“Sunken Riches Revives a Sunken City: A Tale of Fabulous Treasure”
or “A Dungeon Crawl Done Swords-Style”
A tale of #SundayAMSwords
Opening eidolon: http://www.mrwallpaper.com/wallpapers/fantasy-canyon-art-1920x1080.jpg
Taryb and shape-changing Tomasito in cat-form. Dario and Chucho, his faithful mutt. A small boat. Two halves of a map. A growing flock of birds, swooping lower. Tomasito’s sudden snapping jaws of death. Bird blood on the map: Revealing a river of veins leading to a hidden opening.
The mouth of the cave is the mouth of the statue. Dario playing the ancient melody. Taryb singing the wrong words. The giant statue coming to life to correct the ancient song. Climbing against the fetid breath.
Next eidolon: http://digital-art-gallery.com/oid/59/640x421_10997_The_treasure_chamber_2d_fantasy_skeletons_treasure_picture_image_digital_art.jpg
Chucho draws their gaze from the glittering jewels. From the corner of the eye, it is only seeming treasure which hides vile death. Only the skeletons are real! The remains of the last party, of whom only one escaped. He held the least treasure to be found, and it was a trinket which founded a kingdom (the kingdom of Lennay, specifically). The illusion-projecting light extinguished. A pit of orange glow and hot, sulfurous air.
A wide lake of lava, dotted by tiny islands of stone. Low ceiling. Serpents in lava, who harden if surfacing for too long. Both with obsidian beaks. One with thigh-bone in lip. Serpent-splashed fiery lava blocked by a well-worn cape. Bonelip laughing at his fellow. Stone jaws wide to strike. A snake turned to stone shatters island and creates the path.
Massive cavern. Rogues inside an orb of newly-cooled stone. A giant—exact match of entrance guardians—decorating his cavern with such orbs, like Christmas ornaments. Taryb prying apart a crack in the rock. A newly acquired treasure giving birth to the rogues. The giant laughing and showering with gold.
Chucho howling the ancient song. The giant joining in joyfully. His name: He Who Was Small But Ambitious and Was Sent from the Higher Place to the Lower Place and Was Sent to Seek Out That Which is Beautiful. Chucho turning translucent, his veins like those on the map, his four feet in four different worlds.
Taryb trying to join in the song, shattering orbs with her pitch. Treasures untold spilling forth. And the widowed lava serpent. Leaping upward. Luring the serpent far from its lava-home. A spiral staircase of hardened serpent. Piercing the roof of the cavern, the floor of the river. Swimming up to reach the boat. Chucho, last seen below, waiting for them in the boat!
Epilogue: Their treasure so valuable, they will be able to drain and revive the Sunken City of Tides: https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5002/5335876311_e234d88dc4_z.jpg (Which was last seen on #SundayAMSwords on Sept. 28: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+MichaelMiller1000/posts/VWV9GUWws5D)
Miguel Zapico played Dario and Chucho. Keith Stetson played Taryb and Tomasito. I was overplayer.
Our virtual tabletop: https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1pPW-du3DZM6fOTduTSjmpgTh-lO9Gpwij97NXNjZagE/edit?usp=sharing
http://www.mrwallpaper.com/wallpapers/fantasy-canyon-art-1920x1080.jpg
With only two rogue players, adding companion characters was a big help, particularly in Rogue's Phase. We were really on the ball this morning and finished in about an hour and fifteen minutes. Lots of great ideas flying around. It was very much "Just the juicy bits of a dungeon crawl." Which is kinda what we set out to do.
ReplyDeleteIt worked out really well. I am still wondering if two rogues is why we finished up so quickly, or if there was a different reason. I could see fewer rogues meaning fewer rolls and thus fewer morals and mysteries, but I'm not sure how the lessened number of players would lead to the threads falling faster.
ReplyDeleteWe had some really good scenes, that helps with the threads. I enjoyed it a lot, thanks!
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