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<blockquote data-quote="Milo Windby" data-source="post: 1694" data-attributes="member: 202"><p><strong>Keep of the Borderlands -part fifteen (session four)</strong></p><p></p><p>A strange thing happened while Brigit kept watch. The air seemed to coalesce before her, right above a low boulder. The swirling mist solidified. Suddenly an old man in robes and with a long staff appeared before her, a mountain lion at his side. He was a kindly man, Brigit could tell as he looked down at her. The man stepped down from the boulder and moved to each party member in turn. He touched each of them on the head with his staff, first Milo, then Mazi, then Jeremiah, and finally Brigit. The other three awoke, completely refreshed and strangely at peace.</p><p></p><p>"I have healed each of you of your wounds." He said to them all. Then, turning to Brigit and Mazithra, "The fever will not affect you, I have cleansed your bodies of the infection." The old man shook his head sadly. "I have tried to remain apart from this conflict, but the events that you witnessed yesterday have forced me to take hand in the matter. Now I must help you to bring the Balance back to my forest."</p><p></p><p>"You will help me. You must continue in your quest, find the cups and destroy them so my children may find rest." The old man turned to each of them. </p><p></p><p>"You, Milo Windby, know that the One whom you follow has plans for you that will conflict with your responsibilities. When the time comes you must chose well." He said as he pointed his staff at Milo.</p><p></p><p>"Brigit Deeperdown, know that revenge is futile. Once completed your life will be empty." The old man told Brigit. The taciturn dwarf only glowered.</p><p></p><p>"Mazithra, know that the faster you run from your destiny, the closer you draw to it." He said to Mazi. She looked slightly embarrassed to Milo.</p><p></p><p>"Jeremiah Tansden, know that you are almost the warrior that your people need for the struggle ahead." The barbarian ducked his head at the statement. It almost appeared that he blushed.</p><p></p><p>The old man disappeared in a wisp of mist before any of them could respond.</p><p></p><p>"But wait!" Milo cried, "I have so many questions!" Milo spoke thin air. The man was gone, without a trace. The mountain lion was gone too, no tracks to indicate where it had loped off. The four friends looked at each other, at a loss for words. Each of them had many things to think about. They set up another watch and settled down to consider the old man's words. Milo was very curious as to what the old man meant to the others. He had a pretty good idea of what he was trying to tell him though. He thought about how long it had been since he sent a letter back to Darokin. People were likely to become concerned if he didn't communicate with them soon. These were his thoughts before he drifted back to sleep. It was an extremely restful sleep. He even got a few good hours of sleep after his uneventful watch.</p><p></p><p>The morning found the group hale and hearty. All felt completely refreshed and much better than they could remember for a long time. Milo smiled and slapped Brigit on the back.</p><p></p><p>"Well everyone, ready to find us some cups to break?" Milo said good-naturedly. Jeremiah even smiled at him. The adventurers gathered their belongings and made their way from the clearing back to the gorge. Not even the oppressive atmosphere could bring down their spirits. They chose the north most cavern at the top of the depression to investigate next, methodically working their way around the upper level of the shallow valley.</p><p></p><p>Milo led the way again, with the others following him in their standard formation. A few paces into the cavern they came to a natural fork. Bones and debris scattered the floor. A horrible stench filled the air, almost palpable. Milo searched the area for traps, making sure that a repeat performance of their kobold adventure was not forthcoming. No traps were evident so the party moved on. They took the left branch, heading west. The cavern grew dark as they ventured deeper. All four of them heard a growling noise coming from deep within the caves. Jeremiah whispered that it sounded to him like a bear. Since they didn't want to light up the whole cavern it was decided that Brigit would go investigate the sounds. She moved past the light cast by Milo's lantern and crept into the darkness. </p><p></p><p>The noises grew slightly louder after a few moments, then quieted again. Just as the group began to fear the worst for Brigit she emerged from the depths of the tunnel. What she described to the group was a hideous mix of beasts. The bear shaped creature had a beak