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<blockquote data-quote="Hairy Minotaur" data-source="post: 1840706" data-attributes="member: 11574"><p><strong>I've got a plan.</strong></p><p></p><p>Pauito tries valiantly, but is out voted. The party elects to return to the maze and wipe out the minotaur threat. </p><p></p><p>"Do we wait for Finrod?" Nameroc asks</p><p></p><p>"No, he knows where we'll be. I think that last battle scared him off." Benat answers</p><p></p><p>The party heads out to the maze, they arrive to find that instead of a long corridor at the base of the entry stairs, they find an immediate turn to the left. The party collects at the base and Benat finds a secret door on the right wall. Paquito sends his familiar through the wall and discovers a donut shaped room with an empty table in the northwest corner of the room. Paquito sends Chip through the enclosed middle section of the room, and it finds an empty space. </p><p></p><p>Paquito has Chip return, and sends it through the south wall of the corridor. Chip sees a huge space devoid of any walls or creatures for that matter. It sees that the corridor continues for 100' then turns south for 80' before ending in a small room about 30' x 30'. Paquito relays this information back to the group. </p><p></p><p>"Table! Where? Gronar will smash!" Gronar says as he takes out a rock from his pouch</p><p></p><p>"Perhaps I should investigate it first? No?" Paquito says. Benat nods to him and follows the minotaur into the room. Gronar enters next to give the elf some cover in case the table attacks.</p><p></p><p>Paquito investigates the table and finds some words carved into the top, Benat sees Paquito mouthing some words, and casts <em>comprehend languages</em> and advances next to Paquito. </p><p></p><p><em>All is as is expected Paquito</em> written in giant.</p><p></p><p>Benat and Paquito lock eyes and for a few tense moments silence reigns in the room. Then a panel in the ceiling outside of the room opens and a clear gel like substance begins to ooze from the opening. Nameroc narrowly escapes being engulfed by the enveloping gel. </p><p></p><p>"Trap!" Nameroc yells as he runs past Korg and casts <em>soften stone</em> on the south wall of the corridor just beyond Korg.</p><p></p><p>Korg begins to dig away at the clay, as Gronar stabs at the gel which now takes up 15' of hallway space from floor to ceiling and from wall to wall. Benat fires arrows into the gelatinous cube as Paquito fidgets with his hands nervously.</p><p></p><p>Nameroc helps Korg dig into the clay as well, but before Korg can clear the space, a tidal wave of jelly pours over him and engulfs the giant. Acid juices begin to eat away at Korg's flesh as the giant holds his breath. Nameroc flees down the corridor to the far corner and turns to fire a bolt at the cube. </p><p></p><p>Benat fires flame arrows into the gel, the flame gets extinguished but the light of the arrow shines through, suspended in midair in the transparent ooze. </p><p></p><p>"Korg's in trouble are you going to let him die!" Benat shouts at Paquito</p><p></p><p>"I think they mean for all of you to die. No?" Paquito responds to the elf</p><p></p><p>Unable to pull himself free of the cube, Korg calls to his diety and melts into the earth*. Nameroc watches in horror as Korg appears to be dissolved inside of the cube. Nameroc fires another bolt, and this one causes the cube to burst apart like sieve. </p><p></p><p>"Where Korg?" Gronar asks sloshing through the goo that's drained on the floor</p><p></p><p>"The ooze ate him, he's gone." Nameroc replies</p><p></p><p>Benat moves up to inspect the area, "Oozes eat only organic material, had it digested Korg his weapons and rocks would be here. I think Korg used his divine ability to meld with the earth."</p><p></p><p>"Korg not dead?" Gronar asks</p><p></p><p>"No, I don't believe so. However it's put us in quite the quandary as we are now forced to wait until morning before we can leave." Benat replies</p><p></p><p>"What did you find in the other room?" Nameroc asks. </p><p></p><p>Paquito and Benat look at each other. "We found a table. No?" Paquito replies</p><p></p><p>"And what was on the table?" Benat asks </p><p></p><p>"Nothing. Surely anyone can see that. No?" Paquito asks</p><p></p><p>"It said all is as is expected PAQUITO! They're expecting you, you've led us into a trap." Benat says drawing an arrow</p><p></p><p>"No, I have not. They want me to kill someone, but I am not ready. I tried to get you to move on from this place but you had to come back. I think we're all doomed now. No?" Paquito replies</p><p></p><p>"All but you, I'm going to make you suffer long for this." Benat answers</p><p></p><p>"I have not done anything to you, I am as powerless as you are right now. No?" Paquito answers</p><p></p><p>"Do you even know which side you are on?" Benat asks</p><p></p><p>"Why ours of course, the company of good friends is far more enriching than the life of an exile. No?" Paquito answers</p><p></p><p>Benat decides to reserve judgment until a later time, as the party waits out Korg's return, they hear stone moving around above them, hooves walking across the ceiling, and finally the entrance slams shut. Chip confirms that three walls have been slid over to block the exit with 12' of solid stone. </p><p></p><p>"Looks like they don't want us to leave." Nameroc says</p><p></p><p>"They don't want us to live. No?" Paquito responds</p><p></p><p>"No, they don't want US to live, you'll be fine." Benat remarks</p><p></p><p>Gronar goes to confirm the panel the gelatinous cube came from is still open and empty, he verifies this as Chip confirms that the level above them contains many discarded walls and chains but no sign of any minotaurs. The rest of the night goes by and Korg rises from the earth completely healed. </p><p></p><p>The party investigates the room to the south and finds a trap door in the floor. Paquito sends Chip through the door, but there is only darkness beyond. </p><p></p><p>"I do not think this is the way we should be going. No?" Paquito says</p><p></p><p>"Why? What are you not telling us?" Benat asks</p><p></p><p>"I was told there would be a way down in the northwest corner, that's back up in the table room. No?" Paquito answers</p><p></p><p>The party returns to the donut shaped room and begins to search the walls for secret doors. After forty-five minutes of searching the party calls it off.