Welcome to the Dungeon!

Hadrian II descends the stairs and gets started.

Room Track 1 - the stairs go up, a passage goes forward.

Rt 2 - Hadrian II runs into Dogmeat who's just opened a secret door in a dead end and is contemplating going through it.

Hadrian II ignored Dogmeat and advances into the passage.

Room Track 3 - A door which goes into a 20x40' room with a giant rat sitting atop 250 gp in a pile on the floor nibbling on a scroll case.

Drawing his sword, Hadrian II charges to attack.

14:58, Today: Hadrian II rolled 12 using 1d20.  To Hit.
14:59, Today: Hadrian II rolled 5 using 1d8.  Sword Damage.

Hadrian II kills the rat before it had time to look up from its intended lunch.

Hadrian II scoops the coins into his sack, before opening the scroll case to see what's inside.

A wizard scroll of sleep!

Another door leads out.

Hadrian II takes the scroll and his sack of loot, and proceeds.

rt 4 - Continuing you come to a trapezoidal room with a bunch of open secret doors in it and a number of people including all your old Party A members.  (see Party B thread.)

Hadrian II nods politely to the others -- who all seem preoccupied -- then proceeds through one of the doors.

Room track 5 - 40' square room, no other exits (can search for secret doors) 12 gold coins are scattered on the floor.

Vladimir enters.
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Hadrian II scoops up six of the coins -- leaving an equal number for the newcomer -- then begins searching for any secret doors.

Hadrian II steps through the secret door right after Khaaven but doesn't find him in the next room, a 20x10' affair.  A heavy chest is in the center of the room.

Party A walks in

Hadrian II nods politely at the group, then opens the chest.

Party A walks out.

The chest contains a gold and jeweled necklace worth 1476 gp.

Wallaby walks in.

Hadrian II takes the necklace, nods in acknowledgement at Wallaby, then backtracks towards the entrance.

Hadrian is successful at finding the stairs up and out!

Deposited my goods and money, healing 2 more HP, then heading back in.

Rt 2 - passageway, Ronia is here being menaced by a skeleton with glowing points of light in its eye sockets carrying a club carrying a stool carved in the likeness of a demon holding the seat he's using as a shield (heavy, furniture)

Hadrian II raises his sword and charges the skeleton.

15:17, Today: Hadrian II rolled 6 using 1d20.  To Hit.

Though Hadrian II misses the skeleton, Party C walks in, Moordenar II ends the skeleton's afterlife.

Do I get XP for participating? Or nothing because I failed to hit?

10 xp, you participated. (party C is talking you can check their thread.)

Hadrian II nods a greeting to the newcomers who assisted him, then continues as before.

Rt 3 - Side passage to left

Rt 4 - Stairs to the right that go down

Hadrian II takes the stairs down.

The faint light glow from the walls fades, the stairs continue into darkness.  (OOC You could feel your way down, but would be at a disadvantage without a light source. Backtrack or continue?)

According to the fence, there's nothing I can buy to provide light for myself. Am I at disadvantage just for proceeding and not getting lost? Or for everything?

There's Fire Beetle Glands at level 3.  They seemed to be dropping quite frequently on level one.

I was planning on adding torches under Always but hadn't quite figured out how to do them so they make sense for tracking.  1 gp, used up after changing a level I could start with.  I had made the first one someone found do d3+1 damage, but that's better than a dagger, so was trying to figure that out too.  Just 1 damage +1 fire damage I guess would be o.k. for a first draft.

PS. you can retcon buying them before you left.
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Torches for 1 GP and doing 1+1 damage sounds pretty balanced to me.

I'll retroactively buy three torches, and light one before proceeding.

The stairs go down and down and down.  They land at a natural cave tunnel, it's damp with stalactites and stalagmites It goes on past what your light illuminates.

Level Caves, Rt 1

Hadrian II shrugs, and starts exploring.

Rt 2 - The tunnel forks, the right side has a glint of light, the left is dark.

Hadrian II moves towards the glint of light.

It's just a scrap of twisted steel, worthless.

Caves Rt 3 - A cavern about 96' by 124' There's a large fireplace carved out of the wall with only ashes in it, 3 tunnels lead out.

Hadrian takes the central tunnel.

Caves Rt 4 - the tunnel leads to another cavern similar to the last, there's no fireplace, and there's a giant mushroom the size of a man, it has sphincter like holes around the top.  it seems to be breathing through them.  A couple coffers (container) are between it's roots, which snake into a pool of light blue liquid that glows.
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Not trusting the mushroom, Hadrian II charges the fungus with his sword and attempts to cut it in two.

09:54, Today: Hadrian II rolled 1 using 1d20.  To Hit.
A perfect roll. Lol.

Hadrian trips on a root, The thing starts to scream like a coven of witches being burned at the steak.

(OOC Hadrian II's turn)

Hadrian II shrugs off the fungal attack, stands up, readies his sword and table shield once more, and charges the mushroom again.

11:30, Today: Hadrian II rolled 6 using 1d20.  To Hit.

Hadrian didn't get a good chopping angle on that one.

The mushrooms takes a deep breath then lets out another chorus of screams. (Your turn again.)
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Getting angrier, Hadrian II cries out "Why won't you die?!" while swinging his sword once more.

13:27, Today: Hadrian II rolled 13 using 1d20.  To Hit.
13:28, Today: Hadrian II rolled 4 using 1d8.  Sword Damage.

The blow chops the shroom in twain, ending the cacophony.

With peace and quiet at last, Hadrian II wades into the liquid to open the containers.

