XCrawl: Team 3 - Bestiarii ONLY

[KWhit]

Team 3 - Bestiarii ONLY

This thread is for discussion by Team 3 - Bestiarii

If you are not EagleFan, Jackal, or Chief Rum get out!

Thanks!

[Chief Rum]

We're awesome!

Go team!

Flyers suck?!? :D

[The Jackal]

Just going to ignore that last comment. :)

So what are your guys specialties and stuff just so we have them all easily accessible?

I went longsword and constitution, so I should be able to take some punishment and dole out some hurting.

[Chief Rum]

Daggers and fame.

[EagleFan]

Staff
Missile, Armor
Fame - I'm an evil, vane mage what can I say? ;)

[EagleFan]

We're awesome!

Go team!

Flyers suck?!? :D

lightning bolt!

lightning bolt!!!

lightning bolt!!!!


:)

[The Jackal]

I like that we have two guys with fame, I was close to choosing it but figured I should get all the con I could

[EagleFan]

I bet we can get more posts in this thread than the main thread. :)

[The Jackal]

I bet we won

[EagleFan]

Yes we can!!!

[The Jackal]

Yes we can!!!

EF is obama!

[EagleFan]

EF is obama!

Hey... I'm no communist...

:)

[EagleFan]

Chief... Repeat after us...


Let's Go Flyers!!!!


You know you want to...

[KWhit]

EagleFan and the jackal back the viper against the rocks below the maiden as Chief Rum heads for the lock holding her. The maiden screams "Help me!" distracting the viper and the Jackal attacks first. Miss.

The viper swipes it tail in defense at Jackal but misses as well.

The viper then attacks with his poisonous fangs. Another miss.

EagleFan lets loose a Magic Missile which slams into the Viper.

Jackal misses again. You can hear the DJ laughing in the background.

The viper swipes again at Jackal and knocks him to the grass but does no damage.

A fang strike from the viper misses.

EF shoots another Magic Missile at the viper. Again it connects.

The jackal gets up as the viper attacks with his fang. Hit! Ouch, that stings!

EF hits with another missile. The viper is really hurt now. It thrashes about, missing with another fang attack.

Finally, The Jackal swings and slices the head of the Viper clean off.

You have defeated the viper!

Meanwhile, Chief Rum has freed the lock and the maiden steps free.

The maiden plants a wet kiss on CR's lips and says "Thank you" in a way only a maiden can before the referee grabs you and points you toward a door in the side of the coliseum. You rush through it and into the next room.

It took your team 4 turns to make it through this challenge. Well done.

[KWhit]

Character Stats:

EagleFan:
Mage
Level: 2
HP: 8
Bonus: Fame
Spells: Magic Missile, Mage Armor
Equipment:
1 Healing potion
50 GP
Staff

The Jackal:
Adventurer
Level: 2
HP: 14
Bonus: Constitution
Equipment:
1 Healing potion
50 GP
Longsword

Chief Rum:
Specialist
Level: 2
HP: 12
Bonus: Fame
Equipment:
1 Healing potion
50 GP
Lockpicks
2 Daggers

[EagleFan]

Well done

[EagleFan]

Do the HP's represent what we have going into the next round? Is tere a max, or is that the max for our character?

In other words, do we go into each round with that total or are we hurt and aready under the max?

[EagleFan]

The rope has me wondering if we should pick up a rope or two. It must come into play at some point.

[Chief Rum]

Chief... Repeat after us...


Let's Go Flyers!!!!


You know you want to...

Heh...sorry, I have a personal reason to root against the Flyers...my Ducks have your first round pick. ;)

[Chief Rum]

Meanwhile, Chief Rum has freed the lock and the maiden steps free.

The maiden plants a wet kiss on CR's lips and says "Thank you" in a way only a maiden can before the referee grabs you and points you toward a door in the side of the coliseum.

Sorry, guys, tried to save y'all some sloppy seconds. :D

[EagleFan]

Heh...sorry, I have a personal reason to root against the Flyers...my Ducks have your first round pick. ;)

We'll keep after you, we will break you down and brain wash you.... I mean turn you into a fan...

Haven't followed closely enough, who did they get in exchange for that pick?

[Poli]

FTR, this and team 1 are my favorites. Since I posted it there, I felt the need to do so here...in case you guys get some sort of bonus. ;)

[Chief Rum]

We'll keep after you, we will break you down and brain wash you.... I mean turn you into a fan...

Haven't followed closely enough, who did they get in exchange for that pick?

Some defensman of little consequence. ;)

[EagleFan]

Some defensman of little consequence. ;)

No memory issue here, forgot about that deal. Not sure why I was thinking free agent signing.

[EagleFan]

I'm going to pick up the rope, just in case.

[The Jackal]

I guess ill just pick up a couple healing potions

[KWhit]

I guess ill just pick up a couple healing potions

I can't tell if this was just a statement to your team or an official request. If you really want to purchase these, send me a PM. I'm assuming that anything in these threads is just team-strategy type discussion - not real orders.

[The Jackal]

Yeah i sent a pm and always will

[KWhit]

Cool.

[Chief Rum]

I bought the +1 Lockpicks, so I could be a more effective specialist. :)

[The Jackal]

I was tempted to ask one of you for 50 gold to buy a +1 longsword, but I bet we'll have other opportunities to get/purchase weaponry and armor. I think having rope and lockpicks will give us some advantages not based on luck (like most of the fighting presumably is). Maybe they just give us +1 on a die roll, but everything helps.

