Sure.  It's about 3' wide inside, so you can stand on the rungs and lean back against the opposite side while inside the cylinder.  Using a bow, assuming that's what you're thinking of, will be difficult.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 31):

thats what i was wondering. yep.
 no go then.

Presumably we can shoot from the area just under the tube, although that will bring us closer to the bugs.

I am going to be at PaizoCon starting tomorrow evening, and going until Monday evening (probably late).  I'll be back on Tuesday, although I'll try to pop in here and there during lulls while at the convention.

Enjoy! Wishing you much fun and gaming! Cheers

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  ###   = Wall of corridor
   D    = Door

Scale 1 square = 10ft

My son graduated last night so I've been busy. I will be heading off on a much needed vacation. I should have internet where I am but posting may be spotty for a bit. Take good care! Blessings

In reply to Roak The Quick (msg # 37):

Congrats to your son, and have a good time.

   as a side note, my wife and I are leaving town for a couple of days as well, hotel has wifi, but wife wants the laptop to stay. (she doesn't realize i can type on the phone). lo

Everyone enjoy the long weekend! I'll be at home putzing, I guess :-)

  You know what really suck?  ....... no really, do you????

 lol

 I remember playing this scenario many many years ago. and cannot for the life of our characters remember what to do or not to do. lol

In reply to Elboc Ice Eyes (msg # 40):

That's probably for the best, really.

I guess we are waiting on the thief types to check the door to the east.

Agreed.

I'll bump this along if we don't get a positive, "I'm going to check door F," in just a bit.  Do you have a preference for which door you head to?

None has spoken against the east door plan so you could assume that Albricht's leadership talents have won the day ;p

In reply to Albricht Burghammer (msg # 45):

I care not for your nose in the air attitude.... but yeah ....go ahead.. lol

Our first encounter with a creature that can talk. Which begs the question - who's going to do the talking? I'd suggest Vsaati, since she's got a +2 charisma bonus.

Greyband, sadly, did not get the memo. Sorry :-(

It turns out that you might be better off for it.  Time will tell...

Albricht:  I'm loving the heck out of your "it's all about me" dwarf here...  I just wanted to say that for the record, OOC, as I still haven't found a way to have the NPCs react to it.

I thought all Dwarves were like that...

I usually play dwarfs when I RP in DND, I think he's doing very well.

Thanks everyone. I'm channeling my 8 yr old!

  ahahahahahahahaha !!!! wonderful

Job interview later today and tomorrow out of town, so offline until Friday, most likely.

In reply to Greyband (msg # 55):

Goodluck

In reply to Greyband (msg # 55):

Fingers crossed for you.

Now that was daring dwarf!!

For the whole world to see. :)

Remember the 5 D's - that's the key to victory.

In reply to Albricht Burghammer (msg # 59):

Fortunately, I wasn't drinking anything when I read that.

I think I was when  I wrote  it.

Or not. I rather suspect the 5 Ds are thus:-

1. D'oh!

2. D'oh!

3. D'oh!

4. D'oh!

5. Death

;)

I uploaded a copy of the map of this tier of the pyramid so far into the "Game Map" link.

I'm on holiday from tomorrow until the 23rd without internet access, will catch you all when I get back.

In reply to Lanliss (msg # 65):

Enjoy your time off!

I assume we have lost the players for Vsaati and Roak (unless I missed something) Seeing as these thief/scouts are useful for the party, I would be happy to take on Vsaati as an extra character if no one objects.

Perhaps someone could take on Roak? If the players return no worries they can pick up again.

In reply to Albricht Burghammer (msg # 67):

That works for me.  Can you see Vsaati's character sheet?

Um nope. I think when you have more than one character you should see a droplist. Can't see that.

I'll take over Roak, then.

OK.  Albricht's player should now have control of Vsaati and Greyband's player should also have control of Roak.  Let me know if you guys have any trouble with this.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 71):

I'm good as long as its not a complication..

Not a big deal to me.  Are there plans to advertise for new players for those two?

hopefully they're just midding in action due to holiday weekend stuff???

Albricht has 2/10 hp. A full day's rest would be welcome (natural healing I thought was 1-3hp/full day), especially after the long journey they would have had in the desert. Any more than a full day of rest would likely make people stir crazy and want to go off searching and split the party...

The GM said that all hurts are healed, so I suggest we press on.

Yeah.  The edition of the Basic game that I play most often is deliciously vague on how much time is required for natural healing.  It can be one day or several days, really, that you're resting, so I'm good with just fast-forwarding to the point at which you're ready to go again.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 77):

I like it when the GM is in control of that type of stuff, in my humble opinion, it should be contingent (sp), on the type of wounds.

All good. I'm able to post as Roak now.

games going well folks... lets move on into the dark and fight some nasties

I'm trying to keep up the role-playing part of what we're doing here, as opposed to just running a crawl.  I get the feeling that the group is a bit split on this.

Thoughts?  I can run this either way.

Very much open to role-play, honestly, though I do enjoy the crawl aspect. Keeping Greyband and Roak's personalities separate should be no big deal.

All good I think the balance is okay. We just stumbled into an intermission after meeting the brothers. A nice low pressure game with steady posting. I am enjoying the progress so far.

Head's up: I am planning on taking a trip with my wife--the first without my kids in 15 years--Saturday through Wednesday next week. I should be able to post to this game periodically, but possibly not daily.

I am happy with the way things are going so far and am down either way it goes or if it goes the way it's been going. :^)

I bet that was a door you have been waiting to open for a while  now. ;)

No, more like a door that we happened upon that proved appealing. Long story :-)

Darned shame about Greyband. He was a pretty character :-)

DM, let me know if I can roll up a new guy sometime soon. I probably won't have time until I'm back from my trip.

Feel free to roll up a new character, or you could take over one of the others that had a player go missing.  Either way.  I have a fairly easy way to introduce a new character at this point, as you aren't so far in that another missing member/survivor of the caravan couldn't have happened in to the pyramid as well.

Whichever you would prefer.

Will think on it for a few days when I'm offline and let you know when I return! :-)

Such a fickle dice roller.

 you know how I said this module seemed familiar?? well, as soon as the armored gents yelled thieves, I remembered that happening to us before, way back when I started playing DnD. lol still cant remember what's supposed to happen next, but I remember that part.

