Dungeon Creepy Crawling 02/05 Magnus' Story
May 3, 2017 18:29:08 GMT
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Post by Jett Jones on May 3, 2017 18:29:08 GMT
-Magnus stands in the great hall of the Ettin, flagon in hand, progressively emptying it as he loudly tells his tale.-
"So, there we were after miles of walking to the north. Grimes, Moth, Leocanto, Nix and myself, standing outside this stubby grey stone tower." -He tosses back his flagon and takes a long drink.- "I swear, them lot were taking so long discussin' how to get in, that I just got bored n' kicked the door in. Right away, the world goes black. We then wake up to find ourselves turn'd into bloody animals! I shit you not my friends!"
"I was a snake, all slithery an' that, Leo and Moth were turned lizards, Nix was a rat, and Grimes was a damned spider!" -He chuckles and leans back on the counter behind him-
"We must'ave spent days down there. I still don't know how long. This gnome woman kept commin' and goin', makin sure to feed us and all. An' Nix was talkin' all wizardy about a polywotsits or summat. Maybe it ending when we died in this form or summat like that. I told 'im he'd be welcome ta try it out. There were others too! Not adventurers like us though." -He nods- "Normal creatures. Kept asking us annoyin' questions an' that, "Oooh whats it like being OUR size for once? Don't feel so tough NOW do you?"" -He says in a mocking tone- "Anyways, eventually this gnome woman comes rushin down, barring the door. We don't know whats going on, but then the door gets kicked down. A half-orc about my size..." -He motions proudly to his large stature- "an' an' elf wizard an' a few others come rushin' in. They kill the wee lass an' knock our table over in the process." -He motions a table throw- "So down we all go, with the group o' guys leaving up the stairs talking about restin' at the top, talkin' about loot an' a locked vault. We got out, but Grimes was still stuck in his glass cage, which'd fallen with a fish tank, so it starts ta fillin' up wit water. I take a nail an' try to jam the lock open, but as I'm a blasted snake I can't get it in properly. Luckily Leo an' Moth got together an' lifted a rock to break it open." -He sighs and smiles- "So we all get free, then what? We're in a tower room with no windows and..."
"...the only way to go is up."
"So we go up, all the while getting begs an' pleads from the animals to get let out an' that. Its not like me to leave things to die, but I couldn't do anything for 'em then so up we went. I slither up pretty easy, but on the way set off a trap. All these giant metal boulders come showering down on us! Grimes is safe on the wall, an' Leo an' Moth hop outta the way, but Nix an' I are stuck an' jus' get pelted wit the metal stones. We get up anyway an' find ourselves in another room, this one wit a locked door with a crack in the top an a dead bear in middle, which Moth only goes and takes a nibble out ah'." -He takes a long sip of ale and puts the empty flagon on the counter, motioning to the barmaid for another.- "So after about 20 minutes an' a embarassin' attempt to climb the door from Nix, basically ending in him runnin' inta the door, I end up gettin' Leo an' Moth ta' stack these books from a shelf in fronta' the door to help us get up. Then I snake the rest of the way an' let the others climb up me with Grimes makin' a web net on the other side. Then halfway up, Moth only goes an bloody grabs the handle an' opens the door up anyway. All that wasted time. Anyways, we keep goin' and come to a new room. This one with a giant stone face carved inta the roof. It started spoutin' some nonsense gibberjabber about riddles and told us we'd hav'ta fight an imp if we failed. Well we failed, later realising that the bloody thing couldn't understand us, us being animals an all. So we fought down this imp, with all o' us doin some damage, an moth grappling the hell outta the thing. I bit it on the stomach and the ruddy bastard died."
