Weekend Geekiness

Well, it was supposed to include some Gunny Goodness at the Ben Avery Public Range this morning, but there was a 20-something slot waiting list, so BoG2's inaugural launch and Lil Thumper's 3-Gun long range practice will have to wait until I can take 'em to the Tucson range (this week?). We went back to Jon's to continue an AD&D gaming session we'd started the night before.

Or should I say "re-start." Our bunch was helping a youngster learn the game. Last night's lesson was "It's all Fun and Games until Everybody Dies." We'd just smacked down the big bad guys (BBGs) of the adventure but our priestess had expended all of her healing power and we were trapped underground with 20 yards of underwater swimming between us and freedom. We could have made it out, except for the Kid's comatose Ranger, so we decided to stick it out overnight so that the priestess could renew her healing overnight and get the Ranger at least ambulatory in the morning. Heh. Jon had the Kid roll one last time for a "wandering encounter" and Voila! two Kuo-Toa frogmen rose out of the exit pool on my watch. Since the Kid was out of the action, Jon let her roll attacks for the "monsters." If only her Ranger had fought half that well! The three conscious characters had 6 hit points between us...and my Elf had half of them. The last of our party standing, I took a critical hit and earned an honored place on the Kuo-Toa "Surf and Turf" menu that day.

Our Sunday session started us out with new characters, though Jon's entry to our party was a not-too-smart Dwarf I'd run with in another ill-fated party. At least this time, he didn't accidentally kill any of us...that dubious honor was saved for the other Dwarf, who did almost as much damage at the BBG. The Kid lost another Ranger, but hopefully gained an appreciation for the game where failure is an option but isn't necessarily a bar to having a good time.