Rubyleaf Forestfriend (Elf 1)
Str 7 -1
Int 15 +1 +5%
Wis 14 +1
Dex 11
Con 13 +1
Cha 14
HP 7/7
XP 30
AC 4
Chainmail, Shield
Sword (1d8-1), Longbow (1d6), 20 arrows
Backpack, Iron Rations, Rope 50', 2 small sacks, 1 large sack, Wolfsbane
Spellbook: Comprehend Languages, Hold Portal, Read Magic
10gp

Stephen Colbert (Fighter 1)
STR 13 +1
INT 8 -1
WIS 7 -1
DEX 9
CON 16 +2
CHA 6 -1
HP 12/12
XP 39
AC 4
Chain Mail, Shield
Sword (1d8+1), Dagger (1d4+1)
2 Flasks of oil, 1 Tinderbox, 1 Rope 50’, 1 Leather backpack, 1 Iron Rations, 1 Waterskin (leather canteen), 1 Lantern, 2 Torches
2 Small sacks, 1 Large sack, Thieves Tools, Wolfsbane
14gp 43cp

Fig'Tard (Dwarf 1)
STR 15 +1 +5%
INT 8 -1
WIS 7 -1
DEX 16 +2
CON 10
CHA 5 -2
HP 8/8
XP 275
AC 0
Plate Mail, Shield
Sword (1d8+1) Dagger (1d4+1)
Backpack, Iron Rations, Small Hammer, 12 pitons, Rope 50', Wolfsbane, Wineskin
2 garnets (100gp, in breeches)
21gp 43cp

Street Fighting Man (Cleric 1)
STR 10
INT 12
WIS 14 +1 +5%
DEX 13 +1
CON 6 -1
CHA 14 +1
HP 5/5
XP 65
AC 3
Chain Mail, Shield
Mace (1d6)
Backpack, Holy Symbol, Lantern Oil, Tinderbox, 6 torches, rope 50', 2 waterskins (full), 2 small sacks, 2 large sacks
24gp 43cp

Gruber (Halfling 1)
STR 11
INT 10
WIS 11
DEX 11
CON 5
CHA 13 +1
HP 4/4
AC 2
XP 37
Chainmail, Shield
Small sword (1d6), Shortbow (1d6), 20 arrows, 4 silver arrows
Backpack, Iron Rations, Tinderbox, 6 Torches, Wineskin (full), Waterskin (full)
32gp 5sp

Echowinds (Dwarf 1)
STR 15
INT 7
WIS 11
DEX 10
CON 13
CHA 15
HP 9/9
AC 2
XP 39
Plate Armour, Shield
Sword (1d8+1), Dagger (1d4+1)
Backpack, Iron Rations, Small Hammer, 12 pitons, Rope 50', Wolfsbane, Wineskin (mostly full)
33gp 5sp

YES! Been waiting for you DM!

Don't forget that echowinds has a garnet was it? From our epic battle with the bat.

>>21369639
Ah, you didn't forget, disregard that lol. I'll stick around until someone else shows up, I don't think I'll last long on my own.

>>21369639
Yeah, an onyx. I was figuring you guys sold it and split the cash, which is where your money and XP came from

>>21369650
Anyone can take Rubyleaf or Fig'Tard (he didn't show up last night), or I can run them as NPCs coming along with you.

I have finished my prayers for the fallen. And enter the castle with the others, brandishing my florius blade

>>21369688
Colbert has returned! Praise the gods I don't have to venture alone! Looking at a fireplace almost killed me last time!

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So are you guys going to head in, or do some shopping first? You can trade in chainmail for plate for 20 gp

>>21369724
Yes. Yes I will.

>>21369724
Yes. And I annoint it with holy oil even if I have to make it myself

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>>21369744
Cha-Ching! Gruber's armour class is now 0.

The two of you make the trip to the castle and walk inside. You're in the entrance room, and can go north, east, west, or back out.

>>21369773
Stephen "persuades" the armourer to let him have the platemail on credit. He now has an armour class of 2, a debt of 6 gp, and oily hands

>>21369782
I'll bow to the paladin Colbert's judgement in this, he will be leading the way after all. However, I'd like to have a look at the door, are there any way to peer inside?

>>21369796
After he peers, I knock politely. Asking if anyone is there

>>21369813
You fool! It could be the koobolds! we could have taken them by surprise!

You cannot easily see into the dark room ahead, and hear nothing. There is no response to the knock

>>21369821
Be not afraid of kobolds! They shall fear us!

I light a torch of equivalent and proceed into the darkness with my weapon drawn

>>21369860
I follow behind, bow drawn, close enough to fire yet at a safe distance.

