The Adventures in the Dungeon of the Bear

The third of the Trollgod's Trollhalla Adventures

Scene 6: "Drink me"

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Vin Ahrr Vin	Middleclaw	Quoghmyre	Dekhurrrsio
CON: 100% Naked!	R.I.P. Turn 1 - Turn 5	CON: down by 6 hits Naked!	CON: -2/55 crossbow a pack with all sorts of gear coil of silk rope (in pack)

Quoghmyre looked around in dismay. One fled, one dead, one down, and demons all around--this is not the way he thought the combat would go.

"Come, brothers," rasped the demon he had wounded. "This one is tougher than usual. Let’s see how he does against all of us."

Quogh had no intention of fighting all four of them. He lunged at the one that was taunting him, and that one jumped back. Then he hurled his boulders at two others--a nice trick he had had practiced, throwing with either hand. [Lvl 4 saving roll on Dex to hit the demons with thrown boulders, rolled a 5 and a 4, missed both of them. L2SR on SPD to dodge the 4th demon while gathering up Dekh.. Rolled a 9--made it exactly.]

The demons dodged the boulders thrown at them, and laughed demonic laughs, but Quogh used the respite to quickly gather up the fallen goblin, and turn to sprint away from the tower. Howling angrily, the demons started in pursuit, but . . .

About 100 feet away from the tower, they stopped as if they had hit an invisible wall. There they made such a howling and gnashing of teeth. It would have been comical if Quogh’s own situation hadn’t been so serious.

Vin Ahr Vin was standing by the dungeon door entrance when Quoghmyre arrived. "Where’s Middleclaw?" he asked.

"Dead! A demon ripped his head off," snarled Quogh.

"It looks like Dekh is dead, too."

"I don’t think so. The blood is still flowing."

"Then maybe we can save him," said Vin. "I remember the first thing you’re supposed to do is stop the bleeding."

"Do we have any bandages?"

"Maybe Dekh brought a first aid kit." Vin looked into Dekh’s pack. "Hmm, flint, steel, tinder, a canteen that goes slosh. Rope, a dagger, some extra cloth, a little bottle that says "Drink me". Vin took the bottle, opened it, pried Dekh’s mouth open, and poured the contents down his throat. Dekh started coughing.

"What can we use for bandages?" Quogh asked.

"We need cloth. The only cloth around here is the leather of Dekh’s pack." (Editor's Note: Obviously, they'd already forgotten about the extra cloth in Dehk's pack!)

"How bout mud?" asked Quogh. "Yes, mud could work," Vin agreed. They looked around. On the shady side of the hill, they found a puddle left over from a recent rain and dug into it to obtain mud. They plastered the sticky stuff on every bleeding part of Dekh’s body.

As Vin slapped the last patch on, Dekh opened his eyes. "What happened?" he croaked. "Did we beat them?"

"We ran away," said Vin glumly. "Middleclaw didn’t make it, and you almost died."

"Oh," said the goblin. "There’s a healing potion in my pack . . ."

"I poured it down your throat already. That’s probably why you’re still alive."

"Oh," said Dekh. "I’m glad I brought it then. "

Quogh looked around and found a couple more boulders.

The sun went down. They ate all the provisions Dekh had brought along. What was meant to last a goblin for at least 3 days made a scanty meal for two hungry trolls.

"I feel better," said Dekh when the moon came up. "I could go on now." [Dekh has regenerated back up to half his CON and is at 28 CON. Quogh’s 6 hits have healed.]

"What do we do now?" asked Quogh.

"We’re going to be the laughing stock of Trollhalla if we don’t even get inside the Dungeon of the Bear," said Dekh. "I think we should go on."

"We’re being slaughtered out here," said Vin. "I think we should go back if we can."

"I wanna try the dungeon door," said Quogh.

Vin Ahrr Vin	Middleclaw	Quoghmyre	Dekhurrrsio
CON: 100% Naked!	R.I.P. Turn 1 - Turn 5	CON: 100% SPD: 16 Two 50 pound boulders (10d6)	CON: 28/55 crossbow a pack with all sorts of gear flint and steel (in pack) tinder (in pack) canteen (in pack) dagger (in pack) extra cloth (in pack) coil of silk rope (in pack)

What do they do?

1. Pray to Trollgod for help or return to Trollhalla?
2. Open the door and enter the Dungeon of the Bear?
3. Run off and assume other names in some other faraway part of Trollworld?

--Khenn Arrth

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