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<blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 7980776" data-attributes="member: 2012"><p><strong>THE UNDERCITY:</strong></p><p></p><p>"It sounds like the young man had quite the fright," Jam muses. "To me, it sounds like he encountered some sort of mossy troll or shambling mound. Yes, more likely the latter, I think. Of course, anything is possible. That part of the Gardens is a lot 'darker' than most people realize. Young lovers and happy families do not go into those overgrown thickets. There is a lot of wildness in there. If you try to hunt it, be very careful. Hmm, there is one more thing it could have been, if it was as large as you say." He shakes his head. "But that is so unlikely. Still, it could have been one of the treefolk, a treant. But I've never heard of one of them living in a city before. No, it's more likely to have been a very large shambling mound or a troll or ogre covered in moss. Hmm, or maybe a half-plant of some kind. Such things are rare but possibe."</p><p></p><p>[OOC]The dire cat is a regular at Jam's cafe. It is sort of a unofficial pet. Mutt and the cat have met before and that first encounter didn't go well, for either of them. Now, the two animals tend to tolerate each other but just barely. If they were left alone, it would turn into a chase through the market.[/OOC]</p><p></p><p>"As I said, it <em>could</em> be a troll, but it could just as likely been a ogre that got into the Gardens somehow. It likely wouldn't be one of larger troll species. Regular trolls tend to live in the coldest of mountain ranges but there are some in the mountains surrounding Bluffside and along the bluff itself. More likely is a forest troll. They're less vicious but more intelligent and are smaller in stature. Yes, a forest troll could live in there unseen by all but the most observant of tenders of the Garden. There is no way a mountain troll could go unobserved in the Gardens, unless it was a hunchbacked runt. Very unlikely. No, if it is a giant of some sort, then I think you're probably dealing with an ogre with a bad case of greenrot."</p><p></p><p>He looks back to Tuck. "Your description makes me suspect an ogre, if it isn't a plant creature. If it is a plant monster then it's likely a large shambling mound. If it is that, lightning won't hurt it. Remember that."</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>[OOC]Relgar met Master Hassenforth with Big Tim and the previous PCs in the old Growers' Gate tower where Phelix had written his evil scrawls on the inside walls of the tower. Master Hassenforth was one of the people brought in to take a look at the insane script, and he gave some insights as to what he thought and who might be able to help the PCs get through the portal into the madman's enclave. The idea of a legend lore never came up with him, so Relgar isn't sure if the man could cast it.</p><p></p><p>(<em>Eclipso</em> did note to Relgar that Master Hassenforth seemed quite powerful when Relgar and the others were dealing with him.)[/OOC]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Knightfall, post: 7980776, member: 2012"] [B]THE UNDERCITY:[/B] "It sounds like the young man had quite the fright," Jam muses. "To me, it sounds like he encountered some sort of mossy troll or shambling mound. Yes, more likely the latter, I think. Of course, anything is possible. That part of the Gardens is a lot 'darker' than most people realize. Young lovers and happy families do not go into those overgrown thickets. There is a lot of wildness in there. If you try to hunt it, be very careful. Hmm, there is one more thing it could have been, if it was as large as you say." He shakes his head. "But that is so unlikely. Still, it could have been one of the treefolk, a treant. But I've never heard of one of them living in a city before. No, it's more likely to have been a very large shambling mound or a troll or ogre covered in moss. Hmm, or maybe a half-plant of some kind. Such things are rare but possibe." [OOC]The dire cat is a regular at Jam's cafe. It is sort of a unofficial pet. Mutt and the cat have met before and that first encounter didn't go well, for either of them. Now, the two animals tend to tolerate each other but just barely. If they were left alone, it would turn into a chase through the market.[/OOC] "As I said, it [I]could[/I] be a troll, but it could just as likely been a ogre that got into the Gardens somehow. It likely wouldn't be one of larger troll species. Regular trolls tend to live in the coldest of mountain ranges but there are some in the mountains surrounding Bluffside and along the bluff itself. More likely is a forest troll. They're less vicious but more intelligent and are smaller in stature. Yes, a forest troll could live in there unseen by all but the most observant of tenders of the Garden. There is no way a mountain troll could go unobserved in the Gardens, unless it was a hunchbacked runt. Very unlikely. No, if it is a giant of some sort, then I think you're probably dealing with an ogre with a bad case of greenrot." He looks back to Tuck. "Your description makes me suspect an ogre, if it isn't a plant creature. If it is a plant monster then it's likely a large shambling mound. If it is that, lightning won't hurt it. Remember that." [OOC]Relgar met Master Hassenforth with Big Tim and the previous PCs in the old Growers' Gate tower where Phelix had written his evil scrawls on the inside walls of the tower. Master Hassenforth was one of the people brought in to take a look at the insane script, and he gave some insights as to what he thought and who might be able to help the PCs get through the portal into the madman's enclave. The idea of a legend lore never came up with him, so Relgar isn't sure if the man could cast it. ([I]Eclipso[/I] did note to Relgar that Master Hassenforth seemed quite powerful when Relgar and the others were dealing with him.)[/OOC] [/QUOTE]
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