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on the Road
ON A LONELY, MUDDY STRETCH OF COUNTRY ROAD, late afternoon...
ON A LONELY, MUDDY STRETCH OF COUNTRY ROAD, late afternoon...
ERIC and DIANA struggle to re-attach a giant wheel for their cart. Eric strains to lift the wheel but keeps slipping in the muddy road, collapsing with the wheel to the ground. Diana does her best to keep things steady, raising the cart with her Staff of Acrobats serving as a kind of jack.
PRESTO fumbles over himself again and again, trying to scoop up an abnormally large wooly frog with his sorcerer's hat.
ERIC
ERIC
Ah, Jeez! I thought this hunk of junk was supposed to *save* us time!
DIANA
DIANA
It would have, if Presto managed to summon a draft animal that doesn't shrink when getting wet!
PRESTO
PRESTO
Yeah, these things must be *dry* clean only! But hey, it wasn't *me* who managed to hit every puddle from here to Dessarin Valley! I thought you said you could drive, Eric!
ERIC
ERIC
I said I was getting my learner's permit.
The wooly frog leaps into a nearby bush, and Presto follows, launching himself in and grabbing a hold of... something. But what drags him out of the bush is not a wooly frog; Presto's got the ankle of ...
PRESTO
PRESTO
Dungeonmaster?!
DUNGEONMASTER
DUNGEONMASTER
Greetings, young ones. On the road to Neverwinter, quite literally?
ERIC
(still struggling with the wheel and the mud)
ERIC
(still struggling with the wheel and the mud)
You said we'd find our friends along the Sword Coast. But all I've found is a need for a bath!
DIANA
DIANA
You've never had trouble finding *that,* Eric.
DUNGEONMASTER
DUNGEONMASTER
Keep on until Neverwinter. There, you will find friends you didn't know you've had. For the people we aid in their time of trouble become true friends, indeed.
ERIC
ERIC
Hold on. As in "new friends?" I don't need any *new friends.* We can't even find the ones we already have!
DUNGEONMASTER
DUNGEONMASTER
Ah, but friends are those that help friends, are they not?
ERIC
ERIC
I don't know, Mr. *Friendly* Neighborhood Dungeon Master. Are *they*?
Eric makes a point of following the Dungeonmaster as he walks around the broken cart, clearly intending to press the issue, but when Eric rounds the corner...
DIANA
DIANA
Uh, Eric? Look!
PRESTO
PRESTO
Whoa! The wooly frog is full size again! And hitched to the cart! The wheel is back? I guess Dungeonmaster really does help, in some ways?
ERIC
ERIC
Sure. He's about as right as a broken clock. Say, what time *is* it, Mr. Dungeonmas-- Hey! Welp, he's disappeared again.
DIANA
(indicating a nearby road sign)
DIANA
(indicating a nearby road sign)
"Keep on until Neverwinter?" He must mean we are on the right track. Looks like the city's in this direction.
ERIC
ERIC
Well, all-llright! Going somewhere is better than gettin' nowhere. Climb aboard, guys! I'm drivin'!
With a loud "Hi-ya!", Eric sends the wooly frog bounding down the road, bouncing the cart in tow and keeping the three heroes holding on for dear life on the road to Neverwinter!
"RIBBIT"
"RIBBIT"
GM says:
GM says:
Roll for Icon Relationships.
ERIC
ERIC
Dungeonmaster
(conflicted): 2
Dungeonmaster
(conflicted): 2
⚁⚅ = 1 blessing
Venger
(negative): 1
Venger
(negative): 1
⚀ = 0 blessings
DIANA
DIANA
Dungeonmaster
(conflicted): 2
Dungeonmaster
(conflicted): 2
⚅⚂ = 1 blessing
Elf Queen
(positive): 1
Elf Queen
(positive): 1
⚄ = 1 blessing
PRESTO
PRESTO
Dungeonmaster
(positive): 3
Dungeonmaster
(positive): 3
⚀⚂⚀ = 0 blessings (automatically turns into 1 mixed blessing)
⚀⚂⚀ = 0 blessings (automatically turns into 1 mixed blessing)
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