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<blockquote data-quote="pogre" data-source="post: 6532872" data-attributes="member: 6588"><p>Intrepid Adventures of Legend or Hobo Murderers on the Loose (a pogre storyhour)</p><p></p><p><strong>Episode 13</strong></p><p><em>Fear the Puppet</em></p><p></p><p>Gideon had dodged the worst of the lightning bolt at the last second. Even so, every hair on his body was standing on end and was singed to boot! Gideon’s first instinct was to run for cover, but the near death experience enraged the halfling monk and he gave into his baser, less prudent emotions. With a loud yell, Gideon bounded across the hall and attacked the dark elf magic-user.</p><p></p><p>Just as Gideon launched himself bravely at the dark elf mage, he saw an impish, malevolent creature materialize next to the mage and attack.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/5th_edition_77_gideon_attacks_demage.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The creature barely missed Gideon with a weapon dripping with poison. Gideon rained a flurry of blows down on the mage, staggering him. Gideon knew one well placed blow against him would end his days. He need not of feared though, the rest of his companions came charging into the hall.</p><p></p><p>The thief, Cabo, was first and drove his short swords home on the mage. The blow was telling and a spittle of blood formed at the corner of the dark elf’s mouth.</p><p></p><p>“Don’t kill the imp! Don’t kill the imp!” Cabo wailed.</p><p></p><p>Brodek arrived next with a crashing charge. His maul drove directly down on the dark elf’s right shoulder. Shoulder plate, collar bone, and rib cage all collapsed beneath the weight of the blow as the mage stumbled back with a palpitating, bloody mess of a torso.</p><p></p><p>“Save the little imp! I want to keep him!” Cabo kept screaming.</p><p></p><p>Osbourne emerged into the hall. Spying the petite demon, he unleashed a barrage of magical missiles. The imp fell to the floor and gave a couple of death spasms and then lay still.</p><p></p><p>“Nooooo!” Cabo cried. The thief rushed over to the limp, little body and picked it up as gingerly as if he were handling a newborn babe. There was a sincere look of anguish on his face.</p><p></p><p>“What’s wrong with him?” Brodek asked.</p><p></p><p>“I think he wanted that thing alive for some reason,” Gideon said.</p><p></p><p>“Whatever for?” Osbourne asked. Then turning his attention to the apparently grieving Cabo said. “You do realize that creature you hold was demon-spawn. The purest of evils.”</p><p></p><p>Cabo glared at the sorcerer angrily and said, “You perfidious, malevolent runt! All I wanted was to keep him as my pet. You didn’t have to kill him!”</p><p></p><p>“Are you kidding me! It is pure evil! Do not let its diminutive size fool you. You could no more bend it to your will as a pet than the wildest of beasts,” an exasperated Osbourne replied.</p><p></p><p>“We will never know, will we?” Cabo replied.</p><p></p><p>“We DO KNOW!” Osbourne bellowed. “It is evil personified.”</p><p></p><p>“I’m not interested in your world view. I just want a companion. I think I will make him into a puppet,” Cabo replied. The thief then casually stuffed the small corpse into his bag.</p><p></p><p>“He’s doing what?” Gideon asked. The monk was still very crispy around the edges and was not sure if he had actually witnessed the exchange.</p><p></p><p>“I said I am making him into a puppet,” Cabo replied haughtily. “I just need to think of a name.”</p><p></p><p>“By the gods peck, yer’ not right,” Brodek stated.</p><p></p><p>With resignation and exhaustion etched in his voice Gideon said, “That lightning bolt nearly killed me. I need rest badly.”</p><p></p><p>The group retreated to their safe haven in the locked storeroom. Brodek feasted. Gideon and Osbourne rested and meditated respectively. Cabo retrieved the corpse from his bag and eviscerated it. He then cleaned and oiled the body cavity. Having finished these tasks to his satisfaction, Cabo mounted the corpse on the mummified hand he had taken earlier. He went around the storeroom and introduced his new ‘friend’ to each of the adventurers. Osbourne and Gideon were simply too stupefied to say anything. Brodek merely commented, “Bring that thing near me again peck and I’ll brain ye’.”</p><p></p><p>*****</p><p></p><p>The group finished exploring the level and took out a couple of dark elf guards at a choke point in a passage.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/5th_edition_78_level_7.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Beyond the guards was a long set of stairs leading further down.</p><p></p><p>The stairs emerged into a massive hall. Also of dwarven construction, this hall was larger than any chamber the adventurers had encountered yet. The sheer size of the place was awe inspiring. There were numerous doors on both sides of the hall.</p><p></p><p>“By the gods! Look at all of those filthy doors!” Cabo noted. He retrieved his ‘puppet’ and said in a high, squeaky voice, “Yes, we hates doors!”</p><p></p><p>As the rest of the astonished, and highly annoyed group, turned to admonish Cabo their attention was returned to the hall by the pounding approach of four Worgs.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/5th_edition_79_level_8_hall.