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Remember when tieflings were called alu-demons, and went into battle scantily clad because their skin's naturally as tough as chainmail?

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Last time, on DragonBall Z:
Two Dwarfs entered the Caverns of Quasqueton in search of treasure. They encountered a pair of barbarians, and then a trio of gnolls. The dwarves were particularly fascinated by dead ends, and spent a significant amount of time studying walls and doors that lead to nowhere. But then, they discovered a room full of building materials and rotting tools, hastening the progress of the Honey Pot by 200gp. Finally, they stumbled upon Roghan's weight room, filled with trapezoidal lead weights and mundane exercise equipment. Nothing was hidden under the rug.

And now, Dwarfs Stare At Walls continues...

>>21684574
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqYKUHUzva8
Will Goku defeat the evil Buu? Find out, on the next episode of Castle of Gygar

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>>21684548

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And apparently Lolth was a vampire, or something?

>>21684865

I remember when Lolth was called Lloth.

Also, dat ass.

>>21684865
booty butt cheeks

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>>21684906
>>21684876
>>21684865
Lolth was always a giant demon spider named Lolth. She's Lloth to Drow, and Lolth to everyone else. She hasn't fundamentally changed from her first appearance, except in that player's are less likely to fight her directly, during a dungeon crawl.

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Bumping with sphinx tits

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>>21685139
moar tits

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>>21685261
More partial to boobies myself.

So, what do you want to do? The northwest corner and second level of the Caverns of Quasqueton are still to be cleared, the third level of Castle Gygar is mostly unexplored, and the neanderthals apparently know of ruins where ghouls lurk.

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>>21685487

Well I love da cock

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>>21685583
>>21685487
Nobody likes butts?

>>21685533
I'm good with whatever. If we have enough people, tackling Castle Gygar would be good, or possibly checking out the ruins in the forest.

I know me and Fig are here, but I'm not sure who else are here.

Looks like just the two of you for now then. Finishing off the Caverns is probably the best bet.

>>21685690
Yeah, that's what I was thinking as well. When the others show up/new people join, we can tackle the new place, or possibly Gygar.

So where do you want to go? Explore the northwest area or take one of the entrances down to the second floor?

>>21685705
good news is, if we find magic loot, they can't have it! J/K we'll probably redistribute

>>21685735
Northwest area sounds good to me, the one by the library maybe?

Alvaro has his lantern lit, and has Cure Light Wounds at ready, as per usual. He has brought both retainers.

>>21685795
Okay. You head to the door just west of the library entrance and go through it. To the south is an area already explored, with the kobolds and a hole to the lower levels. Just north of you is a door, and there's a path east which turns north after 20 feet

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>>21685735
Map support!

Tell us about this door, in Rubyleaf levels of detail, please.

Rolled 2

>>21685820
Alvaro listens at the door, after the R.L.D says its not a terrible idea to approach it. 1d6, yeah? Something came up and I'll be gone for about ten minutes, hopefully less. Just bot me til I get back.

>>21685865
Yep, d6. You hear nothing behind the door, which is a well made oak door with an untarnished brass handle. Unlike other doors, it's in perfect condition, not rotted or damaged in any way

>>21685896
>perfect condition
Any keyholes? I'll gingerly touch the handle to see if it's hot/cold/zappy

>>21685932
No keyholes. The handle doesn't feel unusual, and you don't think touching it did anything bad

>>21685945
Alvaro ponders the door.

How much space separates it from the ground? Enough to look, or perhaps see if any light is on the other side if I extinguish my lantern?

>>21685968
It's flush with the sides, and if you extinguish the lantern you won't see any light from underneath it

>>21685980
"Suppose we were just over cautious." Alvaro mutters, shrugging. "Shall we continue on then?"

>>21684291
New to the thread. Lemme read up on what's happened in the past 20 posts then get to business.

>>21685980
>>21686004
And also Otab was there

>>21686021
Cool. Looks like my dude managed to meet up with the party off-screen.

"Looks like it's down to business. Hi. I'm Otab, I'm an adventurer. These are my two dogs, Trapfinder II and Trapfinder IV. I came here because I heard there were dungeons to explore, and loot to acquire."

Official backstory: Otab was a dude in a relatively peaceful city that happened to stick around in a magic academy long enough to learn how to 'adventure'.
He then pestered the crap out of everyone, trying to learn where to find places to get 'phat lewt' and 'xp'. As he was essentially just a hobo at this point, and was annoying people with his constant hobo-ing of taverns, a well trained bard used Glibness to bluff Otab into thinking there was some 'lewt and xp' over in this area, and Otab critfailed his sense motive.
Otab immediately packed up his shit and headed on out.

>>21686021
And maybe Echo? Where's he hiding?
"Not a fan of the odd numbers, are ye, lad?"

>>21686093
Start with the usual. Torch in left hand, Right hand free to grab a dagger/oil flask and throw it.
Dogs are Guard dogs that will try to put themselves between my glorious 4hp and anything trying to lower that 4hp.

Have I managed to stash my stuff with the group's stash, or not yet?

"Hey, so I heard you guys were setting up a honey farm somewhere. Is it safe to store some supplies there?"

>>21686093
"Alvaro, cleric of the cult of the sun, at your service. These would be my retainers, Ileen and Brandon." Alvaro gave a short bow, as did his retainers.

