DM Talomyr's The Lost City

Game Master Talomyr

DM, just curious are we using milestone XP or are you tracking it? Wondering how close to sub-class.

Milestone. Once you finish your exploration of this level you'll hit level 3.

I'm getting sick and couldn't get caught up with every game tonight. I will post tomorrow - my students are all finishing projects and need very little handholding right now.

Cross-posting my untouched games.

I know many of you have seen this already, but I have some life things that have come up and I need to drop out of a few of my games, including this one. I apologize for the inconvenience and wish you all the best.

I don't make this decision lightly, but I am also not giving the game the attention it deserves, and that is not fair to everyone else.

See you all around (and most of you in DM Fern's Witchlight).

Sorry to see you go Myev. Hope life calms down a bit for you soon.

Okay, time for a decision/discussion here.

We've lost Meebo and Myev from the original party and some of the other folks are infrequent posters - even during the combats.

Dungeon crawls are difficult in the PbP format, so I'm certain that is playing into a bit of what we've seen here.

I'm leaning toward shutting down this game, but could easily be convinced otherwise if there is still enough interest in continuing.

Random person dropping in here... ready to join if needed.

Random person dropping in here... ready to join if needed.

If the remaining three are still interested in continuing, I very well may take you up on that.

I have to say I do wish there was more going on in the rooms, but I get it...thats whats in the module. I'm committed, after all I haven't even had the chance to Kensei yet.

Myev, sorry to see you go, but totally understand the need to prioritize RL things.

As for continuing I'm okay going forward if the module is still interesting to you as a GM and if we can add at least one more regular poster. I'm enjoying playing Tek and would love to see 'how he turns out' going forward, but totally understand if most are ready to move on.

I can play a melee character which should plug the gap.

I'll throw something together on 5e Herolab if you want to proceed.

I'd be fine to continue, sorry about being infrequent. I do agree that dungeon crawls tend to drag in PBP because it can be much of the same over and over.

That being said I'd be down to continue, and a replacement melee specialist should help.

I'll throw you the character tomorrow. Being able to Tasha my stats will help.

I apologize for my infrequency; school and life has gotten super hectic and I will admit, I've had difficulty attaching to Silas like I hoped. I think I will be taking a step back myself.

Silas, totally understand. It's been a busy start to the year for me as well. Sorry to see you drop.

*Profile not updated, just a stat block*

Male High Elf Fighter 2
Medium humanoid, neutral
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Armor Class 18 (chain mail, shield)
Hit Points 20 (2d10+4)
Speed 30 ft.
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STR 15+1 (+3), DEX 12 (+1), CON 14+2 (+3), INT 10 (+0), WIS 14 (+2), CHA 8 (-1)
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Saving Throws Str +5, Con +5
Skills Athletics +5, Intimidation +1, Perception +4, Persuasion +1, Survival +4
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 14
Languages Common, Elvish

Cantrip TBA

Actions
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Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20 ft./60 ft., one target.
Hit: 1d4+5 piercing damage in melee or 1d4+2 piercing damage at range.

Longbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +2 to hit, range 150 ft./600 ft., one target.
Hit: 1d8 piercing damage.

Longsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 1d8+5 slashing damage or 1d10+3 slashing damage if used with two hands to make a melee attack.

Unarmed Strike. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature.
Hit: 4 bludgeoning damage.

Equipment chain mail, Dagger, Longbow, Longsword, shield, acid, backpack, candle (6), crowbar, hammer, mirror, steel, piton (10), rations (10), rope, hempen (50 feet), tinderbox, torch (10), waterskin

Hero Lab and the Hero Lab logo are Registered Trademarks of LWD Technology, Inc. Free download at https://www.wolflair.com
System Reference Document 5.1 Copyright 2016, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.

Edit... I'll swap Wis and Int, and go acolyte or similar background and at 3rd go Eldritch Knight. Got an idea for background, rp etc.

Sounds good. I'm a bit under the weather at the moment, and will take a closer look when my brain is functioning.

Cool

So, are we moving forward with Eldritch Knight, Phantom Rogue, Genie Warlock, and Kensei monk?

If everyone is on board, we can give it a go. That being said, if the dungeon crawl is too much of a slog we can let it go and I'll think about starting something else a little more open than a dungeon crawl in a bit.

Hmm, well I've not looked at the Goodman Games version but I recall the original module was sort of intentionally open after a certain point, leading to a lot of work on the DMs part to fill in the blanks.

I actually want to buy the GG version

It does open up quite a bit after the next level of the pyramid. After completing this level, the party would be 3rd level.

Going Knight Of The Order background - Swords of Evereska.

He's not yet a full member of the organisation. A squire if you will.

During a mission for the order he was caught in a magical accident and ended up... well... here. He figures the best way out is to properly investigate whatever 'here' is.

I'll set up the profile soon and update the background etc but if you're okay then I can plop him in.

Back among the living, so I'll give the submission a look this evening.

We all still wanting to continue on with the three remaining original characters plus our new recruit?

Sure. Happy to keep going.

Yep, excited about sub-class shenanigans and we are so close. Also, having shedded a few games, hoping to get back to longer RP writeups for my character here (which I still like a lot).

I would also be down for recruiting 1 or 2 more (in addition to Helaman), but I don't want to slow everything down with that.

Rather than a true recruitment, if any of you know of a player that may like to join, I would entertain 1-2 more.

A cleric type wouldn't hurt.

I'll ask around. One solid player I know had to put his gaming on hold unfortunately.

Going Knight Of The Order background - Swords of Evereska.

He's not yet a full member of the organisation. A squire if you will.

During a mission for the order he was caught in a magical accident and ended up... well... here. He figures the best way out is to properly investigate whatever 'here' is.

I'll set up the profile soon and update the background etc but if you're okay then I can plop him in.

Alright, we can go with that. The accident in question has just happened and you haven't had much opportunity to explore much of anything.

Here's a link to the Roll20 site.

I'll write up an introductory post once any additional folks have been added.

Sounds good.

Not forgotten or abandoned. Today is the US Monday so I figured any games slow down for that plus I had a court appointment today (ended well) and it's my oldest daughter's birthday. Between running around on both errands? Let's just say I didn't have a lot of bandwidth.

Guaranteed, you'll see a return to form starting tomorrow.

Sorry guys lost my momentum with Utsuri a bit, going to try to writeup something substantial later today after work.

No worries. I know the break in the action we had with Silas and Myev's departure did not help in that and certainly derailed my enthusiasm temporarily.

Probably doesn't matter but I forgot I had prof in Athletics, so +2 on my rolls hitting DC 10.

Fingers crossed.

Tek, also don't forget Dodging gives advantage on dexterity saves. You could dodge then move as you continue to search, rolling twice for the trap save if you hit another.

Yes, I'll have to start doing that. I guess it does pay to look at the map once in a while. I didn't realize the room was so long.

Sorry folks, no update tonight. Feeling pretty crappy tonight.

Hope you feel better soon

Get well mate

Happy to spend the time to clear some of the rubble away and maybe take a short rest. Tek should probably spend at least one HD to heal some. But I'm also fine just crawling through and plowing ahead if we want.

Sounds good to me.

Theoretically I can try casting Thunderwave.

There's the secondary effect "In addition, unsecured Objects that are completely within the area of Effect are automatically pushed 10 feet away from you by the spell's Effect, and the spell emits a thunderous boom audible out to 300 feet."

Ehhhhhh.... could be bad.

Yeah, it could also bring everything crashing down on top of us.

Apologies, away for 2 days.

Posting likely restricted in the next 48 hours with work and other issues.

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