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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 1213738" data-attributes="member: 8530">Chapter 16, “Fighting the Giths!” September 13th, 1019, 2:00 P.M. The four on the strap manage to lower themselves down to the base of the building attached to the yoke.&nbsp;&nbsp; The building if fifty feet tall, being twenty-five feet in diameter for the first thirty feet, and then starts to concave in for the last ten, ending in the 15 foot diameter crow's nest.&nbsp; &nbsp; Cassie's silver amulet, given to her by the demigod Finder Wyvernspur, begins to glow.&nbsp; She comments &quot;Uh oh, it only does that when it's near a Chaotic Evil deity or its servants.&quot;Cassie and Purge decide to let the two little ones scale the building, and climb into the Bag of Holding which is now extremely crowded.&nbsp; &nbsp; They leave the end of the invisible rope hanging out of the bag, and each grab hold of the rope in the order that they wish to exit the bag.&nbsp;&nbsp; Mojo offers to go first, but Narg says &quot;No, be quiet, I'll do it.&quot;&nbsp; Mojo protests, &quot;I volunteer to go first and this is the thanks I get?&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mojo then gestures to his Ring of Invisibility and says, &quot;I can do it better than you.&nbsp; What do you think this is?&nbsp; A ring to keep fat chicks away?&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; Narg answers, &quot;Well, knowing you it could be.&quot;&nbsp; Mojo answers, &quot;No, that ring is on the other hand.&quot; Narg tells the gnoll, &quot;Plan to join us with this Fido, you're one of us now.&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp; Cassie asks the two former human prisoners what they can do.&nbsp; The man says that he was the mayor of the village that was attacked and the woman is his wife.&nbsp;&nbsp; Narg comments, &quot;Forget it Cassie.&nbsp; If we get a politician involved in this mess there's no telling what might happen.&quot;&nbsp; Alton takes the bag and scales the building, with Grelmak alongside him.&nbsp; Just before the building narrows is another ring of windows.&nbsp; Only two are open, one along the back and another along the front.&nbsp;&nbsp; Alton peers inside and is looking directly into the face of one of the red-skinned giths, who does not see him.&nbsp;&nbsp; The other giths are also in the room.&nbsp; Alton carefully climbs inside, being careful not to bump into the creature.&nbsp; Geelmak moves up into the window, as Alton tugs on the rope.&nbsp;&nbsp; Narg takes this as his cure to climb out of the back, being hoisted up by Mojo.Narg tumbles out the bag and into the room, catching all of the giths by surprise.&nbsp; He jumps to his feet and charges the closest red-skinned gith.&nbsp;&nbsp; Alton assists Mojo as the next one out of the Bag and is invisible due to his ring.&nbsp;&nbsp; He moves towards the yellow-skinned gith figher-priest, but the spectral hound in the room detects him despite the cover of invisibility.&nbsp;&nbsp; This demonic cannine charges at Mojo, who tosses up his longsword to keep it away.&nbsp;&nbsp; The dog leaps at him, curving to the side in mid-air.&nbsp; &nbsp; The dog's side is impaled on the sword, but its forward momentum was such that it's head still reaches Mojo's head, and takes a large bite out of the elf's neck.Narg has managed to get two strikes into the red-skinned gith, the second strike cutting off its leg.&nbsp;&nbsp; The mortally wounded creature plane shifts away.&nbsp; &nbsp; Mojo's sword is still sticking into the dog, so he uses his sword as a handle to throw the dog the floor.&nbsp;&nbsp; He then bludgeons the creature to death with his hammer.&nbsp; Alton assists Cassie out of the Bag.&nbsp; The yellow-skinned gith priest on the opposite side of the room attempts to cast a spell, but is stopped by a Dispel Magic thrown by Cassie.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Alton helps Mark climb out of the bag and charges the nearest red-skinned gith.&nbsp;&nbsp; Narg pivots, and he and Mark combine their assaults on this creature, killing it.&nbsp; &nbsp; Mojo tosses his Hammer of Throwing across the room and into the gith fighter-priest, knocking the creature back.&nbsp;&nbsp; Cassie lets loose a Magic Missile spell, sending five more missiles into the gith priest and preventing more spells.&nbsp; &nbsp; This also allows Narg the time to reach the priest, and stab him as Mojo pulls his sword out of the dead dog and charges the fighter-priest. The gith priest is now lying on the floor, and yells something in a language none of the heroes understand to the remaining red-skinned gith.&nbsp;&nbsp; The creature breathes out a cone of flame at the heroes as the gith priest then plane shifts away.&nbsp;&nbsp; Cassie's immediate reaction is to cast a Wall of Force around the red-skinned creature, encasing it in a circle of flame.&nbsp;&nbsp; This also means that only the start of his flame actually hit her, Narg, Mark and Grelmak, the rest being cut off by the wall.&nbsp;&nbsp; The flame inside the force sphere die out, and the creature is also gone.&nbsp;&nbsp; Meanwhile, Mojo has managed to slay the incapacitate the gith fighter-priest, and Narg assists him for the killing blow. Cassie pulls out her surgery tools and starts to dissect the yellow-skinned gith for possible magic item components.&nbsp;&nbsp; Alton tells Purge to remain within the bag with the three former prisoners.