The Pod-Caverns of the Sinister Shroom [OSRIC]

[ybn1197]

Strange doings are underfoot in the wild hills bordering the realm of decent and civilized folks. Villagers and cattle have gone missing; woodcutters have disappeared; misshapen beings have been seen shuffling through the forests. Some brave villagers have tracked a group of stolen oxen as far as the rocky banks of a small river in the hills. The trail disappeared down into a fissure in the limestone rock, where a fast-running stream plunges down to the dark caverns below. The villagers do not have much money, but they do have three potions of healing, bestowed upon them a year ago by a traveling cleric. They will happily give these to any adventurers willing to rid them of the threat to their village. One potion will be given at the outset, and the other two upon the party’s successful return.

Checking to see if there is interest in a dungeon crawl through the Pod-Caverns of the Sinister Shroom using OSRIC rules. Assuming there is enough interest and we carry this far enough, I will continue it into the Shadowvein adventures as well.

[Gelatinous Q]

Count me as interested!

[thirdkingdom]

I'm interested.

[Zhym]

Oh my goodness. I remember when rredmond ran this one for a while. It was one of the first games I joined. That is one wacky, weird module.

(Alas, I am way too busy to join this one.)

[ybn1197]

Well, two so far.

[Starbeard]

I'll likely be too busy… but out of curiosity, what are you expecting the post rate and level of RP to be?

[ybn1197]

Post rate will be every other or third day. I'm running every other day in my other game and that seems to be working.

I'm not sure what you mean by level of RP.

[hammerHead]

I'm interested.

[Dave R]

Very interested!

[ybn1197]

That makes four. I am willing to run the game with 4 characters. As the game suggests 6-8 characters I would recommend each of you add a henchman to your character so that the party is more balanced.

[Starbeard]

I suppose by "level of RP" I meant general expectations of post intensity. "My character asks the sinister shroom how it got here," at one extreme, and a full paragraph of in-character actions and dialogue at the other.

Not that it really matters, since I don't have the time to join more games right now. Which is a shame, this module has always interested me enough that I've specifically avoided reading it prematurely on the understanding that I'd want to play and/or run it someday, so my interest was piqued as soon as I saw it advertised here.

[ybn1197]

Love to have you if you find the time. As for your question, I have always run my on-line games with the expectation of a table game. Post what you would say and do just as if we were sitting at the table for a game. Only in rare circumstances have I asked for lengthy posts and that's usually in those cases where I need to know alternate decisions.

[Dave R]

As the game suggests 6-8 characters I would recommend each of you add a henchman to your character so that the party is more balanced.

Stat method? Dice roller?

I have pbp'd before on another board and enjoyed it (link if you want), but this will be my first game on unseen servant. I may have a few newb questions as we get started.

[ybn1197]

You will need to make another account, this time on unseenservant.com. That site is the dice roller for this site. Use Campaign ID 646. That will link your dice rolls to our game. Roll stats, 4d6 7 times. Discard the lowest die from the 4 and add remaining 3 together. Discard lowest overall result and take the best 6. Full hit points at first level. Roll starting GP normally.

[Dave R]

You will need to make another account, this time on unseenservant.com.

Looks like I had one, just never needed it until now.

Getting an error message:

Microsoft Cursor Engine error '80004005'

Data provider or other service returned an E_FAIL status.

/default.asp, line 474

But the same line works in the dice rolling sandbox. Guess I'll wait and try later?

edit: I found the "roll stats" button, but it doesn't give you the 7th roll. Use anyway?

[hammerHead]

[4d6c1] for the rolls; it's a lot different than [4d6]

[Dave R]

Never tried [4d6], started with [4d6k3], tried [4d6c1].

Just now trying them one at a time, and it's working. As I said though, the whole line was working in the dice sandbox, so no idea why it wouldn't work in the real thing.

Anyway: 12,9,9,12,9,10,13. Drop one of the 9s. Whoo!

[OGRE MAGE]

Are you starting out at first level in this one?

[Pelokentus]

I'm very interested in joining this game if possible. I've never uses OSRIC but I'm pretty sure I could get used to it quickly. If it happens, this would not be my first adventure by a long shot, but it would be my first PBP attempt. I'm not sure if that would cause trouble for the DM or players, but I want to be upfront about my lack of experience.

Thanks for consideration. Cheers.

[OGRE MAGE]

Your honesty is commendable.

Welcome to the Unseen Servant, Kent! (and likely, the game)