[The Jackal]

We get the last post because we're special?

[KWhit]

Note that this is in the TEAM THREAD. People's rooms may or may not be different from here on out. You are free to discuss in the main thread if you so choose.



You quickly make your purchases from the old man and continue through a door clearly marked for your team. At least you won't get lost. Not yet, anyway.

Upon entering the next room, you are blinded. You see nothing but white. Fearing the worst, you reach for your weapons, but your vision clears in a moment and you realize it's just the lights from the TV camera crew standing in front of you.

TV monitors line the walls and you see the audience assembled in the coliseum. You realize that they are still there watching you on closed circuit TV. Cheers and boos rain down on you from the monitors. You're separated from the other teams now and wonder if they are in a similar room.

In the middle of the room are 5 numbered chests. The numerals go from 1 to 5. You take stock and notice that chests number 1 and 5 appear to be locked. The others are not.

The audience members are yelling from the stands, trying to get you to pick certain chests, but you can't glean any useful information from that as they seem to contradict each other. However, you do notice a member of the camera crew (unfortunately, it is not Scud Farkus) trying to catch your eye. He points at chest number 3 and quickly shakes his head as if to say "don't."



Decision Time:

I need you to tell me which chests (if any) you want to open and which character opens which ones. You can take enough time to open them all if you like or you can ignore the chests and rush through the room.

In addition, I need to know if you want to open the chests quickly or take the time to check for traps. Any character can try to check for traps, but your Specialist will obviously be better at it. You realize that any of the chests could be trapped, even the ones that are unlocked.

So send me something that lists each chest and if you want to open it or ignore it. If you want to open it, tell me who opens it and whether they want to check for traps or do it quickly.

Each team should PM me their order by 9pm tonight.

[The Jackal]

Question for KWhit - says above I have 14 hp, but other thread indicated I started with 20, yes? Is there any sort of auto-healing between events or is the only way to heal via spell or potion?

[KWhit]

You can only heal through spells and potions.

[The Jackal]

So I think we should have CR open one of the locked chests and maybe I'll open one of the unlocked chests with more hp to absorb a trap? Open to ideas though.

[KWhit]

I was asked a question that I thought I would clarify for everyone.

The question was basically if the time element still mattered in this room. Yes.

There is a time element to every action you take. You are currently in a race to the end of the dungeon, so the clock is always ticking. Just because I posted a time at the end of that first room doesn't mean that the race is paused. Your other competitors are still going through their sections as fast as they can, so I'll be calculating the standings all the time.

Even casting spells takes time.

For instance, in this room, you decide who opens what chest which impacts how long it takes to progress. A single people can open multiple chests, but the clock is ticking. If you take the time to have one person open all 5 chests, that will take a lot longer than all three of you getting involved. Or you could just choose to each open one chest and then move to the next room. Your choice.

[The Jackal]

For purposes of the race I think we should open 3 chests max, maybe 1-2, unless you are feeling really lucky about one of the chests EF.

What do we think about the 3rd chest? Not worth the risk of the cameraman telling the truth, or does it contain the best item!

[The Jackal]

Heading out to the store shortly, will then be around for the rest of the afternoon but out of contact from about 8 until tomorrow morning, though I'll probably check on my phone to see night results/see if input is needed.

[EagleFan]

Not much time at the moment, just checking in to see what lies ahead of us. Will probably not check back in until after work (early evening).

My initial reaction is to stay away from chest 3. We are a close 2nd in fame so I think the "studio" may want to keep us a little longer (hence a possible inside hint).

Just off the top of my head thinking at the moment though, not much thought yet.

I wouldn't mind seeing us try 3 chests, with CR taking a shot at a locked one and us going after the other two unlocked ones (avoiding 3).

If I have a chance to check in before leaving work I will, but I don't know what time will look like.

[The Jackal]

It is probably safest to avoid the 3rd chest so ef and I can open 2 and 4 (we can flip a coin!) and cr can choose 1 or 5, I could see him going for both but I wonder of the time implications

[Chief Rum]

Let's stick with just one chest for me, because of the time implications.

I am leaning to go for Chest #5.

[The Jackal]

Someone else want to submit the order tonight? Like I said, gone around 730 or 745.

I'll take either chest 2 or 4, up to you EF.

[EagleFan]

Sounds like a plan. We avoid 3, each open one of the unlocked chests and CR randomly picks one of the other two. Then we move along.

Team Bestiarii FTW!!!

:)

[EagleFan]

I'll take 4, as in Flyers in 4!!!!

:)

[The Jackal]

haha 2 it is, as in 2 wins in NJ!

[EagleFan]

Do we want to rush through or check for traps?

[The Jackal]

CR should probably check since he gets a boost to it, I donno about us.

[EagleFan]

I am guessing that we might as well check. I figure we'll take as long as our longest player and Chief checking for traps while picking the lock will probably be the longest of the three of us so we should be able to check for traps without extending out time.

[The Jackal]

I'm weighing the possible time loss vs our ability to even uncover a trap. Maybe you should look for one EF since you're probably more intelligent (not sure if that relates, might be dexterity) and since you can take less of a punch. But I think I'll take the risk.

[The Jackal]

I wonder if Kwhit can clarify that - either by saying we don't know ahead of time or if all three of us check for traps if that takes the same time.