>>21686158
Nice to meet ya. Can you tell me some stuff about the dungeon we're in at the moment?

[We have a Cleric and a Dwarf with us. I'll try to march in the middle of the group if possible.]

[I'll keep my Lantern fueled and on, unless stated otherwise. Removing 1 Oil and 1 Food from my inventory now]

>>21686204
"Well 'ere once was 'is magick'er an' fighter wot were grand explorers. 'ey dug out 'is cavern fer 'ere retoirement an 'unnert years ago or summat an' 'ave since disappeared. Fair game now, Oi suppose."

>>21686204
Ah, I forgot to say. Every time anyone goes through the entrance, these two voices say "WHO DARES ENTER THIS PLACE AND INTRUDE UPON THE SANCTUARY OF ITS INHABITANTS? ONLY FOOLHARDY EXPLORERS DOOMED TO CERTAIN DEATH! WOE TO ANY WHO PASS THIS PLACE, THE WRATH OF ZELLIGAR AND ROGAHN WILL BE UPON YOU!"

>>21686242
Otab is visibly happy at the prospect of LOOT.

Otab, upon hearing about the wrath of Zelligar and Rogahn, hears only "THERE IS XP HERE", and is happy at that too.

The Trapfinders are probably a bit agitated by the shouting but can't find a target, so they calm down after a bit.

>>21686243
Have we ever heard them say "Welcome home Mister Boots?"

>>21686204
"Killed some monsters, fought the dark, found some valuables, got lost in a maze a few times. Nothing that pressing to warn you about, although that's because we don't know of it. Well, there is that portcullis trap that we don't have accounted for yet."

>>21686271
They would say "Mister Fuzzyboots" actually.

>>21686271
No, not yet

>>21686283
Where do you guys stash your valuables?
I got a bunch of stuff I can't carry with me 'cause it's heavy, and right now it's ... not exactly in a secure location.

Otab told the group about his LOADS OF OIL.

So anyway, there's still that door, and to the east a path that turns north

>>21686301
"Well, I mostly just carry everything I have. Practitioners of the sun, or at least crusaders, tend to travel a lot, so we don't usually own more than what we can carry."
>>21686288
I'm in favor of going through the door, never leave rooms unattended and all that. Darkness hides behind every rock.

>>21686332
door please?

>>21686332
Which way's the party headed? I'll stick with them.

>>21686301
Most of our excess is stashed at the "Dwarven Exchange".

>>21686338
The room within is 30 feet by 20 feet and you're entering at the southwest corner. The floor is a strange geometric pattern of coloured stone. If it's purely decorative, the designer had strange tastes.

>>21686350
Otab wishes to know what would be required of him to move his stuff over there. Where's the Dwarven Exchange?

>>21686380
Otab sends Trapfinder II forward into the dark, and also prods around with the 10ft. Trapfinder IV stays to guard.

>>21686393
Your dog survives, and your prodding doesn't set off any pressure plates or tripwires

>>21686380
Alvaro inspects the strange pattern and stones, to see if he can glen anything from it.

>>21686425
Otab pets Trapfinder II.
Otab stands guard at the door with the dogs in case anything comes from behind while the other two search.

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Rolled 5

>>21686393
The exchange is just a cute name for "plot bank so we don't worry about plebs in town stealing our stuff or what we do with all the piles of money we have". OTOH, figgy spends most of his money on gems, which are in a pouch, secured to his crotch.

Stonecunning up in here, inspecting the walls and avoiding the patterns for now

>>21686429
You and Otab certainly recognise them as magical, but you can't tell exactly what it is they do

Otab, you know how the map shows a path to the south, and a second one going east to a door? Those are gone now. There's a dead end 20 feet away from the door

>>21686456
Yep, I'll move my stash into the Plotbank. 170 Oil Flasks, 20 Travel Rations, 8 Daggers, 20 Torches, a Lantern, and a note that reminds me to buy some damn waterskins.

>>21686456
Otab compares ma-
>forgot to buy a map
Otab makes a note to buy a scrollcase, ink, a vellum, and parchment, too.

>>21686484
Is my vial of glowing water glowing?
>>21686501
Map is a meta-tool, but we'll say it's an aspect of stonecunning :)

>>21686522
Yes, fairly strongly

>>21686522
Magic water?
Otab asks what that water's all about.

[Otab does not know about the pool room IC yet]

>>21686484
"Well then. That's disconcerting." Alvaro mentioned as he inspected the now dead end. He inspects the dead end where it didn't used to be a dead end to see if he can smash through it with his smashan' hammer.

>nonsense.' owsocol
Indeed Captcha, this is nonsense. Where did the other paths go?

>>21686555
Otab guards his ass, checking the corridor for any enemies approaching by the sound of hammers banging.

>>21686555
The dead end doesn't seem hollow, so you probably can't break it down

>>21686562
Are we trapped?

>>21686560
Well, I was actually meaning to see if the wall looks like I could break it down.
>>21686562
"Damn. Doesn't look like I can break that down... Guess we have two options, back in the room, or along the path."

>>21686572
No. There's the unexplored path heading east

>>21686574
Path please.

>>21686584
Otab opts to explore along that path, dogs in front.
Otab announces to the group he's going to EXPLORE to find a way out, loot, and xp.