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The fighting was vicious and on two occasions adventurers were nearly pulled from their feet. The Worgs had clearly been trained and fought in concert against the group. It was an exhausting melee, but the adventurers were whole at the end. </p><p></p><p>The adventurers pushed up the great hall and could see there was a partially collapsed area in the middle of the hall. They decided to backtrack and go through the first of the side doors they had passed. </p><p></p><p>The door led to a corridor with many more doors, much to the chagrin of Cabo. One door opened up into a small storeroom guarded by a pair of goatmen. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/5th_edition_80_storage_area.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The goatmen were quickly slain and the group explored much of the area south of the great hall. They fought a trio of dust mephits in an old forging hall, but found most of the area unoccupied.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/5th_edition_81_southside_greathall.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>*****</p><p></p><p>As Brodek burst through the doors the group was confronted by five bipedal, fishlike humanoids. “Deep ones!” Brodek yelled in rage. A guttural, war cry issued from the dwarf as if driven by some ancestral hatred.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/5th_edition_82_deep_ones_attack.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/5th_edition_83_deep_ones_attack_2.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Brodek smashed into the nearest Deep One. Cabo slipped through the piscine foes and made his way back to the largest most dangerous looking foe. The thief then delivered a brutal attack, slipping his blade past the creature’s carapace and deep into its tender underbelly.</p><p></p><p>Gideon took on another of the Deep Ones, while Osbourne cast magic missiles at Cabo’s large victim near the rear.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.pogre.com/5th_edition_84_deep_ones_battle.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>One of the Deep Ones cast a net over Brodek, which the dwarf shrugged off like a petty nuisance. The largest of the Deep Ones tried to attack Cabo, but the thief was too quick for the lumbering creature. Another attack from the theif’s blade and Osbourne’s magic missiles had the biggest Deep One down and bleeding out. </p><p></p><p>The loss of their leader seemed to have a devastating effect on the remaining Deep Ones. Their morale faltering, they quickly fell to the combined efforts of the group.</p><p></p><p>Following the battle the group began to explore the chamber they had just cleared of enemies. Gideon discovered three dark elf corpses along the back wall. As the monk began to search the dark elves. looking to add to the group’s sizable hand crossbow collection, one of the dark elves moaned. Gideon realized all three dark elves were tightly bound, unconscious, and still very much alive.</p><p></p><p>“Well, well, what have we here,” Gideon mused aloud. “Gents, we have some guests over here,” he called to the rest of the group.</p><p></p><p>to be continued...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pogre, post: 6532872, member: 6588"] Intrepid Adventures of Legend or Hobo Murderers on the Loose (a pogre storyhour) [B]Episode 13[/B] [I]Fear the Puppet[/I] Gideon had dodged the worst of the lightning bolt at the last second. Even so, every hair on his body was standing on end and was singed to boot! Gideon’s first instinct was to run for cover, but the near death experience enraged the halfling monk and he gave into his baser, less prudent emotions. With a loud yell, Gideon bounded across the hall and attacked the dark elf magic-user. Just as Gideon launched himself bravely at the dark elf mage, he saw an impish, malevolent creature materialize next to the mage and attack. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/5th_edition_77_gideon_attacks_demage.jpeg[/IMG] The creature barely missed Gideon with a weapon dripping with poison. Gideon rained a flurry of blows down on the mage, staggering him. Gideon knew one well placed blow against him would end his days. He need not of feared though, the rest of his companions came charging into the hall. The thief, Cabo, was first and drove his short swords home on the mage. The blow was telling and a spittle of blood formed at the corner of the dark elf’s mouth. “Don’t kill the imp! Don’t kill the imp!” Cabo wailed. Brodek arrived next with a crashing charge. His maul drove directly down on the dark elf’s right shoulder. Shoulder plate, collar bone, and rib cage all collapsed beneath the weight of the blow as the mage stumbled back with a palpitating, bloody mess of a torso. “Save the little imp! I want to keep him!” Cabo kept screaming. Osbourne emerged into the hall. Spying the petite demon, he unleashed a barrage of magical missiles. The imp fell to the floor and gave a couple of death spasms and then lay still. “Nooooo!” Cabo cried. The thief rushed over to the limp, little body and picked it up as gingerly as if he were handling a newborn babe. There was a sincere look of anguish on his face. “What’s wrong with him?” Brodek asked. “I think he wanted that thing alive for some reason,” Gideon said. “Whatever for?” Osbourne asked. Then turning his attention to the apparently grieving Cabo said. “You do realize that creature you hold was demon-spawn. The purest of evils.” Cabo glared