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Intrepid Adventures of Legend or Hobo Murderers on the Loose (a pogre storyhour)(11/3/15)
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<blockquote data-quote="pogre" data-source="post: 6506493" data-attributes="member: 6588"><p>Intrepid Adventures of Legend or Hobo Murderers on the Loose (a pogre storyhour)</p><p></p><p><strong>Episode 05</strong></p><p><em>What’s That Smell?</em></p><p></p><p>“How did it go with Lant?” Gideon asked Osbourne the sorcerer.</p><p></p><p>“60 crowns finder fee for the caravan materials and his niece and a fortnight worth of bed and board whenever we choose to use it,” Osbourne replied.</p><p></p><p>“Cheap,” Brodek the dwarf complained. “That’s what I get for letting a peck negotiate where gold is involved.”</p><p></p><p>“Maybe you can negotiate the price for the silk Lant undoubtedly thinks is still safe with the rest of his order,” Osbourne shot back.</p><p></p><p>“Look, we got the man his supplies back, rescued his kin mostly undamaged from the goblins, and all in the space of two sunsets. I agree with Brodek - Lant got off cheap,” Cabo stated.</p><p></p><p>“What do you mean she was mostly ‘undamaged’?” Gideon asked. “Please do not tell me you took advantage of that girl! You could ruin our meal ticket here.”</p><p></p><p>“Oh no! I never touched her!” Cabo responded vehemently. “If she was violated the offspring will have a decidedly green tinge to its skin.”</p><p></p><p>“By the Masters! I did not need that vision put in my head,” Gideon the monk complained.</p><p></p><p>“Hey, you are the one who started tossing accusations around,” Cabo said.</p><p></p><p>“We set off at first light,” Brodek announced. “That gives me a few hours to try and get drunk on this watery brew.”</p><p></p><p>*****</p><p></p><p>“Here’s the catch that releases the door,” Cabo whispered back to the group. Cabo had been working on the secret door for twenty minutes while the rest of the group fidgeted in anticipation.</p><p></p><p>“Less talk, more door openin,,” Brodek demanded.</p><p></p><p>“I thought I might check it for traps first,” Cabo said. The Halfling thief began to carefully search over the stonework and finally whispered back that there were no traps. Cabo then stepped back from the door.</p><p></p><p>“Are you going to open the door?” Gideon asked. “You are the one who said it had no traps.”</p><p></p><p>“Fine,” Cabo stepped forward and threw the secret door open. Two very shocked goblins bolted upright as Osbourne’s light spell penetrated the gloom.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/5th_edition_11_secret_door_entrance.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Cabo ducked into the chamber and stabbed one of the surprised goblins in the groin. Brodek strode in and pasted the other goblin against the wall, largely reducing the humanoid to a two-dimensional form. Osbourne cast a chill touch and finished off the first goblin Cabo had stabbed.</p><p></p><p>The chamber had clearly served as a storage room in the long past. Gideon did manage to find a barrel of some usable oil and proceeded to fill up a couple of waterskins with oil. There was a very long passage extending away from the storage area.</p><p></p><p>*****</p><p></p><p>The passage ended after several hundred feet and Cabo quickly found a concealed door at the end. The problem was the door seemed to be hinged at the top. The door was extremely heavy, but Brodek with help could move it up, however, bracing the door was not possible. The adventurers made several trips back and forth to the storage room collecting rubbish and eventually used the collection of broken crates, barrels, and other assorted garbage to prop the door.</p><p></p><p>The room the adventurers entered looked like a foundation of some sort. Further, there was certainly something rotten in the area. The odor of the place was nearly overwhelming.</p><p></p><p>“Is that you?” Osbourne asked the dwarf Brodek.</p><p></p><p>“Watch it peck,” Brodek snarled.</p><p></p><p>Cabo was gagging so hard he could hardly stand upright.</p><p></p><p>That’s when the foul creatures struck. A horrid pair of troglodytes emerged from hiding from along the walls. Their scaly hides still colored the dark gray that allowed them to blend into the surroundings so completely. They lashed out with fang and claw and opened a nasty wound on the monk Gideon.</p><p></p><p>Brodek who had drank brew that smelled worse than these creatures dispatched one with a crushing blow from his maul. </p><p></p><p>Gideon unleashed a lightning fast combination of blows that staggered and then dropped the other troglodyte.</p><p></p><p>“That’s some peckish fury there!” Brodek called out admiringly.</p><p></p><p>A quick search revealed nothing of value, but also confirmed their earlier suspicions they had ventured into a foundation of some sort. Gideon guessed it might be a castle or keep of some sort due to the thickness of the walls.