Straight Outta Deepwheat #2

Straight Outta Deepwheat #2

“Right, team” said Silvery Cedric, the Deepwheat Village Priest, “here's the plan.”

“Some of you chaps have been there before, to the The Monastery in the Marsh, St A'Silvidh. But for the rest of you: Enter each room, set alight some incense and say a little prayer. Fumigate the place, re-consecrate it, cast out evil spirits.

And, er,,,,. If you could see your way to bringing out the dead bodies from the last time, then we could give them a decent burial.”

Cedric bade them farewell

“Off you go, then, best of luck.” he said and started off back towards Deepwheat village church.

“And be careful” he hollarred out back over his shoulder at them.

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Player	Class	Race	Name	GavsName	Status	Further
Susan	Cleric	Human	OnMeKnees	OnMeKnees	Alive	OnMeKnees
Susan	Fighter	Elf	PointyEars	PointyEars	Alive	Rookie
John	Cleric	Human	Rassophorb	Rassophorb	Alive	Rookie
John	Fighter	Elf	SithRan	Sith Ran	Purple Napalm	Rookie
Marc	Cleric	Human	FriarSegal	Friar Segal	Alive	Rookie
Marc	Fighter	Human	SirCasper	SirCasper	Alive	SirCasper
Sudney	MU	Human	IverServe	IverServe	Alive	Rookie
Sudney	Fighter	Dwarf	BigHans	BigHans	Purple Napalm	Rookie
Sid	MU	Human	FriendlyFire	FriendlyFire	Alive	Alive
Sid	Pony	Pony	Donkey	Dobbin	Alive	DoesntLikeUnderground

Donkey, the pony, didn't do underground. So they pegged him out grazing above ground.

They'd borrowed an old cart for the day, to help get their injured home without having to walk. And to help with the ....er....carcasses from last time they were here.

“OK. In. Pick up the bodies. Out” said OnMeKnees, showing his experience.

And so they set in about doing just that.

They had devised a new tactic – the Starburst. To maximise the tactical advantage of their numbers, the would open the door as quickly as they could. Then, they would pour into the room, one would break right, one would break left and two would cover the doorway. Boof.

If they were going to be surprised then they'd all be surprised together.

And in they went.....Room 1, with the two sepulchres ......Boof! Empty.

They expanded into the area like a Jack bursts from its Box.

“Wow! you were fantastic”

They took out their two fallen comrades from their burial place in the sepulchre and removed them upstairs to the pony and cart area.

Back downstairs, through the sepulchre area, into the room with the secret door ... Empty.

“Great timing, mate. Seamless”

They were getting the hang of it

The Gloomy Room next.....Boof! Empty.

“The way you spring left on entry – great”

“Loved the way you covered the door”

This was where they'd had the battles with the Orcs and been ambushed by Giant Rats. It was a bit of a mess in here. And something had been having a go at the bodies. Pretty much just bones left, really.

Still, they cracked on and soon had a couple of sacks of what thet felt were fallen comrades. And if there was the odd bit extra....well Cedric was a patient kinda guy – he'd have an aptitude for fixing those sort of things.

“Right. Lets get them out of here.”

And off they went, back to the previous room, the room with the secret door.

Boof!

But this room wasn't empty.

As they spread to the outside of the door frame, they were shocked to see a huge purple blob 10 foot, 10 foot wide in the middle of the room. Then it got worse – then it lashed out at them, all of them all at once.

Bish Bash Bong Biff.

A couple of blows struck home, but more than that, the thing advanced on the door, expanding its body into the space at the doorway.

Two of our heroes ended up in the room. SithRan the Elf was cut off from the entrance straight away. BigHans might have made it back out but chose to press on into the room. The rest of the group tried to set the thing ablaze and close the door but panic seemed to set in. It took a lot longer than they thought. Although the burning was having an obvious effect.

With the door closed, the purple thing started oozing through the gaps around its edges. But it soon retracted. The roars of pain supported the idea that the thing was burning.

Unfortunately, it was too late for Sithran and BigHans. They fought well, but ultimately, they couldn't burn the thing quick enough. By the time they had it struggling, it had beaten them to death.

And by the time the rest of them felt it was safe enough to open the door, the purple thing had spread across the room as a purple burning jelly and the whole floor was covered with an eerie flame.

There wasn't much left of Sithran and BigHans. Two more for the bag.

They got out and away without too much ado. Back to Deepwheat. This wasn't going too well.