Daily Campaign Log: Year of the Snake
Title: Day 7 — The Duel at the Breach
Date: January 7, 2026
Location: The Southern Wall Breach, Tygerian Capital
By: Captain Hedges
The Head of the Snake
The Basilisk Wurm is a smoking ruin of fused glass, but the hole it punched in our defenses remains. Wednesday morning broke with an eerie silence. The Ophidian infantry stopped firing. They pulled back to form an honor guard.
Out of the toxic green fog of the breach walked High Warlord Xul.
He is an Ophidian Cobra-Lord—standing seven feet tall, with a flared cybernetic hood and a lower body that is one long, armored tail. He didn't bring a gun. He brought a Singing Fang-Blade (a monofilament sword that vibrates at a sonic pitch).
The Encounter: Poison vs. The Swamp
Xul stepped into the "Dead Zone"—the lingering cloud of acid gas left by the dead Wurm—expecting to find us choking. He found me standing there, reloading my Thorne "Resonance" Pistol.
The Surprise: Xul activated his hood, spraying a concentrated Neuro-Venom Mist directly at me. It’s a chemical weapon designed to liquefy a nervous system in seconds.
The Result: I wiped the mist off my goggles and laughed. My immunity is absolute.
The Duel: The Warlord realized too late that his primary weapon was useless. He charged with the Fang-Blade. I parried with the Rod of Infinite Spanning (extended to quarterstaff length). It was steel against sonic vibration.
The Standoff
We fought to a draw in the mud. Xul retreated back into the breach when the Green Tigers circled around his flank. He knows now that the "Life Blood" has a defender who cannot be poisoned.
"He asked me why I didn't die. I told him I'm from the Shreveport Swamp—that gas was just fresh air to me." — Captain Hedges
D6 Stat Block: High Warlord Xul (Cobra-Lord)
Scale: Character (Boss) Type: Ophidian Commander
AGILITY: 5D (Lightning reflexes)
KNOWLEDGE: 4D (Military Strategy)
MECHANICAL: 2D
PERCEPTION: 4D
STRENGTH: 5D (Cybernetic enhancements)
TECHNICAL: 3D
Equipment & Abilities:
Singing Fang-Blade: STR+3D6 Damage (Ignores 2D of Armor due to sonic vibration).
Cyber-Hood: Can spray Neuro-Venom once every 3 rounds. (6D6 Acid Damage to anyone in a 3-meter cone. 0 Damage to Captain Hedges).
Personal Shield Generator: Absorbs 15 points of Damage before collapsing.
Product Identity & Legal The following items are designated Product Identity of Arthur Earl C. Hedges Jr. / The Adventures of Captain Hedges: The world of Zimrala, Zimrala One, The Ophidian Empire, High Warlord Xul, The Tygerian Isles, the Ether Dragons, the Tiger Force Shadow Saga, the specific "Hedge Wizard of the Shreveport Cabin" persona, the "Stellar Cartographers Guild," and the character "Emperor Rajah." Monsters! Monsters! and Humans, Humans (1st Edition) are trademarks of Ken St. Andre and Troll Godfather Press and are used with permission. The statistics and game mechanics provided herein are designated as unofficial playtest material for the Tygerian Isles campaign setting. © 2026 Arthur Earl C. Hedges Jr. All rights reserved.
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