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<blockquote data-quote="Hairy Minotaur" data-source="post: 1846848" data-attributes="member: 11574"><p><strong>The death of a giant</strong></p><p></p><p>"Gronar and Korg, could you slide off the sarcophagus lid, while Paquito you throw these two vials of holy water onto whatever is in there?" Benat asks</p><p></p><p></p><p>"OK" comes the unified giant response </p><p></p><p></p><p>"Um, I am not so good at throwing things, perhaps the druid would be a better choice. No?" Paquito replies </p><p></p><p></p><p>"Leave me out of this. I'm going to be standing way over here, so I couldn't possibly be able to reach it on a throw." Nameroc says while moving away from Paquito</p><p></p><p></p><p>The giants take their positions and force the lid off of the sarcophagus. The weeping sound instantly fills the ears of everyone save for Benat, who shrugs off the effects of the demoralizing cry. </p><p></p><p></p><p>"What is it? Can you turn it off?" Nameroc shouts </p><p></p><p></p><p>"Throw the vial!" Benat yells at Paquito </p><p></p><p></p><p>Paquito cocks his arm and watches in horror as the visage of a desiccated head appears. It's shriveled eyes are on short stalks that protrude from the sockets. A thin greenish tinged liquid constantly seeps from it's eye sockets and runs down the length of it's arms ending in the palms of it's hands where a toothy maw slowly drinks up the fluid. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Paquito drops the first vial in fright, the blessed water within ruined as it seeps into the dirt floor. </p><p></p><p></p><p>"Fool!" Benat yells at Paquito, while firing an arrow into the leathery skin of the undead thing. Gronar and Korg both miss as they take wild swings at the creature while trying to back away from it. </p><p></p><p></p><p>The wheep's eyes lock onto Korg, and slash out with it's biting hands. It's claws rake a path across the giant's abdomen. Gronar watches as Korg's face seems to wither just a little after the blow. Paquito throws the other vial, but overthrows it and it smashes against the wall of the room they just left. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Benat moves to get a better line of sight, but still misses with an arrow, "All you had to do was pour the stuff on the creature. That's it!" Benat shouts to Paquito, who shrugs his shoulders in an "I told you so" manner.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Gronar moves behind the thing so as to flank it with Korg. Korg raises his holy symbol and attempts a turning, but the beast presses on. It rolls out of it's former prison and advances on Korg, missing with it's hands but biting a chunk of flesh from Korg's arm. His arm withers to near skin and bones from the virulent poison pumped into his Korg's body. Paquito decides to try his new spell out, and sends a <em>scorching ray</em> into the floor below the sarcophagus. </p><p></p><p></p><p>"Moron! Is this the part where you turn traitor?" Benat shouts to Paquito</p><p>"I am trying. No?" Paquito responds with a smile. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Nameroc moves up and casts <em>cure light wounds</em> on Korg. Gronar and Korg both give up 5' to the wheep, but maintain the flanking advantage. Nameroc moves up and casts <em>soften stone</em> on the floor beneath the wheep. The undead creature ignores the ground change, and presses the attack to Korg. The wheep grabs the throat of Korg, and slowly squeezes. The teeth on it's palm bite into the soft flesh of the hill giant, and pump his dying body with more poison. Korg's body looks like an undead creature itself, his heart goes into shock as the poison works it's way through Korg's system and the giant falls limp in the hand of the wheep. The wheep tosses the dead giant off to it's right and awaits it's next victim.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Paquito blasts another scorching ray at the wheep, and this one sears past the undead's head and burns into the damp earth of the wall behind it. Benat sends two more arrows into the wheep, as Gronar pounds away on the back of the beast. Nameroc moves up and takes Korg's place in front of the wheep. The beast apparently liking to try some elf meat, slashes it's talons across Nameroc's chest sending it's wasting poison into a new body. Nameroc's chest tightens as his health rapidly deteriorates. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Paquito tries another scorching ray, this time using two hands and focusing with one eye, Paquito sends the flaming beam crashing into the back of the wheep.</p><p></p><p></p><p>"Yes, I did it. I am the greatest. No?" Paquito announces</p><p></p><p></p><p>Gronar takes advantage of Nameroc's presence to slam another flanking blow into the wheep. Benat nails the undead with two arrows, and Nameroc stands hoping the end comes quickly. The wheep however only manages a scratch on Nameroc, not enough to put the elf down. Paquito uses both hands to send his next scorching ray careening into the ceiling.</p><p></p><p></p><p>"Crud! No?" Paquito curses to himself</p><p></p><p></p><p>"Yes, yes that was." Benat assures the minotaur</p><p></p><p></p><p>Gronar however does not miss, and his blow ends the undead's threat. </p><p></p><p></p><p>"Heal, Korg!" Gronar shouts to Benat and Nameroc</p><p></p><p></p><p>"He's passed, no amount of healing can help him now." Benat answers, as Nameroc barely has the fortitude to stand on his own.