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<blockquote data-quote="Sic_Pixie" data-source="post: 5986779" data-attributes="member: 52403"><p><strong>Slithering in the night</strong></p><p></p><p>The party gather their stuff together after the surprise assault by the evil little fey; they mount their horses and one pony and continue upon their way. The rest of the day is relatively uneventful as the experienced woodman Grembor leads them unerringly towards their goal. It is starting to get late and they find the ground getting slightly damper while the evening is approaching; they cross a small stream which has recently burst its banks flooding the surrounding region. They make their way through the waterlogged trees until they find some dry land and decide it is time to stop for the night. Their expert woodsman finds them a good campsite which looks like it has been used previously by the fire pit and generally flattened area between the trees. They set up camp and sit around discussing the recent events and how they think they are doing. They don’t know for sure what they are looking for in Thrushmoor all they know is that a pair of riders carrying the Seasage Effigy went this way so the best place to start looking would be the stables. Pringle feeds his monkey on a mixture of fresh berries and the dried fruit and nuts from his trail rations.</p><p></p><p>Hunkering down they set watches and sleep; however this wood is not quite finished with them yet. On Zordlan’s watch while he is patrolling the camp a stray branch which he never noticed previously slips underfoot sending him sprawling head first into a tree knocking him unconscious. The night progresses and it is only Sayuri’s fitful sleep which saves the party; she hears off in the distance even in her sleep the retort of a branch cracking as something heavy passes over it. Crawling from her tent that she shares with Zordlan she scurries over to him and shakes him awake noticing for the first time the welt upon his brow from the trees recent assault. He does not seem to wish to wake up so she scurries to Pringle’s tent and shakes him to consciousness before heading onto Nashkar’s tent and rousing him. Heading back to Zordlan she throws some water in his face to wake him up. Pringle ignores Sayuri and rolls back over and goes back to sleep without rousing Grembor; Nashkar crawls out of his tent in nothing but his smallclothes which is not a pleasant sight for anyone. Zordlan is awake and staggers to his feet fingers exploring the welt on his head as a huge slithering beast emerges from the trees. A massive slug undulates into the clearing and spits a volume of liquid at Sayuri; the liquid misses by a small margin and strikes a nearby boulder which starts sizzling away nicely. Sayuri screams that the slug spits acid which wakes up Pringle from a terrible dream in which he is being attacked by giant slugs and pokes Grembor who is instantly awake with dagger in hand. Pringle advises him that he thinks they are under attack and Grembor crawls out to investigate. Zordlan shoots some arrows at the slowly approaching slug; one of which hits its target and sinks into its soft hide. The slug rears back its scream sounding low as it reverberates through their bones as Sayuri casts a torrent of force missiles its way. </p><p></p><p>The slug still some feet distant coughs up some more acid and spits it unerringly towards Zordlan hitting him in the face and chest; the screams shake the trees as the powerful acid eats into his skin and starts melting his armor. Sayuri in shock very thankful that the acid it shot at her missed fires off some more force missiles which impact against it’s soft hide causing darker welts to appear in their wake. Grembor grabs his bow and circles around the tents keeping as much between himself and the slug as possible while Pringle grabs his monkey and goes to investigate the sounds and is horrified that his dream has become a reality. He wanders across the tents and shoots off a scorching hot ray of flame which impacts upon a nearby tree sending sparks flying in all directions. Nashkar exits and channels energy through the team removing some of the effects of the acid upon Zordlan and turning his melted skin into freshly healed scar tissue which will need some attention later to gain his lovely smooth complexion.</p><p></p><p>The slug spits acid over Sayuri who now screams as the acidic liquid sears her skin; she is wearing more revealing clothing than Zordlan so the acid hits more of her skin. Sayuri runs away to gain some distance from the nasty slug after sending a lightning bolt through the poor creature. Zordlan moves around the tent shooting an arrow at the slug while Grembor unleashes a trio of arrows which strike true; Pringle runs off forgetting his monkey leaving it on the ground near the tent while circling to join Grembor. Nashkar casts obscuring mist covering the campsite in sight foiling fog which he hopes will prevent the slug from hitting them little knowing that the slug can still see them as it is an experienced night hunter and a terror in the deep caves of the world.