Not saying they necessarily are. Just that we don't yet know what these guys (and gals) are or what they are doing here. From chasing us away with weapons drawn they certainly don't come across as particularly nice people, but that's all we really have for now.

So, what do we do? Keira would prefer not to just start stabbing people in the back without a good reason, but other than that, I'm fine with whatever the party will decide. Try talking again? Follow them openly? Try to sneak inside? Sleep on it till tomorrow? Just leave? Any other option we have?

In reply to Keira (msg # 902):

What about the missing party? Pretty likely they were involved...

You mean the party we are looking for? That party was missing way before we or these guys got here, wasn't it? Of course, it's perfectly possible that more of them were here already, deeper in the ruins. But from what we heard of this place, something else could have happened to the missing party as well.

Anyway, what I'm saying is it's up to the rest of you to decide what to do. If you decide to attack the cultists, Keira will of course follow. As far as she is concerned, none of our options here are particularly attractive.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:00, Thu 18 May 2023.

I'm not sure how many groups have shown up to this place so far.  Based on the description, probably 3 or 4 dozen so far.

I don't think that we could fight our way through that many opponents, even if only half of them are trained to fight.

Yes, Keira is right.  The person we seek is likely somewhere deeper in this place.   We might want to try finding a way around the cultists.  Perhaps there is another entrance.

You may remember that I was supposed to be in the US all year, but that I came home because I became ill. I thought my journey was over, but over the last little while it has continued to press upon me that I need to go back. So I am.

I am thus placing this game on hiatus again.

Depending on how things go this time, I may not be back until spring next year.

I wish all of you the best and hope to see you then.

Have a safe trip.  Hit me up if you ever make it to Salt Lake City.

Indeed, have a nice trip. Later, y'all.

I've been to SLC before, but I'm not going that far west on this trip.

In reply to Dragondog (msg # 909):

No worries. Have a safe trip. See you when you get back.

Since we are going on hiatus for a while.  I just wanted to let you know that there is a GURPS Space game that is recruiting.   I'm playing in this game and we have only been active for a couple of weeks.  It would be fairly easy to catch up.

link to a message in another game

In reply to Dragondog (msg # 906):

See you then!

I will be back home soon and intend to get this game started again in less than 10 days. Let me know if you are still here and still interested in the game.

I'm still here.

Likewise.

Yes!

In reply to Larathiel (msg # 916):

Present...

I'm home!

You can start post IC again.
This message was last edited by the GM at 17:05, Thu 07 Sept 2023.

Give me some time to go back a few pages and reread the story to catch up.

In reply to Dragondog (msg # 919):

Wonderful! I'll have a post tonight.

From what I remember, we either attack this lot outright, or we follow them and at some point get confronted by their guards. Or something else? At this point I am fine with whatever gets the story going.

The more people we interact with, the more likely that someone will come looking for us.

You have interacted with some of them and right now Aladin is trying to convince the current group to show you their temple, but they seem unwilling to do so.

It's up to you where you go from here.

My magic lets me listen in on their conversations from far away, which might be useful if we want to follow them discreetly.

Ok, so to keep things moving, I guess we could just quietly follow after this group? And see what Larathiel can learn with her magic? I mean, letting them go does make it more likely someone will inform their guards about us and we will have a fight on our hands once we get inside, but we already let one other group before them, so they are probably on alert anyway.

And once we get in a fight we could play it by ear - if these guys are pushover despite their numbers, we can  continue on, if not we can pull back and reconsider our position. One thing that really worries me is other groups still arriving here - wouldn't want to get caught with more bad guys between us and the exit.