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Hey Jubal, thanks for running a great game. I'm sorry that it's petered out, but it seems like (despite your efforts to keep up momentum) we've hit "real life" slowdowns for too much of the party. I'd be happy to game again with any of yall in the future. Cheers!
Oy. So sorry. I hope you have enough of a cushion to take care of yourself while you look, and that you find something good before too long.
Uuuugh. So sorry to hear. Good luck!
I think, sadly, maybe we are petering out. I'm certainly happy to keep going–and know I've sometimes been the source of delays–but I'd love to get the pace back if we're going to continue. On my end, I was thinking I was waiting for folks to post if they could heal or not...but I just posted in Gameplay to make that explicit.
Argyri turns to her companions. "At this point, I'm feeling pretty beat up. Can anyone heal me more? If not, I wonder if it's time for us to find a hole to hide in and grab a rest."
proposed operating procedure:
"Alright Tarn, same drill. I look high; you look low. And we both listen for whatever nastiness might be back there."
Argyri scratches her head, "Hmmm, Tarn, you and me should make a good team up here. You see anything I've missed?"
"Yeeesh! Whoever built this place really likes traps. See that big stone, poised to drop on whoever opens this door? One sec."
With a few deft moves, she disarms the trap. "I guess going forward we'd better have two of us up front looking for traps, in case I miss one. And Kwin's handy pole. For now though...", Argyri listens at the door, and checks it for further traps.
If it's OK, she motions everyone close and (with Dagger of Warning in hand) tries to open the door.
"And there I thought you were just excited to see me!", Argyri grins.
"Oooof! Hold on a sec."
Argyri climbs out of the pit, doing a flip at the end to cover for her embarrassment as she brushes the acidic slime off of her clothing and out of her hair. "Now that is an occupational hazard. I swear, how do they get work done down here? "Any of you have a ten foot pole? Or a healing spell to spare? That smarted."
Once everyone is ready, Argyri again tiptoes forward, Dagger of Warning in hand, looking for dangers.
"I think I could push on a bit more, but resting to be at our best is never a bad idea. What do the rest of you think?"
Hey Jubal, just to make sure: did they still get to attack me (so I'm down HP) or did we get them before they could hit us?
Argyri notes the specters just in time, thanks to her new magic dagger. She leaps forward, thrusting at the nearer one with both her magic rapier and her magic dagger.
After she catches her breath and a bit of color comes back into her skin, she says, "Oh! This is like this one issue of Dyzziq the Dashing: Into the Crypt. There was a crafty ghost that kept jumping out of the floor or walls to attack them. At first they spread out, but then it would go after them one at a time. Then Dyzziq told them all to huddle close and walk slowly, so they were ready to attack the ghost anytime it emerged."
Argyri gasps as she feels the lifeforce sucked out of her. "What the f&^k was that??"
Argyri nods and–if the door seems untrapped, and she doesn't hear anything–she opens it and peers through.
Argryi goes over to check the door–listening for activity on the other side, and looking for traps.
Argyri's eyes widen as Badger shakes off the wave of evilness emenating from the creepy guy in the tattered robe. "Yeah, like Badger says! "Your days of necrotic nastiness and insipid idolitry end here, corpse-f^$&er!" She feints with her dagger and then drives her rapier into the robed figure's chest.
Argyri gives a quick glance to Seabright (the stuffed macaw on her shoulder) and manages to shake off the psychic assault. Regaining her balance, she manages to strike the skeletaur twice more.
Argyri manages to dodge the worst of the minotaur's axe, but still gets a nasty cut on her leg. She tries to skewer him back in return, but the cut leaves her off balance and both her strikes are easy for the minotaur to shrug off.
Argyri steps nimbly into the room and attempts to take down the most damaged of the enormous skeletal guardians.
After carefully tying up the prisoners, Argyri asks, "Ready, everyone?" When she gets a thumbs up, she goes to listen at the door, and check it for traps. Then, if all seems clear, she starts to quietly lead the way down, staying a bit ahead of her noisier comrades. As she descends, she has her rapier in one hand and her Dagger of Warning in the other.
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"Alright then, come along you two. We'll tie you up somewhere safe, and then once we're done down in the Winding Way we'll come get ya and we all get off of here alive."
Arygri sighs at Odium's answer, but then turns to her fellows. "OK so...tie them up somewhere safe, while we explore? If so, where?"
Hehehehehe. I like the thought...though he was *just* about to steal our boat by himself and run for it. Can we (and do we want to) make a more attractive offer than a free boat (maybe with whatever bounty he thinks he can get by either freeing or turning in Odium)?
