Category: RDI History

Dominique the Resourceful

Dominique the Resourceful By Geoff Bottone The Red Dragon Inn 10 launches goes live on Kickstarter October 10th! ZERINNE ISLAND NEWLY REUNIFIED NATION OF GARNIER FARNSDAY 12, 834 0930 HOURS As Dominique flapped her towel open and laid it on the sand, she cast a surreptitious gaze about her. Despite the perfect blue sky and gently rolling surf, the remote beach was otherwise deserted. This didn’t rule out the possibility that unknown parties were observing her from the thick, leafy greenery that formed the boundary between beach and jungle, of course.  She knelt down on her towel and opened the

Trapmaster Alaric

Trapmaster Alaric By Geoff Bottone The Red Dragon Inn 10 launches goes live on Kickstarter October 10th! Most people know there are two types of thieves in Greyport: the public-facing ones known for their charitable works in the Undercity and the much sneakier ones that collect involuntary donations from Guild-approved targets.  Alaric was what the Thieves’ Guild called a floater. He was a card-carrying member that specialized in traps and trap removal. Most of the time, he was employed to clear ancient and dangerous traps out of tucked-away corners of the Undercity. More rarely, he was sent in with a

A Gala to Remembala!

A Gala to Remembala! By Geoff Bottone Today we dive into the finale of our tale from the Undercity. The plan has been set, will our heroes foil it in time? This is Chapter 5 of an ongoing story. Follow this link if you missed Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3 or Chapter 4. Petra didn’t look back, or look at the box she now carried tucked under one arm. Instead, she kept right on running until she had reached Greyport street level. Then, slowing just a bit so as not to be stupidly obvious, she jogged a zig-zag track

Jett the Courier

Jett the Courier By Geoff Bottone The Red Dragon Inn 9 – The Undercity is live on Kickstarter! Today we dive into a tale from the Undercity. Let’s meet Jett the Courier, a package runner always on the look out for the most daring and exciting paths through the twisting tunnels (and garden beds, windows, clotheslines…) of the Undercity. This is Chapter 4 of an ongoing story. Follow this link if you missed Chapter 1, Chapter 2 or Chapter 3. Jett hurtled down the dimly lit tunnel, dodging wobbling pushcarts and their irate pushers. His feet flew over the muddy

Doctor Terci

Doctor Terci By Geoff Bottone The Red Dragon Inn 9 – The Undercity is live on Kickstarter! Today we dive into a tale from the Undercity. Let’s meet Doctor Terci, a surgeon in the Undercity trying to make an honest living in a world of magical healing.. This is Chapter 3 of an ongoing story. Follow this link if you missed Chapter 1 or Chapter 2. “Now then,” Terci said, tying off the bandage around the young man’s arm and threading the ends back in through the wrapping, “that should do it. I’d leave it on for three days or

Beastsergeant Ygella

Beastsergeant Ygella By Geoff Bottone The Red Dragon Inn 9 – The Undercity is live on Kickstarter! Today we dive into a tale from the Undercity. Let’s meet Ygella, Beastsergeant for the Runoff Rangers responsible for keeping the citizens of the Undercity safe from the cavern’s natural flora and fauna. This is Chapter 2 of an ongoing story. Follow this link if you missed Chapter 1. Ygella hunkered down in the back of the cave, tossing one of her axes from hand to hand, and stared at the back of the cage. Inside, her army of mighty ants were working

Dale the Mycologist

Dale the Mycologist By Geoff Bottone The Red Dragon Inn 9 – The Undercity is live on Kickstarter! Today we dive into a tale from the Undercity. Let’s meet Dale, our diminutive, pixie mushroom farmer as he runs into an intriguing character up to no good. “Hey!” shouted Dale, his mouth full of mud. “Watch where you’re going!” He pushed himself up off of the cavern floor and squinted angrily through the roiling cloud of spores. Ahead of him, a gorge of absolute ruin had been carved straight through the middle of his carefully cultivated field. In the distant shadows,