&nbsp; Mojo notices that the dog's body is become translucent.&nbsp;&nbsp; Cassie charges over to check it out, her hands floating through it.&nbsp; She states &quot;I think it is going back to whatever plane it originated from.&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp; Mark, Narg and Mojo now notice that all three of their harp-shaped amulets are also glowing as Cassie's was.&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;Something nasty is still around,&quot; Mojo comments. Neither trapdoor above or below has opened, and the party concludes that the movement and sound created by the Kadtanath's destruction of the trees as it trudges through the forest have masked the sounds of the battle.&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;What exactly were these creatures?&quot; Alton asks.&nbsp; Cassie replies, &quot;I don't know, but some wizard friends of mine might, and can probably use the brain and blood to make control potions.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; Narg says &quot;No time for that Doctor Cassie, we've got bigger fish to fry.&quot; He moves over to the trapdoor down, tossing it open.&nbsp; &nbsp; Looking down into the room below he sees the dog-faced robed being standing atop some azure blue blankets.&nbsp;&nbsp; A long gnoll is also in the room, seated in a high-backed chair and staring vacuously at the wooden wall.&nbsp;&nbsp; He wears an over-sized bone helmet on his head.&nbsp;&nbsp; The robed creature throws his hand up in Narg's direction, and flame shoots forth from the creature's fingertips.&nbsp;&nbsp; Narg holds his magical fire-protection sword out before him.&nbsp; The stream of flames coming from the creature's hand hits the sword, and arcs to both sides behind Narg.&nbsp; &nbsp; Cassie charges up to the opening and she lets loose with a massive fireball into the room.&nbsp;&nbsp; The flames set the blankets on fire and also burn the robes off the creature, but appear to have no effect on it, other than distracting it and causing it to stop shooting up flames.&nbsp;&nbsp; Narg sees that the creature is a finely muscled humanoid, and was wearing leather armor with barbed spikes beneath its robes.&nbsp;&nbsp; Narg dives through the opening, dropping the twenty feet into the room, and managing to land on his feet for minimal impact damage.&nbsp;&nbsp; The creature reaches over to the gnoll in the chair, and pulls the bone helmet off of the gnoll's head. Mojo reaches the opening and assesses the situation below and lets loose his Hammer of Throwing into the bone helmet.&nbsp; Narg swings his sword into the monster, but the creature has already teleported away before the sword can connect.&nbsp;&nbsp; Narg kicks open a closed window before the catatonic gnoll in the chair, as Mojo and Cassie climb down into the room.&nbsp;&nbsp; Cassie gestures to the gnoll and says, &quot;He was probably controlling the creature.&quot;&nbsp; &quot;Maybe he still is,&quot; Mojo comments.&nbsp; &quot;Not any more,&quot; Narg comments, as he hurls the chair and gnoll out the window, bouncing off the Kadtanach's neck, and then dropping to the forest below.&nbsp;&nbsp; Bell alarms begin to sound from throughout the creature.&nbsp; &quot;Now what?&quot;&nbsp; Cassie asks.&nbsp; Mojo replies, &quot;We figure out where McGruff went to and go get him.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 1213738, member: 8530"] [B]Chapter 16, “Fighting the Giths!” September 13th, 1019, 2:00 P.M. [/B] The four on the strap manage to lower themselves down to the base of the building attached to the yoke. The building if fifty feet tall, being twenty-five feet in diameter for the first thirty feet, and then starts to concave in for the last ten, ending in the 15 foot diameter crow's nest. Cassie's silver amulet, given to her by the demigod Finder Wyvernspur, begins to glow. She comments "Uh oh, it only does that when it's near a Chaotic Evil deity or its servants." Cassie and Purge decide to let the two little ones scale the building, and climb into the Bag of Holding which is now extremely crowded. They leave the end of the invisible rope hanging out of the bag, and each grab hold of the rope in the order that they wish to exit the bag. Mojo offers to go first, but Narg says "No, be quiet, I'll do it." Mojo protests, "I volunteer to go first and this is the thanks I get?" Mojo then gestures to his Ring of Invisibility and says, "I can do it better than you. What do you think this is? A ring to keep fat chicks away?" Narg answers, "Well, knowing you it could be." Mojo answers, "No, that ring is on the other hand." Narg tells the gnoll, "Plan to join us with this Fido, you're one of us now." Cassie asks the two former human prisoners what they can do. The man says that he was the mayor of the village that was attacked and the woman is his wife. Narg comments, "Forget it Cassie. If we get a politician involved in this mess there's no telling what might happen." Alton takes the bag and scales the building, with Grelmak alongside him. Just before the building narrows is another ring of windows. Only two are open, one along the back and another along the front. Alton peers inside and is looking directly into the face of one of the red-skinned giths, who does not see him. The other giths are also in the room. Alton carefully climbs inside, being careful not to bump into the creature. Geelmak moves up into the window, as Alton tugs on the rope. Narg takes this as his cure to climb