Actually, I sheathe my sword and pull out my pole, poking ahead of myself like a blind cane, tapping the walls and floor while watching the darkness and the cieling

Do I need to roll?

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>DM: You should not be reading this to the players. As the party approaches a numbered area on the map, find that number in this Encounter Key and use the information given. There is no #21 on the map. Look carefully at the map, find the party’s location, and turn to that number.

Fuck, I mean this 30 foot by 20 foot hallway has doorways in the east and west walls. Looking through them you can see the remains of once fine carpets on the floor, now ruined by mould and decay. Ahead is another door, suprisingly well made and sturdy after the years. You have a feeling that the DM will cheat to prevent anyone from breaking down the door or picking the lock until a second level character is present.

>>21369901
like a labyrinth I keep to the left wall and follow it through to that room

>>21369909
I follow Colbert, bow still in hand.

>>21369909
Roll a save VS spells.

>>21369929
You too.

Rolled 10

>>21369946
d20?

Rolled 57

>>21369939
I can't into AD&D, you'll have to tell me the dice to use, have a d% for me being stupid

or you can find a pdf of this system and I'll actually learn it.

>>21369954
It's a d20, and you want to roll low.

Rolled 12

>>21369959
FOUL BLACK MAGIC CANNOT HARM ME!

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>>21369959
Actually, you want to roll high.

You walk into a bedroom. While most of the finery has been destroyed by the kobolds and the ravages of time, the four poster bed looks really comfortable. And you both realise you're really sleepy. You feel compelled to lie down and just take a little nap.

Gruber, you wake up alone in room 26. Rubyleaf stands over you. "I couldn't carry Stephen. Come on, help me get him into this bed"

>>21369954
Oh, and this ain't AD&D. This is Dungeons & Dragons: Basic Set

Rolled 15

>>21370005
Without being totally sure what happened I fear for Stephen and immediately go to help carry Stephen.
"wh-where am I...? What happened?"

>>21370005
my torch tumbles from my hand as I slumber, igniting the bed

>>21370028
:(
The evil bed is burned away to nothing. The power of DM fiat means you survive, lying unconscious in a pile of ashes.

>>21370022
You and the low strength elf carry Stephen from the ash pile where he lies to the other bed. "I have no idea. You and Stephen were sleeping in a pile of ashes and couldn't be roused, so I carried you to the other bed and you woke up". He awakens after about three minutes.

Rolled 18

>>21370065
yawns, looks at himself. "I do not know what this means, but I choose to believe that this is a blessing from Pelor! Surely a sign that my cause is righteous!"

I stand up and crack my back, scratching my growing beard, and search the room. (d20?)

it keeps starting earlier and I keep waking up later D:

>>21370086
You roll a d6 to search and on a 1 you find a secret door if one is there. Except elves find it on a 1 or 2, and dwarves do as well if it's made of stone.
Thieves use a d% to seach for traps, but dwarves use a d6 to search for stone related traps.
The confusing rules aside, you find nothing of interest, except that this room is very very mouldy

Rolled 5

>>21370116
alright then

Rolled 3

>>21370116
what special rules do halflings get...? If any at all?

I'll spot check too.

>>21370116
After mourning the loss of Kender (holy crap what did I just type?) and seeing him buried proper, I make my way back to the castle and down towards the dungeon proper.

>This game starts at 8 am or 9 am, so I know when to set my alarm?

Rolled 6

>>21370125
I inspect the next door. Has it been used? is it moldering apart? is the dust disturbed?

Not playing, but been following these threads. Gotta say, nice to see the original red box dungeon getting some mileage. Still got this on my shelf somewhere. Carry on OP.

>>21370128
-2 AC bonus, +1 to hit with missile weapons, +1 to initiative, and can hide. Indoors, they hide on a 1-2 on a d6. In woods or bushes, they hide on 1-9 on a d10.

>>21370133
Which door? The one to the north is impassable to low level characters. The two doorways to the east have no doors. Through the south east door, you think you can see a few figures standing in the darkness, unnaturally still. Through the northeast door you see nothing, but hear some kobolds chattering.

>>21370132
10-11 where I am, so I think its about 9 on 4chan's time. I started early today

Rolled 1

>>21370151
"we could take those kobolds!"

I make a hide check and look through to the area with the kobolds to assess the situation.

Rolled 4

>>21370151
I've been following the left wall, but now that I see those creepy ass figures, I accost them and demand they reveal themselves to me, if they don't, I whip my newly lighted torch at them with this d20

>>21370153
Alarm set. Sorry for missing yesterday. I'll assume I've caught up with these people who borrowed the key from me.
"Aye, we could take 'em, but wot would we do with 'em? Wot's 'em talkin' aboot anyway?"

