1)
“So where do we start digging?” the warrior asked wearily. “Graves as far as the eye can see.”
“Not here,” said a weathered stone right in front of him. “Coinless widow under me.”
“Really?” the thief sneered.#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 20, 2018
2)
“Coinless? And she could afford a talking tombstone?” He dug his shovel in, hard.
“Can’t fool you smart adventurers,” said the tombstone, as the plume of thick red gas jetted up to envelop the party, and they…#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 20, 2018
3)
…started to stagger and choke. “Hence the poisonous vapor trap. Thanks for triggering it.”
The thief sprinted clear of the spreading reddish smoke, smiled a crooked smile, and whipped out a mask that glowed as he donned it.#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 20, 2018
4)
“Nice try,” he told the tombstone, watching his companions die. “But some of us have a trick or two up our sleeves.” He picked up his shovel and dug it in again.
The blade that erupted out of the earth was taller than he was.#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 20, 2018
5)
The thief sprang for his life—but the second blade, bursting up from the other end of the grave, neatly took his arm off. “Disarmed, are we?” asked the tombstone through the thief’s shrieks. “Any more tricks up THAT sleeve?”#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 20, 2018
6)
The thief was too busy trying vainly to stop his lifeblood spraying from his shoulder to reply.
“In the end,” the tombstone observed to the adventurers’ corpses, “it always comes down to an arms race. You’re welcome.”#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 20, 2018