Comparing versions of The Trial of the Champions
Showing changes between February 28, 2023 at 8:54:30 pm (crossed out) and February 28, 2023 at 8:56:17 pm (underlined)
Our heroes awake in a pitch black room to the sound of scraping metal far above. Someone lights the torch and a large pillared room is revealed, and strangers, also in a state of recovery introduce themselves.
* Zorba, a thin stooping fellow of pitiful aspect.
hair and a drooping mustache.moustache.
* Grimgor a barbarian out of the Valkoth Wastes. He has steel gray eyes and rippling muscles. He speaks little.
short fellow with beady eyeseyes, from Fosnak.Fosnak by accent.
Memories come flooding back celebrations. The ruler, BaronHukhumvit, offersoffered a purse of 2,000 uncharacteristically generous with his sweet wine. Our party concludes
Sir Hugh a friendly, if guileless, knight naturally concludes he must command and our elderly wizards are happy for him to take the lead. He follows a helpful white arrow painted on the floor, pointing north, ignoring exits to the east and west. Grimgor pads silently at the back of the group. Meanwhile, Dirk and Zorba seem to have slipped away.
They encounter a room with an archaic statue, similar in appearance to Isabella, Goddess of Love. In her outstretched palms are two scrolls of similar appearance. There is a grating in the ceiling and sunlight floods down along with the sounds of laughter and the chink of money changing hands.Kethran knocks off one scroll with a pole and reads it carefully, it is a scroll of Protection from Evil. Fagen reads the other, it is a cursed scroll, conversely making the wizard more vulnerable to the wicked. There is much laughter at his misfortune from above. Sir Hugh leads on to the north.
Next is a wide room, perhaps once a great dining hall. 6 small chests sit on 6 large stone tables. The chests appear new, while the tables are from a long forgotten age. The knight casually opens a container and is rewarded with handfuls of silver coins. Everyone else stands well back but gives no word of caution to the oblivious Sir Hugh. Unfortunately for the brave man, as he reaches inside the 5th chest vicious teeth spring out from the wood and chop his hands in two. The thing scuttles off to the west unmolested by our heroes. Poor Sir Hugh stumbles about spraying blood and screaming in agony before collapsing dead. Fagen quickly loots his corpse for the silver andKethran orders <his man> to wear the nobles plate armour, a task done without complaint.
Keen to avoid the creature the eastern route is taken, down a narrow,steepflight of steps. Fagen throws the corpse of Sir Hugh down the stairs, the body tumbles down into the darkness out of sight. This route is soon revealed to be into a catacomb, with skulls and mouldy bones piled into stacks in various alcoves. The troops overhears the grizzly sound of rending of flesh up ahead andSteff the Unbeaten is ordered in front. He reveals a low ceilinged room and two sets of blood red eyes. The heroes quickly pile in and dispatch the ghoulish creatures with sword and bow.