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Anson again fires two thin stilettos of light into the oncoming beasts. The first hits the lintel of the door, its tiny length coiling and spinning as it seeks an outlet in apparent frustration. The second smaller hits one of the oncoming spiders straight in the forehead, however. disappearing...

Urgan listens to Shamal's interpretation of the wishes, and wonders: is this his belief? or is it an interpretation he places on all the world? ad what would be the difference between these two? His words, however, are more straightforward: "I am pleased that our wishes have cohered in a way...

The sudden appearance of the spide startles Anson, who releases the leven and instinctively fires a razor sharp blast at the new opponent, right next to him. Again, it is not his usual flame, he notices -- it is thinner, dimmer, and more precise. The first shot goes wild, but a second shot lands...

"Let's try to do both."

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.

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...