[Ptolus/AD&D] OOC Thread #1

[winkingbishop]

For your information, I will be travelling down to Vancouver on Saturday and Sunday. Probably will not be able to post from Saturday til Monday, when I'm all set up down there.

Let the Christmas madness begin, as they say! :rolleyes:

No worries.  I'm sure things couldn't get any worse for us...

[Benoist]

I'm sure things couldn't get any worse for us...

You mean where you live?

[winkingbishop]

You mean where you live?

I mean for the adventuring party.  

[Benoist]

I mean for the adventuring party.  

LOL My bad. Gareth wants to kill himself, looks like. Maybe TPK for Christmas?

[Drohem]

I love the smell of TPKs in the morning!

[Imperator]

LOL My bad. Gareth wants to kill himself, looks like. Maybe TPK for Christmas?

Puh-leeze, I just misread a description. We're going to get a TBK (Total Baddie Kill) in a short while. A giantslayer like me is not going to be bothered by some singing fucker.

[Drohem]

Puh-leeze, I just misread a description. We're going to get a TBK (Total Baddie Kill) in a short while. A giantslayer like me is not going to be bothered by some singing fucker.

Now, that's what I'm talking about, Brochaco!  Gareth the Giantslayer FTW!!!

[Benoist]

TDD, Lilaxe, Cole, Skofflox and Imperator posted intents at the moment (post #493).

I'm going to let Cranewings, Drohem, Sigmund and Winkingbishop a chance to post intents before we move on.

[Imperator]

Things are moving fast, ain't them? How much actions/day are we achieving?

[Benoist]

Things are moving fast, ain't them? How much actions/day are we achieving?

We're moving a lot faster than I expected in some respects, absolutely. I'd say that we are completing an average of 2/3 rounds or turns depending on circumstances per day. Not bad at all, if you ask me.

[Benoist]

I assumed Gareth has basically stepped backwards when Smeads told him to stop. The map shows it, though I actually didn't spell it out through the text. This is why he's not making a saving throw.

[winkingbishop]

Ben, I've been fairly quiet lately because of RL stuff but also, in game, it doesn't seem like there is enough space in that chamber to do what Othos wants to do with the others flailing about and setting off traps and hazards or whatnot.

It will be easier for me to describe what I'm trying to get at OOC and let you tell me here if I have a enough of a view to gather this information:

First, do the niches on the eastern portion of the chamber appear as though they could possibly be connected to or feed the troughs in the main chamber?

Second, do the extinguished/unlit candles offer any color signals?  Are there still candles there? Magma splatters? Any color cues about their holders?

Finally, did Othos or the rest of this half the party hear the fire erupt over to the east or the shriek from the creatures?

[Benoist]

Ben, I've been fairly quiet lately because of RL stuff but also, in game, it doesn't seem like there is enough space in that chamber to do what Othos wants to do with the others flailing about and setting off traps and hazards or whatnot.

It's alright mate. We all have RL stuff. I don't mind when people get quiet for a bit. That's actually part of a game like this that runs for weeks, months, etc on a forum - we're all bound to have some stuff coming at one point or another, so during these times your character follows what's going on, or gets under the control of someone else if something comes that lasts long enough to create some potential issues in the game, and so on. Just do what you got to do - don't worry about my reaction about it. If you must know, that's my bottom line: RL is more important than this game. Period. If something comes up, take care of it. Just let me know. Don't jeopardize anything in RL on this game's account.

As for the current set up, it sure looks like a narrow corridor. Who knows what's up beyond the iron door?

It will be easier for me to describe what I'm trying to get at OOC and let you tell me here if I have a enough of a view to gather this information:

OK No problem.

First, do the niches on the eastern portion of the chamber appear as though they could possibly be connected to or feed the troughs in the main chamber?
Doesn't look like it.

Second, do the extinguished/unlit candles offer any color signals?  Are there still candles there? Magma splatters? Any color cues about their holders?
There are just magma splatters in front of the orange candle.

There are still unlit candles yes. No markings or colors besides the flames of the ones that are lit. There are seven candles total. Their succession, from the closest to you to the farthest away, by the iron door, along with possible scars on the opposite wall:

[Closest]
Unlit candle - no marks on the opposite wall.
Unlit candle - blood splatters on the opposite wall.
Orange candle - burn marks on the opposite wall.
Unlit candle - glassed opposite wall.
Unlit candle - blood splatters on the ceiling.
Green candle - no marks on the opposite wall.
Blue candle - no marks on the opposite wall.
[Farthest away, iron door]

Finally, did Othos or the rest of this half the party hear the fire erupt over to the east or the shriek from the creatures?
You might have heard the fire erupt, but you certainly DID hear the shriek from the creatures.

Let me know if you want more information.

[Sigmund]

spinning towards Tudd,stunned to silence seeing him conversing with bug while taking off his shield while the conflagration grows...all I can do is shake my head for a moment...

It makes perfect sense to Tudd. The fire makes him think of cooking, and thinking of cooking makes him hungry. When he's hungry, he eats. There's nothing right in front of him to hit, and his brudder is not in immediate danger, so there doesn't appear to be any reason to delay the satisfaction of his hunger

[skofflox]

It makes perfect sense to Tudd. The fire makes him think of cooking, and thinking of cooking makes him hungry. When he's hungry, he eats. There's nothing right in front of him to hit, and his brudder is not in immediate danger, so there doesn't appear to be any reason to delay the satisfaction of his hunger

Absolutely mate....Runch's "stunned silence" is because of the surreal aspects of all these things taking place together.
Shrieking blooby creatures
Ylarum cackling
plan in smokey ruin
Tudd at picnic w/bug
folk fleeing room
captive Orc aleash

the visuals are just a pistache of equal parts...mayhem,awesome & horrific...silence is my only recourse to the madness that this evokes!