at the sorcerer angrily and said, “You perfidious, malevolent runt! All I wanted was to keep him as my pet. You didn’t have to kill him!” “Are you kidding me! It is pure evil! Do not let its diminutive size fool you. You could no more bend it to your will as a pet than the wildest of beasts,” an exasperated Osbourne replied. “We will never know, will we?” Cabo replied. “We DO KNOW!” Osbourne bellowed. “It is evil personified.” “I’m not interested in your world view. I just want a companion. I think I will make him into a puppet,” Cabo replied. The thief then casually stuffed the small corpse into his bag. “He’s doing what?” Gideon asked. The monk was still very crispy around the edges and was not sure if he had actually witnessed the exchange. “I said I am making him into a puppet,” Cabo replied haughtily. “I just need to think of a name.” “By the gods peck, yer’ not right,” Brodek stated. With resignation and exhaustion etched in his voice Gideon said, “That lightning bolt nearly killed me. I need rest badly.” The group retreated to their safe haven in the locked storeroom. Brodek feasted. Gideon and Osbourne rested and meditated respectively. Cabo retrieved the corpse from his bag and eviscerated it. He then cleaned and oiled the body cavity. Having finished these tasks to his satisfaction, Cabo mounted the corpse on the mummified hand he had taken earlier. He went around the storeroom and introduced his new ‘friend’ to each of the adventurers. Osbourne and Gideon were simply too stupefied to say anything. Brodek merely commented, “Bring that thing near me again peck and I’ll brain ye’.” ***** The group finished exploring the level and took out a couple of dark elf guards at a choke point in a passage. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/5th_edition_78_level_7.jpeg[/IMG] Beyond the guards was a long set of stairs leading further down. The stairs emerged into a massive hall. Also of dwarven construction, this hall was larger than any chamber the adventurers had encountered yet. The sheer size of the place was awe inspiring. There were numerous doors on both sides of the hall. “By the gods! Look at all of those filthy doors!” Cabo noted. He retrieved his ‘puppet’ and said in a high, squeaky voice, “Yes, we hates doors!” As the rest of the astonished, and highly annoyed group, turned to admonish Cabo their attention was returned to the hall by the pounding approach of four Worgs. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/5th_edition_79_level_8_hall.jpeg[/IMG] The fighting was vicious and on two occasions adventurers were nearly pulled from their feet. The Worgs had clearly been trained and fought in concert against the group. It was an exhausting melee, but the adventurers were whole at the end. The adventurers pushed up the great hall and could see there was a partially collapsed area in the middle of the hall. They decided to backtrack and go through the first of the side doors they had passed. The door led to a corridor with many more doors, much to the chagrin of Cabo. One door opened up into a small storeroom guarded by a pair of goatmen. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/5th_edition_80_storage_area.jpeg[/IMG] The goatmen were quickly slain and the group explored much of the area south of the great hall. They fought a trio of dust mephits in an old forging hall, but found most of the area unoccupied. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/5th_edition_81_southside_greathall.jpeg[/IMG] ***** As Brodek burst through the doors the group was confronted by five bipedal, fishlike humanoids. “Deep ones!” Brodek yelled in rage. A guttural, war cry issued from the dwarf as if driven by some ancestral hatred. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/5th_edition_82_deep_ones_attack.jpeg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/5th_edition_83_deep_ones_attack_2.jpeg[/IMG] Brodek smashed into the nearest Deep One. Cabo slipped through the piscine foes and made his way back to the largest most dangerous looking foe. The thief then delivered a brutal attack, slipping his blade past the creature’s carapace and deep into its tender underbelly. Gideon took on another of the Deep Ones, while Osbourne cast magic missiles at Cabo’s large victim near the rear. [IMG]http://www.pogre.com/5th_edition_84_deep_ones_battle.jpeg[/IMG] One of the Deep Ones cast a net over Brodek, which the dwarf shrugged off like a petty nuisance. The largest of the Deep Ones tried to attack Cabo, but the thief was too quick for the lumbering creature. Another attack from the theif’s blade and Osbourne’s magic missiles had the biggest Deep One down and bleeding out. The loss of their leader seemed to have a devastating effect on the remaining Deep Ones. Their morale faltering, they quickly fell to the combined efforts of the group. Following the battle the group began to explore the chamber they had just cleared of enemies. Gideon discovered three dark elf corpses along the back wall. As the monk began to search the dark elves. looking to add to the group’s sizable hand crossbow collection, one of the dark elves moaned. Gideon realized all three dark elves were tightly bound, unconscious, and still very much alive. “Well, well, what have we here,” Gideon mused aloud. “Gents, we have some guests over here,” he called to the rest of the group. to be continued... [/QUOTE]
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