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<blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 454588" data-attributes="member: 99"><p><em>I was trying to keep track of the time on the Doomsday Clock ™ and by this point, I noted that it was about 8:20 PM. Excellent progress so far.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>By this point, my wife had also joined us downstairs after putting our daughter to bed and she was periodically bringing the group drinks after having already made us a fantastic pot of chilli. She is a fantastic woman and a casual gamer in her own right and I can’t thank her enough for all the ways she helps me out. Remind me to buy her a nice Christmas present. Maybe some of those Dwarven Stone dice.</em></p><p></p><p>Making their way further on, the slope of the passage again began to rise. They began to notice that the air was cooler and more moist with more and more fungus appearing on the walls. By this point, the party was getting quite fatigued. They had already worked a full shift in the diamond mine before they had made their jail break. All the fighting and traveling they’d done in the hours since then had worn them out even more and they would need a break soon. Even as they were discussing this, they saw a pale blue light ahead and suddenly they found themselves overlooking a sight of incomparable beauty: Below them lay a huge cavern covered from floor to ceiling in a virtual forest of fungi. There were toadstools the size of trees, lichens that glowed with an otherworldly light and everything in between. It was an underground Garden of Eden.</p><p></p><p>“There is no telling what sort of monstrous crap is lurking in there! Let’s go back and rest before we even think about venturing into that pit of hell.”</p><p></p><p>And so they turned and walked back up the tunnel some distance until they found a bottleneck they felt they could defend if necessary. They unceremoniously dropped to the sandy floor of the passage and made themselves as comfortable as possible.</p><p></p><p>“Mulch, you’re on guard. If something comes, wake up Elwita, not me, ok?” spoke Delgath the Dread. Mulch nodded and without so much as a “Good night, John-boy. Goodnight Mary-Ellen,” the group fell into a deep and sound sleep.</p><p></p><p>Some time later, Elwita was wakened by Mulch scratching his little stick hand across her (still bare) buttocks. “*mumble, mumble*…come to mama, my little Gnomish lover. I’ll show you what you can do with that nose of yo…hm, wha?” She rolled over and looked at Mulch who pointed across the cavern. Elwita followed his pointing and saw a 7 foot tall toadstool looming over her. Before she could react, it spewed a cloud of spores over her and the rest of the party. Suddenly, a sense of overwhelming peace and calm came over her.</p><p></p><p>More spores were spewed and Elwita heard a voice speak directly into her mind. “You are escaped from those who rule the surface?”</p><p></p><p>She replied without hesitation, “Oh yeah, man.”</p><p></p><p>“Our leader, Redcap, has need to speak with you. You may come and take shelter among us while you rest.”</p><p></p><p>Elwita began to rise to her feet, “Sounds groovy, dude.”</p><p></p><p>In a few moments, she had awakened the rest of the party who all felt rather passive and mellow themselves. Except Delgath.</p><p></p><p>“What in the nine hells are you doing?!” screamed the Gnome. “This is crazy! We’re trusting a FUNGUS?!? They’re probably going to…well I don’t know what a GIANT FUNGUS will do to us. But it won’t be good!”</p><p></p><p>Blodgett laid a hand on Delgath’s shoulder, “Relax, dude. Yer’ totally killing my buzz right now. M’kay?”</p><p></p><p>The Myconid leaned over the Gnome and sprayed another cloud of rapport spores into his face. “We must move quickly. The mountain fills with hot rock and it is not long before the end.” With that the enormous toadstool turned and led the others away leaving the Gnome to sputter and cough from the lungful of spores he had just gotten.</p><p></p><p>“I OBJECT to this form of communication!”</p><p></p><p>----------------------------------------------------------------</p><p></p><p>A short while later they were led into an even larger cavern than the first they had seen. The party was brought within a circle of Myconids, none of whom was shorter than 10 feet tall. The largest of them (whom they were guessing was “Redcap” due to his, well, Red cap) addressed them by spraying another cloud of spores into their midst.</p><p></p><p>“This is just DISGUSTING!” said the Gnome.</p><p></p><p>“Welcome to my domain. I am told that you have escaped from those who rule the surface of the island. I wish to bargain with you.”</p><p></p><p>Redcap continued, “The fires from beneath the mountain will come again soon and we shall be destroyed. This is regrettable, but it cannot be helped. We have all lived here for as long as we remember and it is our home. We shall die with it. But our tribe need not die with it. We wish for you to help us get a member of our tribe off the island and to the big land across the water. There you will help him find a place in the earth where he can carry on our ways and spawn a new tribe of our people.”</p><p></p><p>“If you agree to this, I will provide elixirs to aid you in your escape. Do you consent?”</p><p></p><p>Elwita spoke for the group, “Far out, man.”</p><p></p><p>Delgath spoke as well, “Oh just friggen great! Whatever! Who’s this fungus we’re taking along? Portobello? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />ake?”</p><p></p><p>Redcap took their acceptance graciously. “Quick Spore has been selected to go with you.”