Tomb of Horrors IC (Inevitable Corpses)

Steelhawk

Thats who I was waiting for. Derek can use Dungeoneering on the trap, but Streever is our traps guy. Anywho...

Derek Deepdelver, dungeon delver extraordinaire, floats over to the pit trap and begins to futz with its mechanisms. "Hmm. Yes...I see. Seems simple enough. What if I did...THIS!" Dungeoneering = 21

Jam Warrior

What are we trying to achieve? Opening it? Jamming it shut?

Steelhawk

Can I reserve the right to change my mind later?

Jam it shut.

Jam Warrior

You spend a while futzing about with placing small weights and poking wedges into cracks. In the end, you're not really sure if you achieved anything or not. I mean it didn't go off while you were poking it, right?

Steelhawk

"Well!" Says Derek. "I think thats got it....maybe. Who wants to try first?" He motions for someone to lead the way. If there are no volunteers, Derek will scoff and float over the trap feeling secure on his Floating Disk.

Jam Warrior

Derek can happily float over the floor on his disc to the next door. It looks startlingly like the one you just burst through.

Steelhawk

"Well? Come on then! Acerack's treasure has waited for long enough!" Derek enthuses. He checks out the next door...

Perception = 14

"Maybe someone else needs to look at this door!"

Jam Warrior

Yup. Just like the other door. Plain door of iron banded oak, not opening when pushed or pulled and with no obvious lock.

daniant

Arjhan takes a real good look at that trap pit. If Derek's not walking on it, she's not so sure she should either. After that exploding pulpit incident...

Spoiler:

Perception: 1d20+7 16

Steelhawk

(In Derek's defense, he's not walking on anything. He totally loves floating around on his Disc with his arms crossed and cloak billowing out behind him like he's Magneto or something...)

Jam Warrior

She makes a good show of inspecting the trapdoor, but to be honest she can hardly see it.

daniant

"Hmm..." she rumbles as she puts a foot out where she thinks the trap is and tests her weight.

Jam Warrior

Spoiler:

Attack vs Reflex 1d20+10 → [12,10] = (22) Hit!

2d10+1 → [4,6,1] = (11) damage plus ongoing 5 poison damage. Unless someone has a save granting ability, just roll saves and take damage until until you pass.

Arjhan tentatively leans forward testing her weight. Nothing seems to happen so she gives Derek a cheery thumbs and steps forward again, swiftly disappearing downwards as the floor opens beneath her and she is plunged 10ft to the spiky floor below.

daniant

Balls balls balls. I take 10 points of poison damage.

Steelhawk

Derek swiftly floats over to the edge of the pit and peers down. "Oh dear! My apologies. I thought I had it for sure that time! Alas. Do you need any assisstance?"

Can someone throw our Dragonborn a rope? Who is still with us BTW?

daniant

I think it might just be me, Farangua and Jam.

Also, I have been tracking internally my damage and surges. I'm assuming Arjhan can lay on hands at the ends of encounters or while waiting for doors to be unlocked, right? If so, I have 8/12 surges left and have 59 HP left, and would like to spend a surge to bring me back to full.

If not, I'm unconscious at the bottom of the pit. D:

daniant

Arjhan calls back up: "Just a flesh wound! Now throw me a rope!"

Jam Warrior

@Farangu @Streever @Fondor_Yards yous guys still playing or wut? Streever looks like a lost cause, hasn't logged on in a while. Time to hit up the recruitment thread.

daniant

Farangu is still around, but he's really busy. I would PM him.

Farangu

I is here. I also has rope!

Terios snorts back laughter before throwing his beleaguered colleague a lifeline.

daniant

Arjhan pulls herself out with Terios' help. Then she strips down to her cotton shift and gathers her plate mail in her bag.

She motions to the open pit in front of her. "I'll hold the rope and then throw it to you when you're across. After you."

Farangu

"Ever so gracious." And with that, Terios took his running start.

Athletics = 20

Jam Warrior

In work with no books, but if that check clears 10ft then that's fine and you're over the other side. Will actively seek new recruits to replace the missing players tonight.

daniant

Arjhan throws her armor and the rope across the pit for Terios to catch and takes her own running start.

Spoiler:

Athletics: 1d20+4 19

Jam Warrior

Hmmm, recruitment has been less than overwhelming. I'm off on hioliday for a week from tomorrow. When I return I am perfectly happy to keep this running as long as it takes for however many people are still going, but take this as your chance to call bail if you feel things are plodding too slow and you've lost interest.

Steelhawk

Sigh.

Jam, I'm sorry to say this but I think I will take that opportunity to bail. Thanks for the game. It was fun to delve into the famous Tomb of Horrors but I don't think it lends itself well to the pbp format.

daniant

If Farangu is still in, so am I, but if everyone wants to give up the ghost, that's fine too.

Although I have to say I have been having a lot of fun and like my character a lot.

Farangu

Basing participation on me? Aww, daniant. I didn't know you cared so much.

If Jam can find some more willing victims participants than I'm still willing.

daniant

I really do enjoy your virtual company, Farangu.

Jam Warrior

Sorry guys. I think I'm knocking this on the head. I had a look at how far we have gone and how far we have to go and we'll be going for years at this rate! Like Steelhawk said, good fun but just not really suited to PbP format. If I'm going to put more energies into running a PbP I think I'd rather it were something a bit more dynamic and suited to the medium.

It was good times and I have learned much! Thanks for playing.

daniant

Thanks, Jam. Had a good Time while it lasted!

Farangu

Sad to see it go, but understandable. Thanks, Jam.