Please Xcrawl, Don't Hurt 'Em

The trap door leads to a stairway going down ten stories and ending in a hallway with glowing AVS advertisements along both walls. At the end of the 60’ corridor is a door. Halfway down Tymun finds an electric eye sensor that was the trigger for a trap but safely disables it before the sensor is activated. You continue on.

Just before you reach the door, an AVS appears in front of it. DJ Rosie the Riveting greets you. She sits among a pile of all sorts of toys.

"Houston Hexcrawlers, I have to hand it to you. You fought good today, real good. You did yourselves proud. And I have only one more challenge for you. One more chance to live or die for the glory of the Empire. I like toys. I mean, sure we all do, but since I was little I’ve been crazy about them. I used to make little Xcrawl mazes for my figures to crawl through . . . ah, those were the days. So the last stop is my toy shop. There is a lot of fun to be had here, so enjoy yourself. But be careful, some of these are collectors’ items. And by that, I mean that the items collect Xcrawlers and leave them broken in a pile under the bed. Last little bonus, this final door has no trap nor lock. Have fun!"

The AVS disappears.

True to her word, the last door is neither trapped not locked. You step into an arena room—the crowd gives you a standing ovation as you enter. The room has been stage-dressed to look like the interior of a huge toy store.

In the center of the room is a glass-faced shop counter, like one might encounter in a department store, with several displays on it. There are shelves all around the wall with boxed toys. Behind you is a shelf full of action figures, dozens of different kinds, six of them are unboxed: a cyborg cop, a flying princess, an iconic hero, a dark anti-hero, a burning hero, and a rescue worker.

There are three toys sitting prominently on the counter. As you watch, they suddenly grow into huge creatures—a ten-foot-tall monster, a giant red dinosaur, and what appears to be a huge blob of kid’s play putty. They all prepare to lunge at you.

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Round 1
Character	Acted	Grandstanding
Frankenstein's Monster
Demonasaurus
Killy Putty
Tymun
Vi Vi
Bole
Butch
Callan
Gabriel
Sassafras

Butch was right about Rosie's concept but wrong in the details. As soon as he touches the cyborg cop doll, the doll glows and Butch feels a tingling sensation. Metal plating encases his body complete with visored helmet. A blaster pistol materializes in one hand. Butch has the sudden urge to say, "Dead or alive, you're coming with me." The thrown doll chatters harmlessly to the ground.

The tall Frankenstein slowly begins clomping closer to the Crawlers while the 60' tall spiked dinosaur walks a little faster to close the distance. The putty stretches and slings itself closer with a rubbery snapping sound.