>>21686537
"Oi, this stoof glows when dere be magic aboot. Works on mages too

>>21686592
Going down the path and turning north, there's a side path going east in front of you, and after 10 feet turning south. On the north wall of that path, Fig'Tard spots a secret door.
On the path you're on, 20 feet ahead it turns west

>>21686592
Alvaro follows Otab as he goes out to explore. "Best not be wondering alone here, nasty dark machinations are at work here, and we're in the middle of it."

>>21686620
Hang on, side path going east? Doesn't that overlap with something?
Fig'Tard, what does your Stone sense [OOC: Map] say about the surrounding area?

>>21686618
Secret door, eh? I'll empty a vial of oil on the floor at that door, then open it.

>>21686657
I also tell the group about the Floor Oil, so that they don't attempt to doorjam if anything big and beefy comes through.
Nothing quite like fire to ward off enemies.

>>21686657
Yeah, it's strange isn't it.
I've rolled Fig'Tard's stonecunning and underground navigation skills, and those are the directions he thinks it is

>>21686708
That's even more disconcerting. Alvaro watches Otab open the secret door, ready for anything to exit.

>open it
missed that
It's a 20 foot by 20 foot room. In one corner is a pile of rubble, and in another are four gold rods. They're probably worth 30gp each.

>>21686708
After the path turns from East to North, and I stand at that corner, how many feet forward do I walk until the path to my east is directly to my east? 10ft?

The west path seems normal. I don't look into it though, busy with door.

>>21686732
Check the gold rods for magic (curses).
I poke the rubble with the 10ft. If poking with the 10ft yields nothing unexpected I have Trapfinder II search it.

>>21686734
Yeah, ten feet.

The magic water doesn't react to them, and you can't find anything of interest within the rubble

>>21686763
I pat Trapfinder. Good dog.

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>>21686779
My Keen Sense of Navigation (lol meta) shows this as our area so far.

I'd like to go down the eastern path to where it turns south, and peek around the corner, at where the ? is. I want to know what's there.

>>21686824
The passage continues further than your light or Fig'Tard's infravision can reach

>>21686763
Alvaro gives a quick glance around the room, before looking back at the path ways. "Something isn't right here. The last room we were in was heavily magical, and possibly trapped, that we can see now... But what did it do?"

>>21686830
Straight and no side passages?
I'm inclined to think the West path up above is our best bet at getting out of here.
Figgy wanna Stonesense the narrow tunnel in case there's secret doors?
I go meet up with Figgy.

>>21686845
For at least 80 feet, yes. Beyond that you can't tell.

>>21686875
>Eighty feet south
I don't think we're in Kansas anymore, Otab.

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>>21686843
It's leading us to LOOT and XP. I mean, this place is magical enough to warp space, must be some friggin' PHAT LOOT in here.

>>21686886
[OOC: Yo nigga get me out of dis wack ass maze]

You guys wanna explore the path that goes west, to the north of us? Or keep down this south one?

>>21686932
"I'd suggest going the western path. We might find something helpful there."

>>21686950
>>21686932
Seems Figgy's asleep. Who's carrying these bars, you or me?
I put the 4 gold bars in one of my sacks, and ask if Alvaro wants to carry it. If he doesn't, I will.

Then, I suppose we're heading up that Western path. Alv, you want my dogs to take point or will one of your retainers do so?

>>21686977
Having a dog take point would be good. When it comes to carryable loot, its sort of Schrodinger's loot. No one and everyone one is carrying it at the same time, unless its too heavy for only one to carry. We split it up in a share for each PC, and half a share for retainers. Three PCs, two retainers means that treasure is being split four ways, as dogs are dogs and don't get shares except in food.

>>21686950
The path goes west for 40 feet before turning to the right.
Fig'Tard feels strange, like there's something off. Specifically, he rationally knows the path's going west but deep down, he feels utterly certain that you're headed south.
After the turn south (or east, as Fig'Tard feels) there's a small 20 foot long area to your left, parallel to the path. The south (or maybe east) path only goes for 20 feet itself before coming to a T intersection.

>>21687040
A west path that turns right heads north, DM. Are you fucking with our character's senses of directions or was that a DM snafu?

>>21687051
>>21687040
Oops.
I set Trapfinder IV on point. Good Dog.

And, the path that's going west - does it turn left (the path then goes south), or turn right (the path then goes north)?
Please let the reply be something other than "Roll spot" ... "you don't know".

>>21687093
Yes, you're correct. I meant to say left that first time. I was mistaken

>>21687051
>>21687093
I thought the same thing, but the second part was actually about the first part. The third part is about the turn.

Does Alvaro feel anything odd, being a cleric of the sun, besides the usual of not being in the sun?

Alvaro looks down both different ways of the intersection, trying to see where they lead without going down them.

>>21687118
To the left there's a dead end after 10 feet. To the right the path goes on for 20 feet before making another turn right

Alvaro doesn't feel anything unusual.

>>21687151
Otab's sense of direction is a bit fuddled
[OOC: Gotta expand the map]

>>21687151
Alvaro now inspects twenty foot long area, before the T-intersection. Anything weird there?

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>>21687162
>>21687151
Guys
it keeps overlappening
I want to poke around the end of that 20ft long area parallel, that sort of goes ... and overlaps the room we were just in.

>>21687194
There's a rotting corpse. Its index finger is worn down past the first knuckle, and all over the walls and floor are scrawled in blood the words "no way out"

>>21687214
No, it's parallel to the other path (which you have going south)
The bit overlapping the room should be in that empty space instead

>>21687217
"..."