(OOC 40 xp for the shroom)

Hadrian wades in and grabs the coffers as he does he feels a tingling and sees lights, and is transported to a city some distance away.  He checks what's in the coffers and finds

478 platinum coins (worth 5 gp each so 1912 gp) and 1054 gp (2966 total)

It takes him about a week to return (70 gp for stays at inns, and will be healed when he gets back)

478 times 5 is 2,390. 3,444 total GP. :)

Depositing my goods, and re-entering.

(OOC Must've miss typed on the calculator :/ No leveling & retiring? )

Once more down the stairs into Robber's Dungeon.

Room Track 2 - Ronia (PC) is in a passage,A bandit leans against the wall armed with a bludgeon and nothing else.

No worries.
Nope. No retiring or leveling yet. :)

Hadrian II squints at Ronia, trying to remember if he's seen her before. Shrugging his shoulders as it really doesn't matter, he raises his sword again and charges the bandit.

08:25, Today: Hadrian II rolled 12 using 1d20.  To Hit.
08:26, Today: Hadrian II rolled 4 using 1d8.  Sword Damage.

You kill the bandit.

With a polite nod to Ronia, Hadrian II continues on.

(10 xp for the bandit)

rt 3 - A side passage to the right has a glint of light down it or you can continue.

Hadrian II heads towards the glint.

A short stout livid humanoid with really big pointy ears and a club blinks like a deer caught in a light, he has a bottle with some white liquid in it that has a red cross painted on it tied to his belt.

Hadrian II blinks blankly at the humanoid, before decided to handle this like all other potential threats down here: liberal application of sword.

09:54, Today: Hadrian II rolled 19 using 1d20.  To Hit.
09:54, Today: Hadrian II rolled 6 using 1d8.  Sword Damage.

It dies with a surprised sound (10 xp)

Hadrian II silently hopes it actually was a hostile creature and not a fellow dungeon robber, before taking the bottle the humanoid had.

(assuming you're going on)

You enter a maze of twisty little passages all alike

You're lost in a maze of twisty little passages all alike, You keep trying to find your way out.

You're lost in a maze of twisty little passages all alike, you see a glint of light down one of them, it turns out to be 18 gp. You keep trying to find your way out.

You find your way out into a room with Party A.  There's a couple dead rats, some bones, and a couple skeletons cowering against the far wall.

Hadrian II scoops up the coins, ignores the party of explorers, and continues on.

SOP: investigate glints, politely nod at all other explorers.

(OOC only way out is backtracking.  Normally could search for secret doors, but Party A backtracked unable to find any)

Back at the stairs up.

Hadrian II grumbles, turns around, and tries again.

SOP: investigate glints, politely nod at all other explorers.

Rt 2 - passage continues.

Rt 3 - Door to a room with a foot long teeth to tail spider sitting on an inert skeleton wearing leather armor and a sack full of coin.

Arr II walks in from the opposite door.
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Hadrian II shrugs, and charges the spider.

10:44, Today: Hadrian II rolled 14 using 1d20.  To Hit.
10:44, Today: Hadrian II rolled 3 using 1d8.  Sword Damage.

Hadrian II and Arr II both hit the spider at the same time slicing it in two and smashing it to a pulp.

The sack contains 1010 sp.

Party A enters from the way you came.
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I would be willing to give up all coin for the armor, but willing to let you make the first selection.

"That sounds fair to me. Thanks for the assist."

Hadrian II gestures for Arr II to take the armor.

Thanks, be safe in your journey.

Back to my solo thread for continue exploring

With the deal done, Hadrian II continues on.

SOP: investigate glints, politely nod at all other explorers.

Rt 3 - Side passage to the right with a glint of light, it turns out to be 1 platinum piece (5 gp)

Rt 4 - The passage comes to a dead end (can eat, search for secret doors or backtrack)

Hadrian II gathers the coin and begins searching for secret doors.

Rt 5 - He finds a secret door, which opens into a passage.
Rt 6 - a door which enters a room a bandit is trying to drag out a huge chest (heavy container)

Hadrian II charges the bandit, but misses.

13:04, Today: Hadrian II rolled 7 using 1d20.  To Hit.

The bandit hisses "Mine!" and viscously beats on Hadrian with his bludgeon (3 damage)

13:11, Today: Grand Master, for the NPC bandit, rolled 15,3 using d20,d6.  vs. Hadrian II.

Hadrian II grunts, before shouting back:

"No! It's mine!"

13:17, Today: Hadrian II rolled 3 using 1d20.  To Hit.

The bandit screamed at Hadrian II and swung wildly, missing him completely.


13:32, Today: Grand Master, for the NPC bandit, rolled 3,3 using d20,d6.  vs. Hadrian II.

Hadrian II screams back and scores a glancing blow.

13:39, Today: Hadrian II rolled 18 using 1d20.  To Hit.
13:39, Today: Hadrian II rolled 2 using 1d8.  Sword Damage.

10 xp.  The bandit wasn't made of sturdy stuff, and drops like a bag of bricks.  The huge chest contains 107 pp and 1043 copper.
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Hadrian II gathers the extra coins, and attempts to backtrack out of the dungeon.

Backtrack successful.

Depositing my goods, leveling Hadrian II to level 5, then retiring him as an Arms Dealer.

His sword, sleep scroll, sack, and bottle will go to Hadrian III. Any chance I could quickly re-tool him as a Dwarf?

(OOC: Sure, he's got the right stats.)

Hadrian III has bought chainmail, a shield, and is ready to go.

A thread for Hadrian II has been created.