Fighting Fantasy The Introductory Roleplaying Game

[a moderator]

Continue to fight back against the Troll.

10 + 1 + 4 = 15 (misremembered the bonus last round (the other night I was playing the TWoFM board game, and found the +2 sword in that), but my actual Attack Strength would still have sufficed to win)

[thealmightymudworm]

[O.O.C.]Honestly I'm starting to feel bad for these guys. I think Thrushbeard and his birds might have held out for longer.[/O.O.C.]

[andrewwright]

Murg attempts to sever the Troll's head from its body. "Back to darkness you go, scum!'

Rolls 12 (yes!) + 9 = AS 21

[champskees]

The next few moments are a bit of a bloodbath as the adventurers finish off their opponents in a series of lethal and coordinated strikes. Prex severs the jugular of one of the Calacorm's heads, sending it crashing to the floor, writhing in an ever growing pool of blood. Jack and Civil outflank the Gremlin and it is dispatched before it can even attempt another strike, its severed arm still clutching the stiletto knife. The goblin makes one last gurgling noise as Talbion pierces its black heart, killing the little monster instantly. As the Giant Rat leaps to attack Redric, he braces himself, holding his sword two- handed, attempting to impale the rodent in mid-air. His blade smashes through the Giant Rat's two oversized teeth and exits via the back of its skull. Seeing the rest of his party decimated, the Troll attempts a final wide sweeping attack before being slashed and hacked to pieces by Throma and Murg.

== Combat ends ==

[kieran]

[a moderator]

Cut off one of the Calacorm's heads. When I get a cage for the mouse, the skull can be a bit of scenery for it to scamper about in.

[champskees]

Dec 12, 2019 16:49:47 GMT a moderator said:

Cut off one of the Calacorm's heads. When I get a cage for the mouse, the skull can be a bit of scenery for it to scamper about in.

You use the troll's loincloth to create a satchel to place the bloody remains of the 'good' head in. Add the Calacorm's Head to your possessions.

So...what are we doing now? Continuing back to the entry I presume?

[thealmightymudworm]

[O.O.C.]Yes, sorry, some of us in the UK have been a bit distracted.[/O.O.C.]

*Digs out lantern ready for the dark tunnel ahead*

[kieran]

Talbion too takes his lantern out.

[schlendrian]

I'd say that goes for all

[daredevil123]

Redric nods in agreement and takes out his own lantern.

[a moderator]

If my lantern still has enough oil to light the way, use it. Otherwise, stick close to someone who does have a light source.

[deadshadowrunner]

I light my lantern as well.

[champskees]

The party re-light their lanterns and prepare to cross the tunnel to the well. This time, they are much better prepared and reach the end of the passage without incident. The bucket and the rope it is attached to is still sitting at the bottom of the well.

[a moderator]

Start to climb the rope. (10)

[thealmightymudworm]

"So... must one of us clamber up and then winch up another behind? I've faced rigging more frayed than this if so."

[champskees]

Dec 15, 2019 0:06:31 GMT a moderator said:

Start to climb the rope. (10)

The rope holds your weight as it did when you descended, and after a few minutes of climbing you successfully manage to climb all the way to the top! You swing over the side of the well and breathe in the fresh air. You survived the depths of the Wishing Well! But what of the others who still remain?

[kieran]

Eager to be out of this place, Talbion climbs the rope (7)

[daredevil123]

A smile crossing his usually dour face, Redric begins to climb the rope. (5)

[thealmightymudworm]

"I stand by what I said, but did not forsee three leaping ahead to the climb. I've seen men break their necks falling from rigging too... Can ye winch the last of us up with no more chance of a hard drop to the deck?"

[a moderator]

"What was that you said before about some people being buccaneers and others being passengers?"

[thealmightymudworm]

*Sighs*

"Buccaneers learn self-preservation – those that don't wind up feeding the fish. Ye can tell yer new to this life, wench. So be it!"

(7) – irritably clambers up.

*Considers*
"A lot of passengers wind up feeding the fish also, to be fair."

[Andrew Wright]

(Rolls 5)

Murg clambers out when there's a chance.

[deadshadowrunner]

"Haul me up, the treasure's with me and we wouldn't want to drop it."

[thealmightymudworm]

*Starts to turn the handle*

[Warmly]
"Certainly my very good friend Prex. Some of us care about good monies manners."

[johnbrawn1972]

"I Mr Hermitus Mcgrumpy have been wandering back and forth for some time and would have lowered the rope if you were trapped for a gold coin from your pouch but it seems my distant relative somehow managed to survive and you seem to have managed to return from the absurd venture of lowering yourselves into a well. May I suggest entering a blast furnace as your next venture but I require the gold coin prior to the venture itself".

"Mr Hermitus Mcgrumpy might join you in a further adventure though I have no interest if people are there whose minds are clouded by the black vapours of the bile".

"Though Mr Hermitus Mcgrumpy is something of a witch or warlock themselves I am nevertheless interested in others who are passionate, clever, witty, experienced or insightful".

[a moderator]

"It'll take more than one person to lift that weight."
*Joins in with trying to raise the bucket*

[champskees]

Dec 17, 2019 2:25:06 GMT a moderator said:

"It'll take more than one person to lift that weight."
*Joins in with trying to raise the bucket*

It is indeed tiring, but the rope holds and Prex is soon over the edge of the well without any dramas. It appears there is only Civil who remains down there?

While the party recovers from the ordeal, it occurs to you that you are all back to where you first met each other - in front of the well. Before you part company, perhaps it is a good idea to settle on how the treasure/gold is to be divvied up?

[kieran]

Talbion lowers the bucket again for Civil.

[schlendrian]

Dec 17, 2019 11:42:29 GMT kieran said:

Talbion lowers the bucket again for Civil.

Civ gets in