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<blockquote data-quote="Shieldhaven" data-source="post: 2295518" data-attributes="member: 23427"><p>Ah, the joys of fleeing for one’s life from what is probably a dragon, size unknown. Moreover, we’re likely to bring down a lot of wrath on the nice drow villagers we were trying to help, but any other course of action would have made our efforts for naught.</p><p></p><p>I should pick up where I left off. We crossed the bridge, nearly losing everyone but me in the process. Moments later we were beset by a pack (herd?) of monitor lizards. It was not a hard fight, but I had to cast a few more arcane bolts out of my wand as well as Armor of the Eldritch Forge. I had already turned Fel invisible, and he was making his way up the hill to a pair of pyramids as we fought. There was a great golden device on top of one pyramid, with huge crystal lenses to direct and focus the light of the sun. Fel apparently tried to stab one of the shaman-type lizardmen up there and killed another one. Then all hell broke loose, as the first shaman escaped and alerted his horde of followers and their monitor lizards. The four of us made haste to bail Fel out. Gerron and Fel devastated the battlefield as they fought their way toward each other. I mostly tried to keep the lizards off of Maeve and Xilonen with my wand and my rapidly-dwindling spells. We ended the battle quickly.</p><p></p><p>Maeve magically searched the bases of the pyramids for secret doors while Fel and I argued about the dismantling of the device, which was marked “Eye of the Sun” in Giant. Several Siberys dragonshards were built into it as well. He apparently wanted to be able to rebuild in back in Sharn, while I had no higher ambitions than making sure it stayed inoperative – and maybe a few parts would remain saleable. It was, in any case, not easy to take apart or carry away.</p><p></p><p>Maeve had by this time discovered a door in the side of the pyramid, and we managed to get it open. We left it ajar as we passed into a downward-sloping corridor. Bas-relief on the walls showed a meeting between a group of giants and a dragon that had descended from the sun. The giants and their human-sized servants brought the dragon gifts, and in return it gave them a piece of the sun. The giants put this eye on a low pyramid on a low hill. Something came out of the eye to burn some sort of insect-like creature. Fel discovered and (variously) dealt with a number of traps, all of which blur together in a general haze of danger in my mind. As he pressed a little farther, he suddenly turned and ran all the way back to the main entrance without explaining anything. We found this… not a little worrisome. Then I did the same thing. I usually have solid, comprehensible reasons when I flee in terror. This was not one of those times.</p><p></p><p>By the time I had calmed down and rejoined Gerron and Maeve, neither of whom fled in unreasoning terror, I had come to the conclusion that a dragon was in the immediate vicinity. This theory was well-supported when I began to hear a voice in Draconic questioning us. We persuaded it to switch to Elven, and Fel conversed with it at some length, as he is the best at the art of deceit. We eventually got the idea that it would be very cross upon discovering the destruction of the Eye of the Sun, so we made some polite excuses and departed. Which brings me to the current moment: we’re running.</p><p></p><p>Some questions that remain:</p><p>How old is this dragon? Is it the original inhabitant of the pyramid who gave the Eye of the Sun to the giants? That seems unlikely, if only because such a massive and ancient dragon would probably have been mentioned in rumors before now – also, Gerron and Maeve did manage to resist its dragonfear. If it’s not all that old, do we stand a chance of actually defeating it? Will the drow villagers kill us for stirring up this trouble?</p><p></p><p>_______________________</p><p></p><p>First post after a very long hiatus of game. Conflicting schedules, and all that. Looking forward to playing tonight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shieldhaven, post: 2295518, member: 23427"] Ah, the joys of fleeing for one’s life from what is probably a dragon, size unknown. Moreover, we’re likely to bring down a lot of wrath on the nice drow villagers we were trying to help, but any other course of action would have made our efforts for naught. I should pick up where I left off. We crossed the bridge, nearly losing everyone but me in the process. Moments later we were beset by a pack (herd?) of monitor lizards. It was not a hard fight, but I had to cast a few more arcane bolts out of my wand as well as Armor of the Eldritch Forge. I had already turned Fel invisible, and he was making his way up the hill to a pair of pyramids as we fought. There was a great golden device on top of one pyramid, with huge crystal lenses to direct and focus the light of the sun. Fel apparently tried to stab one of the shaman-type lizardmen up there and killed another one. Then all hell broke loose, as the first shaman escaped and alerted his horde of followers and their monitor lizards. The four of us made haste to bail Fel out. Gerron and Fel devastated the battlefield as they fought their way toward each other. I mostly tried to keep the lizards off of Maeve and Xilonen with my wand and my rapidly-dwindling spells. We ended the battle quickly. Maeve magically searched the bases of the pyramids for secret doors while Fel and I argued about the dismantling of the device, which was marked “Eye of the Sun” in Giant. Several Siberys dragonshards were built into it as well. He apparently wanted to be able to rebuild in back in Sharn, while I had no higher ambitions than making sure it stayed inoperative – and maybe a few parts would remain saleable. It was, in any case, not easy to take apart or carry away. Maeve had by this time discovered a door in the side of the pyramid, and we managed to get it open. We left it ajar as we passed into a downward-sloping corridor. Bas-relief on the walls showed a meeting between a group of giants and a dragon that had descended from the sun. The giants and their human-sized servants brought the dragon gifts, and in return it gave them a piece of the sun. The giants put this eye on a low pyramid on a low hill. Something came out of the eye to burn some sort of insect-like creature. Fel discovered and (variously) dealt with a number of traps, all of which blur together in a general haze of danger in my mind. As he pressed a little farther, he suddenly turned and ran all the way back to the main entrance without explaining anything. We found this… not a little worrisome. Then I did the same thing. I usually have solid, comprehensible reasons when I flee in terror. This was not one of those times. By the time I had calmed down and rejoined Gerron and Maeve, neither of whom fled in unreasoning terror, I had come to the conclusion that a dragon was in the immediate vicinity. This theory was well-supported when I began to hear a voice in Draconic questioning us. We persuaded it to switch to Elven, and Fel conversed with it at some length, as he is the best at the art of deceit. We eventually got the idea that it would be very cross upon discovering the destruction of the Eye of the Sun, so we made some polite excuses and departed. Which brings me to the current moment: we’re running. Some questions that remain: How old is this dragon? Is it the original inhabitant of the pyramid who gave the Eye of the Sun to the giants? That seems unlikely, if only because such a massive and ancient dragon would probably have been mentioned in rumors before now – also, Gerron and Maeve did manage to resist its dragonfear. If it’s not all that old, do we stand a chance of actually defeating it? Will the drow villagers kill us for stirring up this trouble? _______________________ First post after a very long hiatus of game. Conflicting schedules, and all that. Looking forward to playing tonight. [/QUOTE]
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