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<blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 3842711" data-attributes="member: 1210"><p><em>Cough cough!</em> </p><p></p><p>Fire everywhere! Smoke chokes our heroes. They are sweltering in the waves of heat. The dead grass maze that they are in is burning, it seems, in nearly every direction.</p><p></p><p>“This should be the way out!” cries Barouk. “The pit should be just up here...” He trails off.</p><p></p><p>No pit.*</p><p></p><p>“Somehow, we’ve gotten badly turned around,” moans Romdar.</p><p></p><p>“Lost. We’re lost.” Barouk’s tone is mournful. </p><p></p><p>“We’re going to die,” Romdar groans.</p><p></p><p>“Come on,” Barouk responds. “The fire is coming that way. If we backtrack, I think there’s still a passage that hasn’t ignited yet.”</p><p></p><p>But when they reach it, they are just behind the spreading flames coming from the other direction. They dash through the blistering heat, their beetle shuddering from the damage it takes. They stop to ensure that their unconscious companions aren’t deteriorating. Then they move on, hurrying away from the fire. The grass walls on either side rustle and shift in the wind. The group rounds a corner, and ahead of them- they see a flickering sheet of flames traveling along the grassy walls. </p><p></p><p>“Flames ahead, flames behind,” sighs Romdar. </p><p></p><p>“Well,” Barouk reasons, “there might be a non-flaming path somewhere ahead... we know that there isn’t one behind us.”</p><p></p><p>Romdar nods unhappily. The two lead the beetle, and begin to dash through the flaming hall as quickly as they can manage. Flames singe them; their hair smokes, and some of it curls and crisps away. The beetle shudders again, giving off a distressed squeal. Kifla bites her lip and hisses in pain as blisters rise on her skin.</p><p></p><p>The passage branches, and Barouk turns to the right. A few paces later, it branches again; he goes left. </p><p></p><p>Ahead is a burnt kobold body, not moving, on the ground. </p><p></p><p>Barouk and Romdar kick past it, dragging the screaming beetle. The passage is curving to the right, then to the left. Another body. Two more, one of them still breathing in harsh little gasps.</p><p></p><p>Suddenly they burst out into the open! Flames roar behind them as they drag the blistered beetle, and their own burnt forms, forward and collapse. They gape in awe at the conflagration behind them: the dead grass maze is aflame! Foul smoke rises from it. Brownish-orange flames reach twenty feet above the maze. The stink of burning grass is disgusting.</p><p></p><p>Suddenly, Barouk realizes that the party is being watched. He gulps and turns around.</p><p></p><p>A semi-circle of several dozen kobolds have their weapons trained on our heroes. Bows and slings and crossbows, all loaded and ready to fire. And snarling at their head, several wicked red burns on his skin, is a foul-looking lizard man, three humanoid skulls at his belt. His teeth, sharp by nature, have been filed into exaggerated points. </p><p></p><p>He growls at our heroes. </p><p></p><p>“Uh oh,” Barouk moans.</p><p></p><p><em><strong>Next Time:</strong></em> Our heroes survived the maze and the fire- but can they survive the entire kobold tribe??</p><p></p><p>*Unfortunately for our heroes, the pit was there, but the kobolds simply re-set and re-covered it, so the party couldn’t tell! If they had advanced another, oh, 30’, they would have fallen into the pit and found out- but alas, they retreated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="the Jester, post: 3842711, member: 1210"] [i]Cough cough![/i] Fire everywhere! Smoke chokes our heroes. They are sweltering in the waves of heat. The dead grass maze that they are in is burning, it seems, in nearly every direction. “This should be the way out!” cries Barouk. “The pit should be just up here...” He trails off. No pit.* “Somehow, we’ve gotten badly turned around,” moans Romdar. “Lost. We’re lost.” Barouk’s tone is mournful. “We’re going to die,” Romdar groans. “Come on,” Barouk responds. “The fire is coming that way. If we backtrack, I think there’s still a passage that hasn’t ignited yet.” But when they reach it, they are just behind the spreading flames coming from the other direction. They dash through the blistering heat, their beetle shuddering from the damage it takes. They stop to ensure that their unconscious companions aren’t deteriorating. Then they move on, hurrying away from the fire. The grass walls on either side rustle and shift in the wind. The group rounds a corner, and ahead of them- they see a flickering sheet of flames traveling along the grassy walls. “Flames ahead, flames behind,” sighs Romdar. “Well,” Barouk reasons, “there might be a non-flaming path somewhere ahead... we know that there isn’t one behind us.” Romdar nods unhappily. The two lead the beetle, and begin to dash through the flaming hall as quickly as they can manage. Flames singe them; their hair smokes, and some of it curls and crisps away. The beetle shudders again, giving off a distressed squeal. Kifla bites her lip and hisses in pain as blisters rise on her skin. The passage branches, and Barouk turns to the right. A few paces later, it branches again; he goes left. Ahead is a burnt kobold body, not moving, on the ground. Barouk and Romdar kick past it, dragging the screaming beetle. The passage is curving to the right, then to the left. Another body. Two more, one of them still breathing in harsh little gasps. Suddenly they burst out into the open! Flames roar behind them as they drag the blistered beetle, and their own burnt forms, forward and collapse. They gape in awe at the conflagration behind them: the dead grass maze is aflame! Foul smoke rises from it. Brownish-orange flames reach twenty feet above the maze. The stink of burning grass is disgusting. Suddenly, Barouk realizes that the party is being watched. He gulps and turns around. A semi-circle of several dozen kobolds have their weapons trained on our heroes. Bows and slings and crossbows, all loaded and ready to fire. And snarling at their head, several wicked red burns on his skin, is a foul-looking lizard man, three humanoid skulls at his belt. His teeth, sharp by nature, have been filed into exaggerated points. He growls at our heroes. “Uh oh,” Barouk moans. [i][b]Next Time:[/b][/i][b][/b] Our heroes survived the maze and the fire- but can they survive the entire kobold tribe?? *Unfortunately for our heroes, the pit was there, but the kobolds simply re-set and re-covered it, so the party couldn’t tell! If they had advanced another, oh, 30’, they would have fallen into the pit and found out- but alas, they retreated. [/QUOTE]
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