Alvaro inspects the corpse, seeing if there is anything on it that might explain what the hell is going on. Ileen is unfazed by the sight, but Brandon is inching away from it, wishing he was somewhere else.

>>21687217
I clean the word "no" off, and sit the corpse so it's pointing (from my direction) Southeast.
So the ending now reads "way out" and has a corpse pointing southeast.

>>21687246
It has a dagger with a broken tip, now rusted and unusable, but nothing else

>>21687255
That could take a while. He's written it quite a few times.

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>>21687255
Also, the corpse is rotting. I prevent my dogs from eating it to stop them from getting sick.
I check the corpse for loot or other valuables.

I tell Alvaro to keep his spirits up - this corpse suggest there's a way out to our Southeast, then I smile.

>>21687284
Oh. Roughly how long? If it's going to take long enough to force resting I unroll the bedroll. Might as well do it anyway - don't need any of this grim "No way out" shit.
So there'll be a dead end with "way out" scrawled in blood over and over. It'll be neat.

>>21687303
I'll say about a turn (10 minutes or so)

Reporting in. Am i too late for questin'?

>>21687288
"I thank you for the thought, but I am fine. It will take more than that to shy me away from lighting up the night." Alvaro comments with determination, after giving Brandon a disapproving look.

>>21687316
No, join the insanity.

>>21687316
No. But you might want to wait for these guys to find their way out

>>21687311
I'll do it then. Don't need any of this grim no hope shit.
Anyone who comes in after us will see the signs saying "way out" and the corpse or skeleton pointing the way we went.
At the very least it'll confuse the heck out of anyone why a guy's dead in a corner when he knows the way out.

When I'm done, I follow Alvaro, if he's moved.

Alvaro, if you're moving, leave a marked trail for Otab to follow.

>>21687303
"If you truly wish to do that, I guess I won't stop you." Alvaro shrugged, giving a soft laugh at the idea. "I'll wait for you, seeing as I don't think I'll be wondering these paths alone. I would ask though, that if we find the way out, we return for him, so that he can get a proper burial. I could give him a burial here though, although it would be one from my customs, not all approve of such."

>>21687388
Well, I'll be busy for a bit, turning our "no way out" into a way out.
I'm fine with burial rites for the dead, as long as he doesn't have any Loot on him. ... is it a him? Could be a her. Either way, as long as no loot gets lost, it's fine by me.

[Adventurer logic: Trying to create/spawn a way out]

>>21687330
>>21687323
>>21687345

Yeah I hate endless mazes, so enjoy starving to death in the lightless dark. o.o

Is there any way I can help them? Or are they so deep they won't even hear me send Sergeant Vice after them? Speaking of Vice - could he smell them out and help find them?

I resupply, restock honey for myself and my two goblins, and then prepare to join up when least suicidal.

>>21687428
You could try going in there looking for them, yeah.

>>21687428
>>21687436
I did leave a marker for him to follow :D

>>21687436
When I'm done creating a way out from the corpse, heading right at the T then turning right again. That's an unexplored area and, according to the dead body, it's the way out.

>>21687428
Don't worry, I have about a full waterskin and a week's worth of food. I'll be fine. Probably.

>>21687410
Unless you think a ruined dagger is valuable, I don't think it has much on it. Poor soul deserves a burial, either by earth (local custom) or flame (not as local custom) though.

Otab, Alvaro, Fig'tard and their retainers and dogs head on down the path. Turning right, they see that after 20 feet there's a door to the right, looking a lot like the door to that strange room. The path also turns left there.

>>21687473
Check left for monsters, then into the strange door imo.

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>>21687491
map

Rolled 2

>>21687491
Alvaro listens at the strange door before we open it however. Gotta get the drop on whatever is in there.

>>21687491
Looking left, you see a path going on further than your light reaches. There's also a path, parallel and adjacent to the one you were just on, which leads to a door after 30 feet.

Past the door, the room looks exactly the same as the first strange room, with the odd pattern on the floor. It's 30 feet by 20 feet, and you're entering from a corner

>>21687436
Jenai is paranoid about any and all underground labyrinths. Acquiring enough iron provisions for a month, he purchases several bundles of twine and loads them onto his goblin bodyguard's back before heading in.

Jenai will rely on Sergeant Vice's nose and any markers left to reach the group, but he will also leave his own markers using twine, dagger etchings, and loose stones if need be.

>>21687549
Does Fig's water react the same?

>>21687560
Okay. You head into the caverns trying to track down Alvaro and Fig'Tard

>>21687573
Yes

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>>21687560
Popping up to say below then I head back down below.

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>>21687580
Map so far.
Green areas are a match.

We got turned around somewhere.

>>21687594
Updating map with Euclidian geometry... please stand by.

>>21687580
Alvaro looks into the room. "I think these rooms are the key to this... But I'm not sure how. It can't be coincidence to find two, exactly the same." Alvaro inspects it like the last one.

>>21687606
You don't find anything strange in the room. At least, nothing apparently obvious.

Jenai, Sgt Vice takes you into the caverns, around the library and starts pawing at the door to the west of the library entrance

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>>21687594
>>21687650
Ladies and gentlemen we are now entering euclidian space.
The long "south" hallway?
matches up with a hallway we didn't fully explore before. exactly.