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Gronar, goes to his friend and cradles the giant's desiccated head in his large hands. Tears of loss erupt from the giant's eyes. Paquito wished he had been strong enough to make Benat see the folly of returning to the maze.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Benat goes to the sarcophagus and retrieves a greatsword that was the source of the strong magic he detected earlier. Arcane runes and an inscription are engraved in the blade, casting comprehend languages, Benat reads the inscriptions as "to the eater of wills, there is nothing sweeter than the heart of an angel"</p><p></p><p></p><p>"Angelkiller." Paquito says aloud</p><p></p><p></p><p>"What?" Benat asks</p><p></p><p></p><p>"Angelkiller, that is the name of this blade. No?" Paquito answers</p><p></p><p></p><p>Gronar grabs the blade from the elf's hands. "Elfy say this has lots of magic?" </p><p></p><p></p><p>"Yes, but I don't think it's the kind of magic you want to be wielding." Benat answers</p><p></p><p></p><p>"Gronar not care what elfy think, Gronar getting out of here with Korg. Then go to elfy temple and get Korg back." The hill giant announces.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Grasping the hilt, Gronar feels a wave of stomach churning numbness flow over him. The giant battles through the sickened feeling and grabs Korg's body and heads back up to the entry level. The rest of the party follows and decides to camp out near the closed off exit until morning so that Nameroc could ask for 3 <em>soften stone</em> spells in order to get through the three walls blocking the exit. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Within an hour, two bulls appear at the far end of the corridor. Benat shoots one and Gronar moves up and cleaves through them. A minotaur appears behind the party, and Paquito and Nameroc both race to get behind Gronar. Benat fires two arrows into the minotaur, as another minotaur appears where the bulls had been. Paquito sends <em>magic missiles</em> into the Minotaur Benat hit, and Gronar moves back and kills that minotaur. The other minotaur fires an arrow into the back of Gronar, sending a yelp out from the giant's mouth. Benat fires two arrows into that minotaur.</p><p></p><p></p><p>An albino female minotaur appears where the last minotaur fell, causing the party to shift again to get behind Gronar. The maze mage sends a crackling <em>lightning bolt</em> through Gronar, Nameroc, and Benat, the bolt then travels down the corridor and fries the minotaur standing at the far end of the hallway. Gronar puts away the "evil" greatsword and takes out his spear, he then permanently attaches the maze mage's spine to the wall behind her. The party lets out a sigh hoping that they've weathered the last of the assaults.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Another hour passes, and the party hears thundering crashes like huge stones slamming into stone. A moment later several pieces of the floor around the party begin to fall away opening gaping holes in the corridor floor. The party spots a minotaur climbing up out of a hole by the exit, Gronar quickly ends it's thoughts of drawing blood. Another minotaur appears at the far end of the hallway firing an arrow into Benat's back.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Nameroc and Paquito decide to let the fighters do the fighting, and they retreat through the hole in the south wall that Nameroc had created when they arrived. Gronar jumps down the hole the minotaur was climbing up from, and he finds four minotrices removing the floor at the far end of the hallway. He charges the nearest one but misses with his spear. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Collecting themselves on the other side of the wall, Paquito and Nameroc realize they are not alone, as a minotaur grabs Paquito in a bear hug, and another one slams a greataxe into the head of Nameroc. Nameroc crumples to the ground bleeding profusely, unconscious. Paquito tries to fight back but is nowhere near strong enough to break the hold, as the minotaur begins to squeeze the fight from Paquito. Paquito seizes on his one chance and bites into the arm of his opponent. The power of his collar is activated and poison enters the bloodstream of enemy, it's deadliness was not nearly enough however as the minotaur squeezes Paquito into blissful unconsciousness. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Two of the minotrices below charge Gronar with spears. Gronar however was ready and spears both of them before they get close, the other two minotrices charge Gronar and one manages to slip a spear tip under the defense of Gronar. Benat, who has flown down to assist Gronar, fires a killing shot into the nearest minotrice, and Gronar ends the threat of the other one. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Benat and Gronar both return to the corridor above, Gronar charges down after the remaining minotaur, he clears the first 5' jump, but misses the next one and falls 20' below into a small shaft barely big enough to hold his massive girth. Benat fires into the minotaur, and scares it off. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Benat goes off to look for Paquito and Nameroc, Gronar grabs the greataxes of the minotaurs, and begins to beat into the north wall of the corridor. Gronar breaks both greataxes, but he manages to reach the dirt beyond the wall, and begins to dig.