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>>21370161
Sneaking through the doorway, you find a stairway going down but no kobolds. There is a fire burning in the fireplaces though, and from their light you see through the doorway five kobolds

Rolled 3

>>21370183
"What's that bloody fighter Colbert bellowing about Back there...?" I mutter under my breath as I backtrack to inform the others of what lies ahead.

>>21370183
I keep up with the other shorty, "Beats me, laddie, but Oi'd rather 'ave three on foive 'an two on foive." Let's find out what those unnaturally silent and still statues, I mean figures are.

Rolled 4

>>21370205
"typical humans, always jumping at shadows and tryna kill everything."

>>21370221
>>21370205
So what happened when I accosted the figures?

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Rolled 6

>>21370163
As you enter the room, you the figures turn to you and begin to moan. Four rotting corpses approach, pointing swords at you menacingly
Roll for initiative.
It will take the others one round to reach you, but Rubyleaf is there.

>>21370221
I really need to remember to take my dice rolls off

Rolled 20

>>21370234
1d20 for initiative if I've figured this out properly

"Get back ye demons!" I shoot as I brandish my sword at them and back into the room I came from. Are there windows or anything with which I can bring the Light of Pelor into this accursed room?

Rolled 3

>>21370234
>>21370242
Except initiative! Fite time is nao!

Rolled 5

>>21370264
Ah, oops, roll 1d6 in 1st ed basic D&D. Still, you've already rolled a 20 so I'll give you the initiative. Roll 1d20 for your attack!

Rolling Rubyleaf's arrows

You hit on 11 or more (but apply your strength modifier of +1, Stephen) and the Zombies hit on 16 or more

Rolled 4

>>21370270
"Perish from this land and return your souls to the light of Pelor! Huaarrgghhh!" still looking for a way to hit them with sunlight by the way.

Rolled 7, 6 = 13

>>21370291
Stephen swings but is parried by the zombie. It makes a counterattack, along with one of its buddies

Rolled 11

>>21370311
And they fail.
Fig'Tard and Gruber have reached the room, and can join in the fight. Rubyleaf fires at a zombie.

Rolled 19 + 1

>>21370319
"Foul an' unnatural 'ings! Back to the ground with ye!"
Swingan my S-word

Rolled 6

>>21370319
The elf hits the zombie with an arrow, wounding it

>>21370331
A hit! A palpable hit! Doing 1d8+1 damage!

Rolled 18

>>21370319
I'm in the fight now, Right! Rolling for an arrow!

Rolled 17

>>21370311
Well I attack again!

>>21370337
>>21370344
As I said, both hit. 1d6 for Gruber, and 1d8+1 for Stephan

Rolled 2 + 1

>>21370336
Yaaay! now we get to see if they're full of dust or black blood

Rolled 5

>>21370337
Die foul dead! Fall and never rise!

Rolled 6 + 1

>>21370349
Pelor guide my arm!

Rolled 20, 6, 9 = 35

Fig'Tard and Stephen hack a zombie to bits, while Gruber and Rubyleaf wound two of the others. The remaining zombies advance and attack the dwarf and fighter

Rolled 6

Fig'Tard is hit!

>>21370411
I took the hit from the 20, if there was a hit to be had

You still havent' said anything about the windows

Rolled 6

>>21370411
rolling for another arrow

"They just don't die!"

Rolled 10

>>21370417
The dwarf is severely wounded as the zombie's sword bashes his head, but he's still able to fight on.
Rubyleaf continues shooting arrows

Rolled 16 + 1

>>21370411
"Ye buggards cannae crack me cask s'easy!"
Attacking a pre-wounded zombie through the swirling stars and floating kegs.

Rolled 10

>>21370434
Fig'Tard! Get back! I shall face them alone! HWAARGHH!

>>21370419
Ah right, missed that. No, there are no windows. The only natural light in the castle is in room 20, from the open doors
And if you want, you can dive heroically in front of the d8 and take that 6 damage.

The archers fail to do any good.

>>21370451
That's a hit, with your +1 strength bonus.
1d8+1 damage all around!

Rolled 3 + 1

>>21370434
over 11 hits, yes? then here's hoping I down one more before they down me!
"I'll show ye 'ow t' crack a cask!"

>>21370465
That's another done fer.

Rolled 3 + 1

>>21370463
too late at this point, but next time I will take the hit

Rolled 20, 7 = 27

>>21370483
Two zombies remain, one cut up by Stephen and the other with an arrow sticking out of it. With the one attacking the dwarf slain, Stephen is the target of the undead

Rolled 8

>>21370489
And they're getting lots of 20s today

Rolled 11

>>21370498
Rubyleaf tries to shoot the zombies again

Rolled 8

>>21370489
I'll attack again, hopefully more accurately than last time!

