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<blockquote data-quote="Nebulous" data-source="post: 4623786" data-attributes="member: 31465"><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Adventure #8: Caves of Peril</span></p><p></p><p><strong>PART FOUR</strong></p><p></p><p>They continue into a new tunnel, this one sloping upward at a thirty degree angle. They soon enter a new area. Brandis holds up a hand to indicate silence. He hears something chittering behind the rock walls. There are several small holes at ground level, and a larger tunnel leading out of this room. The blood streaks continue around the corner. Erevan looks closely at the holes, wondering if they were chewed away by acid, but it appears they were manually dug. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/kru3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>They haven’t progressed very far when one of those small insects from earlier scuttles out of a hole and launches at Brandis. The warlord chops the thing in half in midair, its greenish blood splashing across him. But the attack is just a precursor for what is to come, for suddenly half a dozen clamber out of their holes! Even worse, they have larger friends with them now who also wield deadly sharp claws. Within moments the heroes have been flanked by a chittering horde of voracious monsters intent on eating them alive. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/kru4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/kru5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Vicious teeth and claws sink into Brandis and he finds three of the things dangling off his body, gnawing through steel and flesh. He flings one away, stomps on another, and impales the third. But the beasts are a whirlwind of fury, and even staying close to one is dangerous. They are constantly lashing out, spinning, biting and stabbing, creating an inescapable aura of pain. Brandis bravely tries to protect his friends and suffers the brunt of the attacks. He’s soon bloodied, and falls to his knees, the insects swarming over him. A larger one digs a serrated claw into his gut and Brandis staggers down to 3 hit points…</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/kru6.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/kru7.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/kru8.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>…but Erevan and Irann are hardly complacent. Plumes of magical flame explode across the battlefield, burning smaller critters to a crisp. Irann curses and Eyebites the big insects (they’re called kruthiks) and teleports out of trouble in a purple puff before she’s swarmed. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/kru10.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>But poor, poor Splug (widdle Spud) gets stuck in a bad situation, whimpering and crying and hacking his weapon back and forth in wild desperation. He manages to kill several of the small kruthiks, but the bigger ones are tough, slashing mercilessly at the goblin, and you can’t stop near them without suffering damage.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/kru13.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/kru14.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>“Help me!” he squeals. Brandis activates Splug’s healing surge to keep the little fella on his feet, but it’s still a hairy situation. The bigger kruthiks have him cornered, and it’s not until Brandis crushes one dead that the goblin can safely maneuver away, just barely alive. </p><p></p><p>For a while the situation looks grim, but twenty minions later, the horde of gibbering insects has ceased to crawl forth from the walls. The last big kruthik is slain, and the group takes a well earned rest. Brandis is pretty beat up, as is Splug, and he lacks the ability to heal himself. But there are still rooms to explore, and the group has not yet found their friends. In fact, after seeing how dangerous the kruthiks are, they can’t imagine that Helga and Kerric are still alive.</p><p></p><p>Yet, miraculously…they are.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/kru15.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Entombed in a hard cocoon of green excreta (like the stuff from Aliens), the dwarf and paladin are unconscious in a chamber around the corner. They’re being tenderized for a later meal, and although scratched, bruised, torn and half-drowned, it’s nothing that a little rest won’t fix (thank you Fourth Edition!). They’re broken free of their bonds, gently roused, and are quite relieved to see that their companions found them against all odds. </p><p></p><p>Even better, the kruthiks seem to have accumulated a stash of pretty shiny things from past victims: the corner of their nesting chamber is FILLED with gold, silver and other valuable items.</p><p></p><p>They find a magical suit of armor, an enchanted red elven bow named “Firefang,” a potion of healing and an unidentifiable potion with a bizarre picture drawn on it, a scrollcase with a map of some place called “The Minotaur Maze,” a Rod of Atrocity for the warlock that Irann gratefully accepts…and a curious non-magical journal written in elvish.</p><p></p><p>The cover is hand painted and depicts many of the major gods of the Realms, some of whom are no longer even alive. The journal must be old indeed. Erevan keeps it.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/journal.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Lastly, they notice that one wall looks deliberately collapsed. There are holes in it, so perhaps the heroes can dig their way free. Regardless, they are completely lost somewhere underground with no idea how to reach the surface. This area seems like a reasonably defensive position, so they vote to rest here for six hours and start fresh later. It’s not a bad plan.</p><p></p><p>And somewhere out there is a fat, conniving goblin named Boss Fatty, and the group has a score to settle with him. Permanently. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/kru16.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>And there we stopped.