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<blockquote data-quote="Hairy Minotaur" data-source="post: 1785708" data-attributes="member: 11574"><p>The party heads out, getting about four miles north of Mirwood and stepping into a waiting ambush.</p><p></p><p>Four kobolds fire from partial cover behind trees 90' in front of the party, while two worgs charge the rear of the party. Maermon's backside has a chunk removed by a worg, while Paquito deftly dodges the snapping jaws of the other worg. The kobolds manage to pepper everyone in their respective line of sights, while Maermon's worg drags his body down and chews out a gaping wound in his shoulder. Korg moves to the first kobold's position and squishes it into the tree, he then begins wiping off his sword of kobold goo before hiding as best he can behind the tree. </p><p></p><p>"Korg, what are you doing?" Benat asks</p><p></p><p>"Korg not want to get stuck with little sticks, hide behind tree so little doggie men can't see me." Korg replies</p><p></p><p>"But, your gut hangs out beyond the tree's girth, you're going to get hit regardless." Benat protests to the giant.</p><p></p><p>"Fine, Korg move to other side of tree so elfy can't see him." Korg responds and moves around the tree and out of cover. A kobold arrow easily finds it's place in Korg's abdomen</p><p></p><p>"Aahh, tree not help Korg!" Korg exclaims as he removes the arrow and proceeds to chop the tree into toothpicks.</p><p></p><p>Gronar manages to divide a worg, while Paquito sends a magic missile into the worg behind him, Paquito then takes a step back to allow someone else to fill the gap. Benat fed up with trying to shoot at the kobolds, casts entangle and snares two kobolds. Nameroc moves to Maermon and helps tend to his wounds, while Gronar takes down the other worg. </p><p></p><p>"Korg! focus, watch Gronar play marbles with little doggie men." Korg says as he advances to the edge of the entangle spell and takes out a four foot rock from a pouch on his waist. He then whips it into the tree of a non-entangled kobold. The rock grazes the kobold, but causes it to lose it's balance and fall to it's death.</p><p></p><p>Korg moves up and nails a kobold that had escaped the entangle and was climbing down the tree to escape. "Haha, Korg get one too. This fun game!" </p><p></p><p>Benat ends the entangle spell, and both Korg and Gronar charge the tree in an attempt to squish the last kobold. Benat couldn't tell who ended up killing it as she was disgusted at the way the giants turned the tree the kobold was in, into a branchless wooden pillar. </p><p></p><p>The party loots the bodies, and Benat manages to save enough of the worg's pelts to make a pouch and a cape once she returns to Mirwood. </p><p></p><p>The party travels another 2.5 miles to the north and Paquito and Korg both spot a pit trap being covered up out of the corner of their eyes. The party goes to investigate and gets ambushed by four worgs and a kobold this time. </p><p></p><p>The worgs take down Maermon and the kobold*,swinging a war mace, takes down Korg in one swing. Gronar attempts to bull rush the little critter, but the kobold is more than up to the challenge even being 9' smaller than the giant. Dismayed, Gronar steps back and pokes the kobold with his spear, causing a sucking wound to the kobold's chest. The rest of the party deals with the worgs and Nameroc moves in to heal Korg. </p><p></p><p>The kobold now fearful of it's life, throws down darkness, covering the entire battlefield, and takes off running to the north. Benat races outside the edge of the field, but is unable to locate the fleeing kobold. Nameroc has no difficultly in locating Maermon's bleeding body, and after apply his healing skill, begins force feeding him goodberries.</p><p></p><p>"You did try kicking him in the crotch? No?" Paquito shouts to Nameroc through the darkness.</p><p></p><p>"Why would I do that?" Nameroc shouts back</p><p></p><p>"Someone told me that is the way to wake up a sleeping elf. No?" Paquito replies</p><p></p><p>"Status check. How's everyone doing?" Benat shouts out as the darkness lifts</p><p></p><p>"Korg have big owee, need lots of rest." Korg answers and gets the same reply from Maermon</p><p></p><p>"Are you carrying a slab of meat in your backpack or something? Those things were all over you." Benat asks Maermon</p><p></p><p>"Once again the Paquito Flacido shines through like a beacon of stalwartness through the din of battle! No?" Paquito proudly announces</p><p></p><p>"Nameroc, do you know of any safe places we could camp for the night?" Benat asks</p><p></p><p>"Sure but we have to backtrack about 3.5 miles southeast." Nameroc answers</p><p></p><p>"Let's get moving." Benat replies</p><p></p><p>Nameroc leads them to a secluded cave big enough for the giants to squeeze into and still allow room for everyone else. The night passes uneventfully, with Nameroc making odd yipping noises all night long causing the group to sleep restlessly until around 3 am when Korg whips a rock into the back of Nameroc's head knocking him unconscious. Drawing a gasp from the other elves in the party.