Rolled 4

>>21370503
Arrow, zombie, etc

Rolled 1

>>21370498
I'll take that arm now!

Rolled 6 + 1

>>21370489
"Ye'll not 'ave any o' us, deaders!"
Attackan' the one that attacked Stephen!

Rolled 19, 9 = 28

The two zombies dodge your blows, and are still fighting back despite their wounds. It's brown trousers time.

Rolled 8

>>21370535
oh shit oh shit. Stephen, you have a 50/50 chance of surviving this.

>>21370535
"Archers! Fall back! We'll stop them in the doorway!" I shout as I rush out of the room, hoping everyone comes with me.

>>21370535
>>21370542
dat zomb luck D:

Rolled 16

>>21370542
Splat. Well, the good news is now his belongings count as treasure, and you'll get XP for looting the corpse.

Rubyleaf fires, another arrow, taking revenge for Stephen

Rolled 1

>>21370552
I shall fire another volley as well.

Rolled 5

>>21370552
Damage.

Rolled 16 + 1

>>21370552
"Oi shall avenge ye! Ye shallnae become one o' 'em!"
if 1 zomb left, attack it. if 2 zomb left, the one that has the most arrows sticking out of it.

>>21370559
And just one zombie remains.

Rolled 3 + 1

>>21370563
And hopefully 0 after this? maybe? c'mon 9

Rolled 4, 3, 2, 5, 6, 2, 3, 2, 1, 6, 1, 2, 2, 6, 6, 2, 6, 4 = 63

>>21370552
The time for change is now! I'm going to be a cleric!

Rolled 5

>>21370597
6 wis cleric, lol

Rolled 3 + 1

>>21370597
9 13 6 9 14 12
6 wis cleric :C
this... is a wizard. an oratomancer

>>21370571
That zombie had 3 hp left, and Fig'Tard easily puts the weakened revenant down. Fig'Tard gets 34XP, Gruber gets 32XP, and as an NPC Rubyleaf gets 17.

There seems to be a few sockets on the east and west walls of the room, and on the floor are the rotting remains of clothing, as well as the rotting remains of Stephen. What do you do?

Rolled 4

>>21370641
Spot check, possibly for traps.

"looks like an arrow trap to me..."

>>21370597
STR 9
INT 13 +1
WIS 6 -1
DEX 9
CON 14 +1
CHA 12 +1
huh.
Don't worry, you can still be a cleric, you just get fewer XP.

>>21370626
That's fine, starting gear and such, I've arrived in the courtyard, looking for my friend Stephen Colbert.

>>21370675
Switching to wizard or whatever fits best with that roll

Rolled 1

>>21370641
Rotting already?
"Me apologies, valliant soldier of Pelor, but Oi cannae let ye rise again." I sever his head so he can't come back as one of them.

Let's split the food, oil, torches and coin. I'd like his dagger as a throwing weapon.

Stonecunning roll on the holes, but I don't want to activate anything if I can help it.

>>21370675
You can roll 3d6 times 10 for gp or take standard cleric gear (as Street Fighting Man)

>>21370659
The sockets are only a few inches deep, and have splinters of wood in them. They don't seem to be part of a trap, but as you search around you do find a gold bracelet inlaid with bloodstone. Fig'Tard estimates that for insurance and XP purposes, it is worth 500gp.

>>21370711
standard gear for best class

>>21370711
"Ey, lad, Oi found us a shiny!"
I wipe the blood out of my eyes, as head wounds tend to be gushers.
"Anyone else feel 'alf drunk? Methinks Oi could use a nap..."

Rolled 4

>>21370711
"We could return to town to sell it? I'd like to know more about it first, perhaps someone in town might know something about it... maybe even pay more for it."

>>21370687
Yeah, wizard fits best.
Rather than rolling as I did with Rubyleaf, I'm giving you Sleep and Shield, as well as Read Magic.
You have a backpack, Iron rations, a silber dagger, holy water, lantern, 4 flasks of oil, a tinder box, a mirror, a full waterskin, a full wineskin, 2 small sacks, and 2 large sacks.

>>21370692
The holes are old, probably from the time when the building was still inhabited. They're probably not trapped.
You get 3 xp for looting the dagger. The rest of the stuff I'll evaluate and hand out xp for after the quest ends. He still hadn't finished paying off that armour...

>>21370757
"Aye, but who would 'ave the jink to pay fer 'is beauty? 'ose 'oles could've been safes. Mayhap it be a li'l more 'an jus' shiny?"

If he hadn't payed it off, we should return it as defective. I mean, clearly! He died!

