Chat Summary for 30 March, 2001

 

Battle at the Crossroads, Round 2

 

Due to problems with the server, low attendance, and a surprise for the party, we only got one round in last night.  Here’s a summary of the major events:

 

For the most part, the derro withdrew into the fortifications - those that survived.  Diana killed off two of them with an Ice Storm.  Ariessus turned the one running for reinforcements into a crispy critter with a Flame Strike.  Most of the party members down the tunnel moved forward, closing to within medium spell range, in most cases.

 

Things got real interesting when Castinar noticed something that nobody else caught (the benefits of a high “Spot” skill rating).  He saw a figure with a bald head and tentacles hanging down from it’s face look out of a doorway in the back of the fortifications and then pull back in.  He warned the party, and then dropped a flaming sphere right in front of the doorway to seal it off.

 

Well, mostly seal it off.  Matar leapt over the sphere and into the room.  He found himself facing a pair of derro and a mind flayer, with another derro and a second mind flayer further back in the room.  He swung wildly, but missed.  Thengal checked out the fortifications on the right and discovered them deserted.

 

That’s where we wrapped things up, figuring it was only fair to Matar’s player (who wasn’t there) to be running his character when it got mind blast… ah… plane shift… ah, in trouble. <weg> 

 

I got intentions from those who were still there for the next round, which we’ll do in e-mail.  That means I still need intentions from Matar/Bohica, Ariessus/K’harn, and Nikki.  Once I get your intentions I’ll post an Intentions Summary, and then an e-mail turn.  If I get replies this weekend I can have the e-mail turn out by Monday.

 

On a side note, as we were waiting for the server problems to be resolved, the DM got bored and started spitting out AD&D trivia questions and awarding XP for correct answers.  Just under 400 XP was given out, with Diana and Thengal getting the lion’s share.  I’ve put the bonus XP on the character sheets, but they aren’t updated on the web.  If you’re real curious, ask and I’ll let you know your current XP total.

 

So let’s get this next e-mail turn knocked out quickly, then we should be able to get one more turn in before next Friday’s chat session.

 

Saif