I don't think we want to cross back to the boat more times than we have to (given the chance of waking more skellies). I vote we tie both of them up here. I was hoping my threat would get more out of Odium...but I don't actually want to drag him through there. What do yall think?
Argyri arches an eyebrow at Odium. "Think carefully now, Odium. It's time to tell us everything you know about the Winding Way. Have you been down there? Be generous and truthful with what you know right now–be it what you've witnessed, or what you've merely heard–and we'll let you wait, tied up safely here, while we clear it out. Then we'll all leave the island, alive and well. "Be less than forthcoming and you'll find yourself guiding us through it, gagged and bound...or if that's too much trouble, just as bait for the skeletons."
I appreciate you asking, Jubal, but I'm not sure I can think of a suggestion right now. Work and being sick are the big factors over hear too.
Argyri walks toward Bayleaf, rapier in hand...but pointed down. Assuming he doesn't try anything funny, she says, "Alright, time to turn over a new page. Start by coming clean: what were you doing here? And what else is still at large that we need to know about?"
"Yeah, and we can run toward him; if he runs toward the boat, he's sure to be killed." "Bayleaf! Time to decide if you want to be smart, or dead. Stay where you are, with your hands up, and you'll live to see another day. Step toward our boat and you're history."
"That's a smart fella. Let's go!"
"Alright, hand us that holy symbol and that dagger, and come with us. "Let's go see if we can catch this Bayleaf. If we can, with your aid, you've come a sizeable step toward earning your freedom."
Argyri listens to his story (a bit unsure how much to believe) wondering how much this Odium might be distorting or leaving out...particularly given the evil-looking holy symbol he is wearing.
Argyri pauses and lowers the tip of her rapper, slightly. "Of course we can! The real question is if you'll make it worth our while. Speak up, and tell the truth: who are you, and why are you here, and how can you help us?"
Do we want to take one alive?
Argyri quietly backs up to the base of the stairs. She motions to tip-toe, and then for folks to gather around door to the room the man is hiding in. If she's able, once they're in place she'll hold up fingers, ...three...two...one! and lead a charge toward the lone cultist.
Argyri feels much better after resting, stretching, and bandaging her wounds. When everyone's ready, she says, "Let me try poking a bit ahead, and see what I see." She pulls the hood up on her cloak of elvenkind, and starts carefully back down the stairs.
If she doesn't see anyone in the room below the stairs, she'll waive the rest down after her, and start looking from door to door (starting with any open doors).
Hey sorry, I'm here, and actually thought I'd posted to start us exploring again. I'll post the thing I must've started and then lost/abandoned soon.
Seeing everyone else nod, Argyri leads the way back up the stairs, looking to block the door and see if they can get away with recuperating for a bit, before pressing on.
Hey gang, any objection / counter-argument to holing up for an hour to rest and recover HD? If not, where? Safest might be to just go right back up the stairs we just fought our way down...but I suppose we could also check one of the doors off of this room, and see if it leads to a room where we think we could barracade the door...I just know I might well drop the next time something hits me. Thoughts?
"Oooof!" Argyri growns as she gets smacked by the cleric's magic Arygri looks around, and hears the eerie quiet, and says, "Hey, I think this is the first moment since we got on those stairs when we've had a chance to pause...and unless someone has major healing magic to offer, I could really use a breather. I'm pretty wrecked right now, and I bet Tarn's in even rougher shape. "What do yall think of us finding a defensible spot–back up the stairs, or maybe a side room here–and give ourselves a chance to rest up before we face whoever's next?"
OK, thanks, that helps. I appreciate theater of the mind, and think it works better for 5e than for Pathfinder, but I also find complex situations difficult for me to grok in TotM. You helped me make sense of this one, I think. One clarifying question, as a Swashbuckler I now have, You also gain an additional way to use your Sneak Attack; you don’t need advantage on the attack roll to use your Sneak Attack against a creature if you are within 5 feet of it, no other creatures are within 5 feet of you, and you don’t have disadvantage on the attack roll. All the other rules for Sneak Attack still apply to you. ...would that give me sneak against the cleric? (Sounds like yes, as long as no one else comes up beside me)
I shoulda clarified, but I *did* check the map link before I asked for clarification. Maybe it's an issue on my end, but I don't see anyone but Tarn on the map. No foes, and no one else in the party. (Here's a screenshot of what I see) Can others see us and our foe(s) on the map? If so, maybe describe the setting to me...or even better, share a screenshot! Big picture, if Argyri can see or hear combat going on somewhere, she'll join it (and try to do so in a way that gets her sneak attack). Beyond that, I'm not sure I understand enough right now to describe in more detail. Cheers,
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