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Message: <blockquote data-quote="diaglo" data-source="post: 3024583" data-attributes="member: 2885">player 4 here (loki44, JoeBlank, and Olgar Shiverstone already piped in).part of the problem is outside influence. we thought we'd have 7 players for session 1 and a very good diverse party. human cleric of pelor, human paladin, human barbarian, human spellthief, elf bard, human ranger, and halfelf elementalist. but we only had the first 4 party members.  the elf, ranger, and arcane caster didn't show.we played with what we had.session 2 started with the spellthief disabled. and again we thought we'd have a larger diverse party. but ... we ended up with human fighter, halfling cloistered cleric, dwarf druid with badger companion, and elf bard. plus the disabled spellthief. we did run. but trying to stay together as a group and dealing with encumbrance, sleeping in armor vs fatigue, and small size movement... well we got caught. again no ranger or arcane caster.session 3 started with the whole party from session 2 disabled. no arcane caster or ranger. the cure light wounds spells sucked on the rolls. the cleric was at 1hp too btw. so one guy at -4 and one guy at -5. with 3 PCs at a total of 4hps. and a pack of wild dogs outside. meant we couldn't run still. we did a quick search below. but we lacked the proper tools and equip for a dungeon crawl. and besides it was a dead end. the bard proved that with cutting the rope for the lizardman.would have liked to run. but it wasn't gonna happen for the whole party. lowering the disabled guys down and the cleric climbing down was all we had time to do before we rolled init.human fighter in scale and 1hp isn't gonna survive a fall of 40'. likewise dwarf druid with no armor and 2hp. and no way out of the tomb with little supplies. the best we tried to do was hold the cave entrance and hope the lizards didn't find the rope dangling down. and at first it only looked like 3 lizards. but turned out to be way more.edit: i'm enjoying the game too. but so far haven't had a chance to do anything that i wouldn't do otherwise.</blockquote>

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