It was very clear that what we were *supposed* to do was go back to town and buy potions of fly, but then again, the module assumed we'd have *some* kind of glass cannon spell caster with us, and the party mage was a BARD.
Since it would've been boring as hell to say, "We go back to town on a two week hike through the jungle, buy four potions of fly, and then come back again," we decided to, ahem, get creative. And well, the shambling mound had +5 resistance to fire, which meant it wouldn't ignite in the tar, and my character had "ran away from the family cobbler business because it was so boring" as her backstory, and well.
Next thing you know, we've taken off all our armor, distributed it carefully amongst the party so that we don't put the heavy armor on the heavy person and have the snowshoes (tarshoes?) fail to keep them afloat, and we were shuffling across the tar.
The fight with the juvenile dragons lairing at the top of the tower took 2.5 rounds. Crossing the tarpit took the entire rest of the session. It was glorious. Thank you for putting up with us eeeeka.
Re: Reminds me of when
It was very clear that what we were *supposed* to do was go back to town and buy potions of fly, but then again, the module assumed we'd have *some* kind of glass cannon spell caster with us, and the party mage was a BARD.
Since it would've been boring as hell to say, "We go back to town on a two week hike through the jungle, buy four potions of fly, and then come back again," we decided to, ahem, get creative. And well, the shambling mound had +5 resistance to fire, which meant it wouldn't ignite in the tar, and my character had "ran away from the family cobbler business because it was so boring" as her backstory, and well.
Next thing you know, we've taken off all our armor, distributed it carefully amongst the party so that we don't put the heavy armor on the heavy person and have the snowshoes (tarshoes?) fail to keep them afloat, and we were shuffling across the tar.
The fight with the juvenile dragons lairing at the top of the tower took 2.5 rounds. Crossing the tarpit took the entire rest of the session. It was glorious. Thank you for putting up with us