</p><p></p><p></p><p>"I can't find Paquito or Nameroc. There's no tracks anywhere, I think they found a way out and didn't tell us, they left us for dead." Benat tells Gronar</p><p></p><p>"Gronar not die here with elfy, Gronar getting out even if have to join minotaurs and kill you." Gronar states. The seriousness of his comment is not lost on Benat as she helps the giant by clearing away the accumulated dirt from his digging.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Two more minotaurs appear to harass Benat and Gronar but they are easily dispatched, and Gronar returns to digging Benat and he out. He breaks through, grabs the body of Korg, and doesn't look back.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hairy Minotaur, post: 1846848, member: 11574"] [b]The death of a giant[/b] "Gronar and Korg, could you slide off the sarcophagus lid, while Paquito you throw these two vials of holy water onto whatever is in there?" Benat asks "OK" comes the unified giant response "Um, I am not so good at throwing things, perhaps the druid would be a better choice. No?" Paquito replies "Leave me out of this. I'm going to be standing way over here, so I couldn't possibly be able to reach it on a throw." Nameroc says while moving away from Paquito The giants take their positions and force the lid off of the sarcophagus. The weeping sound instantly fills the ears of everyone save for Benat, who shrugs off the effects of the demoralizing cry. "What is it? Can you turn it off?" Nameroc shouts "Throw the vial!" Benat yells at Paquito Paquito cocks his arm and watches in horror as the visage of a desiccated head appears. It's shriveled eyes are on short stalks that protrude from the sockets. A thin greenish tinged liquid constantly seeps from it's eye sockets and runs down the length of it's arms ending in the palms of it's hands where a toothy maw slowly drinks up the fluid. Paquito drops the first vial in fright, the blessed water within ruined as it seeps into the dirt floor. "Fool!" Benat yells at Paquito, while firing an arrow into the leathery skin of the undead thing. Gronar and Korg both miss as they take wild swings at the creature while trying to back away from it. The wheep's eyes lock onto Korg, and slash out with it's biting hands. It's claws rake a path across the giant's abdomen. Gronar watches as Korg's face seems to wither just a little after the blow. Paquito throws the other vial, but overthrows it and it smashes against the wall of the room they just left. Benat moves to get a better line of sight, but still misses with an arrow, "All you had to do was pour the stuff on the creature. That's it!" Benat shouts to Paquito, who shrugs his shoulders in an "I told you so" manner. Gronar moves behind the thing so as to flank it with Korg. Korg raises his holy symbol and attempts a turning, but the beast presses on. It rolls out of it's former prison and advances on Korg, missing with it's hands but biting a chunk of flesh from Korg's arm. His arm withers to near skin and bones from the virulent poison pumped into his Korg's body. Paquito decides to try his new spell out, and sends a [I]scorching ray[/I] into the floor below the sarcophagus. "Moron! Is this the part where you turn traitor?" Benat shouts to Paquito "I am trying. No?" Paquito responds with a smile. Nameroc moves up and casts [I]cure light wounds[/I] on Korg. Gronar and Korg both give up 5' to the wheep, but maintain the flanking advantage. Nameroc moves up and casts [I]soften stone[/I] on the floor beneath the wheep. The undead creature ignores the ground change, and presses the attack to Korg. The wheep grabs the throat of Korg, and slowly squeezes. The teeth on it's palm bite into the soft flesh of the hill giant, and pump his dying body with more poison. Korg's body looks like an undead creature itself, his heart goes into shock as the poison works it's way through Korg's system and the giant falls limp in the hand of the wheep. The wheep tosses the dead giant off to it's right and awaits it's next victim. Paquito blasts another scorching ray at the wheep, and this one sears past the undead's head and burns into the damp earth of the wall behind it. Benat sends two more arrows into the wheep, as Gronar pounds away on the back of the beast. Nameroc moves up and takes Korg's place in front of the wheep. The beast apparently liking to try some elf meat, slashes it's talons across Nameroc's chest sending it's wasting poison into a new body. Nameroc's chest tightens as his health rapidly deteriorates. Paquito tries another scorching ray, this time using two hands and focusing with one eye, Paquito sends the flaming beam crashing into the back of the wheep. "Yes, I did it. I am the greatest. No?" Paquito announces Gronar takes advantage of Nameroc's presence to slam another flanking blow into the wheep. Benat nails the undead with two arrows, and Nameroc stands hoping the end comes quickly. The wheep however only manages a scratch on Nameroc, not enough to put the elf down. Paquito uses both hands to send his next scorching ray careening into the ceiling. "Crud! No?" Paquito curses to himself "Yes, yes that was." Benat assures the minotaur Gronar however does not miss, and his blow ends the undead's threat. "Heal, Korg!" Gronar shouts to Benat and Nameroc "He's passed, no amount of healing can help him now." Benat answers, as Nameroc barely has the fortitude to stand on his