</p><p>"What? Korg thought doggie men were back." Korg explains as he closes his eyes to return to sleep.</p><p></p><p>The party heads back to the site of the first ambush and Benat begins tracking the kobolds steps, she tracks for a mile before the trail is interrupted by a presence of a good sized oak tree. </p><p></p><p>"I think we're in the moving woods part." Benat announces to which Nameroc nods in agreement</p><p></p><p>"Gronar think elf not know how to track." Gronar replies </p><p></p><p>"No there's a tree in the way." Benat says as she walks around the tree and picks up the trail again. "Odd it's like this tree just grew overnight." </p><p></p><p>Benat leads the party another mile where another tree has appeared in the tracks, this time however she finds a deliberate attempt to cover the tracks behind this tree.</p><p></p><p>"Well, I've lost the trail. Something has covered the tracks after this tree." Benat states</p><p></p><p>"You did look on the other side this time? No?" Paquito asks</p><p></p><p>"Maybe my wolf could track?" Nameroc chimes in</p><p></p><p>"You have a wolf? You've had it this whole time?! And you never said anything the whole time I was tracking!!" Benat says getting increasingly agitated</p><p></p><p>"Is it a female wolf?" Paquito asks, and gets the back of Benat's hand as a reply.</p><p></p><p>Nameroc calls for his animal companion and the wolf picks up the scent of the person who covered the tracks, but stops at the base of the tree and indicates the scent stops there. Looking up the party finds no indication there was anyone or anything in the tree. Nameroc then asks the wolf to follow the scent back to it's source. The party follows the wolf for about a mile to the east before the wolf indicates it's reached it's destination, which appears to be a bare patch of ground. Benat confirms that there are tracks similar in size to a kobold's but shaped different (a kobold's being clawed, while these definitely were from a toed foot).</p><p></p><p>The party decides to head north as that's where the nasty hitting kobold ran off to. They travel for about four hours before coming upon a hill rising out of the forest floor, with a knob of dirt on the top of the hill. Benat and Maermon move up darting behind trees and pausing to listen for any sounds as they make their way up to the base of the hill. Nameroc makes a note that his wolf appears calm even thought there appears to be no sounds of any wildlife in the immediate area. Benat makes her way to the base of the knob and hears a rushing river behind the hill. Peering over the back edge of the hill, she sees a forty foot drop into a swiftly moving river. </p><p></p><p>Gronar moves up and climbs to the top of the knob, and surveys the surrounding area, while proclaiming himself "King of the Mountain". Meanwhile the elves scour the base of the knob and Benat discovers a hidden door. The party regroups at the base of the knob, and Maermon opens the door. Two crossbow bolts come whizzing out from somewhere behind the door. Peering in the group sees a 30' long passage that's only 5' wide, it travels at a 60 degree decline and ends in a room from which two kobolds are firing at the party behind an overturned table.</p><p></p><p>Gronar throws a rock into the table, while Maermon does a controlled tumble down the passageway, getting 15' in the floor falls away into a pit, but Maermon manages to collect himself and activate the titan blood within him, levitating near the top of the passage. Unable to hit the kobolds now, Benat casts spiritual weapon and ends the kobold threat. </p><p></p><p>"Thank goodness I was here, you would've been mincemeat again, Maermon." Benat announces</p><p></p><p>"Hey, Gronar kill table." Gronar interjects</p><p></p><p>"What? The table wasn't trying to kill us." Benat replies</p><p></p><p>"Its not moving now." Gronar says proudly</p><p></p><p>"It wasn't moving before." Benat answers</p><p></p><p>"Fine job my pituitary engorged fellow, you can never be too sure about tables, sometimes they get up and charge you. I for one could've easily been killed, or at least severely splintered. I appreciate your preemptive tactical awareness, it saved my life. No?" Paquito tells Gronar</p><p></p><p>"Argh! Get over yourself, you're not even funny anymore." Benat decrees</p><p></p><p>"Gronar think pokey OK for short man with cow head." The giant replies putting a hand on the minotaur's shoulder.</p><p></p><p>Maermon pushes himself down the passageway and gets hit by two arrows from kobolds who have entered the room beyond the trapped hallway. Maermon pushes himself down the pit and out of harms way as Benat fires arrows into the attackers and Gronar throws another rock ending the threat.