Gaze into the eyes of the dragon and despair. |
Philip the Bloody, Blixa the Thief and Abe the Talking Dog beam into the Dungeons of Dundagel Star Trek style. How did they get here? Where did they come from? Hell if I know. What I do know is that they arrive in a smoky chamber that Taurus Hells-heart, Ool the Dandy, Edern the Thief, Father Jack, Girly the Torchbearer and Saira the Elf Maiden are desperately trying to barricade. Something about a big blue spider on the other side, who seems to be immune to both fire and weapons. Soon the scythelike blades of the spider start to pierce the door while the party hastens through a secret door and down a ladder. They hide out in one of the haunted prisoner cells after Philip disintegrates the skeletons found therein. Using Phantasmal Forces, Philip lures the spider down into a smoke-filled cavern below. After some noise they hurry back up the ladder to make their escape. Father Jack, the last one up the ladder, looks back just long enough to stare right into the serpent eyes of the last dragon in medieval England, who miraculously opts neither to pursue nor fry the priest.
No loot found. Lots of gold expended. PCs running for fear of their lives only to be trapped between two monsters. Pretty much a perfect run from the DMs point of view.
By the way, it reminds me one situation from many years ago when I was playing ADOM. I was in the room with stairway leading down. At the other side of the door there was, IIRC, Emperor Lich, able to kill me with one Death Ray. Down stairs there was room with Great Karmic Wyrm.
ReplyDeleteI started a new char :D
Rarely have so many done so little and enjoyed it so much. Great session!
ReplyDeleteHi Jeff,
ReplyDeleteOff topic, but I couldn't find an email for you. Sorry for the thread-jack.
This made me think of you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dIznsAdTOE&feature=related
Cheers,
Legion