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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 4129936" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Chapter #25, “The Minotaur and the Wizard”, August 12th, 1005, 10:00 A.M.: </strong> </p><p></p><p>Tolbyrne pulls back and then lobs his remaining offensive spell, a Magic Missile, into the minotaur. Tao realizes that fighting the creature is suicide, and thinks of an alternative. He heads down a side passage, gambling that it curves around to join up with another entrance that he saw to the minotaur’s main chamber. </p><p></p><p>Before the monster is upon them Furynick tosses a dagger at the monster. It connects, but the creature is totally unfazed by it. Tao reaches the minotaur's chamber, heading straight for the treasure pile. He loudly clangs on a shield and throw some metal coins, the sound carrying down the hallway. The monster hears this noise, and immediately heads back to his lair to stop whoever is stealing his treasure. </p><p></p><p>Tao hears the monster returning, and grabs up a staff and vial from the treasure pile before heading back down the side passageway. Tao meets back up with the others, and suggests a quick retreat. Furynick picks up the body of the fallen man and Isaiah coaxes the woman into leaving. </p><p></p><p>They exit the caves a travel for a safe distance. They sample each of the vials of liquid that Tao found, concluding that they are potions of Gaseous Form, Healing and Giant Strength. Tolbyrne casts an Identify spell on the staff, revealing it to be a Staff of Healing. They have Isaiah use the staff to bring everyone back to maximum hit points. It is decided that it is best to attack the minotaur now, as he is currently wounded and will only be more difficult in the future. They tell the woman to wait for them. </p><p></p><p>The group reenters the cave. The find a place with several side corridors and decide to set up an ambush. Tolbyrne is sent forward to act as bait to lure the minotaur out. This works, with Tolbyrne then consuming the potion of Gaseous Form and turning to vapor prior to the minotaur reaching him. Isaiah and Tao then come out from hiding from opposite directions, both yelling loudly at the monster. While it is confused and uncertain who to attack Furynick charges up from behind, and having previously consumed the Giant Strength potion, hits the minotaur full force. </p><p></p><p>Furynick manages to get in three good attacks before the monster is able to hit him back. The other three then join into the fight, and the minotaur is soon slain. It has now gotten dark outside, and they decide that this lair would be a safe enough place to spend the night, because “any monster around here would stay away from the minotaur’s lair.” </p><p></p><p>They retrieve the woman and the body of the man. Isaiah tries to calm the woman by assuring her that her daughter is alive and well back at The Keep. Furynick comments that he could do a better job of comforting the woman, and provide her with some company for the evening. Tao states that that would be totally inappropriate, as the woman’s husband has just been killed. Furynick replies “Right, she’s single.” Tolbyrne then interjects “And she has a kid.” Furynick says “Oh yeah, forgot about the kid. Never mind.” </p><p></p><p>Back on Lendore Island, the party has spent the entire day hiking southward. The only encounter is an attack by a giant wasp which was killed by a Magic Missile spell from Kharole and arrows from Lysdashi. Narg comments that it is nice to “Not be hunted down by friends of someone Klaaze killed, for a change.” By evening they reach the hills. The night is interrupted by a pack of four wolves, which are scared away by the party. </p><p></p><p>August 13th , 1005: </p><p></p><p>Back at the minotaur’s lair, the party spends the morning searching around the cave and packing up any of the minotaur’s treasure that may be of value. Isaiah officiates at a burial service for Goldilocks father, and they then hike back. The only encounter along the way is when they run into a group of lizardmen. Isaiah bribes them with some of the treasure to let them pass. They reach The Keep by noon. </p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, back on Lendore Island, the party has climbed Bone Hill, the highest point in the area. From there they see the ruins of Restenford Castle. Ignoring the warning given to them by the dwarves, the party decides to head directly into the castle. They enter the first tower, soon encountering a sleeping bugbear. Rather than killing it, Phraakeese decides “Narg has a servant, I should have one too.” The bugbear is awakened, and given a choice of working for Phraakeese or being slain chooses the first option. </p><p></p><p>The bugbear convinces the party he knows the layout of the castle, and then leads them into a section of the building in a serious state of disrepair. The staircase in that section looks very fragile, and they insist that the bugbear go first. As the bugbear climbs upward the wooden stairs begin to creek. He is near the top when they collapse completely, the monster falling to its death. Phraakeese yells at him “Dying on the job! Well, just for that you don’t get a coffee break.” </p><p></p><p>The group finds a sturdier staircase in another room, and while carefully avoiding some broken steps, climb up to the second story. They pass through a large dining hall, and then begin to check out the side rooms. They eventually come upon the wizard that they had been told about, who is working in his study. The man is very surprised to see unexpected visitors, and orders them to depart immediately or he will kill them. </p><p></p><p>While the party discusses what to do the wizard successfully casts a Charm Person spell onto Natasha. He then persuades her to convince her companions to depart. The