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<blockquote data-quote="Richards" data-source="post: 8047105" data-attributes="member: 508"><p>I just realized there was a brief part to the last write-up I forgot to mention. Some weeks back, Vicki took Logan aside in our family room for a brief, secret discussion at the end of the session while Dan and Joey were packing up their stuff in our gaming room. Last adventure I got to find out what that was all about.</p><p></p><p>While in the swamps, before taking off after having slain the ambushers, Jhasspok was eyeing Truffles again (as he pretty much does any time the toad is in view); while on the one hand he realizes the toad is Marlo's familiar and very important to her, on the other hand he also realizes toads are a delicious part of a balanced diet. So every once in awhile when Marlo puts her toad to use, I have Jhasspok eyeing him hungrily. I've even had Jhasspok offer to allow Truffles to "ride in his mouth" and give Marlo a break from constantly carrying the toad around in her pocket.</p><p></p><p>She's never taken him up on the offer - until this particular session. Once we were out of combat and Jhasspok made his offer to let Truffles ride in his mouth, Marlo asked, "Do you really want to eat him, Jhasspok? Do you? Well then here, go ahead." And then she passed Truffles over to him.</p><p></p><p>Jhasspok took the toad in his hands, looked questioning at Marlo (trying to figure out if this was a trick or something), but when she reaffirmed the lizardfolk should eat her toad familiar he took her at her word and popped the delicious morsel into his mouth. Only it turns out Vicki had been talking to Logan earlier about how the <em>contingency</em> spell works, and had Marlo pay a wizard in one of the towns we'd been passing through for arcane spell scrolls containing the <em>fire shield</em> and <em>contingency</em> spells, so she could cast the <em>contingency</em> spell to activate a <em>fire shield</em> spell on Truffles if the toad ever found himself in Jhasspok's mouth.</p><p></p><p>So Jhasspok tossed Truffles into his mouth and the toad immediately burst into flame, which didn't harm it at all but burned the inside of the lizardfolk's mouth something fierce. Fortunately, they were in a swamp at the time, so Jhasspok spit him out into his hand, doused the toad in swamp water to wipe off whatever hot sauce he'd apparently been dipped into, and tried again - with the same results. (Logan allowed the <em>fire shield</em> spell to turn on and off throughout the normal duration of the spell, only becoming active when Truffles was actually inside Jhasspok's mouth.) Undeterred, Jhasspok tried cleaning off the toad in swamp water again - more thoroughly, this time - and popped him back into his mouth, but it was no good. Eventually, he dejectedly turned the toad back over to Marlo, who placed him back into the pocket of her robes.</p><p></p><p>Marlo tried explaining to Jhasspok that <em>that</em> had been the reason she hadn't let him eat Truffles all this time - because toads burst into flame as a protective measure when you try to eat them - but Jhasspok's not convinced; Marlo may not know it, but they have frogs and toads in the Underdark and Jhasspok's eaten his fair share of them in the past. He has a sneaking suspicion she's tricking him somehow with magic but isn't quite sure just how; in the meantime, he's going to wait for an opportunity to try to eat Truffles when they're both in deep enough water that the lizardfolk can pop the toad into his mouth when they're both fully submerged and see if that prevents the toad from bursting into flames. (He was only ankle-deep in the marsh waters when he tried eating Truffles this time.)</p><p></p><p>It might take some time before circumstances align themselves to give Jhasspok the opportunity, but lizardfolk are nothing if not patient.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richards, post: 8047105, member: 508"] I just realized there was a brief part to the last write-up I forgot to mention. Some weeks back, Vicki took Logan aside in our family room for a brief, secret discussion at the end of the session while Dan and Joey were packing up their stuff in our gaming room. Last adventure I got to find out what that was all about. While in the swamps, before taking off after having slain the ambushers, Jhasspok was eyeing Truffles again (as he pretty much does any time the toad is in view); while on the one hand he realizes the toad is Marlo's familiar and very important to her, on the other hand he also realizes toads are a delicious part of a balanced diet. So every once in awhile when Marlo puts her toad to use, I have Jhasspok eyeing him hungrily. I've even had Jhasspok offer to allow Truffles to "ride in his mouth" and give Marlo a break from constantly carrying the toad around in her pocket. She's never taken him up on the offer - until this particular session. Once we were out of combat and Jhasspok made his offer to let Truffles ride in his mouth, Marlo asked, "Do you really want to eat him, Jhasspok? Do you? Well then here, go ahead." And then she passed Truffles over to him. Jhasspok took the toad in his hands, looked questioning at Marlo (trying to figure out if this was a trick or something), but when she reaffirmed the lizardfolk should eat her toad familiar he took her at her word and popped the delicious morsel into his mouth. Only it turns out Vicki had been talking to Logan earlier about how the [I]contingency[/I] spell works, and had Marlo pay a wizard in one of the towns we'd been passing through for arcane spell scrolls containing the [I]fire shield[/I] and [I]contingency[/I] spells, so she could cast the [I]contingency[/I] spell to activate a [I]fire shield[/I] spell on Truffles if the toad ever found himself in Jhasspok's mouth. So Jhasspok tossed Truffles into his mouth and the toad immediately burst into flame, which didn't harm it at all but burned the inside of the lizardfolk's mouth something fierce. Fortunately, they were in a swamp at the time, so Jhasspok spit him out into his hand, doused the toad in swamp water to wipe off whatever hot sauce he'd apparently been dipped into, and tried again - with the same results. (Logan allowed the [I]fire shield[/I] spell to turn on and off throughout the normal duration of the spell, only becoming active when Truffles was actually inside Jhasspok's mouth.) Undeterred, Jhasspok tried cleaning off the toad in swamp water again - more thoroughly, this time - and popped him back into his mouth, but it was no good. Eventually, he dejectedly turned the toad back over to Marlo, who placed him back into the pocket of her robes. Marlo tried explaining to Jhasspok that [I]that[/I] had been the reason she hadn't let him eat Truffles all this time - because toads burst into flame as a protective measure when you try to eat them - but Jhasspok's not convinced; Marlo may not know it, but they have frogs and toads in the Underdark and Jhasspok's eaten his fair share of them in the past. He has a sneaking suspicion she's tricking him somehow with magic but isn't quite sure just how; in the meantime, he's going to wait for an opportunity to try to eat Truffles when they're both in deep enough water that the lizardfolk can pop the toad into his mouth when they're both fully submerged and see if that prevents the toad from bursting into flames. (He was only ankle-deep in the marsh waters when he tried eating Truffles this time.) It might take some time before circumstances align themselves to give Jhasspok the opportunity, but lizardfolk are nothing if not patient. [/QUOTE]
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