Well, this has clearly expired! Things were bumpy, but I had some fun. I hope everybody got to enjoy something in the experience.

Good night, Gracie!

As Allric ponders, his orb advances into the fog. There's nothing in it that he can see. The movement appears to be just the natural billowing of the fog itself. The light reflecting from the wet stones, and the bits of crusty deposit on the walls and floor, suggest that this is a wet, steamy mist. ...

Thag and Rabon move ahead of the group, at the edge of the light, wary of traps and the like. Soon, they see something moving ahead. It's a misty, flowing movement, a fogginess that drifts along the floor at the edge of the light cast by the glowing orbs, accompanied by a humid, mineral smell. The ...

Carefully approaching the junction, the path to the north disappears into darkness. A significant amount of rubble litters the floor and lines the edges of the hallway. To the west, more darkness, and a faint hissing sound. What now? Thanks everybody. I've got PDFs. I just can't find my book for som...

Sorry, everybody. Things got busy, and then I lost my notes. I found them, though I still can't find my TB book, which is weird. After a quick deliberation, you run into the lava pit room. The heat hits you in the face with unexpected intensity, but you move past it, ignoring the shimmer of the hea...

The shattered statue looks to be made of obsidian. The stone is smooth, black and shiny. What remains of the feet looks to be the remnants of a dwarven figure. There's text on the base, but it is unsurprisingly in the dwarven alphabet.

Sorry, guys. Holidays were crazy. I'm back, and will reply about the statue later today.

I think that I screwed up Thag's instinct. It's been a while. Thag gets a passed or failed Scout test. Your choice.

Sorry.

Kobolds run for cover: [1d6] = 4, [1d6] = 3, [1d6] = 5

In the DIM light of the glowing pit, Thag watches the kobolds flee to the north, disappearing into the darkness.

What now?

Alfred can't see and doesn't have an angle from here. Also, this isn't a conflict at this point.

Alfred looses an arrow into the darkness of the doorway, though he can't see anything to shoot at from his place at the foot of the stairs. The kobolds turn to flee, the door being right behind them, but Thag takes his shot!

Thag test Fighter vs. the kobolds' 3D

A dry heat hits Thag's face as he enters the short corridor. Away from the dancing lights, he can see the deep orange glow emanating from the large hole in the floor's center. Bubbling magma or molten metal sizzles within. Across the room, four kobolds have stopped in their tracks. A moment passes a...

The assailant upstairs doesn't answer, but you can hear something approaching from the hall to the east.

What now?

The twist is basically that the bomb exploded. From that, Allric is seeing spots and has ringing in his ears, and something(s) heard you. These are all just facts. They might also be factors, if they apply. Save vs. Death would basically go: "BOOM! It explodes in your hands. How do you not die?...

TB can be weird. If he succeeds with a condition, then it didn't explode, so injury would actually be unlikely.

I suppose an alternate might be "it explodes, save vs. death", but I didn't like the way that felt.

Suddenly, the stairwell is consumed by fire and thunder. Poor Allric is engulfed in the inferno, only to be shot out, down the stairs past the other adventurers, coming to rest in a smoking heap just inside the room. Yet, the tough old codger rises with a cough, dusting at his sooty robes. Stunned, ...

Session 5: The Crypt Adventure Phase (-) S. Allric casts Dance of the Fireflies (Arcanist) (Duration: Phase) (1) 1. Rabon fails to move rocks (Laborer, EXHAUSTED) (2) 2. Allric fails to disarm a bomb (Alchemist, Twist, +1 CHECK(Thoughtful)) (-) I. Thag (mumble) scouting ahead. (3) 3. Thag misses wi...

As you stand at the foot of the stairs, huddled around the small book, you get the impression that the author is a bit of an adventurer, and there are names of people and places that you don't recognize. Some time passes as you puzzle through the dense script, until your concentration is broken by a...