Post by johandenerad on Sept 13, 2007 11:39:52 GMT
1: In pursuit of Longtail
Longtail. The name is known throughout the free lands of the earth. Longtail the Trickster. Longtail the Devious. Longtail the just-too-annoying-to-let-live.
Having caused thousands of minor traffic delays, broken windows, exploding cigars and bad hair days, the authorities decide to end the nuisance that the wererat sorcerer poses to society. They dispatch a band of adventurers of appropriate expertise to kill the pest, who track him to the north, and discover his newest plan: to cast a spell that will allow him to widdle on all the firewood in the land, causing each and every household to smell of his wee in the coming bitter months.
Shocked and appalled, the party assault Longtail's hedgerow-fortress only to find him gone, having apparently taken a large band of humanoids with him. They follow the tracks to a place high in the World's End mountains, the particularly hot summer having unlocked a part of the range never accessed in living memory.
There they find an entrance to a cave, guarded by a dead Titan. They check his pockets. All his stuff is too big, even for their handy bag of holding, so they follow Longtail's tracks into the cave.
Where they get stuck. A one way magical barrier of exceedingly annoying design prevents them leaving the dungeon complex they have just entered, and so they set about butchering numerous inhabitants therein. Some are the remains of Longtail's apparent band of followers, and the adventurers discover that he has gone missing, but none of the captive humanoids can explain more. So they are killed, with one exception: Jimi, the backflipping kung-fu kobold.
Apparently the love of a dangerously schizophrenic group of supposedly 'good' heroes has transformed the little lizardman into a contented pet, more than happy to guide them among the increasingly dangerous dungeon. Whether he can provide the party with the solution to finding Longtail is another matter.
Longtail. The name is known throughout the free lands of the earth. Longtail the Trickster. Longtail the Devious. Longtail the just-too-annoying-to-let-live.
Having caused thousands of minor traffic delays, broken windows, exploding cigars and bad hair days, the authorities decide to end the nuisance that the wererat sorcerer poses to society. They dispatch a band of adventurers of appropriate expertise to kill the pest, who track him to the north, and discover his newest plan: to cast a spell that will allow him to widdle on all the firewood in the land, causing each and every household to smell of his wee in the coming bitter months.
Shocked and appalled, the party assault Longtail's hedgerow-fortress only to find him gone, having apparently taken a large band of humanoids with him. They follow the tracks to a place high in the World's End mountains, the particularly hot summer having unlocked a part of the range never accessed in living memory.
There they find an entrance to a cave, guarded by a dead Titan. They check his pockets. All his stuff is too big, even for their handy bag of holding, so they follow Longtail's tracks into the cave.
Where they get stuck. A one way magical barrier of exceedingly annoying design prevents them leaving the dungeon complex they have just entered, and so they set about butchering numerous inhabitants therein. Some are the remains of Longtail's apparent band of followers, and the adventurers discover that he has gone missing, but none of the captive humanoids can explain more. So they are killed, with one exception: Jimi, the backflipping kung-fu kobold.
Apparently the love of a dangerously schizophrenic group of supposedly 'good' heroes has transformed the little lizardman into a contented pet, more than happy to guide them among the increasingly dangerous dungeon. Whether he can provide the party with the solution to finding Longtail is another matter.