>>21687678
You forgot the second fancy magic room.

Alvaro glances around, trying to figure out what's going on. "Well, seems there are two of these rooms... Should we try the door? before heading on?"

>>21687713
You go in, come back out, and I'll wait here.
If you don't see me immediately here, wait where you exit.
I have a hunch of what's going on.

>>21687741
"If you say so..." Alvaro and Ileen enter the strange room, as instructed, then left. He left Brandon with Otab.

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>>21687741
Here's the map.
Entering one of the purple rooms teleports you to the other.
I'm going to test this theory. if Alv goes in and comes out, and doesn't immediately appear by me, I'll walk the green line to reach him.

>>21687741
Alvaro does not reappear.

>>21687713
Exiting the room, there is a dead end 20 feet ahead of you, and a path to your left which after 20 feet itself turns left

Rolled 8

>>21687650
"Hrm. Good, heel boy."

Sgt Vice leaves the door, and I approach it cautiously - inspecting it for dangers.
Lookin' fer traps.

>>21687771
>>21687772
Walk the green path back the way I came, say Hi to Alvaro.

>>21687771
You find Alvaro, taking that path

>>21687787
You find no traps

>>21687791
"Well huh. Teleporting rooms. Odd that the guy who wrote 'no way out' all over the place didn't see something he recognized." Alvaro commented, checking to see if the corpse was still there. "Guess that solved that mystery. Was worried something else was going on. Why would they build two teleporting rooms so close together though? As a test?"

>>21687791
PUZLSOLVD.

Yo Alvaro, let's poke around this dead end for secret doors and stuff. I'd say we're back in Kansas again.

Do I get XP for figuring that out or no? I suppose no.

> Why would they build two teleporting rooms so close together though? As a test?
Obviously there's something they're trying to hide.

As for no escape guy, probably kept walking the same route, not realising what he was doing.

>>21687840
Did figuring it out get you any treasure? Because that's the main way to get XP in this game

>>21687864
Well I ... I guess we got those gold bars? but ...
Oh well. 120gp of gold bars. Split between 3 of us that's 40gp each.

IC I don't know where Jenai is, and I don't have an IC reason to go back to the library. Alvaro, you make the next move.

>>21687886
If Jenai opens the door, Sgt Vice can easily track you

>>21687840
You only get XP for killing stuff, and looting stuff.

Loot/Loot Xp is split when we head to town.

Anyway, heading down the path we haven't gone down yet sounds like a plan. Jenai should probably find us easily with Vice in her party.

>>21687899
Er, which path is that? Can you mark it on the map somehow?

>>21687916
I don't think any are actually unexplored here. There are some kobolds south who for some gold guided you into the lower levels, and to the south east near the throne room are some stairs down there too.

>>21687916
That one path we never went down. The one that heads towards the dead end, above the library, which is that room that looks like a plus with a ring around it in your last map.

>>21687897
I would like to say that, as a player, I cannot exactly understand what rolling an 8 means - does it mean that Jenai KNOWS for certain there are no traps?

Whereas when he rolls a 50, he isn't sure there are any?

because I don't want to Meta.

In any case, for ease of goings on, I open the door and Sergeant Vice begins to track.

>>21687949
According to LL, no matter the roll you are positive that there are either no traps/sounds, or traps/sounds only if you actually find them.

>>21687560
>Thank you Jenai!

>>21687947
The dead end as you immediately come out of the room after teleporting? I don't think that leads anywhere though I do think we should poke around in it for secret doors.

>>21687949
It's hard to say. As an aside, I like how Megatraveller deals with this, having "uncertain" tests rolled by both the DM and player. If both fail, it's failed, if both pass, it's passed, and if one fails and one passes you get a half truth.
So even if you roll high or low, you can't be sure the DM is giving you the whole truth, or entirely misleading you

>>21687949
Sgt Vice leads you through some paths north, past a corpse surrounded by scrawls of "WAY OUT", and to Alvaro, Fig'Tard, Brandon, Ileen, and a magic user with two dogs you don't recognise.

>>21687989
Introduce self as Otab.
Introduce Trapfinder II and Trapfinder IV
Hi! I'm here for loot, xp, and adventure.
We got stuck but we found a WAY OUT.
Otab grins.
Fig'tard has been a bit sleepy lately, and now I think he's barely conscious enough to walk. Is there a safe place he can rest around here?

>>21687968
Are you joining the game too?

>>21687989
A shady-looking hooded character approaches the party, flanked by two goblins and led by a vicious-looking dog.

"Sergeant Vice - KILL!" Jenai points at Fig.

>Sergeant Vice is trained to, upon the command word "KILL", charge at the target and upon reaching them sit down and offer a paw to shake.

Jenai throws back his hood.
"HEY FELLAS, I BROUGHT SNACKS!"

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>>21687973
This place.

>>21687989
"Hey Jenai. Ah... I see you brought them with you as well." Alvaro comments to the goblins in tow with her, before sighing. "Anyway, we didn't get far, although we got confused by some teleporting rooms for a bit."

>>21688028
Oh wait, that is a dead end. Bah, never mind that. Guess we should head somewhere else then.

>>21688028
Oh. There, there's just a dead end after 10 feet

>>21688025
Cool. I ate some travel rations on the way in. so I'm not hungry.

Hi stranger. What is up?

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>>21688011
"Hello Otab. I take it by the names that you're not an animal lover. How do you feel about goblins?"

