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Adventure (A D&D 5E Game)

Chapter Three: A Bad Seed At The Manticore's Tale

Once all the preparations had been made, the party departed from the highwaymen's campsite and set off along the King's Road for the village of Zephyr. They would soon discover that they weren't the only ones departing in that direction though. Half an hour into their travels, a mighty dire wolf drew level with the party's newly acquired wagon. The large beast bore upon its back the orc that Rala had encountered the prior evening. Gorgash Grim-Tusk as he introduced himself had been pointed in the village's direction by an omen from the orc god Gruumsh as he was planning his next move. When filled in on the situation at Zephyr, the orc grinned eagerly. An opportunity to cross blades with raiders from the Northlands was an opportunity Gorgash was always happy about.

With their new companion in tow, the party crossed half the distance between the campsite and Zephyr in a day of travel. And as the sun began to set and the party began to think about rest for the night, Gorgash seemed eager to crest one last hill before any talks of stopping began in earnest. For when the party reached the top of the hill they would see a road side inn waiting by the opposite foot of the hill. They were just close enough to make out the sign, which bore the inn's name - The Manticore's Tale - and depicted a manticore that lounged before a crowd of various humanoids who were all listening with rapt attention to whatever the manticore was saying.

As they approached, Gorgash mentioned that he had done right by the people of this inn before and promised the party the they would be well received with him among their number. And he was right. When he kicked open the door and announced to all present that he was back, he was met with a joyous welcome that extended to the rest of the party once the orc made the necessary introductions. Soon enough, Gorgash and the party were guided to the best seats in the house, a table large enough for all of them that was positioned right next to the fire.

Gorgash took a seat at the head of the table and gestured for the party to do likewise as menus arrived. "Order what ya will! Everythin' at this table is on me!" He declared happily. "AS IS A ROUND FER THE EVERYONE 'ERE!"

That last booming announcement was met with enthusiastic cheering from the present patrons.

What do you do?

The Whispering Grove

The sounds of joy, accompanied by a warm . A smile played over lips and she caressed the lute she held in her arms.

@Abstract Proxy

This line might need a little tweaking.

[PF 2E] The Whispering Grove

@VarionusNW well count me interested

@Dark Cloud

We've already started.

Pirates of the Darkening Skies

"You could just use me as a table." The Chwegwn body sat on Adrian's lap suggested. "I'm good at sitting still, my head is wide enough and flat enough for the job, and your lap is very comfy."

Maid RPG: Touhou Fairy Edition

Count me in.

The Wild Beyond Witchlight

Zavakri was turned into an NPC in Mem's absence.

The Wild Beyond Witchlight

*Due to a really unlucky random encounter rolls, instead of fish, he encountered two merrow.

@Guardian Angel Haruki

Out of curiosity, what encounter table were you using for these rolls?

Adventure (A D&D 5E Game)

The work is slow but progressing. The biggest problem for this next chapter is that it was going to introduce the PCs of the players I had on the waiting list, but all of them have either lost interest or vanished from the site. So I'm trying to figure out how best to rework the story to not require new PCs, but it's difficult.

The Wild Beyond Witchlight

In my experience, just linking to images from a random site can be a little unreliable sometimes. The best way to stop that from happening is to save the image you want into your computer, upload it back onto the internet, and then link to that instead.

The Wild Beyond Witchlight

Brutrumukk

"Ah bugger." Brutrumukk cursed under his breath as he noticed more bullywug nobility too late to escape their notice as he passed by. Brutrumukk quickened his pace instead. With any luck, he'd be able to pass on by before any of them decided to- Brutrumukk's train of thought ground to a halt along with the bugbear gnome himself as he noticed the large book that the fat frog wearing the crown was reading. The sight of it dredged a vague memory up from the hooch murk that his first visit to Bavlorna's cottage had become in his mind. The bugbear gnome faintly recalled the hag speaking of a big book that had gone missing. Could it be?

"Have you no herald to announce your presence before King Gullop the Nineteenth?"

Brutrumukk snapped to attention along with the guards as King Gullop slammed the book shut. After a moment, he relaxed again and spoke. "The 'ag's missin' a book. A big book." Brutrumukk declared. "You wouldn't 'appen to know anythin' about that, would ya?"