like a bird and was covered with feathers and fur. Milo knew what it was from her description right away. He had seen one in the travelling Darokin zoo when he was young. It was an owlbear. A crazed mix of the nocturnal predator and the feared beast of the forest. Milo warned them that owlbears were extremely ferocious and territorial. He asked Brigit if the owlbear had seen her. When she responded in the affirmative he readied his weapon. The beast had heard her coming and saw her around the corner. The loud sounds they heard were the monster rising up and shambling towards her. If they didn't attack the owlbear, it would come after them. The four moved forward through the caverns carefully, almost expecting the creature to pounce on them from the darkness. They reached a widening of the cave and saw the owlbear, the beast reared up on its hind legs and let loose a cry that was somewhere between a roar and a screech.</p><p></p><p>Milo was in the rear, they were prepared for the fight in their normal battle positions. He fired his crossbow into the body of the monster, causing it to howl in pain. It swiped out with its claws at the closest party members, it missed with one swipe then stumbled as it moved forward to strike at Mazi with its other taloned paw. As it regained its balance its beak snapped at Brigit, scraping a long line down her steel shield with its sharp point. Jeremiah was in the rear with Milo, unable to come to the front in the confines of the cave tunnel. He sheathed his greatsword and drew his bow, readying an arrow to fire at the unnatural creation before them. Brigit and Mazithra made a beautifully concerted attack, both scoring good hits on either side of the beast. Once again it howled in pain.</p><p></p><p>The wounded and enraged beast swiped at Brigit, missing her by the breadth of a hair. It took another bite at the party, this time towards Mazi. It's jaws snapped on air. Just as she dodged the beak Mazi brought her longsword down across the creature's neck, slicing a long gash through its hide. Brigit swung from under and up, into the underside of the owlbear's chin. Her ax clove through the monster's jaw and embedded itself within the bottom of its brainpan. The beast fell heavily to the side, taking Brigit's ax with it. She reached down and yanked the ax out with one foot steadying the owlbear's head.</p><p></p><p>"Ain't so tough, Milo. Ya had me thinkin' we'd be up against a challenge!" Brigit said to the side as she pulled on her stuck ax. </p><p></p><p>"We got off lucky there Brigit, I've heard tales of owlbears rending a man apart once they get a hold of him. They're no joke, we can count ourselves blessed for coming through this unscathed." Milo responded to Brigit. "I wonder if anything else lives in this cave, owlbears are pretty territorial."</p><p></p><p>Near where the beast bedded at night Milo found a parchment tube made of bone. Inside was a scroll containing the spell of protection from evil. Milo explained the spell to his friends and stashed it in his pack for later. The entire group found in the owlbear's den besides that was more refuse and stench. Milo noticed two other branches of the natural passage on their way into the den. He suggested to the others that they might want to check them out just in case.</p><p></p><p>Milo took lead again as they left the den. The first branch they came back to extended east beyond the southern branch they came from. After a turn to the right the passage narrowed into nothing, just a dead end. Back in the southern passage the party continued through the other branch, this one also petered out into a dead end. The last unexplored area of this cave was to the west of the entrance.</p><p></p><p>After a turn to the left the cavern widened again into a natural room. A shallow pool of water filled the northeast corner of the cavern. The walls glistened with slime and moisture dripped from the stalactites. Suspicious, Milo picked up a bone from the debris that littered the floor and tossed it into the water. He half expected some other monstrosity to leap from the pool and attack. Nothing happened. Milo shrugged and ventured further in the cave to explore the water. Just as he approached the pool the dripping from the ceiling intensified. Milo heard a loud sucking noise emanated from above Milo and he jumped back instinctively. It turned out to be in the nick of time, a mass of gray ooze plopped onto the ground before him, its tendrils reaching out hungrily.</p><p></p><p>Milo tumbled backwards and fired his crossbow at the slime. The bolt sank into the gelatinous mass and began to sizzle. Milo did notice that a bit of runny ooze seeped from the ragged hole his quarrel created.