The Halls of Arden Vul Ep 75 - Old School Essentials Megadungeon | They Really Tie the Room Together

Ptoh-Ristus, the Platonic ideal of the third wheel, was revered during his time, and has the funerary treasure to back it up. Never a party to get hung up on morals, the AV Club showcases the fine art of desecration.
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[@felswoop60]

My god, and I thought flying carpets was the epitome of rug-based travel! Always nice to get a feel-good episode where our adventurers leave with comically full pockets.

[@josephbrowning4220]

I love treasure room discoveries!👍

[@ImreRides]

Yay full house! Great to have everyone back

[@rrcabr]

Omg a full set of tiles, access to the troll lifts and the magic rugs? The AV club is gonna be unstoppable from now on, popping in and out of dungeon levels. Great work guys!

[@ianisles2537]

We should have a poll for favorite session titles. My favorite is still "Dungeon and Dragon," but this one is pretty great too. 😊

[@guerintueno2066]

“Scouring of the Shire” for the win

[@jaybakata5566]

Yes! Full house and a detox to follow. I love all 3d6 Down The Line videos! Ted being very intelligent while game is great, bad reading of names... priceless!

[@BaltoBruiser]

Another great episode with all five members of the AV club present. Great job with the traps and that is a boat lid of treasure. Titus, Sam, Upior, and Breggi are going to turbo leveling! Cannot wait for the detox session which could go on for hours given the new toys the boys have found!

[@DieAlteBirne]

I always loved the genius of the guys, when they found secret doors. I will miss that when they have acces to the mask…

[@mattavaricios4679]

Ah, the Mask of the Free Lunch! Amazing how there will be no downsides to this little gem. (ahem) Right Jon?

[@ivanbird372]

Best series on youtube!

[@Muzgrob]

Feels weird to be watching an episode on time. Poor Sam has no luck adventuring. First captured by Gerrilad. Now Mummy rot. But lots of goodies!

[@cytosolic5303]

Glad to stop by. Can't wait for the big 100! Edit: Holy shit, those rugs are cool.

[@douglashorton1368]

I knew there was a reason I woke up today!

[@Philographicks]

What a session! Woo-eeee

[@juliancanaves]

What a game changer items you got dudes!

[@ivanbird372]

I do think the limitation of only being able to level once at a time is quite awkward because it creates these meta-ing scenarios that take some of the joy away from bagging a massive treasure hoard - especially for the low levelled characters

[@3D6DTL]

I have removed the restriction, going forward.

[@jaybakata5566]

@@3D6DTL Jon is a wise and prudent referee! I agree with his decisions.

[@warduke42]

@@jaybakata5566 He is a river to his people!

[@ionamilne3455]

When is the AV club going to take the time to Scrooge McDuck style, swim in all their gold.

[@Dirus-Nex]

All I want is this for Trefko to get a solid victory in. Job well done and nice find with the rugs. Any plans on using that wealth to make a strong base inside AV?

[@VisableVetetable]

RIP David. Second level, but first in our hearts.

[@3D6DTL]

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[@michaelmorrison8679]

So confused

[@warduke42]

Yeah, I don't get this either.

[@VisableVetetable]

​@@3D6DTLit's a throwaway comment for engagement

[@douglashorton1368]

@@VisableVetetableto be fair, there ARE a lot of episodes this could apply to. 😂

[@davegallman2865]

Random question: What are the names of rings that turn one person invisible and one person blind?

[@3D6DTL]

Rings of Friendly Defense

[@davegallman8549]

@@3D6DTL I have the PDF and wanted to read up on them.

[@guerintueno2066]

Everything has a reason. So… what’s the ‘why’ for the secret room off the treasure chamber leading to the chasm? There’s a question for form following function to unravel there.

[@warduke42]

I think it didn't originally lead to a chasm, but somewhere else now destroyed by the chasm's creation.

[@guerintueno2066]

Except I thought it had been established that the chasm predated the halls, and they had been built around it. It could have had a cult function - access for a select group for whom the treasure wasn’t important (or who continued to add to the treasure after the main doors were sealed. It just seems wrong to have a second entrance to what is otherwise such a well protected area.

[@3D6DTL]

@guerintueno2066 It pre-dates certain parts of the civilized Halls, but not all. The best example shown thus far of Archontean architecture pre-dating the Chasm is the northern chamber on the Debouche level that has the big Thoth statue. This is where some goblins got chewed up by a guardian of some sort off screen, and where the party fought some spiders crawling out of the chasm. That chamber was cleft in twain by the chasm.

[@mattavaricios4679]

Perhaps it was the builders' exit? OR a device of dungeon design: Perhaps that door is one way, and NOT accessible from the chasm side. Explorers, may find that alcove behind the vines if climbing around, but with a one-way door there, it may just serve as a hint--enticing them to loop around and try to find a way in

[@guerintueno2066]

Yeah that’s the sort of thing I was wondering - given the number of deliberate feints and murder traps around. Some sort of misdirect, could be possible. But John’s indicated above that this bit of the chasm may have come after the construction.