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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 982490" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Chapter 66, “The Final Battle” July 14th, 1019, 5:00 P.M.</strong></p><p></p><p>The scry reveals that Chevyo is still in the banquet room, alongside a wall. The 20-foot tall minotaur is still seated in the large picture window beside him. The large minotaur with the ram’s horns is still sitting across from him, and the same two other large well-armed minotuars are in the room’s other two picture windows. The other occupants have changed, as the two beast-men and a fat minotaur have left, with two other large minotaurs having taken their place. There is no sign of either of the humans. </p><p></p><p>The druid Glaukirk casts the Pass Without Trace spells onto Fiona and Serita. Serita says, “Okay, here’s the plan. Mojo and Mark in one Bag of Holding. Narg and Cassie into the other. We pop in and get into position, then each let one of you out of the bag and have you let out the other while we activate the Portable Window and erect the Wall of Force. You four then hit them hard while Fiona and I get Chevyo. When I say, “helicopter” it means we have him. Each spellcaster then grabs the closest fighter and we get out of there.” Vincenzo comments to Furynick “Gee, no plan as to who exits with who. I can see it now, ‘Fiona, didn’t you get Mojo’ ‘No Serita, I thought you got Mojo’. Furynick comments back “Wishful thinking.” </p><p></p><p>The four get into the bags, the women grab the bags, and Fiona climbs onto Serita’s back. She takes one last look into the Reflecting Pool, and teleports off. They arrive at the corner outside of the room, letting Mojo and Cassie out of the bags. Serita activates the Portable Window. Fiona moves towards the picture window and uses the Wand of Force to create an invisible barrier bisecting the room lengthwise, and thereby separating Chevyo from all but one minotaur in the room. The enemies immediately become aware of this because the wall actually catches one of the minotaurs inside of it, his arm, shoulder and right side caught within the barrier. The force wall does not cause the monster any physical harm, but traps him. Meanwhile, Serita opens the portable window. </p><p></p><p>“It’s up, Chevyo he’s protected” Fiona says to Cassie. Cassie steps towards the picture window and toss a 12-dice Fireball into the side of the room that Chevyo is not in. The massive explosion blows out the picture windows on both ends of the room, as well as the minotaurs that were sitting in each. The blast was centered between the minotaur with the ram’s horns and the one stuck in the wall of force. The ram’s horns one appears to now be dead, and the other one is now free of the wall, as the arm, shoulder and upper side that had protruded from the fireball side of the wall no longer exist. One other minotaur on the fireball side of the blast is charred but still standing. </p><p></p><p><em>[DM’s Note: The party lucked out in that Chevyo’s brother had also been part-demon, with some unique powers, but he failed his saving throw and died in the fireball. However, all other occupants within the lodge had heard the explosion. It was determined that the high-level wizard/assassin would now arrive on the scene within a fixed amount of time, regardless of the party’s actions. Similarly, the remaining beast men and minotaurs would also arrive shortly after him. The party now had only a very limited amount of time to get their friend and get away before falling under an attack from overwhelming forces.]</em></p><p></p><p>Serita pulls Mark from the Bag of Holding as Mojo pulls Narg out from the other one. Cassie heads over to the portable window, telling Chevyo “We’re rescuing you. Don’t resist.” Cassie reaches her hands through the window, grabs the 9-foot tall four-armed part-minotaur, and casts a Reduce spell. Inside, the one untouched minotaur charges towards Chevyo. Back at the other window Fiona tosses a Lightning Bolt back into the banquet room, dropping the remaining charred minotaur. </p><p></p><p>The 20-foot tall minotaur who had been blown out the picture window begins to stand up, making himself into a target for both Narg and Mojo. Mojo releases his hammer of throwing up into the beast’s face as Narg draws his longsword and charges forward. The giant monster has no weapon, but with his size and strength does not need one, as he balls up his fist and bats Narg aside. Narg does manage to slice into the creature’s arm before flying 15 feet through the air and landing in an ungracious heap on the ground. Mojo hammer has returned to him, and he throws it again into the monster. Fiona turns and tosses a Magic Missile spell into the giant minotaur. Serita casts an Entangle spell onto the grass and shrubbery to slow the beast down. </p><p></p><p>Back at the other window, Cassie is now pulling the doll-sized Chevyo out, only to