Well Albricht saw that coming, but he is just playing along. :p


I forgot how much dice rolling there is in basic.

Swing, Miss. Swing. Miss. Miss. Miss.

Hit...a hit holy crap yeah!

Swing. Miss. Miss. Another miss. Wait...no that's a miss as well!

In reply to Albricht Burghammer (msg # 93):

I've always thought it funny .... newbie can't hit crap but lives to make it to god like status later.

It's early but I have yet to hit anything but air.  Yeah, it's a lot of dice rolling.  Oh the good old days of instant death!

I have always believed survival is related to character name. The more silly the name the more likely the character will stick around, no matter how risky you play them.  Hence two of my random roll ups Odds McWondersson and Dildo Bugger reaching double figure levels, despite my best efforts.

Unfortunately Greyband is far too sensible a name to last. ;)

One of my favorites, too. No fear, Plathstream is on his way :-)

Not enough time to roll it today, but I will roll up Plathstream, another starving wanderer, on the morrow.

Plathstream. Brilliant. Destined for a long and fruitful life. :)

Question for gm....
  They all look the same with the masks on correct, if we take them off of all of them, are they still the same? As to size and the like. My thinking is they all looked rhw same, is there some nagik at play here?

Prisoners. When I always regret playing a lawful character :)

With their masks off, they look as similar as most humans do.  There are minor differences, but they all appear to be from the same ethnic group.  This, of course, would likely be a bit harder for non-humans to notice, but time around humans will make this easier.  They're all human males, but not clones of each other (which is what I assume you're asking).
This message was last edited by the GM at 01:07, Wed 22 July 2015.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 101):

thank you, but no...... i was wondering if there might have been a magic that made them all look the same, in features such as size and that. like if a dwarf were to put a mask on would he look the same as another in a mask, to anyone looking at him

To all appearances, they're just masks made of gold.  Pricey, but not magical.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 103):

thank you

   Just a days warning......


I will be out of service area, so they tell me , starting late morning tomorrow. I will attempt to post before in the morning. I will allow the gm to give control of my actions to another player, please don't kill me off.  B-)

Bzzzzzzzz...

Okay so here's the plan summary.

1) We tie up the sleeping brothers of gorm
2) We leave the battle scene as is
4) We tie ourselves up and hope there are no wandering monsters
5) Beating up Elboc sounds a great idea but probably not necessary
6) We effectively 'wake up' when the other brothers do
7) Say that we can't remember much detail. Heard the noise of battle and came to help (just like the sleeping brothers) but then fell asleep.
8) Greyband must have shrugged off the effects and paid the price for helping Kanadius.
9) Maybe these mysterious bad guys were after the treasure, but we don't actually know about the treasure and bee room so will need to play along and hope they come up with that idea.

Ta da! Can't possibly fail. :)

Disclaimer: RPG plans do not always go to plan, effects are varied, batteries not included.

I, for one, am quite curious to see how you choose to handle this..

:)

I'm back

I'm going on a short holiday, so won't be able to post until Saturday night. Feel free to have someone else control Silverglade in the meantime if needed.

I'm back. Are we all dead yet?

*scurries glides like an elf off to check game thread*

Rather than continue negotiating IC can everyone comment OOC on whether they are happy to go ahead with the above plan. Then Vsaati could summarise IC and we could move things forward.

The above 'plan' doesn't have a 3rd line? Conspiracy theorists do not like this...

And Lanliss is Neutral and an Elf, so if you want someone to 'off' the locals he's your guy. ;)

I have actually been debating whether to step in and agree or not.  I think it's not such a good plan it terms of a positive outcome for the party, but it might be amusing from an rp stand point.

Ha! Didn't spot that when I wrote it. What could it mean?

Whatever I think OOC, Roak isn't going to go along with being tied up. To speed things up IC, that's his primary objection. If there is some version of the plan that doesn't involve him in ropes, we can move forward.

We do seem to be a bit stalled here.  I'd like to get some kind of idea of what is happening before I'm off for a few days.  I'll be going on about a 1000 mile trip starting Friday morning on the west coast of the U.S.A., and returning late the following Monday (Pacific time, GMT/UTC -08:00).  I probably won't be able to post during that time.

OK guys.  I'm out until late Monday, Pacific time.  Have a good weekend, all of you.

ok, maybe we will have it worked out by the time you get back ;)

I'm back.  It looks like you guys haven't come to a consensus yet, but are tending toward leaving them in the desert outside.  I'm enjoying the in-character banter!

Taking a long time to get the job done for sure. But credit to everyone we are still here and sticking to task. :)

Just think how much XP there is in solving a problem this big that we created.

I've a feeling that even if this was a face-to-face game we'd still have spent hours discussing the problem! Old School was never like this...

At times it seems like it wasn't.  "Kill 'em all.  Monsters are evil, as are anyone you find in a 'dungeon'," was the attitude.  Lawful, Neutral, and Chaotic were largely a notation on a character sheet.

We had moments like this.  This actually reminds me of a lot like it was back in the day, except this is a forum so it's naturally much slower.  I guess it depends on the group(s) you played with.

Greyband was a human, by the way.

Yeah I saw that slip. Very insightful... ;p

In reply to Albricht Burghammer (msg # 126):

thank you, and sorry about that folks. I did an edit and made it right.

I think we're stalled again.  At present, Kanadius and the Brothers (living and dead) have been stripped of their weapons and Lanliss has Kanadius' helm.  The living (sleeping) Brothers are tied up.  Elboc, Albricht, and Sherborne have gotten Greyband's body up to the top of the pyramid and can take it out the passage to get outside fairly easily.

Have you come to a consensus on what to do with the incapacitated Brothers?

Not yet it seems

Stick them in a room, bar it, then come back for them later. We don't need to leave food or water or anything, just leave them in a room and lets move on and be done with it.

That is a really good idea.

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Separate topic: how does healing work apart from the Cure spells?