[The Jackal]

Because that does make sense what you just said EF, though I don't know if we all open the boxes at once.

[The Jackal]

And yes, I am boosting the post count in our thread, but these are real questions here!

[EagleFan]

And yes, I am boosting the post count in our thread, but these are real questions here!

lol, we were the top post count before the afternoon hit. :)

[EagleFan]

How does this sound?

1 - CR (detect)
2 - The Jackal (detect)
3 - untouched
4 - EagleFan (detect)
5 - untouched

[The Jackal]

I think he said he was leaning towards 5.

[EagleFan]

Because that does make sense what you just said EF, though I don't know if we all open the boxes at once.

His earlier post says that if we have one person opening all the boxes it would take longer than if we each opened boxes so I took that to say that we act simultaneously. Clarification would be good, just in case.

[The Jackal]

Let's stick with just one chest for me, because of the time implications.

I am leaning to go for Chest #5.

Thar it blows.

[EagleFan]

How does this sound?

1 - untouched
2 - The Jackal (detect)
3 - untouched
4 - EagleFan (detect)
5 - CR (detect)

Fixed... Guess I was staying away from 5... In case it was McNabb's revenge... :)

[The Jackal]

So switch CR to 5 and it sounds good to me.

[The Jackal]

McNabb's on my team now. :)

[EagleFan]

McNabb's on my team now. :)

Maybe this will be an early omen on how good the trade will be... :)

[EagleFan]

Ready for game one?

Watching the pregame show!

[Chief Rum]

Sounds like you guys got it. I am out the door to my other job, so I'll let one of you handle the PMs. I am fine going detect or no detect, whatever you guys want to do. I agree that if you choose to have me detect trap, there would seem to be no harm in you both attempting it as well.

And, yeah, I will go for Chest #5. Thanks and good luck.

[The Jackal]

Ready for game one?

Watching the pregame show!

I'm going to miss this game but people are going to update me via text and stuff. I should be able to watch every second of the other games except maybe a bit of Friday's first period. I'm totally ready though.

[The Jackal]

Maybe this will be an early omen on how good the trade will be... :)

As one of my flyers/eagles friends said - "enjoy mcnabb, i'm going to miss him". And we will, but likely not to the tune of the playoffs unless the skins do some serious great work on draft day trading JC and others (portis?haynesworth?carter?) to stockpile some picks.

[EagleFan]

I'll send in the PM.

[The Jackal]

PM is all you EF

and catch you later CR

[EagleFan]

As one of my flyers/eagles friends said - "enjoy mcnabb, i'm going to miss him". And we will, but likely not to the tune of the playoffs unless the skins do some serious great work on draft day trading JC and others (portis?haynesworth?carter?) to stockpile some picks.

I wanted him to go to a team that I wouldn't mind seeing him win with, the Redskins aren;t that team. :)

I think you have a chance as long as your owner keeps his nose out of everything.

[EagleFan]

PM Sent

[The Jackal]

I think Shanahan still has what it takes, he might have neglected his defense at the end of his time in Denver, but he is an actual offensive mastermind (sorry, you were never one Jim Zorn) and commands respect, something which aside from Joe Gibbs no skins coach has been able to do in a while, and Gibbs was trying to play in the 80's, not the new millenium.

I'm just not getting my hopes up, I've done it way too many times as a skins fan, and I'm skeptical they'll make smart moves at the draft. We'll see!

Eagles are my least hated team in the NFC East, I root for em if the Skins are eliminated because of my flyers affiliatioon

penguins just scored :(

[The Jackal]

PS we took over the thread count lead again :)

[EagleFan]

PS we took over the thread count lead again :)

Yes we can!

:)

[The Jackal]

I'm out

GO FLYERS

And let's own those chests

[EagleFan]

I'm out

GO FLYERS

And let's own those chests

Have a good night.

[KWhit]

You ignore the first chest. As you pass it by, you hear the DJ snicker.

Jackal tries his hand at chest 2. It's a good thing he checked for traps. He disarms an acid trap in short order and inside finds 1 healing potion. You may also take the vial of acid from the trap.

You skip chest 3 and EF checks out chest 4. Not trapped or locked. Inside is 50gp. Easiest gold you ever made.

Then CR moves on to chest 5. He checks for traps (there were none) and had a devil of a time unlocking it. But once you do you find:

It's infested with rats! They bite and claw you, doing some damage, but you easily dispatch them. Inside, you see what the rats were after. A block of cheese. Cheese!? All that for some cheese? But then you notice what the cheese is wrapped in. A scroll! The mage quickly takes a look at it and determines that it is a Scroll of Constitution. Reading it will give 1 character a CON bonus (let me know who uses it - right now the scroll is in possession of the character who opened this chest - CR).

You press onward into the next room after 5 turns.

[KWhit]

Room 4:

This room is small and dimly lit. In the middle of the room are two small marble fountains, bubbling liquid. One fountain is carved with arcane runes and symbols that you cannot make out. A green liquid bubbles from it. The other fountain is carved with the symbols for the Sun and Moon. A pale red liquid flows within it.

No exits are visible.

What do you do? Let me know my noon tomorrow.

[EagleFan]

Interesting, curious to know what was in chest one now... :)

[KWhit]

You can backtrack and check if you like....

It may take some time, however.

