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<blockquote data-quote="mikeawmids" data-source="post: 8003690" data-attributes="member: 6776411"><p><u>The Adventures of Fap Longwood #6 (Lost Mine of Phandelver)</u></p><p></p><p>Other than the locked door adjacent to the prison, the party can discern no other way to proceed. Horatio and Brian fall back on their dwarven stonecunning and find a secret door disguised to match the surrounding brickwork. The door opens into a large underground cavern beneath the foundations of the manor, divided by a deep, dark fissure in the rock. Two arched wooden bridges span the chasm. The area is unlit and there are no Redbrands in sight. Warily, Fap and Horatio approach the edge.</p><p></p><p><strong>“Maybe you should hang back,”</strong> Horatio suggests, laying a hand on Fap’s arm, <strong>“You do have a habit of falling into almost every hole we come across….”</strong></p><p></p><p>Fap shrugs the dwarf’s hand away and steps up to the lip of the crevasse. He has the unsettling impression of being observed from the darkness below. Was that a large green eye staring up at him, or did he imagine it…? Fap starts to feel a little wobbly and Horatio reaches up to steady him, uncharacteristic concern etched across his battle-scarred features.</p><p></p><p><em>“You didn’t leave your hometown to be an adventurer…”</em> a soft voice whispers in Fap’s head, <em>“You were driven out by your kin…. You are a liar and a thief….</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>“And a murderer….”</em></p><p></p><p><strong>“My backstory!!”</strong> Fap cries, reeling away from the pit, <strong>“Who are you? How do you know that?”</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>“Who are you talking to, lad?” </strong>Horatio asks, raising his sword <strong>“Is there someone down there?”</strong></p><p></p><p>The dwarven fighter snatches Mara’s torch and tosses it into the hole. The bottom of the fissure is choked with bones! A gaunt humanoid figure draped in filthy rags recoils from the light. The creature has a single, large eyeball set above a mouth filled with toothy fangs! It hisses and scuttles into the dark.</p><p></p><p><strong>“A cyclops?”</strong> Horatio hazards, <strong>“Never fought a cyclops before. Should be a laugh.”</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>“A nothic.”</strong> Mara corrects him, <strong>“A spellcaster corrupted by their hunger for arcane lore. Pitiful really, but still quite dangerous.”</strong></p><p></p><p>Brian notices one of the skeletons is clutching a glowing longsword. The two dwarves climb down to get it, while Fap and Mara provide ranged support. There is no sign of the nothic, but Brian keeps watch while Horatio prises the sword from the cold, dead fingers of its previous owner. The hilt and crossguard have been crafted in the likeness of a hawk with its wings outstretched. As the primary damage dealer in the party, Horatio claims the blade. There is also a battered chest half-buried beneath the bones, containing treasure, potions and scrolls.</p><p></p><p>The nothic sees the two dwarves grubbing through its modest hoard and subjects Horatio to its rotting gaze. An arrow whistles passed and hits the cyclopean creature in the eye! The nothic shrieks and flees along the floor of the ravine, pursued by the two dwarves. They follow the trail of milky eye goo to a cave mouth overlooking the woods around Phandalin. Unfortunately, the wounded nothic is nowhere to be found.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mikeawmids, post: 8003690, member: 6776411"] [U]The Adventures of Fap Longwood #6 (Lost Mine of Phandelver)[/U] Other than the locked door adjacent to the prison, the party can discern no other way to proceed. Horatio and Brian fall back on their dwarven stonecunning and find a secret door disguised to match the surrounding brickwork. The door opens into a large underground cavern beneath the foundations of the manor, divided by a deep, dark fissure in the rock. Two arched wooden bridges span the chasm. The area is unlit and there are no Redbrands in sight. Warily, Fap and Horatio approach the edge. [B]“Maybe you should hang back,”[/B] Horatio suggests, laying a hand on Fap’s arm, [B]“You do have a habit of falling into almost every hole we come across….”[/B] Fap shrugs the dwarf’s hand away and steps up to the lip of the crevasse. He has the unsettling impression of being observed from the darkness below. Was that a large green eye staring up at him, or did he imagine it…? Fap starts to feel a little wobbly and Horatio reaches up to steady him, uncharacteristic concern etched across his battle-scarred features. [I]“You didn’t leave your hometown to be an adventurer…”[/I] a soft voice whispers in Fap’s head, [I]“You were driven out by your kin…. You are a liar and a thief…. “And a murderer….”[/I] [B]“My backstory!!”[/B] Fap cries, reeling away from the pit, [B]“Who are you? How do you know that?” “Who are you talking to, lad?” [/B]Horatio asks, raising his sword [B]“Is there someone down there?”[/B] The dwarven fighter snatches Mara’s torch and tosses it into the hole. The bottom of the fissure is choked with bones! A gaunt humanoid figure draped in filthy rags recoils from the light. The creature has a single, large eyeball set above a mouth filled with toothy fangs! It hisses and scuttles into the dark. [B]“A cyclops?”[/B] Horatio hazards, [B]“Never fought a cyclops before. Should be a laugh.” “A nothic.”[/B] Mara corrects him, [B]“A spellcaster corrupted by their hunger for arcane lore. Pitiful really, but still quite dangerous.”[/B] Brian notices one of the skeletons is clutching a glowing longsword. The two dwarves climb down to get it, while Fap and Mara provide ranged support. There is no sign of the nothic, but Brian keeps watch while Horatio prises the sword from the cold, dead fingers of its previous owner. The hilt and crossguard have been crafted in the likeness of a hawk with its wings outstretched. As the primary damage dealer in the party, Horatio claims the blade. There is also a battered chest half-buried beneath the bones, containing treasure, potions and scrolls. The nothic sees the two dwarves grubbing through its modest hoard and subjects Horatio to its rotting gaze. An arrow whistles passed and hits the cyclopean creature in the eye! The nothic shrieks and flees along the floor of the ravine, pursued by the two dwarves. They follow the trail of milky eye goo to a cave mouth overlooking the woods around Phandalin. Unfortunately, the wounded nothic is nowhere to be found. [/QUOTE]
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