>>5295108…But you do not have to wait long. Within minutes, you hear a rumbling, as of stone (or chitin) moving against stone.
>8“It’s moving,” the Pit-Guard’s apprentice whispers, nervously.
>7The next thing you hear is a pair of twinned screams. One is Oludamilare, crying out in panic. The other is the monstrous Devourer, roaring in that peculiar way that turns bones to jelly, seizes your muscles, and makes your head ring.
“It spotted him,” the Pit-Guard states, unnecessarily.
“We have to help him!” Olu’s fellow Degenerate, Paeris, insists.
The two full-bloods look to you, less certain in the assessment.
“We could use the distraction to kill it,” the Pit-Guard says.
“Or to leave,” the Apprentice notes, grimacing at the looks he gets in return. “It is not cowardice! It is pragmatism!”
What do you do?
>Charge in heroically and rescue Olu>Take the opportunity to slay the monster while it (probably) slays Olu in turn>Leave; the Apprentice is right that, with, your cover blown attacking this monster in its lair is suicide>You know… You could probably sue the distraction to seize some treasure and THEN flee, so you aren’t leaving empty-handed[Specify what items or weapons you use, if any, as part of your strategy. Write-ins permitted, as usual.]