:)

[KWhit]

EagleFan:
Mage
Level: 2
Max HP: 8
Current HP: 8
Bonus: Fame
Spells: Magic Missile, Mage Armor
Equipment:
1 Healing potion
90 GP
Staff
Rope

The Jackal:
Adventurer
Level: 2
Max HP: 22
Current HP: 14
Bonus: Constitution
Equipment:
4 Healing potions
Flask of Acid
0 GP
Longsword

Chief Rum:
Specialist
Level: 2
Max HP: 12
Current HP: 7
Bonus: Fame
Equipment:
1 Healing potion
Scroll of CON
5 GP
Lockpicks +1
2 Daggers

[Poli]

Post to help the post count.

[EagleFan]

I am seriously wondering if we actually should backtrack for chest one. Could that hold the key to this next room?

[The Jackal]

Hmm some thinking to do I'll be home in an hour or so

[EagleFan]

Wondering what would happen if we combine the liquids...

(just trying to "think out loud")

[EagleFan]

Any thoughts on backtracking for chest one?

Will check back in sometime after 11.

[The Jackal]

I don't even know that we can go backwards, it says no exits are visible.

[The Jackal]

But I think we should be able to get out of this room with what's available inside of it. I thought about combining the liquids too, perhaps drinking one of them.

[The Jackal]

I don't even know that we can go backwards, it says no exits are visible.

Oh nevermind, I just noticed KWhit's message. I still don't know if it's prudent.

[The Jackal]

Trying to figure out the significance of the symbols. Obviously we don't know what the arcane symbols are. Liquid is green, associated with poison.

On the flip side we've got the sun and the moon, possibly indicating time, or a loss of time? Pale red liquid, blanking on any clues there.

[The Jackal]

I'm willing to drink one or both of these liquids.

[The Jackal]

EF, we won again! ;)

[The Jackal]

Believe it or not I'm leaning towards drinking the green liquid. Not sure why.

[Poli]

Team 1 is now my favorite. They used my ability to spread hate and malice. Sorry guys...but you're going down. Team 1 for Life.

[The Jackal]

Team 1 is now my favorite. They used my ability to spread hate and malice. Sorry guys...but you're going down. Team 1 for Life.

I don't think any of us really give two shits

[Poli]

Your hatred for me is noted and amusing.

[The Jackal]

Thoughts on the matter at hand EF?

[The Jackal]

Your hatred for me is noted and amusing.

It's not hatred.. I just think you've tried to come back into this community WAY too soon after what you did, but enough of that in this thread, we have things to discuss, important things!

[EagleFan]

Team 1 is now my favorite. They used my ability to spread hate and malice. Sorry guys...but you're going down. Team 1 for Life.

Shouldn't you be voting out team one?

[EagleFan]

Was thinking about the liquids and what the colors could represent. Not sure if there is any meaning to the red being pale red.

I wasn't even thinking about poison for the green, saw green and red and was thinking stop and go (red lights) but can it be that simple?

[Poli]

True, like how this banter is merely a way to add to the post count.

(seriously, though, good luck guys...and jackal, I don't have any animosity to you or anyone here, though I understand you and others having it against me)

[EagleFan]

Oh, and YES!!!! Up 1-0!!!! :)

[The Jackal]

That's a good idea EF, makes me want to drink the green even more.

[Poli]

Shouldn't you be voting out team one?

I would if I had a vote. Or if votes counted for anything. Instead Team Double K will arise victorious.

We have PB. We have hoops. We have someone else that I can't remember. We rule.

[The Jackal]

Poli, I don't really have animosity towards you, I was just expecting you to take a step back from things and let it cool down, I'm still shocked about what happened and I think others are too

[EagleFan]

I am still curious about the response the DJ gave us when we walked past chest one. As if we missed something important.

[The Jackal]

He snickered at us, yes? It's hard to tell what that means at this juncture, we might've missed a monster or something like that since other people seemed to have gained experience yesterday.

[Poli]

Poli, I don't really have animosity towards you, I was just expecting you to take a step back from things and let it cool down, I'm still shocked about what happened and I think others are too

(duly noted, if you'd rather I disappear from your thread I will respect that)

Jay Two Three is our third member and just proves that our all star team will dominate this competition.

[The Jackal]

I'd back the two people who have run RPG/maze like games before if I were you (being me and Abe)

[EagleFan]

I am thinking that chest 3 held the battle/negative result (the one we seemed to be caustioned against). I could be reading too much into things though.

[The Jackal]

If CR wants to go back and check that chest he's welcome to but I think I'm gonna drink that green fountain

Should we put in a conditional to say that if nothing positive happens that I'll drink from the red, or if I'm unconscious or something, one of you drinks from it?

[EagleFan]

I am thinking that we should put in conditionals like that (so we don't get stuck in the room).

Combining may be an option that we put into one of our conditionals.

[The Jackal]

Combining as in what?

[The Jackal]

Oh, combining the two liquids, I see.

[EagleFan]

If we can do conditionals we could include CR going back to check chest one if other options aren't working. If CR is good with that.

[The Jackal]

We'll see if CR pops in in the next 30 minutes, if not, I'll drink from the green fountain, and if nothing happens would you rather drink from the red or combine the two and drink that?

[The Jackal]

Yeah let's see if he shows up, you going to be around till the deadline to discuss?

[EagleFan]

I guess there are a couple questions now. If one person could go back and check chest one while others perform tasks in this room and if conditionals can be given.

