A Clash of Claws - Adventure
i>This scenario is released as part of the upcoming A Dark and Salient Land Campaign¸ the early access rules to which are as a "pay what you want" product. This scenario and others will be released with that product upon its completion. This product does not require A Dark and Salient Land.
Requires ZWEIHÄNDER Grim & Perilous RPG from Grim & Perilous Studios¸ however.
Charles Wyville¸ a successful but modestly wealthy farmer of the Valley was enthralled by the notion. Under the offered patents¸ even a meager success would net him a mere few years the entire sum of his life's livelihood as a farmer¸ and anything greater would see himself and his family elevated in stature in perpetuity¸ a faint and impossible dream to most of his class. Wyville sold his farm¸ sold his livestock¸ tools¸ and home¸ and set about procuring the needed picks¸ drills¸ and workmen.
Instead of ore¸ Wyville's men stumbled into a damp cavern¸ at the time connected to the vast and cavernous aquifer beneath the Valley and home to a massive beast of slime and corruption¸ a particularly massive shimmering mimic¸ which set about the slaughter and consumption of the workmen. Despite plaintiff pleas for help from his lords¸ Wyville was left to address the problem himself; the entire purpose of the generous patents was so the lords need not lift a finger for their share. Without remedy¸ the mine was abandoned. In time¸ the slime beast moved on¸ deeper into the aquifer¸ and the mine and tunnels collapsed¸ leavings its chamber sealed and isolated. Now¸ new life blossoms within¸ clawed¸ intelligent beasts in the midst of crisis and ready to be molded by their saviors.