Descending the Temple Depths (OOC)

Shall we accept what has happened and have me move us to after the next attempt and 'reveal more badness'?

Since we're discussing things here, I've reopened the discussion IC as well.

Thanks, @vagueGM, this post was very helpful. I, too, was a little confused about the situation, and I was reading it in more of a binge mode, catching up on the story.

I agree with the strategy of extinguishing torches to see if there is any ambient light here from mushrooms, moss, bugs, etc. or if Albert's staff gives off enough glow.

I'm eager to jump in with my character, Deoring, but the current marching order is a little hazy for me, to know where to fit him in.

I thought Rook was taking the lead, but another post has Dirk with Falur in front, and another with Roald leading with Falur right behind? And where are Albert and the Captain? And does Asha = the Captain?

Deoring would not be walking next to the Captain, if he could help it.

Am I missing any PCs or NPCs?

We know that Rook is behind Albert and the captain.
It sounds like Dirk and Falur are at the front, and Roaldwanted to be at the rear?

That can easily change from scene to scene, though. You can insert yourself wherever you want.

Asha was just a guard that volunteered to come along (maybe due to a bit of infatuation with Meht (ex-PC) which has now transferred to Albert (if you look into the reason for the infatuation it makes sense, and is less flattering to Albert's manliness)).

No one has had the guts to ask the captain for her name. There is a chance they heard the merchant use it, but they are not sure if it was her actual name, or a pet-name or something.

See NPCs in the party wiki, but don't hesitate to ask for more information.

Add yourself to that wiki while you are there.

Rook doesn't know the captain's name, and he's not sure if he never heard it or if she introduced herself and he forgot her name. And now it feels too late to ask. So he's been going through increasing linguistic contortions to avoid the awkwardness of admitting he doesn't know.

Yeah. Fun init? :)

There was a lot of vagueness happening in the situation and I wanted to do something to "find out what happens". I also intended it to be a time for the characters to really discuss the strategy, since narratively it seemed like the characters were all on board with the vague plan and ready to go, and I wanted to play that out. This is from my misinterpretation of: which I took as license to make up a timing for the mushroom to go off, especially going from the direction of I missed the part where the puffs happen at random, if it would help make the narrative flow smoother I can put some slight edits into the post to show that it was a random puff that triggered the explosion rather than the timed swelling thing I came up with.
Lol Dirk is in the same situation. :P

Sorry about that.
Go for it.

Falur will maybe need to edit out the same 6 seconds in their post.

Edited my my post so that the explosion is triggered by the spores. I also made it so that the group didn't run past it, but instead backed away.

Can we do a luck roll to see if there's a natural light source like a glowy mushroom?

I think we won't be able to find it until we extinguish the torch. Nobody so far has explicitly mentioned the torch being extinguished yet, but it did get blown off the stick. So I'm not sure if it's still burning at this moment. Maybe if we do that we won't even have to roll to see it?

Dirk lit a new torch immediately after the torch blew out. 😅 I was thinking he or another person could notice the glowing mushrooms and point it out.

Somehow I completely missed that line o.O
Yeah, I don't think it's something Albert would think of. But Albert did mention the walking in the dark technique which could lead to finding the glowing things.

Since Falur asked Dirk to make a decision, you could back up Albert's idea and cause that to happen?

Your eye will take a little while to adjust to the dark, only then would you stand a chance of spotting faintly glowing stuff.

It is amazing how little light humans actually need to be able to do basic navigation.

I can always move us forward to a point where we the need to try going torchless is more pressing, if you all don't think your characters would want to try it without motivation (the fear of the dark is a old, deep, innate part of human nature).

Alrighty, I'm introducing the glowy mushrooms!

I will give Rook, Falur, and possibly Dirk (and those who have already posted, too) a bit more time to react to the new circumstances, then move the story forward.

Unless things change, I will probably have the creepy-crawlies attack Deoring so we get a chance to see more of the new guy. Deoring has Reflexes, so he will get to act before the attackers can do much, I would like to see a bit about his history (as much as we can see in a narrative-limited form like a fight:), and get to know him, so think about it in the meantime.

Sounds good, vagueGM