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The constables did manage to escape the ziggurat with no deaths. They did open the door to the rainbow room, so they at least saw the puzzle (and as I predicted, immediately grasped the solution). Not wanting to battle their way through the room as the toxic flood approached, though, they closed...

I've read some of your story already on Ars, but the rust monster bit was just as hilarious the second time around. :D

Last night, the constables reached Area 10: the seal room. They proceeded somewhat cautiously, intentionally triggering the spear traps and then trying to grab the spears from the mummies and stab them through the spear holes. When they got to Area 10, they lifted up the carpet and found the...

I find this really interesting -- I'm the exact opposite. I have a lot less interest in reading Dungeon and Dragon articles now that I have to hunt for them in a single compilation. Previously I used to just download the 1-2 articles that interested me each month or two. * I hope D&DI was at...

Second session in the ziggurat on Friday went much better. I was a lot more descriptive about the traps, and while the players still didn't think to try any non-skill check interactions with the traps, I think that's okay -- they did describe their skill checks in world terms, and sooner or...

Yep, this.

Short session last night due to technical difficulties. The players explored the camp, then (finally) entered the ziggurat. Murdok immediately used a grappling hook and rope to snag one of the golden chains from the ceiling carvings, but was disappointed that doing so didn't trigger anything...

My party left Torrent at Gate Pass, albeit partly at my behest since I'm not a big fan of having NPCs travel with the players. Amusingly, though, they ended up picking up Haddin and Crystin. I've mainly used them as an opportunity for RP; one of the PCs had a disagereement with Haddin, so Haddin...

Wow, those are amazing. So I take it your RHC has typewriters? :D

Ah, I see. I'm quite willing to run right up to the end of what's published, or even a bit past it -- I ran my first session or two of Skyseer from Ryan's pre-layout draft. He's been great at answering my questions about the future, so I'm comfortable not knowing the details of the next...

Man, you guys play fast! I kept up through Axis, and we were one of the early groups to start Skyseer, but now we're only midway through Digging for Lies. I haven't even read Always on Time or Cauldron-Born yet. I'm not even sure what adventure comes after that. I'm kind of envious of the...

I've got a spirit medium in my game, and he makes use of his object history perk pretty much every day. Since we play online via Google+ video hangouts, I sometimes take the opportunity to show the players some of the cool art from the adventures. For example, when he used the ability on one of...

Ooo, great question. I hadn't even thought about this yet, and I have a psion in my party!

I'm going back through and reading the ziggurat section of every other DM's campaign thread in preparation for my own group arriving there. Thanks for the comprehensive summary! I suspect any of my players who are brought back to life by the Voice of Rot will have similar sentiments, so I'm...

Five sessions without a fight! Session Overview (Digging for Lies, Act 1/2) This session covered Act 1 cleanup and travel to the Ziggurat of Apet. After the meeting with Xambria, the PCs received stipends for the upcoming trip (and leveled up to 6), and did some shopping. Most of the mundane...

My Zeitgeist party was 4 PCs until recently. I did rebalance a decent number of the encounters, but it was generally as simple as either removing one monster or deleveling them partially/fully. Some of the encounters I left alone, because I knew the players would come prepared and have an...

Okay, the updated spreadsheet is attached. Note that I had to calculate the values of level 31-35 items to be factored into the wealth by level for levels 26-30.

After all of my watching, I finally went in on Gold Lifer. :)

Four sessions in a row without a fight, and my players keep telling me how much fun they're having. Great work, guys. :) This one was actually last week, I just hadn't had a chance to make notes. We're planning to play again on Wednesday night. Session Overview (Digging for Lies, Act 1) When...

Happy to help. :) I forgot to upload the spreadsheet this weekend, but I can still do so if you or anyone else wants to check out the formulas.