Ops, I didn't think about naming my character.
Anyway, rest in pieces. +_+

at least you died in a huge spectacular boom

These deaths are extraordinarily gruesome! I love it! XD

You know how the saying goes: "if it ain't comically gruesome, it ain't fun"!

The death of the Nameless One and Oddy Oddborn's epic tunnel crossing got me cracking up, lol.

These forum threads are such a treat, honestly. I can't wait to read where this is all going.

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Not in for the game, but totally in for the entertainment!

Doc, I love that you are rewarding devs who listen to their community by buying 10 copies of their game. :) You are a true gentleman! Thx for yet another creative forum game. Even as a non-participant, it's such a delight to witness events unfold.

As one Goglodyte put it: "These deaths are extraordinarily gruesome! I love it!" xD

A dice roll of 7 or higher is required to safely traverse the tunnel ahead.

13 - Jack London (tag+) rolls 6 + 2 = 8

With a distant look on your face you drop all your equipment and hat. With a determined expression you leap forward. A large snake rises to meet you but without even blinking you smash your forehead into its scaly face sending it into snake oblivion.
Several leaps later (and not looking up at the scuttering spiders above you) and you reach the end of the path.
You reach the cavern ahead and see...

14 - Celeste the cat (drxenija) rolls 2 + 6 = 8
You enter with the intention of using a diamond drill to tunnel down and form your own cat lair. Then reality smacks you in the face and you realise that cats lack the appropriate appendages to use heavy machinery.
Angry at this setback you pounce down the tunnel hissing at all and sundry. Small spiders become your playthings, being chased and chewed up and spat out. Large spiders receive a thwack to the face from your yarn ball as you bound by.
You reach the cavern ahead and see...

15 - Cameron the Coward (slurredprey) rolls 3 + 5 = 8
Nervously glancing around for any spiders (just the thought of the hairy bastards make you itch all over) you whip the nearest wooden pole and give it a good yank. To your surprise, and relief, it comes free without any consequences and is pulled back to your hands.
You sense the presence of a large, hairy arachnid drop behind you and with a little shriek, run hell for leather down the pathway.
Another spider drops in front of you, venom dripping from its too large fangs. Still shrieking, you shove the pole you are holding into its ugly face and use your momentum to pole vault to the end of the path.
You reach the cavern ahead and see...

16 - The Harbinger of Doom (JakobFel) rolls 5 + 4 = 9
Noticing the giant spider webs you decide it would be better to return with better gear. Turning to leave the tunnel, you stop in your tracks. Staring at you from the treeline just outside is a Guinea Pig. A Guinea Pig currently gnawing on a fellow adventurers decapitated arm.
"Oh shit! I think I'll take my chances with the spiders". You turn back and start edging your way down the path. A King Cobra rises to meet you but your whip takes its head clean off. You continue forward when you hear a feint click from below foot. Instinctively you dive forward as a spike flies across the tunnel, skewering a spider that was dropping onto your head.
You reach the cavern ahead and see...

17 - The Last indie bender AKA mr.EA (ywzywz) rolls 6 + 1 = 7
You take a bottle from a shiny box on your belt and look at the label that says 'sprint potion'. The elderly Chinese gentleman you bought it from looked trustworthy so you shrug and down the contents of the bottle in one.
You gag from the taste as your vision goes blurry from drinking a whole bottle of potent moonshine. You stagger down the pathway, whipping at blurry adversaries both real and imagined as you go. Reaching the end of the path you rub your aching temples as your vision finally clears. You look back the way you came to see mutilated bodies everywhere. Spiders, snakes, crocodiles, even a Yeti lay strewn about the tunnel, all whipped to hell and back.
You reach the cavern ahead and see...

18 - Cincinatti Jack (servobeupstry) rolls 1 + 3 = 4
Tutting, you take your clipboard and start taking notes of all the health and safety violations you see before you. Blood drips onto the clipboard from where you lost an ear to a particularly ill-tempered Guinea Pig you encountered on your journey here.
Grimacing you walk over to the vines and grab one to see how secure it is. The vine wraps itself around your arm and starts pulling you up towards the ceiling. You look up to see an open maw filled with large fangs waiting for you, a giant tongue lolling about in anticipation. "This just won't do" you mutter as you scribble more notes down.
Seconds later the blood-smeared clipboard clatters to the ground as you are engulfed and shredded by the ceiling monstrosity.
Your quest has failed.

