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<blockquote data-quote="sniffles" data-source="post: 3339601" data-attributes="member: 30035"><p><strong>Letter #38 continues</strong></p><p></p><p>We returned to the maze this morning after a quiet night in camp. We found that Thor's summoned thoqqua had been sliced in half, though we couldn't tell by what. The two minotaurs we'd slain were gone but the lightning lizards had been left where they fell.</p><p></p><p>On our way back through the maze, Erasyne found a doorway equipped with a nasty trap: a false floor would spring up to impale the victim on spikes. We triggered it, but the door didn't appear to lead anywhere we hadn't already been so we didn't bother going through it.</p><p></p><p>After a bit more winding about we came upon a small room with what at first appeared to be a body in it. Several of my companions went in to investigate. Then a set of bars slammed down behind them. Ninad smashed them with a spell, but not before the 'body' rose up and attacked. The undead thing was chained to the wall and couldn't pursue us far beyond its chamber, but before we could retreat it managed to injure Varian. I lent him the enchanted mace I've been carrying as it's especially useful against undead creatures.</p><p></p><p>After that we followed more winding passages until Erasyne saw something shiny on the floor and stopped to investigate. She suspected it was meant to trigger another trap, so we proceeded past cautiously.</p><p></p><p>Shortly we came to a chamber that was more like a natural cave. Shishir and I had been bringing up the rear to look out for attacks from behind, and we hadn't yet entered the cave when an umber hulk erupted through the floor. Erasyne had just identified a pit trap behind the area where it emerged, and we couldn't get behind it to flank it.</p><p></p><p>Its gaze had an odd effect. I was obliged to avert my eyes. Rahon couldn't do the same and became confused. He started snarling and snapping at Varian. Thank the Keen Eye he couldn't get through the knight's armor. Then Varian started shouting out nonsense commands.</p><p></p><p>The rest of us fought the hulk with a will, except Thor, who had been riding Beaker up the walls all morning and had gone behind a rock outcrop where he couldn't see what was happening. By the time he reappeared one of Ninad's attacks had slain the umber hulk.</p><p></p><p>After we left the cave the passageways became worked stone again. Thor made himself useful by sending lights ahead of us down the tunnels. Eventually I noticed that the echoes of our footsteps were being deadened and Ninad feared we'd been going around in circles. Then I heard a noise I recognized from Mormog's first appearance. I shouted a warning to my companions as the minotaur stepped through the wall.</p><p></p><p>Mormog turned to me and before I could raise my spear to attack he swung one of his many axes and sheared my spear in half. I stepped back into a corner and summoned up a pair of 'spiritjaws' to combat him, but the magical jaws could never get a grip on his flesh.</p><p></p><p>The minotaur worked himself into a berserk rage, so I took cover around the bend of the passage to cast the strongest spell I had at my command. I knew it would take longer than usual to summon the energies. While I was preparing the minotaur managed to knock Rahon over with his flailing arms. Then I saw Shishir drop to the floor unconscious, and I gave up on my spell to go to his aid.</p><p></p><p>By the time I had Shishir back on his feet Mormog had disappeared again. I expended some charges from my curing wand on Shishir and Rahon. Then we headed back to the cave to find another passageway, as the one in which we met the minotaur was a dead end.</p><p></p><p>Along the way we searched the corpses we found for anything of use. I found a dagger that looks to be enchanted, though I don't know what it can do.</p><p></p><p>The next direction we took eventually led to another dead end, this time in a chamber that appeared to be a shrine to the minotaur's god. There were two large columns flanking the entrance, and a statue of a minotaur-like figure stood at the opposite end.</p><p></p><p>Erasyne suspected a trap in the doorway, but before she could disable it the columns suddenly collapsed, injuring her and Xolo and leaving a pile of rubble before us. Ninad had just advised us he thought the statue might be some sort of construct, and he was proved right when it began to lumber toward the entrance.</p><p></p><p>Erasyne, Xolo and Varian scrambled over the rubble to get behind the golem while Thor and Beaker hung from the ceiling. I swapped my bow for my scimitar and stepped up to meet it. Its stony surface was nearly impenetrable to both magic and weapons. But Ninad realized that some of the spells he and his brother knew might affect it. They blasted it with cold and sound while the rest of us struck as hard as we could with our blades until it finally crumbled under a blow from Varian.