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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 1323457" data-attributes="member: 16069">The Wednesday KnightsSESSION IV- Part 1.Woodnesday 5th Jankers 2000Year of the DarkThe Old Abandoned Mine- Scooby.Dramatis Personae-    Felix Dwarven Deep Druid 1Endrin Human Bard 1Xeolus Human Monk 1Bob Human Ranger 1Mallaria Half-Elven Barbarian 1Mallaria is back, Mallaria is back- death and destruction to follow.After a brief ring-a-ring-a-roses, led by Birinth, the 60-Watt Crystal Ball flickers into life. Birinth steps forward and adjusts the horizontal hold- an image appears. The Super Bowl lies intact upon a rough floor of partially worked stone. Within a foot of the Bowl is the open outstretched hand of, probably, Billy Purbeck- although it’s hard to tell- the hand is unmoving. The only other thing in the picture of note is a single metal rail- possibly one of a pair, possibly a railway track somewhere- Endrin gasps “The Old Abandoned Mine- who would have thought it?”Deathly silence around the gaming table, tumbleweed blows by.“Jeez”“What the fu…”“Christ couldn’t you think of anywhere better to set it?”“What’s this Scooby Doo?”The players look at the DM with a mixture of awe and wonder, or it could have been sadness and bitter disappointment, I forget which. The DM shuffles in his seat and looks uncomfortable. Birinth suddenly breaks the deadlock.“Notice- we can see the Bowl?”“Wha…”“There must be light there- there’s something or someone in the Old Abandoned Mine.”Dun Dun Derr“Nutter, come on let’s get off then.”“Abandoned Mine… tsk, bloody amateurs.”The group files out of Birinth’s and on into the night- the journey to the Old Abandoned Mine goes without hitch in the dusk. The mine itself is at the North end of an old Chalk Quarry that has long been abandoned. The circular depression is surrounded on all sides by trees and shrubs- the south side has an easy slope, a scree leading down into the centre. The players circle around the depression to the scree area, in the centre of the quarry they spy a fire with a number of short ugly humanoids (Goblins) standing around it. The group rest up a while and observe a, now identified, Goblin chanting and making gestures towards a number of other Goblins stood to attention. The lead Goblin seems to be addressing each one individually, after which the lesser Goblin bows and then salutes. Behind them two other (larger) Goblins wrestle with something unseen. What happens next is Felix the Dwarf, who’s a bit racialist when it comes to Goblins, builds up a head of steam. He creeps in a bit down the scree then abandons all pretence and charges into the Goblins attempting to batter them to death with his staff. This catches the rest of the adventurers off guard.“Pelor, who’s that nutter running down there.”“Ha ha I wouldn’t like to be him.”“They’re gonna murder him.”“Hey it’s a little fat Dwarf, like Fe…”“FELIX.”The group charge towards the haphazard melee. However there are over a dozen of the creatures and even though ten of them are pre-pubescent teenage Goblins undergoing an initiation ceremony- there are still enough bodies to do the dirty on Felix. Also the two larger Goblins are trained Warriors, while the third conducting the ceremony is a Shaman/Witch Doctor type. The rest of the party catch up with events and go postal.In a matter of seconds Felix finds himself unconscious on the floor getting in some quality stargazing time. The Shaman type is being a pain in the arse and not dying, every five or ten seconds he disappears only to re-appear 5-10 feet away. Of more concern is his ability to Spit Acid- Felix being the first victim of this, his armour is ruined. Eventually the tide turns and while a few Goblins run screaming most, including the Shaman type, are despatched. Felix is tended to, a Potion of Healing is shoved down him and he returns to consciousness, although still slightly the worse for wear.“What was that about Dwarf?”Mallaria is perturbed, being out crazied by Felix.“Goblins are bad, I dunt likes ‘em…”Felix begins to drip a toothpaste like foam- Mallaria backs off.However things pick up when Felix wanders over to the now growling bundle that Mallaria has just uncovered (she was about to kill it) - a young wolf cub, destined to be sacrificed no doubt. Felix takes the time to calm the creature and himself, he smoothes down the wolf’s hackles, the beast is soon untied and reciprocating, making a fuss of the now smiling Dwarf- barking and generally chasing its tail.Felix uses his Animal Companion skill to adopt the creature and decides to call the Wolf “Ace”, the DM mishears him and decides to refer to the creature as “Arse”.The above scenario was taken from a free download called “Rites of Passage- The Unkindest Cut of All” written by Osvaldo Oyola Ortega, or the triple ‘O’ as he’s known around the office. The sample interlude is available from Midgard at the following address <a href="http://www.matantisi.com/aquerra/midgard/midgard.htm" target="_blank">www.matantisi.com/aquerra/midgard/midgard.htm</a> enjoy.Next time, the Beetle Crushers… Aceeed, spray it again.</blockquote>

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