group soon leave, heading for the exit. The gnome thief Jerry (who is actually an assassin) manages to hide behind some furniture in the next room, and then climbs out the window. He doubles back, coming in through a window in the room where the wizard is. He then successfully assassinates. The party hears the wizard scream out a death cry as he falls, and head back to find out what happened. They see the dead man, with Jerry in the room near him holding a bloody sword. </p><p></p><p>Narg, Klaaze and Lysdashi check out the body. The ranger is able to detect that poison had been used in the attack, and accuses Jerry of being an assassin. Jerry confesses that he is indeed an assassin, and that he goes by the name of Elaskah. He says that he was sent by Lord Toronas to spy on them. He tries to convince them that he will only feed whatever information back to Toronas that the party wishes for the Lordholder to know. </p><p></p><p><em>[Chronicler’s Note #37: I was rather upset about the above encounter, as I was playing the Jerry character. I had been the group’s DM for over a year, and this was my first opportunity to be a player. I planned to maintain the assassin-posing-as-a-thief role, and had informed the DM of what I was doing this time via private note cards. Rather than responding in kind, the DM narrated out the encounter, letting the entire table that the character was really an assassin.] </em> </p><p></p><p>While the fighters are discussing what to do with the gnome, Serita and Kharole are busy cleaning out all of the treasure that the wizard had stored in the room. When the rest of the party asks what they found the two women refuse to share, stating that they found it first. Jerry complains that since he single-handedly killed the wizard he deserves at least some of he treasure.” Kharole hands him a single potion. Serita refuses to give him anything, stating that being left out serves him right for keeping secrets from the party. Jerry experiments with the poison he was given, discovering that it simulates a Polymorph Self spell. </p><p></p><p>The group continues to investigate the rest of the castle, finding some more treasure. Along the way Jerry manages to assassinate the sailor Jocko, making it look like an accident, otherwise he might inform Toronas of the double-cross once they get back to Halla. He later confesses to Klaaze that he had killed Narg’s servant, who Klaaze had previously wanted to have killed, in order to collect a small fee from the fighter as payment for the assassination. Klaaze offers to pay Jerry to then kill Serita’s dog, but the gnome refuses, stating that he likes animals. He does offer to kill the dog’s owner instead. Klaaze gives this some serious thought, then declines. </p><p></p><p><em>[Chronicler’s Note #38: The above encounter will have far reaching consequences in the future. The Jerry and Serita characters are still actively played in the campaign, some 20 years later, and continue to have an uneasy and distrustful relationship with each other (and despite the fact that their players are married to each other.)]</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 4129936, member: 8530"] [B]Chapter #25, “The Minotaur and the Wizard”, August 12th, 1005, 10:00 A.M.: [/B] Tolbyrne pulls back and then lobs his remaining offensive spell, a Magic Missile, into the minotaur. Tao realizes that fighting the creature is suicide, and thinks of an alternative. He heads down a side passage, gambling that it curves around to join up with another entrance that he saw to the minotaur’s main chamber. Before the monster is upon them Furynick tosses a dagger at the monster. It connects, but the creature is totally unfazed by it. Tao reaches the minotaur's chamber, heading straight for the treasure pile. He loudly clangs on a shield and throw some metal coins, the sound carrying down the hallway. The monster hears this noise, and immediately heads back to his lair to stop whoever is stealing his treasure. Tao hears the monster returning, and grabs up a staff and vial from the treasure pile before heading back down the side passageway. Tao meets back up with the others, and suggests a quick retreat. Furynick picks up the body of the fallen man and Isaiah coaxes the woman into leaving. They exit the caves a travel for a safe distance. They sample each of the vials of liquid that Tao found, concluding that they are potions of Gaseous Form, Healing and Giant Strength. Tolbyrne casts an Identify spell on the staff, revealing it to be a Staff of Healing. They have Isaiah use the staff to bring everyone back to maximum hit points. It is decided that it is best to attack the minotaur now, as he is currently wounded and will only be more difficult in the future. They tell the woman to wait for them. The group reenters the cave. The find a place with several side corridors and decide to set up an ambush. Tolbyrne is sent forward to act as bait to lure the minotaur out. This works, with Tolbyrne then consuming the potion of Gaseous Form and turning to vapor prior to the minotaur reaching him. Isaiah and Tao then come out from hiding from opposite directions, both yelling loudly at the monster. While it is confused and uncertain who to attack Furynick charges up from behind, and having previously consumed the Giant Strength potion, hits the minotaur full force. Furynick manages to get in three good attacks before the monster is able to hit him back. The other three then join into the fight, and the minotaur is soon slain. It has now gotten dark outside, and they decide that this lair would be a safe enough place to spend the night, because “any monster around here would stay away from the minotaur’s lair.” They retrieve the woman and the body of the man. Isaiah tries to calm the woman by assuring her that her daughter is alive and well back at The Keep. Furynick comments that