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<blockquote data-quote="Hairy Minotaur" data-source="post: 1825448" data-attributes="member: 11574"><p>The party returns to Mirwood, and gets in a good night's rest. Nameroc returns to the elven temple and buys up all their healing scrolls and one potion, while Finrod buys a potion as well, and tries to convince the elven temple that his services as weaponsmith would be greatly needed for the church and they should look into giving him a nice discount for his services. The church declines and Finrod leaves dejected with his one potion.</p><p></p><p>The party returns to the old fort, and finds it seemingly abandoned, Paquito sends chip to scout out the interior stairwell. Paquito reports that the left turn the party took earlier is no longer there, there is only a right turn now.</p><p></p><p>"Gronar think Pokey's bullchip lost, maybe not even in right tunnel." Gronar states</p><p></p><p>Paquito urges his familiar through the left wall and it emerges into a small empty room, "It appears they have moved the maze around. No?" Paquito ascertains</p><p></p><p>"So, you admit it is a maze? Doesn't that mean you won't get lost if we threw you down there?" Benat snipes</p><p></p><p>"The great Paquito would not get lost because his has the intellect of Erzor the Sage! He studied so long, he died while doing it, turned into a ghost and studied for an eon longer. Until some uppity cleric type destroyed him. That is why Paquito the Vizer will not get lost. No?" Paquito spouts</p><p></p><p>"Fine you go first." Benat says while pushing Paquito forward.</p><p></p><p>"Great, Paquito the explorer will lead. Follow the great Paquito. No?" Paquito responds</p><p></p><p>"How about we just follow the bull you're leaving behind you, it'll takes us right to you." Benat retorts</p><p></p><p>The party ascends the central hill, and comes to the stairs carved into the hill itself. Peering down Paquito dreams the minotrice is there with open arms waiting for him, the minotaur opens his arms in response and gets kicked down the stairs by Benat.</p><p></p><p>"Anything down there?" Benat yells</p><p></p><p>Paquito rights himself and brushes off the dust from the floor. He gets to his feet and begins to trek around the corner to the right ignoring the elf.</p><p></p><p>"If he never gets lost, shouldn't we catch up to him?" Finrod asks</p><p></p><p>The giants look at each other and push forward past the elves in a race to catch up with Paquito.</p><p></p><p>"Korg go with Pokey, Korg not want to stay here longer than needed to smash things, and praise Umtala." Korg says catching up to the minotaur</p><p></p><p>"Gronar go with Korg, and remind Korg to pray." Gronar says with a smile and a slap on the back of Korg</p><p></p><p>The elves soon follow.</p><p></p><p>The right turn is 180 degrees and the passage follows alongside of the entry hall, after 40' Benat's elf sense dings and he alerts the party to the presence of a secret door on the left wall just before the hallway turns to the left. Gronar slides the wall out of the way, and a long closet like room appears 10' wide but 40' long, a large sack sits on the floor near the south wall. </p><p></p><p>"The great Paquito shall investigate. No?" Paquito says, having cast <em>detect magic</em> while Gronar moved away so Benat could enter the room. Paquito saw that something was radiating magic from the sack. Paquito stood near the north end of the room for several seconds studying the sack.</p><p></p><p>"Well, are you waiting for, it to get up and walk to you?" Benat asked</p><p></p><p>"Sack is attacking? Clear way for Gronar!" The hill giant shouts, trying to push past Benat. </p><p></p><p>"Korg will cast smite on sack." Korg says, offering his services in defending the party from the aggressive bag of cloth. </p><p></p><p>Paquito gathers that whatever magical item is in the sack, it has a minor aura of necromancy. Paquito walks over and lifts the sack, Paquito notices the hole in the floor that the sack was covering, at the same time a gas erupts from the hole. It fills Paquito's immediate area instantly and Paquito feels his muscles tighten almost to the point of paralysis. </p><p></p><p>"Trap! Benat yells and she quickly exits the room.</p><p></p><p>Paquito follows with a stiff zombie like walk, as the gas has robbed him of nearly all his dexterity. As soon as Paquito clears the exit, Gronar slams it shut again.</p><p></p><p>"Pokey OK? Korg asks, remarking about the minotaur's new gait.</p><p></p><p>"Why yes, this is a new exercise technique from the wayward islands. Pokey is now a stiffy. No?" Paquito replies</p><p></p><p>"I wish that trap had killed you, get me out of my misery and your bad jokes." Benat says</p><p></p><p>Gronar steps around the corner and gets pierced by two arrows, he sounds the alarm and the party goes into action.