Another Day Another Dungeon Author:Greg Costikyan When Timaeus d Asperge graduated as a full fledged fire mage who didn't always realize the strength of his own spells, he needed something to do with his talents. And what better to test them than to on quest to find the infamous Caverns of Cytorax? But finding the right companions for the adventure was surprisingly difficult, and in the end Ti... more »maeus wasn't sure that he had quite the right crew. Nick and Sydney partners in their own questers-for-hire business were a great pair to have on a team when they were actually speaking to each other, Garni the dwarf had courage and talents, but he tended to carry an awful lot of equipment... Kraki was a barbarian of unsurpassed fighting skills, but he was far from a mental giant. And Father Thwaite was a darn good healer, unless he happened to be too drunk to find his patients...
Together they set off to find their fortune.... None of them suspected that the treasure they fought to win would prove far more dangerous once they actually managed to smuggle it through customs and back to the corrupt city they called home.
For gold and jewels aside, the adventurers had found a statue beyond price: the figure of a human man made entirely of athenor, that most rare and magical of metals; and though they thought they'd managed to sneak their booty into town,their prize was no secret. All it took was one corrupt customs official to spread the word, and soon everyone was after the magical statue.« less