</p><p></p><p>Korg and Gronar chop down a tree so that the party can get across the pit, as the giants ask the party to scout ahead to see if it gets any wider below before they enter the mound.</p><p></p><p><em>* this kobold created with the dreadnaught template from "The Book of Templates-Deluxe Edition" (Silverthorne Games) </em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hairy Minotaur, post: 1785708, member: 11574"] The party heads out, getting about four miles north of Mirwood and stepping into a waiting ambush. Four kobolds fire from partial cover behind trees 90' in front of the party, while two worgs charge the rear of the party. Maermon's backside has a chunk removed by a worg, while Paquito deftly dodges the snapping jaws of the other worg. The kobolds manage to pepper everyone in their respective line of sights, while Maermon's worg drags his body down and chews out a gaping wound in his shoulder. Korg moves to the first kobold's position and squishes it into the tree, he then begins wiping off his sword of kobold goo before hiding as best he can behind the tree. "Korg, what are you doing?" Benat asks "Korg not want to get stuck with little sticks, hide behind tree so little doggie men can't see me." Korg replies "But, your gut hangs out beyond the tree's girth, you're going to get hit regardless." Benat protests to the giant. "Fine, Korg move to other side of tree so elfy can't see him." Korg responds and moves around the tree and out of cover. A kobold arrow easily finds it's place in Korg's abdomen "Aahh, tree not help Korg!" Korg exclaims as he removes the arrow and proceeds to chop the tree into toothpicks. Gronar manages to divide a worg, while Paquito sends a magic missile into the worg behind him, Paquito then takes a step back to allow someone else to fill the gap. Benat fed up with trying to shoot at the kobolds, casts entangle and snares two kobolds. Nameroc moves to Maermon and helps tend to his wounds, while Gronar takes down the other worg. "Korg! focus, watch Gronar play marbles with little doggie men." Korg says as he advances to the edge of the entangle spell and takes out a four foot rock from a pouch on his waist. He then whips it into the tree of a non-entangled kobold. The rock grazes the kobold, but causes it to lose it's balance and fall to it's death. Korg moves up and nails a kobold that had escaped the entangle and was climbing down the tree to escape. "Haha, Korg get one too. This fun game!" Benat ends the entangle spell, and both Korg and Gronar charge the tree in an attempt to squish the last kobold. Benat couldn't tell who ended up killing it as she was disgusted at the way the giants turned the tree the kobold was in, into a branchless wooden pillar. The party loots the bodies, and Benat manages to save enough of the worg's pelts to make a pouch and a cape once she returns to Mirwood. The party travels another 2.5 miles to the north and Paquito and Korg both spot a pit trap being covered up out of the corner of their eyes. The party goes to investigate and gets ambushed by four worgs and a kobold this time. The worgs take down Maermon and the kobold*,swinging a war mace, takes down Korg in one swing. Gronar attempts to bull rush the little critter, but the kobold is more than up to the challenge even being 9' smaller than the giant. Dismayed, Gronar steps back and pokes the kobold with his spear, causing a sucking wound to the kobold's chest. The rest of the party deals with the worgs and Nameroc moves in to heal Korg. The kobold now fearful of it's life, throws down darkness, covering the entire battlefield, and takes off running to the north. Benat races outside the edge of the field, but is unable to locate the fleeing kobold. Nameroc has no difficultly in locating Maermon's bleeding body, and after apply his healing skill, begins force feeding him goodberries. "You did try kicking him in the crotch? No?" Paquito shouts to Nameroc through the darkness. "Why would I do that?" Nameroc shouts back "Someone told me that is the way to wake up a sleeping elf. No?" Paquito replies "Status check. How's everyone doing?" Benat shouts out as the darkness lifts "Korg have big owee, need lots of rest." Korg answers and gets the same reply from Maermon "Are you carrying a slab of meat in your backpack or something? Those things were all over you." Benat asks Maermon "Once again the Paquito Flacido shines through like a beacon of stalwartness through the din of battle! No?" Paquito proudly announces "Nameroc, do you know of any safe places we could camp for the night?" Benat asks "Sure but we have to backtrack about 3.5 miles southeast." Nameroc answers "Let's get moving." Benat replies Nameroc leads them to a secluded cave big enough for the giants to squeeze into and still allow room for everyone else. The night passes uneventfully, with Nameroc making odd yipping noises all night long causing the group to sleep restlessly until