</p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p><span style="color: red">[GM Note: If it wasn’t obvious, we were down two players this session, so I cobbled together a new scenario for the rest of the group. The whole kruthik fight was actually an encounter I was going to leave out of the campaign completely, but I found a way to use it after all]. </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nebulous, post: 4623786, member: 31465"] [SIZE=4]Adventure #8: Caves of Peril[/SIZE] [B]PART FOUR[/B] They continue into a new tunnel, this one sloping upward at a thirty degree angle. They soon enter a new area. Brandis holds up a hand to indicate silence. He hears something chittering behind the rock walls. There are several small holes at ground level, and a larger tunnel leading out of this room. The blood streaks continue around the corner. Erevan looks closely at the holes, wondering if they were chewed away by acid, but it appears they were manually dug. [img]http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/kru3.jpg[/img] They haven’t progressed very far when one of those small insects from earlier scuttles out of a hole and launches at Brandis. The warlord chops the thing in half in midair, its greenish blood splashing across him. But the attack is just a precursor for what is to come, for suddenly half a dozen clamber out of their holes! Even worse, they have larger friends with them now who also wield deadly sharp claws. Within moments the heroes have been flanked by a chittering horde of voracious monsters intent on eating them alive. [img]http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/kru4.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/kru5.jpg[/img] Vicious teeth and claws sink into Brandis and he finds three of the things dangling off his body, gnawing through steel and flesh. He flings one away, stomps on another, and impales the third. But the beasts are a whirlwind of fury, and even staying close to one is dangerous. They are constantly lashing out, spinning, biting and stabbing, creating an inescapable aura of pain. Brandis bravely tries to protect his friends and suffers the brunt of the attacks. He’s soon bloodied, and falls to his knees, the insects swarming over him. A larger one digs a serrated claw into his gut and Brandis staggers down to 3 hit points… [img]http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/kru6.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/kru7.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/kru8.jpg[/img] …but Erevan and Irann are hardly complacent. Plumes of magical flame explode across the battlefield, burning smaller critters to a crisp. Irann curses and Eyebites the big insects (they’re called kruthiks) and teleports out of trouble in a purple puff before she’s swarmed. [img]http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/kru10.jpg[/img] But poor, poor Splug (widdle Spud) gets stuck in a bad situation, whimpering and crying and hacking his weapon back and forth in wild desperation. He manages to kill several of the small kruthiks, but the bigger ones are tough, slashing mercilessly at the goblin, and you can’t stop near them without suffering damage. [img]http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/kru13.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/kru14.jpg[/img] “Help me!” he squeals. Brandis activates Splug’s healing surge to keep the little fella on his feet, but it’s still a hairy situation. The bigger kruthiks have him cornered, and it’s not until Brandis crushes one dead that the goblin can safely maneuver away, just barely alive. For a while the situation looks grim, but twenty minions later, the horde of gibbering insects has ceased to crawl forth from the walls. The last big kruthik is slain, and the group takes a well earned rest. Brandis is pretty beat up, as is Splug, and he lacks the ability to heal himself. But there are still rooms to explore, and the group has not yet found their friends. In fact, after seeing how dangerous the kruthiks are, they can’t imagine that Helga and Kerric are still alive. Yet, miraculously…they are. [img]http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/kru15.jpg[/img] Entombed in a hard cocoon of green excreta (like the stuff from Aliens), the dwarf and paladin are unconscious in a chamber around the corner. They’re being tenderized for a later meal, and although scratched, bruised, torn and half-drowned, it’s nothing that a little rest won’t fix (thank you Fourth Edition!). They’re broken free of their bonds, gently roused, and are quite relieved to see that their companions found them against all odds. Even better, the kruthiks seem to have accumulated a stash of pretty shiny things from past victims: the corner of their nesting chamber is FILLED with gold, silver and other valuable items. They find a magical suit of armor, an enchanted red elven bow named “Firefang,” a potion of healing and an unidentifiable potion with a bizarre picture drawn on it, a scrollcase with a map of some place called “The Minotaur Maze,” a Rod of Atrocity for the warlock that Irann gratefully accepts…and a curious non-magical journal written in elvish. The cover is hand painted and depicts many of the major gods of the Realms, some of whom are no longer even alive. The journal must be old indeed. Erevan keeps it. [img]http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/journal.jpg[/img] Lastly, they notice that one wall looks deliberately collapsed. There are holes in it, so perhaps the heroes can dig their way free. Regardless, they are completely lost somewhere underground with no idea how to reach the surface. This area seems like a reasonably defensive position, so they vote to rest here for six hours and start fresh later. It’s not a bad plan. And somewhere out there is a fat, conniving goblin named Boss Fatty, and the group has a score to settle with him. Permanently. [img]http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/kru16.jpg[/img] And there we stopped. [color=red] [GM Note: If it wasn’t obvious, we were down two players this session, so I cobbled together a new scenario for the rest of the group. The whole kruthik fight was actually an encounter I was going to leave out of the campaign completely, but I found a way to use it after all]. [/color] [/QUOTE]
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