</p><p></p><p>"Don't hit it with your swords or anything, it's acid! See the bolt melt?" Milo shouted to his friends. "Back away and fire at it with your range weapons!" The others responded by drawing their bows and moving away from the room. Just as Brigit and Jeremiah moved two more oozes dropped from the ceiling and began to reach for Milo. Mazi fired her arrow at one of the new oozes, her missile also starting to sizzle as it pierced the mass of goo. </p><p></p><p>Milo couldn't back up any more from the approaching ooze, he fired his crossbow and sighed in disappointment as it flew past one of the gray blobs. All three of the others moved back a pace and fired their bows. Mazi's arrow found its mark and more liquid spewed from the ooze, her arrow sizzling as it suspended within the creature. Brigit's arrow grazed one of the ooze, causing some of the brackish liquid to seep out as well. Jeremiah's shot flew high, he was attempting to fire above Milo. Only one ooze was in contact with Milo, the creatures couldn't move very fast, he noticed. Tentacles formed from its amorphous body and reached for him. He jumped back in alarm, barely avoiding the surprisingly fast tendril.</p><p></p><p>Milo hopped back another pace and fired his crossbow. His bolt went clean through the previous hole he created and out the other side of the ooze. More liquid spewed out of the mass, it deflated as the grayish muck pooled on the ground. One down, two to go, Milo thought. Mazi, Brigit, and Jeremiah ran out of room to back into. The three of them turned and moved down the tunnel from where they came, ready for the ooze to round the corner. The one ooze in range of Milo formed two more tentacles, reaching out to him. He dodged the grasping arms of goo, shuddering to think of the damage that the acid might cause him. </p><p></p><p>Milo could see no way to retreat from the ooze without it attacking his back or sliding up to him if he took a backward step. He tumbled backwards in an acrobatic somersault, attempting to put space between himself and the gray mass. He was too slow, the ooze reached out with a tendril and slapped his foot while he was tumbling. The contact made him wince and he felt his foot burn. Once he completed his backward roll he fired his crossbow at the ooze that attacked him, wounding it as well. The other ooze moved towards Brigit, who wasn't able to move very far away due to the encumbrance of her heavy armor. Its formed tentacles raced out and smacked into her as well. Milo could actually hear the sizzle as the ooze made contact. Brigit grimaced and pushed the tentacle away.</p><p></p><p>Milo moved back another pace and fired at the ooze, creating a new hole in the creature. Brigit moved back with him and fired as well, her own arrow sinking into the shifting mass before sizzling away. Jeremiah and Mazithra fired their arrows from down the hall, Jer's making contact with the ooze advancing on Milo. The ooze absorbed the arrow, bleeding more of the gray liquid. It reached out for Milo again, barely missing his arm as he weaved and bobbed to avoid the disgusting blob. Brigit was not as nimble and the ooze slapped into her again, the sizzling noise was even apparent to Jeremiah and Mazi down the tunnel. Brigit once again pushed the blob away.</p><p></p><p>Mazi and Jeremiah moved back another pace to leave room for Brigit and Milo's retreat. Both fired their arrows at the approaching ooze, both hit their target with unerring aim. The two masses of ooze deflated as the first one, the gray liquid that passed for their innards creating two puddles of putrid goo on the ground.</p><p></p><p>Milo breathed a sigh of relief and moved to Brigit. She was hurt, but not too badly. Her skin was red under her armor where the acid had seeped through. Milo used a spare tunic to wipe the excess acid off her armor and tossed it into one of the puddles. They noticed that the cloth continued to sizzle in the leftover acid of the ooze. They stepped gingerly around the puddles and made their way back into the cavern. No more ooze dropped from the ceiling as the entered the cave. They couldn't see any more in wait above. Milo figured that they couldn't be that intelligent, he hoped that they all came at once. </p><p></p><p>A glint from the pool caught his eye. Deeper in the water he could make out the form of a goblet. After making sure it wasn't one of the cups the priest described Milo asked Jeremiah to wade in and grab it. The water was a little deep for halflings. Jeremiah retrieved the goblet and Milo examined it. He guessed the value to be over 1000 gold. Mazithra looked over the cup as well, her guess was closer to 1300 gold. Not a bad deal, Milo thought.