>>21688011
>re: sleep
"Hm.. don't know if those kobolds will give us a safe place to sleep, but there's that bedroom full of orcs we cleared, it stinks but it's got beds and a door."

>>21687968
>pic related

So the main unexplored areas are underground. There's an entrance just south of here, through the Kobold's lair, and one to the southeast, near the Throne Room

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>>21688065
:o?
:(
But I do like animals! Dogs are great. Loyal, hardy, they have more hp than me, etc.

Goblins? If they are attacking me, they are loot and xp. If they are not attacking me, then it depends. Can they lead me to loot and xp? If so, they are good. If not, then I suppose they're not important.

>Otab: One track mind.

>>21688091
On bigmap, where is Kobold lair, and where is Throne room?

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>>21688114

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>>21688091
I vote this area, due to the fact I'm very surprised no one headed that way. I'd suggest against the kobolds, but that's because of Alvaro's track of thought when it comes to monsters and such things.

>>21688172
Ah. Fig'Tard hasn't mapped that part, but the party's been there and taken all the loot and XP

>>21688148
>>21688091

"If we want to keep poking around here, we can go through our old kobold friend's hole in the ground and maybe hire a guide to boot?"

>don't know if I remember the throne room

>>21688187
Oh, they have? Hm. Underground sounds like a plan then, although I wasn't aware that there was a way down there by the throne room. Although that depends on which throne room, because I remember no less than freaking three of them. Or at least three rooms with thrones around.

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>>21688114
I've Mspainted the best Mspaint book, crown, and K on the map.
book for library, crown for throne, K for kobolds.
Personally?
I'd hit up the rooms East of where we are now, Northeast of the Library, with all the doors.
Though if that area's been looted already too then hm. Any other unexplored area?

>>21688207
You mean the maze? Or the three large rooms with the one room left unexplored, it looks like.

>>21688198
"Yes, lets work with the things again. They probably won't lead us into traps and stab us in the back." Alvaro muttered to himself, but not seeing much else of where to go besides into the caverns. "I do wish to figure out where the undead are coming from, such vile things should be stopped." Alvaro said louder, to the group. "I think the source is in the caverns, since they seem... Fresher down there."

>>21688207
>>21688224
Maze sounds good. I mean I can map.
Need to go back to town though to buy some things. If I got 40gp, I'm spending 15gp on a waterproof case, a stack of 10 parchment, a quill, an inkpot, 4 waterskins, 2 oil flasks and 1 travel ration to replace the one I used.
The other 25gp I keep on me in case of wanting to buy something. I doubt the town here sells Guard dogs.

>>21688260
The party's gone into the maze a few times already and found nothing but Rogahn's gym

>>21688285
Hang on, I didn't include the case.

How much does a waterproof case, the size of 1 inkpot + 10 parchment + spellbook cost?

Well, if the place is explored, I guess I go with everyone else then.

>>21688285
"I would like to go down past the kobolds. It's the only place we haven't looked at in this joint, and like Alvaro says - there are dead things there. I am not a fan of the dead, and they might be guarding shiny shiny things."

>>21688285
Either the caverns, or that room to the far east where the party fought gnolls, the room below that one that is with the door on the other side.

I'm a fan of the caverns though, simply because we haven't been there much, and I bet the kobold led us away from the good spots, because kobolds.

>>21688313
>shiny shiny things
Otab smiles widely at the prospect of shiny shiny things.
Otab wishes to join you on your trip past the Kobolds.

Also, what kind of Dead? Dead that stays on the ground and doesn't move, or dead that walks around and gives you XP?

>>21688312
2gp I guess

>>21688257
"Oh you big baby. We can always find a different way down, if you're not keen on working with them. Did we ever fight our way past the bats and magical guardians on the lower level?"

>>21688335
"No, we stopped after the pool and headed back. We pondered on the bats for a bit, deciding it best to have one of us who can see in the dark lead the others with no light, so as to not spook them." Alvaro commented, ignoring the first part.

>>21688326
"Zombies. We've only found skeletons up here, so zombies were a first and probably points to the source of where they come from."

>>21688330
Right.
8gp Ink
2gp case
2gp parchment
0.1gp quill
4gp 4 waterskin
0.4gp 2 rations (feed 1 to each dog)
0.5gp 1 preserved ration (replace one I used)
That's 17gp.

Because round numbers, I wonder if anyone's up for a gamble? I bet 3gp, you bet 2gp. We flip a coin. Winner takes 5g.

>>21688375
Okay, note that all down on your character sheet

>>21688372
Also there were zombie butlers in Zelligar's room, remember?

>>21688372
Well, Zombies are more recent dead.
Hm. To be honest I'd rather the bats, since I can cast something that might make them a bit easier.
[Otab knows SLEEP]

>>21688394
Oh, right, there were.

Now then, did we head back to town or are we still in Quasqueton?

>>21688410
Well, if you want you can have headed back.

Selling the gold rods, you each get 20gp with 10gp for the retainers (and XP for the gold)

>>21688421
So I get 20xp? Sweet.

>>21688450
21XP with your 5% bonus (I think?)

>>21688360
"I say we use Fig, these greenskins, and maybe a kobold to guide us past the bats, keeping an unlit torch in each hand and a lit lantern shuttered closed nearby, and then we venture through the bat room. If they attack us, we light up our torches and give them hell."

