Tuesday, August 10, 2021

D&D Session 20, Part Three (8/3/21): The Secret Lives of NPCs

Text by Paul O'Connor, Dungeon Master 

With much cuffing and kicking, the goblins drive our heroes into the tavern, where Snafu, Janfu, and Rubar set up at a table and demand food and drink, while Frank -- clearly the junior member of this brain trust -- menaces Lissa in a corner with Dog. Mac manages to spike the drinks with rat poison, which finishes off Janfu ... but the others figure he's just sleeping, and Snafu demands more. MORE!

That's when Mary has an inspired idea. The REALLY good stuff is down in the cellar, and she convinces Rubar to come down and help her bring it up. What Rubar didn't know (but which was canonically established at the head of the adventure), is that Mac and Mary have a shameful secret, in the form of a monstrous son -- Brutus -- who they keep chained in the basement. Brutus may have more teeth than IQ points, but he loves his mum, and he happily tore Rubar apart when he got off his chain.





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