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Just a quick note to say I will be travelling for the next 3 weeks. I expect to be online regularly/daily, but if it looks like I'm missing something and there's no response in any given 18 hour period, feel free to push me along.

As they approach the door-and-levers, Anson turns to Benny. "You saved me there, Benny. That was hard to light, and I'm grateful for what you did. You should be careful though. We need to get through this night."

It makes sense, but it's not what D&D provides. The zero-to-hero narrative of most PCs means that you start relatively raw. No level 1 character has all that background. And, with the current rules, all the background gives you is mechanical access to certain features (abilities that can be...

There are multiple ways this might be done, but my thought is that you should be looking at backgrounds in combination with classes -- typically, backgrounds can make certain skills available that aren't available to the class. The examples you give see, to me, straightforward -- being a...

Anson answers Stratus, now that they had a sense of what the key accomplished. "I think we've found two ways to proceed. I suggest we start with the lever we see over here." He leads the group to where the lever and the two doors are. "This is more likely to be the best direction for the...

If I underastand things properly, we have two options for proceeding, that I've noted on the image below: 1. the arrow. I think that is the doorway that is being operated by the key. 2. the circle (ok -- "circle"). There is a lever and apparently two doors. That's my proposal for which way to...

Anson shrugs. "Fair enough. It sounds like it came from that way. If you go ahead I'll turn it in 30 seconds."

"They key won't come out," he tells the others.

Urgan isn't pushing for a short rest, but if we're doing so, he will try to ressurect Scamp (and so will need 70 minutes). FUnny how both stories both have returning familiars at the same time. So -- happy to rest, but not asking for it.

Anson says what he's thinking. "I imagine there's a passage somewhere that opens with this key, perhaps to a secret chamber or treasure room. This poor soul..." (he gestures at the corpse, which he imagines is a tomb robber) "...may have been the one to open it. For now, though, I suggest we...

Anson turns the key in the direction corresponding to the way the scales need to be righted, so they are even (again, presumably).

Investigation: 1d20+0=12 (with no help) or 13 (with help).

To motivate my own action, I rolled an insight check for Urgan, to see how suspicious he was of the kobold's answer. 1d20-1=1. Ha. In all of Urgan's life, he has never met a more trustworthy individual than this kobold. If he says death and danger are that way, then Urgan believes him...

The torch lights, and Anson lets out his breath, pulling back and sliding the firesticks under his belt, freeing his hands. "That one... took a while," he says, apologetically. He descends from the dais (again avoiding touching the trapped steps, if he can; if there's a lip and he can let...

I hope it's okay if I offer my thoughts, just because I feel the question is interesting and I like thinking about rules. I'd read it the way Fitz and Steve had, that PotC allows you to cast the spell as a single action, and that is the exception to the general rule of the spell's casting time...

I thought about it, but knowing there are more ahead of us, I thought sav ing the dice was worthwhile (also, even if it lights in one round, we still need to get out of the room.). I probably made a bad call for this beacon. Next one, depending on the circumstance, I plan on using a HD.

Anson assiduously acts to activate arson.

Urgan, in the caves. As they proceed, Urgan casts minor illusion repeatedly, creating the appearance of floating barriers and warning ribbons to help mark where they should be walking, as they follow the Kobold. He sets one up around the stagnant pool. "We should stay clear of that," he notes...

Anson continues to struggle with the beacon. "Benny! Be careful!"