>>21688421
>>21688450
Well, 21xp since +5% due to int.

Right, updated my char sheet. Let me know if my dude's carrying too much, and I'll offload some of it to the stash.

>>21688464
"Sounds good to me, I suppose." Alvaro tested closing his lantern, then opening it again to make sure it won't get stuck on him. "Lets try to get through that quickly though. I hate wandering in the dark without a light."

>>21688464
>>21688507
2d8 dead bats, anyone?
I can get you 2d8 dead bats.

So which of the entrances do you want to go through, the one near the throne room, or the one with th ekobolds (which you've been down before)

I return from college! Again!

>>21688532
Hey Leod.
>>21688531
Alvaro will let the party decide, as he's at a mix up. The throne room doesn't have any kobolds, thus he won't be tempted to kill them all, but the other room they actually know how to get around to places from.

>>21688531
Throne Room has bats, right? I'd go for that one.

I may have fed my dogs, but they could always use something else to munch on, and it'd do them no good to eat the undead.

Plus, I memorised sleep, which is worth buggerall vs. undead.

>>21688532
YES! THE MIGHTY KRAGO IS HERE!
I mean.
Hi Leod.

:D

>>21688531
Either? I'd say kobolds, to check on any new dangers or threats and chat up the scalies en breve.

>>21688564
>>21688561
>>21688551
>>21688532
4man party Magic User / Thief / Fighter / Cleric
Shit bro we got all the bases covered.
Plus a mookswarm of retainers and guard dogs.

>>21688600
Fuck yeah!

Though, do we want to bring Krago? Means the loot/XP gets split more ways.

>>21688608
With Fig'Tard and Echo gone, he's the only one with infravision

>>21688600
Three guard dogs, three fighter retainers. Sounds like nothing can go wrong.
>>21688608
Would be best, as he has infravision. Not counting the goblins.

>>21688608
I think we all have some retainers. I have Trapfinder II and IV, which don't sump XP, but aren't as powerful. They're still a welcome meatshield between my ALMIGHTY 4 HP and the outside world.

>>21688613
We could always blast our way through. Go in wielding a torch in one hand, an oil flask in the other, and attack-move it.

>>21688618
I have two, who has the 3rd?

>>21688613
oh snap, thought goblins and bolds had inf, was I wrong?

>>21688628
I was assuming Leod brings Krago, and I have my two. Dogs don't count as retainers. Technically, we also have two more with the goblins, for a total of five retainers.

Aye then, Krago's with. Should I buy some guard dogs too?

>>21688634
I mean, the third dog.

>>21688635
I wonder if this town sells guard dogs? They're kind of a specialty.

>>21688635
From what I've seen, their very good. Two HD, 1d6 damage isn't anything to wave off.
>>21688645
Jenai bought her dog there, so I assume they have more.

>>21688635
Dogs are 25gp, and you've got enough slots from your charisma for them.
With all these vicious hounds, you might as well go ogre-hunting in Castle Gygar

>>21688650
*they're

You don't split XP or Gold with them either, which is always a plus. If any of my retainers bite it, I'll probably replace them with guard dogs.

>>21688650
Cool.
I have 3 spare gp if anyone wants to pool for a dog or something.
>>21688662
How do Charisma slots work?

>>21688662
Go on DM
Throw 2d8HD of ogres at us
I dare ya
I double dog dare ya

>>21688664
Well, let's grab a full three guard dogs for Leod then. That's 75gp, and do I roll for their HD?

>>21688662
I am super down to go ogre hunting. I just really want whatever those magical guardians are guarding. ;_; treasure I imagine.

But I would rather kill ogres!

>>21688679
Yes. 2d8+2 hp for each dog

Rolled 6, 6, 6, 5 = 23

>>21688686
Here's Trap II and Trap IV

So, Ogre huntin'? I'm cool with that.

>>21688684
>>21688679
I'm fine with fighting ogres.

>>21688686
Figgy here. My vote is to finish Quasqueton. We never explored the bat cave!

Also, I want to eat more magic rock

>>21688694
So Trapfinder II has 14hp and Trapfinder IV has 13hp? Cool.

Okay guys. So which one do you want to go to? Under Castle Gygar, or the lower level of Quasqueton?

Rolled 4, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6 = 26

>>21688686
Tammy, Matty, and Freddy, coming up.

>>21688726
Fine either way, though I'd definitely like to finish up the Caverns if possible.

>>21688735
Tammy at 9 HP, Matty at 10, Freddy at 13. Man, guard dogs have it good.

>>21688726
I'm fine with either, although I'm leaning towards finishing the caverns though, then we can deal with Gygar.
>>21688735
d8's Leod, not six.

>>21688709
Let's quickly slay the bats and observe the guardians, get Figgy some rock, and then we go Ogre Slaying!

I'm going to take a shower. Be back in a bit

>>21688726
Well, the way I see it, we have two options
#1: Burn bats
#2: Burn ogres

I'd like to burn the bats
Because seriously
lots of small enemies
+ oil pots
= :D

Rolled 8, 3, 4, 6, 8, 3 = 32

>>21688744
Ohhh. Even better then. Maybe.

>>21688758
Actually, I think the bats are giant. Also, fire plus large burning objects that fly and flock around us, equals we all burn to death.

>>21688766
Ok, 13, 12, and 13 again. Nice.