around 3 am when Korg whips a rock into the back of Nameroc's head knocking him unconscious. Drawing a gasp from the other elves in the party. "What? Korg thought doggie men were back." Korg explains as he closes his eyes to return to sleep. The party heads back to the site of the first ambush and Benat begins tracking the kobolds steps, she tracks for a mile before the trail is interrupted by a presence of a good sized oak tree. "I think we're in the moving woods part." Benat announces to which Nameroc nods in agreement "Gronar think elf not know how to track." Gronar replies "No there's a tree in the way." Benat says as she walks around the tree and picks up the trail again. "Odd it's like this tree just grew overnight." Benat leads the party another mile where another tree has appeared in the tracks, this time however she finds a deliberate attempt to cover the tracks behind this tree. "Well, I've lost the trail. Something has covered the tracks after this tree." Benat states "You did look on the other side this time? No?" Paquito asks "Maybe my wolf could track?" Nameroc chimes in "You have a wolf? You've had it this whole time?! And you never said anything the whole time I was tracking!!" Benat says getting increasingly agitated "Is it a female wolf?" Paquito asks, and gets the back of Benat's hand as a reply. Nameroc calls for his animal companion and the wolf picks up the scent of the person who covered the tracks, but stops at the base of the tree and indicates the scent stops there. Looking up the party finds no indication there was anyone or anything in the tree. Nameroc then asks the wolf to follow the scent back to it's source. The party follows the wolf for about a mile to the east before the wolf indicates it's reached it's destination, which appears to be a bare patch of ground. Benat confirms that there are tracks similar in size to a kobold's but shaped different (a kobold's being clawed, while these definitely were from a toed foot). The party decides to head north as that's where the nasty hitting kobold ran off to. They travel for about four hours before coming upon a hill rising out of the forest floor, with a knob of dirt on the top of the hill. Benat and Maermon move up darting behind trees and pausing to listen for any sounds as they make their way up to the base of the hill. Nameroc makes a note that his wolf appears calm even thought there appears to be no sounds of any wildlife in the immediate area. Benat makes her way to the base of the knob and hears a rushing river behind the hill. Peering over the back edge of the hill, she sees a forty foot drop into a swiftly moving river. Gronar moves up and climbs to the top of the knob, and surveys the surrounding area, while proclaiming himself "King of the Mountain". Meanwhile the elves scour the base of the knob and Benat discovers a hidden door. The party regroups at the base of the knob, and Maermon opens the door. Two crossbow bolts come whizzing out from somewhere behind the door. Peering in the group sees a 30' long passage that's only 5' wide, it travels at a 60 degree decline and ends in a room from which two kobolds are firing at the party behind an overturned table. Gronar throws a rock into the table, while Maermon does a controlled tumble down the passageway, getting 15' in the floor falls away into a pit, but Maermon manages to collect himself and activate the titan blood within him, levitating near the top of the passage. Unable to hit the kobolds now, Benat casts spiritual weapon and ends the kobold threat. "Thank goodness I was here, you would've been mincemeat again, Maermon." Benat announces "Hey, Gronar kill table." Gronar interjects "What? The table wasn't trying to kill us." Benat replies "Its not moving now." Gronar says proudly "It wasn't moving before." Benat answers "Fine job my pituitary engorged fellow, you can never be too sure about tables, sometimes they get up and charge you. I for one could've easily been killed, or at least severely splintered. I appreciate your preemptive tactical awareness, it saved my life. No?" Paquito tells Gronar "Argh! Get over yourself, you're not even funny anymore." Benat decrees "Gronar think pokey OK for short man with cow head." The giant replies putting a hand on the minotaur's shoulder. Maermon pushes himself down the passageway and gets hit by two arrows from kobolds who have entered the room beyond the trapped hallway. Maermon pushes himself down the pit and out of harms way as Benat fires arrows into the attackers and Gronar throws another rock ending the threat. Korg and Gronar chop down a tree so that the party can get across the pit, as the giants ask the party to scout ahead to see if it gets any wider below before they enter the mound. [I]* this kobold created with the dreadnaught template from "The Book of Templates-Deluxe Edition" (Silverthorne Games) [/I] [/QUOTE]
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