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<blockquote data-quote="Sic_Pixie" data-source="post: 5863446" data-attributes="member: 52403"><p><strong>Trolls + Fire = nasty death. Or Sayuri looses another horse.</strong></p><p></p><p>Rounding a corner in the trail they come upon their goal; the fens give way to a deep, rocky gorge at the northern edge of the swamp, where a peculiar building, or rather group of buildings, clings to steep cliff edges above half a dozen plummeting waterfalls. Beyond a fortified gatehouse, a stone bridge arches gracefully over the raging torrents below. Perched precariously beyond this is a fine, fortified manse and a ruined building that appears to have partially collapsed into the river below. A slender rope bridge, replacing the fallen remnants of a stone bridge, links to a strange tower pierced with beautiful stained glass windows depicting bizarre beasts.</p><p>A further building teeters to the north of this, but how it is reached is impossible to see from here. Far above, a great tower rises from an isle of stone to the sky, ending in a great steeple topped with a huge lightning conductor. They have reached Schloss Caromarc.</p><p></p><p>Sayuri and Kat ride out ahead (The players for Pringle and Grembor are absent) and find two strange looking hounds standing guard before the gatehouse. The gatehouse has four towers one at each corner; upon two of these towers stand large humanoids one of which is looking out over the pathway while the other seems to be staring at the castle behind the keep. They move down to get a better look at the hounds and the large figures but the hounds seem to catch their scent on the wind and perk up; with a low whine they scour the pathways around the keep and spot Kat and Sayuri still astride their horses in the shadow of a large boulder. With a grumbling growl they both start forward to intercept the pair; Sayuri studies the pair of strange looking hounds and recognizes them as a strange breed of hound which has been fed too much troll meat and taken on many of the characteristics of a troll. These are commonly called Trollhounds and they share their resistances and abilities; However the horses don’t know this they just see and smell something they don’t like and prance about until the hounds close; one snaps Sayuri’s horses leg while the other tears out it’s throat. </p><p></p><p>Sayuri slips from the saddle landing on her feet and looking sorrowfully at her poor horse. One of the large humanoids on the keep’s towers brings up a large crossbow and fires off a bolt in their direction while the other tower is manned by another large figure hefting a nice rock. Kat dismounts and sends her horse back down the trail to be picked up by Grembor and Pringle; whipping out her swords she closes on the hounds and slices her swords across it’s shoulder and back; the wounds don’t seems to bleed much. Sayuri steps back and starts summoning an elemental; her knowledge of such things is a bit sketchy but she thinks fire will hurt them as she suspects they are the same as Trolls. The Trollhounds go to hit Kat but only the one strikes true as it trips Kat to the floor; Kat cursing transforms her form into that of a wildcat and lashes out at the hound from the floor while her Wolf circles them and goes to hit the hound from the rear. Sayuri finishes off her summoning and a fire elemental appears through a rent in the air; through which you can feel the roaring flames of its native plane; it strikes out at the hound while Sayuri claims some vials of alchemist’s fire from the pack horse. Kat is getting badly mauled by the hound as she is still prone and not willing to incur extra attacks by getting up; she responds from the ground and her claws and bite score some good hits; however it’s the fire elemental that really makes it sit up and scream as it’s fiery touch sets it’s skin burning causing it to start rolling around on the ground in an attempt to put out the killing fire. </p><p></p><p>Sayuri throws one of her vials at the hound but it goes wide striking the ground to the right of the critter and causing a small explosion of flame which ignites the local fauna. A large crossbow bolt screams past Kats head setting her sensitive feline ears back as it strikes the rocks near her throwing up a shower of sparks; the large humanoid in the tower starts cranking on the winch to reload his crossbow again. The large humanoid in the other tower is still hefting his rocks but they are out of decent range for him so he waits patiently. The Trollhound expires in an eye watering stink of burning flesh so Kat resumes her feet and her normal form; Sayuri continues to lob vials of fire but is expertly setting the surrounding environment afire and nowhere near hitting anything else. The remaining hound attacks Kat but is thwarted by her tough armor as she conjures a curved blade comprised of pure flame to her hand and strikes the poor unfortunate hound which whimpers as it’s hit; the fire elemental also strikes causing another whimper followed by a swift squeal as it catches fire and continues to burn. Sayuri continues to miss with her flasks of fire while two figures appear in the gate as it opens revealing a pair of giant figures