>>21370777
I enter the castle to find the dwarf and the fighter quibbling over shiny bits while Colbert lies dead. "NOooooo! Who did this!"

Rolled 4

>>21370797
"aye, 'tis true, to hide something so nice in a hole in the wall... I'd wager there's more to this trinket..."

and he was told the holy water would protect him from the undead!

Perhaps not but I'm sure I could persuade him to take it back unless anyone needs a plate armor?

>>21370722
Oh, and 10 extra gp.

If you pawn the stuff you won't need, you'll get 64 gp, and be left with a flask of oil, 2 torches, thieves' tools, and some wolfsbane. Torches are 1xp, oil is 2xp, tools are 25xp and wolfsbane is 10xp.

The bracelet is described only as "forgotten", so by definition nobody knows anything about it. However, even ignoring its gold content it's clearly an antique, and you can easily sell it for 500gp.

So, dividing treasure. You'd have 564gp, and you get as much experience as you do gold pieces

Rolled 5

>>21370827
I put my hand by my waist, ready to draw my weapon on the intruder if needs be.

"He was a companion of ours, slain by the dead you see around him... a valiant man, to be sure. This... desecration was a necessary evil, he fell not one hour ago and already he rots. We did what we must to prevent a greater evil..."

>>21370827
The bloodied dorf motions to the other undead laying around in pools of black blood and dust.
"ey did. 'e was a roight foine lad 'e was."

>>21370860
>>21370859
He deserves a Cairn mounted with the skulls of his enemies... i shall see to it shortly...

>>21370858
My vote is to carry Colbert's body back, pawn off the stuff, get a refund on his plate armor, and catch a night's rest (and HP) before those 5 kobolds come to see what the ruckus is.

>>21370797
Why, the shopkeeper. You know the one. The guy who has huge amounts of ready cash, is never robbed because he's secretly a high level ex-adventurer, and is too lazy to go and get the treasure himself even though he could easily wipe out everything in the castle

The bracelet wasn't hidden in the hole, it was on the floor under the rotting linen.

Rolled 1

>>21370878
"eh, do what you must, the dead are the dead. s'long as they don't come back I don't bother with 'em, What's your name anyway? And what are you doing in this forsaken castle? You don't like like a treasure hunter."

>>21370888
Right. I'll want you all to work out how to divide the loot, while you're still weak and vulnerable.

Rolled 1

>>21370892
Ah, then lets be pawning it then.

>>21370888
I agree, we got nowhere to run if they catch us in here.

>>21370907
"My name is Barack Obama and I hail from Kenyamerica. I met Stephen while on my Hajjd and we've been friends ever since..."

Rolled 6

>>21370966
"Then I am truly sorry for your loss. He was a good man. Come join us in town, we have a few things to sell and I'm pretty sure Fig is gonna bleed out if we don't get out of here soon.

>>21371004
I really need to stop rolling with every post...

I construct the cairn and join my new compatriots in avenging Stephen, and Kender, but first a drink and a snooze in the inn.

>>21370937
>>21370888
You head back to town with Colbert's body. The farmer watches you go and remarks to one of his workers "That's the second one this week. You won't get me up in that thar castle for nowt."
You sell off Colbert's goods easily, but the armourer only offers you 50 gold for the platemail, keeping 4 additional gold for all the dents and blood in it.

>>21371050
Is there bartering?

"You can easily get those dents out! I've seen some of the stuff you have in here and I'm almost certain it came in here looking like this before you fixed it. You won't give us 53 for it?"

>>21371050
The armorer is a jerk, but if we get 50 gold AND his debt of 20 is paid off, that's only a 10 gold loss.

>>21371050
if i were to cast sleep on him could I take all his gold?

>>21371102
Yes, there is.
And now I think of it, Rubyleaf could just take the platemail in lieu of her share of treasure. You'd get a lot more XP and gold that way

>>21369639
thanks gruber, im kinda mad that i missed out on this : (

>>21371130

liberate that wealth!

>>21371130
>high level adventurer that could destroy everything in the castle but is just lazy

I don't think so, Obama.

>>21371143
ARG trying to join in lol
im reading as fast as i can!!!

Anybody got a quick synopsis?

>>21371140
That would work better, make dat elf less frail!

>>21371140
oh, rubyleaf is an elf
Yes, give Rubyleaf the plate. Plate elf is good elf.

>>21371122
He had a debt of 6.
>>21371130
That would be a crime. But yes, you can nick his cashbox if you want, and start with some gold and XP

>>21371175
We went in the castle. Steve got zombied and I got seriously wounded. Found a sweet bracelet. Got back to town so we didn't die

>>21371175
Me and Colbert entered a room and failed a trap, we were put to sleep and rescued by Ruby. We were joined by Fig and ten fought 4 zombies, Colbert was slain and began to rot so we severed his head.