</p><p></p><p>"Looks like your information was wrong." Benat says</p><p></p><p>"I do not understand, it clearly said to go through the secret entrance, and they would be waiting below. No?" Paquito answers</p><p></p><p>"Gronar know!" The giant speaks up and removes the table from the corner, beneath it is the plain outline of a trap door. "Elfs and Pokey are dumb." </p><p></p><p>"Korg knew that. Korg smite dumb!" Korg shouts</p><p></p><p>"Please, someone get him a new word." Nameroc pleads</p><p></p><p>Paquito sends Chip through the trap door to find a room below that has a corridor exiting it to the south. The party opens the trap door and Gronar begins to descend.</p><p></p><p>"Wait, what if it's a trap and they want us to go this way, and not the overtly scary darkness way, and that's the way we should be taking?" Benat asks the giant</p><p></p><p>"Elfy think it over while Gronar go kill pokeys for hurting Korg." Gronar replies</p><p></p><p>The party descend with an apprehensive Benat in tow. The party learns that the southern corridor ends in a door 30' down the hallway. Chip informs Paquito that beyond the stone wall of the room, the area is empty except for a fountain and a sarcophagus. Nameroc casts soften stone again and the party digs a hole through the all into a huge open area. The party's hears soft weeping coming from the space beyond. Gronar makes his way to the fountain with Benat following. Benat casts detect magic and gets a very strong reading coming from the sarcophagus, she then determines that the water in the fountain is an ingested poison. </p><p></p><p>Gronar backs away from the water, and the party listens to the weeping and determines that it's coming from the sarcophagus. </p><p></p><p>"Hey bullchiper, send in your flunky and see what's causing that sound." Benat tells Paquito</p><p></p><p>Paquito hesitates for a second as he realizes his standing with the party is on shaky ground. Chip sees a desiccated human form in the sarcophagus. Benat asks for quiet as she listens intently to the weeping. She determines it is not like any undead with sound abilities that she knows of. </p><p></p><p>"I've got a plan." Benat states</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><em>* this was Korg using some of his divine points to meld with the earth. He rises in 8 hours or sunrise which ever occurs last, and is completly healed.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hairy Minotaur, post: 1840706, member: 11574"] [b]I've got a plan.[/b] Pauito tries valiantly, but is out voted. The party elects to return to the maze and wipe out the minotaur threat. "Do we wait for Finrod?" Nameroc asks "No, he knows where we'll be. I think that last battle scared him off." Benat answers The party heads out to the maze, they arrive to find that instead of a long corridor at the base of the entry stairs, they find an immediate turn to the left. The party collects at the base and Benat finds a secret door on the right wall. Paquito sends his familiar through the wall and discovers a donut shaped room with an empty table in the northwest corner of the room. Paquito sends Chip through the enclosed middle section of the room, and it finds an empty space. Paquito has Chip return, and sends it through the south wall of the corridor. Chip sees a huge space devoid of any walls or creatures for that matter. It sees that the corridor continues for 100' then turns south for 80' before ending in a small room about 30' x 30'. Paquito relays this information back to the group. "Table! Where? Gronar will smash!" Gronar says as he takes out a rock from his pouch "Perhaps I should investigate it first? No?" Paquito says. Benat nods to him and follows the minotaur into the room. Gronar enters next to give the elf some cover in case the table attacks. Paquito investigates the table and finds some words carved into the top, Benat sees Paquito mouthing some words, and casts [I]comprehend languages[/I] and advances next to Paquito. [I]All is as is expected Paquito[/I] written in giant. Benat and Paquito lock eyes and for a few tense moments silence reigns in the room. Then a panel in the ceiling outside of the room opens and a clear gel like substance begins to ooze from the opening. Nameroc narrowly escapes being engulfed by the enveloping gel. "Trap!" Nameroc yells as he runs past Korg and casts [I]soften stone[/I] on the south wall of the corridor just beyond Korg. Korg begins to dig away at the clay, as Gronar stabs at the gel which now takes up 15' of hallway space from floor to ceiling and from wall to wall. Benat fires arrows into the gelatinous cube as Paquito fidgets with his hands nervously. Nameroc helps Korg dig into the clay as well, but before Korg can clear the space, a tidal wave of jelly pours over him and engulfs the giant. Acid juices begin