</p><p></p><p>Benat moves out and fires into one of the arrow slits at the end of the hallway, Gronar charges the holes and stabs at a minotaur behind the slits. Korg also charges the arrow slits and skewers a minotaur on the end of his spear. Nameroc moves up to asses the situation, but holds his action awaiting an opening. He sees it in the form of a large bull behind the party down the hallway they just traveled. </p><p></p><p>"Rear attack!" Nameroc shouts, Finrod and Paquito both turn to face this new threat, as the secret door slides open and the form of a bugbear emerges next to Finrod. </p><p></p><p>"Eiee, I am under assault. No?" Paquito attempts to cast <em>magic missile</em> but his stiff arms and fingers make it next to impossible. Paquito manages to get off two missiles which strike unerroringly into the bugbear's legs. "Even severely weakend, the greatness of Paquito shines through. No?' </p><p></p><p>Benat activates her winged boots and floats near the ceiling of the hallway, then flies down positioning herself between the bull and Finrod. Gronar moves back to the group but cannot get around the corner to hit anything yet. Korg moves back behind Gronar and heals him, but takes two arrows from the slits for his efforts. The bull charges Finrod and gores him into Paquito who is standing behind him. The bugbear then swings it's battle axe down onto Finrod's shoulder, bleeding and badly wounded, Finrod retreats to the corner of the hallway opposite Paquito. Nameroc takes this chance to send a <em>flaming sphere</em> at the bull, but the animal deftly dodges the small ball of fire. </p><p></p><p>"For a nature lover such as yourself, Paquito has noticed you have this unnatural fetish with fire. No?" Paquito comments to Nameroc</p><p></p><p></p><p>"Aren't you going to help?" Nameroc shouts to Paquito</p><p></p><p>"I am not done working out, it is a bad idea to not have a cool down period. No?" Paquito answers, his stiff legs trying to pivot around away from the bull and bugbear.</p><p></p><p>Pinned down in the corner of intersecting hallways, Korg charges the arrow slits again and sinks his spear deep into a minotaur behind the wall. The bull moves up to Finrod and takes a good sized bite on his right leg, this however opens up an opportunity for Gronar who slices the bull in two. Paquito manages to get off two <em>magic missiles</em> at the bugbear, while Benat fires arrows into it. Korg keeps the minotaur archers occupied while Gronar finishes off the bugbear then charges back down the hallway where he hears the minotaurs retreating from their posts. The hill giant turns to face Korg, and sees another bull at the end of a new hallway around the corner where the minotaur archers were. He steadies himself and waits for the charge, it comes, but Gronar makes sure he does not miss. Gronar slashes the bull's innards over the adjacent walls.</p><p></p><p>Benat moves up to Gronar's position and along the way discovers another secret door, opening it she finds a small empty chamber beyond. It looks as though this was carved from the hill, as opposed to cut stone like the walls of the maze are. Benat enters to search the small room and a feeling of hopelessness thrusts itself into her heart, and she is a little less sure of herself now. The party regroups there and heals up as best they can before deciding what to do next.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hairy Minotaur, post: 1825448, member: 11574"] The party returns to Mirwood, and gets in a good night's rest. Nameroc returns to the elven temple and buys up all their healing scrolls and one potion, while Finrod buys a potion as well, and tries to convince the elven temple that his services as weaponsmith would be greatly needed for the church and they should look into giving him a nice discount for his services. The church declines and Finrod leaves dejected with his one potion. The party returns to the old fort, and finds it seemingly abandoned, Paquito sends chip to scout out the interior stairwell. Paquito reports that the left turn the party took earlier is no longer there, there is only a right turn now. "Gronar think Pokey's bullchip lost, maybe not even in right tunnel." Gronar states Paquito urges his familiar through the left wall and it emerges into a small empty room, "It appears they have moved the maze around. No?" Paquito ascertains "So, you admit it is a maze? Doesn't that mean you won't get lost if we threw you down there?" Benat snipes "The great Paquito would not get lost because his has the intellect of Erzor the Sage! He studied so long, he died while doing it, turned into a ghost and studied for an eon longer. Until some uppity cleric type destroyed him. That is why Paquito the Vizer will not get lost. No?" Paquito spouts "Fine you go first." Benat says while pushing Paquito forward. "Great, Paquito the explorer will lead. Follow the great Paquito. No?" Paquito responds "How about we just follow the bull you're leaving behind you, it'll takes us right to you." Benat retorts The party ascends the central hill, and comes to the stairs carved into the hill itself. Peering down Paquito dreams the minotrice is there with open arms waiting for him, the minotaur opens his arms in response and gets kicked down the stairs by Benat. "Anything down there?" Benat yells Paquito rights himself and brushes off the dust from the floor. He gets to his feet and begins to trek around the corner to the right ignoring the elf. "If he never gets lost, shouldn't we catch up to him?" Finrod asks The giants look at each other and push forward past the elves in a race to catch up with Paquito. "Korg go with Pokey, Korg not want to stay here longer than needed to smash things, and praise Umtala." Korg says catching up to the minotaur "Gronar go with Korg, and remind Korg to pray." Gronar says with a smile and a slap on the back of Korg The elves soon follow. The right turn is 180 degrees and the passage follows alongside of the entry hall, after 40' Benat's elf sense dings and he alerts the party to the presence of a secret door on the left wall just before the hallway turns to the left. Gronar slides the wall out of the way, and a long closet like room appears 10' wide but 40' long, a large sack sits on the floor near the south wall. "The great Paquito shall investigate. No?" Paquito says, having cast [I]detect magic[/I] while Gronar moved away so Benat could enter the room. Paquito saw that something was radiating magic from the sack. Paquito stood near the north end of the room for several seconds studying the sack. "Well, are you waiting for, it to get up and walk to you?" Benat asked "Sack is attacking? Clear way for Gronar!" The hill giant shouts, trying to push past Benat. "Korg will cast smite on sack." Korg says, offering his services in defending the party from the aggressive bag of cloth. Paquito gathers that whatever magical item is in the sack, it has a minor aura of necromancy. Paquito walks over and lifts the sack, Paquito notices the hole in the floor that the sack was covering, at the same time a gas erupts from the hole. It fills Paquito's immediate area instantly and Paquito feels his muscles tighten almost to the point of paralysis. "Trap! Benat yells and she quickly exits the room. Paquito follows with a stiff zombie like walk, as the gas has robbed him of nearly all his dexterity. As soon as Paquito clears the exit, Gronar slams it shut again. "Pokey OK? Korg asks, remarking about the minotaur's new gait. "Why yes, this is a new exercise technique from the wayward islands. Pokey is now a stiffy. No?" Paquito replies "I wish that trap had killed you, get me out of my misery and your bad jokes." Benat says Gronar steps around the corner and gets pierced by two arrows, he sounds the alarm and the party goes into action. Benat moves out and fires into one of the arrow slits at the end of the hallway, Gronar charges the holes and stabs at a minotaur behind the slits. Korg also charges the arrow slits and skewers a minotaur on the end of his spear. Nameroc moves up to asses the situation, but holds his action awaiting an opening. He sees it in the form of a large bull behind the party down the hallway they just traveled. "Rear attack!" Nameroc shouts, Finrod and Paquito both turn to face this new threat, as the secret door slides open and the form of a bugbear emerges next to Finrod. "Eiee, I am under assault. No?" Paquito attempts to cast [I]magic missile[/I] but his stiff arms and fingers make it next to impossible. Paquito manages to get off two missiles which strike unerroringly into the bugbear's legs. "Even severely weakend, the greatness of Paquito shines through. No?' Benat activates her winged boots and floats near the ceiling of the hallway, then flies down positioning herself between the bull and Finrod. Gronar moves back to the group but cannot get around the corner to hit anything yet. Korg moves back behind Gronar and heals him, but takes two arrows from the slits for his efforts. The bull charges Finrod and gores him into Paquito who is standing behind him. The bugbear then swings it's battle axe down onto Finrod's shoulder, bleeding and badly wounded, Finrod retreats to the corner of the hallway opposite Paquito. Nameroc takes this chance to send a [I]flaming sphere[/I] at the bull, but the animal deftly dodges the small ball of fire. "For a nature lover such as yourself, Paquito has noticed you have this unnatural fetish with fire. No?" Paquito comments to Nameroc "Aren't you going to help?" Nameroc shouts to Paquito "I am not done working out, it is a bad idea to not have a cool down period. No?" Paquito answers, his stiff legs trying to pivot around away from the bull and bugbear. Pinned down in the corner of intersecting hallways, Korg charges the arrow slits again and sinks his spear deep into a minotaur behind the wall. The bull moves up to Finrod and takes a good sized bite on his right leg, this however opens up an opportunity for Gronar who slices the bull in two. Paquito manages to get off two [I]magic missiles[/I] at the bugbear, while Benat fires arrows into it. Korg keeps the minotaur archers occupied while Gronar finishes off the bugbear then charges back down the hallway where he hears the minotaurs retreating from their posts. The hill giant turns to face Korg, and sees another bull at the end of a new hallway around the corner where the minotaur archers were. He steadies himself and waits for the charge, it comes, but Gronar makes sure he does not miss. Gronar slashes the bull's innards over the adjacent walls. Benat moves up to Gronar's position and along the way discovers another secret door, opening it she finds a small empty chamber beyond. It looks as though this was carved from the hill, as opposed to cut stone like the walls of the maze are. Benat enters to search the small room and a feeling of hopelessness thrusts itself into her heart, and she is a little less sure of herself now. The party regroups there and heals up as best they can before deciding what to do next. [/QUOTE]
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