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In response to Charlie's indignant question about the consumption of vitality Petra explains, "From what I understand from having studied the book previously, the ritual normally requires the sacrifice of a single life. Spread out amongst the four wearers of the amulet, it would only take 1/4 of...

I've been unable to log into ENWorld for the last two or so days. Not sure what's going on but it reminds me a lot of the problems of last year. Anyhow, I'll catch up with the description and then we'll get the skill challenge started.

Petra pulls chest's contents out and places them onto the floor. There are four amulets of gold and silver and four orbs of a dark crystal, perhaps onyx. One orb is inlaid with runes of gold and the other three are inlaid with silver. The final object is a large tome bound in leather died a...

We've been fiddling about with them and have found that taking the rules too literally tends to limit their usefulness and create some weird situations. Only if it's a challenge where initiative order would matter for some reason. I would tell you up front if that were the case and ask...

Pieter looks thoughtful again and then speaks, "I agree. Theft is theft regardless of whether the creature being stolen from is virtuous in nature or not. I shall have to look into the records and see what involvement my church had in this matter. If we cannot recover the feather we will need to...

Petra looks a bit startled for a moment. Then a look of recollection appears on his face and he dips his hand into a pocket inside his priestly robes. He pulls out a small sack and tosses it to Charlotte. "My apologies. In my concern for the relic I forgot about your reward. I hope this is...

Is everyone up to date on the rules of a Skill Challenge?

Even Pieter Anzalli seems perplexed by the High Priest of Melora's sudden diversion into the abandoned depths of the temple. Apparently noting the hint of concern and confusion in his companion's disposition, Petra launches into a tale that explains the group's destination. "As you know, 63...

With that taken care of, Petra gives the unconscious Sea Devil a single venemous look, and then turns and heads back into the temple. He leads you through a series of hallways that terminate in an infrequently used portion of the temple. At an inconspicuous, padlocked door he pulls a skeleton...

The expressions on Petra and Pieter's faces careen between relief, concern and alarm as the young hafling relates her story. Towards the end, just as Charlotte is about to reveal the strangeness surrounding the feather that is now a tooth, Petra makes a strange sideways glance and then a gesture...

Hrm. How to say this. It's very definitely a "problem" on my end. The software is having a weird reaction to something specific about my laptop. That being said, I've been running Vista (business version, which might be the cause) for a year and a half now. I've never seen any of the problems...

Uhhh. Are you folks being serious? This is really not the beta? I just installed it and here's what it looks like on my computer. The GUI is damn near unusable. I have literally never seen such a piece of junk software. I'm paying actual money for this?

The rest of the party finds their way to the shattered grotto and finds Charlotte standing there, coyly deflecting the two priest's attempts at getting to the bottom of things with sly grins and mysterious shrugs. Exasperated, Petra turns to Ranver and Zarathas, "At last!! Someone I can speak...

But what happens to your theory when it runs into the D&D players that are neither geeks nor nerds?

The High Priest of Erathis and lead magistrate for the town's only court is eventually able to revive the High Priest of Mellora and helps him to his feet. That taken care of, they both turn their attention to you and begin to press you for news on the nights activities. The guards are at first...

You're able to easily sneak around and past the guards and you enter the temple around the side through a loose grate over a floor level window. The place is pretty much empty. Sailor's Hope isn't a busy place except on high holy days and you're able to make your way straight to the grotto...

Eventually, even the distant shouts and cry for alarm dwindle into whispers and then fade entirely as the slender spike of Sailor's Hope rises higher into the sky. The bonfires at the tower's base were dark when you left. Now they burn. Their flickering light illuminates the paintings along the...

Yeah. I can't remember the exact details but I know they use a physical method for outcome determination. Something about a bullseye, right? Anyhow, doesn't sound like there's anything out there that's like what I'm mulling around. That's good. Or maybe bad. Maybe it's a bad idea. :)

Is anyone aware of any systems besides Amber that don't rely on determining the outcome of an action randomly with dice?

I'm assuming that the plan is to head back to the temple and am going to write accordingly. If there's something that still needs to be done feel free to say, "before we left my character . . ." I wouldn't mind knowing what you do with the bodies of the gang members you killed. Do you just...