Bait

It was nice to have someone on his side. Checkers did not seem to think that a direct attack would work, so Fred tried to advance a better plan.

"What we need to do is surprise the dragon. Keep him off guard, and then hit him when he is least expecting it. If we could get about half an Allarian standard barrel of distilled corn whiskey into him, that should be enough to get him to sleep, and we could kill him then."

Checkers replied, "That is not a bad idea. Do you know where we can get the whiskey?"

"There is a depot at Mudspot, within a day's ride of here. I would try Lowell's Tavern, Bait, and Tackle. The credit of the Duchy is good there."

"Speaking of bait, how are you going to get the dragon in the place where you want him? I do not think that he is going to go out of his way for a barrel of whiskey."

Lord Fred thought about this, and said, "We need

1. a large hoard of gold."
2. a virgin."
3. a certain relic, that has great magical powers."
4. two copper bowls, four brass nails, and a spool of thread."

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