Monthly Archives February 2022

Its a small world after all…

stonegiant

On second thought – donkeys are fun – so while the humans trail along behind them, the rest of the elves ride the donkeys to the R & R spot, then deploy eyeballs the following ‘morning’. They find a gymnasium, a bunch of cave bears and an empty throne of very large size. The eye presses on and investigates further.

A series of cliffs surround a large mithril spire…and floating above the spire – enclosed in a bubble of magic – is a tiny castle. Scuffling around the bottom of the cliff-lined depression in the stone is a large and muscular stone giant.

The group eventually arrives in the flesh and makes contact. The giant informs them that his family lives down here – but he seems utterly unaware of the tiny dwelling floating above him.
The group talks for a while and then parts ways with th...

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Don Quihote, Don Quipunche

UmberHulk

Deciding against leaping through a portal to elsewhere, there is a bit of poking about left to accomplish. A door here, a ruined room there…an invisible frog-critter that removes the top of Malchor’s head after shrugging off the effects of a potent lightning bolt…another few days up the rope. After the mage’s second death in as many weeks, there is talk of teleporting out of the area, since Goldpiece’s loincloth has burst a strap and cannot be worn. He would like to fetch a different set of armor to continue the quest. When the mage tries, it is only through luck and sheer power that he avoids being disassociated and spread around the cosmos as a fine mist. Looks like teleporting isn’t going to work...

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