In reply to Roak The Quick (msg # 131):

over time.


and I agree to the situation with the sleepers

Roak:  natural healing was never defined, that I recall, in the standard D&D books.  I'm running it like 3.0/3.5, with character level in HP healed when sleeping, and a bit more if getting all-day rest and a bigger boost from active medical care.  We were vague about the last round of healing, so I hand-waved it.

So without some magic, it will take me a couple of days to heal?
This message was last edited by the player at 21:48, Fri 14 Aug 2015.

Yup.  Two days with light activity or bed rest and others tending to you during that time, three days of just light activity or bed rest, of five days of normal activity and no further damage.

(1 point per day per character level overnight, plus 1 point per day per character level of bed rest, plus 1 point per day per character level of constantly attentive medical care)

** Edit: I'm making this up, using a backport of 3.0/3.5 rules, as I can't find anything solid about it in the rulebooks.  If you have a reference to the healing rules, let me know and I'll use those from this point forward. **

*** Edit 2:  I've found it!  Holmes (copyright 1974, page 7) and Moldvay (copyright 1981, page B25) indicate that between 1 and 3 HP are healed per FULL day of rest and recuperation, with any interruption negating all healing for the day.  Unless anyone has an objection, though, I think that using the guidelines above will work more smoothly. ***
This message was last edited by the GM at 01:11, Sat 15 Aug 2015.

Concur.

So I think the plan is to put the prisoners in a room, use spikes to keep them in it, then on with adventures, with some of us dressed as the prisoners we found.

Too heavy handed, with the sandstorm?

nope, just obvious ;)  But it's ok, I don't think we would have actually left the dungeon.  It was just rp in my mind and that gave us something else to talk about.  It's not like sandstorms don't happen in the desert.  Just say you rolled it up based on the wilderness survival guide.  (I say 'based on' because we all know this is basic ;) )

Just heavy-handed enough! Close that option down, say I!

All good. Works for me. Just playing things out.

Oh crap now we have to find a new door opener. Might take while. ;p

I really appreciate the back-and-forth between the characters, so let me know when you guys settle on which door to open.
This message was last edited by the GM at 02:14, Wed 19 Aug 2015.

Looks like we've settled on the one to the west of the bee room.

Aye

Concur.

Hey, how's it going? Looks like I'll be joining you all as a replacement player.  Looking forward to some old-school fun.

Hello Placeholder. Welcome to the game.

Game map updated.

hello placeholder :)

Our new player, "Placeholder" (for now) will be coming in to take over one of our spare characters.  We've got Vsaati (the Thief) and Roak the Quick (the Halfling).  Since this is standard D&D, Halflings don't have any of the Thief's primary abilities, but everyone can listen at doors and search for secret doors.

Is there any kind of feel for which of the two character's you'd like to take over?

I like thieves in any game, so I guess that would be my first choice.

I have been keeping Vsaati alive. She is all yours. :)

Done.  Vsaati has been transferred.  It looks like the original player never finished out her equipment, so feel free to grab some armor, a shield, a weapon or two (with ammunition, if necessary), basic gear, and thieves' tools.  The character sheet is HTML, so go ahead and update it if you know how, or ask for help and I'll get the details updated.

I feel lighter.

Now for some crazy dwarf action. :)

Will do, thanks. Hopefully I won't fall victim to the first trap we see.

With a new thief around you might get used to that feeling. ;)

Welcome new Vsaati!

I feel...different somehow...like a new person almost. Not lighter, but more mustachioed maybe.

Ha, missed the "she" part somehow. Feeling less mustachioed now...

Anyone able to detect evil? I fear we have a doppleganger here...

In reply to Vsaati (msg # 159):

hahahahahaha....

Plathstream:  I put your character sheet into the HTML format that the rest of the characters are using.  You're short one spell (you should have two) and one language.

Vsaati:  Some basic equipment would be good.  I can just add some if you would prefer.  There is an equipment list on the first page of the character creation thread.
This message was last edited by the GM at 01:21, Thu 03 Sept 2015.

I looked back to check and I believe most of us are dressed in the brother's mask and gown.

THIS???........

"Brother Elboc, calm yourself. You forget who you are. And you forget Dorm watches over us. We should welcome this new elf. Dorm knows where you lot are breeding from, but still, peace is what we are about isn't it?" Albricht looks at Elboc and taps the golden mask and shakes a corner of the blue tunic they are wearing. He winks behind the mask not knowing if it could be seen.

"Sooo...stranger what brings  you to Glorns pyramid of wonder? I am, um,  Albrichtius. And we are the Brothers, because that is how we are dressed, and we live here in peace wandering around helping people and such. How may we help you? Why is it that you have to wish to do some parlay with us. This day. Here under Blorms gaze. Watching us watching you? Huh?"


ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC........
  Thats got to be the best dialog I have heard from anyone playing a Dwarf I have ever seen/heard.  wonderful stuff, the stuff of legends.. you shall forever live on in memory....

 who was that again??

Who knows, he's wearing a mask.

Cheers.:)

Better keep it on after the adventure, with that face. ;)

Plathstream appears to have 7/10HP, as per his bio. Is he 2nd level? Does he have a 19 CON? Or is this a mistake?

Elves have a d6 for hit points. The 7 number should be correct.

The bio is left over from poor Greyband. I'll fix that.

Game Map updated to account for Plathstream's movement.

LOL, nice one Albricht!

I'm going to stop and pass out XP at this point.  Since Plathstream hasn't been involved in anything but dialog yet, this seems like an appropriate point.  The other characters will be getting 148 XP each, prior to any 5% or 10% bonus.  Unfortunately, Greyband (may he rest in peace) is not here to share in this with the rest, although the total rises for everyone else, just a bit, because of that.

Gee, thanks :-p

Roak thanks you, though.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 171):

thanks

Dwarves don't work in a vacuum. He needs material to feed on. ;)

Does the 148xp take into account the 4 weeks hard core OD-style rp working out what to do with the sleeping brothers? That was intense. :)

p.s. Can we round up the 14.8xp bonus to 15? I'd hate to be 0.2xp shy of Level 2. ;p
This message was last edited by the player at 03:05, Wed 09 Sept 2015.

I just assumed I'd round the 14.8 to 15, personally :-)

DM: what doors/hallways have we not explored yet?

