A Touch of Madness

Yesterday, the intrepid explorers

Lenny, the (occasionally deceased) Human Paladin (londo)
Fedra, the Human Barbaranger (juldea)
Robin, the Halfling "Acquirer" (deceased due to irreconcilable greed) (kestrel404)
Wynn, the Human Cleric of Kord Schrödinger (ruggrat)
Airc, the Half-Orc Ranger (pacingincircles)
Fortinbras, the Human Cleric of De Fault (who defaulted on his Adventuring loan) (evan712)
Oryx, the Human Cleric of Some Magicky God (thatjoe)
Fred, the Human Monk (deceased due to Darkmantle Infestation) (nightskyre)
and
Gaffney, Halfling Paladin, and his trusted steed Waldo (etherial)

proceeded gaily forward through the soft palate of the World's Largest Dungeon under the cruel will of Dungeonmaster shogunhb. We faced trials, tribble-ations, spelling contests, and, of course, monsters. A good time was had by all.

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65 out of 840 pages completed. At the current rate, it will take 20 years to complete the Dungeon. 10 years if we throw out the first session as an outlier.

Sunday, the intrepid explorers

Lenny, the Human Paladin (londo)
Turgen, the Elven Pervy Non-Elven Fancying Rogue (deceased due to Fancying the Deceased) (evan712)
Fedra, the Human Barbarella (juldea)
Happy, the Human Spiked-Chain Monkey (thatjoe)
Robin, the Halfling "Acquirer" (kestrel404)
Wynn, the Human Cleric of Kord (ruggrat)
Gronnash, the Halfling Bardbarian (jediseth)
Airc, the Half-Orc Ranger (pacingincircles)
Fortinbras, the Human Cleric of De Fault (evan712)
and
Gaffney, Halfling Paladin, and his trusted steed Waldo (etherial)

scuffed up the nasal passages of the World's Largest Dungeon under the cruel will of Dungeonmaster shogunhb. Someone broke into my apartment and changed all the clocks around, so I (and the party) got to a late start. This, coupled with the fact that shogunhb had to duck out early to do some work, meant that we didn't really get very far at all. A good, though short, time was had by all who actually played.

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~58 out of 840 pages completed. At the current rate, it will take 17 years to complete the Dungeon.

On Saturday, the intrepid explorers

Lenny, the Human Paladin (londo)
Turgen, the Elven Pervy Non-Elven Fancying Rogue (evan712)
Fedra, the Human Barbarella (juldea)
Happy, the Human Spiked-Chain Monkey (thatjoe)
Robin, the Halfling "Acquirer" (kestrel404)
Ürda the Dwarven Axemaiden (deceased due to Ogre-induced crushination) and Wynn the Human Cleric of Kord (ruggrat)
Thain, the Dwarven Monk (deceased due to Troglodyte Spear Gang-Rape) (jediseth)
Nolen, the Dwarven Cleric of Moradin (deceased due to mysteries exsanguinating jugular wounds) (pacingincircles)
and
Gaffney, Halfling Paladin, and his trusted steed Menchi (etherial)

delved deep (well, we barely scratched the surface) into the bowels (well, more like nosehairs) of the World's Largest Dungeon under the cruel will of Dungeonmaster shogunhb. 14 hours (approximately) of Hardcore Dungeoncrawling led to a mere 37 pages (4.4%) of completion. A good time was had by all. Special thanks go to dilettante for designing my character.

Lessons learned include:
•All Dwarves must die.
•Just because he's Evil, doesn't mean he's not an OK guy
•A little Bacardi helps you play Chaotic Neutral effectively. A little more turns you into a Kender.
•Enemies that refuse to charge suicidally are incredibly annoying.
•Subdual damage from a spiked chain makes no sense, but is still very effective.
•No matter how sickly he is, your mount is safer with you on him.

and lastly

•Critting on initiative is still critting, damnit.

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