</p><p></p><p>Zordlan is unlucky as the slug lashes him with its acid dripping tongue; the lash connects with his chest driving him backwards as he doubles over from the pain. The slug slides into the fog to provide some relief from the annoying arrows that keep hitting it. Sayuri can’t see the slug anymore due to the fog but she can hear Pringle having remembered his monkey and the fact that he left it shouts at Sayuri to save it. Sayuri with a sigh moves to where she thinks the monkey is located at which the slug slaps her viciously with its tongue as she lets down her guard; the tongue catches her high on her shoulder and she rolls with the blow finding herself some distance from the creature and not too far from the monkey by the frightened whimpers; finding it in the fog she scoops it up and she carries it from the mist as she circles around the battle to a safe place some distance behind the slug. Zordlan moves away from the sounds of combat as he is seriously injured and is unable to take any more tongue lashing abuse from the giant slug. Pringle is still shouting for someone to save his new pet as he is unable to see into the fog and Sayuri is well out of his limited vision while Grembor in frustration fires into the mist and hears the solid sounds of his arrows hitting home as it appears fog is not that much of a deterrent from arrows. Pringle considers sending a fireball into the camp but is unsure where his pet monkey is plus his spellbooks are still in the tent so he decides to move up next to Grembor and wait. Nashkar moves close to Pringle and cancels his spell revealing the slug currently resting upon his tent no longer moving; Nashkar groans as his armor and everything else bar his axe currently resides underneath the acid spitting monstrosity of a slug leaving him standing in his underwear as the cold wind blows through the camp and some raindrops begin to fall.</p><p></p><p>The party gather round the corpse and poke at it with sticks for a while discussing the best way to recover his equipment as Pringle takes back his monkey feeding it some items from his supplies. Pringle and Grembor’s tent is the only survivor as the slug went right over both Sayuri’s and Nashkar’s tent.</p><p></p><p>With a sigh Nashkar starts trying to lever the slug over but the weight is too much; he in the end resorts to his axe which chops through the creature in no time at all now it is no longer trying to eat him. However the acid has to come from somewhere and its stomach juices pour down over his tent; Nashkar only just manages to leap out of the way of the torrent avoiding getting himself covered in the viciously acidic liquid. His armor and shield plus the majority of his items are not so lucky however as the sizzling acid attacks his possessions. He finally recovers his shield and full plate armor and resigns himself to some spells come morning to repair them.</p><p></p><p>The rest of the night passes without incident as the remaining watches are ran. Zordlan is admonished for falling asleep on his watch by Sayuri with a severe case of shaking finger.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sic_Pixie, post: 5986779, member: 52403"] [b]Slithering in the night[/b] The party gather their stuff together after the surprise assault by the evil little fey; they mount their horses and one pony and continue upon their way. The rest of the day is relatively uneventful as the experienced woodman Grembor leads them unerringly towards their goal. It is starting to get late and they find the ground getting slightly damper while the evening is approaching; they cross a small stream which has recently burst its banks flooding the surrounding region. They make their way through the waterlogged trees until they find some dry land and decide it is time to stop for the night. Their expert woodsman finds them a good campsite which looks like it has been used previously by the fire pit and generally flattened area between the trees. They set up camp and sit around discussing the recent events and how they think they are doing. They don’t know for sure what they are looking for in Thrushmoor all they know is that a pair of riders carrying the Seasage Effigy went this way so the best place to start looking would be the stables. Pringle feeds his monkey on a mixture of fresh berries and the dried fruit and nuts from his trail rations. Hunkering down they set watches and sleep; however this wood is not quite finished with them yet. On Zordlan’s watch while he is patrolling the camp a stray branch which he never noticed previously slips underfoot sending him sprawling head first into a tree knocking him unconscious. The night progresses and it is only Sayuri’s fitful sleep which saves the party; she hears off in the distance even in her sleep the retort of a branch cracking as something heavy passes over it. Crawling from her tent that she shares with Zordlan she scurries over to him and shakes him awake noticing for the first time the welt upon his brow from the trees recent assault. He does not seem to wish to wake up so she scurries to Pringle’s tent and shakes him to consciousness before heading onto Nashkar’s tent and rousing him. Heading back to Zordlan she throws some water in his face to wake him up. Pringle ignores Sayuri and rolls back over and goes back to sleep without rousing Grembor; Nashkar crawls out of his tent in nothing but his smallclothes which is not a pleasant sight for anyone. Zordlan is awake and staggers to his feet fingers exploring the welt on his head as a huge slithering beast emerges from the trees. A massive slug undulates into the clearing and spits a volume of liquid at Sayuri; the liquid misses by a small margin and strikes a nearby boulder which starts sizzling