</p><p></p><p>"That seems to be it. I don't think there's anything else here." He said as he handed the goblet to Brigit for safekeeping. The party still felt good, especially after a quick healing spell for Brigit. The party readied themselves for an assault on one of the other caverns.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Milo Windby, post: 1694, member: 202"] [b]Keep of the Borderlands -part fifteen (session four)[/b] A strange thing happened while Brigit kept watch. The air seemed to coalesce before her, right above a low boulder. The swirling mist solidified. Suddenly an old man in robes and with a long staff appeared before her, a mountain lion at his side. He was a kindly man, Brigit could tell as he looked down at her. The man stepped down from the boulder and moved to each party member in turn. He touched each of them on the head with his staff, first Milo, then Mazi, then Jeremiah, and finally Brigit. The other three awoke, completely refreshed and strangely at peace. "I have healed each of you of your wounds." He said to them all. Then, turning to Brigit and Mazithra, "The fever will not affect you, I have cleansed your bodies of the infection." The old man shook his head sadly. "I have tried to remain apart from this conflict, but the events that you witnessed yesterday have forced me to take hand in the matter. Now I must help you to bring the Balance back to my forest." "You will help me. You must continue in your quest, find the cups and destroy them so my children may find rest." The old man turned to each of them. "You, Milo Windby, know that the One whom you follow has plans for you that will conflict with your responsibilities. When the time comes you must chose well." He said as he pointed his staff at Milo. "Brigit Deeperdown, know that revenge is futile. Once completed your life will be empty." The old man told Brigit. The taciturn dwarf only glowered. "Mazithra, know that the faster you run from your destiny, the closer you draw to it." He said to Mazi. She looked slightly embarrassed to Milo. "Jeremiah Tansden, know that you are almost the warrior that your people need for the struggle ahead." The barbarian ducked his head at the statement. It almost appeared that he blushed. The old man disappeared in a wisp of mist before any of them could respond. "But wait!" Milo cried, "I have so many questions!" Milo spoke thin air. The man was gone, without a trace. The mountain lion was gone too, no tracks to indicate where it had loped off. The four friends looked at each other, at a loss for words. Each of them had many things to think about. They set up another watch and settled down to consider the old man's words. Milo was very curious as to what the old man meant to the others. He had a pretty good idea of what he was trying to tell him though. He thought about how long it had been since he sent a letter back to Darokin. People were likely to become concerned if he didn't communicate with them soon. These were his thoughts before he drifted back to sleep. It was an extremely restful sleep. He even got a few good hours of sleep after his uneventful watch. The morning found the group hale and hearty. All felt completely refreshed and much better than they could remember for a long time. Milo smiled and slapped Brigit on the back. "Well everyone, ready to find us some cups to break?" Milo said good-naturedly. Jeremiah even smiled at him. The adventurers gathered their belongings and made their way from the clearing back to the gorge. Not even the oppressive atmosphere could bring down their spirits. They chose the north most cavern at the top of the depression to investigate next, methodically working their way around the upper level of the shallow valley. Milo led the way again, with the others following him in their standard formation. A few paces into the cavern they came to a natural fork. Bones and debris scattered the floor. A horrible stench filled the air, almost palpable. Milo searched the area for traps, making sure that a repeat performance of their kobold adventure was not forthcoming. No traps were evident so the party moved on. They took the left branch, heading west. The cavern grew dark as they ventured deeper. All four of them heard a growling noise coming from deep within the caves. Jeremiah whispered that it sounded to him like a bear. Since they didn't want to light up the whole cavern it was decided that Brigit would go investigate the sounds. She moved past the light cast by Milo's lantern and crept into the darkness. The noises grew slightly louder after a few moments, then quieted again. Just as the group began to fear the worst for Brigit she emerged from the depths of the tunnel. What she described to the group was a hideous mix of beasts. The bear shaped creature had a beak like a bird and was covered with feathers