have the minotaur inside reach out and grab at him. Cassie jumps backwards, pulling Chevyo away from the grasping hands. Mark starts to move to assist her, but then sees a charred and angry minotaur holding a sword charging at them (the one who had been blown out the far picture window). The minotaur has a longer reach, and strikes Mark first, but the ranger keeps his footing and counters, neatly slicing into the monsters heart for a fatal strike. Unfortunately the beast falls directly on top of Mark, pinning him to the ground. Cassie hands Chevyo to her owl Deanna, who flies him away. </p><p></p><p>Narg gets up, determined to slay the giant minotaur, and charges towards it again. Mojo again strikes the beast with his hammer, but despite all of the damage sustained so far, the creature remains undeterred, and starts to charge towards them. Fiona tosses up a Wall of Ice between it and them, with Mojo barely stopping his next hammer throw in time. Narg similarly has to come to an abrupt halt in order to avoid crashing into the wall. Narg yells profanities at Fiona for keeping him from the enemy. The giant minotaur moves to get around the wall. </p><p></p><p>Mark is having no success at getting the minotaur’s body off of him, and yells for assistance. Mojo grabs Mark’s arm and yanks him out. Once it appears that Deanna has flow a safe distance away Cassie yells out “Helicopter”. She sees that the minotaur inside has realized he is too big to climb out the window, and has run back inside, presumably towards the remaining picture window. She transforms into a White Dragon and tells Mark and Mojo to get on. Mojo tosses the two of them onto her back, each getting a handhold on her scales. She begins to take flight, as she hears the sounds of the minotaur breaking the window behind her. </p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, Narg is moving to intercept the giant minotaur once he gets around the ice wall. Fiona and Serita exchange glances, the druid saying “I’ll get him. Go.” Fiona uses the Helm of Teleportation to bring herself back to the auction house. Serita uses her Boots of Speed to cover the distance between her and Narg, catching up with him when he and the minotaur are almost upon each other. She grabs Narg and uses her Ring of Teleportation to bring the two of them back to the auction house. Narg then berates her with a string of profanities for keeping him from his foe. She attempts to tell him that wasn’t why they were there, but then just gives up and lets him vent. </p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, the dragon is now about 80 feet away from the lodge, flying above the grove of trees behind it. The have mistakenly thought they had escaped, with the air surrounding them fills with a fireball. <em>(And the players then have the most incredible luck, as the vast majority of the D6 damage die land on “1” or “2”. The result is a meager 33 points of damage, which is even substantially less for all of them due to fire protection magic and/or saving throws.)</em> </p><p></p><p>Cassie drops towards the trees, but is still within the enemy wizard’s sight for a second attack. Seeing that the Fireball was rather ineffective, he switches to Lightning Bolt. <em>(And once again, luck is with the players as most of the damage die once again rolling up very low numbers.)</em> The 34-point bolt hits all of them, having more effect than the fireball. She drops beneath the tree canopy and out of the enemy’s direct sight. He still knows approximately where in the forest they are, and tosses up another Fireball into that area-of-effect. They are on the outer edge of it, and only take minimal damage. </p><p></p><p>She rapidly lands, saying, “He’s still after us. Use the potions”. The three each consume a Gaseous Form potion taken from the bodies of the prior night’s attackers, and individually float away from the area and back into the city. </p><p></p><p>Back at the auction house, the owl arrives with little Chevyo, who is immediately ushered into Kulp’s Comfortable Castle. “Where are the others?” Timothy asks. “Cassie has them, they should be along soon,” Fiona states. Cassie arrives not long after that, having healed herself of all damage. The next to arrive is Mojo, his clothing charred, hair singed, with third-degree burns over all his exposed skin. “What the hell happened to you?” Narg asks. Mojo blurts out “New Rule. We don’t need any more part-monsters as party members. Ever! That four-armed (expletive) owes us big!” </p><p></p><p>Cassie tells Narg “We got hit on our way out.” Mark staggers in shortly thereafter, looking in even worse shape than Mojo. Vincenzo and Timothy heal the two of them. Narg tells Mojo “From now on decisions on new people joining the group will be left to me.” “Only you?” Fiona interjects. Narg replies “Okay, fine, I’ll chair a five-person committee about it, just so the other four are people who will not overrule me!” Vincenzo thanks them for rescuing his assistant. Narg answers “Don’t mention it, Pasta Head.” Mojo adds, “Yeah, seriously, don’t mention it. Ever!” </p><p></p><p><strong>Next: The Conclusion</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 982490, member: 8530"] [B]Chapter 66, “The Final Battle” July 14th, 1019, 5:00 P.M.