away nicely. Sayuri screams that the slug spits acid which wakes up Pringle from a terrible dream in which he is being attacked by giant slugs and pokes Grembor who is instantly awake with dagger in hand. Pringle advises him that he thinks they are under attack and Grembor crawls out to investigate. Zordlan shoots some arrows at the slowly approaching slug; one of which hits its target and sinks into its soft hide. The slug rears back its scream sounding low as it reverberates through their bones as Sayuri casts a torrent of force missiles its way. The slug still some feet distant coughs up some more acid and spits it unerringly towards Zordlan hitting him in the face and chest; the screams shake the trees as the powerful acid eats into his skin and starts melting his armor. Sayuri in shock very thankful that the acid it shot at her missed fires off some more force missiles which impact against it’s soft hide causing darker welts to appear in their wake. Grembor grabs his bow and circles around the tents keeping as much between himself and the slug as possible while Pringle grabs his monkey and goes to investigate the sounds and is horrified that his dream has become a reality. He wanders across the tents and shoots off a scorching hot ray of flame which impacts upon a nearby tree sending sparks flying in all directions. Nashkar exits and channels energy through the team removing some of the effects of the acid upon Zordlan and turning his melted skin into freshly healed scar tissue which will need some attention later to gain his lovely smooth complexion. The slug spits acid over Sayuri who now screams as the acidic liquid sears her skin; she is wearing more revealing clothing than Zordlan so the acid hits more of her skin. Sayuri runs away to gain some distance from the nasty slug after sending a lightning bolt through the poor creature. Zordlan moves around the tent shooting an arrow at the slug while Grembor unleashes a trio of arrows which strike true; Pringle runs off forgetting his monkey leaving it on the ground near the tent while circling to join Grembor. Nashkar casts obscuring mist covering the campsite in sight foiling fog which he hopes will prevent the slug from hitting them little knowing that the slug can still see them as it is an experienced night hunter and a terror in the deep caves of the world. Zordlan is unlucky as the slug lashes him with its acid dripping tongue; the lash connects with his chest driving him backwards as he doubles over from the pain. The slug slides into the fog to provide some relief from the annoying arrows that keep hitting it. Sayuri can’t see the slug anymore due to the fog but she can hear Pringle having remembered his monkey and the fact that he left it shouts at Sayuri to save it. Sayuri with a sigh moves to where she thinks the monkey is located at which the slug slaps her viciously with its tongue as she lets down her guard; the tongue catches her high on her shoulder and she rolls with the blow finding herself some distance from the creature and not too far from the monkey by the frightened whimpers; finding it in the fog she scoops it up and she carries it from the mist as she circles around the battle to a safe place some distance behind the slug. Zordlan moves away from the sounds of combat as he is seriously injured and is unable to take any more tongue lashing abuse from the giant slug. Pringle is still shouting for someone to save his new pet as he is unable to see into the fog and Sayuri is well out of his limited vision while Grembor in frustration fires into the mist and hears the solid sounds of his arrows hitting home as it appears fog is not that much of a deterrent from arrows. Pringle considers sending a fireball into the camp but is unsure where his pet monkey is plus his spellbooks are still in the tent so he decides to move up next to Grembor and wait. Nashkar moves close to Pringle and cancels his spell revealing the slug currently resting upon his tent no longer moving; Nashkar groans as his armor and everything else bar his axe currently resides underneath the acid spitting monstrosity of a slug leaving him standing in his underwear as the cold wind blows through the camp and some raindrops begin to fall. The party gather round the corpse and poke at it with sticks for a while discussing the best way to recover his equipment as Pringle takes back his monkey feeding it some items from his supplies. Pringle and Grembor’s tent is the only survivor as the slug went right over both Sayuri’s and Nashkar’s tent. With a sigh Nashkar starts trying to lever the slug over but the weight is too much; he in the end resorts to his axe which chops through the creature in no time at all now it is no longer trying to eat him. However the acid has to come from somewhere and its stomach juices pour down over his tent; Nashkar only just manages to leap out of the way of the torrent avoiding getting himself covered in the viciously acidic liquid. His armor and shield plus the majority of his items are not so lucky however as the sizzling acid attacks his possessions. He finally recovers his shield and full plate armor and resigns himself to some spells come morning to repair them. The rest of the night passes without incident as the remaining watches are ran. Zordlan is admonished for falling asleep on his watch by Sayuri with a severe case of shaking finger. [/QUOTE]
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