running out to try to drive off the impudent adventures. Kat finishes off the hound as it squirms on the ground in a vain attempt to extinguish the fire while Sayuri starts summoning another little fiery helper to assist; the pair of trolls manage to make it to the pair of stalwart adventures but have to maneuver round the fire elemental which they nervously avoid and don’t wish to attack plus the several area’s of burning shrubbery caused by Sayuri’s ‘tactically’ missed alchemist’s fire attempts. </p><p></p><p>The first troll manages a single attack on Kat before it’s cut down by a combination of Kat’s burning blade; two fire elementals and more thrown fire from Sayuri which didn’t actually hit it’s target but inadvertently hit one of the trolls by missing it’s intended troll and hitting it’s compatriot. Sayuri considers that a win and howls in victory as it collapses in a burning pile; it’s more intelligent brother strikes Sayuri a couple of times causing her to stagger back while Kat strikes it a few times with his sword of fire; the troll makes a couple of half arsed attempts at hitting Kat and then runs off burning into the countryside living to fight another day and learning a valuable lesson regarding idiots who play with fire. </p><p></p><p>Sayuri sends her elementals into the gatehouse to kill anything they find while Sayuri heads back to the pack horse to retrieve more vials of alchemist’s fire. Kat unlimbers her bow and fires some arrows towards the trolls manning the towers; this elicits the response from the towers of Crossbow bolts from one and thrown rocks from the other. Thankfully they miss their target and Sayuri sprints inside soon followed by Kat; they discover three small bodies of goblins inside smoldering gently as the fire elementals prance around. Sayuri directs the elementals up the towers to assault the trolls who have nothing but their claws and really don’t wish to try clawing the living fire as it will burn their tender hands. One after trying throwing his rocks at his elemental jumps from the gatehouse into the river to extinguish the flames and letting the cooling water carry it downriver. The other less fortunate leader of the trolls manages to utilize it’s heavy crossbow as a weapon and beat down an elemental only to have another take it’s place; with a growl of frustration it leaps from the battlements down before the gate and is set upon again by yet another fire elemental and Kat who strikes out with her sword of fire. Kat is knocked back by a mighty blow from the troll but the veritable swarm of elementals drive the troll to the ground and the platters are served as this meat is very well done.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sic_Pixie, post: 5863446, member: 52403"] [b]Trolls + Fire = nasty death. Or Sayuri looses another horse.[/b] Rounding a corner in the trail they come upon their goal; the fens give way to a deep, rocky gorge at the northern edge of the swamp, where a peculiar building, or rather group of buildings, clings to steep cliff edges above half a dozen plummeting waterfalls. Beyond a fortified gatehouse, a stone bridge arches gracefully over the raging torrents below. Perched precariously beyond this is a fine, fortified manse and a ruined building that appears to have partially collapsed into the river below. A slender rope bridge, replacing the fallen remnants of a stone bridge, links to a strange tower pierced with beautiful stained glass windows depicting bizarre beasts. A further building teeters to the north of this, but how it is reached is impossible to see from here. Far above, a great tower rises from an isle of stone to the sky, ending in a great steeple topped with a huge lightning conductor. They have reached Schloss Caromarc. Sayuri and Kat ride out ahead (The players for Pringle and Grembor are absent) and find two strange looking hounds standing guard before the gatehouse. The gatehouse has four towers one at each corner; upon two of these towers stand large humanoids one of which is looking out over the pathway while the other seems to be staring at the castle behind the keep. They move down to get a better look at the hounds and the large figures but the hounds seem to catch their scent on the wind and perk up; with a low whine they scour the pathways around the keep and spot Kat and Sayuri still astride their horses in the shadow of a large boulder. With a grumbling growl they both start forward to intercept the pair; Sayuri studies the pair of strange looking hounds and recognizes them as a strange breed of hound which has been fed too much troll meat and taken on many of the characteristics of a troll. These are commonly called Trollhounds and they share their resistances and abilities; However the horses don’t know this they just see and smell something they don’t like and prance about until the hounds close; one snaps Sayuri’s horses leg while the other tears out it’s throat. Sayuri slips from the saddle landing on her feet and looking sorrowfully at her poor horse. One of the large humanoids on the keep’s towers brings up a large crossbow and fires off a bolt in their direction while the other tower is manned by another large figure hefting a nice rock. Kat dismounts and