View From the Bushes

I thought I'd take a break from the tour and talk about GenCon. (I can already here the one new reader I picked up in the last couple of weeks saying, you mean this isn't a cycling blog?) One of the biggest regrets I have about being an exhibitor rather than attendee is that I won't be able to participate in the Dungeon Delve. But that's okay last year I beat it. Now I hear many of you out there saying that D&D is not a game you can beat, or win. Allow me to explain...

The link above gives a pretty good description of the dungeon delve, but basically it's an hour of pure combat against overwhelming odds. Where the best outcome is making it on the roll of the honored dead 30 seconds before the hour ends. Last year I made a point of signing up every day (I had to knock over an old lady with a walker in the mad dash as the exhibit hall opened but that's another story). I signed up for the very last group to go through hoping that I would get a chance to fight the final monster, which was rumored to be especially scary this year.

Sure enough we unleashed Orcus, Demon Prince of the Undead, my 7th level sorcerer didn't stand a chance. It was then that we found out that our sacrifice had allowed some epic level characters to come in and do battle. A line formed to take the players place as their characters fell. I immediately got into line, but it was a long wait, epic level characters are tough to kill. Finally it was my chance I took the wizard. Round after round my turn would come up and roll after roll not a single one of my spells could penetrate his spell resistance.

(To be continued...)

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Ross