</p><p></p><p>By this point we were all tired and Thor and the twins were low on spells. We determined that it would be wise to retreat to our camp to recover. Nothing accosted us on the way out, but we discovered that someone, presumably Mormog, had come behind us and used magic to block the tunnel Thor's thoqqua had created. He had to summon another thoqqua to open a new tunnel.</p><p></p><p>Mormog was trying to trap us in his maze. He'd also blocked up the exit with stone. Thor couldn't summon another thoqqua, so I followed his example and called one myself. We were fortunate Mormog didn't try to take us while we waited for the creature to finish burrowing.</p><p></p><p><strong><em>To be continued...</em></strong></p><p>_______________________________________</p><p><strong>Quips & Quotes:</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Hedrin</strong>: "He hit me with a wand. It was a wound of wanding."</p><p> </p><p><strong>patv</strong>: "There's an incredibly thick chain."</p><p><strong>DH</strong>: "I'll take it."</p><p><strong>patv</strong>: "It's attached to the wall."</p><p><strong>DH</strong>: "I'll take that too!"</p><p><strong>Jubilee</strong>: "If you wanted to be that encumbered why didn't you just get married?"</p><p></p><p><strong>Devo </strong> (running Varian in DH's absence): "I'm babbling incoherently. So is Varian."</p><p></p><p><strong>Jubilee</strong>: "I can't hear myself sneak! Be quiet!"</p><p></p><p><strong>Hedrin</strong>: "The sound is deadened here. We might be going around in circles."</p><p><strong>Jubilee</strong>: "Or we're getting close to a rubber room."</p><p><strong>Hedrin</strong>: "Thor's always <u>this</u> close to a rubber room."</p><p></p><p><strong>Devo</strong>: "The minotaur must like electricity. He keeps..."</p><p><strong>patv</strong>: "...attracting it?"</p><p></p><p><strong>Jubilee</strong>: "That's why we carry that monk around, for his 10 foot pole."</p><p><strong>patv</strong>: "It's not 10 feet long, no matter what you say!"</p><p></p><p><strong>patv</strong>: "The minotaur looks strong, and he is strong."</p><p><strong>Devo</strong>: "And he smells strong."</p><p><strong>patv</strong>: "He has Irish Spring in his step."</p><p><strong>Hedrin</strong>: "Made for a man but strong enough for a minotaur."</p><p></p><p><strong>patv</strong>: "The statue is moving."</p><p><strong>Hedrin</strong>: "It's mooing?"</p><p><strong>Zora</strong>: "It's mooooving."</p><p></p><p><strong>Devo</strong>: "There aren't any egresses within 9 miles."</p><p><strong>sniffles</strong>: "That's egrets, not egresses."</p><p><strong>Zora</strong>: "I'm having a few egrets about this adventure."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sniffles, post: 3339601, member: 30035"] [b]Letter #38 continues[/b] We returned to the maze this morning after a quiet night in camp. We found that Thor's summoned thoqqua had been sliced in half, though we couldn't tell by what. The two minotaurs we'd slain were gone but the lightning lizards had been left where they fell. On our way back through the maze, Erasyne found a doorway equipped with a nasty trap: a false floor would spring up to impale the victim on spikes. We triggered it, but the door didn't appear to lead anywhere we hadn't already been so we didn't bother going through it. After a bit more winding about we came upon a small room with what at first appeared to be a body in it. Several of my companions went in to investigate. Then a set of bars slammed down behind them. Ninad smashed them with a spell, but not before the 'body' rose up and attacked. The undead thing was chained to the wall and couldn't pursue us far beyond its chamber, but before we could retreat it managed to injure Varian. I lent him the enchanted mace I've been carrying as it's especially useful against undead creatures. After that we followed more winding passages until Erasyne saw something shiny on the floor and stopped to investigate. She suspected it was meant to trigger another trap, so we proceeded past cautiously. Shortly we came to a chamber that was more like a natural cave. Shishir and I had been bringing up the rear to look out for attacks from behind, and we hadn't yet entered the cave when an umber hulk erupted through the floor. Erasyne had just identified a pit trap behind the area where it emerged, and we couldn't get behind it to flank it. Its gaze had an odd effect. I was obliged to avert my eyes. Rahon couldn't do the same and became confused. He started snarling and snapping at Varian. Thank the Keen Eye he couldn't get through the knight's armor. Then Varian started shouting out nonsense commands. The rest of us fought the hulk with a will, except Thor, who had been