So, the question: do you want to head back to camp and rest up, and go for the final tower tomorrow, or do you feel up to checking it out now? Speaking OOC, there's not much left for you to do.

I'd say we press on

Balrok isn't the sort to go back and rest.  I have a wand of CLW too I think if it looks dangerous and we need more healing.

Double nat 20s, but on construct. *Weeps*

Oh dice roller, thou art a cruel, cruel god.

A cruel sense of humour, certainly. :)

Jorn, are you attacking the main monster, or a tentacle? The tentacles are an effect created by the main monster, but they can be attacked individually, so treat them as separate monsters.

Also, you can't charge, as there isn't space for it.

[Private to Jorn Brightcaller: Your Knowledge (Arcana) check: "This creature is a shardcaster, a construct created by star elf magic. The star elves of Sildeyuir build these crystalline constructs to protect their glass citadels. Shardcasters get their name from their ability to hurl jagged glass shards from their bodies."
* Construct traits http://www.d20srd.org/srd/type...es.htm#constructType
* It's probably easier to break with a hammer than an axe or sword. DR 5/bludgeoning.
]

Okay, no matter on the charge bit. I'll just attack the tentacle right in front of me then then. I misread the map, didn't see any 'T's and hence ignored the existence of the numbers >_<

Actually, if the results of my knowledge check can come first, could I assume to have drawn my morningstar instead?

Ah, I had all the tentacles on the map as Ts, but realised this was confusing and changed it to numbers. I've fixed the map details now.

Yes, you may.

Oh, so this is the boss monster. The two ancient liches were just red herrings, it seems.

:p

(Actually, I was surprised too.)

Yes, it's the last time I listen to your OOC comments that there's "not much left to do" and thus don't go rest or use wand charges! :)
This message was last edited by the player at 16:37, Tue 16 Nov 2010.

I said there wasn't much left, I didn't say how hard it would be. ;)

And I didn't tell you not to heal up before marching into another dungeon. :p

I'll have Slove start dispensing his bit of healing ability if he doesn't return by the end of this round.

I'm completely out of spells. So basically, now I'm reduced to hitting things with a stick >_>

Quick mid-week break, I'll post proper this friday.

Running away is an option - it's a construct guardian after all.
This message was last edited by the GM at 01:54, Thu 18 Nov 2010.

I'd say that is a perfectly viable option at this stage. I just need to break free...

I agree.  Let's run when Gurgun breaks free.

I still here - got broken finger.

Just a note: Garel's player has retired. I won't be running him as an NPC. You don't really need a Cleric from now on. If you do need healing, you can run back to the camp and get healed up.

I'm still here.  I apologize, I was on vacation.

I only just looked at the ROA OOC general forums (I know, I'm behind on all counts), and I see that they have an ROA birthday present and a Christmas present up.  Are those still valid, and if so, how do you want us to handle it?  I understand that for ROA birthday, everyone gets 1,000 GP per character level; and for Christmas a list of options.

If they are still valid, then I guess I'd get 5,000 GP (I'd pick an item; could I upgrade my axe, or should it be a new item?) and a Heavy Darkwood Shield (shaped like a turtle shell?).

Both presents are still valid. There's not really a suitable spot to explain them, so just add them to your sheet and assume you either always had them or found it somewhere.

You may choose instead to enhance an existing item.

The turtle thing was because I put a shield at 'two turtle-doves'. :| (All those items were worth 250 gp.) It's a perfectly normal shield however. Unless you really want a turtle-shaped one. :)

While I wouldn't mind a turtle shield, I'd prefer a normal one, so I'll do that!

I need to dig up my old 3.5 books to pick something.  I can just wait until a good spot to explain it.

Yes, I rolled a 2 and definitely missed, but thanks for reminding me about flanking, Gurgun!  I did forget that!

Close, Jorn. Empower multiplies what you rolled by 1.5. Which is statisticaly the same thing as 1.5 * the number of dice, but not what it says in the feat description. So, your 2d6 => 7, 7 * 1.5 = 10. Yeah, this is what you got with 3d6... :)

The other effect is Heightened by 2 levels, but that doesn't change anything here.

Don't forget you should all be healed to full. With ex-PC Clerics, there's plenty of healing to go around.

This module is getting close to its end: there's one short dungeon to get through, then I wrap things up and we're done and you might get back home! :) But I'll be closing down after that. :(

So, for the PCs still here, I encourage you to keep an eye on the recent game advertisements in RoA: OOC, and maybe apply. If you're lucky, a DM might reserve a place for you, or let you overlap play for a bit.

It's been good playing with you, BadCatMan!  Thanks for DMing.

Out of curiosity, how do we keep our characters around if they are in cold storage?  Do we keep access to this board and they stay on our sheet here, or...?

The Orphanage was originally intended for storage of gameless PCs, maybe with some occasional mini-adventures to keep them busy. But we could never get much interest from those PCs, and the other DMs interested in running mini-adventures stuck around for even less time, leaving just me, The Twilight Tomb, and you guys.

So yes, if you don't find a game or don't have time, you can leave your character here. Let me know if you just want to put your PC in storage for a bit, and I'll make a note of it. Log in every now and then so we don't think you've quit on us. If I get around to a clean-up, I'll PM you for an update.