RIP Yeti, I hope you were pals with the Guinea Pig so it lays down some flowers on your grave in order to remove that lizard liquor smell.

P.S: Shame the Health and Safety Inspector didn't make it, he was quite the character!

I'm excited to see whether I'll survive!

A dice roll of 7 or higher is required to safely traverse the tunnel ahead.

19 - Hindi Anna (borisburke) rolls 5 + 1 = 6
You race for the other end of the path but slip, hitting the ground hard. The impact causes your revolver to go off lodging a bullet in your stomach. Grimacing, you slide into the muddy water to the side of the pathway. getting sucked down to your doom.
Your quest has failed.

20 - Lucky Jack (Lord-Loki) rolls 1 + 4 = 5
You slink into the tunnel, eyes on the way ahead. A sudden noise causes you to spin to your right, inadvertently extinguishing your torch against the wet lichen covered wall.
Cursing you take your flint from your pocket and attempt to relight the torch but the dampness has made that task impossible.
That is when you feel many small legs running up your body. Panicking, you drop and roll trying to get the spiders off of you as you feel their fangs piercing your flesh. The feint glow of the lichen shows eight giant eyes and two large fangs hovering above you. Your freeze in fear as the apparition descends to end your struggles.
Your quest has failed.

21 - Hans Allein (Lifthrasil) rolls 1 + 3 = 4
Deeming the torch to be useless, you throw it into the water to the side before pulling out your revolver. Toothpick sticking out of the side of your mouth, you stride forward purposefully.
Out of the corner of your eye you spot a giant spider descending and blast it with your gun. As you move forward, two venomous snakes hang down in front of you but you calmly dispatch them with your whip.
A click sounds from underfoot sending arrows flying towards your face but you calmly bat them away before rolling under a swinging axe.
The end of the pathway in sight you grin to yourself confidently. The air changes suddenly as part of the wall to your right slides away. You spin towards it with your gun at the ready but not quick enough.
The large Yeti backhands you with a roar before throwing you over its shoulder, your gun and whip left behind on the pathway. It bounds through a newly opened passage in the left wall where its hungry family awaits.
Your quest has failed.

22 - Kangiana (zaMNal) rolls 2 + 6 = 8
Being unsure of your surroundings you check the fancy compass strapped to your left wrist that an elderly Chinese gentleman sold you on the way here. What did he call it? A 'Pip-Boy'? Whatever it was, you grumble about getting your money back as the arrow spins backwards and forwards repeatedly.
You look up from the compass to notice that you have walked to the end of the pathway without even noticing.
You smile sheepishly and shrug.
You reach the cavern ahead and see...

23 - Og'rialt (gogtrial34987) rolls 5 + 2 = 7
Having finally reached the reported lair of a shadowy figure from your past, you stop to take in your surroundings.
Scratching your beard and picking out the odd lice here and there, you sigh as your feel right at home in the tunnel despite the rank smell that pervades the area.
You stride forward confidently, aware of many different eyes watching you. Nothing comes forward to attack though, almost as if the denizens of this place sense your belonging here.
You reach the cavern ahead and see...

24 - Mike Junior (Drakman_) rolls 2 + 4 = 6
Brazenly you burst into the tunnel ready for action. Not bothering to check for traps, because that is something only a square would do, you stroll down the path towards the cavern ahead.
You neither hear the click underfoot nor see the arrows speeding towards you and with a puzzled look on your face find yourself on your knees clutching the two shafts protruding from your abdomen.
A feint hissing catches your attention and you raise your head to look straight into the eyes of the biggest damn snake you have ever seen.
Your quest has failed.

Not in but I said it once and I will say it again Doc Rocks! Thanks for the generous giveaway.

Some asshole placed dynamites on the poles.

Seems like some of our adventurers lack the required skills for this adventure ;) - as so far 9 out of 24 had a very short journey. Pretty curious how the remaining 15? (seems like it's 15 having passed the trial so far and 15 still to take it on) adventurers will perform in their first trial!

Would be funny if no one survives the next round.