</p><p></p><p>“Human construction,” Brodek reported. “Shoddy, very shoddy.”</p><p></p><p>“I know of no castle or keep in the area,” Osbourne commented. “The largest structure for miles around is the Old Ox.”</p><p></p><p>“Let’s pick one of the two passages out of here,” Cabo pleaded. “This stench reminds me of a girl I tried to bed from the village of Heybe-el.”</p><p></p><p>“I guess that’s one time you let the lass go, eh?” Osbourne asked.</p><p></p><p>“Nah, I went and got the village doctor’s plague mask and took her in her dad’s barn. Couldn’t smell a thing. The next day I smelled terrible and I realized my clothes were stained from all the manure I had rolled around in the previous evening,” Cabo smiled at the memory.</p><p></p><p>Osbourne was giggling, Gideon shook his head in disbelief and disgust, and the dwarf Brodek was heading down a dark passage leading away from the room. He called back over his shoulder, “Pecks, this way.”</p><p></p><p>*****</p><p></p><p>The passage emerged into a room with rounded corners and another passage leading out. A stone staircase was against one wall and ascended out of the room to a pile of rubble. There were tiny rays of sunlight streaming through holes in the rubble at the top landing. There was also a sizable pile of rubble at the base of the stairs.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/5th_edition_12_tower_foundation.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Cabo began to look through the pile of rubble at the base of the stairs. A short while after initiating his investigation the halfling thief jumped away from the pile. The others quickly spied what had so startled Cabo - a nasty 14-inch long centipede darted out from the pile and came towards them.</p><p></p><p>Gideon stepped towards the creature and with two quick punches smashed the critter flat.</p><p></p><p>“It didn’t bite you did it?” Osbourne asked Cabo.</p><p></p><p>“No, but it tried,” Cabo replied.</p><p></p><p>“That’s lucky. Those creatures are highly poisonous,” Osbourne stated.</p><p></p><p>“I don’t much like the look of those stairs anyway,” Brodek grunted. “Too unstable. The whole thing could collapse on top of you.”</p><p></p><p>“With the sunlight coming in that way I would say there isn’t much building left above us anyway,” Gideon said.</p><p></p><p>The adventurers agreed to move on through the unexplored passages first before returning to check the stairs out further.</p><p></p><p>*****</p><p></p><p>The tunnel emerged into a large room, but most concerning immediately were the four troglodytes lurking there.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/5th_edition_13_troglodytes.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The adventurers were ready for the smelly beasts this time, but they knew this was going to be no easy fight.</p><p></p><p>to be continued….</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pogre, post: 6506493, member: 6588"] Intrepid Adventures of Legend or Hobo Murderers on the Loose (a pogre storyhour) [B]Episode 05[/B] [I]What’s That Smell?[/I] “How did it go with Lant?” Gideon asked Osbourne the sorcerer. “60 crowns finder fee for the caravan materials and his niece and a fortnight worth of bed and board whenever we choose to use it,” Osbourne replied. “Cheap,” Brodek the dwarf complained. “That’s what I get for letting a peck negotiate where gold is involved.” “Maybe you can negotiate the price for the silk Lant undoubtedly thinks is still safe with the rest of his order,” Osbourne shot back. “Look, we got the man his supplies back, rescued his kin mostly undamaged from the goblins, and all in the space of two sunsets. I agree with Brodek - Lant got off cheap,” Cabo stated. “What do you mean she was mostly ‘undamaged’?” Gideon asked. “Please do not tell me you took advantage of that girl! You could ruin our meal ticket here.” “Oh no! I never touched her!” Cabo responded vehemently. “If she was violated the offspring will have a decidedly green tinge to its skin.” “By the Masters! I did not need that vision put in my head,” Gideon the monk complained. “Hey, you are the one who started tossing accusations around,” Cabo said. “We set off at first light,” Brodek announced. “That gives me a few hours to try and get drunk on this watery brew.” ***** “Here’s the catch that releases the door,” Cabo whispered back to the group. Cabo had been working on the secret door for twenty minutes while the rest of the group fidgeted in anticipation. “Less talk, more door openin,,” Brodek demanded. “I thought I might check it for traps first,” Cabo said. The Halfling thief began to carefully search over the stonework and finally whispered back that there were no traps. Cabo then stepped back from the door. “Are you going to open the door?” Gideon asked. “You are the one who said it had no traps.” “Fine,” Cabo stepped forward and threw the secret door open. Two very shocked goblins bolted upright as Osbourne’s light spell penetrated the gloom. