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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 1254348" data-attributes="member: 8530">And the funniest thing is that Mark's player trusts Cassie's player (his sister-in-law) the most!    Thanks for the comments...now for the next chapter:Chapter 27, “A Chimp with a Gun”, September 13th, 1019, 8:30 P.M.Alton’s Heat Metal spell had been in effect for a few minutes now.   Most of the metal in the room began to get hot to the touch, including all of he held weapons, which the creatures then dropped.    The gnoll shaman had the least amount of metal on him, which he immediately stripped off and then pulled the shirt and metal breastplate beneath from the seated gnoll.  The other gnoll was preoccupied with stripping off his own armor.   Yeenoghu’s studded leather armor appeared to be unaffected, although he did drop both his crossbow and spiked whip, both of which are now glowing white-hot.   The gargoyle also dropped his heated sword prior to dropping down through the opening.  Alton decides that the bare-chested gnoll sitting in the seat is way too good a target to ignore.  He takes out his 45-calibur handgun and reloads it.   The DM comments “There’s nothing more dangerous than a chimp with a gun.”  Mojo’s player exclaims, “Chimp with a Gun!  Coming Saturday nights this fall on U.P.N.”   The comment is then made, “That would probably do better than the programs they’re currently broadcasting.”Back down below, at the sight of the Gargoyle entering the room Cassie took out the Wand of Force.   She then casts a Wall of Force up at he diving monster, shaping the wall to curve out and back, bisecting the creature.    The wall does not physical harm him, but it does manage to stops the gargoyle in one place.   The wall is invisible so Mojo and Narg have no idea what just occurred, just that the creature is now frozen in place half way between the opening and them.    Mojo’s player exclaims “Since when do they have Keanu moves?”   Narg pulls the bolt out of his armor and tosses it in front of him, with it bouncing off of the invisible wall.   “It’s a wall of force,” Narg states.   Still looking up at the monster, Mojo replies, “No, it’s a gargoyle.”   Cassie and Purge step out to where Narg and Mojo can now see them and she yells up “No you idiot, I created a Wall of Force to stop it.  Take care of it.”   “I can’t, my hammer’s gone,” Mojo yells down.  “Use your bows” she yells up.   Mojo looks to Narg and says, “I didn’t bring mine on this mission.  Did you bring yours?”  He replies, “Sure I brought it along. It’s in one of the Bags of Holding with all of the other stuff I don’t normally use.”  Mojo yells down, “We forgot them.”   Cassie yells up, “Narg, you’re married to an archer.  How can you not have a bow?”  He says, “I brought it.  You have it in one of the bags.”    “By the way, do you see my hammer down there?” Mojo asks.   Cassie dumps out the Bag of Holding, with both the hammer and Mark spilling onto the floor.   As Mark stands up Purge comments “Well, at least he brought his bow.”   Cassie points up and says Mark, “Fine, use your bow and do something about that thing.”   Mark fires his first two arrows, both missing.   Cassie comments “That’s it.  When we get back to the island I’m sending all of you guys down to the school for archery practice.”    Purge picks up Mojo’s hammer and begins scaling the walls. The sound of a gunshot up above echoes throughout the chamber.   “What is Monkey Boy up to now,” Mojo exclaims.    Narg says “Sounds like he’s using that futuristic weapon on them, and I don’t mean his bong.”   Up above, the aforementioned chimp is still standing on the crow’s nest, holding the gun with both hands, having just made a very large hole in the chest of the gnoll pilot.   The gnoll fighter rushes over to the seated gnoll while the shaman looks up at Alton and then casts a spell.    Alton successfully saves from the spell.  He then shifts his aim to target the shaman and plugs the gnoll with a shot right between the eyes.  The second shot resonates through the shaft below and Narg says ”We need to get up there real soon.”   “Not with him in the way,” Mojo states, pointing to the suspended gargoyle that is attempting to break himself out of the Wall of Force.   Cassie tosses some Magic Missile spells up into the monster as Mark manages to get two of his next four arrows into it.    Purge now reaches the ledge, and Mojo yells, “Give me that” as he rips the hammer out of Purge’s belt.    The hammer is thrown into the gargoyle, bouncing off the creature for minimum damage.   The gnoll fighter is still busy trying to help the mortally wounded gnoll pilot in the chair.  The Yeenoghu creature moves over behind the chair and removes the helmet from the pilot.   Up until now Alton had been careful to avoid firing at the helm in hopes of maybe using it later.   That strategy changes since he is afraid that Yeenoghu will teleport away with it again.    The gun fires again (the player rolling a natural “20”) as the bullet strikes the bone helmet, splitting it right down the middle.   Yeenoghu yells out “NOOOOOO!” and looks up at the chimp.   The creature then points his hands towards Alton and flames shoot out and arc up through the opening to the crow’s nest.   The chimpanzee reflexes save him, with Alton flipping backwards and off of the crow’s nest.  He grabs onto the railing as he starts to fall.    The streams of flames continue to pour through the opening and start to catch the crow’s nest area on fire.   Alton decides to move hand-over-hand around the crow’s nest railing to the opposite side.  Back in the lower room below, they have heard the gunshots and monster’s yell and now see a river of flames filling the room above.    Cassie tells Mark, “Oh no, Alton’s in trouble   Will you guys please stop playing around with that gargoyle?”    “We’re doing the best we can,” Mojo stay, tossing his hammer and missing the gargoyle, the hammer bouncing off of the invisible wall.  “Just kill it!” she yells. Above and outside, Alton climbs down to the window immediately behind the Yeenoghu creature.  The monster has his back to the druid, continuing to send flames up into the crow’s nest from its outstretched arms.   Alton casually raises the gun up to a few inches from the back of the creature’s head and then fires point blank.  The creature lets out an even louder scream and then collapses to the floor.   Alton climbs into the room.   By this time the gnoll fighter had pulled the pilot out the chair and is cradling him in his arms, totally ignoring the chimp.    Alton had assumed that his shot into the Yeenoghu killed it, but the creature now begins to move.   Alton starts to question if this creature might indeed be immortal.   The gnoll deity then begins to transform.    The DM announces “It becomes something that Mojo has seen before.”  Mojo’s player states “Yikes.  It’s become an oriental hooker!”   The DM says, “No, one of these,” and points to a picture of a Spectral Hound (Dungeon Magazine #100, Polyhedron page 37) identical to the one that had bitten Mojo earlier.   Alton decides he is in over his head and jumps out the window.Down below, Mark gets two more arrows into the gargoyle.  Mojo then gets in a killing blow with the hammer and yells down “It’s dead Jim.”   Cassie yells up “It’s about time.  Alton may be dead by now.”   “No I’m not,” a voice behind then states.  They turn around to see the chimp standing in the doorway.  “What’s going on up there?” Narg yells down.  Alton replies “That’s where the bad guy is.  He’s in the form of one of those creepy wolves that made Mojo start to fade away.”    “Come on, let’s go” Narg states, suddenly getting the idea to use the suspended gargoyle body as a platform up.   Narg hoists Purge up onto the Gargoyle.  Mojo then lifts Narg, who Purge pulls up to it.  Narg then lifts Purge up through the opening in the ceiling and Purge then pulls Narg up behind him.    There is no sign of the spectral hound, the only occupant of the room being a hysterical gnoll crying in anguish and holding the dead body of another gnoll.    As Narg stands up the gnoll notices them.  The gnoll carefully lowers the body of its leader to the floor and the stands up.   He walks towards Narg, contorting its claws as though preparing to rake at him and says in gnollish “My name is Lieutenant Kajjan.  You killed my father.  Prepare to die.”</blockquote>

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