[EagleFan]

Going to have this up in the background and try to check in every few minutes.

[EagleFan]

I guess we need to put together a plan now though, then we can adjust it if other ideas come up prior to the deadline.

[The Jackal]

Plan:

A) Jackal drinks from the green fountain

if no exit is found and Jackal is still conscious:
B1) Jackal drinks from the red fountain
if no exit is found and Jackal is unconscious:
B2) EF combines the liquids and drinks it

if no exit is found after this then CR backtracks to box 1?

[EagleFan]

Overthinking again but what colors do green and red usually represent in RPG games?

Isn't red usually a health bar or portions?

[The Jackal]

Red is generally a health bar, yes. Green I'm not so sure about.

[The Jackal]

Blue is mana, or power, or whatever, in general.

Green is movement, sometimes?

[EagleFan]

IF we are going in that order should we all go back with CR? Jus tin case there is some sort of battle triggered?

I agree with making that the last possible option, just in case.

[The Jackal]

Yeah we might as well all go back, I don't think that would slow us down.

[EagleFan]

The if in capitals meant nothing, just heavy handed on the shift key.

[EagleFan]

Blue is mana, or power, or whatever, in general.

Green is movement, sometimes?

That points towards the idea of drinking green. Should we all do so in that case?

[The Jackal]

I'd let me drink it first and see what happens. If any of these are successful I think we put in the condition that the rest of the team follows suit.

[EagleFan]

I'd let me drink it first and see what happens. If any of these are successful I think we put in the condition that the rest of the team follows suit.

Sounds good.

[EagleFan]

Something like this...?



A) Jackal drinks from the green fountain

if positive result we all drink green (unless we have already found exit then we leave)

if no exit is found and Jackal is still conscious:
B1) Jackal drinks from the red fountain

if positive result from this we all drink red (unless we have already found exit then we leave)

if no exit is found and Jackal is unconscious:
B2) EF combines the liquids and drinks it

if positive result from this we all drink combined (unless we have already found exit then we leave)


if no exit is found after this then all backtrack to box 1 where CR detects and opens?

[The Jackal]

Yeah go ahead and PM that over

[The Jackal]

unless you have any late input CR

[EagleFan]

Sent, but feel free to send updated.

[EagleFan]

Only have a few more minutes before I will be stepping away.

[Chief Rum]

Stupid early file work. Way too late for me to contribute here.

You guys have hit on most of the points I had been thinking, with drinking one of the liquids being the best option. Maybe even drinking both (one of us drinks one, one of us drinks the other). Too bad we don't have an empty flask (one was for sale at the shop).

I don't like the idea of going back. I don't see a benefit worth doing so, at the cost of losing time. Unless we have no choice, of course.

[Chief Rum]

BTW, I was think red light-green light, too.

But, FWIW, while green means poison, red often means danger. I don't know we can make a good read either way.

I didn't know what to make of the symbols. Weird that we can make out the sun-moon, but not the ones on the other fountain.

Maybe that's the hint? The muddled symbols==confusion. The sun-moon==clarity (clear as night and day)?

[The Jackal]

I think the main reason EF wanted to go back was because he felt that first chest may have contained the key to exiting this current room, but I think drinking liquids should get it done.

[Chief Rum]

In that case, I would drink from the sun-moon fountain, if we drink from one.

[The Jackal]

Well, too late to switch things now, but I think as long as the green fountain doesn't kill me the time wasted by drinking that first if it isn't the correct choice won't be too terrible.

[Chief Rum]

I think the main reason EF wanted to go back was because he felt that first chest may have contained the key to exiting this current room, but I think drinking liquids should get it done.

I am with you. I think we probably just missed a helpful item.

[EagleFan]

Late thought now but it just hit me, I was wonding if the chest one contained something that would allow us to interpret the symbols on the one fountain.

More overthinking on my part most likley...

[EagleFan]

Good luck... Have to step away for a while but will check back later.

[KWhit]

You decide to press on with your plan and Jackal drinks from the green fountain. It appears to heal you. You all drink.

Just then, smoke begins to spread from somewhere around the fountain. A tiny Imp materializes out of it. He smiles at you.

He wishes you luck on your journey and hands Jackal a Medallion of Evil. You're not sure what it does, but the Imp assures you that it will help you.

Let me know if you want to wear it (and who is wearing it).


The imp ushers you through a secret door and into the next room.

[The Jackal]

Well that was successful.

Very skeptical about the medallion.

[The Jackal]

Do we need to let you know about the medallion before we get the next room info?

[KWhit]

No. Any time.

[The Jackal]

Okay, well I'm off to lunch.

[KWhit]

The next room is posted in the main thread.

[The Jackal]

Will the results of the button press happen instantly or will all be processed at 9?

[KWhit]

Semi-immediately. I'll be in and out, but I will process them as I get to them.

[EagleFan]

That seemed easy enough.

I want to say we push the button for PB's team but we may want to think about this.

If we push first and something bad does happen, the other teams would probably all push ours.

[The Jackal]

I certainly lean towards pressing their button too but I wouldn't mind waiting to see who acts first.

[EagleFan]

I'm thinking maybe the person who pushes the button may want to be wearing the medallion.

Thoughts?

[EagleFan]

I would be willing to try the medallion, since I am a mage the medallion may be magical. Possible spell boost?

