Anomalous Subsurface Environment - Session #9
Players:
Nathan (me!) - Ascellus Tirimasu/Fighter L3 and Moid Belunky/Fighter L2
Ags - Mauler/Doberman Fighter L1
Ninja - Peglegs/Fighter L1
zygocact - Alon Light/Magic User L1
Huzzah! Back into the dungeon we went! Previously we had done battle with poisonous crabs but had not penetrated beyond their home. I led my comrades deep into ASE and we explored fast and hard. Each door I came across I kicked down ready for a brawl. Unfortunately, instead of a worthy foe we found a strange man frozen by a freezing beam standing atop a pedestal on top of a pedestal. My impetuous comrade, Doberman, shot the innocent crab-clawed ape and took its shimmering head as loot. Moments later, I discovered there was a switch which would have deactivated the beam. Another innocent life claimed just to sate the greed of man...
We continued to search a network of densely packed room. We found one with a strange tiled floor. I am afraid of these, and bade my companion Peglegs investigate. However! The impetuous Doberman again acted out of turn and shot the cracked ceiling, which collapsed somehow! We heard a swarm of bug-type monsters coming from the north, and hid within a nearby room.
We explored some more and found some stuff, including a black cube with a message from a man I surmise is the president of ASE. He spoke of the Pit of Lazarus and a Fountain on level 2 and 3 respectively (Or not, I may have mixed the order up). I don't know what a "Lazarus" is, but I'd like to kill it, and a Fountain would be a perfect place to wash.
At the end of a long southern corridor we found a chest. I made Peglegs open it, and she managed to dodge a spray of acid at the last moment. A rite of passage for any adventurer! Inside was some money. The impetuous Doberman spent half an hour pissing in the now disarmed trap, convinced it would somehow make a convincing weapon. Pah!
We found some hippies with knives for hands smoking weed and killed them before they could stand up. Their golden bong looked quite valuable. Next, we fought some ooze-possessed skeletons. They were too weak for words to express, and I am ashamed for their parents.
Alon did an excellent job of charting our progress. His friendship and cartographic skill is invaluable.
Overall, we seized much wealth and lost no companions. I am left unsatisfied by the weak opposition faced in the dungeon... Please... God... Let me do glorious battle. Let me push myself to the bitter end and beyond.