Title: Duergar & Daemons (Being a Sequel to
An Adventure in Five Acts)
Author: ilgatto
Number of Threads: 1
Type: Fantasy (Early to Late Medieval Europe-ish)
System: AD&D 2E
Setting: Homebrew (The Forest, Moftah Pilastru)
Started: May 19, 2025
Status: Ongoing
Average Installment Length: Short to Medium
Average Frequency of Installments: Weekly
(Deo volente)
Available for Download?: Not yet
Style: Third person narrative prose (emphasis on one PC), with occasional winks to the underlying mechanics (and then some)
Overview: Now that they have put an end to the revolution and found their world to be not quite what they thought it was, our noble heroes are at a crossroads. Should they return home and continue with their lives as if nothing has happened, or should they become adventurers and explore their new world?
Reader Comment: n/a
Special: The story is based on the notes two players made during the various sessions and tries to stick as closely as possible to what actually happened, as it happened.
A few caveats. First, in part, this effort was made by the editor to experiment some more with what he knows of the various languages used in the episodes, so that the wording of the conversations can be perceived as a bit different from that used in the prequel. Call it character arcs.
Second, these episodes record what happened during play, making them a true account of various role-playing sessions rather than part of a literary effort. Therefore, if anything, this part of the story does reflect the tediousness of trudging along endless underground corridors in a realm where the primary goal of the inhabitants is to stay hidden from surface-dwellers.
Third, hopefully superfluously, the actions and various, um..., reactionary opinions of the protagonists are solely those of the PCs and NPCs and in no way represent the convictions of the players, nor of the DM.
And finally, like before, the editor is not a native speaker and he begs the gentle reader to forgive him for the many idiomatic mistakes he has undoubtedly made, as well as for any spelling errors he may have missed because of the well-known fact that one cannot proof-read one's own writings.
