@Isaac oh, apologies. Didn't know.

@Isaac I'd generally prefer new players to be around a while longer and build up trust before they introduce new plot points / encounters, especially without permission first. In this case, there are Gruzzers in the crossroads cavity, but not in numbers anywhere close to what you described. You could have had the Adventurer fight a few or even group of them without bringing in a swarm big enough to create a 'wall' which now must concern all the other characters in the area. It also doesn't make total sense because Ms Fortune already made a huge noise when she fell, which would have alerted the Gruzzer swarm already if it existed at the time and if the Gruzzers are violently aggressive, which they are not, instead being kind of bumbling and mindless.

As for 'why', I limited the number of enemies in this area because for the sake of progression we don't want everyone to spend more time in the crossroads or Temple of the Black Egg, but instead find and decide on a way forward. Maybe after Bowser rallies the two parts of the group back together with a few words like 'we should stick together', then decides on a path using the map and just forges onward leaving everyone else to follow him.

This isn't that big an issue right now because Gruzzers are weak and we have a bunch of characters in the area, so we could probably just include some fly slaughter in our posts before continuing and not, say, spend a full week on a new big encounter. But it would have been if you chose stronger enemies. So you don't need to change it this time, but consider your 'free ticket' spent, and please keep this in mind for the future.

I can change the number of them. What do you mean by free ticket? I can just cut it out entirely and have him get there safely. If worst comes to worst, I'll just make it a smaller group and deal with it myself then catch up. Sorry.

I can change the number of them. What do you mean by free ticket? I can just cut it out entirely and have him get there safely. If worst comes to worst, I'll just make it a smaller group and deal with it myself then catch up. Sorry.

Just that if you really wanted to keep the horde attack, I would allow it this time but not next time. If you're okay with changing it, you can just reduce the numbers so it's less of a horde and just more of a bunch of them emerging from the bottom of the room to fly around and be bothersome.

I suppose now that I think about it, my last update ended on something of a not-too-exciting note for those in the crossroads, since it's just finding the map. If you like, we could work together on a pivot. There's an enemy called the Gruz Mother that could conceivably be sleeping nearby. If the Adventurer got to the bottom and killed some Gruzzers in the Gruz Mother's vicinity, it does possess enough awareness to attack. It's somewhere between the size of a hippo and rhino, but its body is soft and its only way to attack is by slamming itself around in a predictable manner, so the team could still dispatch it with relative ease before going about their business for the week.

That sounds fun. Let's talk if everyone's open! Plus, It's a good way for me to get XP and start to catch up with the others!

That sounds fun. Let's talk if everyone's open! Plus, It's a good way for me to get XP and start to catch up with the others!

Cool. You have my permission to include that in your post. The others can choose whether or not to have their characters join in beating up on it alongside the Adventurer.

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Cool. You have my permission to include that in your post. The others can choose whether or not to have their characters join in beating up on it alongside the Adventurer.

Better?

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Better?

That's fine. The parens are unnecessary; not taking certain actions makes it implicit that others can follow up.

If no-one follows up, is it implied I win?

If no-one follows up, is it implied I win?

If nobody does, you can write out him winning next cycle.

So..Nobody is going to cure Benedict?

So..Nobody is going to cure Benedict?

I don't think he was injured at all was he? Characters have to take significant damage first before they can be freed.

So..Nobody is going to cure Benedict?

Well, only Roxas has gone for the City Team so far. I did think that Roxas would handle it considering some of what he said to Benedict, even if he had to beat on him some more to do so, but I suppose the idea now is that Raz (Benedict's captor) would do so instead. Was that in the cards @TruthHurts22? Otherwise, I can just PM you a paragraph tomorrow involving Peach freeing Benedict to help smooth things over.

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Well, only Roxas has gone for the City Team so far. I did think that Roxas would handle it considering some of what he said to Benedict, even if he had to beat on him some more to do so, but I suppose the idea now is that Raz (Benedict's captor) would do so instead. Was that in the cards @TruthHurts22? Otherwise, I can just PM you a paragraph tomorrow involving Peach freeing Benedict to help smooth things over.

Only reason I didn't was because he was completely uninjured from what I could tell so a Friend Heart wouldn't work. And Roxas still hasn't been told about the Keyblade thing yet so that wasn't an option either.

@Double cure was a poor choice of words. I meant, get rid of the gleeming issue Benedict currently has.

@Lugubrious if nothing comes up with Truth, yeah just pm me a short little thing.

@Dark Cloud I know, I was referring to the Gleaming thing. Friend hearts don't work unless the target has been weakened first (kinda like catching Pokemon). Benedict hadn't taken much damage, if any. And what little damage he did take was healed by Atropos. Ergo, a friend heart won't work. But don't worry. Roxas does technically have the ability to free you without using a friend heart, he just... doesn't actually fully know about it yet. But hang tight, tomorrow night I'll edit something into my post and we'll see how it goes, k?

@Double cure was a poor choice of words. I meant, get rid of the gleeming issue Benedict currently has.

@Lugubrious if nothing comes up with Truth, yeah just pm me a short little thing.

Yup, I'll be posting for Raz either tonight or tomorrow, getting things squared away with Benny boy.

@Lugubrious It doesn't just have to be me though if you want the extra xp!

@Dark Cloud The edit has been made. Enjoy.

@Double Hm? K. I'll also wait for Truth tho.