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Urath Games

I can never remember this url, but a quick google search for “Mordahn” came up with the right site: Urath Gaming Home. This was set up by a talented GM, Mark Greene, whose players are all friends of mine from UMass Lowell

. Since a few months before Peter was born, I haven’t seen any of them. I’ll try to make some time soon… sorry guys ;-(

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Onyx Equinox

I really like this PBEM game I’ve signed up for. I signed up a couple weeks ago, and the posting is absolutely top quality stuff. Someone said it reads like a fantasy novel, and he was right. I’m hooked. Here is the latest quote (as of this writing, of course). I, of course, play Charla, the rogue/cleric. The poster here is playing a fairly intelligent fighter, something rarely seen anymore.

Yahoo! Groups : 3edndpbem: RE: Turn 55, The Trogs Take A Beating

“Eldrick is impressed with Charla’s combat performance. A Cleric of

Pelor, yes. But the clothes. The sneak attack. Something rogue-

ish about this one. What is here story, her background? But there

will be time for pleasantries later. Hopefully.

Eldrick heads back into the library, and motions Charla and T’Len to

follow him. He closes the wood door behind him, and pushes a

bookcase or two in front of the door. Simultaneously, he instructs

Osha to close the iron door and place the bookshelf across the L-

brackets, to lock the door. The party’s area is now semi-secure,

and they can hold a quick strategy session. Caedras and Alderos

continue to hold the trapped trog in check.

Eldrick monitors the two outside doors, and speaks to the

group. “We have several options. We have to establish our

priorities.” Eldrick believes the top priority should always be to

negate any immediate threat. That has been done, for the moment,

with their victorious battle.

The next priority should be to negate any medium-term threat. He

agrees with Alderos (and in fact has suggested this before) that the

hatch be sealed. (He turns to Charla: “There is a grave hatch on

the other side of this level from which several trogs have

surfaced.”) But the party should not be split up to accomplish

this. This has been tried before, to tragic consequences. The

party must stay together, continuing to mass its firepower. So,

first, we should clean up the loose ends right here. Question the

trapped trog. And determine who is banging on the far door. Is it

one of the monks? Is it Kaelibeth? Or an enemy? Then the party

can return to searching for Kaelibeth, the monks, and ultimately

all the days before tomorrow movie

Fennil and Maur’tsan.

So, short-term goal #1, Eldrick believes, should be to question the

trog. Aldreros and Caedras are doing this now, quite well, in their

respective styles, Eldrick believes. Eldrick adds his own bit of

Draconic to the discussion. “If he doesn’t cooperate, kill him.”

Eldrick isn’t a fan of killing for killing’s sake, but there is no

other good option here. Their lives are at stake. Eldrick knows

that he didn’t even have to add this bit of advice, as Caedras will

no doubt finish the beast whether he talks or not.

Short-term goal #2, Eldrick believes, is to deal with the banging

from the opposite room. “Charla, you’ve been in that room. Who do

you think is in there?” Eldrick wants to find out if she believes

the odd-looking trogs [isn't that redundant?] are still in there.

Eldrick asks T’Len to accompany him to the door, melee weapons

readied. Eldrick first speaks Draconic through the door, doing his

best to imitate the barks of a troglodyte. “Who is in there?” He

will wait for a response. His next sentence will be in common,

asking the same thing.

Eldrick remembers the banging from the upstairs room, the livestock

holding room. If his navigational skills serve him correctly [and

Eldrick has spent two points on the cross-class skill Intuit

Direction, and fancies his nav skills as sharp from his military

training], that room is directly above the room in front of him.

Could it be the same banging? Eldrick’s mind continues to churn.

Charla reported seeing a monk up through the secret passageway,

laying motionless. That should be about where the monk was lying

prone in the same livestock holding room. Perhaps the same monk?

Charla’s report of dripping blood is not a good sign.

If there are trogs in the room, Eldrick will likely be content to

leave them there, trapped. They can be dealt with later. If a

potentially friendly voice comes back through the door, however,

that will likely warrant further attention.

After these two short-term goals are resolved, Eldrick feels the

party should venture down the corridor, secure the grave hatch, then

up the stairs to the livestock room to check on Kraiger or whichever

monk is at the top of the secret passageway. Eldrick recommends a

download otis dvd marching order of T’Len and himself in the front, Alderos and Osha

in the middle, and Caedras and Charla in the rear. Osha should be

positioned between the brawny T’Len and her crush Caedras to reduce

her level of fear. If and when the party does venture down the

corridor, they should move silently, weapons readied (Eldick with

his crossbow), keeping a keen lookout. The ruby that Charla found,

being further down the hallway, indicates that the trog(s) that

found the sword likely went in that direction. Perhaps the jewel

fell out as they retreated with the sword. Or perhaps the steel-

loving beasts discarded it, thinking that it ruined the beauty of

such a handsome specimen of steelwork.

During any idle time, Eldrick will ask Charla to expound on the

firetrap that they triggered earlier. He will also encourage

Alderos to read the parchments from the table, and Osha to aid

Charla in performing a search in the library (especially of the

books) and of the dead trogs’ bodies.

One more thing is on Eldrick’s mind. The fact that Caedras did not

target the trog attacking Alderos but instead targeted the trapped

trog did not escape his notice. Caedras has his own motives, to be

sure, but for the party to survive, no one can be distrusted in

battle. Eldrick does not know if this was done intentionally, or

was merely a tactical mistake [or, Adam, an innocent action]. But

Eldrick feels as though something should be done, however

ineffective on the independant Caedras. As he makes his way toward

the banging, Eldrick brushes up lightly against Caedras. He pauses,

and let’s the glint of his longsword from the torches dance across

the elven sorcerer’s face. “Next time, friend, I trust you’ll make

a better tactical decision.” Eldrick and T’Len continue toward the

door to put his plan into action.

OOC: Mitch, a small logistical clarification. Earlier, Eldrick did

not bring an entire bookcase from the library to block the iron

door. He used the bench just inside the door, on the right. He

used a single shelf from the bookcase to lay across the L-brackets,

securing the door in place.

Still OOC: Ok, I know that was a long post. But we’re at a sort of

branch in the decision tree as to what to do next. You have my

thoughts. Any different/better ideas?”

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DnD 12/16/01

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House WoT Rules

Here are some sample house rules

for a WoT game that I’m thinking about.

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DnD 09/04/01

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DnD from 11/05/01

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DnD session

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Wheel of Time

OK, so when I found out about the new game from Wizard’s of the Coast, Wheel of Time, I had to have it. So, I go ahead and buy it, it comes in, I take it with me to CT

so I can read it during some down-time over the weekend. Sure enough, one week goes by and they’re selling an autographed version at the same price! I would be mad if I didn’t love the book. Maybe I’ll order another one, one to have as a collectible…

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