riding Beaker up the walls all morning and had gone behind a rock outcrop where he couldn't see what was happening. By the time he reappeared one of Ninad's attacks had slain the umber hulk. After we left the cave the passageways became worked stone again. Thor made himself useful by sending lights ahead of us down the tunnels. Eventually I noticed that the echoes of our footsteps were being deadened and Ninad feared we'd been going around in circles. Then I heard a noise I recognized from Mormog's first appearance. I shouted a warning to my companions as the minotaur stepped through the wall. Mormog turned to me and before I could raise my spear to attack he swung one of his many axes and sheared my spear in half. I stepped back into a corner and summoned up a pair of 'spiritjaws' to combat him, but the magical jaws could never get a grip on his flesh. The minotaur worked himself into a berserk rage, so I took cover around the bend of the passage to cast the strongest spell I had at my command. I knew it would take longer than usual to summon the energies. While I was preparing the minotaur managed to knock Rahon over with his flailing arms. Then I saw Shishir drop to the floor unconscious, and I gave up on my spell to go to his aid. By the time I had Shishir back on his feet Mormog had disappeared again. I expended some charges from my curing wand on Shishir and Rahon. Then we headed back to the cave to find another passageway, as the one in which we met the minotaur was a dead end. Along the way we searched the corpses we found for anything of use. I found a dagger that looks to be enchanted, though I don't know what it can do. The next direction we took eventually led to another dead end, this time in a chamber that appeared to be a shrine to the minotaur's god. There were two large columns flanking the entrance, and a statue of a minotaur-like figure stood at the opposite end. Erasyne suspected a trap in the doorway, but before she could disable it the columns suddenly collapsed, injuring her and Xolo and leaving a pile of rubble before us. Ninad had just advised us he thought the statue might be some sort of construct, and he was proved right when it began to lumber toward the entrance. Erasyne, Xolo and Varian scrambled over the rubble to get behind the golem while Thor and Beaker hung from the ceiling. I swapped my bow for my scimitar and stepped up to meet it. Its stony surface was nearly impenetrable to both magic and weapons. But Ninad realized that some of the spells he and his brother knew might affect it. They blasted it with cold and sound while the rest of us struck as hard as we could with our blades until it finally crumbled under a blow from Varian. By this point we were all tired and Thor and the twins were low on spells. We determined that it would be wise to retreat to our camp to recover. Nothing accosted us on the way out, but we discovered that someone, presumably Mormog, had come behind us and used magic to block the tunnel Thor's thoqqua had created. He had to summon another thoqqua to open a new tunnel. Mormog was trying to trap us in his maze. He'd also blocked up the exit with stone. Thor couldn't summon another thoqqua, so I followed his example and called one myself. We were fortunate Mormog didn't try to take us while we waited for the creature to finish burrowing. [B][I]To be continued...[/I][/B] _______________________________________ [B]Quips & Quotes:[/B] [B]Hedrin[/B]: "He hit me with a wand. It was a wound of wanding." [B]patv[/B]: "There's an incredibly thick chain." [B]DH[/B]: "I'll take it." [B]patv[/B]: "It's attached to the wall." [B]DH[/B]: "I'll take that too!" [B]Jubilee[/B]: "If you wanted to be that encumbered why didn't you just get married?" [B]Devo [/B] (running Varian in DH's absence): "I'm babbling incoherently. So is Varian." [B]Jubilee[/B]: "I can't hear myself sneak! Be quiet!" [B]Hedrin[/B]: "The sound is deadened here. We might be going around in circles." [B]Jubilee[/B]: "Or we're getting close to a rubber room." [B]Hedrin[/B]: "Thor's always [U]this[/U] close to a rubber room." [B]Devo[/B]: "The minotaur must like electricity. He keeps..." [B]patv[/B]: "...attracting it?" [B]Jubilee[/B]: "That's why we carry that monk around, for his 10 foot pole." [B]patv[/B]: "It's not 10 feet long, no matter what you say!" [B]patv[/B]: "The minotaur looks strong, and he is strong." [B]Devo[/B]: "And he smells strong." [B]patv[/B]: "He has Irish Spring in his step." [B]Hedrin[/B]: "Made for a man but strong enough for a minotaur." [B]patv[/B]: "The statue is moving." [B]Hedrin[/B]: "It's mooing?" [B]Zora[/B]: "It's mooooving." [B]Devo[/B]: "There aren't any egresses within 9 miles." [B]sniffles[/B]: "That's egrets, not egresses." [B]Zora[/B]: "I'm having a few egrets about this adventure." [/QUOTE]
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