Regarding loot, the group is all level 1s. You picked the easier dungeon instead of the one with the magical item. The loot you're getting off skeletons can be sold for a bit over 1g each right now, with a merchant I on the job and no infrastructure. No, I do not consider it cruel to deny you from getting a few such drops. This battle is giving xp, and everyone here is now ready for level 2, once everyone's back home.
Assuming the rest of us aren't killed before we leave, which is a MASSIVE possibility at this point. I didn't expect the easy dungeon to kill us enmasse. And you could have said: "Hey, you guys should decide soon or something bad might happen."
He already said the battle's been processed, just not written up yet. The rest of you got out fine.
And really, this battle wasn't even "difficult" in the traditional sense. Even with relatively poor coordination, people double-attacking guaranteed-kill targets and so on, you only lost one. The only real possibilities were to not realize you had to run and getting TPK'd (or just Boldbold getting out), doing things lucky and right and everyone making it out, or getting unlucky/not quite paying attention and losing one, as happened.
I could see saying it's unfair to possibly kill someone like that, but we were warned that there was "relatively low survivability." I don't think it's fair to say that everyone was in serious danger of dying or similar, because when running they really weren't.
In related news, I should probably start figuring out our new eighth, even if I'm not allowed to choose one yet. ShadowHammer, Giglamesh, and Varee have all posted lately, so I think I should stick with them. Unless someone else pops in between now and actually getting to make the decision, of course.
Shadowhammer: Imagining a fairy in shining silver paladin armor makes me giggle, but I'm not sure if we need another outrider.
Varee: I
like the idea of a mantis ninja, but you are
killing me with this uncontrollable rage lone wolf loose cannon angst.
Giglamesh: You're probably the frontrunner. I like your character, and she might be tanky enough to be a magic-resistant equivalent to our dwarf. Also your skill is potentially pretty convenient, if a bit bland.
On that note, I should probably start trying to codify what we have and what everybody does more clearly sometime. Mobility, sturdiness, burst/assassination potential, and so on.