In Deadly Dreams, the first supplement to Lovecraft's Revenge, you journey through the Dreamlands, where reality takes a backseat and the absurd is the norm. This world, created by HP Lovecraft through such stories as The Cats of Ulthar, The Thing in the Moonlight, and The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath, is filled with all new wonders of fantasy, and of course, horror. with new locations, attributes, and creatures, Deadly Dreams brings new adventures to your games.
Let's continue to follow our heroes on their present journey.
The next night, my dream continued . . .
Percy, Justin, and I, along with two ghouls who accompanied us, traveled through the cave and toward the exit out of the Underworld. Pickman, or rather the ghoul that had once been Pickman, tasked us with finding his missing masterpiece, and he feared the one who stole it was looking for a way out of the Dreamlands with it.
The tunnel opened into a large room with a pool in the center. As we approached, bubbles reached the water's surface and we heard a groan in the distance.
Not trusting out chances, we sought another way out of the cave. For several minutes, we explored the tunnel as our new friends strayed back a bit to watch our backs. Then our fears turned to reality.
Having taken a wrong turn, we were now lost. Fortunately, although I usually suffer from claustrophobia, I didn't feel nervous at all in the tunnel, not even as even our ghoul friends jumped slightly at the growls in the distance behind us.
Finally, the tunnel opened into a huge, multi-leveled cavern. We stepped out of the tunnels mouth, when Justin froze, his eyes locked on the ground. Shining my torch, I then realized what had startled him; we had stumbled upon a boneyard. Something was using this cavern to feast.
And hearing growls, we looked up and saw exactly what that was.
One of the ghouls grumbled something, and my friend translated. "They call them Wamps, huge creatures that feast on anything smaller that they find in these caves."
Sure enough, the creatures inched forward, no doubt eyeing us for their next meal.
The ghouls lunged forward, but within seconds, the Wamps reduced them to bloody stains on the cavern floor.
Justin and Percy attacked and somehow managed to drop two of the creatures. Picking up a skull, I hurled it at another, but the Wamp barely acknowledged the hit, and the rest of the towering monsters lurched toward us.
Choosing discretion over anything resembling valor, we bolted into a random tunnel mouth, fleeing as fast as our legs would carry us. We heard the thumps behind us as the Wamps gave chase, but after ducking into another tunnel, we eventually lost them.
And speaking of lost, here were are again, not having a clue where 'Here' is exactly.
But seeing a light ahead, we decided to investigate, hoping none of the monsters living in these caves knew how to work torches.
Instead we found an older man, wearing multi-colored robes, all alone in a small room.
"We're looking for the way out of the Underworld," I said, hoping against hope that this person could help us.
"Indeed," he said, smiling widely and revealing way too many teeth than we needed to see. "Just follow the path behind me and then take the red-stoned tunnel to the surface."
"Thanks," I replied. We started forward but the man remained. "You're not coming?"
"Oh don't worry about me," the man answered, still with his creepy grin. "I know my way around."
Entering this new tunnel we searched for our way out, but then we encountered a new problem.
"Two paths," Justin said as he inspected the ground, "and both are lined with red stones."
Percy looked back and forth. "Which do we take?"
Returning through the tunnel, I decided to find that mysterious man and ask him again. Maybe he had forgotten about there existing two paths.
However, when I returned to the room, the man was gone. Of course, he could've found another way out, but as I stepped closer into the cavern, I noticed footsteps only entering from the far tunnel, none exiting.
It's as if he'd vanished into thin air.
But no man can do that, even in this world, right?
Lovecraft's Revenge: Deadly Dreams is coming soon from Two Hour Wargames.
What will occur in your dreams?
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