[Group Quest] - Lost and Found

[whitebeard]

Two turns!!! It's 38 spaces minimum. Please explain.

[MadMickyG]

We have the 'Run' ability, which is one extra movement dice when running, so maximum of 18.
We also use the 'if all monsters in the quest are killed, then you get maximum movement'. So 18 each turn, 24 on some characters.
Also, we were not in the main room where you find the end boss. And as I said, my son knew 98% of the return path off by heart.

Now there was an Orc my daughter moved away, which could have quite possibly caused us to fail the quest by restricting our movement.
But in her attempt to kill us both, she brought the Orc in to the room we were in.
If she'd used the boss better, we may not have been alive to escape. But her determination to kill her brothers character cost her a victory!

We were running for our lives, as two rooms full of Orcs chased us, but we managed to sort them out through planning.
My son and I are both great strategists separately. Together, we are awesome!

[whitebeard]

Sounds fantastic. Given your run ability, I would have cut down the number of turns to get out. The point being that someone who remembers the way cannot be stopped. So good job! I expect the adults not to care about where they've been and have a lot of trouble getting out.

Sounds like you guys had a lot of fun. Thank you for sharing!

I have more quests written-up. The thread is DungeonsDark, and it links to a website. I was able to beat the players in "The Temple Wind-Song" (they all lived but failed the objective) which proved to be Very short. "A Night Errant" was a favorite of one of the players. And "Perfect Vision" was a lot of fun for everyone. "Eastmore Keep" is neat death trap which they only survived because of lucky rolls at the end.

[MadMickyG]

Not sure if I already mentioned this, but might be worth having a spawn of a few monsters in earlier rooms.
Or, when the door to the last room/boss room is opened, you can start the timer. This way, it lowers the chance of success.

[whitebeard]

If you had to get out on your own (without your son) and without the run option, would you have made it? Note that should you roll 6 for every movement, you will only make it if you make NO wrong turns. But technically the average roll is a 7.

So if the players do not remember the way out, they will be killed. Are we in agreement?

The players also do not know that only one of them needs to get out. And this could cause some really bad decisions for the group as well

Do you still think it needs fixing? I'm thinking your son is a great player to have on your team for this quest and your house rules made it not even close.

[MadMickyG]

Good point Whitey.

I have a good memory, but not as good as my son's. I think, on my own, it would have been closer to 5 or 6 turns.

If you want to up the ante a little, those changes would make it even more interesting. If the party doesnt use the run ability, then it's slight overkill.

But when has overkill as an EWP ever been a bad thing?

[Daedalus]

I'm seriously torn about the title. Does it give to much away? Would "Lost" be better? Other suggestions?

I think Lost preserves the drama of the revelation more. Lost and Found might work, as well.

You mentioned this was just one of a series of your Quests. I've enjoyed reading some of them. What do you recommend the Heroes be equipped with/ what stage of experience should the Heroes be at for this Quest?

[whitebeard]

You mentioned this was just one of a series of your Quests. I've enjoyed reading some of them.

Thank you. I enjoyed making all of them. We have played most already, but this quest is one we have yet to try. The series is called DungeonsDark and the first 8 quests can be found here (http://www.lakemonsterlabs.com/gaming/dungeonsdark.html). With GoblinKing's 33rd Birthday quest, "Reflections of Chaos," there are now 9 quests and I just wrote a GM-less/optional quest, "Silver Labyrinth," to make 10. I need to pull them together here and get them posted as an unordered (mostly) quest pack in the archives. I do not know how long my website will continue to support this content as there are other plans for the domain.

What do you recommend the Heroes be equipped with/ what stage of experience should the Heroes be at for this Quest?

All quests are all intended for heroes who are champions of the original 14 quests (e.g. fully equipped in the base system.

[Daedalus]

That came out wrong. I'm not sure if I've read them all yet. I should have said I've enjoyed everything I've read through. I hope you can get them all posted at the Inn--the more resources, the better.

[whitebeard]

That came out wrong. I'm not sure if I've read them all yet. I should have said I've enjoyed everything I've read through. I hope you can get them all posted at the Inn--the more resources, the better.

I knew what you meant Just having fun.

I'm working on the front matter for the quest book... the artifact cards, Mentor story, new monsters, and treasure tables. With that established, several of the quest descriptions become stream lined and more clear.