Post by Ark on Jun 25, 2022 17:20:42 GMT -5
In this thread, I'm documenting a solo game I'm running with the Scooby characters. It's very trial & error and I'm learning as I go. Definitely fun when it all comes together and it feels like an action-filled Scooby episode!
The first part will follow the mini-campaign "Tomb of the Forgotten Paladin" in Jeff Ashworth's "Random Encounters" book. I've ran through the first two parts, Into the Woods and Bald Rock Clearing. The adventure starts with the gang driving to Vincent's place in a storm. Shaggy is busy elsewhere, training for a NASCAR race. Daphne has been training in martial arts class, Flim-Flam and Scrappy have been doing magic training with Vincent, and Scooby is as Scooby as always. They get lost and stop the Mystery Machine. (1)
Nothing but woods for hours. They look for any sign of help but... nothing. (2)
They find a path and wander on. (3)
They reach a strange rock structure covered in vines and wonder what it's for. (4)
Suddenly, plant creatures appear out of the vines! "There's no escape!" they yell. (5)
Scooby gets scared and runs for cover while Scrappy charges ahead yelling, "You think you can talk to my Uncle Scooby like that?" (6)
Battle ensues and Scrappy quickly goes unconscious. Flim-Flam uses his little knowledge of magic to "cure wounds" and get Scrappy back awake. Meanwhile, Scooby has found something very important: a priceless magical sword. As he pulls the sword from the vines, one of the vine monsters explodes into a flash of light and disappears. "Rappy! R'll relp rou!" Scooby yells as he runs to the rescue, magic sword in mouth, swinging powerfully on its own. Daphne uses her marital arts training to make a makeshift quarterstaff out of a tree branch and helps fend off the creatures. (7)
Scrappy and Flim-Flam use their newly learned magic to send blasts of energy at the creatures. Daphne tosses a poison dart at them. Scooby's magical sword swings wildly. One of the plant creatures make vines come up from the ground and grab Scooby, his sword dropping to the ground as he struggles for breath. (8)
Scrappy grabs the sword and runs to help the others. Flim-Flam has now been grabbed by the vines in place of Scooby. Daphne defeats one of the plant creatures. (9)
Everyone is tired, but they give it all they have. (10)
Flim-Flam faints, but the creatures have been defeated! (11)
They helped Flim-Flam back to the Mystery Machine and cook dinner in the back. The sword's hilt is discovered to have a secret panel and out falls a message. "If this sword is found, simply watch for the blue glow. It will lead it back home." Scooby holds on tight as the sword lights up bright blue and aims back toward where they had just escaped from. "Well gang, looks like we'd better get some rest!" Daphne says. "It looks like this journey has just begun!"