and fur. Milo knew what it was from her description right away. He had seen one in the travelling Darokin zoo when he was young. It was an owlbear. A crazed mix of the nocturnal predator and the feared beast of the forest. Milo warned them that owlbears were extremely ferocious and territorial. He asked Brigit if the owlbear had seen her. When she responded in the affirmative he readied his weapon. The beast had heard her coming and saw her around the corner. The loud sounds they heard were the monster rising up and shambling towards her. If they didn't attack the owlbear, it would come after them. The four moved forward through the caverns carefully, almost expecting the creature to pounce on them from the darkness. They reached a widening of the cave and saw the owlbear, the beast reared up on its hind legs and let loose a cry that was somewhere between a roar and a screech. Milo was in the rear, they were prepared for the fight in their normal battle positions. He fired his crossbow into the body of the monster, causing it to howl in pain. It swiped out with its claws at the closest party members, it missed with one swipe then stumbled as it moved forward to strike at Mazi with its other taloned paw. As it regained its balance its beak snapped at Brigit, scraping a long line down her steel shield with its sharp point. Jeremiah was in the rear with Milo, unable to come to the front in the confines of the cave tunnel. He sheathed his greatsword and drew his bow, readying an arrow to fire at the unnatural creation before them. Brigit and Mazithra made a beautifully concerted attack, both scoring good hits on either side of the beast. Once again it howled in pain. The wounded and enraged beast swiped at Brigit, missing her by the breadth of a hair. It took another bite at the party, this time towards Mazi. It's jaws snapped on air. Just as she dodged the beak Mazi brought her longsword down across the creature's neck, slicing a long gash through its hide. Brigit swung from under and up, into the underside of the owlbear's chin. Her ax clove through the monster's jaw and embedded itself within the bottom of its brainpan. The beast fell heavily to the side, taking Brigit's ax with it. She reached down and yanked the ax out with one foot steadying the owlbear's head. "Ain't so tough, Milo. Ya had me thinkin' we'd be up against a challenge!" Brigit said to the side as she pulled on her stuck ax. "We got off lucky there Brigit, I've heard tales of owlbears rending a man apart once they get a hold of him. They're no joke, we can count ourselves blessed for coming through this unscathed." Milo responded to Brigit. "I wonder if anything else lives in this cave, owlbears are pretty territorial." Near where the beast bedded at night Milo found a parchment tube made of bone. Inside was a scroll containing the spell of protection from evil. Milo explained the spell to his friends and stashed it in his pack for later. The entire group found in the owlbear's den besides that was more refuse and stench. Milo noticed two other branches of the natural passage on their way into the den. He suggested to the others that they might want to check them out just in case. Milo took lead again as they left the den. The first branch they came back to extended east beyond the southern branch they came from. After a turn to the right the passage narrowed into nothing, just a dead end. Back in the southern passage the party continued through the other branch, this one also petered out into a dead end. The last unexplored area of this cave was to the west of the entrance. After a turn to the left the cavern widened again into a natural room. A shallow pool of water filled the northeast corner of the cavern. The walls glistened with slime and moisture dripped from the stalactites. Suspicious, Milo picked up a bone from the debris that littered the floor and tossed it into the water. He half expected some other monstrosity to leap from the pool and attack. Nothing happened. Milo shrugged and ventured further in the cave to explore the water. Just as he approached the pool the dripping from the ceiling intensified. Milo heard a loud sucking noise emanated from above Milo and he jumped back instinctively. It turned out to be in the nick of time, a mass of gray ooze plopped onto the ground before him, its tendrils reaching out hungrily. Milo tumbled backwards and fired his crossbow at the slime. The bolt sank into the gelatinous mass and began to sizzle. Milo did notice that a bit of runny ooze seeped from the ragged hole his quarrel created. "Don't hit it with your swords or anything, it's acid! See the bolt melt?" Milo shouted to his friends. "Back away and fire at it with your range weapons!" The others responded by