sends her horse back down the trail to be picked up by Grembor and Pringle; whipping out her swords she closes on the hounds and slices her swords across it’s shoulder and back; the wounds don’t seems to bleed much. Sayuri steps back and starts summoning an elemental; her knowledge of such things is a bit sketchy but she thinks fire will hurt them as she suspects they are the same as Trolls. The Trollhounds go to hit Kat but only the one strikes true as it trips Kat to the floor; Kat cursing transforms her form into that of a wildcat and lashes out at the hound from the floor while her Wolf circles them and goes to hit the hound from the rear. Sayuri finishes off her summoning and a fire elemental appears through a rent in the air; through which you can feel the roaring flames of its native plane; it strikes out at the hound while Sayuri claims some vials of alchemist’s fire from the pack horse. Kat is getting badly mauled by the hound as she is still prone and not willing to incur extra attacks by getting up; she responds from the ground and her claws and bite score some good hits; however it’s the fire elemental that really makes it sit up and scream as it’s fiery touch sets it’s skin burning causing it to start rolling around on the ground in an attempt to put out the killing fire. Sayuri throws one of her vials at the hound but it goes wide striking the ground to the right of the critter and causing a small explosion of flame which ignites the local fauna. A large crossbow bolt screams past Kats head setting her sensitive feline ears back as it strikes the rocks near her throwing up a shower of sparks; the large humanoid in the tower starts cranking on the winch to reload his crossbow again. The large humanoid in the other tower is still hefting his rocks but they are out of decent range for him so he waits patiently. The Trollhound expires in an eye watering stink of burning flesh so Kat resumes her feet and her normal form; Sayuri continues to lob vials of fire but is expertly setting the surrounding environment afire and nowhere near hitting anything else. The remaining hound attacks Kat but is thwarted by her tough armor as she conjures a curved blade comprised of pure flame to her hand and strikes the poor unfortunate hound which whimpers as it’s hit; the fire elemental also strikes causing another whimper followed by a swift squeal as it catches fire and continues to burn. Sayuri continues to miss with her flasks of fire while two figures appear in the gate as it opens revealing a pair of giant figures running out to try to drive off the impudent adventures. Kat finishes off the hound as it squirms on the ground in a vain attempt to extinguish the fire while Sayuri starts summoning another little fiery helper to assist; the pair of trolls manage to make it to the pair of stalwart adventures but have to maneuver round the fire elemental which they nervously avoid and don’t wish to attack plus the several area’s of burning shrubbery caused by Sayuri’s ‘tactically’ missed alchemist’s fire attempts. The first troll manages a single attack on Kat before it’s cut down by a combination of Kat’s burning blade; two fire elementals and more thrown fire from Sayuri which didn’t actually hit it’s target but inadvertently hit one of the trolls by missing it’s intended troll and hitting it’s compatriot. Sayuri considers that a win and howls in victory as it collapses in a burning pile; it’s more intelligent brother strikes Sayuri a couple of times causing her to stagger back while Kat strikes it a few times with his sword of fire; the troll makes a couple of half arsed attempts at hitting Kat and then runs off burning into the countryside living to fight another day and learning a valuable lesson regarding idiots who play with fire. Sayuri sends her elementals into the gatehouse to kill anything they find while Sayuri heads back to the pack horse to retrieve more vials of alchemist’s fire. Kat unlimbers her bow and fires some arrows towards the trolls manning the towers; this elicits the response from the towers of Crossbow bolts from one and thrown rocks from the other. Thankfully they miss their target and Sayuri sprints inside soon followed by Kat; they discover three small bodies of goblins inside smoldering gently as the fire elementals prance around. Sayuri directs the elementals up the towers to assault the trolls who have nothing but their claws and really don’t wish to try clawing the living fire as it will burn their tender hands. One after trying throwing his rocks at his elemental jumps from the gatehouse into the river to extinguish the flames and letting the cooling water carry it downriver. The other less fortunate leader of the trolls manages to utilize it’s heavy crossbow as a weapon and beat down an elemental only to have another take it’s place; with a growl of frustration it leaps from the battlements down before the gate and is set upon again by yet another fire elemental and Kat who strikes out with her sword of fire. Kat is knocked back by a mighty blow from the troll but the veritable swarm of elementals drive the troll to the ground and the platters are served as this meat is very well done. [/QUOTE]
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