[EagleFan]

Oh, great job on the room!!! Just saw that we picked up a lot of time on everyone in that room.

[The Jackal]

I don't trust imps or evil medallions, but if you want to wear it, go ahead. ;)

[EagleFan]

I don't trust imps or evil medallions, but if you want to wear it, go ahead. ;)

But our team is evil so an evil medallion sounds pretty good. :)

[The Jackal]

haha, good point!

[EagleFan]

Going to be out for a couple hours.

[EagleFan]

oh, just noticed that we may be ahead of the main thread by the end of the day. :)

[The Jackal]

Man, we need to get to level 3.

[The Jackal]

I ended up pushing big wang's button after they pushed their own and then hoops pushed theirs, you guys weren't around to discuss. They're in the lead and hopefully it screws with them. :)

[The Jackal]

I was kind of hoping the last team would push our button so we can get a level here, hopefully it's nothing too crazy sicked on us.

[EagleFan]

Looks like I mssed the action, well, except for what our action may be.

[EagleFan]

Thoughts on me putting the medallion on?

[The Jackal]

I really have no advice on that subject, you're welcome to give it a shot. I have a weird feeling about it even though we're evil.

[Chief Rum]

Nice. I like the way things have gone so far. I think we're in for a test, but we're up to it.

I'm not sure you should put on the medallion yet. While we are, indeed, evil, that doesn't mean the medallion doesn't intend "evil" to us. It might not be "for the purpose of evil" but "to do evil", ya know?

Good decision, BTW< Jackal, way to be on top of it.

[The Jackal]

Thanks CR, I wanted to wait for you guys but the opportunity presented itself

[EagleFan]

Agreed, good call Jackal.

[EagleFan]

What do you think? Do we just get the first part? The gel'o'nothing?

[The Jackal]

Doubtful, they got that when they pressed their own button. We might get the slow effect if it's the same thing, but I'm hoping we get a fight instead.

[Chief Rum]

I would like a fight as well, maybe get us some extra HP and experience (maybe loot, too).

I am out until after deadline, guys, so hopefully we'll come out okay. I'll read up on things when I get home.

[EagleFan]

Looks like we're about to find out...

[The Jackal]

Skeletons, we got em, swords are no good but brute force should work

[EagleFan]

Me thinks the skeletons got KWhit... :)

[The Jackal]

Did we level?!

[The Jackal]

Reviving EF may slow us down a little but I think in the long run it will be worth it for the xp gained, and it's not like we're poisoned like that other team, plus we had a healthy lead on the two others. All in all a solid day.

[EagleFan]

Crud, that sucked. Good work gentlemen (too bad CR had the accuracy of McNabb... :) )

[The Jackal]

You were bound to get screwed with a starting hp of 8, it's acceptable

[KWhit]

Jackal and Chief Rum are now Level 3!

[KWhit]

So here's the deal.

1st thing you have to do is nurse EF back to consciousness. That brings him to 1hp.

Then you can decide whether you want to use healing potions to cure your HP or not.

Let me know tomorrow how you want to handle it.

[KWhit]

EagleFan:
Mage
Level: 2
Max HP: 8
Current HP: 1
Bonus: Fame
Spells: Magic Missile, Mage Armor
Equipment:
1 Healing potion
90 GP
Staff
Rope

The Jackal:
Adventurer
Level: 3
Max HP: 33
Current HP: 21
Bonus: Constitution
Equipment:
3Healing potions
Flask of Acid
0 GP
Longsword
Medallion of Evil

Chief Rum:
Specialist
Level: 2
Max HP: 18
Current HP: 13
Bonus: Fame
Equipment:
1 Healing potion
Scroll of CON
5 GP
Lockpicks +1
2 Daggers

[KWhit]

Room 6: The Hallway

A door opens to the right of the 4 buttons. A referee ushers you through.

"Hurry up!" he says.

You press on.

You rush through and into a hallway.

You follow the arrows.

Travelling along the hall, you see three doors, all on your right.

A sign on Door 1 reads: Lots of experience in here.

A sign on Door 2 reads: Need some supplies?

And the sign on Door 3 is a large Question Mark.

And the hallway continues further on ahead, the arrows still pointing forward along the floor.

Do you open a door and enter one of the rooms? If so, tell me which one.

Or do you continue down the hall?

[The Jackal]

My guess is lots of experience here = monsters, supplies = merchant we can purchase items from, and question mark = what fun does kwhit want to have with us.

[The Jackal]

How much gold do we have between us? Very little. I can see you dropping by to buy a healing potion EF but I have a few and do we need to waste the time?

We could go after the experience but we're not all that healed at the moment, and the question mark might be more of the same.

I almost lean towards continuing down the hall for the race, as I'm sure we'll run into plenty of monsters.

[EagleFan]

I would be fine with that decision. If I wasn't "near death" I would say we go after the XP or roll the dice with the question mark.

[The Jackal]

Pretty sure you want to use a healing potion, yes?

[The Jackal]

Any thoughts CR? Do you want to try one of the rooms or keep going? I think as of now the plan will be to continue down the hall, but I'm open to trying one of the rooms with maybe leaving EF in the hallway to rest.

[Chief Rum]

I think we can do the experience door if EF uses the healing potion. Getting new levels has helped us with HP ourselves.

But if you guys want to head down the hall, I am okay with that.

We have four healing potions among us, I believe.