[/B] The scry reveals that Chevyo is still in the banquet room, alongside a wall. The 20-foot tall minotaur is still seated in the large picture window beside him. The large minotaur with the ram’s horns is still sitting across from him, and the same two other large well-armed minotuars are in the room’s other two picture windows. The other occupants have changed, as the two beast-men and a fat minotaur have left, with two other large minotaurs having taken their place. There is no sign of either of the humans. The druid Glaukirk casts the Pass Without Trace spells onto Fiona and Serita. Serita says, “Okay, here’s the plan. Mojo and Mark in one Bag of Holding. Narg and Cassie into the other. We pop in and get into position, then each let one of you out of the bag and have you let out the other while we activate the Portable Window and erect the Wall of Force. You four then hit them hard while Fiona and I get Chevyo. When I say, “helicopter” it means we have him. Each spellcaster then grabs the closest fighter and we get out of there.” Vincenzo comments to Furynick “Gee, no plan as to who exits with who. I can see it now, ‘Fiona, didn’t you get Mojo’ ‘No Serita, I thought you got Mojo’. Furynick comments back “Wishful thinking.” The four get into the bags, the women grab the bags, and Fiona climbs onto Serita’s back. She takes one last look into the Reflecting Pool, and teleports off. They arrive at the corner outside of the room, letting Mojo and Cassie out of the bags. Serita activates the Portable Window. Fiona moves towards the picture window and uses the Wand of Force to create an invisible barrier bisecting the room lengthwise, and thereby separating Chevyo from all but one minotaur in the room. The enemies immediately become aware of this because the wall actually catches one of the minotaurs inside of it, his arm, shoulder and right side caught within the barrier. The force wall does not cause the monster any physical harm, but traps him. Meanwhile, Serita opens the portable window. “It’s up, Chevyo he’s protected” Fiona says to Cassie. Cassie steps towards the picture window and toss a 12-dice Fireball into the side of the room that Chevyo is not in. The massive explosion blows out the picture windows on both ends of the room, as well as the minotaurs that were sitting in each. The blast was centered between the minotaur with the ram’s horns and the one stuck in the wall of force. The ram’s horns one appears to now be dead, and the other one is now free of the wall, as the arm, shoulder and upper side that had protruded from the fireball side of the wall no longer exist. One other minotaur on the fireball side of the blast is charred but still standing. [I][DM’s Note: The party lucked out in that Chevyo’s brother had also been part-demon, with some unique powers, but he failed his saving throw and died in the fireball. However, all other occupants within the lodge had heard the explosion. It was determined that the high-level wizard/assassin would now arrive on the scene within a fixed amount of time, regardless of the party’s actions. Similarly, the remaining beast men and minotaurs would also arrive shortly after him. The party now had only a very limited amount of time to get their friend and get away before falling under an attack from overwhelming forces.][/I] Serita pulls Mark from the Bag of Holding as Mojo pulls Narg out from the other one. Cassie heads over to the portable window, telling Chevyo “We’re rescuing you. Don’t resist.” Cassie reaches her hands through the window, grabs the 9-foot tall four-armed part-minotaur, and casts a Reduce spell. Inside, the one untouched minotaur charges towards Chevyo. Back at the other window Fiona tosses a Lightning Bolt back into the banquet room, dropping the remaining charred minotaur. The 20-foot tall minotaur who had been blown out the picture window begins to stand up, making himself into a target for both Narg and Mojo. Mojo releases his hammer of throwing up into the beast’s face as Narg draws his longsword and charges forward. The giant monster has no weapon, but with his size and strength does not need one, as he balls up his fist and bats Narg aside. Narg does manage to slice into the creature’s arm before flying 15 feet through the air and landing in an ungracious heap on the ground. Mojo hammer has returned to him, and he throws it again into the monster. Fiona turns and tosses a Magic Missile spell into the giant minotaur. Serita casts an Entangle spell onto the grass and shrubbery to slow the beast down. Back at the other window, Cassie is now pulling the doll-sized Chevyo out, only to have the minotaur inside reach out