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I am prepping to run Rappan Athuk for a bunch of friends and I am having a couple of issues. One is simply the location of Zelkor's Ferry. It is described as "the last place downstream for river traffic", and it has a ferry to cross "the river"/ The name Canyon River is also ment...

The chasm is dark, but she is able to see the body... examining it she sees that it is a broken form of a long dead man in wizardly robes. He is still wearing a small leather carrying bag. As for the mystery of how this desiccated body could have been calling out... a moment later, the whisper &quo...

The moments tick away as the party stands in quiet indecision. Surprising herself, the lightweight Shanaseriel volunteers, and she is roped up and gingerly abseils down towards the ledge. d20 agility check: 2 Doh, Shanaseriel loses her footing and lets go a shriek as she lurches downwards until the...

Shanaseriel peers down into the crevasse, her elven eyes luminous in the flicking torchlight as she strains to see the source of the plea. The crevasse is very dark, but she sees something lying at the bottom about 30' down that she believes could be a person's prone body. The whispered plea-- &quo...

Slobo makes it to the other side, carefully but easily. When he does, he notices footprints in the muck heading to the left and the door that you all spied from the other side. At the same time, he, and the rest of you hear a faint whisper -- "Help me.." -- that rises from the dark depths...

OOC: Is that everyone? As the bats flitter off into the recesses of the cave, you find yourselves standing in slimy mud right at the edge of the gaping chasm. The footsteps here, where you haven't wiped them away in your fall, lead to a mossy, rotten tree that crosses the 20' gap to the other side....

Judge Perky wrote:* * *

Is there anybody out there? Does anyone want one of my characters? They seem ridiculously resilient.

This steep footpath ends at a gaping chasm. All must succeed on a DC 6 Reflex save or tumble and slide into the chasm! Aloysius: 6 - he stumbles and barely catches himself, heart racing at the lip of the inky blackness. Jim: 14+2 - he pulls up short, and extends his hands to try to help other come ...

Judge Perky wrote:And so...?

Hitching up his britches, Jim strides into the tunnel, followed by Aloysius, Slobo and Shanaseriel - afraid, yet curious.

The group walks to the other end of the chamber without further incident. The remaining set of footprints ends at the wall of the chamber, in an area where the wall seems to be covered with thick webs. Jim will hold his torch close to the bottom of the webs, hoping to ignite them and clear them away.

There are no further cocoons visible now, and you think you hear a distant clicking sound that may indicate additional bad guys are on their way. Do you follow the remaining footsteps to the other side of the chamber? Or something else?[/i] Jim, Aloysius, Shanaseriel and Slobo move forwards, more w...

michaelsandar wrote:this still going?

Good question. It was slow to begin with - now it is barely crawling.

As he continues to try and haul down the other victims of the spider-beasts Hugh glances back at Percival. "I understand. I'd rather keep moving myself. But if one or more of those poor souls up there is who we seek we won't be doing ourselves any favors wandering around looking for them elsew...

Judge Perky wrote:
ROUND

Shanaseriel: Look - there are cocoons hanging from the ceiling. Spider's have a habit of laying their eggs in their prey - perhaps one those is Nebin?

Slim Jim dodges and weaves, while Dhourdhem is webbed up, even as he tries to swing his cudgel. Dhourdem's spider begins to ascend to the ceiling... ...when Hugh's hurled stone pierces one of its green eyes and brains it, it's body falling down and twitching before lying still. Dhourdem, still webb...

The attacks take their toll on the toad-spiders, one of them is in bad shape. But they hiss and drop down to try to grab more prey! One attacks Dhourdem Grayhelm and one attacks Slim Jim. DC 16 REF saves to avoid being enwebbed. Slim Jim rolls: d20 => 16 + 2 = 18. Jim who was ready with shortsword ...

What now? [/i] Initiative order: dimonic (remember, at 0-level, it's roll INIT once for the party, so I took your first one) michael chuck spiders scottius On your turn, let me know what you are doing, and if it involves combat, roll to hit and damage. Shanaseriel looks up spy a monster (preferably...

Judge Perky wrote:Ok, so here's how it goes...

ROUND

Each PLAYER, roll for initiative.

Shanaseriel: d20 => 19
Slobo: d20 => 18 + 2 = 20
Jim: d20 => 5 + 2 => 7
Aloysius: d20 => 20

I like this purple sorcerer app. Of course, I will now most likely miss everything.

Since it was my intention to focus on the one lifting Silas,

Shanaseriel: d100 => 41, d20 => 10
Slobo: d100 => 92

Hope that meets the requirement.

Judge Perky wrote: http://purplesorcerer.com/crawler/crawler.htm

Got it, bookmarked it, thanks.

And then with no warning, two large, rubbery-skinned creatures drop silently from the ceiling upon Silas and Eibur (sorry, michael, those two happen to have the lowest Luck scores!). As the rest of you turn with a start, you see your compadres struggling as these gangly, eight-legged creatures with...

OOC: You proceed... The tunnel descends for nearly fifty feet before it opens into a taller and wider chamber. Stalactites hang from the ceiling above while stalagmites force a meandering path across the chamber floor. Both sets of footprints continue into the chamber... Shanaserial asks Slobo to h...

OK, so Aloysius and Jim head in in the second rank, and Shanaseriel and Slobo bring up the rear.

Aloysious will take a step back (if possible) and hurl one of his cobble stones at a salamander. He rolls an 11, and a 3 on a d3+1 for damage (if he hits). Jim will hack at one with his shortsword if it comes within range: d20 => 3 - he swings wildly and misses. Shanaserial pulls her bow and hesitat...

OK, so for marching order: Forward: Jim, Aloysius Rear: Shanaseriel, Slobo. Slobo now has three pockets full of left-overs, and two outer pockets stuffed with cobble stones. His mouth is also full, but that doesn't stop him from mumbling such awkward things as "I always liked elves. You're all ...