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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LuYangShih" data-source="post: 1159511" data-attributes="member: 10414">It's alright, Benito.  Many adventurers have gone through the same situation you are now, and with counseling, they managed to get through it.  Lets look at a few tapes of previous sessions so you can understand how we here at MBA, or Making Better Adventurers, have dealt with other parties with DDD, or Decisiveness Deficit Disorder.  ***Counselor #1:  Alright, ladies and gentlemen, you all know why we're here today.  Now, before we begin, I want to know if you have been taking your prescriptions.  You will need that medicine to regain a sense of perspective and willpower, to control your natural urge to blindly follow any orders you are given.  You have?  Good, then lets begin.  Jane, lets put up a few slides to highlight the problems we've been having.  Counselor #2:  Alright John.  Here we are.Counselor #1:  Now as you can plainly see, this is the remnants of the lost civilization you were heading to, planning on retrieving an artifact known as Orcus' Wand.  *click*  *click*  Now these are shots of the interior.  As you can all see, the Wand is there.  *click*  *click*  And here we see Orcus killing the guards and taking the Wand back.  *click*  *click*  And here we see the members of tonights therapy session wandering into the temple, too late.  *click*  *click*  Here we see Krusk throttling Gimble for demanding everyone stop off at the Goat farm for unknown reasons.  *click*  *click*  Here we see mass devestation wrought across the land after Orcus gets the Wand.  Thanks Jane, that'll be enough for now.  Counselor #2:  Alright John.  Counselor #1:  Unfortunately Gimble will not be joining us tonight, as he is still recovering in the care of a Furyondrian hospitaler.  Now, ladies and gentlemen, as easy as it is to blame the Bard, especially a Gnomish Bard, for the problems you had, I think everyone here knows what the real problem is.  Isn't that right?  Now what we're going to do here tonight is have a circle of sharing, and heal the pain of your losses, and hopefully show you how to remedy the difficulties you are having.  If not, you can always come back next week, at the going rate of 10,000 GP per session.  We don't want that to happen, of course, but if it's neccessary I just want to let you know the option is there.  Now Alhandra, why don't you start us off tonight.  Alhandra:  Alright John.  Well, we had set off on our quest, to retrieve and destroy the Wand Of Orcus, and it seemed to be going well.  But then, disaster struck.  We traveled to Greyhawk, and in the city a powerful Wizard appeared, claiming he needed our help.  I figured we had time, and so I convinced the rest of the party we should do it.  It seemed like a good idea at the time.  Counselor #1:  Of course it did Alhandra.  And I want everyone to remember we're not here to judge, we're here to understand and help.  I am sorry for interrupting, continue please.***Over time, Alhandra and her fellows came to understand the needs and wants they had should be addressed forthwith.  You need to take care of your own tasks before you go running off at the behest of a supposedly greater person.  Now, it takes long, intensive therapy to get to the point they reached, but I know you are willing to do what it takes.  Just talk to the secretary outside and she will set up your method of payment, and we can start within the month.  Remember, we're here to help.</blockquote>

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