[001] C-c-c-covered with scorpions...
Mar. 1st, 2014 04:20 pmOKAY. So I'm not technically caught up on stuff yet, but it's a new dawn, it's a new day, mostly it's just a new month, how about a new poll thinger so I can feel like I accomplished something on my day off?
After the mess that was The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, I picked this adventure to tackle next as it's specifically designed to allow for backtracking in case you miss shit along the way, which is apparently a problem we have!
Of course, this also means we'll probably end up needing another map if that happens. We'll burn that bridge when we get to it.
( BACKSTORY! )
The path that you must travel is a long one, for Scorpion Swamp lies to the far west of the kingdom. As you travel, you have many experiences that a less seasoned traveller would call adventures. To you, fighting Orcs and Goblins, defying evil wizards, and slaying giant wolves are all in a day's work. As you travel farther west, the mountains around you turn to hills, the hills to plains, and the plains to damp lowlands. You know that Scorpion Swamp cannot be far away.
When you enter the little town of Fenmarge, no one finds you remarkable. Many travellers pass through here. Your sturdy helmet and sharp sword indicate you are a fighter not to be trifled with, but this is not uncommon.
But when, sitting in the local tavern, you announce your plan to explore the swamp, the listeners are dumbfounded. They cluster around you, pushing back the battered benches to make room. The swamp, they tell you, holds the bones of many such as you! Not only is it trackless and infested with vermin, monsters and starving bandits, but a group of wizards calling themselves the Masters have recently claimed Scorpion Swamp for their own. One of them - a big, burly man escorted by two great grey wolves - visited this very tavern last week. He didn't say much, they tell you, but he didn't seem the sort to welcome trespassers on his property!
As the conversation continues, you realize that the villagers are sure you will die in the swamp. 'We can't let you go!' they say. One even makes so bold as to put his calloused hand on your shoulder to restrain you as you start to walk out the door.
After the mess that was The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, I picked this adventure to tackle next as it's specifically designed to allow for backtracking in case you miss shit along the way, which is apparently a problem we have!
Of course, this also means we'll probably end up needing another map if that happens. We'll burn that bridge when we get to it.
( BACKSTORY! )
The path that you must travel is a long one, for Scorpion Swamp lies to the far west of the kingdom. As you travel, you have many experiences that a less seasoned traveller would call adventures. To you, fighting Orcs and Goblins, defying evil wizards, and slaying giant wolves are all in a day's work. As you travel farther west, the mountains around you turn to hills, the hills to plains, and the plains to damp lowlands. You know that Scorpion Swamp cannot be far away.
When you enter the little town of Fenmarge, no one finds you remarkable. Many travellers pass through here. Your sturdy helmet and sharp sword indicate you are a fighter not to be trifled with, but this is not uncommon.
But when, sitting in the local tavern, you announce your plan to explore the swamp, the listeners are dumbfounded. They cluster around you, pushing back the battered benches to make room. The swamp, they tell you, holds the bones of many such as you! Not only is it trackless and infested with vermin, monsters and starving bandits, but a group of wizards calling themselves the Masters have recently claimed Scorpion Swamp for their own. One of them - a big, burly man escorted by two great grey wolves - visited this very tavern last week. He didn't say much, they tell you, but he didn't seem the sort to welcome trespassers on his property!
As the conversation continues, you realize that the villagers are sure you will die in the swamp. 'We can't let you go!' they say. One even makes so bold as to put his calloused hand on your shoulder to restrain you as you start to walk out the door.
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Challenge them for their impertinence.
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Politely explain that you are determined.
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