and grab at him. Cassie jumps backwards, pulling Chevyo away from the grasping hands. Mark starts to move to assist her, but then sees a charred and angry minotaur holding a sword charging at them (the one who had been blown out the far picture window). The minotaur has a longer reach, and strikes Mark first, but the ranger keeps his footing and counters, neatly slicing into the monsters heart for a fatal strike. Unfortunately the beast falls directly on top of Mark, pinning him to the ground. Cassie hands Chevyo to her owl Deanna, who flies him away. Narg gets up, determined to slay the giant minotaur, and charges towards it again. Mojo again strikes the beast with his hammer, but despite all of the damage sustained so far, the creature remains undeterred, and starts to charge towards them. Fiona tosses up a Wall of Ice between it and them, with Mojo barely stopping his next hammer throw in time. Narg similarly has to come to an abrupt halt in order to avoid crashing into the wall. Narg yells profanities at Fiona for keeping him from the enemy. The giant minotaur moves to get around the wall. Mark is having no success at getting the minotaur’s body off of him, and yells for assistance. Mojo grabs Mark’s arm and yanks him out. Once it appears that Deanna has flow a safe distance away Cassie yells out “Helicopter”. She sees that the minotaur inside has realized he is too big to climb out the window, and has run back inside, presumably towards the remaining picture window. She transforms into a White Dragon and tells Mark and Mojo to get on. Mojo tosses the two of them onto her back, each getting a handhold on her scales. She begins to take flight, as she hears the sounds of the minotaur breaking the window behind her. Meanwhile, Narg is moving to intercept the giant minotaur once he gets around the ice wall. Fiona and Serita exchange glances, the druid saying “I’ll get him. Go.” Fiona uses the Helm of Teleportation to bring herself back to the auction house. Serita uses her Boots of Speed to cover the distance between her and Narg, catching up with him when he and the minotaur are almost upon each other. She grabs Narg and uses her Ring of Teleportation to bring the two of them back to the auction house. Narg then berates her with a string of profanities for keeping him from his foe. She attempts to tell him that wasn’t why they were there, but then just gives up and lets him vent. Meanwhile, the dragon is now about 80 feet away from the lodge, flying above the grove of trees behind it. The have mistakenly thought they had escaped, with the air surrounding them fills with a fireball. [I](And the players then have the most incredible luck, as the vast majority of the D6 damage die land on “1” or “2”. The result is a meager 33 points of damage, which is even substantially less for all of them due to fire protection magic and/or saving throws.)[/I] Cassie drops towards the trees, but is still within the enemy wizard’s sight for a second attack. Seeing that the Fireball was rather ineffective, he switches to Lightning Bolt. [I](And once again, luck is with the players as most of the damage die once again rolling up very low numbers.)[/I] The 34-point bolt hits all of them, having more effect than the fireball. She drops beneath the tree canopy and out of the enemy’s direct sight. He still knows approximately where in the forest they are, and tosses up another Fireball into that area-of-effect. They are on the outer edge of it, and only take minimal damage. She rapidly lands, saying, “He’s still after us. Use the potions”. The three each consume a Gaseous Form potion taken from the bodies of the prior night’s attackers, and individually float away from the area and back into the city. Back at the auction house, the owl arrives with little Chevyo, who is immediately ushered into Kulp’s Comfortable Castle. “Where are the others?” Timothy asks. “Cassie has them, they should be along soon,” Fiona states. Cassie arrives not long after that, having healed herself of all damage. The next to arrive is Mojo, his clothing charred, hair singed, with third-degree burns over all his exposed skin. “What the hell happened to you?” Narg asks. Mojo blurts out “New Rule. We don’t need any more part-monsters as party members. Ever! That four-armed (expletive) owes us big!” Cassie tells Narg “We got hit on our way out.” Mark staggers in shortly thereafter, looking in even worse shape than Mojo. Vincenzo and Timothy heal the two of them. Narg tells Mojo “From now on decisions on new people joining the group will be left to me.” “Only you?” Fiona interjects. Narg replies “Okay, fine, I’ll chair a five-person committee about it, just so the other four are people who will not overrule me!” Vincenzo thanks them for rescuing his assistant. Narg answers “Don’t mention it, Pasta Head.” Mojo adds, “Yeah, seriously, don’t mention it. Ever!” [B]Next: The Conclusion[/B] [/QUOTE]
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