Lord Citrus Seltzer Sees Daylight: House of the Beast 10

His qualms quelled, LORD CITRUS SELTZER abandons his shield, takes up a HAUNTABLE HUNK OF ANCIENT STONE, and sets off down the cramped and twisting tunnel the GHOST showed him.



After many arduous scrapings and squeezings, LORD SELTZER sees sunlight! With one final effort, he bursts out of the dark and dismal underworld and back onto good, Pantaloonian soil.



A strange sight meets his eyes. He stands in the center of a series of connected ruined towers, each taller than the last. At the top of the highest tower, stuck to a black spiderweb, hangs THE GOLDEN BANJO. A stone STAIRCASE to LORD SELTZER'S right marks the only way up. On the second tower, a STYLITE stands muttering prayers atop a PILLAR.

 

 

To his left, LORD SELTZER sees a disorganized knot of CRUSADER FOOTMEN rushing in his direction – they appear to be in a state of panic. LORD SELTZER can make out the occasional cry of "SASHIMI!" and "NINJIRATE SAVAGES!"



Ahead – is that FATHER BEARDODOULOS? Some time has passed since LORD SELTZER sent the priest to find the rumored MONSTROUS PANTALOONIAN KNIGHT. He appears to have found… several traveling companions.



Suddenly, the GHOST pops out of the HAUNTABLE HUNK OF ANCIENT STONE that LORD SELTZER carries. "Above us!" he cries in ghostly alarm, "He is already here!" LORD SELTZER casts his eyes to the sky and…

 



What will LORD SELTZER do?



1. Sprint for the STAIRCASE to the RUINED TOWERS – you won't be to make it across all of the connected towers and reach the GOLDEN BANJO, but you can make headway.

2. Run to FATHER BEARDODOULOS and his MYSTERIOUS TRAVELING COMPANIONS.

3. Charge the fleeing CRUSADER FOOTMEN – they have you outnumbered, but they're clearly already terrified, and you have a GHOST. If you hit them fast and hard, you could probably send them fleeing in the opposite direction.

4. Alternatively… demand the CRUSADER FOOTMEN surrender to you – you will spare their lives from the NINJIRATE SAVAGES, provided they swear fealty right now. It could work… On the other hand, if it fails, you're surrounded by Crusaders.

5. Make up your own crazy plan. OTHER:___________________

Resources at Your Disposal:

  • Big rock with a spooky GHOST in it
  • FATHER BEARDODOULOS & his MYSTERIOUS TRAVELING COMPANIONS
  • A bunch of rickety old TOWERS
  • STYLITE
  • Sword
  • Etc.

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