Yes, Albricht.  Editions prior to 3.0 assumed that we all used normal rounding, so 14.8 becomes 15.

I thought the elves were going to dominate the secret door shown in the game map.

Roak:  You have yet to explore the secret door you just found, and the northwest exit from the room with the fire beetles and ladders.

Wasn't me that found it so I'm not opening it!

I've been enjoying watching Roak search for traps when he really doesn't have an ability to do so.  It seems obvious that the halfling in the group would have this ability, but it just isn't part of standard D&D.

Sneaky little hobbitses. Bunch of thieves the lot of 'em. ;p

Best used as counterweights and for tossing in rooms first. Allegedly speaking of course.

I thought dwarves were for tossing into rooms first? Surely that is the origin of the term, 'Dwarf-tossing'?

Certainly not in polite pyramid society.

In the Appendix there is an adventurers hierarchy for such things:

1) First go Elves - because there are far too many of them anyway and they don't belong in a desert adventure
2) Then Halflings - because they are light and easy to balance
3) Then Dwarfs - if you would dare get close enough to pick one up
4) No one is interested in Humans - far too common.

In reply to Albricht Burghammer (msg # 184):

now wait a second.... I think this is turning into a case-by-case scenario, as we are clearly indoors and heading underground, it should be as follows.

1. Dwarfs- because they are underground dwellers and ....well, supposed to be fearless.
2. Halflings- because they are small and can move relatively fast towards the front to disrupt the enemy.
3. Elves- because they are light and fierce fighters and can shoot better then anyone else.
4. Humans- well. you're right, noone cares.
5. Elves of the 'Drow' variety..... because they live underground and will be assessing the relative value of the territory taken as it may be his..er... their new home

No no no no no...you've got it all wrong!

1. Dwarfs - because they are underground dwellers and no-one cares about them
2. Humans - because no-one cares about them either
3. Halflings - because they are small and can move relatively freely among all the dead Dwarfs and Humans no-one cares about
4. Elves of the 'Drow' variety to slaughter any survivors
5. Elves - because it takes an Elf to kill a Drow, and the only good Drow are dead Drow!

Yeah, well. Flavor :-)



Funny, in the olden days, the drow always went first because he was a trussed-up captive who we had walk 15' in front of us with a 10' pole prodding him forward. :-)

As a point of flavo(u)r, Roak, I really do appreciate it.

As an aside, I blame Merriam Webster for taking the letter "u" away from most Americans.  The jerk thought he was doing us a favo(u)r or something when he did it.

Aye, well, you'll have to cope. I've always found the 'u' an unwanted intrusion on an otherwise fine germanic spelling ;-)

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 188):

I suggest we make it a house rule GM, that we add the 'U' in words we 'colonists ' changed. Mayhaps we start a National Empirical trend.

As in columnist? You can read about that in the paper. :)

Oh and since someone brought the subject up can we please stop using 'Z' all the time when an 'S' is perfectly fine. Part of a Scrabble conspiracy is my guess. Is 'Z' still worth 10 in US Scrabble - or less because it is used so often? Perhaps 'U' is worth more to balance things, because it keeps getting excluded?

Frankly, I don't really care how the words are spelled, as long as it's consistent.  I still find the spelling differences both curious and amusing, and the reasons for them fairly strange.

I actually would like to find out more about how the change happened, myself.

  Calm down everyone , it was meant as a joke, now, onto aluminium, why, or how, do both words mean the same hing but are spelled and pronounced differently? I think, IMHO, that the brits, sorry, British, have the correct way about them and all, but sometimes it's just a bit too much of the stiff upper lip thing. my 2 pence.

I was serious--I'm curious. I'm not upset :-)  I thought we were all joking.

well then be  serious brother! let the hammer fall!!!

My understanding is the Merriam Webster, of Webster's Dictionary fame, intentionally removed what he considered to be "unnecessary" letters from common English words when he wrote his dictionary for Americans, along with changing the spelling of other words (theatre/theater, centre/center, &c.), in an attempt to differentiate United States English from British English.  I'm not sure how much national identity he gave those of use in the USA, as such, be he sure made a snarl of some spellings.

Englizh is such an irregular language maybe they hoped no-one would notice?

So he dropped the 'u' out of armour, but left the 'k' in knight? He clearly didn't start with the most glaring issues.

Anyway, is there anything more to do on this level, or are we going down those stairs?

Found one secret door, might be others - like at end of passage top right of map. Up to elves if they wanna go searching.

In reply to Albricht Burghammer (msg # 200):

open it.lets go

So I have a question about stuff we encounter.  If given a description of a monster, especially when said monster isn't named, if as a player I know what it is, are we then assuming that my character knows what it is?  When I saw the description for the stirges as a player I knew what it was, but I played my character as if he didn't.

It is good role-playing to assume that your character needs to learn everything from the start, but since this world is one that is populated by monsters of all sorts, it is at least somewhat likely that you have heard of some of them.  Use your best judgement we'll go from there.

ok, I was just going simply by the fact that you gave a description and not the name.  That seemed to me to be a good measure of it since in the past you mentioned a hobgoblin and bees, but didn't say 'Stirge'.  :)

I think stirges are not uncommon, so went with the likelihood that Lanliss would either have heard of/read about or encountered them at some point. But I won't always do that.

If it looks like a stirge, squawks like a stirge, sucks blood like a stirge...then its probably a stirge! :)

So, the only area we haven't yet explored are the stairs, then?

And the northwest door out of the room with the ladders and fire beetles.

Starting some time on Thursday or Friday, I'll be out for a few days.  My wife and I will be out on our anniversary weekend at the Pacific coast.  I won't be posting during that time, so we'll have a bit of a break, unless the characters want to take the opportunity to snipe at each other (which is highly amusing).

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 208):

happy anniversary, have a good time

Thanks.  It promises to be.  After our record-making long, hot, dry summer in Washington State, we've finally gotten our clouds and rain back, so the weekend promises to be alternately stormy and sunny.  It will be excellent.

Happy anniversary! Enjoy!

Game map updated.

Game map updated again.

Update late tomorrow at earliest. Busy week!

