The fabled 'Crescent Crawl' is a journey known to students, young nobles, and bravos of the Crescent City. Those who walk its path begin their drinks late in the afternoon, and those who even reach its end have rarely done so before the early hours of the morning. Although the crawl doesn't have to be done in the specific order, the tradition asks that those taking the pilgrimage partake of the house specialty in each of the taverns along the journey. The taverns, and their specialties, are as follows:
1. The Clean Pearl: This quiet, dignified tavern serves a cup of aged white wine, almost vinegar, with a very cheap pearl dissolved in it. This is said to soothe the stomach. 2. The Thick Drum: An Orc-themed bar with distressed furniture serves 'Oogakh', a rough red wine cut with beef juices. It is thoroughly awful, and no dignified Orc would be seen in the premises. 3. The Abstract Demon: Decorated with a magically-animated hanging sign, this tavern is close-by to the Mages' Academy and serves a cherry wine called The Devil's Kiss in a decorative pewter chalice and top, which smokes and must be drunk in one draught. 4. The Old Man of the Forest: This tavern features a halfling 'wild man' who capers about and terrorizes the patrons. Its specialty is a cup of syrupy maple liqueur, hard to gulp down. 5. The Folding Crane: This tavern is hung with paper room dividers and features small rock sculptures with running water. Its drink is a gooseberry liquor served in a tall vial. 6. The Old City: Popular with landholding nobles and law-clerks, this tavern's house specialty is a simple and foamy brown ale. 7. The Twin Locks: A tavern with buildings on both sides of a street, connected by a bridging balcony. The tavern's specialty is a red wine served with ice cubes. 8. The Ruthless Swan: Set beside the university green and famed for the aggressive birds which attack students, the Ruthless Swan's specialty is a trio of cheap and stomach-rotting liquor shots. 9. The Howling Devil: A rough tavern popular with mercenaries, drinking here usually involves trading punches with one of its muscular bouncers. Asking for the house specialty attracts derision from all of the tavern-goers, and is likely to result in a suprise blow to the back of the head. 10. The Froghemoth: An exotic tavern staffed by waiters wearing faux-Froghemoth headbands, the house specialty is a goopy green melon-flavoured wine that wriggles slightly in the throat. People sometimes go missing from this tavern without explanation. 11. The Bat's Whistle: A gothic haunt popular with warlocks and necromancers, this tavern serves absinthe-laced milk to newcomers. 12. The Yellow Library: An antiqued tavern which is decorated wall-to-wall with bookshelves and favoured by wizards. The specialty is a tall glass of white wine with a torn-off piece of spell scroll at the bottom of the glass. Also posted on Game Masters Stash on 24 June 2021. Comments are closed.
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