After, there was a lot of argument about whether to reset or not.
There always is; they just never remember because I’m the one undoing
things. Sometimes it’s obvious, like if one of them dies, not that it’s
happened much. Other times I need to be convinced. Losing a good entad?
That’s a maybe for me. Obviously we’re not bounding through the dungeons
for the great view. We’re going to make money, and losing an entad,
especially a good one, can throw the whole enterprise in the garbage. In
that case, always better to do it over. For Josen though, the four lost
entads were piddly crap, ‘irreplaceable’ entads that he’d taken a fancy
to. One gave him better finger dexterity, I remember, and I don’t
remember what the others did, but they were all minor trinkets, aside
from the bracer, which was part of a pair that stopped working. It
doubled his strength, but he’s a wizard, and it unfortunately bound to
him, which was the only reason he ended up with it.
Mostly they were just complaining because things had gone wrong. They
always complain. I made them count up the costs incurred against the
winnings and made them do the math, which I always do. Sometimes it
comes out in favor of letting it ride, but more often, they call for me
to undo. This time, Josen was a bit out of it, mostly upset about the
arm thing, with some recriminations and accusations. He wanted the whole
dungeon undone, mostly because he thought losing the arm was the worst
thing that had ever happened to him. He didn’t appreciate me saying that
it was the worst thing he could remember. There was some back-and-forth
I won’t get into, but I pointed out that while it could be undone, I was
the one putting in more labor. It felt like the twentieth time we’ve had
this conversation, and I don’t know how many of those have stuck, but it
feels like probably a few. They’ve run nearly fifty dungeons or
whatever, but I’ve run closer to eighty. It all just keeps getting
undone.
Undoing things is not free! I have to actually live through the day!
I’m doing twice the labor!
These reports are supposed to be a place to gripe about your
teammates, right?