Also, shiny bracelet.

>>21371178
>>21371176
I can fix that armor's dents FOR I AM A BLACKSMITHY DWARF!

>>21371193
>>21371194
thank you gents, ill jump in here : )

>>21371155
That's the shopkeeper.
The armourer is just a jerk who tries to overcharge the fighter from the practice solo adventure just because he's intelligence 7. Screw that guy, I'm ruling you can rob him, and local youths draw penises on his face while he's asleep.

>>21371236
I say we rob him and draw penises on his face!

>>21371236
We have so little to gain from robbing him, though. "Let 'im try and collect 'is 6 gold from a valliant fallen warrior wot shoddy workmanship couldnae protect."
I hope my wounds are clotting, cuz it's time for beer, bread, and bed for this dwarf's aching head

If Gruber and Fig'Tard take equal shares, they get 282gp. Gruber gets 282 XP and Fig'Tard gets 296.

Obama gets 100 gold and 105XP from robbing the armourer

>>21371307
equal shares sounds good to me, up to Obama whether he wants to rob the armourer.

just call it a tax

>>21371307
I would like to look for shops in town, maybe I could bump into these guys. I'm looking for some health potions. Sounds like we're gonna need them.

>>21369612
>Wineskin (mostly full)
Love the detail by the way, thank you.

>>21371319
yes! Equal shares to everybody! I get 1/5 the treasure right? Although that's not really fair since some of you are better fighters and thus don't need the gold as much, so I'm thinking something like a 28/18/18/18/18 split

>>21371349
This ain't no communist paradise! You gets to keep what ya fight for and you ain't fought for nothing yet.

>>21371377
okay, i can't do this, I'm changing character name to something else, I'm going with Robert Downey Jr.

thoughts?

>>21371349
if thats the way we're gonna do it where's my exp? lol

>>21371324
I can't find prices for magic items in the basic or expert rules. Presumably they think nobody would want to sell them.
AD&D says they're worth 400gp

Not a player, but I want to say I'm enjoying the hell out of reading this.

I might break out the old red box for my gaming group.

>>21371405
damn. any alternatives? I could try to learn alchemy i guess? I don't think I'm smart enough for it haha

>>21371405
I shall see you tomorow between my classes, I'll even have my whiskey for it.

>>21371437
With the treasure they've got and Fig'Tard's family jewels, they could afford 2.
And dwarves can't create magic items. Only magic users of level 9 or greater can do so.

>>21371437
Heal skill recovers 1d3 HP on a successful check, doesnt' it? or is that in one of the later letters?

>>21371474
>skills
That sounds like treason, citizen. No, you just have to rest a day per hit point. Might as well do it, since you're already in town

>>21371510
eeyup, beer bread and bed!

>>21371469
Oh i meant like the herbalist with healing plants that gave +4-5hp or something like that. I dont want them to spend their family jewels.

>>21371519
i will join you for that.

>>21371530
You meet the dwarf in an inn with a rather nasty headwound. You can tell it's a nasty headwound because he's got an ale soaked rag sitting on the wound atop his bloodied face.

After about a week of eating, drinking, sleeping, and whoring (dem dorf wimmins with their rich luxurious beards) Fig'Tard is ready to go back out adventuring.

>>21371580
Welp, I say we gather ourselves and off to the castle! What were the zombies in that room to the bottom right or have we still to explore there?

>>21371580
Showin' off the family jewels always gets 'em

>>21371568
I'll sit down with him.
"Well Meet Stranger, nice battle wound on your noggin! Where'd you get it?"

I also order us another round of ale

>>21371592
I'm okay with this, please ignore my previous roleplaying lol

>>21371592
No, that room remains unexplored. They were in the hallway labelled 35

>>21371600
"Inna castle from a deader. Come along an' ye kin get one too!"
To the castle! duh nana nana nana!

>>21371580
Wait this isn't done? But I'm still hungover from drinkikng... should I drink more?

>>21371620
You're a wizard, the only thing you drink is Elfvian spring water.

Rolled 6

>>21371615
Well then, assuming we are all at the castle, I'd like to peek into the room at the end of that hallway, making a hide check.

>>21371637
Yer a wizzard Hairy

>>21371639
I'll back gruber up, never know when a bat's gonna come at ya.

>>21371639
Hopefully the kobolds haven't redistributed themselves. I wait at the door to the unexplored room, sword readied, to choppy head of the first non-party thing to come back through the door.

