What Sort of Creature Lurks Beneath the Ground?

The fearless band of adventurers, this time consisting of Snow, a hired ninja, and, later on, Zagaan and Corlian, were hired by a petty noble to retrieve an item. He described it as "bright and shining helm" from a hole in the ground where his brother had dropped it. They quickly accepted the amount of one thousand gold coins, plus any other loot they found down there. After he led them to the hole, the noble told them that he would give them a week, and then assume that they were dead. With that pleasant thought, he left them to delve into the depths.

Down the hole, they found several descending rooms. But, the horror! In one of the rooms, they found three corpse-like things! Their skin was stretched too thin over old bones, and large fangs gleamed in their mouths. Although this seemed to be an awesome foe, it turned out to be simple. The ninja simply sat on a ledge above the creatures, and shot arrows at them while they futilely tried to jump up and get at him and Snow.

After defeating those foes, they went on killing more undead, and getting treasure, until, at last, they reached another, deeper chamber. This one held a nightmare monster. The size of a bear, it had a gaping maw, dripping blood and saliva. It had large claws, and deep socketed eyes. By this time, both Corlian and Zagaan had joined up with Snow's new character, the dragon, unfortunately, had died. Also, the ninja had to leave. Even so, it was with little fear that the veteran adventurers faced this vampire.

After the relatively quick battle, in which the beast was killed. Or, re-killed, I guess. The three of them went through another door, and found the adventurer's favorite thing, a chest. They eagerly tried to open the chest, and in their eagerness, accidentally set off the trap. This particular trap summoned an elemental worm, which they quickly dispatched.

When they had once more reached the surface, they returned to town, and gave the helm back to the grateful owner.

There you have it, the most recent tale from the band I call friends. A note about the next few adventures. To stop the possible boredom of fantasy quest after fantasy quest, we have decided to play Traveler for a while. Traveler is a Sci-fi RPG set in the far future. I will have the new characters up next time. So, goodbye.