DM, echoing what was asked IC, where do we have left to go? Downstairs?

It seems that the group is fairly well-rounded at this point.  I've gotten a request from another player to join, but have him (?) added as a lurker for the time being.  If the group consensus is that we've got room for another player, I'll go with it, but I've told him that he'll need to wait for an opening before we can add him as a character, at least at this time.

I'm worried we don't have enough Elves in the party...

In reply to Lanliss (msg # 217):

I agree, but not 'those type' of elves, maybe another of the 'my' type?? Might be fun then.

Well, the whole dark elf bit is house ruled anyway for this version - not a bad thing - so why not dragonborne :P

In reply to Sherborne (msg # 219):

Ok, dragonborne, so .....?? Rydin or someone else? Lol

Maybe a dark elf and a dragonborne cross while we are at it.  Just need to figure out what effect that has on it's breath weapon.

Omg this is basic. We would have to attack a dragonborn by default. Only reason the drow has survived is because Albricht thinks he has a sun tan. ;p

1001 posts, by the way!

While I'm not philosophically opposed to character-versus-character fights, I do hope that they're in character, not motivated by inter-player malice (which I don't see at this point), and all in good fun/roleplaying.

With that in mind, if you guys want to tear each other up, enjoy!

LOl, indeed - Lanliss will attack anything dragonborn or tiefling or any of that nonsense on sight, because he believes they're all demons.

And he also believes Elboc is only dark of mood, not phenotype. Otherwise he'd be a demon, too. A dead demon.

In reply to Lanliss (msg # 225):

I'll show you dark of mood, wait ...... never mind.


:)

Yes I think we are ready to go down stairs and explore next level.

Indeed!

I am sure Albricht will volunteer to lead the way. *SHOVES*

Offline today, post from me tomorrow.

Outage at the plant has me working since 6 this morning with a few hiurs off, but am back at work tonight resetting  turbines. Ill catch posts when i can. Bare with me.

Well if they are better than AC4, then we got plenty of dice rolling to come...

Going to be another busy weekend--look for something from me Monday.

No problem.  Online play-by-post copes with this fairly well.

I'm not intentionally ignoring the Beatles references.  I'm quite enjoying them, I'm just not as familiar with their work as most (also, I've had trouble remembering album names, band member names, and song titles specifically throughout most of my life).

Just to let you all know, I am not going along with the Beatles references either but for a different reason........ I never liked them.... There, I said it, let's move on. Lol

Let it be, man. We'll come together, no fear.

In reply to Plathstream (msg # 236):

  oh boy....

Maybe I should have known better, but now it might be best to go to Penny Lane where we can work it out.

Well if you are not a fan of Beatles perhaps DM could send us some other Monsters (of Rock) or Animals. Like Scorpions, a Whitesnake, a Steppenwolf and its Wolfmother, a White Lion, a hearing impaired Leopard, giant Eagles, some Monkees, some W.A.S.P.'s (but we have already had bees), some Imagine Dragons or even a T Rex. A Seal probably no good in the desert. Etc can go on and on...

 PLEASE!! PLEASE!!!!    DON'T....   i mean, please.. don't....

Yes, please stop it - you'll give Elboc his 19th Nervous Breakdown...

Okay, THAT was funny.  Hahaha

Pity, I have a host of Scorpions puns I could use. I will spare you, though.

I shall be away for a week til the 15th. Please roll without me.

In reply to Albricht Burghammer (msg # 244):

Will do.  I hope you'll be away doing something fun.

It's been a bit since the last game post.  Did everyone just get busy?

Well we killed all the beetles and found a staff. I'm not sure what options we have - everyone has said move on, so to the next room/door, one would assume.

We've lost Albricht's player (he messaged me), so I'll be taking Albricht over for the next little bit.  I've got at least one player that has contacted me about playing and I'm waiting to get a response about taking Albricht over.  Until then, give me a direction and we'll move on from here.

I think we've probably forgotten where we can go. Did we just enter a room off a corridor? If so, let's continue along the corridor.

You did just enter a room, through a secret door off of a corridor.

Is there another exit from this room? Search for more secret doors?

If not, back along the corridor to the next stop.

You do not see another exit (other than the door to the north, and the secret door by which you entered to the south).  The search for secret doors has not yielded another secret door at this point.

So we have not explored the door to the north yet?

I think that's the corridor we came in from. So I suggest we continue along it.

Dang it!  I got lazy and didn't start in on a map for this level, which would probably clear this whole thing up.  I'll see what I can do to get one made up.

Hey-ho everyone!

You may all rest well, for Albricht is not gone, only upgraded with new quirks and spunk! He'll be ready to jump in and continue saving you all from your own silly mistakes very soon!

Long-time RPG'er and wanna-be storyteller here. Grateful for this challenge. Albricht is a very interesting character and I hope I can do him justice. This is a great group of players! I'm almost done reading backstory and getting a feel for the game. Thanks for being patient.

I'll try to get into the game by this evening. Looking forward to gaming with ya!

Also, since my BECMI materials are still buried in a box in the back of a storage unit after I moved two years ago... (I've got 1d8 kids, so moving takes a *lot* of time). Is there a clone system that I could just download that is close? I run a couple of OSR style games myself here, but I'm a little rusty on the original... Is Labyrinth Lord or maybe S&W close enough?

Thanks again!

I think either of LL or S&W should be close enough, lots of similarities to the old Basic D&D. Albricht is a very interesting character, and I'm sure you'll do him justice!

And for the record, I'm not sure 'machinery' is a term used in this sort of setting (maybe), hence Lanliss' reaction. :)

Welcome, new Albricht.

I've got the basics of equipment posted in the character creation threads, including weapon damage and AC numbers for armor and shields.  For combat, you should be able to find your to-hit chart attached to the bottom of the character write-up under the "Character Details" link in the upper left.  Add your Strength bonus to melee attacks and your Dexterity bonus to ranged attacks, with the Strength-based damage bonus being added to melee and thrown ranged attacks.

Saving throws should be on the sheets as well, which you'll need when I call for them.

Let me know if you need anything more than this and I'll be happy to look it up and post it.  The system is incredibly simple, really, and there's not much to post about it.