drawing their bows and moving away from the room. Just as Brigit and Jeremiah moved two more oozes dropped from the ceiling and began to reach for Milo. Mazi fired her arrow at one of the new oozes, her missile also starting to sizzle as it pierced the mass of goo. Milo couldn't back up any more from the approaching ooze, he fired his crossbow and sighed in disappointment as it flew past one of the gray blobs. All three of the others moved back a pace and fired their bows. Mazi's arrow found its mark and more liquid spewed from the ooze, her arrow sizzling as it suspended within the creature. Brigit's arrow grazed one of the ooze, causing some of the brackish liquid to seep out as well. Jeremiah's shot flew high, he was attempting to fire above Milo. Only one ooze was in contact with Milo, the creatures couldn't move very fast, he noticed. Tentacles formed from its amorphous body and reached for him. He jumped back in alarm, barely avoiding the surprisingly fast tendril. Milo hopped back another pace and fired his crossbow. His bolt went clean through the previous hole he created and out the other side of the ooze. More liquid spewed out of the mass, it deflated as the grayish muck pooled on the ground. One down, two to go, Milo thought. Mazi, Brigit, and Jeremiah ran out of room to back into. The three of them turned and moved down the tunnel from where they came, ready for the ooze to round the corner. The one ooze in range of Milo formed two more tentacles, reaching out to him. He dodged the grasping arms of goo, shuddering to think of the damage that the acid might cause him. Milo could see no way to retreat from the ooze without it attacking his back or sliding up to him if he took a backward step. He tumbled backwards in an acrobatic somersault, attempting to put space between himself and the gray mass. He was too slow, the ooze reached out with a tendril and slapped his foot while he was tumbling. The contact made him wince and he felt his foot burn. Once he completed his backward roll he fired his crossbow at the ooze that attacked him, wounding it as well. The other ooze moved towards Brigit, who wasn't able to move very far away due to the encumbrance of her heavy armor. Its formed tentacles raced out and smacked into her as well. Milo could actually hear the sizzle as the ooze made contact. Brigit grimaced and pushed the tentacle away. Milo moved back another pace and fired at the ooze, creating a new hole in the creature. Brigit moved back with him and fired as well, her own arrow sinking into the shifting mass before sizzling away. Jeremiah and Mazithra fired their arrows from down the hall, Jer's making contact with the ooze advancing on Milo. The ooze absorbed the arrow, bleeding more of the gray liquid. It reached out for Milo again, barely missing his arm as he weaved and bobbed to avoid the disgusting blob. Brigit was not as nimble and the ooze slapped into her again, the sizzling noise was even apparent to Jeremiah and Mazi down the tunnel. Brigit once again pushed the blob away. Mazi and Jeremiah moved back another pace to leave room for Brigit and Milo's retreat. Both fired their arrows at the approaching ooze, both hit their target with unerring aim. The two masses of ooze deflated as the first one, the gray liquid that passed for their innards creating two puddles of putrid goo on the ground. Milo breathed a sigh of relief and moved to Brigit. She was hurt, but not too badly. Her skin was red under her armor where the acid had seeped through. Milo used a spare tunic to wipe the excess acid off her armor and tossed it into one of the puddles. They noticed that the cloth continued to sizzle in the leftover acid of the ooze. They stepped gingerly around the puddles and made their way back into the cavern. No more ooze dropped from the ceiling as the entered the cave. They couldn't see any more in wait above. Milo figured that they couldn't be that intelligent, he hoped that they all came at once. A glint from the pool caught his eye. Deeper in the water he could make out the form of a goblet. After making sure it wasn't one of the cups the priest described Milo asked Jeremiah to wade in and grab it. The water was a little deep for halflings. Jeremiah retrieved the goblet and Milo examined it. He guessed the value to be over 1000 gold. Mazithra looked over the cup as well, her guess was closer to 1300 gold. Not a bad deal, Milo thought. "That seems to be it. I don't think there's anything else here." He said as he handed the goblet to Brigit for safekeeping. The party still felt good, especially after a quick healing spell for Brigit. The party readied themselves for an assault on one of the other caverns. [/QUOTE]
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