Possible PBBB laptop RPG game

[anon95548275]

Any way to see any mechanisms past the webs that wont result in a face full of spiders or lethal gas?

[Wanderfound]

@William_George

Any way to see any mechanisms past the webs that wont result in a face full of spiders or lethal gas?

Shrug.

[nimelennar]

@Wanderfound

With that, he waves his staff at the inner door. As he does so, both staff and door briefly glisten with a hint of black, and the door swings open

Well. That went differently than I expected.

[Wanderfound]

@nimelennar @Daaksyde @Mitchell @William_George @daneel

GM POST

@Wanderfound

the door swings open. Beyond it, you dimly perceive a short hallway and shallow stairs heading up.

So: how are you jamming the doors [1], and who’s going in first?

[1] The key question is “do you want to be able to quickly un-jam them later?”

[anon95548275]

Since Thwip has the boom stick he’s not too worried about any Necronomicons we may encounter.

I addressed the issue with the doors in the narrative thread. I think we originally had Thwip and Jabril up front looking for traps and Blue Hawk and Aronn were in the back?

[Wanderfound]

@William_George

I addressed the issue with the doors in the narrative thread. I think we originally had Thwip and Jabril up front looking for traps and Blue Hawk and Aronn were in the back?

Yup. Post in the narrative thread if you want to go through the door.

Just to clarify: doors able to quickly unjam or not?

[anon95548275]

Are we going to need to lock the Deadites in the basement?

[Wanderfound]

Surely I would never be that unoriginal.

[Wanderfound]

For reference:

The doors are jammed solidly, but a human could probably unjam them in a minute or so. The metal plate used to jam them is thin enough that a troll could probably force the doors closed, but it would take some effort.

[Wanderfound]

Waiting on Thwip/Ranar/Jibril/somebody to tell me that they’re moving further into the dungeon. At the moment y’all are clustered around the door admiring Ranar’s handiwork.

[anon95548275]

Posted.

If there are no obvious doors Thwip will pull out his burning glass, start in the right hand corner, and walk along the wall to the opposite corner looking for irregularities.

[Wanderfound]

GM is pausing here to give all players a chance to respond to the environment; somebody post on the narrative thread if/when you want to go up the stairs.

[Wanderfound]

For a moment of metagaming: the GM approves of the tactical wisdom of your current formation.

Scout up front, archer/mage/healer behind, slow heavy fighter on the flank (where he can quickly move to front or rear as required), fast fighter as rearguard (ditto).

Numbers and position matter in a GURPS fight. As you saw with the guards and the centaurs, swarming is very effective.

Try not to let it happen to your PCs.

[Wanderfound]

@Wanderfound

@nimelennar @Daaksyde @Mitchell @William_George @daneel

GM POST

Looking at the blue glow, it appears to be a force field covering the doorway. Just beyond the forcefield, metal grills are visible on both the top and bottom of the doorway; they might be air vents. Within the doorjamb, another blank metal plate is attached to the wall.

There is Arabic script engraved on the metal plate outside the forcefield. It reads “Plague/Demon Ward”.

BTW: @Wanderfound ain’t real healthy, and part of the shit I’m dealing with is clinical depression.

The giggles I got after posting the bit above is the most fun I’ve had in months.

[nimelennar]

@nimelennar

“Excuse me, but what is that word?” The shaman points at the word that he was unable to translate.

Yay for having written Arabic on a “Broken!” I figure he would have been exposed to the other two words, but he’d have to be quite unlucky for the subject of plague to come off when he’s wandering the lands where Arabic is in common use.

I hope that you feel better. Remember that you are appreciated, and that depression lies. And do whatever you need to do to stay sane.

[Wanderfound]

Ball’s with you guys.

Force field in front, unexplored door behind, big chamber back down the stairs.

[anon95548275]

I’m dealing with is clinical depression.

It runs in the family so I empathize. I also know how it can turn praise into a weapon for self abuse, but at the risk of doing so: I’m bigly enjoying the game.

[anon35121463]

@William_George

I’m bigly enjoying the game.

It’s a lot of fun from up here in the cheap seats, too. Thanks @Wanderfound!

[Wanderfound]

BTW: let me know if you want a PM detailing the bits of plot that the players aren’t aware of.

[anon35121463]

That’s very cool, but I’m really enjoying the way things are playing out as they occur. I might well take you up on that later.

Anyway, don’t want to intrude too much. I’ll let you all get back to it.