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From: israel@qantel.UUCP ( Renegade@ex2564)
Newsgroups: net.games.frp
Subject: Tomb Of Horrors
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Date: Tue, 26-Nov-85 16:50:12 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 26 16:50:12 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 29-Nov-85 00:23:28 EST
Reply-To: israel@qvax2.UUCP (Paul Israel - Renegade@ex2564)
Organization: MDS Qantel, Hayward, CA
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   You guys fell for the ole' Sphere of Annihilation in the Demon's Mouth
Trap? People, when you hear about a hole of impenetrable darkness directly
in front of you, that's the first thing you should check for! (We usually
toss one end of a rope into it, and see what happens when you try to pull it
back out.)
   You think you guys had problems - our entire party consisted of characters
who were either evil or chaotic or both. (I was running a chaotic neutral
thief and a chaotic evil fighter, both very well armed and armored.) The party
would spend ridiculously long periods of time arguing about what to do about
this or that, until a chaotic character would sneak off and try something on
his own. This resulted in about five fatalities. (Luckily, we had more than
enough raise deads to go around.)
   I think the only reason the party managed to survive at all is that as
the party made its way down the first main corridor, my thief was looking
for traps, and outlining them with chalk for the rest of the party. He was
wearing a helm of comprehend languages at the time, so as he was doing this,
he happened to notice the letters spelled out in the floor tile which gave
some major hints on how to make it through the dungeon. This helped us avoid
a number of dead ends (pardon the pun) and traps.
   One fortunate thing about this party - since nobody in it trusted anyone
else, it kept everyone on their toes. Even so, as we left the dungeon
(yes, we successfully completed it the first time through), most of the
party was dead or close to it. My fighter had been killed twice, including
once by the demilich. My thief, however, was virtually untouched, and ended
up leading the party. But seeing as he had an AC of -7, a +3 sword, and was
wearing a girdle of cloud giant strength, he was one of the more powerful
members of the party anyway. As he led us out of the dungeon, we were attacked
by about the nastiest gargolyes we'd ever seen. The thief took them out almost
single-handedly, and actually felt better after the fight, because he was
wearing a vampiric ring of regeneration. There is nothing worse in this or
any other world than a chaotic neutral who not only thinks he can get away
with anything, but actually does.
   Anyway, we eventually all got back safely, and raised everybody, and if
that stinking thief ever shows his face again, we're gonna nail him good
for ripping off the magic from the rest of the party.
-- 
Renegade of Berkeley
MDS Qantel			or	Renegade Systems
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