The festering mass of congealed bodies shuddered at the touch of Clive’s magic. Hundreds of black pods sprouted from the mountain like something from a Jan Švankmajer film, each of them growing ten feet tall before breaking off and rolling to the bottom of the meat pile. The pods wriggled there, crawling over one another like maggots, until they tore apart to disgorge the creatures within. Trolls. A thousand of them at least, rising from a musty slumber, and all at Clive’s command. He cocked his head to one side like a painter admiring his handiwork. This was no masterpiece though. This was merely the canvas upon which to render it.
Clive cast a second spell and the army of trolls began to huddle. They grappled onto one another, forming a single, black scrum, then they began to grow vertically, a hideous human pyramid, climbing upon one another, towering high. The huddle took on a new shape, its component parts knitting together tighter than a school of barracudas.
Melding into a single, almighty, troll giant.
The creature filled the cavern from floor to ceiling, standing fifty feet high. Clive marvelled at his creation: the complex tangle of interlocking bodies forming its four colossal limbs, its torso, the meat of its muscles, even the features of its horrific face. At Clive’s command, the monster took a step forward, swallowing him in stygian darkness as it cast its shadow upon him.
“Who am I?” he asked the monster.
The giant scooped Clive up in its massive palms.
Its quivering maw fell slack as dozens of troll mouths combined to form a single, bowel-loosening howl.
“Master,” it said.
End of Book Two
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Table of Contents
Chapter One: Saving Throw
Chapter Two: House Rule
Chapter Three: Player Vs Player
Chapter Four: Trappings
Chapter Five: Insanity Roll
Chapter Six: Dungeons & Drequons
Chapter Seven: Attack of Opportunity
Chapter Eight: Monster Camp
Chapter Nine: Party Crashers
Chapter Ten: Bleed Out
Chapter Eleven: Fate Points
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