Descending the Temple Depths (OOC)

24 february

you mean here?
I did use it to give him an energy boost.

Not a problem. It was my mistake and it is glowing now, even if the logic as to why will need a little finesse. :)

Is there more mushrooms in the side rooms, or are they completely empty?

Empty of 'people' or active threats. If you want mushrooms, you can have mushrooms... as many as you like. So yeah, there is enough mushroom light in most place for you to vaguely see.

Actually, I was kind of hoping there weren't any, but c'est la vie

Hmm... why?

If you need a special thing, we can probably arrange it, else assume there is plant grown everywhere down here.

Sounds about right to me.
Alrighty. If you're still reading this, wishing you good d&d adventures :)

Sorry I was MIA for a couple of days there. I’m back and just posted in the roleplay thread.

Welcome back :)

I'm a little confused on how in-depth I'm supposed to be. Should I come up with an exact danger or monster or something?

As much as you want (including nothing more, if that is all you want to contribute).

It also does not have to be 'true', especially with Dirk speaking --in-character-- to an NPC about his personal guesses who these 'Drow' are, since they are not a thing we know anything about, yet.

I can take what you give, and spin it into a direct consequence for the missed roll (since dice were rolled we have to follow the rules and have something happen) and make it appropriate to what exists in the officially-human-only setting.

If you want, we can chat about it out, here, before you commit to anything in character.

Something like "It is said that places they have been turn poisonous" or "I read that they can go invisible and steal your weapons without you noticing".

Anything that could be an annoyance or a danger, I guess.

Or, if you don't have anything you want to introduce about why it is bad news, then maybe just tell us what Dirk thinks he has heard about these 'Drow', and maybe where he heard it from. Then the GM will find the bad.

What you tell the other characters need not be what you tell us if there are more details Dirk would not share with the party.

If you don't want to add more, I can come up with something. Or we can have the other characters share what myths and legends they have heard (which we can do anyway when you are done:).

Ah I see, for some reason I'm drawing a blank on coming up with something exact. I got Dirk talking more things about the Drow, maybe that will spark something.

No worries. We will come up with something together. Only provide as mush as you want.

Enthusiasm is good, as is willingness to put oneself in danger to do so. So let's assume Roald and others are rushing over to help.

Rook is our resident trap expert (Ability: Tinker: you can attempt to quickly pick a lock, pick a pocket, or disarm a trap). So they should take the lead with dealing with the trap and directing everyone. Sure it would be better if Rook were free to act directly, but that is not how the dice fell. :)

@TrailHead: No roll needed to get near to Rook if Deoring is following the cleared path.

@rezart With Roald going to inspect the bones, let me know if you want Deoring to try to help Rook. Or have Rook say so to Deoring directly.

@sunnyVoid Do you want Raynor to be involved with the machete? I was thinking maybe it can have a religious symbol on it, but it doesn't have to be Raynor's symbol.

Eh, not really, it probably won't make sense for Raynor to make it glow if it's a stolen ritual tool from his priest, ultimately it's your call. Narratively, Dirk figured the best person to ask about the machete would be Albert, since he seems to be the one in the group with the most knowledge about religious things.

It kind of shows the extreme selective knowledge Dirk has in how he can't identify a religious symbol on the machete, while at the same time being able to know ancient symbols in obscure temples. It's like an archaeology nerd who knows a lot about obscure ancient Egyptian religious facts but knows nothing about the current religions in Egypt.