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"Wise Serpent, Guardian of the Gate, what you state is true, and I stand humbly corrected. Were it not for the exigency of my slave's plight against foes mutual to us both, I would have heeded your stewardship of this liminal space and paid my proper due. You have my sincere apologies. And I...

BOOKKEEPING MATTERS XP Pa’avu 6257/7500, Chanvati 6256/7500 Short Rest: All Encounter Resources refresh (except those expended in Umbrella Skill Challege: Sojourn to and Return from The Spirit Realm) Chanvati spends 3 Healing Surges, 40/40 HP, 2/7 Surges Remaining; Hazard spends 3 Healing...

CHANVATI feels Bita-Bousseh tugging urgently at his kolija. "We have a problem. A real problem!" she hisses as she pulls him out of his trance-connection with the Half-giant. A flow of crackling lava embued with elemental malice flows down the steps. He shakes the mists of the Spirit World from...

CHANVATI shivers involuntarily at the chthonic communication, received as much by the fellowship in their bones as minds. Something malevolent and very ancient inhabits this place. Did they evade the Cult of the Iron Gorgon, traverse the Breathless Chimney, and defeat the terrifying Id Fiend...

Joshua, have you peeked into our PbP thread to which @Manbearcat linked above? Essentially, our whole game is structured around Skill Challenges!

Though the crux of the climb is harrowing in its own right, and far more technically demanding, this vertical approach to Stoneroot's Perch is aptly named The Breathless Chimney, for it is the combination of pyschologically crushing claustrophobia and physical strain that makes its mark on the...

Why not run the game in 4E and make liberal use of the Disease/Condition track for survival mechanics? The other stuff is already supported by the excellent books published for the edition, DSCS & DSCC. And the lore is leaps better in my opinion than the original release as it developed over time.

The sound of the drumming has changed and catches Pa'avu's attention. She listens intently, holding up her hand, stopping their movement, and silencing the fellowship. It is many years since she has heard the drums used to communicate among and between clans, and she is obviously struggling to...

Knowing full well that the Gorgon Mud Traps are but half the challenge of navigating The Gray Grove--he did not spend half a day pouring over the interminable and dry An Excursion Most Difficult and Strenuous by the sixth dynasty travel writer Heramites for nought--CHANVATI schools the others in...

Chanvati steps out onto the balcony looking down into the caravanserai's central courtyard and beckons the old man join him. Below, Pa'avu carries a haunch of salted pterodactyl on her shoulder and loads it onto the pack animal, her mighty deltoids glistening with sweat already in the dawn...

Oh, I know, AA! I was making a joke about @Manbearcat continually throwing L+2 and higher SCs our way ... with only 2 PCs.

The last Gnoll having fallen, CHANVATI, Pa’avu, and Bita-Bousseh run over to the crumpled forms of their companions. Alas, Aesterion and Bjorkus are but charred corpses, the former’s body protectively fallen over the latter’s in a desperate attempt to shield his cousin’s unconscious form from...

What is this "at-level" of which you speak?

Character Level-Up and Bookkeeping Update: Chanvati's Level-Up Choices: +1 INT/+1 CHA, Bard of All Trades (Feat), retrain Commander's Strike (Warlord AW1) to Direct the Strike (Warlord AW1) Character Summary Chanvati: 33/33 HP, 5/7 Surges; 1 AP remaining; Chanvati has expended Living...

Finally getting a few moments to add my thoughts to this conversation. First, I want to preface them (for you, for any other readers) that my analysis and feelings here are in no way a criticism of our game in particular or of 4E generally--not because I'm afraid to ruffle feathers or hurt...

As the trail griffon launches itself into the morning sky and Hazard howls and chases in response, Chanvati looks on as PA'AVU leaps into responsive action. Having proven her alpha status many times--against the Minotaurs in the wrestling match, in subverting the hound's will to hers--the...

Pa'avu and Hazard serve as rear guard as the group makes a fighting retreat away from the ochre jellies, through the dank tunnels. Shaking off the worst of the clinging acid, Hazard wags his dark tail and barks when Pa'avu, amidst the frightened members of the 2nd Nation now, merely looks down...

I have many thoughts about this, both those I've already articulated in our exchange thus far and others! But real life over the next little bit may leave me without the adequate time to develop & articulate them here. We'll see.

It's more than this, even. The town itself (and the other "pre-established" elements, like which gods are revered therein, who occupies what roles key to the community and what those roles are, etc) is actually more like a menu of sketched options for the table to work out together during the...

No Myth is pretty simple and does not imply some impossible voiding of accreted human experience and psychological/mythological tropes. It means that all that is established with regard to "setting" (world-building inputs) is what is collectively established at the table, by consensus. Do orcs...