The Delvers - An actual play edited recording of our Labyrinth Lord sessions.

The Delvers:

• Kay – Amber Maqueil, Human Ranger
• Sue – Iron Flint, Half-Orc Fighter
• Tess – Circe, Human Cleric

The Dungeon:

• Barrowmaze II

Show Outline:

• Introduction
• DM Notes
• DM Recap
• Actual Play @ 1 minute, 51 seconds
• Sound Credits

Additional DM Notes:

• For those interested, UO T2A is probably the best representation of “The Way It Was.”
• Sue is our Labyrinth Lord, so I bought her a copy of Dyson’s Delves – Limited Edition. At the time, she was using the book to look up Ghoul stats. I didn’t care, but the stats were never going to match, because . . .
• The Death Masks the Ghouls are wearing make them more powerful than normal Ghouls.
• Facing eight Ghouls, scary. Facing eight Ghouls wearing Death Masks, a heart attack.
• If the edit was not clear, Circe switched places with Amber before casting her spell. Dice were rolled; she was not hit by the Ghoul when they switched. I did not cut this out so much as it was just dice rolls in the moment without much verbalization of what was happening.
• As mentioned at the end of the last episode, The Delvers’ starting tactic was to use the doorway as a choke point.
• Spoiler: Overconfidence leads them to forgo this initial tactic and things go bad.
  
• Our Greyhawk Map

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Original article: TD018 – Permanent Death

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The Delvers:

• Kay – Amber Maqueil, Human Ranger
• Sue – Iron Flint, Half-Orc Fighter
• Tess – Circe, Human Cleric

The Dungeon:

• Barrowmaze II

Show Outline:

• Introduction
• DM Notes
• DM Recap
• Actual Play @ 1 minute, 41 seconds
• Sound Credits

Additional DM Notes:

• This session takes place in “Barrowmaze II”
• The sharp, piercing weapons doing half damage against against skeletons is a house rule. It’s worth noting this is something The Delvers carried over into Labyrinth Lord, which was fine with me.
• In our first Barrowmaze campaign, The Delvers discovered the secret passage under the sarcophagus. I passed this off to their characters as an aside from the Captain who sold them the pirate map. Again, the pirate map is the player’s previous campaign map; the map is not something from me, the Dungeon Master.
• The Dwarven Runes were accompanied by an arrow pointing to the exact spot on the wall. No real search was needed; I was not interested in wasting their time in a room they had thoroughly searched with their pirates. On purpose or not, The Delvers decided otherwise.
• When searching, Sue looked at the map and saw the arrow. She then went right to the spot, while Tess was looking everywhere else.
• After running two Barrowmaze campaigns, the next campaign is not going to use a map that is larger than a single sheet of graph paper.
• I was happy to hear that Sue was not making a reference to one of the lamest memes on the internets.
• I say with sincerity The Delvers are “lucky” and “prepared” near the end. Are they?
• Our Greyhawk Map

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Original article: TD017 – Metagame Spiral

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The Delvers:

• Kay – Amber Maqueil, Human Ranger
• Sue – Iron Flint, Half-Orc Fighter
• Tess – Circe, Human Cleric

The Dungeon:

• Barrowmaze

Show Outline:

• Introduction
• DM Notes
• DM Recap
• Actual Play @ 1 minute, 21 seconds
• Sound Credits

Additional DM Notes:

• First Sapphire Skeleton Encounter:
  Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love
• Second Sapphire Skeleton Encounter:
  Rattle of Bones
• It’s worth noting that each sapphire gem (even when shattered) is worth 100 gp.
• The Delvers never remember to collect the sapphires. In not so many words, I pointed this out to them in TD009 – Random Encounters; in Circe’s words, “We’re idiots.”
• Usually Kay or Sue remind Tess that a cleric can turn. In this case, I inadvertently reminded Tess that both her and the Paladin can turn when I pointed out Paladins can “Lay on Hands.”
• In my experience, most players turn undead so the party can escape. Not so with The Delvers.
• Gold is spent when items are identified.
• Our Greyhawk Map

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Original article: TD016 – Dementia Praecox

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The Delvers:

• Kay – Amber Maqueil, Human Ranger
• Sue – Iron Flint, Half-Orc Fighter
• Tess – Circe, Human Cleric

The Dungeon:

• Barrowmaze

Show Outline:

• Introduction
• A note about Petty Gods
• DM Notes
• DM Recap
• Actual Play @ 1 minute, 34 seconds
• Total Party Kill Trailer
• Sound Credits

Petty Gods:

• Greg of Gorgonmilk is insane. From the Michael Moorcock announcement to the MTV Geek feature, Greg will keep you up to date with Petty Gods.

Additional DM Notes:

• A player’s time resource should not be confused with real-time.
• I’m not actually superstitious, which is why I keep using the Barrowmaze dice.
• I still find Kay’s remark about Ibisa Fireheart amusing.
• There was a physical reaction (non-audio) from Kay when I mentioned the maggots. In fairness, maggots gross me out too.
• This is not the first time they messed around in the Barrowmaze, right before a nasty encounter.
• Kay’s mom is “Good at rolling low.” Ha!
• Evil Dead 2 © MMXI Lions Gate Films Inc.
• Our Greyhawk Map

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Original article: TD015 – Empty Rooms

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Notes:

• Where is Everybody?
  
• Clips in chronological order:
  • Vintage RCA Radio Commercial
  • WWII Propaganda
  • X Minus One
  • The Postal Service – Such Great Heights
  • Coldplay – The Scientist
  • Regina Spektor – On The Radio
  • War Of The Worlds – Radio Broadcast 1938
  • Bernard Herrmann – Where is Everybody?
  • Well Meet Again – Vera Lynn (from Tower of Terror)
  • New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle

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Original article: TD FINAL – Radio

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