Search results

Chapter 113 Kurok had the talent of transitioning instantly from sleep to full alertness—it was a skill that came in quite handy growing up in a goblinoid tribe—but when he woke he felt groggy and slow. But he quickly drew himself up out of his bedroll and looked around. The sun had set, but...

Chapter 112 Bredan didn’t think, he just acted. As his hand came up he drew from somewhere deep inside himself and pushed. The magical shield that appeared was smaller than the wooden ones that his uncle had forced him to train on, even after he’d decided to focus on two-handed weapons...

Chapter 111 Bredan returned to awareness with a rush of pain and the taste of blood in his mouth. He was lying on a hard, flat surface, though he could feel jagged bits of stone pressing into his skin. Loose rocks skittered away as he got his hands under him and pushed his head up slowly she...

Chapter 110 Bredan blinked as bright lights flashed in his vision and a loud ringing filled his ears. One moment he’d been following Kosk toward the miners’ shack; the next he was lying on the ground, not sure of what had happened. He could feel grit under his fingers. The ground here was...

Chapter 109 The beetle facing Kosk lunged forward, its mandibles snapping for an exposed leg. The dwarf sprang back up onto the rocks but the beetle followed, clambering up after him. “Guess what, these ones can climb!” he warned his friends. The monk smacked the creature in the head with...

Thanks! * * * Chapter 108 The mining complex was expansive, spreading out across a broad area on the edge of the forest. The active works were situated in a shallow dell surrounded by knobs of exposed granite. As they emerged from the woods the four adventurers could see at least a dozen...

Chapter 107 The trek back to Wildrush was easier than the outbound journey, for the companions could take a more direct route and did not have to worry about remaining concealed from aerial observation. But even so the sun was past its noonday peak when they crested a rise to see thin wisps of...

Chapter 106 Kurok lifted his hands and fired a pair of eldritch blasts into the elemental creature. Both hit, burrowing into the entity’s form and scattering bits of stone everywhere, but from the size of the thing it might have been able to absorb a dozen such impacts before it began to be...

Chapter 105 Kurok waited just under the low branches of a pine tree and tried not to think about the sting of the wounds in his side. He shifted his hand to the pair of claws he wore on a throng around his neck, a trophy from the recent encounter. While he waited, he let his thoughts drift...

Happy holidays to all of my regular readers! Hope your Christmas was great! * * * Chapter 104 Shadows from the campfire danced on the uneven walls of their shelter. Rodan had been wrong; they only had three walls, the last having collapsed under the weight of the sagging roof. But the hut...

Chapter 103 Bredan dug in the ground with his dagger, still in its scabbard to protect the blade from rocks. They’d had to retreat all the way to the base of the rise, almost to the edge of the forest, to find enough soil to dig proper graves, but even there it seemed that the ground consisted...

Chapter 102 Once more the chimera came tearing down out of the sky, but this time Bredan could sense that it was done with tormenting them, that this time it was going to stick around until they were all dead. He was about to run toward it when he felt a presence at his shoulder. Glori’s...

You're welcome! I love those Friday cliffhangers as much as you guys do. I was rereading the Rappan Athuk thread last weekend, and found myself caught up in the story (and the many comments from readers) once again. * * * Chapter 101 The chimera fell into a crouch and Bredan tensed...

Chapter 100 The terrain to the north of Wildrush grew increasingly rugged the further the small party moved away from the town. Occasionally they emerged from mazes of ravines and ridges or dense stands of trees to see the snowcapped heights of Silverpeak in the distance, but for the most part...

Chapter 99 The camp was situated in a niche in the cliffs, atop a broad stone shelf that offered a good view of the adjacent forest. Kurok had chosen this spot because it was both defensible and yet far enough within the valley to serve as a useful base of operations. The southern part of the...

Chapter 98 Kosk’s stomach gurgled unpleasantly as he stepped through the back door of the inn into the muddy courtyard behind it. There was a time when the greasy, fatty fare at a place like the Brown Barrel would not have fazed him in the least; he supposed that the years of eating the...

The party has leveled again, so here's another set of stat blocks. Level 4 Shortly after arrival at the Silverpeak Valley Bredan Karras, Human Male Fighter, Level 4 AC 16 (chain mail), hp 38, Str 17, Dex 11, Con 16, Int 9, Wis 14, Cha 13 Attacks Greatsword +5 melee (2d6+3 damage), Light...

Chapter 97 Quellan was as tired as his companions, his limbs feeling as though iron weights had been banded around each one, but he begged off from the group as they approached the inn where rooms had been reserved for the use of the new arrivals from Adelar. It was already late in the day and...

Chapter 96 Everyone turned to the door just as it opened and a man came in. The new arrival started a bit on seeing everyone looking at him. He was a rough if rakish-looking fellow, a human maybe thirty years old, skin deeply tanned with a soil-brown beard that looked like it hadn’t been...

Chapter 95 Within a minute of meeting the Governor, Bredan learned that he’d been right. “Two days ago, Wildrush was attacked by a chimera,” Argost Brownwell said. Bredan didn’t know immediately how bad it was, but one look at the faces of his companions was suggestive. Kosk grimaced and...