Archeologists make big mistake

open up ancient Aztec cave

Maybe there's a reason they sealed the cave and burned the city.

OOOOOOOOOOOOO WWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!


DUN DUN DUNNNNNNN!!!!!!

Somebody get the oilcan, he's rusted up again.

Where's Rowsdower when you need him?

dear god, the darkness! it lives!

anybody willing to donate to my PayPal account so that i and my adventuring party can travel to delve this lost dungeon?

so far i've got a barbarian, two clerics (one of which has an adept for a cohort), a bard, and a rogue (myself). i also potentially have a fighter i could get to join, though that's iffy. we're also looking for an arcane caster, as my Use Magical Device only goes so far. we can hire guides, but a first-class ranger would also be nice.

hay woud u take a boomkin, i have kara gear

PST

Does PayPal accept mana?

no, sadly. not gold, platinum, or gil, either.

Nyarlathotep?

nope. that there's one fucker that can't be contained. maybe one of his lackeys, though. or one of Cthulhu's little pets. one like supposedly got The Mad Arab.

i am both hoping for and affeared that it might be a shogoth, also.

Actually the city existed long before there were Aztecs. The Aztecs believed it was the site where a god tore out his heart to relite the sun. Which led to the gory sacrifices that so horrified the spanish.(they didnt want the sun to go out)

This just sounds like so many different kinds of 'bad'. Me thinks ancient evil is SOOO going to be unleashed soon.

Yea the reason is simple. It's called social revolt!

The prominent theory is that the society rose up, killed the leaders, and torched the cities.

yep, shoggoth. damn.

I'm confused. What was the mistake? This sounds awesome.

go read pretty much anything by H.P. Lovecraft, then come back and answer your own question.

The Aztecs delved too greedily and too deep. You know what they awoke in the darkness of Teotihuacan.

No, reality is insane enough as it is--thanks.

"as it is"? are you questioning the veracity of HP Lovecraft's famous xenozoological articles?

No, actually, as someone who majored in archeology in college, specifically that of Mesoamerica, and worked at a pristine site; I find the reopening a lot more interesting than any of your fantastical nerdship. Sorry.

he was pretty interesting. but if you haven't read any of his stories, you're seriously doing yourself a disservice.

i think the tone of the thread went a whooshing over your head.

Either that or I'm a smug bastard. Take your pick.