"Then this ladder comes outta the face's mouth, so we climb it, and we're standin' there an there's this lady rat in leather armour across the room from us, acting all rowdy about makin' the half-orc pay for killin' her master. Nix tries to get some, but that didn't get a warm reception an' she set off this axe trap in the hallway ta stop us gettin' though." -He takes a sip of his fresh ale-
"So now we're in this hallway an' we're trapped. Grimes tries ta block the swing wit webbin' an' Leo tries to throw clothes in it. The webs work a bit, but the cloth does nothin'. So we tear apart the witch's room and this other chamber where Moth an' Nix found this wicker twig-man with some blight or summat in its arm, at least thas what it said in her notes I read." -He declared, proud of his ability to read.- "Nix agreed too, an' then we gathered to try an' jump across. Everybody but me an Moth did jus' fine, but us two get hit an' POOF, were standing there stark bollock naked." - He takes another large gulp- "Jus' then we hear a rat squeal upstairs, an' all these guys come down, cause'a the racket, an they realise we're the guys they've been sent ta find." -He laughs loudly with group he's telling the story to.-
"So four o' us are back ta ourselves but Grimes stays as a spider, in case he'll need ta do anythin' tricky. Lucky it was, there was a vault and it could only be opened by a small animal. He opened it and inside was some scrolls, some potions, and some gold enough for all o' us. Nix convinced them to split it 50/50 so we all got some. Then I went downstairs and set the animals free, Grimes looked about a bit, and Moth took some stuff off o' the blighted twigman. Leo and I elected to burn it, but we were shut down." -He shakes his head- "This kinda evil needs ta be consumed by flame. I don't like the look o' it. Not like I'm scared o' it though. You all know I'm up for a fight anytime." -He laughs again-
"So we took a bit o' a rest, looted what we could, an' started back ta Daring Heights. After about a mile an' a half, we left the woods for these rollin hills an' fields. It was well inta the night by then, and we ran inta a gnoll an 3 hyenas. They came at us, an while everyone stayed quiverin' in their boots, ya know what I did?" -He asked leaning forward.- "I went into a rage, and sprinted taward 'em o' course. I met those hyena in the field alone, and stood by shovin' off all their bites. Weak wee things. Only after I ran up did everyone else get the spirit to charge in wit' me. I took a couple a bites, and the others started killin' the ugly dogs off. Then I charged at the gnoll on my lonesome too. We hit each other, and engaged in single combat, I almost took its arm clean off wit me sword, only for Moth ta swoop in an take all the glory. Didn't even get any blood on him, but I shared mine so we all got a nice coat." -He laughs boisterously- "That damn gnoll was coverd in some white paint, so we was thinkin' he were maybe a scout. Erryone goin' north should keep their eyes out for more. We're always hearin' rumours of gnoll an that in the area." -He finishes his second flagon.- "An' so then we made our way back 'ere."
"Now... Whos buyin' me a drink?" -He yells as he slams the empty flagon on the table, laughing-
"So, there we were after miles of walking to the north. Grimes, Moth, Leocanto, Nix and myself, standing outside this stubby grey stone tower." -He tosses back his flagon and takes a long drink.- "I swear, them lot were taking so long discussin' how to get in, that I just got bored n' kicked the door in. Right away, the world goes black. We then wake up to find ourselves turn'd into bloody animals! I shit you not my friends!"
"I was a snake, all slithery an' that, Leo and Moth were turned lizards, Nix was a rat, and Grimes was a damned spider!" -He chuckles and leans back on the counter behind him-
"We must'ave spent days down there. I still don't know how long. This gnome woman kept commin' and goin', makin sure to feed us and all. An' Nix was talkin' all wizardy about a polywotsits or summat. Maybe it ending when we died in this form or summat like that. I told 'im he'd be welcome ta try it out. There were others too! Not adventurers like us though." -He nods- "Normal creatures. Kept asking us annoyin' questions an' that, "Oooh whats it like being OUR size for once? Don't feel so tough NOW do you?"" -He says in a mocking tone- "Anyways, eventually this gnome woman comes rushin down, barring the door. We don't know whats going on, but then the door gets kicked down. A half-orc about my size..." -He motions proudly to his large stature- "an' an' elf wizard an' a few others come rushin' in. They kill the wee lass an' knock our table over in the process." -He motions a table throw- "So down we all go, with the group o' guys leaving up the stairs talking about restin' at the top, talkin' about loot an' a locked vault. We got out, but Grimes was still stuck in his glass cage, which'd fallen with a fish tank, so it starts ta fillin' up wit water. I take a nail an' try to jam the lock open, but as I'm a blasted snake I can't get it in properly. Luckily Leo an' Moth got together an' lifted a rock to break it open." -He sighs and smiles- "So we all get free, then what? We're in a tower room with no windows and..."
"...the only way to go is up."
