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Hey all, I promise an update tomorrow. Things got very busy - partially due to a trip to Vegas for a bachelor party, and I didn't have time in getting everything else done to pop on here and give an update that we would be on a very brief hiatus.. Thanks for hanging in there!

The earth under the pole seems about one would expect from a minor collapse of the wall, and nothing more. It's somewhat packed and not very loose, but nothing under it moves or shifts or gives way.

So, with a few votes and replies in already, a bit of my philosophy and recent experiences gaming: First of all, I gamed primarily AD&D 1st edition and did a bit of Rolemaster DMing back as an undergraduate. I honestly wasn't paying much attention to whether things were fudged to keep us alive...

So, I've gotten into a discussion regarding PC deaths in RPGs with a friend who is the normal GM of my group. I won't say where I come down on the issue (and it's far more nuanced than this simple poll will allow for) right away, but hoping to spark some discussion. So, where do you fall on...

Stellan steps forward, trying to be as quiet as possible. His torch flickers, and he pulls the two parts of his ten foot pole that are strapped to his back and screws them together before sliding it forward to Bosco.

Sounds about the right challenge level to me, if not still a touch too much in favor of the players! My personal mental image of a battle with an ogre and a balanced party of 1st level characters would be something like: Ogre should be able to beat any single character it faced, with a chance...

As the party moves down the left (southwest) tunnel, Muzdim can tell the floor is slanting downwards slightly - deeper beneath the small town of Ascadar above. The walls and ceiling continue to have the appearance of mostly packed earth with stones scattered throughout - some the size of large...

Updated map... Dotted line around the open spaces to northeast and southeast indicate that all Muzdim can make out is that the tunnels open up there... will modify sizes and shapes when explored.

That should have read southwest and northwest... for the tunnels, map will be up tonight or tomorrow to update... Bosco finds a total of 83 sterlings (silver pieces) and 60 gold pieces . Something you've heard about Gelatinous Cubes is that they often shift their lairs when other creatures...

Stellan stays near the Gelatinous Cube's remains, looking down the side corridor the group had originally come from. When Mysthyr returns in his direction, Stellan steps - still carefully - across the remains towards where Antares and Bosco are poking at the end of the corridor to the east...

Hey guys, will update on Monday... The end of last week got away from me and I'm away for the weekend!

As Mysthyr and Muzdim look down both tunnels from the Y intersection, they can see the whitish creatures disappearing into the darkness. Both tunnels hint at opening up into larger spaces further down their lengths, especially to Muzdim who is sure he can see a larger cavern at the end of the...

I found the 'Western' section on RPG.net, but couldn't find the supplement.. Maybe I just dreamed it. Sidewinder Recoiled sounds right, but I don't see a supplement for it that looks like what I remember. Very weird...

So, this is driving me nuts.. About a week ago, I ran across Hackmaster again, and was browsing through KenzerCo's website. There I discovered Aces & Eights. One link led to another, and I did a search on the game rulebooks for A&8, but one of the links I clicked on was for Amazon and it took...

As Muzdim and Myst move towards the retreating creatures, they continue to race along the walls apparently as fast as they can, easily outpacing the two clerics. And they stay on their respective walls as they reach the Y shaped intersection at the western end of the tunnel that the party finds...

Anyone else interested in this? I downloaded the PDF after preordering the Player's Handbook. Also have the Hacklopedia on the way. The one thing that sort of held me back on this was the setting. I had the Kalamar D&D 3.5 sourcebooks but found them too bland and poorly written (with...

Binder Fred, good point about Saving Throws, I will endeavor to put the targets to succeed, and the general outcomes of failure so that it can be incorporated in your responses.

Antares is overcome by a fit of coughing in spite of his preparations, eyes stinging briefly. Antares loses 1 HP. Will do the saving throw for Myst on moving through the smoke/cube remains, since Toric may have missed the request: Myst passes through the smoke without a problem. Waiting to...

Just a quick check here since we don't use it much... How's everyone doing? Happy with the style? Any complaints/comments? It seems like everyone is staying pretty well engaged, so that makes me pleased, but I'm also open to suggestions to make things better. I think you guys are realizing...

The map is below... Cr1 and Cr2 are the two creatures before they started to run. The arrows show where they will be, assuming someone doesn't kill one with a missile weapon. I normally would have allowed Muzdin to take a swing at one of the two as they started to run, but since he threw a...