Thack, Meneleus, and Cullen press on, beaten and bruised. They stumble upon a pair of sleeping lava lizards and successfully sneak past them toward a mysterious door. Inside they discover the skeletal remains of a warrior still clad in his
plate mail +1. They take his 5
+2 arrows and his fallen
sword +1 (+3 vs dragons). Thack finds a secret door. and they continue but the small passageway abruptly dead ends. Thack heroically finds another secret door and they enter. Thack moves silently and walks out onto a shifting floor covered in gold coins. He sees a large red scaled wormlike shape curling off into the distance. He returns and relays this info to the others. They debate a plan. Cullen and Thack move silently out into the cavern. Meneleus steps out and makes a loud noise. The large shape turns and reveals itself to be a large red dragon. They talk to it for a while before they sensed that the dragon was going to breathe fire breath. Meneleus cast the
web scroll at the dragon's snout, giving them 2 free rounds to attack. They agreed to subdue the dragon, but none could hit it. Eventually Meneleus was able to sneak behind the dragon, but before he could give the growth potion to Cullen, Cullen had successfully struck the dragon with several hits of the flat of his new sword. The dragon surrendered and the party collected his spoils. A wand, a rod, a ring, a bag, and much gold. The dragon led them out onto the surface of the hill. They journeyed to the river, where the fisherman were waiting to pickup Greenleaf. They were afraid, but took the party back to Fort Guido, dragon in tow. In the tavern, Thack found Rosalinda Rosabella waiting to collect their promised item as payment. He led them out to the dragon. They chose the dragon, but the party was slow to relent. Eventually it was all worked out. And after spending several weeks recuperating, they made the long journey back to their own land. Meneleus and new permanent party member, Cullen DeFilch leveled up.
