Overview of the Dungeon
Continued from July 11th
Party's Position
The DM: Entering the dungeon, looking around at the scattered bones, Asger will mutter, “Jesus Mary & Joseph” and Marit will answer, “You said it.”
Vafrandir: I vote we probe the barracks deeper. "Hungry for a little adventure?"
Lexent: Seconded. I head into the barracks (room h). Is the door in there wicker or wood?
Pandred: Joining Lex in H. "Stay close Helga. Odds, load the Crossbow."
Marcule: I follow in the back.
The DM: the far door is wicker. The wood doors will show a handle. I’m placing Lexent in 1324. I’ll put up a closer map, but if you can, locate yourself and your sapper. Bjarni is working on the rung ladder as ordered.
Vafrandir: I'll be a hex behind Lexent - a higher resolution close up would be appreciated so I can see the numbers a bit better.
Lexent: I suppose Marit is in 1224. Once everyone is in place she opens the door.
The DM: Um, roll a morale check for Marit.
Lexent: I roll 2+6=8
Vafrandir: Thank you, DM. I'm in 1424.
The DM: Marit will turn on Lexent.
Marit: “Don’t take this wrong, sir, but I was led to believe I was a support member of this group. I’ve worked for employers before who felt it was the hired hand’s job to open doors into gawd knows what, but I tell you I’m not comfortable with it.”
Lexent: Sorry, I only had her doing that since you had placed me in 1324. I will gladly trade her places and open the door myself.
The DM: I put you as close as you had to be to ascertain whether the door was wood or weave. That’s in response to your question earlier. It’s up to you to change your position once I’ve placed you. The things I say are not carved in stone. That would take a long time for me to do the work and ship it out to each of you by Amazon.
- Vafrandir: Now that would be a Kickstarter to remember...
Lexent: I move to 1224 and open the door.
The DM: working.
The DM: You’re not sure what it is; the size and colour are accurate. It is animated and appears to be some kind of living jelly.
Pandred: Seems like I should have taken all that work you put into the wiki pages for acids as a hint!
- Lexent: My thought was 'and there's the acid'
- Vafrandir: I admit I suspected it!
Lexent: Hoo boy. How does it react to the door opening?
The DM: It occurs to me that Marit and the others can’t see; your bringing them along will have them all light torches, so there is no need for infravision.
The DM: By Marit’s torch, you can see three normal doors in the room; there’s no evidence of any of them having acid damage. I’d explain a little why, but none of you have any knowledge of the differences between jellies, molds, puddings and oozes. I did acids because it was next; no other reason.