to eat away at Korg's flesh as the giant holds his breath. Nameroc flees down the corridor to the far corner and turns to fire a bolt at the cube. Benat fires flame arrows into the gel, the flame gets extinguished but the light of the arrow shines through, suspended in midair in the transparent ooze. "Korg's in trouble are you going to let him die!" Benat shouts at Paquito "I think they mean for all of you to die. No?" Paquito responds to the elf Unable to pull himself free of the cube, Korg calls to his diety and melts into the earth*. Nameroc watches in horror as Korg appears to be dissolved inside of the cube. Nameroc fires another bolt, and this one causes the cube to burst apart like sieve. "Where Korg?" Gronar asks sloshing through the goo that's drained on the floor "The ooze ate him, he's gone." Nameroc replies Benat moves up to inspect the area, "Oozes eat only organic material, had it digested Korg his weapons and rocks would be here. I think Korg used his divine ability to meld with the earth." "Korg not dead?" Gronar asks "No, I don't believe so. However it's put us in quite the quandary as we are now forced to wait until morning before we can leave." Benat replies "What did you find in the other room?" Nameroc asks. Paquito and Benat look at each other. "We found a table. No?" Paquito replies "And what was on the table?" Benat asks "Nothing. Surely anyone can see that. No?" Paquito asks "It said all is as is expected PAQUITO! They're expecting you, you've led us into a trap." Benat says drawing an arrow "No, I have not. They want me to kill someone, but I am not ready. I tried to get you to move on from this place but you had to come back. I think we're all doomed now. No?" Paquito replies "All but you, I'm going to make you suffer long for this." Benat answers "I have not done anything to you, I am as powerless as you are right now. No?" Paquito answers "Do you even know which side you are on?" Benat asks "Why ours of course, the company of good friends is far more enriching than the life of an exile. No?" Paquito answers Benat decides to reserve judgment until a later time, as the party waits out Korg's return, they hear stone moving around above them, hooves walking across the ceiling, and finally the entrance slams shut. Chip confirms that three walls have been slid over to block the exit with 12' of solid stone. "Looks like they don't want us to leave." Nameroc says "They don't want us to live. No?" Paquito responds "No, they don't want US to live, you'll be fine." Benat remarks Gronar goes to confirm the panel the gelatinous cube came from is still open and empty, he verifies this as Chip confirms that the level above them contains many discarded walls and chains but no sign of any minotaurs. The rest of the night goes by and Korg rises from the earth completely healed. The party investigates the room to the south and finds a trap door in the floor. Paquito sends Chip through the door, but there is only darkness beyond. "I do not think this is the way we should be going. No?" Paquito says "Why? What are you not telling us?" Benat asks "I was told there would be a way down in the northwest corner, that's back up in the table room. No?" Paquito answers The party returns to the donut shaped room and begins to search the walls for secret doors. After forty-five minutes of searching the party calls it off. "Looks like your information was wrong." Benat says "I do not understand, it clearly said to go through the secret entrance, and they would be waiting below. No?" Paquito answers "Gronar know!" The giant speaks up and removes the table from the corner, beneath it is the plain outline of a trap door. "Elfs and Pokey are dumb." "Korg knew that. Korg smite dumb!" Korg shouts "Please, someone get him a new word." Nameroc pleads Paquito sends Chip through the trap door to find a room below that has a corridor exiting it to the south. The party opens the trap door and Gronar begins to descend. "Wait, what if it's a trap and they want us to go this way, and not the overtly scary darkness way, and that's the way we should be taking?" Benat asks the giant "Elfy think it over while Gronar go kill pokeys for hurting Korg." Gronar replies The party descend with an apprehensive Benat in tow. The party learns that the southern corridor ends in a door 30' down the hallway. Chip informs Paquito that beyond the stone wall of the room, the area is empty except for a fountain and a sarcophagus. Nameroc casts soften stone again and the party digs a hole through the all into a huge open area. The party's hears soft weeping coming from the space beyond. Gronar makes his way to the fountain with Benat following. Benat casts detect magic and gets a very strong reading coming from the sarcophagus, she then determines that the water in the fountain is an ingested poison. Gronar backs away from the water, and the party listens to the weeping and determines that it's coming from the sarcophagus. "Hey bullchiper, send in your flunky and see what's causing that sound." Benat tells Paquito Paquito hesitates for a second as he realizes his standing with the party is on shaky ground. Chip sees a desiccated human form in the sarcophagus. Benat asks for quiet as she listens intently to the weeping. She determines it is not like any undead with sound abilities that she knows of. "I've got a plan." Benat states [I]* this was Korg using some of his divine points to meld with the earth. He rises in 8 hours or sunrise which ever occurs last, and is completly healed.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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