[The Jackal]

Think we have 5 total, you each have one and I have three.

[EagleFan]

I think it depends on how much a health potion heals me. If we have to use multiple potions to heal me, and thus multiple turns then we may lose quite a bit of time.

I'm fine with either decision though, wouldn;t mind getting to the next level to gain HP.

[The Jackal]

I think a healing potion would likely take you back to max.

Let's have you take one - would you guys prefer to go into the experience room or question mark room?

[Chief Rum]

Isn't a healing potion an automatic use? Why don't we send KWhit a direction to have EF imbibe a healing potion and see what HP he gains. Then we can decide how we went to go about things.

[Chief Rum]

I think a healing potion would likely take you back to max.

Let's have you take one - would you guys prefer to go into the experience room or question mark room?

Heh...what he said.

I was figuring experience, but it might be worth it to check out the question mark room.

[EagleFan]

Getting closer to game time!!!!

Join in Chief...

Let's Go Flyers!!!!

:)

[The Jackal]

I'm going to be mostly if not totally away from the thread starting in 30 minutes or so, so whatever you guys end up deciding is fine with me.

[The Jackal]

But I will be watching the game, yes, GO FLYERS!

[EagleFan]

The question mark room could be fun, but it could also be a trap.

I would gues that XP is a fight so question mark may be a trap that slows us down. Granted it could also hold somethinig that can really help us.

Any ideas/thoughts on the medallion of evil?

[The Jackal]

I'm still wary of the medallion, feel free to try it out, but drink the healing potion first. It could protect you from certain things, or it could be cursed, it's anyone's guess.

It's possible we'll find a room where it makes sense to put it on, but I don't know.

[EagleFan]

How does this sound.

- I drink a potion

- If it heals me fully we enter a room (XP or ? - thoughts?)

- If it doesn't heal me fully but over say 60% we proceed with the enter room idea

- if it doesn't heal me above 50 I take another?

- if we have to wait more than a turn for me to heal we then...?

- We move along

[The Jackal]

I would suggest we go to the XP room over the ? room. But if it's 2-1 that's fine.

[The Jackal]

We don't have quite as much luxury with time with having to resuscitate EF.

[Chief Rum]

I'm not 100% sure we have to wait for the deadline to use the potion. Can't we just inform KWhit that you're drinking it? I would guess the effect is immediate.

[The Jackal]

Might as well just drink it. Either we learn immediately or we don't, you are going to drink it either way.

[EagleFan]

Sent the request to take a potion.

[Chief Rum]

All right, we haven't heard from KWhit yet, and I am leaving work, and you guys are mesmerized by hockey, so I will send in a conditional order based on EF's post above. If you guys get back in time and see a need to change anything, of course, let KWhit know.

[EagleFan]

Staying with what Chief sent in, sounds like a good plan.

[EagleFan]

That wasn't the result I was hoping for. But at least they took the home ice advantage, now they just need to hold serve and they advance.

[KWhit]

XP in this room:

Bestiarri enters this room first, followed closely by Team Deutschbäg.

You guys are immediately bombarded by a horde of ugly Orcs. They're mean, they smell bad, and they attack. You can't even tell how many of them there are. Luckily, they're pretty weak. But they seem to just keep on coming!

Processing the combat now...

[EagleFan]

Getting curious now, I guess the other two teams chose the question mark?

[KWhit]

You put up an epic fight, but there were just too many. As in, you believe the DJ had as many Orc minions at his disposal to keep sending at you and you were worn down.

EF killed 2 before he was knocked unconscious.
Jackal killed 6 before he went down.
CR killed 5. But then he went down too.

Good news: You get a lot of XP.
Bad news: You used a lot of healing potions. And it was a total party kill. The DJ called off the orcs before they could outright KILL you, but you're unconscious and will need time to recover.

[EagleFan]

I guess that mage armor was a bad choice...

[KWhit]

EagleFan:
Mage
Level: 2
Max HP: 8
Current HP: 1
Bonus: Fame
Spells: Magic Missile, Mage Armor
Equipment:
90 GP
Staff
Rope

The Jackal:
Adventurer
Level: 3
Max HP: 33
Current HP: 1
Bonus: Constitution
Equipment:
1 Healing potions
Flask of Acid
0 GP
Longsword
Medallion of Evil

Chief Rum:
Specialist
Level: 3
Max HP: 18
Current HP: 1
Bonus: Fame
Equipment:
Scroll of CON
5 GP
Lockpicks +1
2 Daggers

[EagleFan]

I think we try supplies this time around. We're in need of healing potions and pretty much on our lst legs. If the prices are the same I can get 3 of them and hand them out.

Chief may want to use the scroll. Thoughts?

I would be willing to give the medallion a shot. Thoughts?

[EagleFan]

The other team claim to have taken out almost 30 of them. I doubt thry would be honest about it, but if they did then wow we suck, or at least I do.

[The Jackal]

Hrm, that wasn't too great. I'll take my healing potion and see how much life I get back, but yes, we should get more healing pots.

[The Jackal]

And boy did we suck in the third period EF, the devils won that game and we just sit back and let 'em do it.

[Chief Rum]

I thought the supplies room is the entry way that ended up pitting Big Wang Theory and Killian's Killers? We may not want to go through that door.

