Saltmarsh Sundays

Back in January, NBateman of Press the Beast  raised a challenge to the server: The Orc Dungeon, a return to PURITY and STRENGTH in dungeon design. A dungeon where the only enemy is orcs, the only traps are spike traps and the only treasure is gold.  The full post is forthcoming; this draft preview is my attempt on ghosts following the Goblinpunch tradition. GHOST ORCS The Valley of the Dead was sacrosanct—an escape from a life of hardship and strife, where the dead could finally rest beyond the world of blood. And yet now rings with the shout of war, the thunder of hooves, and the stench of unclean death. Every moment of this indignity drives more of the dead to wakefulness.  The Dead cannot be harmed or slain by the living, only escaped, appeased, or momentarily repelled. They move at the speed of a walking man, and are easily outpaced on open ground—but they can move through stone and over pits with ease, and escaping them may require a dangerous pace in this trap-str...

  Class: Brave Mouse You are a brave little mouse. You are very small but your heart is very large. A GLOG class.    Credit: Nicholas Kole Reroll your Dexterity and take the highest. +1 to-hit and save per template. COURAGE . Equipment: Enchanted sewing-kit (rosewood spool, golden thread, silver needles [6]); a red-ribbon sash, an acorn-flask filled with one moon drop (heals 1), thimble bucket-helm (slots for ears), strike-anywhere matches [3], razor-sword with twine-wrapped hilt [1d1].   Proficient in acrobatics, climbing and swimming, sneaking, earnest poetry.  A: Brave Mouse; Twinkle, Twinkle B: Star Light, Star Bright; Bravado; +1 attack & COURAGE C: Straight On Till Morning; That Daring Young Mouse (On The Flying Trapeze) D: Knight of Falling Stars; +1 attack & COURAGE A. Brave Mouse: You are a talking mouse, with mostly everything that entails. You are 2-to-4 inches tall, or about half the size of an average rat. You walk on two legs, bu...