</p><p></p><p>“QUICK SPORE?!?! You have got to be sh…by Garl Glittergold’s shiny nose you must be kidding? Quick Spore?!”</p><p></p><p>Elwita turned to Delgath, “Dude, you gotta chill, man. Just go with it. Hey, did I ever tell you that you’re kinda cute?”</p><p></p><p>-----------------------------------------------------------</p><p></p><p>Quick Spore was introduced to the group and showed them to a place where they could rest and recover for a few more hours before continuing their journey. The party was warned that the path ahead included an area where a lava flow crossed the cavern and to prepare accordingly. They were also told that it shouldn’t take them more than an hour or so to make it out of the caverns if they could make it past the lava flows. With that in mind, they dispatched Mulch to warn Jonthir, the Druid, that they were going to make their final attempt at the boats within the next several hours. Any distraction he could provide would be appreciated.</p><p></p><p>They healed a few more of their wounds and ate the various fungi pointed out to be non -poisonous by Quick Spore (Delgath: “You know what this tastes like? NOT CHICKEN!”). When they were rested and ready, they went to bid Redcap goodbye. He then provided them with several potions (Bulls Strength (2), Endurance (2), Endure Elements – Fire (2), Cure Light Wounds (3), Cure Moderate Wounds (2) and Cure Serious Wounds (1)). He wished them good luck and told Quick Spore to put his trust in them and do as they told him to. Which goes to show that you don’t have to be wise to become king of the Mushroom People.</p><p></p><p><em>I was pleased that the party was able to get the interactive roleplaying experience that I’d hoped for out of the Myconids without derailing things too long. I wanted to keep the pace moving so that the group could finish the adventure on time. With that in mind, I glanced at the Doomsday Clock ™ and was pleased to see that it was 8:20. Wait a second. It was 8:20 last time I checked it!</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Bringing this to the attention of the group, The Lone Corndog says, “Yeah, it’s been stopped for over an hour. I was wondering when you would notice.” Bastard.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Checking my watch, I see that it is actually almost 10:00! I tell them to ignore the Doomsday Clock ™. We’ll go by my Doomsday Watch ™! So there! Wait, better yet, I dispatched my wife upstairs to my daughter’s room where she successfully filched The Doomsday Chicken ™! The Doomsday Chicken ™, for those of you who weren’t there is this clock in the shape of a chicken with an electric guitar that I got from some of my wife’s (twisted) relatives, several years ago. When the alarm goes off, it plays this song in the most dreadful monotone imaginable. The song goes like this:</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Wowwwww. Yeahhhhhh.</em></p><p><em>Hey baby wake up</em></p><p><em>Come and dance with me</em></p><p><em>Wowwwww. Yeahhhhhh.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>If that isn’t a Doomsday Chicken ™, I don’t know what is. We set the alarm for 11:00 and pressed on.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Next Up: Pits and Rats</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rel, post: 454588, member: 99"] [i]I was trying to keep track of the time on the Doomsday Clock ™ and by this point, I noted that it was about 8:20 PM. Excellent progress so far. By this point, my wife had also joined us downstairs after putting our daughter to bed and she was periodically bringing the group drinks after having already made us a fantastic pot of chilli. She is a fantastic woman and a casual gamer in her own right and I can’t thank her enough for all the ways she helps me out. Remind me to buy her a nice Christmas present. Maybe some of those Dwarven Stone dice.[/i] Making their way further on, the slope of the passage again began to rise. They began to notice that the air was cooler and more moist with more and more fungus appearing on the walls. By this point, the party was getting quite fatigued. They had already worked a full shift in the diamond mine before they had made their jail break. All the fighting and traveling they’d done in the hours since then had worn them out even more and they would need a break soon. Even as they were discussing this, they saw a pale blue light ahead and suddenly they found themselves overlooking a sight of incomparable beauty: Below them lay a huge cavern covered from floor to ceiling in a virtual forest of fungi. There were toadstools the size of trees, lichens that glowed with an otherworldly light and everything in between. It was an underground Garden of Eden. “There is no telling what sort of monstrous crap is lurking in there! Let’s go back and rest before we even think about venturing into that pit of hell.” And so they turned and walked back up the tunnel some distance until they found a bottleneck they felt they could defend if necessary. They unceremoniously dropped to the sandy floor of the passage and made themselves as comfortable as possible. “Mulch, you’re on guard. If something comes, wake up Elwita, not me, ok?” spoke Delgath the Dread. Mulch nodded and without so much as a “Good night, John-boy. Goodnight Mary-Ellen,” the group fell into a deep and sound sleep. Some time later, Elwita was wakened by Mulch scratching his little stick hand across her (still bare) buttocks. “*mumble, mumble*…come to mama, my little Gnomish lover. I’ll show you what you can do with that nose of yo…hm, wha?” She rolled over and looked at Mulch who pointed across the cavern. Elwita followed his pointing and saw a 7 foot