[The Jackal]

Is that so? I didn't notice that in the writeup but I may have skimmed over it

[Chief Rum]

The DJ comes on over the TV monitors:

"Everyone needs to see this. We have a team on team battle taking place! Who knew the supply room would be so dangerous!?"

And the monitors show Killian's Killers doing battle with Big Wang.

"This should be fun!"


Here's the quote from the main thread, with my bolding for emphasis. ;)

[The Jackal]

So.. I did miss that. :)

Shall we just continue then?

[The Jackal]

According to our latest potion count it looks like I'm the only one left with a healing potion, CR

[The Jackal]

So you guys are both going to be stuck at 1 with me at 1+healing potion.. so it's meat shield time

[EagleFan]

I thought the supplies room is the entry way that ended up pitting Big Wang Theory and Killian's Killers? We may not want to go through that door.

Doesn't mean it's going to be the sme this time around. We're in a different room now with those 3 options.

[Chief Rum]

Doesn't mean it's going to be the sme this time around. We're in a different room now with those 3 options.

I thought we were back out in the hall. Same three doors.

[EagleFan]

Not sure why I thought it was different room with 3 identically marked doors but it looks like it my be the same room.

KWhit, is this the same room or a different room with the same markings on the doors?

[KWhit]

Same hallway. You went into one of the rooms. Upon leaving, you're back in the same hallway with the same choices.

[The Jackal]

Move onwards?

[EagleFan]

Sounds like the best choice given out health right about now.

Oh....


Go Flyers!!!!

:party:

[EagleFan]

Time to have a little fun with everyone...

Going to try to nudge the other three teams into battle. :)

[The Jackal]

We're the least famous team, what gives

[EagleFan]

We're like the Flyers, the refs are against us. :)

[EagleFan]

How did you like that finish yesterday?

2 more and they'll move on!!!

[EagleFan]

Not to sound like a broken record but any thoughts on the medallion of evil? I am thinking we may want to use the scroll of costitution (instead of letting it wait) and maybe think about the medallion as well.

[Chief Rum]

Yeah, it might be time to try the medallion. And I will cast the Scroll of Constitution on myself, although I don't know if it will help (I don't think that adds HP).

I know the action order is in, but any thoughts to giving the question mark room a try?

I don't think any team did that one.

The other two rooms were relative negatives, so it wouldn't surprise me if this last one was a positive (I hope).

[The Jackal]

How did you like that finish yesterday?

2 more and they'll move on!!!

We got so screwed in that game I was really hoping the karma would even out and it did

[EagleFan]

I would be okay with trying the question mark room. Might as well pull out all the stops now since we seem to be on a downwad spiral at the moment.

Don't want to try the supply room at all, we are too weak right now. XP room may give us just a little bit more XP, which could help but we wouldn;t stand up to much right about now.

Moving forward helps our time but leaves us in bad shape.

[The Jackal]

Yeah, it might be time to try the medallion. And I will cast the Scroll of Constitution on myself, although I don't know if it will help (I don't think that adds HP).

I know the action order is in, but any thoughts to giving the question mark room a try?

I don't think any team did that one.

The other two rooms were relative negatives, so it wouldn't surprise me if this last one was a positive (I hope).

I'd be up for trying it, but the low hp is somewhat worrisome. Figure either way we're going to run into a fight sooner or later, we need us some healing.

[Chief Rum]

I'd be up for trying it, but the low hp is somewhat worrisome. Figure either way we're going to run into a fight sooner or later, we need us some healing.

That's the problem, really. There's no guarantee that "down the hall" doesn't get us into another fight. At least we know something's behind this door, maybe something helpful. We'll lose time not going down the hall to teams making that choice, but we might find something behind this door that helps down the road (think along same lines as that Box #1 we passed up).

[EagleFan]

I'd be up for trying it, but the low hp is somewhat worrisome. Figure either way we're going to run into a fight sooner or later, we need us some healing.

Problem is that moving along doesn't get us healing either as we are out of potions. Maybe we get lucky and get a good result from the question mark room.

[EagleFan]

Thoughts on this approach:

CR uses scroll
One of us wears the medallion
We enter the question mark room

[EagleFan]

Have to step away very shortly so I will have to catch the results later.

I am fine with either approach (moving along or entering the question mark room).

If you want to use the medallion I am okay with being the guinea pig and trying to wear it.

[The Jackal]

I say let's do it all.

[EagleFan]

Logging out, will check back later to see the results (around 2 or so).

Feel free to send the new orders as I am okay with either.

[EagleFan]

Good luck Team, We will turn this around!!!

[Chief Rum]

I say let's do it all.

I agree, let's do it all.

I already sent in the scroll order, but I'll send in a new one for all of it.

Jackal, I figured you have the medallion, so you get to wear it. :)

(But you can change that, if you want).

[The Jackal]

I thought EF was going to wear it because he's the mage.. I really did not want to put that on

[The Jackal]

But we'll see what happens. :)

[Chief Rum]

Ah, didn't know that. Oh well...hopefully it won't matter.

[KWhit]

?? Room

You open the door with the question mark.

A blue glowing portal is in front of you.

You say "What the hell?" and enter the portal.

A nauseous tugging sensation in your guts and then:

You're back at the button room.

The 4 buttons on the wall in front of you are once again active. They are labeled:

Bestiarii
Big Wang Theory
Killian's Killers
Deutschbäg

You may once again press one of them.

You notice that Killian's Killers are also back in their section of the button room.