he could do a better job of comforting the woman, and provide her with some company for the evening. Tao states that that would be totally inappropriate, as the woman’s husband has just been killed. Furynick replies “Right, she’s single.” Tolbyrne then interjects “And she has a kid.” Furynick says “Oh yeah, forgot about the kid. Never mind.” Back on Lendore Island, the party has spent the entire day hiking southward. The only encounter is an attack by a giant wasp which was killed by a Magic Missile spell from Kharole and arrows from Lysdashi. Narg comments that it is nice to “Not be hunted down by friends of someone Klaaze killed, for a change.” By evening they reach the hills. The night is interrupted by a pack of four wolves, which are scared away by the party. August 13th , 1005: Back at the minotaur’s lair, the party spends the morning searching around the cave and packing up any of the minotaur’s treasure that may be of value. Isaiah officiates at a burial service for Goldilocks father, and they then hike back. The only encounter along the way is when they run into a group of lizardmen. Isaiah bribes them with some of the treasure to let them pass. They reach The Keep by noon. Meanwhile, back on Lendore Island, the party has climbed Bone Hill, the highest point in the area. From there they see the ruins of Restenford Castle. Ignoring the warning given to them by the dwarves, the party decides to head directly into the castle. They enter the first tower, soon encountering a sleeping bugbear. Rather than killing it, Phraakeese decides “Narg has a servant, I should have one too.” The bugbear is awakened, and given a choice of working for Phraakeese or being slain chooses the first option. The bugbear convinces the party he knows the layout of the castle, and then leads them into a section of the building in a serious state of disrepair. The staircase in that section looks very fragile, and they insist that the bugbear go first. As the bugbear climbs upward the wooden stairs begin to creek. He is near the top when they collapse completely, the monster falling to its death. Phraakeese yells at him “Dying on the job! Well, just for that you don’t get a coffee break.” The group finds a sturdier staircase in another room, and while carefully avoiding some broken steps, climb up to the second story. They pass through a large dining hall, and then begin to check out the side rooms. They eventually come upon the wizard that they had been told about, who is working in his study. The man is very surprised to see unexpected visitors, and orders them to depart immediately or he will kill them. While the party discusses what to do the wizard successfully casts a Charm Person spell onto Natasha. He then persuades her to convince her companions to depart. The group soon leave, heading for the exit. The gnome thief Jerry (who is actually an assassin) manages to hide behind some furniture in the next room, and then climbs out the window. He doubles back, coming in through a window in the room where the wizard is. He then successfully assassinates. The party hears the wizard scream out a death cry as he falls, and head back to find out what happened. They see the dead man, with Jerry in the room near him holding a bloody sword. Narg, Klaaze and Lysdashi check out the body. The ranger is able to detect that poison had been used in the attack, and accuses Jerry of being an assassin. Jerry confesses that he is indeed an assassin, and that he goes by the name of Elaskah. He says that he was sent by Lord Toronas to spy on them. He tries to convince them that he will only feed whatever information back to Toronas that the party wishes for the Lordholder to know. [I][Chronicler’s Note #37: I was rather upset about the above encounter, as I was playing the Jerry character. I had been the group’s DM for over a year, and this was my first opportunity to be a player. I planned to maintain the assassin-posing-as-a-thief role, and had informed the DM of what I was doing this time via private note cards. Rather than responding in kind, the DM narrated out the encounter, letting the entire table that the character was really an assassin.] [/I] While the fighters are discussing what to do with the gnome, Serita and Kharole are busy cleaning out all of the treasure that the wizard had stored in the room. When the rest of the party asks what they found the two women refuse to share, stating that they found it first. Jerry complains that since he single-handedly killed the wizard he deserves at least some of he treasure.” Kharole hands him a single potion. Serita refuses to give him anything, stating that being left out serves him right for keeping secrets from the party. Jerry experiments with the poison he was given, discovering that it simulates a Polymorph Self spell. The group continues to investigate the rest of the castle, finding some more treasure. Along the way Jerry manages to assassinate the sailor Jocko, making it look like an accident, otherwise he might inform Toronas of the double-cross once they get back to Halla. He later confesses to Klaaze that he had killed Narg’s servant, who Klaaze had previously wanted to have killed, in order to collect a small fee from the fighter as payment for the assassination. Klaaze offers to pay Jerry to then kill Serita’s dog, but the gnome refuses, stating that he likes animals. He does offer to kill the dog’s owner instead. Klaaze gives this some serious thought, then declines. [I][Chronicler’s Note #38: The above encounter will have far reaching consequences in the future. The Jerry and Serita characters are still actively played in the campaign, some 20 years later, and continue to have an uneasy and distrustful relationship with each other (and despite the fact that their players are married to each other.)][/I] [/QUOTE]
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