Recent content by Kobold Stew

That's fine for me then. Team Spelunkolakefiltrate.

I'll be clearer: are we going to the others with the intention of leaving her and coming back, or are we re-uniting the party? I'm in for the latter, not for the former, and I can convince Urgan to agree with me.

I said this a while back, but I am not sure we can trust Valendra to tell us how the teleporter works. She might send us to the wrong location, etc. If we are going through for the sake of reuniting the party, then I'm onboard and will accept the risks. If it's purely in-game, though, I don't...

Fair; but we could also offer to pay them to keep them alive. I honestly don't see an alternative where Valendra lives, given all that's going on. Is she carrying her spellbook, by chance?

Meanwhile, in the caves.... I propose we let the Merc go (the way we came in), or he can be tied up, bound and gagged, like Valendra will be and left with the kobolds. Either way, I think we have the information we need to proceed. Is that right?

URGAN -- TEAM CAVES The dark breath of the orc Urgan comes from behind the prisoner. "What does your Arcane Brotherhood need or want with this place?" He looks for telltale signs that she is being deceptive or hiding something, hoping to help anyone who is skilled in determining thoughts.The...

Wherever the portals led to, the culture and beiefs from that place will have (could have) b een accommodated into the Alexandrian pantheon, is what I'm saying.

There's a lot here, and you've done some great work in trying to make sense of what is a remarkably complex religious landscape in Alexandria. My suggestion, though, is that you take a step back and be sure that this work (a) makes sense of your game world (not just "in" your game world) and (b)...

Leaving her tied up with the kobolds isn't a bad idea at all, assuming we make any progress. If she resists, though, we're in a good position to knock her unconsicous. I don't think Urgan was bluffing about breaking her fingers. This is a reasonable list. Thanks for taking this approach -- I...

It doesn't, but I love it anyway. Logan's Run is in the unfortunate position of being the last great SF film before Star Wars, which just blew everything else out of the water. I was too young to see it in the theatres, and it was always on at like 2am, so I didn't see it until 1982 or so (I had...

I'm pleased we get to have some edition wars in this conversation. You're right, in my view, that the 1982 release is the most satisfying.

Urgan feels Valendra stop struggling, but he remains cautious. He's not going to let go of her hands (with his own spells, if his wrists were held, that would prevent casting, and he presumes the same is true of her). That doesn't eliminate the threat of a spell (Command, for example, upcast...

That's a reasonable explanation if there is no identifiable source. I don't want to assume that, though, which is why I am asking. I'm not sure this is parallel, however. I understood this in 1977 because I had heard the exact same phrasing in the few contacts with drag racing I had seen --...

Sorry -- just checked, it's issue 7. And so Joe Gill.

Yes! It's a Denny O'Neill issue (writing under the pseudonym of Sergius O’Shaghnessey). It's the "type six" spells that interest me!