Recent content by Systole

I'm really sorry I've been perpetually absent lately. What started as an unofficial but involuntary promotion turned into an official but involuntary promotion, and I haven't been able to keep up with gaming. I keep telling myself I'll have time tomorrow or the day after ... but obviously that...

The tiger looks dubiously at Maui, but obediently walks onto the pressure plate. To no one's surprise, a blast of dark energy erupts from the green throne, enveloping the tiger as it tries to twist out of the way. It growls in pain and retreats, the extraplanar stuff from which it is made...

Yet another bomb fells several more of the horde. Run finishes another and turns to the few reamins. At the sergeant's order, two of the remaining goblins move to flabk Tsaaruck. The sergeant manages to lightly slash the barbarian, then steps back, moving toward the relative safety of the...

Sorry about that. I've been busy as hell with work during the week and out of town as hell for the weekends. I haven't forgotten you, but update time is just in short supply.

The curtain collapses into a heap of rotting fabric and dust as soon as it's touched by the celestial tigers. After the cloud settles and your vision clears, a throne room comes into view. It's an odd sort of throne room, however, as there is not one but three different thrones. And seated on...

Once you're done buffing up, you can walk past the curtain. At which point I'll need a Will save and a Perception check from every one, because ... oh, no reason.

Iago's bomb shakes the goblin horde's resolve, as several of them go down and others are badly burned. The sergeants yell to press the attack, and for the grunts, the fear of their superior officers outweighs the fear of a horrible firey demise ... if only slightly. The goblins surge forward...

The shaman's legs go out from under him as Pirvinia magically coats the ground beneath his feet with grease. He crawls forward on hands and knees, still shouting a warning. The chieftan comes barreling down the passageway faster than something that short should be able to move, and hurdles the...

There are tattered curtains separating you from the final chamber. Given the noise of combat, anything waiting for you is aware of your presence, but hasn't come barreling in, so you can guess the ball is in your court. Maui leveled on 24 April. Current XP as of 4 May: 73815. Vincenzo leveled...

With the snakes disposed of, there are no additional threats in the room, although the constant barrage of color spray magics are rather headache-inducing. On the far side of the room is an iron-bound door that once had some sort of intricate puzzle lock and also possibly some sort of poison...

Forgot Pirvinia is invisible. Fixing now.

Pirvinia moves into the back room just as a goblin runs in from the north, shouting words of alarm. She sees two goblin in discussion, one of whom appears to be the chief, and the other a shaman of some sort. Both look up as the human arrives and quickly ready themselves for combat. The...

The party cuts down two of the snake constructs. The third bites again at Vincenzo and leaves the swordsman bleeding from another wound. Even as it strikes, lights flare, leaving afterimages in the eyes of the swordsman, the halfling, and the jungle cat. Combat Map So, first off, jbear is...

Unless I misunderstood something, Lem missed last round. Rolled a 17 to hit against AC 20.

The party carves into the goblins, cutting a bloody swath through the creatures. As Pirvinia moves deeper into the mine, she becomes aware of several more goblins moving around in the dirty piles of fur and cloth that serve as goblin beds. Down the northern hallway, Ru can also make out more...