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<blockquote data-quote="The_Warlock" data-source="post: 4736902" data-attributes="member: 21215">31) PredationShortly after the adventurers enter a known/living dungeon (an extensive sewer system, for instance, or a series of caverns or delves near civilization that are routinely populated and fought over by magical or underdark beasts/races) they hear a pair of horrid screams and at least one audible snap from not too far away, followed by silence. Should they investigate, they will find the scene of the battle. Two men, one in chain mail, the other in scale, lie in great bloody pools. Both were killed by paired thrusts through their chest and abdomen. More disturbing is that both have somehow had their skulls removed, leaving limp bags of flesh that were once their face and scalp attached to their necks like obscene hoods.A bloody, four-toed, splay footed set of footprints leads off down the corridor, growing fainter over about 200' until it is lost in an area of muck, mold or water, as befits the type of dungeon.The bodies of the slain men would have some basic dungeoneering equipment, a small amount of coin, but their armor and backpacks have been ruined, and any fragile equipment was also shattered. One may have a journal describing parts of the dungeon, or perhaps a map to a hidden section of the dungeon.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The_Warlock, post: 4736902, member: 21215"] 31) Predation Shortly after the adventurers enter a known/living dungeon (an extensive sewer system, for instance, or a series of caverns or delves near civilization that are routinely populated and fought over by magical or underdark beasts/races) they hear a pair of horrid screams and at least one audible snap from not too far away, followed by silence. Should they investigate, they will find the scene of the battle. Two men, one in chain mail, the other in scale, lie in great bloody pools. Both were killed by paired thrusts through their chest and abdomen. More disturbing is that both have somehow had their skulls removed, leaving limp bags of flesh that were once their face and scalp attached to their necks like obscene hoods. A bloody, four-toed, splay footed set of footprints leads off down the corridor, growing fainter over about 200' until it is lost in an area of muck, mold or water, as befits the type of dungeon. The bodies of the slain men would have some basic dungeoneering equipment, a small amount of coin, but their armor and backpacks have been ruined, and any fragile equipment was also shattered. One may have a journal describing parts of the dungeon, or perhaps a map to a hidden section of the dungeon. [/QUOTE]

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