Game map updated.  Albricht is listening outside the door in the northeast corner.

Welcome, new-Albricht!

I welcome your welcoming!

I'll be traveling during the Thanksgiving holiday (USA) this week, so I've no idea how often I'll be able to post. I'll do my best to get here, but DM, feel free to NPC me as needed.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

I've got a message in to Vsaati's player.  We haven't heard from Vsaati since October.  I'm hoping to hear back, but if I don't I'll be opening up recruitment for someone to take the character over.

Confused I am by Albricht's last post. The block did not move, correct?

Correct.

It's been 45 days since we've seen a post from the new player for Vsaati.  I'm going to open up recruitment again to find someone to take over the thief.

We're still waiting on any of the characters to respond to Albricht's invitation to enter the hallway after pressing the plate next to the door a second time apparently did nothing.

I'm confused about which hallway we're at. I'm a bit disoriented overall, honestly, about where we are on the map.

@Plathstream - We're (I believe ;-) at the end of the long hallway at the top right of the map. If I'm mistaken, someone please let me know!

Sorry also if Albricht's quirkiness has caused the slowdown. I've been fretting that it has. Sometimes such RP causes a ball-up of progress. So I'll try not to do that in the future. I should know that from the games I run, but somehow as a player I've forgotten that!

Anyway, great game and I'm enjoying it!

In reply to Albricht Burghammer (msg # 269):

Dont you dare change that my friend. Its wonderful.
 I have been working 12+ hours for the last 6days, im back into it.

Yeah, you're in the top right corner, and the 50 foot long hallway extends due north from the door there.

I updated the game map.  The symbol on the wall outside the hall is listed as the "group 0" map, and the set of symbols inside the hall is listed as the "group 1" map.  Let me know if you have any trouble seeing them.

Lol, love it! ;-)

In reply to Albricht Burghammer (msg # 273):

Glad you like it, I'm here to please.

Are we missing Plathstreams's response, or are we waiting for something else?

Game map updated.

Game map updated to show the ruined chapel.

  A lazy eye?? really?? dude, you're killing it with your character RP, I LOVE IT!!!!

Elves are immune to ghoul paralysis, right? I don't have my book right now.

That is correct.

Game map updated to include the current room.

 "Anything interesting?" he whispered to the dark elf.
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I wanted to have some fun with this comment, Since we are waiting for the DM to tell me if I see anything, I was going to to say, Still looking.
  Hahahahaha

By request, the game map has been updated with the path the characters have traveled, with a mark to indicate present location.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 283):

thanks very much

Albricht?  It's been a bit, and I think you're the only one that hasn't chimed in on the preparations to open the door with the "rats" behind it.

Sorry gang, I've been super distracted by work, sick kids and the sad things happening in Eastern Oregon, not far from where I live. I hope to get my focus back here soon. Thanks for being patient.

In reply to Albricht Burghammer (msg # 286):

What about Oregon, the bunny thing?

@Elboc - Sorry I mentioned it. I was just upset at the time. This isn't the place for Real World conflict, heck, we all come here to escape! I'll keep the politics out of this forum, but I'll give you a few details that are factual, but I'm obviously biased. If anyone would like more info, feel free to PM me.

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Spoiler for Oregon Refuge Occupation: (Highlight or hover over the text to view)
A southern Oregon rancher and his son were found guilty in 2006 of starting a backfire on their ranch that eventually got away and ended up burning about 140 acres of sagebrush grazing land which they leased from the BLM (Federal Bureau of Land Management). The judge in the case sentenced them to 3 months and 1 year respectively, of federal prison time, which they served, even though the minimum sentence was 5 years due to the case being considered "domestic terrorism". Apparently, the judge felt that the minimum sentence was too much for the minor nature of their "crime". Fast forward to 2015. A new federal prosecutor appeals the minimum sentencing and it is upheld, requiring the rancher and his son return to federal prison to finish the minimum sentence. They are also fined $400,000, required to seek probationary permission for any purchase or sale of more than $500, and required to sign a First Right of Refusal to the BLM meaning if they are forced to sell their ranch, it must be sold to the BLM.

A group of men and women, fellow ranchers themselves, who had faced similar overreach by the BLM in Nevada, came to attempt to aid these two ranchers so they'd not have to return to prison. They tried every legal means they could think of, but in the end, the federal prosecutor told the ranchers that if they continued to speak with the leader of this group, that they'd be taken by force back to prison and put in "less desirable conditions". Fearful of where this might lead, the ranchers turned themselves in. The group who'd come to try and help them staged a huge peaceful protest in front of the courthouse. After the protest, the leader and a handful of others, decided to occupy a bird refuge thirty miles away until the ranchers were freed. This they did, and stayed there for nearly a month.

During this time, they carried personal sidearms, and were thus considered by the media as being "armed militants". They never once drew a weapon, they never once threatened anyone, they never once even suggested violence in any manner. These are ranchers and carry guns every day. They were armed simply as a means to protect themselves and exercise their 2nd amendment right while they exercised their 1st amendment rights. They had also looked down the barrels of BLM agents two years prior who'd unlawfully stolen their cattle, which had ended in a tense standoff with the BLM finally backing down and allowing the cowboys to gather their carrle.

While they were at the refuge, they cleaned out the shop, serviced equipment, made repairs on structures and buildings, shoveled snow and tried to show how much neglect the place had been left in by federal employees. During the "occupation" visitors were welcome, media were welcome, and locals were welcome to come and speak with the men and women who had "taken over" the refuge in protest of the ranchers going to prison.

As a layer of protection, several state militias arrived to act as a buffer when the FBI and State Police began rolling in. The feds commandeered the Jr. High School building for a command center, they set up barricades and cordons around the Sheriff's Office and Courthouse, and they took over the small airport facilities. All of this in response to a group of peaceful occupiers thirty miles away! The occupiers were allowed to come and go as they wished, for the only crime they'd possibly committed was trespassing. They set up town hall meetings where they tried to educate the community about what they were doing and how the BLM had been heavy-handed throughout the western USA. They also asked the Sheriff and the FBI to meet with them face to face, to discuss the situation, even going unarmed to their respective offices in person. Neither the FBI nor the Sheriff would meet with them, and instead hid themselves behind phones and hundreds of armored and armed deputies and agents.