tall toadstool looming over her. Before she could react, it spewed a cloud of spores over her and the rest of the party. Suddenly, a sense of overwhelming peace and calm came over her. More spores were spewed and Elwita heard a voice speak directly into her mind. “You are escaped from those who rule the surface?” She replied without hesitation, “Oh yeah, man.” “Our leader, Redcap, has need to speak with you. You may come and take shelter among us while you rest.” Elwita began to rise to her feet, “Sounds groovy, dude.” In a few moments, she had awakened the rest of the party who all felt rather passive and mellow themselves. Except Delgath. “What in the nine hells are you doing?!” screamed the Gnome. “This is crazy! We’re trusting a FUNGUS?!? They’re probably going to…well I don’t know what a GIANT FUNGUS will do to us. But it won’t be good!” Blodgett laid a hand on Delgath’s shoulder, “Relax, dude. Yer’ totally killing my buzz right now. M’kay?” The Myconid leaned over the Gnome and sprayed another cloud of rapport spores into his face. “We must move quickly. The mountain fills with hot rock and it is not long before the end.” With that the enormous toadstool turned and led the others away leaving the Gnome to sputter and cough from the lungful of spores he had just gotten. “I OBJECT to this form of communication!” ---------------------------------------------------------------- A short while later they were led into an even larger cavern than the first they had seen. The party was brought within a circle of Myconids, none of whom was shorter than 10 feet tall. The largest of them (whom they were guessing was “Redcap” due to his, well, Red cap) addressed them by spraying another cloud of spores into their midst. “This is just DISGUSTING!” said the Gnome. “Welcome to my domain. I am told that you have escaped from those who rule the surface of the island. I wish to bargain with you.” Redcap continued, “The fires from beneath the mountain will come again soon and we shall be destroyed. This is regrettable, but it cannot be helped. We have all lived here for as long as we remember and it is our home. We shall die with it. But our tribe need not die with it. We wish for you to help us get a member of our tribe off the island and to the big land across the water. There you will help him find a place in the earth where he can carry on our ways and spawn a new tribe of our people.” “If you agree to this, I will provide elixirs to aid you in your escape. Do you consent?” Elwita spoke for the group, “Far out, man.” Delgath spoke as well, “Oh just friggen great! Whatever! Who’s this fungus we’re taking along? Portobello? :):):):)ake?” Redcap took their acceptance graciously. “Quick Spore has been selected to go with you.” “QUICK SPORE?!?! You have got to be sh…by Garl Glittergold’s shiny nose you must be kidding? Quick Spore?!” Elwita turned to Delgath, “Dude, you gotta chill, man. Just go with it. Hey, did I ever tell you that you’re kinda cute?” ----------------------------------------------------------- Quick Spore was introduced to the group and showed them to a place where they could rest and recover for a few more hours before continuing their journey. The party was warned that the path ahead included an area where a lava flow crossed the cavern and to prepare accordingly. They were also told that it shouldn’t take them more than an hour or so to make it out of the caverns if they could make it past the lava flows. With that in mind, they dispatched Mulch to warn Jonthir, the Druid, that they were going to make their final attempt at the boats within the next several hours. Any distraction he could provide would be appreciated. They healed a few more of their wounds and ate the various fungi pointed out to be non -poisonous by Quick Spore (Delgath: “You know what this tastes like? NOT CHICKEN!”). When they were rested and ready, they went to bid Redcap goodbye. He then provided them with several potions (Bulls Strength (2), Endurance (2), Endure Elements – Fire (2), Cure Light Wounds (3), Cure Moderate Wounds (2) and Cure Serious Wounds (1)). He wished them good luck and told Quick Spore to put his trust in them and do as they told him to. Which goes to show that you don’t have to be wise to become king of the Mushroom People. [i]I was pleased that the party was able to get the interactive roleplaying experience that I’d hoped for out of the Myconids without derailing things too long. I wanted to keep the pace moving so that the group could finish the adventure on time. With that in mind, I glanced at the Doomsday Clock ™ and was pleased to see that it was 8:20. Wait a second. It was 8:20 last time I checked it! Bringing this to the attention of the group, The Lone Corndog says, “Yeah, it’s been stopped for over an hour. I was wondering when you would notice.” Bastard. Checking my watch, I see that it is actually almost 10:00! I tell them to ignore the Doomsday Clock ™. We’ll go by my Doomsday Watch ™! So there! Wait, better yet, I dispatched my wife upstairs to my daughter’s room where she successfully filched The Doomsday Chicken ™! The Doomsday Chicken ™, for those of you who weren’t there is this clock in the shape of a chicken with an electric guitar that I got from some of my wife’s (twisted) relatives, several years ago. When the alarm goes off, it plays this song in the most dreadful monotone imaginable. The song goes like this: Wowwwww. Yeahhhhhh. Hey baby wake up Come and dance with me Wowwwww. Yeahhhhhh. If that isn’t a Doomsday Chicken ™, I don’t know what is. We set the alarm for 11:00 and pressed on.[/i] [b]Next Up: Pits and Rats[/b] [/QUOTE]
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