You follow a ruckus, and it leads you around a bend to a large stack of crates. Pirates are unloading their ship and stacking these crates wide and high. The color, texture, and style of the crates leave you absolutely enthralled. You move closer to examine the crates and read the inscriptions painted on their sides - your curiosity overriding common sense, which dictates that you should stay away from the affairs of pirates.
As you try to decipher the mysterious language, you're suddenly struck by the pirates' negligence. They are haphazardly stacking the crates. They aren't even slowing down to make sure that the boxes are properly balanced. From where you're standing, it looks like the crates are about to tip over.
In fact the crates do tip over and fall on you! The sound of the wooden boxes slamming against the dock rumbles through your ear drums. You cover your head and drop to your knees. You wait in anticipation for the crates to stop falling.
Amazingly, you survive the accident unharmed, but the crates have you surrounded. You're trapped. Not to mention, an entire ship's complement of pirates is still milling about, if apparently none too concerned about the state of their cargo.
Options:[]
- 1. Crawl out.
Automatic: Expand Forge - Courage +1 SS, Expand Vitality -1
- 2. Strength/Brute Strength vs 8: Open one of the crates.
Success: Add Lucky Coconut (Item), choose again Failure: no effect, choose again
- 3. Intelligence/Incantation vs 6: Cast Hrud's Boots of Mud on the pirates while making your escape.
Success: Expand Incantation - Incantation Methods +1 SS Failure: Expand Vitality -1
Success: Expand Malice - Patience +1 SS Failure: Expand Vitality -1
Success: Expand Espionage - Escape Artist +1 SS Failure: Expand Vitality -1