Feb 25, 2022
man. megadungeon. WIZARDS!
#cha:arcis#c:megadungeon#rotating light emoji mousetrap emoji kiss ww emoji pleading emoji#WOW have i maybe never been as delighted in my life as when we read that note on the wall...when we opened that room and i saw the circles..#when i read the note...MAN!#i LOVE getting lore....#reward for finishing a dungeon being like. a Story about the people who came before and also lore and ALSO magic items...#and also PLOT hooks....ideal. literally ideal.#i. man unfortunately i care about the gray lady so much now....#the lure of immortality!!!!#and the like. the desperation of that note! she was out of time! the world was probably ending around her!#something went wrong with the calculations and she was out of time so she just had to HOPE! drink the acid and use the incomplete circle#and HOPE that it's enough! and it was but also it absolutely wasn't!#i'm sooooooo hinged about the. 'i don't know why i'm spending my last moments on careful documentation'#bc either it was gonna work and she'd be immortal (probably) or else there'd be no one to read it but. WE'RE here!#a thousand years later in a forgotten empire...man. a 17 persuasion check and 'moment of connection' w the gray lady....#and the fear in her eyes as we banished her...she sure didn't have immortal life but she'd gotten herself SOMETHING!#the howling estate has survived the weeping city for a thousand years!#by her magic presumably!#hm or by her friend in the basement's magic maybe#man i'm so curious about who the FUCK left us that note....#locking in lich theory placard emoji. i think we have a lich who wants to be our friend#and it's. man. arcis went INTO this city bc she knew there were secrets hidden here. and already we have found something#that NO one knew about the howling estate.#all arcis wants is to find the information that's been lost in the forgotten city!#and here she is with lucretia's research...#AND with this necklace and with the notes and. man!!!!!!!#if i make it through the night everybody's gonna hear me out!!! y'know??????#wizards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#you keep the careful documentation because it's habit and because you're doing it for yourself and because. well. SOMEONE will read it!