I hear you. I guess I just don't want to feel, or be made to feel, like I peeked behind the DM screen and ruined the game for everybody at the table. That wasn't my intent and I don't think I've done it, by any stretch. (Maybe I've compromised the integrity vis-a-vis YOU, I'll allow, but, grudgingly...

Well, I think you're a fine judge/DM, but you're making a weird decision, IMHO. I mean, consider the desire of many to play old AD&D modules. Would you refuse to run one because someone has it in their collection? Would you refuse to play in a game because you'd DMed the module in the past? I me...

Also, I guess I should offer to quit or something, I mean if you're doing this solely because I bought Barrowmaze, I don't want to ruin everybody else's fun. However, it does seem that it's mostly me and caveman now, heh.

Okay... maybe in-character, we can see some daylight? Or smell a sweet breeze or something? Otherwise, I think we'd assume down = more crypt...

:cry: But I like playing Barrowmaze. (Even if I bought it and have started running it.) I'm not averse to ending up somewhere else... Daryll least of all would be worried about that! But I'd rather not get stuck in a dungeon with 1000+ encounters and no way out, ifyaknowwhatImean. HP in particular w...

Map's been updated... stairs are in the middle-left of upper sheet. What's Fang doing right now as we get closer to the stairs? Anything? Daryll keeps a close eye on the dog. Gunnar takes a deep breath. "Gold down there." He cracks his knuckles. "Brickwork here is different, too... m...

Gunnar feels bold and walks into the room, looking for silver in the alcoves.

"Maybe, uh, one of your priests ought to bless these bones. Or something." Gunnar hesitates. Can he tell where the silver smell is coming from?

Gunnar stops at the smell, then turns around. "Mmm... silver."

Cautiously move into the room. 200 alcoves? Like for ashes? Or are there bones in here...

Is that the north door or the south passage?

Okay... we'll proceed down the corridor to see where it goes.

Before they go, Daryll will open the door to the right, just to make sure nothing's in there that'll jump out at the party from behind.

Gunnar opens the first door on the left.

Hearing no objection... let's map out the west first, then I'll update the map.

We move with Milner in the lead, because... well, because he's beefy. !

Heh... pretty nasty curse! Yeesh. HP vehemently wants to leave. Post-haste. Cisneros is inclined to agree with him. Gunnar would like to explore the western area first, before leaving, just to map out what's there. He fully expects to come back here, probably tomorrow or the next day, with a crew o...

Okay, so he can still move 25', or double move to 50' (which he will) and get the heeeeeeeel outta dodge. " Aiieieeeeieeeeeeee! It's alive! " HP screams as he hobbles past the group. Cisneros takes a closer look at the opening into that room... this isn't the maw of some room-sized creatur...

Ruh roh.

Can he scurry back out of the room? Was it the stone itself, something on the stone that mimics the colors/textures, or the silvery stuff itself?

First, HP takes a quick look at the alcoves. Then when Milner chimes in, we can go west.

Safe to say that's a STRONG smell of silver... Gunnar grins. "The Lord will be pleased with this, won't he?" He relays the approximate cost of tools to Milner and the rest of the party, as well as how long it would take to remove. Daryll grunts. He looks around wistfully at the silver. No...