OOC Chat

[ChubbyPixie]

I've got Wrenly at 16hp due to a healing potion he drank right after the cyclone hat incident...

[Zhym]

I thought Andover was much lower for some reason, but I'll take the current HP total.

[ChubbyPixie]

Do we really want to go down that hole? There seems to be a bit more of this level we could uncover.

[Zhym]

My suggestion: if Andover can find a trail, we follow it. Otherwise, we should probably explore the current level some more and/or go back to see if we can exit the way we came in. There's no point pressing forward with our healers out of commission.

[ChubbyPixie]

That sounds reasonable to me. The fact that we got no response to our calling to the voice makes me think it's some sort of mind trick. Perhaps perpetrated by a mind creature...???!!

[Grognardsw]

...we got no response to our calling to the voice...

"Hello?" says Wrenly around the lizardman's head. "Assistance? Perhaps we could arrive at some form of trade of goods and services? I'm quite skilled at incinerating things from a distance... if you have such a need..."

When the iris door was opened a few minutes later Swilbosh and Wrenly spoke but no one was there. No one has called further.

It takes but a minute for the adventurers to come to alertness at Swilbosh's urging. After another minute and with a grating of metal, the lizardman and dwarf force the broken door to iris open. They peer into the dimly lit hallway area where they see the chute. There are also three doors in the north wall and corridors leading west and south (see map.) Wrenly, from his mapping of this strange dungeon, realizes that this north chute chamber is symetrical to the south chute chamber in which the party entered this complex.

No humans can be seen but there is an echo of noise from down the chute... "this way now.."

Looking down the shaft, they see it extend downward into darkness for an indeterminate length. Swilbosh and Groyn had earlier climbed down to the next level below in pursuit of Gryev. What lies below that level they do not know, but it appears the alledged humans had surprisingly quickly descended to some level below and were now out-of-sight.

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[Inferno]

Was there a result from this?

The ranger has had trouble finding tracks in this place, but he searches anyway.

[Zhym]

With a majority favoring the shaft, the party climbs down in their customary marching order. Porphyry leaves his zombie cat beast behind.

So, about this.

By my count, Andover, Wrenly, and Fingal wanted to stay on this level. Swibosh and Groyn wanted to follow the voices. Asherrion was willing to do either. Nobody else who retains his mind said anything. And we don't actually know where the voices went, so "following the voices" isn't so much of an option. And ChubbyPixie made an excellent point that voices that didn't respond (and seem to have left no heat signature) could have been a trick of the brain monster.

We have a clear majority against going to the metal doctors, but I thought we'd agreed that there's no point delving further with our clerics out of commission and had reached a plan to go back to the entrance or explore more on this level.

[Inferno]

We know the voices went down the shaft. But since it seems we've lost them, Swil is fine with climbing back up.

Are we locking the mindless PCs in the iris room once we do start exploring again?

[OGRE MAGE]

The hole blown through the vines of certain death seems like a path we could follow.

There are a lot of players and even more characters in this game. Perhaps Grog is just trying to push the action along to avoid a stalemate?

I am actually up for anything at this point as long as it is productive.

[Zhym]

IMO, our first priority should be to get our healers back in commission. Five Six of our PCs are at 7 HP or lower. IMO, it's silly to explore deeper when we're as injured as we are and none of our healers can heal.

[Inferno]

I think all the healers are mindless.
It's been a while. Do we know if they will ever recover?

[Zhym]

They don't seem to have shown any signs of improvement after a full day of rest.

[OGRE MAGE]

Maybe the medi-robots can help?

[Zhym]

That's what Andover said! But everyone else seemed to think the medi-robots would just kill people.

[OGRE MAGE]

Dare I say we split into two separate groups? One could go back to the med bay to search for help if the others want to follow the voices? Or, is that exactly what "brainy" wants us to do?

I tend to agree that our healers should get some attention before moving on.

[Zhym]

No splitting the group!

[Grognardsw]

With a majority favoring the shaft, the party climbs down in their customary marching order. Porphyry leaves his zombie cat beast behind.

So, about this.

By my count, Andover, Wrenly, and Fingal wanted to stay on this level. Swibosh and Groyn wanted to follow the voices. Asherrion was willing to do either. Nobody else who retains his mind said anything. And we don't actually know where the voices went, so "following the voices" isn't so much of an option. And ChubbyPixie made an excellent point that voices that didn't respond (and seem to have left no heat signature) could have been a trick of the brain monster.

We have a clear majority against going to the metal doctors, but I thought we'd agreed that there's no point delving further with our clerics out of commission and had reached a plan to go back to the entrance or explore more on this level.

I moved it along, counting for the unspoken characters.

The voice was heard as a distant echo down the chute, saying "...this way...". Assuming they are humans, they had 2 rounds of travel before the party exited their secure room. The chute is difficult to climb down, so the supposed human(s) must somehow have been fast. Swilbosh first heard a human say something else...

No one has yelled for them. Swilbosh and Wrenly's words earlier were normal level said in an emtpy room.

It is certainly possible the Intellect Devourer is messing with your heads. Or not.

The healers have shown no signs of recovery.

You may recall the medical doctor and nurse androids were both destroyed. The medical bay was not searched given the circumstances. The worker robot and security robots remain out and about, not necessarily in the medical bay.

[ChubbyPixie]

Is Andover still Enlarged? If so, and if the creatures below do make it to the ropes, he could help pull the last one up with super strength, perhaps?

[Grognardsw]

I think the Enlarge has run out.