out of the back, being hoisted up by Mojo. Narg tumbles out the bag and into the room, catching all of the giths by surprise. He jumps to his feet and charges the closest red-skinned gith. Alton assists Mojo as the next one out of the Bag and is invisible due to his ring. He moves towards the yellow-skinned gith figher-priest, but the spectral hound in the room detects him despite the cover of invisibility. This demonic cannine charges at Mojo, who tosses up his longsword to keep it away. The dog leaps at him, curving to the side in mid-air. The dog's side is impaled on the sword, but its forward momentum was such that it's head still reaches Mojo's head, and takes a large bite out of the elf's neck. Narg has managed to get two strikes into the red-skinned gith, the second strike cutting off its leg. The mortally wounded creature plane shifts away. Mojo's sword is still sticking into the dog, so he uses his sword as a handle to throw the dog the floor. He then bludgeons the creature to death with his hammer. Alton assists Cassie out of the Bag. The yellow-skinned gith priest on the opposite side of the room attempts to cast a spell, but is stopped by a Dispel Magic thrown by Cassie. Alton helps Mark climb out of the bag and charges the nearest red-skinned gith. Narg pivots, and he and Mark combine their assaults on this creature, killing it. Mojo tosses his Hammer of Throwing across the room and into the gith fighter-priest, knocking the creature back. Cassie lets loose a Magic Missile spell, sending five more missiles into the gith priest and preventing more spells. This also allows Narg the time to reach the priest, and stab him as Mojo pulls his sword out of the dead dog and charges the fighter-priest. The gith priest is now lying on the floor, and yells something in a language none of the heroes understand to the remaining red-skinned gith. The creature breathes out a cone of flame at the heroes as the gith priest then plane shifts away. Cassie's immediate reaction is to cast a Wall of Force around the red-skinned creature, encasing it in a circle of flame. This also means that only the start of his flame actually hit her, Narg, Mark and Grelmak, the rest being cut off by the wall. The flame inside the force sphere die out, and the creature is also gone. Meanwhile, Mojo has managed to slay the incapacitate the gith fighter-priest, and Narg assists him for the killing blow. Cassie pulls out her surgery tools and starts to dissect the yellow-skinned gith for possible magic item components. Alton tells Purge to remain within the bag with the three former prisoners. Mojo notices that the dog's body is become translucent. Cassie charges over to check it out, her hands floating through it. She states "I think it is going back to whatever plane it originated from." Mark, Narg and Mojo now notice that all three of their harp-shaped amulets are also glowing as Cassie's was. "Something nasty is still around," Mojo comments. Neither trapdoor above or below has opened, and the party concludes that the movement and sound created by the Kadtanath's destruction of the trees as it trudges through the forest have masked the sounds of the battle. "What exactly were these creatures?" Alton asks. Cassie replies, "I don't know, but some wizard friends of mine might, and can probably use the brain and blood to make control potions." Narg says "No time for that Doctor Cassie, we've got bigger fish to fry." He moves over to the trapdoor down, tossing it open. Looking down into the room below he sees the dog-faced robed being standing atop some azure blue blankets. A long gnoll is also in the room, seated in a high-backed chair and staring vacuously at the wooden wall. He wears an over-sized bone helmet on his head. The robed creature throws his hand up in Narg's direction, and flame shoots forth from the creature's fingertips. Narg holds his magical fire-protection sword out before him. The stream of flames coming from the creature's hand hits the sword, and arcs to both sides behind Narg. Cassie charges up to the opening and she lets loose with a massive fireball into the room. The flames set the blankets on fire and also burn the robes off the creature, but appear to have no effect on it, other than distracting it and causing it to stop shooting up flames. Narg sees that the creature is a finely muscled humanoid, and was wearing leather armor with barbed spikes beneath its robes. Narg dives through the opening, dropping the twenty feet into the room, and managing to land on his feet for minimal impact damage. The creature reaches over to the gnoll in the chair, and pulls the bone helmet off of the gnoll's head. Mojo reaches the opening and assesses the situation below and lets loose his Hammer of Throwing into the bone helmet. Narg swings his sword into the monster, but the creature has already teleported away before the sword can connect. Narg kicks open a closed window before the catatonic gnoll in the chair, as Mojo and Cassie climb down into the room. Cassie gestures to the gnoll and says, "He was probably controlling the creature." "Maybe he still is," Mojo comments. "Not any more," Narg comments, as he hurls the chair and gnoll out the window, bouncing off the Kadtanach's neck, and then dropping to the forest below. Bell alarms begin to sound from throughout the creature. "Now what?" Cassie asks. Mojo replies, "We figure out where McGruff went to and go get him." [/QUOTE]

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