B23.
This is part of the #Dungeon23 challenge in which you make one room to a dungeon every day for a year. In an effort to link my memories to the creation, I am also writing a personal journal entry with each room that may or may not be related.
You don’t have to read that part.
B23.
This open area was once a grand entrance to Kik’ina Kir. While it was certainly damaged during the cataclysm that brought the fabled fortress into the depths of the earth, most of its current state can be attributed to the Ashfoot Goblins who claim it as their territory.
The Floor is No Good Here
The ground here is rubble and difficult to walk on for any adventurers. Ashfoot are acclimated to it and move normally on this terrain.
Well Guarded
The southern doors lead to the main Ashfoot Camp, so this area is guarded. Two Guards are stationed by the doors. A third is tucked back in the shadows of the northwestern alcove. A Fourth stands watch in the hallway by the door to B24.
A string runs through the western wall of B24. Guards in B23 can pull it and alert goblins in B24 who alert the whole camp.
Tread carefully.
Writing on the Walls
The walls here are covered in wild goblin scrawling. Goblins have no written language so the meaning of every symbol is only truly known by the goblin who created it. However, goblin’s memories twist and change over time, just like ours, and so to does the meaning of their writing.
Other goblins are free to interpret the symbols of another goblin, and do so with intense confidence - as though they have intimate knowledge of the author’s intentions.
If a goblin is with you they will translate the words on the wall in 1 of 6 different ways. Each one may inform you of the Ashfoot’s personality. You could also roll twice, with the first roll being the truth, and the second roll being the lie the Goblin tells. Up to you. Roll a dice to find out:
What does the Wall Say? (Roll 1d6)
“Ashfoots Rule Riglum Drool.”
“The Law Must be Broken For Us To Rise”
“Empty All Humans.”
“The Flies will lead us”
“Death is Only a Lie Lawful Tell”
“In the Darkness All Goblins Are One”
POSSIBLE ENCOUNTER
There is a 1-6 chance when you come near this area that the Ashfoot Guards are being overwhelmed by a Pig-man creature. I haven’t come up with a cool name for them yet, but there’s a ton of them on the next level down. I’ll edit in here later.
Anyway the Pig Man is fuckin’ ragdollin’ these goblins, dude. Do you help? Do you exploit this distraction? That’s up to you.
2/23/23
I’ve created a kind of tomb in the closet of my office. I napped in it today while storm sounds on my computer played. It felt great.
It’s kinda strange to write that out, but we’re 54 days in, so you know I’m weird by now.
It was Gail’s turn for Family Night, our first real return to our weekly rituals since moving. She picked Groundhog’s Day with Bill Murray. We were supposed to do her family night back then, but the move interrupted, so she made up for it tonight. I hadn’t watched that movie in forever. Maybe not since it came out.
Bill Murray was absolutely one of my “guys.” There’s a group of famous dudes that I essentially looked at and said “I want to be that, whatever that is.” Bill Murray was one. “Macho Man” Randy Savage was another. Stephen King was another. Jack Nicholson was a fourth.
It’s a weird group, I know. There were others who contributed to the total package, but those four probably had a stupid amount of influence on me the first 12 years of my life. Yes, I was reading Stephen King probably too early for a child, but my family didn’t care about content - only that I was reading at all.
So it was nice to watch some Bill Murray with the kids. This whole move has been filled with a lot of nostalgia. I’ve been bumpin’ to tracks from the Tony Hawk Pro Skater game all week. I’ve also been watching YouTube videos of dudes refurbishing old computer systems from the 90’s. It’s really addicting.
Anyway. Pig Men. Gotta find a new name for that.
See you tomorrow.
-jae
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