Age of Worms players will advance to level 6 after this session. Outside players will gain 1000XP upon successful completion.

When you first heard the bellowing, you assumed that either several bull alligators were fighting nearby, or someone was in agonizing pain. Now you have discovered the truth behind the noises that lured you off the road and into the Mistmarsh Swamp. Several hundred yards off the main road, you found a small, neatly constructed mud brick cottage. You are sitting in the bushes by the house, watching a white-haired old man singing in the bath. Or trying to sing. The old man is apparently utterly tone deaf and unfortunately possessed of a very strong set of lungs.

But wait! Suddenly, a dozen 2'-tall, brown-and-white spotted mushrooms scamper out of the bushes on the right ofthe bathtub and start singing along with the old man in the tub, who seems to accept this incredible event as an everyday occurrence. The mushrooms bob and weave as their faint tenor voices trail along with the old man's demonically offkey yowling. The mushrooms are obviously trying to imitate the old man, but nonetheless, their off-key warbling is not as bad as the old man's howling. Suddenly, a piercing whistle blasts through the turgid, reeking air of the swamp. The sound comes from right behind the bathtub. The old man whirls around just as a mushroom disappears into the bushes with the last of his clothing. In a thunderous voice, he vells, "Come back here with my clothes, you thieving little varmints! Come here, you!" Shouting dire threats, the old man leaps out of the tub, wearing only a towel, and gives chase to the mushrooms.