...and for your sins... (Inactive)

Game Master Tin Foil Yamakah

Well you have found everything you can in this area with the exception of what has happened to one of your worms and Ravens who went through the Demon mosaic.

Other than that I would say You need to go to the second great hall(The one right past the magic missile trap) and do a thorough search. The way I will be doing this is when you get there someone says "We do a complete search of the area" to which I will say "OK you find...."

Okay, that turned out to be easy. Why didn't we manage that before?

Also, am I to guess that Ravens has been disintegrated?

Skiron: Now I know you and Ravens are not the best of friends but why would you think something like that.

Hmm, someone remind me: Have we seen any egg-shaped trinkets?

Hmm, someone remind me: Have we seen any egg-shaped trinkets?

Check the Campaign info for a hint

I take it from your in game comment that now we are four.

I take it from your in game comment that now we are four.

Unfortunately yes, Ravens has moved on to the great beyond.

Well if Painlord is still monitoring this game, thanks for a great character who moved the story along when we needed it. I'll miss Ravens. You were totally evil. ;+)

Oh...I have a feeling that the Lord of Pain is still watching over you all. #insert evil laugh here

Well if Painlord is still monitoring this game, thanks for a great character who moved the story along when we needed it. I'll miss Ravens. You were totally evil. ;+)

:)

I am vanquished to the Demiplane of Pain.

Such is life.

Best of luck with the lich.

Simon will shed a tear.

On the inside

Well not so much as a tear, but a chuckle.

Sorry for the lack of posting the last week. Work was kicking my butt. Should be able to post more this week.

Tell me about it, my office relocated last week and it has been busy as hell.

We are upgrading our ERP system and I have been sitting in on all of the training all last week.

Training in the cloud, sounds like fun. I believe my company uses Netsuite.

We are using Syteline by Infor.

I will let you guys know what's behind the door when I get home unfortunately we're in the process of moving and I do not have my computer hooked up yet at work

Pretty sure you can't fascinate a swarm, but it was a snake doing it to snakes so what the hell.

Skiron: You can not dismiss a spell and cast a spell in the same rd. Other than that you are free to dismiss any spell that you cast whenever you wish.

Edit: Thanks Jeneva

FYI: I am not going to make you retrace your steps and search every 5'...Ugh. Instead I will move you to the nearest secret door as Simon would find it.

yaaaaay~

I will be out of town from this Thursday afternoon until Tuesday morning posting will be sporadic at best

I have moved Jeneva behind Ta'ruk.

While I have enjoyed this PBP thus far, I've become quite frustrated recently. It has been nearly a week and we are still staring down the same 140' corridor. Taruk, Jeneva, Skiron's creatures, followed by Skiron and Simon.

I suspect you are all waiting for me to push forward again and frankly, that has grown a little tiresome. Can someone else take the lead on some of these journeys? There have been flashes where I could take a step back, like in the last room where Skiron and his creatures took care of the black pudding, but in general it seems Ta'ruk has been opening most of the doors lately, literally and figuratively.

I know our characters have been built with specific roles in mind, but given the make up our party, we need to branch out of those roles and do things even if we are not built for it. For example, Ta'ruk has a horribly low perception score (+4) because I didn't plan for him to be the party scout. However, we needed someone to forge ahead and so Ta'ruk is boldly listening at doors and checking for traps with no chance in hell of finding something unless it blows up in his face.

The above paragraph is my theory about why your characters are hanging back. If there is another reason please share it. I don't want to see this game fade away.

I am curious myself.

It's kind of an ongoing game of "chicken," for some reason.

In my case, I've had particular difficulty staying "on the ball" and keeping track of what's going on and what COULD go on in this game for some reason (because it's a confusing dungeon with lots of dead/loose ends, I guess). I also have the "frustrated and stymied by actual mental health problems" card to play. My feeling that I'm not playing as well as I could has sometimes gotten in the way of my doing anything at all. I'd also expect Jeneva or Simon to be more of a vanguard than Skiron.

Something else that's been stymying me, come to think of it: The Roll20 site. It's kind of inconvenient compared to some of the other map apparatuses I've seen used in other PbP games, and I must confess I've found the music a bit grating after the first few times (not that it's inappropriate).

I should have made the move I did quite some time ago. Blame anxiety problems preventing me from being positive it was the right idea.

I appreciate the fact that it is a very confusing and frustrating dungeon. As always you are encouraged to ask as many questions as needed. No judgement here

The part that concerns me is that you feel you are not playing as well as you can is preventing you from doing any action. Doing nothing is far worse.

Also I have turned off the music.

As far as the roll20 site, there is nothing I can do about that at this point. Is there anything in particular that is causing you issues.

I've been pretty busy with work lately and often check from my phone. Roll20 isn't particularly comparable with it.

However, I've got a high perception and will make an effort to lead more.

Simon:It goes without saying that RL takes precedence over a silly online game.

Would it'd be easier if you posted from home if roll20 is causing you issues.

All I asked is that you give me a heads up if you are busy.

I appreciate that you are going to take more of a leadership role.

Simon:It goes without saying that RL takes precedence over a silly online game.

Would it'd be easier if you posted from home if roll20 is causing you issues.

All I asked is that you give me a heads up if you are busy.

I appreciate that you are going to take more of a leadership role.

I can post, I just cant always look at the map. :-)

I travel for work sometimes, so it depends on where I am and what the clients internet blocks. Couple weeks ago I was at a client site that blocked Paizo, but not amazon or Facebook. lol

I can not get Paizo or d20pfrsd at work, but can get roll20 go figure

Thanks for the positive responses to my comments. I'm glad we are back on track.

FYI: I'm going to be out of the country tomorrow through next Friday. My posting will either be limited or nonexistent, but I'll be back.

Have a good time Simon and thank you for the heads up.

I likewise have been busy with things and just generally forgetting to check the forums.

Sorry for my silence. I had a sudden business trip that came out of the blue. I may have time to post later tonight.

Oh sure you give this big speech and then a "business' trip comes up. Mmmmmmhmmmmm 8>)

I think we need a reorientation recap regarding where we are, where we've yet to go, and what loose ends we might have left behind - this place gets confusing (which has always been the biggest obstacle to being more proactive, for me).

Well this is pretty simple, you are in a corridor facing east. 30' in front is a door.

A lurker that you summoned is in the corridor facing north holding a boulder from heading south.

Hmm...DM, mind checking in on Jeneva? I tried contacting her, but she hasn't replied.

She has not posted in about a month, so I assume she is gone

Would you mind trying to check in with her, just the same?

No, He knows where the thread is

I'm getting crushed at work right now. Worked all weekend. Will resume posting next weekend, 7/3.

All right then I will bot you along

In retrospect: Jesus Christ, that was stupid of us.

Well folks, unless you guys have some serious resurrection juju. That will wrap up another jaunt into the tomb of horrors.

I had real hopes you all would finish.

Hey I'm back. Why all of the glum faces? sneaks a peak at the game thread. Sees Ta'ruk lying in the pool of water, blood gushing from his shattered ear drums.

Ah, I see. Well, that's disappointing. Since Ta'ruk didn't have any way of knowing about the Banshee's wail, He would have been right up there with everyone else.

Thanks TFY for running this adventure, it was a first for me (both the tomb of horrors and the way of the wicked twist). I enjoyed it. Also, thanks to the two remaining players for sticking it out to the end.

See you in the threads and maybe our pbp paths will cross again.

WAIT...!