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Credits: Script: Olan Suddeth (t_catt11) Art: Tiana Jackson (lolkat) Olan's thoughts for this strip: Any fan of horror movies knows full well that when the protagonists split up, something bad is going to befall one or more of them. So naturally, a sadistic DM like Steve (or myself) gets great pleasure when the adventuring party decides to do just that. I mean, really... they are simply *asking* for it! Side note: the art of this strip is my new favorite to date. Keywords/tags for this comic: bbg, big, bad, guy, watch, monster, knight, monk Listed at Onlinecomics.net and at Webcomicguide.com

Script for this strip:
Ladan: "This place is still consecrated. Solanis will help guard our rest."
Faustus: "This is farther than I'd like to be from the furnace, but it should be defensible."
Jhim: "Why not just sleep near the furnace?"

Dalana: "Because the cellar is too cramped for us to properly fight in, and there is no escape route."
Jhim: "Ah, that makes sense."

Aranion: "I will take the first watch."
Faustus: "I will go and stoke the fire. If I am not back in fifteen minutes, assume the worst."

Rich: "My hero!"
Tim: "You're so big and strong!"
Ray: "Yeah, well, the casters have to rest or we're toast... and we have to keep the fire burning, or we're toast. Don't worry, my guy is a knight, not a paladin - he'll retreat if need be."

Steve (narrator): "Just as Faustus finishes tossing the coal into the fire, he hears a heavy tread on the stairway."

Ray: "Okay, my guy will hide against the wall and let whatever is out there come in. Hopefully, it won't notice him, so Faustus can attack from behind - or retreat, if he has to."

Steve (narrator): "A tall, shadowy figure in a monk's habit passes through the doorway. As you step from your hiding place, it whirls to face you."

Steve (narrator): "This is no mere skeleton."

Originally posted on September 24th, 2009