| Difficulty: Level 10 The nearby forest village of Orlane is dying. People vanish in the night and rumors have been flying as to who -- or what -- is responsible. Who skulks through the twisted shadows of the night? Who or what is behind the village's impending doom? It will take a brave and skillful hero to solve the dark riddle of Orlane!
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| The main road to Orlane was closed due to a mudslide, but there was an old underground passage by Whitemist Lake that would lead to the forest near the village. | ||
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| Constitution and Wisdom checks occur more often in the Lake. | ||
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| NAME found the entrance to the passage on the southern shore of the lake by a grassy knoll. | ||
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| Attack Bonus and Intelligence checks occur more often in the Dungeon. | ||
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| The old passageway was much more dangerous than NAME had remembered, but at least he/she had come out the other side into the forest. Orlane should be just a few miles further south. | ||
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| Attack Bonus and Armor Class checks occur more often in the Forest. | ||
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| Wisdom check with a difficulty of 19. | ||
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| Armor Class check with a difficulty of 38. | ||
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| Attack Bonus check with a difficulty of 32. | ||
| Encounter 11: Story Encounter 1 | |
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NAME spotted some lizardfolk sneaking though the woods ahead. When he/she crept up on them, he/she noticed they were carrying what appeared to be sacks of potatoes.
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When one of the sacks struggled for a moment, NAME put two and two together and surmised that these reptile people must be the cause of Orlane's problems. He/She jumped them and killed three, freeing a child from each of the two sacs. Two of the lizardfolk got away and NAME gave chase.
| "Odd, but not unreasonable" thought NAME. He/She decided to follow them just in case.
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| Encounter 12: Story Encounter 2 | |
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The lizardfolk stopped when they reached their encampment. They all appeared to be worshipping a ramshackle effigy of a serpentine god. By the looks of the ground around their camp, they'd been sacrificing people for weeks now. NAME was so infuriated she/he charged the lot of them.
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There were a great many of them, and NAME was attacked from all sides. Many blows were dodged, many blows were deflected by his/her armor, and still, some got through.
| There were a great many of them, and NAME was attacked from all sides. Few blows were dodged, few blows were deflected by his/her armor, and unfortunately the vast majority drew blood. In the end, NAME crawled away grabbing one of the offerings on the way out.
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| Encounter 13: Final Encounter | |
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NAME needed to turn the tide of battle, and fast.
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Seizing an opening, NAME knocked a lizardfolk into the effigy with his/her WEAPON. It toppled over onto three more, and NAME leaped on top of it. With this new high-ground advantage, he/she was able to win the battle, defeating every last one of them. When he/she reported to Orlane, there was much rejoicing and rewarding.
| Unfortunately NAME just couldn't kill them fast enough and was forced to flee. He/She snagged some evidence -- a gold locket from one of the sacrificed townsfolk -- but once he/she got back to town he/she was too embarrassed to admit defeat so he/she just sold it at a pawn shop instead.
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