stonegod's Expedition to Castle Ravenloft: Ch. III [OOC]

[s@squ@tch]

Avron might possible know the creature type, as he knew the electricity/slow thing.

[stonegod]

OOC: My wife and I closed on our first house today, so expect some absence from me in the next few days. EN's slowdown is also making updating harsh.

[Stormwind]

Congrats on the house!

[EvolutionKB]

I'll be out of town for my 1st wedding anniversary. I'll be back Tuesday or Wednesday.

[stonegod]

Originally Posted by Stormwind

Congrats on the house!

Thanks!

Originally Posted by EvolutionKB

I'll be out of town for my 1st wedding anniversary. I'll be back Tuesday or Wednesday.

Congrats! Just 10 more and you'll catch up!

The move is level draining me still, so updates hopefully weekend/next week. I'm lucky just to have the net!

[Stormwind]

Well, we need to regroup. I suggest upstairs since I think we will need Jarrith up here for the 'safe'.

Originally Posted by stonegod

That Which Lies Beneath (Round 1 continued)

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Moving aside, the knight reaches for the painting. It sneers at her as she does so, but seems to scream as Ashlyn wrenches it from the wall, revealing a safe behind. ...

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We also need to heal up, which as we regroup, Ashlyn can take care of with a couple of sacred healings.

All things considered, that went fairly well ... we all survived, although for a little while there, I wasn't so sure of our chances

[stonegod]

I misplaced my EtCR in the move; I'll update once its found...

[renau1g]

Did everything go ok? Are you all settled in? It's a pain in the butt moving...

[renau1g]

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[stonegod]

Originally Posted by renau1g

Did everything go ok? Are you all settled in? It's a pain in the butt moving...

Boxes and stuff everywhere, slowly getting cleared out. Slowly. Slllooooowwwwwly.

[EvolutionKB]

I feel your pain SG. We still don't have everything unpacked either. It's been at least 6 weeks in our new house. Thank God for extra closets.

[stonegod]

Finally found the book. Game on!

But, on that note, I'll be on international travel Friday eve to Thursday Eve. No game updates as I'll be doing Polish family stuff.

[Stormwind]

I think we ought to head back downstairs (since that's where we were originally headed), unless anyone else has any other thoughts?

[DEFCON 1]

Sounds good to me.

[Stormwind]

OOC: I'll be traveling for the next couple of days ... will be back on Sunday night.

[stonegod]

Hey folks,

Just a few notes: There are a lot of little combats here and there in the Castle, far too many for PbP format (unless we want to be doing this when 6E comes out ). I've consolidated some, removed a bunch, but for a few (that add color), I'll likely just state the outcome (that you won of course) for flavor. I won't use up any major resources, but you might use a turn attempt or a low level spell/some hp. That way, we get the since of the danger of the Castle, but don't spend two/three weeks on a foregone conclusion.

Let me know if this is going to be a problem, and I'll think of a different approach.

[Stormwind]

I'm fine with this approach.

[stonegod]

Thats one. Not quite a majority.

[DEFCON 1]

It works for me too. Although I also wouldn't mind it if you decided to have some fun with us and switch things up a bit and turn some combats into other stuff, like skill challenges. They'd still be "fights" per se... but the mechanics of how you determine success or failure might be different. Go nuts with it! ;-)

[stonegod]

Originally Posted by DEFCON 1

It works for me too. Although I also wouldn't mind it if you decided to have some fun with us and switch things up a bit and turn some combats into other stuff, like skill challenges. They'd still be "fights" per se... but the mechanics of how you determine success or failure might be different. Go nuts with it! ;-)

Are you getting 4E in my 3.5 game?!?