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>>21371639
The room is evidently for storage, filled with boxes, crates, and barrels. Many are broken open, and you can see rotted foodstuffs and weevil infested grains spilling from them.
In the middle of the room is a large box, about 3 feet cube.

>>21371667
>>21371654
>>21371645
I walk in behind him in my suit, whiskey in one hand the other in my pocket, thumbing my spell compenents. "How's everyone doing today?"

>>21371688
Oh yeah, what's prepared? Sleep, Shield, or Read Magic?

>>21371686
Nothing comes? I enter the room and stand on one side of the crate.
"Er'ry one gets a side, aye?"

>>21371686
I'll walk up the the box and hit it gently with my hammer to check for any response
>>21371715
I stand opposite of Fig'tard.
"Sounds good to me."

>>21371688
"Doin Okay, are you feelin well enough?"

Rolled 6

>>21371686
Check for traps? Or can only rogues and dwarves?

>>21371694
of course, i still haven't worked the kinds out of color spray yet.

>>21371723
The box moans softly.

>>21371727
you're a halfling, you can do anything!!! i think everyone can check for traps, but rouges get a bonus.

>>21371727
Yeah, and dwarves can only detect traps involving stonework

>>21371727
rogues get traps and secret doors I think
elfs get secret doors only
dorfs get secret doors and traps but only on stone

I ready my sword to stab at whatever might be in the box, "Should we really open it?"

>>21371744
O_O

"Well i don't fancy opening this thing till we know more now."

Back away slowly and address the box.

"Hello Box, we mean you less harm."

Rolled 6

>>21371744
That don't sound good... I'll stay back, within shooting distance, bow drawn.

"I dunno 'bout this one guys, that don't sound good..."

>>21371767
"Uurgh"

Rolled 3

>>21371775
"It could be a prisoner... It could be the bounty?!"

>>21371775
I question the box, "Brains?"

>>21371786
"Mmm!"

>>21371775
"well mates whatevers in that box sounds inibrated or almost passed out. What say we open it and find out what's inside?"
I ready my sword.
"Fig, you open it. Gruber and I will keep weapons ready."

Rolled 6

>>21371791
"Well that doesn't help... I say you guys open it"

>>21371796
>>21371791
"never mind what i said before, I say we stab the box."

>>21371791
"Er'ry one get weapons ready."
I try to open the box by jamming my sword through one of the seams of the crate and /THEN/ prying off the lid

Rolled 2

>>21371807
"NO! It could be a prisoner! Bound and gagged! Plus, if it is the bounty we get less money!"

>>21371819
I steady my sword and prepare to strike.

"ready"

>>21371824
Oops?
Also, we've been gone a week. ANything alive should have starved or dehydrated to death by now. Or been eaten by the kobolds.

>>21371819
Prying the lid off, a zombie stands up. It's wearing thigh-high boots, a leather g-string, and a silk sash saying "Happy 80th Lord Gygar"
"Haaa bu'daaaay!"

>>21371824
"A prisoner that responds to "brains" with "MMMM"? Sounds a little to coincidental to me. I saw those zombie corpses before. But we'll go with opening the box."

I check my footing and prepare to strike.

Rolled 2

>>21371844
A talking zombie...? I ask it what it's doing in the box!

Rolled 1 + 1

>>21371844
How did I know it was a birthday ghoul in a box?

Initiative?

>>21371844
"I've seen somethings but this tops the cake of my short life."

Keep ready and wait for the zombie to make a move.

"Can ye talk oh creepy dressed zombie?"

>>21371853
Zombies strike last anyway, and you were ready so the box zombie can't suprise you

>>21371861
The zombie is clearly about to strike you

Rolled 4 + 1

>>21371880
if they're wasting their surprise to question it, then I'd hit it... with my sword!

Rolled 15

>>21371880
Then I fire upon it from across the room.

My halfling seems half-blind so far but let's hope I hit true.

Rolled 9

>>21371880
I attack immediately. No more quarter. sword swipe at the zombie.

Rolled 5 + 1

>>21371886
Rubyleaf joins in, trying to hit it with her sword

Rolled 3

>>21371890
And a roll for damage?

>>21371886
or not, clearly I'm too mesmerized by the sagging, withered tits of the ghoul-in-a-box to do anything but flail in confusion

>>21371903
they are mesmerizing in their own horrifying way.

Rolled 11

>>21371890
That's a hit. Again, the zombie has AC8 so everyone needs an 11.
Striking back because you won't kill it in one shot.

And apparently 4chan can't tell plusses from minuses

Rolled 8

>>21371894
I jump back and take another swipe at it.

>>21371920
>why cant i hit this zombies :(

any way I can increase my ability to hit?

