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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 1317475" data-attributes="member: 16069">The Wednesday KnightsSESSION III- Part 1.Chewsday 4th Jankers 2000The Year of the DarkMonkie Business Part 2.Dramatis Personae-    Felix Dwarven Deep Druid 1  Endrin Human Bard 1Xeolus Human Monk 1Bob Human Ranger 1The last door clicks open and Felix and Endrin push inside- Endrin’s torch illuminates a musty cobwebbed room a clear path leads to a set of stairs desceding into eerie darkness (what other kinds of darkness are there?). Felix begins the descent while Endrin follows cautiously behind- they are five feet down when the stairs turn into a slide and the two descend rather more rapidly (and with much less dignity). “Arrrrggggghhhhh.”“Ditttttttttttto.”They shoot out of the er… shoot (damn) into a room lit by Endrin's guttering torch which spills onto the floor, out of reach. Immediately they realise they are trapped, held in some extremely sticky white threads, as tough as steel. “Do something Felix, use your Underground abilities to save the day.”The Dwarf looks around a bit…“HELP. HELP. Bloody HELP. You BAZTUD’s, don’t leave me down here to die- I’m scared of the dark. HELP.”Soon they have a chorus going, after a while they remember to stop shouting to listen for any reply, they hear from above…“Are you all right?”“Why would we be shouting HELP, if we were all right Bob?”It goes silent for a bit as Bob tries to work through this new information.Eventually, “I don’t know why would…”And then in chorus “GET US OUT.”Xeolus tries to push past Bob to get to the slope-“I’ll go Bob.”Bob bar’s his way- he’s taking charge of the situation.“Hang on… Is there anything dangerous down there?”“YES.”“What?”“ME- NOW GET FOOKIN DOWN HERE.”“Oh ok, just finding a way.”Felix and Endrin begin to relax and stretch back as best they can on the cold stone floor. Endrin struggles out of his backpack and uses it as a pillar. Felix begins scratching his name into the stone, with his fingernail.“What made this stuff then Felix?” Endrin attempts to break free of his bonds once again, indicating the sticky stuff that holds them. “Spiders.”“What lotsa little Spiders?”“Yep… probably.”“Probably?”“Well… yeah. Lotsa little spiders. Probably.”“Or?”“I’m not thinking about the ‘or’ Endrin, it’s best you don’t either… understand?”“Wha…”There is a sudden slurping splat sound a sticky mass of strands thumps into Felix’s head and chest. “Wor, wit wood bwe a bwig spwider.”Felix is lifted a foot or so into the air, the only thing keeping him on the floor is the mass of sticky webs that he fell into initially.“BOB.”“BWOB.”They both follow the light of the torch craning their necks back to see a huge (6 feet circumference) Spider, which descends from a single thread. Their screams begin, Felix does a fair impression of a break-dancing Dwarf trying to keep himself from being pulled up towards the creature. Endrin observes beyond the Spider the twitching cocoon of a previous victim- looking into the darkness he begins to make out many more similar packages attached to the ceiling.“Heeeeelllllppppp SSSSSppppiiiidddeeerr”And then the cavalry arrive (too late to save Endrin’s underwear). Xeolus salutes Bob and slides down the slope on his arse, at the bottom he performs a perfect tumble and comes up on his knees crossbow loaded and pointing at the spider.“ThwooonngG”The bolt lodges deep into the Spiders abdomen, the creature begins to descend eager to get at the feisty Xeolus. Seconds later with slightly less élan- slipping, sliding and falling Bob arrives. He leaps as he lands at the bottom of the slope and with his Longsword in two hands delivers a hideous blow to the creature (natural ‘20’- of course). The Spider is split almost in two- it jumps, twitches and shudders like some freaky Disco dancer, in slow motion it sinks to the hard cold floor deflated and defeated. Short work is made of the webs and soon Endrin & Felix are free, as is the Monk- Daniel-san, spotted earlier by Endrin entombed in silk and attached to the ceiling. Also discovered is Mixu Paateleinnen- Emmawyn Rowanleaf, Amberdales Gnome schoolmistresses, lost cat- Endrin recognizes the creature. A few other trinkets are taken and with a little help from Xeolus the party eventually move back up the slope and out of MITCH (the door has re-appeared) and from there into the light.Outside Mr. Muyagi leaps from one foot to the other with joy- replicating, as closely as possible, the sound of one hand clapping (the other). The group takes a moment, Felix makes his excuses and heads off to investigate some Feldspar and Agate deposits he saw a way back- he feels he has let the group down and needs to reassess his situation. The party leave him be as he gets a bit sticky when he sees a good ore, having saved themselves from a fate worse than death- double Geology with the half-pint, the intrepid explorers return to Amberdale and specifically the Birchwhistle Inn.Mr. Muyagi and Daniel-san ensure that the rest of the day and the night pass in a fug of alcohol and herbal medication- although Xeolus is somewhat stand-offish, seemingly wishing to preserve his dignity (odd?). Much later Felix turns up after a wander through the woods in a better mood. This concludes the scenarios taken from “An Introduction to Amberdale” a free download from PDabble Games- the Dabbleverse Campaign. PDabble website is <a href="http://www.Pdabblegames.com-" target="_blank">www.Pdabblegames.com-</a> go there, they’re nice people.Next week… Getch ya filthy stinkin’ hands off my frogs, boy.</blockquote>

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