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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 1196762" data-attributes="member: 8530">Game #4 - 10/26/03Chapter 12, “Chatting with Nahmi”, September 13th, 1019, 11:30 A.M.Cassie and Purge continue to now sit invisibly in a corner by two buildings atop the creature.  They see that a catapult has been loaded on a forward buttress, extending out from the first torso building and above the building on the yoke.   Several gnolls are seen climbing down from a rope ladder at the end of this platform to the yoke building.    The mounted wyverns and gargoyles fly all around the structures, looking intently for intruders.   After a while the continuous alarms finally cease, being replaced by another series of bell rings every two minutes.   The creature begins to move again, albeit slower than before. Cassie whispers to Purge, “I think they’ve gone from red alert to yellow alert.”  Back inside the Bag of Holding, Mojo complains to Narg about being “Stuck inside this bag on top of a giant dog encrusted with giant cocktail shakers.”   Narg tells him to calm down, turning back to the gnoll and asking, “What exactly is this creature and what is it that you guys are doing here?”   The druid states that the creature is called a Kadtanach, and that it is used to instill terror in the local populace.   Narg replies, “So, basically you use it to rampage, pillage and loot the countryside.”  “Yeah, something like that,” the gnoll answers. Narg next asks, “How many gnolls are here?”   Rather than answering, the gnoll asks, “Who are you?”   Narg is surprised by the question and after a moment’s hesitation says, “I’m Jerry.”  Mark and Mojo exchange glances at this, but suppress their laughter.   Narg then starts to ask his question again, when the gnoll druid says, “Hold on.  You’ve been asking all of the questions.  I have a few for you.”  “Okay, what?” Narg replies.   The gnoll says, “Why are you here?”   Mojo looks towards Mark and says, “How existential!  Why are any of us here?”   The druid rephrases the question, now asking “Why are you in this place?   Narg says, “I was just trying to find out what is gong on.”  The druid says, “You could have done that from a distance.  Why did you mount an attack?” Narg replies, “Well, there is this monastery near here.”  “You’re a Monk!” the gnoll interrupts.   Narg answers, “No, but a friend of mine is, and he asked me to find out what was going on.”  The druid then gestures to Mark and Mojo and says, “Why do you work with these flea-bitten elves?”   Mark has to restrain Mojo to keep him from responding to that insult, as Narg answers, “They do pretty good work, and THEY DON’T TALK MUCH!”   Mojo finally calms down at that obvious suggestion. Narg then says, “Look, we don’t see creatures like this one every day.  Somebody had to come find out what is going on, so I was given the job.”  The druid replies, “Ah, you are an advanced scout for the military of this world.”  “Well, not exactly, but close enough,” Narg answers.  The druid replies, “So when you saw the humans in the prison you felt obligated to try to rescue them?”  Narg answers, “No, I don’t even know who they are.  We broke into the cell to get you out, as I thought you might be able to give us some useful information about this thing.”  Before the gnoll can ask something else Narg states “Okay, my turn for some questions.  How did you get this thing to our world?”   The druid answers, “Yeenoghu brought it here.  This is his personal transport.”    Narg does a double take and says “Hold it right there!  Are you saying that Yeenoghu is actually HERE and on this thing?”   The druid replies, “Yes.  He regards the Kadtanach as his chariot and the gnolls are here serve him.”   Mark’s face pales at hearing this, and Mojo whispers to Mark, “Leaving?  What a good idea!”   Narg recovers quickly, and then asks, “You’ve actually seen this deity?”   The druid replies, “Oh yes.  In fact once when he was around I was slow in showing him the reverence and respect that he had come to expect from all gnoll followers.  That was why I was thrown into the prison, to stay there a year or two until I learned the proper respect.”   Narg almost blows his cover when he asks, “Tell me about this Yeenoghu?”  The gnoll looks shocked and says, “You don’t know about the creator of our race?”   Narg answers, “Sorry, but I should have paid more attention in Sunday School.   I’ve always been too busy to care much about religion, and never really got into the whole Yeenoghu thing.”  The druid still looks skeptical, so Narg decides to change the subject by asking, “What exactly does your Master do around here?”   The druid explains that his master is powerful druid, an Initiate of the Fifth Circle (8th Level) and his primarily purpose is to cast Pass Without Trace spells behind the Kadtanach creature.  Narg asks, “So, what is your name?  And how powerful a druid are you?”   The gnoll states that his name is Nahmi, and that his is currently an Ovate (2nd Level).  “That’s all?  What a chump?” Mojo mutters in Elvish.   “Will you be quiet?” Narg tells Mojo.  Mojo replies, “Actually no, I won’t.  I think we need to talk about this.”  Narg thinks for a minute, and then asks Nahmi a question in the Halfling tongue.   When it is appears that the gnoll does not understand him, Narg turns to Mojo and says in Halfling, “He doesn’t seem to know this language.”  Mojo replies in Halfling, “But do we have it?  Talking in Halfling is so annoying, with every third word being a type of pie.  And do you really need seventeen different words for cake?”  Narg starts to get annoyed and replies, “Look, I’m not planning to ask him what type of cake he prefers!  What is it that we need to talk about?”  Mojo pauses for a minute and states, “Something doesn’t smell right about this.”  “Of course he  smells bad, he’s a gnoll!”   Mojo replies, “No, I mean this sounds odd.  If this gnoll deity is actually here then he’s omnipotent and does not need material possessions.   Why would he go to all this effort just to rob a bunch of poor farmers?   And why would he also need to keep a medium-level druid around to cast a spell for him?   (The player then makes an analogy to the fifth Star Trek movie, and Kirk’s line of “Why does God need a starship?”)    Realizing that Mojo has a point, Narg asks Nahmi “Are you sure that the leader here is the real Yeenoghu and not some imposter?”  Nahmi replies, “Oh yes.  He is clearly a deity.  He has a certain aura around him and you are drawn to listen to him.  It is kind of hard to explain.   Have you ever been in the physical presence of a deity before?”   Narg replies, “Actually, I have, on a number of occasions.  I once stood up to Loviatar, the Mistress of Pain.”  “And got the crap beaten out of you,” Mojo now mutters in Gnollish.    They both turn to Mojo who says, “Hey, I’m with Rover here on this one.  I understand being enthralled.  Why there was this girl that I met last year in the Orient….”</blockquote>

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