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/5th_edition_11_secret_door_entrance.jpeg[/IMG] Cabo ducked into the chamber and stabbed one of the surprised goblins in the groin. Brodek strode in and pasted the other goblin against the wall, largely reducing the humanoid to a two-dimensional form. Osbourne cast a chill touch and finished off the first goblin Cabo had stabbed. The chamber had clearly served as a storage room in the long past. Gideon did manage to find a barrel of some usable oil and proceeded to fill up a couple of waterskins with oil. There was a very long passage extending away from the storage area. ***** The passage ended after several hundred feet and Cabo quickly found a concealed door at the end. The problem was the door seemed to be hinged at the top. The door was extremely heavy, but Brodek with help could move it up, however, bracing the door was not possible. The adventurers made several trips back and forth to the storage room collecting rubbish and eventually used the collection of broken crates, barrels, and other assorted garbage to prop the door. The room the adventurers entered looked like a foundation of some sort. Further, there was certainly something rotten in the area. The odor of the place was nearly overwhelming. “Is that you?” Osbourne asked the dwarf Brodek. “Watch it peck,” Brodek snarled. Cabo was gagging so hard he could hardly stand upright. That’s when the foul creatures struck. A horrid pair of troglodytes emerged from hiding from along the walls. Their scaly hides still colored the dark gray that allowed them to blend into the surroundings so completely. They lashed out with fang and claw and opened a nasty wound on the monk Gideon. Brodek who had drank brew that smelled worse than these creatures dispatched one with a crushing blow from his maul. Gideon unleashed a lightning fast combination of blows that staggered and then dropped the other troglodyte. “That’s some peckish fury there!” Brodek called out admiringly. A quick search revealed nothing of value, but also confirmed their earlier suspicions they had ventured into a foundation of some sort. Gideon guessed it might be a castle or keep of some sort due to the thickness of the walls. “Human construction,” Brodek reported. “Shoddy, very shoddy.” “I know of no castle or keep in the area,” Osbourne commented. “The largest structure for miles around is the Old Ox.” “Let’s pick one of the two passages out of here,” Cabo pleaded. “This stench reminds me of a girl I tried to bed from the village of Heybe-el.” “I guess that’s one time you let the lass go, eh?” Osbourne asked. “Nah, I went and got the village doctor’s plague mask and took her in her dad’s barn. Couldn’t smell a thing. The next day I smelled terrible and I realized my clothes were stained from all the manure I had rolled around in the previous evening,” Cabo smiled at the memory. Osbourne was giggling, Gideon shook his head in disbelief and disgust, and the dwarf Brodek was heading down a dark passage leading away from the room. He called back over his shoulder, “Pecks, this way.” ***** The passage emerged into a room with rounded corners and another passage leading out. A stone staircase was against one wall and ascended out of the room to a pile of rubble. There were tiny rays of sunlight streaming through holes in the rubble at the top landing. There was also a sizable pile of rubble at the base of the stairs. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/5th_edition_12_tower_foundation.jpeg[/IMG] Cabo began to look through the pile of rubble at the base of the stairs. A short while after initiating his investigation the halfling thief jumped away from the pile. The others quickly spied what had so startled Cabo - a nasty 14-inch long centipede darted out from the pile and came towards them. Gideon stepped towards the creature and with two quick punches smashed the critter flat. “It didn’t bite you did it?” Osbourne asked Cabo. “No, but it tried,” Cabo replied. “That’s lucky. Those creatures are highly poisonous,” Osbourne stated. “I don’t much like the look of those stairs anyway,” Brodek grunted. “Too unstable. The whole thing could collapse on top of you.” “With the sunlight coming in that way I would say there isn’t much building left above us anyway,” Gideon said. The adventurers agreed to move on through the unexplored passages first before returning to check the stairs out further. ***** The tunnel emerged into a large room, but most concerning immediately were the four troglodytes lurking there. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/5th_edition_13_troglodytes.jpeg[/IMG] The adventurers were ready for the smelly beasts this time, but they knew this was going to be no easy fight. to be continued…. [/QUOTE]
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