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<blockquote data-quote="Musing Mage" data-source="post: 8489657" data-attributes="member: 7025552">1st ed Cormyr, Team 'good' consisting of a 5th level Dwarf Fighter, 3rd Level Human Ranger, 1st Level Human Druid, and 1/1 Gnome Fighter/Thief and an NPC Elf, are in a smal farming community investigating some strange creatures.The Scenario is the 'Advanced Adventures' title 'Pod Caverns of the Sinister Shroom.'Investigating the cavern in a previous session, the ranger was almost killed by an infant Shambling Mound. Re-entering the cave after a few days, they continue to explore and discover a chamber with many plant 'pods' that have been opened, their contents unknown. Finding three pods that aren't open, they are attacked when a pod man emerges and wounds the dwarf before they can dispatch it. Opening the other two they find unformed masses of vegetation and destroy them.Further exploring, they use speak with animals to ask a giant rat about other denizens of the caves, and learn a giant mushroom/man stalks and hunts the caves. They are later attacked by three of the pod-people and learn that while one was dangerous, three can be a nightmare... the mindless pod men savagely beat the ranger into critical condition and the dwarf almost follows, but the group prevails. Reviving the downed rangers with a healing potion, they escort the weakened warrior out to convalesce for a week. With better information on the danger, the locals are able to petition the lords for additional guards while the adventurers heal up and prepare for their next incursion into the caves to better understand the mystery of these pod men and the giant ambulatory mushroom man.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Musing Mage, post: 8489657, member: 7025552"] 1st ed Cormyr, Team 'good' consisting of a 5th level Dwarf Fighter, 3rd Level Human Ranger, 1st Level Human Druid, and 1/1 Gnome Fighter/Thief and an NPC Elf, are in a smal farming community investigating some strange creatures. The Scenario is the 'Advanced Adventures' title 'Pod Caverns of the Sinister Shroom.' Investigating the cavern in a previous session, the ranger was almost killed by an infant Shambling Mound. Re-entering the cave after a few days, they continue to explore and discover a chamber with many plant 'pods' that have been opened, their contents unknown. Finding three pods that aren't open, they are attacked when a pod man emerges and wounds the dwarf before they can dispatch it. Opening the other two they find unformed masses of vegetation and destroy them. Further exploring, they use speak with animals to ask a giant rat about other denizens of the caves, and learn a giant mushroom/man stalks and hunts the caves. They are later attacked by three of the pod-people and learn that while one was dangerous, three can be a nightmare... the mindless pod men savagely beat the ranger into critical condition and the dwarf almost follows, but the group prevails. Reviving the downed rangers with a healing potion, they escort the weakened warrior out to convalesce for a week. With better information on the danger, the locals are able to petition the lords for additional guards while the adventurers heal up and prepare for their next incursion into the caves to better understand the mystery of these pod men and the giant ambulatory mushroom man. [/QUOTE]

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