As had been their course to this point, they set up a meeting in the neighboring county, coordinating with the Sheriff there who was sympathetic to their cause and had demonstrated his own defiance of federal overreach. This Sheriff had also offered them sanctuary in his custody if they would consider leaving the refuge and coming to his county instead. The leaders of the group were going to teach about two hundred ranchers, loggers and miners at this meeting about how they could begin pushing back against draconian policies. On the way to that meeting, where the Sheriff of that county awaited to introduce them, they were ambushed by Oregon State Police, under the direction of the FBI.

The FBI has released video of what happened as these people were arrested, and one of them was killed. They have a narrative of what they say happened. However, in the back seat of one of the vehicles, was an 18 year old young woman who had been asked to go along in order to sing the National Anthem at the town hall meeting they were going to speak at. After she was released (there was no warrant for her arrest) she immediately called a radio show and recounted what happened only hours before. Her story is nothing like the FBI's narrative.

As things stand now, the family of the slain cowboy occupier are very upset and claim this was nothing short of murder. Currently, there are a couple of holdouts at the refuge. Even though all the leaders are either gone or in custody, these four are planning to stay. They are not part of the group that came to protest the second incarceration of the ranchers, they are pilers-on with their own agenda. The community (about 7000 people in the entire County which is twice the size of Rhode Island) is in uproar. Many are sad that a good man lost his life, many are angry at the agencies involved, and many simply want a return to normality. The militias, having been betrayed in their negotiations by the FBI, are calling for the resignation of local leaders and the evacuation of federal resources.

Meanwhile, many of us in surrounding counties are trying to assist in keeping people calmed down. This is a big deal, as one wrong move on either side could spark further deadly conflict. In this telling, I've tried to stick as close to the facts as I could, but I'm sure you can tell that there's a fair amount of emotion attached. I'm personally angered and upset that things ever progressed this far. Our elected representatives, from the Governor on down to the Sheriff, failed to intercede on behalf of their fellow citizens. Thus we find ourselves in a very precarious position where people feel like they can get no redress of grievances nor progress through judicial remedy. Cowboys are some of the country's greatest patriots, but they're also independent and stubborn.

If you are a praying person, I'd ask you to do so in order that this can all end peacefully.

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In reply to Albricht Burghammer (msg # 288):

no problem, I know about it, I live the NE corner of Oregon, take it easy, it'll be alright.

Central western Washington here (about an hour south of Seattle).  It's still painfully close to home, and I sympathize entirely.

Let us know if you need some time away, and I'll be happy to keep Albricht on autopilot for a bit.

 Yeah, it was close to home, I can only hope that calmer heads and cooler temperaments take hold and prevent anymore issues like this.

Thank you, but RPOL is a good distraction, I'll poke my head in here more often. I'm also in NE Oregon Elboc... small world!

I will be offline pretty much all day today--look for more from me tomorrow.

In reply to Plathstream (msg # 293):

ok bud,

Sorry, thought the rats were all down so didn't make a roll yesterday!

No problem.  Combat involvement is easier to move along than role-play.

It's going to be a busy week, and today in particular is going to be rough. It's unlikely I'll post more today; look for more from me tomorrow. Keep exploring without me for today :-)

In reply to Plathstream (msg # 297):

Copy that

Wondering if I missed something... did we gain any XP for the rats?

In reply to Albricht Burghammer (msg # 299):

come on man, you know the exp comes AFTER the dungeon run....  tsk tsk tsk,, silly Dwarf man...lol

I haven't distributed XP since you guys were on the second tier.  You're on the fourth now, having descended through the second and third to where you are now without a rest.  I'll pass out XP when you get to a good stopping point and rest.  I'm hoping to see you guys make a level each, although the elves will have a harder time of it than the rest.

See Elboc?  I'd thought we'd gotten some XP somewhere along the way! lol.

No worries, I was just making sure. Different DMs do things differently. Heck, I don't even give XP in my games anymore! It would be nice to level up, I think everyone would feel a little more confident! ;-)

I was thinking that we ought to elect Plathstream as the party caller and Elboc as the assistant though any of you would do a fine job. I think it would push the game along just a little quicker perhaps. Although the posting rate hasn't been bad, it's been about right for what I can keep up with, I'm wondering if the progress pace might be boosted just a bit if we had one or two players calling the shots. Not to say the rest of us couldn't jump in there, but from the time I've been in the game, I see a portion of time spent inchworming our way ahead.

Old school games are like that though in many ways. Traps and tricks abound and everyone is very careful, but these are just some thoughts. I've really enjoyed playing with a group like this. A consistent DM and players who stick around. It's like a breath of fresh RPOL air! ;-)

I'm happy to be caller if that would keep things moving. Heaven knows I'm a good enough poster to keep things moving. Up to you guys, though.

Roak doesn't mind, since he's me :-)

In reply to Plathstream (msg # 303):

I'm fine with that, until someone in the groups, for whatever reason, decides we should do something else as a course of action, then it should turn into a conversation. But I'm okay with plathstreamcalling shots.

For the moment, this works for Vsaati as well, as I've been running her, absent the last player to take her over.

fine with me :D

Always happy to have a sacrifical lamb leader at the front! :D

I think we're waiting on Plathstream at this point...

Um, for what? What am I supposed to be doing?

Other than streaming the Plath, whatever that is, I'd guess drawing out whatever bugaboos Albricht is expecting in the game thread.

yeah, I think the planner you was to go in the room, walk up to the crustier, poke it with something sharp, and then run like the devil back out, so the dwarf can rope it.

 we drew straws..... you ...won.

If someone in the group can get to Plathstream shortly, we won't have to worry about him being dead, but can leave him unconscious and severely injured.

Oops, missed the DM edit... I'll update my post later tonite... didn't realize you'd given the ropes a chance to work... how do you wish for us to roll that, or is that just a saving throw on your side?

Albricht, let me say from near-death: terrible plan. :-p

@Plathstream - Ahem... It certainly appears to have not been well executed. I maintain that the plan was sound, at least for a short-notice alpha implementation. Doh!

