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"Yes, it's just down this well-worn path. You know, before all these adventuring schools, everybody started out by raiding the Caves of Chaos."
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"Would be interesting to see in detail, but this is already getting pretty in depth for a soda run."
With that, Doraad begins to head down the well-worn path towards the described location of the Hermit's tree.
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"Gotcha!" Hano turns and follows t'Nee down the path. "I wonder what this Hermit looks like! D'you think he'll be really wise and mysterious? I met a hermit once, but he was really grumpy."
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"I dunno. Kermit is a pretty popular frogman name in all of the known realms, so it's entirely possible that Hermit is one too here."
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A mile or so down the trail toward the Caves of Chaos, you spot a massive oak tree, large enough for a man to live comfortably inside if he didn’t care for creature comforts. Before it, a pile of leaves and twigs barely blocks what is a rather obvious hollow. Oddly, the hollow is boarded over, with a painted sign in Common reading “Mad Hermit moved. Property condemned.”
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Doraad gives the oak tree a once-over.
"Since when's a hermit too good for a tree? If he couldn't be bothered to camp out in the wilderness then he's sort of missed the whole point!"
The hobgoblin then gives the boards a weak kick, just to test the strength of the material.
(Unless a 5 somehow breaks it open.)
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regardless of Doraad's kicking abilities, t'Nee looks for a crack in the boards large enough for his small 2'6" frame to squeeze through.
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The boards are pretty sturdy, resisting Doraad's kick. However, the frogman is easily able to clamber inside.
Even by frog standards, it smells in here. Like a tepid swamp, but one consisting entirely of year-old urine. There is a massive vat inside, full of a vaguely amber-colored liquid, topped by algae and mildew.
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t'Nee realizes that without a light source, he's not going to be able to see much in here. Perhaps the boards will be more easily kicked off from the inside?
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