own. Gronar, goes to his friend and cradles the giant's desiccated head in his large hands. Tears of loss erupt from the giant's eyes. Paquito wished he had been strong enough to make Benat see the folly of returning to the maze. Benat goes to the sarcophagus and retrieves a greatsword that was the source of the strong magic he detected earlier. Arcane runes and an inscription are engraved in the blade, casting comprehend languages, Benat reads the inscriptions as "to the eater of wills, there is nothing sweeter than the heart of an angel" "Angelkiller." Paquito says aloud "What?" Benat asks "Angelkiller, that is the name of this blade. No?" Paquito answers Gronar grabs the blade from the elf's hands. "Elfy say this has lots of magic?" "Yes, but I don't think it's the kind of magic you want to be wielding." Benat answers "Gronar not care what elfy think, Gronar getting out of here with Korg. Then go to elfy temple and get Korg back." The hill giant announces. Grasping the hilt, Gronar feels a wave of stomach churning numbness flow over him. The giant battles through the sickened feeling and grabs Korg's body and heads back up to the entry level. The rest of the party follows and decides to camp out near the closed off exit until morning so that Nameroc could ask for 3 [I]soften stone[/I] spells in order to get through the three walls blocking the exit. Within an hour, two bulls appear at the far end of the corridor. Benat shoots one and Gronar moves up and cleaves through them. A minotaur appears behind the party, and Paquito and Nameroc both race to get behind Gronar. Benat fires two arrows into the minotaur, as another minotaur appears where the bulls had been. Paquito sends [I]magic missiles[/I] into the Minotaur Benat hit, and Gronar moves back and kills that minotaur. The other minotaur fires an arrow into the back of Gronar, sending a yelp out from the giant's mouth. Benat fires two arrows into that minotaur. An albino female minotaur appears where the last minotaur fell, causing the party to shift again to get behind Gronar. The maze mage sends a crackling [I]lightning bolt[/I] through Gronar, Nameroc, and Benat, the bolt then travels down the corridor and fries the minotaur standing at the far end of the hallway. Gronar puts away the "evil" greatsword and takes out his spear, he then permanently attaches the maze mage's spine to the wall behind her. The party lets out a sigh hoping that they've weathered the last of the assaults. Another hour passes, and the party hears thundering crashes like huge stones slamming into stone. A moment later several pieces of the floor around the party begin to fall away opening gaping holes in the corridor floor. The party spots a minotaur climbing up out of a hole by the exit, Gronar quickly ends it's thoughts of drawing blood. Another minotaur appears at the far end of the hallway firing an arrow into Benat's back. Nameroc and Paquito decide to let the fighters do the fighting, and they retreat through the hole in the south wall that Nameroc had created when they arrived. Gronar jumps down the hole the minotaur was climbing up from, and he finds four minotrices removing the floor at the far end of the hallway. He charges the nearest one but misses with his spear. Collecting themselves on the other side of the wall, Paquito and Nameroc realize they are not alone, as a minotaur grabs Paquito in a bear hug, and another one slams a greataxe into the head of Nameroc. Nameroc crumples to the ground bleeding profusely, unconscious. Paquito tries to fight back but is nowhere near strong enough to break the hold, as the minotaur begins to squeeze the fight from Paquito. Paquito seizes on his one chance and bites into the arm of his opponent. The power of his collar is activated and poison enters the bloodstream of enemy, it's deadliness was not nearly enough however as the minotaur squeezes Paquito into blissful unconsciousness. Two of the minotrices below charge Gronar with spears. Gronar however was ready and spears both of them before they get close, the other two minotrices charge Gronar and one manages to slip a spear tip under the defense of Gronar. Benat, who has flown down to assist Gronar, fires a killing shot into the nearest minotrice, and Gronar ends the threat of the other one. Benat and Gronar both return to the corridor above, Gronar charges down after the remaining minotaur, he clears the first 5' jump, but misses the next one and falls 20' below into a small shaft barely big enough to hold his massive girth. Benat fires into the minotaur, and scares it off. Benat goes off to look for Paquito and Nameroc, Gronar grabs the greataxes of the minotaurs, and begins to beat into the north wall of the corridor. Gronar breaks both greataxes, but he manages to reach the dirt beyond the wall, and begins to dig. "I can't find Paquito or Nameroc. There's no tracks anywhere, I think they found a way out and didn't tell us, they left us for dead." Benat tells Gronar "Gronar not die here with elfy, Gronar getting out even if have to join minotaurs and kill you." Gronar states. The seriousness of his comment is not lost on Benat as she helps the giant by clearing away the accumulated dirt from his digging. Two more minotaurs appear to harass Benat and Gronar but they are easily dispatched, and Gronar returns to digging Benat and he out. He breaks through, grabs the body of Korg, and doesn't look back. [/QUOTE]
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