Before I knew what was happening I fell through a gate. My name is Alos Krupke, a second-year recruit in the city guard. I was running down a thief in a back alley when poof, he disappeared and then I too went poof. I was no longer is my beloved city of Bigappal, but in the center of a market area in a grimy looking village. As I looked around there were four others, all with looks of confusion on their faces.
We introduced ourselves. Jack, an affable halfling, was a merchant, mechanician, and healer. Archer was a female rogue who was somewhat vague about her past and looked suspiciously like the thief I was chasing. Holokka Zolukka was a rather loud, heavily armored, dwarf warrior. Serato, the elf, seemed the most confused. He was wearing a wizard’s cloak and pointed hat. He said he came from the land of Disney where he pretended to be a sorcerer’s apprentice, but now he wondered if he really was magical. We suggested he try casting a simple spell so he tries a summon a scout. A small rodent with unusually large, round ears appears. Serato is surprised and pleased, and wonders what other spells he knows.
It is getting dark and we enter the local inn to get dinner, information, and a warm bed. The next day we explore the town a bit. The castle is the keep of an ogre who rules the town. Once a month a lottery is held and his brigands choose an unlucky guest of honor at the ogre’s dinner table. There is a wizard’s guild house as well as several merchants in town. But there are also a lot of abandoned buildings in various states of disrepair. We rent space in a worn-down tenement and take on a job to remove the Stirges* that are attacking people in the area. The stirges are nesting in the chimney of the old, abandoned bakery next door. We light a fire in the oven and drive them out. They attack us and we kill a few before they fly off. Krupke’s first blood is spilled at the beak of a nuisance creature. The first day ends with us hiding in the woods instead of sleeping in our tenement room out of fear for the ogre’s ruffians looking for us.
NEXT: How much for that Gryphon in the window?
*Stirges are not a TFT creature, but a D&D creature our GM has adopted for our campaign as a nuisance creature. They have an affinity to Krupke’s blood. He’s been attacked twice.
This horrid flying creature looks like a cross between a large bat and an oversized mosquito. Its legs end in sharp pincers, and its long, needle-like proboscis slashes the air as it seeks its next meal.Stirges feed on the blood of living creatures, attaching and draining them slowly. Although they pose little danger in small numbers, packs of stirges can be a formidable threat, reattaching as quickly as their weakening prey can pluck them off. (https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/5e_SRD:Stirge)
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