>>21371913
>>21371903
I had no choice. It was room 34

>>21371943
Not til level 4

Rolled 9 + 1

>>21371952
it makes perfect sense now.
"Oi'll slice yer tits off!"

>licence usesurp
That whoring licence isn't yours, anyway, ghoul9in-a-box

Rolled 2

>>21371844
wo now boys don't attack so fast. Hello there! Roll to seduce
>>21371307
I decided against that


Fuck you captcha

>>21371955
good to know thanks Dungeon master

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Rolled 10

>>21371952
Also I roll to hit again if the zombie's hit is resolved

Rolled 4

>>21371977
That's a hit for me, right? (+1 for ranged weapons as a halfling, I know I should have added it to the roll)

Rolled 20

>>21371977
Trying again to hit that zombie

Rolled 4

>>21371987
rollan for damage.

I dont know how to add to other roll.

>>21371977
Yeah. With your +1 you hit

>>21371994
The mummified stripper is no more! 5XP each

>>21372010
WHOOO. I check the box for loot.

"well thank Pelor that's over. Lets see if theres anything in this box."

Rolled 4

>>21372010
"DIBS ON THE THIGH HIGH BOOTS!"

>>21372023
"Oi bet rotted cakes an' soiled underwears"

>>21372023
You find the remains of a centuries old birthday cake

>>21372034
on a halfling, those would come up to your crotch. "Do ye really want to 'ave zombie rot rubbin on yer junk, lad?"

>>21372034
"heh for you they would be waist high boots Gruber"

>>21372038
"I really don't know what I was expecting..."

Rolled 5

I'll take the sash then, I say we store it, might come in handy for making a trap.

>>21372045
I grab a spare rag and clean off the boots for gruber. no worries.

>>21372077
I really, REALLY need to stop rolling every post.

So where to now? There's the room with kobolds, a few rooms you haven't explored, and the stairs leading down

>>21372090
our encounter luck is so great. I vote we check out the other side of the castle, where we don't know what lies within.

>>21372083
I'll trim em down with my short sword so they fit, no point letting good boots go to waste!

>>21372090
"I say we take the kobolds, there are enough of us that we could take em even without surprising them!"

>>21372090
"I say we explore some of the other rooms before heading down."

I wonder briefly about if the stripper went in as a zombie...

>>21372117
You doubt it. Zombie Strippers aren't exactly Lawful.
So, apart from the stairs, the other unexplored areas are the west store room (28) and the two passageways from the west bedroom
Gruber gets 3xp for looting his sexy new boots.

>>21372117
"Guess we're off exploring then! I ain't going first though, nearly getting eaten by a bat was bad enough!"

>>21372114
"that sounds alright with me. need the experience too hahar"

I ready myself and head out with Gruber

>>21372149
I'll be the one to lead into room 28

>>21372156
>>21372159
hahaha

why not do both?

>>21372167
I'll flank behind you.

>>21372167
Room 28 it is, you have my bow!

Rolled 4

>>21372090
Kobolds. Cast sleep on first guy. Step backband let others finish them off

>>21372200
>>21372179
>>21372167
Loot loot loot loot loot!

This is another storeroom, full of broken crates and barrels. Only one remains intact, and as you enter a voice from within says "WHO GOES THERE?"

>>21372226
"I GO HERE, Echo the DWARF! Who are you??"

>>21372226
Start singing "happy birthday master gygar"...

Just kidding.

"Fig'Tard, the dorf!"

>>21372238
"IS BARGLE WITH YOU?"

>>21372202
You have slain the kobolds, and verily, thou hast gained 26 points of solo XP.

>>21372246
"No, and by the sounds of things he isn't with you. What do you want with Bargle?!

Rolled 3

>>21372246
I'm fine with thst. Search and loot

>>21372262
"Oh...never mind then."

>>21372270
You find 63 coppers on the bodies. Looking in the next room, you think you see a kobold, standing perfectly still.

>>21372325
tired of this crap I walk up and ready to open the box, motioning for Gruber and Rubyleaf to get ready to strike.

"What manner of creature are you box man?"

>>21372325
DM, you've lost your nametag...

"So 'en who be ye, an' be ye in 'is box?"

>>21372356
Agreed

>>21372357
Ah, thanks.
The box does not reply. It can not be moved, opened, or damaged in any way. Neither can any of the other boxes.

Don't blame me, Gygax wrote it.

>>21372382
"What are you? What are you doing here?"

>>21372382
lets lie to the box...

"We went and got Bargle..."

>>21372396
>It will not speak again
Yeah, this is one aspect of the OLD SCHOOL experience you won't be getting. I'm not going to waste your time with pointless red herrings that are impossible to interact with in any way