"So we go up, all the while getting begs an' pleads from the animals to get let out an' that. Its not like me to leave things to die, but I couldn't do anything for 'em then so up we went. I slither up pretty easy, but on the way set off a trap. All these giant metal boulders come showering down on us! Grimes is safe on the wall, an' Leo an' Moth hop outta the way, but Nix an' I are stuck an' jus' get pelted wit the metal stones. We get up anyway an' find ourselves in another room, this one wit a locked door with a crack in the top an a dead bear in middle, which Moth only goes and takes a nibble out ah'." -He takes a long sip of ale and puts the empty flagon on the counter, motioning to the barmaid for another.- "So after about 20 minutes an' a embarassin' attempt to climb the door from Nix, basically ending in him runnin' inta the door, I end up gettin' Leo an' Moth ta' stack these books from a shelf in fronta' the door to help us get up. Then I snake the rest of the way an' let the others climb up me with Grimes makin' a web net on the other side. Then halfway up, Moth only goes an bloody grabs the handle an' opens the door up anyway. All that wasted time. Anyways, we keep goin' and come to a new room. This one with a giant stone face carved inta the roof. It started spoutin' some nonsense gibberjabber about riddles and told us we'd hav'ta fight an imp if we failed. Well we failed, later realising that the bloody thing couldn't understand us, us being animals an all. So we fought down this imp, with all o' us doin some damage, an moth grappling the hell outta the thing. I bit it on the stomach and the ruddy bastard died."
"Then this ladder comes outta the face's mouth, so we climb it, and we're standin' there an there's this lady rat in leather armour across the room from us, acting all rowdy about makin' the half-orc pay for killin' her master. Nix tries to get some, but that didn't get a warm reception an' she set off this axe trap in the hallway ta stop us gettin' though." -He takes a sip of his fresh ale-
"So now we're in this hallway an' we're trapped. Grimes tries ta block the swing wit webbin' an' Leo tries to throw clothes in it. The webs work a bit, but the cloth does nothin'. So we tear apart the witch's room and this other chamber where Moth an' Nix found this wicker twig-man with some blight or summat in its arm, at least thas what it said in her notes I read." -He declared, proud of his ability to read.- "Nix agreed too, an' then we gathered to try an' jump across. Everybody but me an Moth did jus' fine, but us two get hit an' POOF, were standing there stark bollock naked." - He takes another large gulp- "Jus' then we hear a rat squeal upstairs, an' all these guys come down, cause'a the racket, an they realise we're the guys they've been sent ta find." -He laughs loudly with group he's telling the story to.-
"So four o' us are back ta ourselves but Grimes stays as a spider, in case he'll need ta do anythin' tricky. Lucky it was, there was a vault and it could only be opened by a small animal. He opened it and inside was some scrolls, some potions, and some gold enough for all o' us. Nix convinced them to split it 50/50 so we all got some. Then I went downstairs and set the animals free, Grimes looked about a bit, and Moth took some stuff off o' the blighted twigman. Leo and I elected to burn it, but we were shut down." -He shakes his head- "This kinda evil needs ta be consumed by flame. I don't like the look o' it. Not like I'm scared o' it though. You all know I'm up for a fight anytime." -He laughs again-
"So we took a bit o' a rest, looted what we could, an' started back ta Daring Heights. After about a mile an' a half, we left the woods for these rollin hills an' fields. It was well inta the night by then, and we ran inta a gnoll an 3 hyenas. They came at us, an while everyone stayed quiverin' in their boots, ya know what I did?" -He asked leaning forward.- "I went into a rage, and sprinted taward 'em o' course. I met those hyena in the field alone, and stood by shovin' off all their bites. Weak wee things. Only after I ran up did everyone else get the spirit to charge in wit' me. I took a couple a bites, and the others started killin' the ugly dogs off. Then I charged at the gnoll on my lonesome too. We hit each other, and engaged in single combat, I almost took its arm clean off wit me sword, only for Moth ta swoop in an take all the glory. Didn't even get any blood on him, but I shared mine so we all got a nice coat." -He laughs boisterously- "That damn gnoll was coverd in some white paint, so we was thinkin' he were maybe a scout. Erryone goin' north should keep their eyes out for more. We're always hearin' rumours of gnoll an that in the area." -He finishes his second flagon.- "An' so then we made our way back 'ere."
"Now... Whos buyin' me a drink?" -He yells as he slams the empty flagon on the table, laughing-