>>21688744
>>21688735

.. >XD
>mfw Leod rolls lower on d8s than d6s

>>21688766
13 12 13. Enjoy your dogs sir.

>>21688774
Your mouth is opening and closing but all I'm hearing is "XpXpXpXpXpXpXp"

>>21688789
>>21688766
Well you had good luck instead! :D

Let's plan our attack. I suggest we ask the kobolds if the bats will ATTACK US if we have light, or if they will FLEE from us if they have light.

Maybe it's both, in which case fug it, let's take light.

>>21688790
unless, of course, your jarate misses, lands in the guano, and the poop catches fire, then spreads across the entire floor.

Then we would be on fire, and the bats would be on fire, and smoke would be everywhere, and the bats would be angry, and everything would be awful

>>21688818
I have an idea.

We all go down into the caves
Throw oil
Then we head back up the stairs
and we throw a torch

good plan y/y?

>>21688804
I'm pretty sure they said the bats would probably attack us.

>>21688830
And then we would attack them
and we would win
and we would get xp
and that would be awesome

>>21688804
Kobold said that the bats were quite large, so I'm guessing attack. Also, when I get the cash I'm getting two dogs for a full of four followers.

>>21688849
>>21688839
remember dogs have a much worse AC than a fighter or dwarf or even cleric retainer. We'd have some high-hp, decent attack buffer, but they could potentially end up dying very fast.

Sergeant Vice is a friend, not a weapon. ;_; I hope he never dies.

Back.

So it look like you want to go down to the Caverns of Quasqueton. So, which entrance do you want to go to, the one beside the throne room or the one guarded by kobolds?

>>21688907
Invest in dog barding?

Also, don't worry Jenai, if Sergeant Vice is wounded Alvaro will heal him.

>>21688929
Throne room please.

>>21688932
Eh, just pull the dog back and keep it out of the fight. Save healing spells for PCs and Retainers.

>>21688929
there's a small room we haven't investigated near the kobolds yet.

>>21688949
The above was assuming that a PC or Retainer didn't need it.

>>21688939
Okay, you head around to the throne room, and from there go east past the shrine to the room with the stairs down.

You come to a 50' by 40' room filled with piles of rock, as well as various mining equipment from 30 years ago. There's an exit in the southwest corner

>>21688989
Search it. Dogs, guard that exit.

>>21688932
>>21688949
I don't intend for Sgt to fight unless we're hard pressed, and that's to save PC lives.

>>21688929
Jenai is cautiously approaching the kobold lair.

>>21688989
(I can't map caves because caves are weird)

>BLOCCOLI payable
No, I do not want to be paid in broccoli

>>21688989
Okay, so I guess it's go on through that exit, or go back upstairs to the Kobolds

>>21688989
Alvaro inspects the mining equipment, shifting a few piles of rocks around as well.

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>>21688989
Is 50 the north-south or east-west?

>>21689037
I cautiously poke around that exit.

>>21689071
50 is east-west

>>21689088
I poke around the exit slightly more cautiously.

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>>21689096
Roger Dodger. I assume we'll learn which way the exit leads when we go for it.
Have we searched the room for goodies and shit?
Like, are any of the picks Bronze or Copper or Steel? Might be worth looting them.

>>21689088
The exit is an open pathway out. Behond it is a 30' by 20' room. There is a door to the east from it, and two tunnels leading away, a 30 foot one southwest to a cave chamber, and a long one heading southeast then turning eastward.

>>21689136
Oh, the room from the exit is to the south of this room.
The iron picks are old and rusty, with the handles rotted and fallen out. They're scrap metal.

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>>21689154
Floor 1 map in its entirety, barring things we've missed and places we haven't seen

>>21689143
Cave chamber southwest gogo.

>>21689154
"Suppose we head on then? Not much here."

>>21689180
The chamber is iirregular in shape, but goes about 60 feet to the west, and is maybe 20 or 30 feet wide.

There is a tunnel east, which after 70 feet turns northeast

>>21689143
I personally don't recall anything, but can Jenai figure out which way leads in the direction of the bats from this place?

"Er.. maybe we should go back through the top..?"

>>21689234
The place with the bats would be north of here

>>21689226
"I think we should check the door we left behind us, odd to see that in a cave."

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>>21689226
Mappan mappan.

>>21689263
East door it is.

>>21689270
The path from that door goes east for 60 feet, then turns north and after ten feet opens into a 40' by 20' room. The walls are covered in frescos, and there are a few pedistals, displaying a parchment and a sword, and there's a skeleton against the north wall.

>>21689307
Dead skeleton, or standing skeleton?

>>21689307
Live skelly or dead skelly?

>>21689307
Alvaro tries to examine the frescos without walking into the room that is probably trapped horribly.

>>21689307
Krago, what do your dwarf eyes see? And by that, use stonecunning and look for traps, seriously.

>>21689307
The west wall shows events from Rogahn's life: as a young boy raising a sword, a young man hunting wild boar, a warrior carving a path of destruction through an enemy army.
The east wall shows Zelligar's life: as a boy gazing at a starry night sky, a young man studying a tome of magic, and a mighty wizard casting a spell killing enemy soldiers with a poisonous fog.
The north wall was apparently left unfinished, but shows the two together: shaking hands as young men, defeating the barbarians, and gesturing towards the hill out of which this stronghold was carved

>>21689350
>>21689351
Dead, not moving