@DM- I updated my post to reflect Albricht's action after reading your edit to allow an attempt to use the trap. *fingers crossed* ;-)

I've gotten it sorted.  We'll see what happens now.

Looks like a busy day today--I may not be able to update until tomorrow if needed.

Elbows ... stupid phone . Elboc is even in my dictionary  now, danf techno crap.

"Danf"?  is that anything like the "BAMF" of another dark-skinned super-guy?

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 319):



 son-of-a-b...... i meant damn..  okay, that was fat fingers. hahahah no auto correct there.

Albricht looked at Elboc from the corner of his eye, raising one sun-bleached, bushy, white eyebrow. "Eh? Danf?!?! Isn't she that overly friendly half-orc gal that scrubs pots at the Dragon's Flagon? You have a little hairy-chinned greenskin crush on that one? She does have fat fingers... I will say that!"

In reply to Albricht Burghammer (msg # 321):



 there is seriously something wrong with you man, you know that right?
  Oregonians, jeeze

By way of head's up, I'm traveling this coming week. That means that my posting Sunday-Thursday will be limited.

Is Lanliss still in the game?

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 324):

I hope so.but do not  know as well.

Can any of you heal Plathstream?

I can't...in basic clerics don't get spells until 2nd level.

There was some talk of hunkering down in this room, resting, and distributing XP.  Is that still the plan, or do I misremember?

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 328):

I think we ahould just because of the fact we cannot heal, and it wouldnt be a bad idea.

I'm thinking that we might want to go back up to a higher level, the place where the Brothers were seems to have some beds and food/water as I re-read, that was before I took over Albricht so I may be mistaken.

Also, if we've enough XP to bump Sherborne enough to gain a healing spell, then that would be very important for us going forward... So maybe a short rest to stabilize Plathstream, and then get to a better place to be secure??
This message was last edited by the player at 01:24, Fri 18 Mar 2016.

That makes sense. I think we're pretty much out of spells, so it sounds like a good plan.

Roak is good with that. Plathstream will go wherever you carry him :-)

Let's me know when I can re-insert Plathstream, if you could.

Will do.  It will be after the group stops to rest.

lol, well I guess the joke is on Albricht then... GM, I think we're going to stay here and let Plathstream stabilize. Unless anyone objects...?

Also, are any of you going to use that platemail? Shame to not use it. I would if I could, but... dwarf.

In reply to Albricht Burghammer (msg # 335):

not I.

So my copy of the rules is the one with both a Player's Manual and a Dungeon Master's Rulebook (1983 Mentzer/Elmore).

With regards to rolls for which there are no rules... such as sleight of hand or deception to get your companions to eat an ape eyeball...


This is how we used to play in Jr. High, and I still use this mechanic even in my more modern BFRPG game from time to time... I just bring it up due to Albricht's recent attempt to bamboozle one of you. ;-)

OK.  XP total is 1078 XP each, prior to any 5% or 10% XP boosts due to a high prime requisite.

Resting overnight will result in 3 HP being healed (6 HP for any character that reached 2nd level), per our prior ruling (as far as I can remember).

Make your calculations and roll for HP if you leveled, then we can skip to the next day.  Your barricade of the door will be sufficient to deter the wandering monsters on this level.

Gratci DM! I'm still a ways off from leveling, but much closer than I was. I'm all updated and ready to proceed.

I've gotten Vsaati updated.  I believe that she is the only character that leveled up.  I still haven't gotten a bite on a player for her.

Was just about to say, sorry folks, still no healing. ;)

Still a long way off from 2nd level for my two demi-humans. Carry on!

About a third of the way to 2nd level. That will teach me to play an elf.

I will be completely offline tomorrow and offline the vast majority of Saturday; look for an update on Sunday, most likely.

I'll be gone until Monday night... sry. DM, feel free to roll for me if need be to convince our wounded elf friend that the eyeball is good for him... ;-)

We'll see what we can get done in the next little bit.  I'm going to be out from about mid-day Tuesday, Pacific Time (UTC-8:00), until late on Thursday, same time zone.  I'll bring a laptop and try to check in, but no promises.  It's going to be a long series of driving trips, and I've got a lot to do in that time.

Safe travels! And hope everyone is enjoying/has enjoyed the weekend. Happy Easter!

OK, I'm off.  I'll check in later this evening, if events permit.

Albricht:  Bravo!  I'm loving the surly/mischievous/guilty attitude from the character!

Aye, good roleplaying :-)

Today's flat-out busy--I will be able to post tomorrow as needed.

I agree, very  nicely done! Lol

I'm going on a short vacation with my family. I won't be able to post again until Friday or Saturday. Please NPC Silverglade in the meantime.

Awww shucks... thank you! It has been a fun challenge for me. Whoever it was that originally played Albricht set a very high bar for hilarity and cleverness. I've been trying to match the style and tenor of that writer. This has been a very fun character for me. I'm really enjoying this game and I thank you all for the astounding lack of drama here. Reason #1 why OSR games are better than modern versions... less OOC drama!

Interesting that you say that, as there is very little OOC drama in the games I tend to run here, and I run no OSR games :-)

The next couple of days are very busy--I will likely be able to post once over the next couple days, but not much more than that.

Thanks for letting us know.

Vsaati is a thief, right?

Yup.  We still haven't found a player for her, so I've been running her in the background.

In regard to the GMs question, im fine, im at the  door and trust my compabions to do a thorough job.

Will the boulder come into the room where we are? Do we need to run like Indy?

It seems highly unlikely that the boulder will be able to turn that hard and come into the room.  It seems far more likely that it will continue south and stop at the corner there.

No, that would be Tomb of Horror style nasty :-)

Did anyone active not post yet?

We haven't seen Lanliss post since 8 March.  I'll just assume that I'm running the character until we hear from the player again.

If you speak his name, he will come...

The power supply just popped in my primary computer.  I'll have to install a new one at work tomorrow, so I might no be able to post again until Tuesday.

No worries. Hope you get that resolved quickly.

My wife and two oldest boys and I are studying for ham radio tests this week. Please be patient as my evenings will be full. My milk cows won't be very happy with me either. ;-)