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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 1992989" data-attributes="member: 8530">Module 129, Game 5Chapter Six, “Battle in the Sky”, May 29th, 1020Fiona questions the wisdom of attacking the home of the giants without any provocation.  Narg says, “Fine, we’ll come up with a valid reason to kill them all.”   Fiona says, “And what, in your opinion, would the proper justification be?”  Mojo replies, “Oh we’ll come up with something solid.  Like if they’re using a salad fork instead of a dinner fork at meals.”  Narg says, “Sounds good to me, get’em!” They discuss the items obtained from the bandits, which Mojo summarizes as being “A cheap bunch of crap.”  Serita says, “Well, what did you expect.  They got the stuff from beating up some clerics of Ukko.”  Narg says, “Yeah, maybe they should have been rewarded for that.”   The group concludes that it isn’t nearly as fun to insult clerics of Ukko in the absence of Timothy, their party’s Ukko cleric. They continue to follow the path of giant tracks through the mountains.   Purge suggests that Serita talk to an animal to get an indication of where they are.  Unfortunately the only animals nearby are fish swimming in a stream, and Serita says, “I won’t talk to fish. They are too simple minded and hard to communicate with.”  “Then why do you still talk to Narg and Mojo,” Fiona asks.   Narg interjects, “How can fish be stupid, they swim in schools?”  “You’ve just made my point,” Fiona comments. After they’ve gone around five or six miles from the bandit camp Serita complains that they are on a wild goose chase.  Narg says, “Tracking these giants is the best lead that we’ve got.  It also might bring us to some terrible violence.”    “Nothing like a good frontal assault to break up the day,” Mojo adds.   Fiona says, “If we find a lair full of fire giants we are NOT doing a frontal assault.”  “Party pooper,” Mojo states. Fiona casts Invisibility spells onto both herself and her pegasus and does some ariel reconnaissance.   She spots the other volcano another ten miles away, the party not seeing it due to a large mountain in between.    She comes back and gives them two options to reach it, continuing through the mountains east or heading southeast for a few miles and then crossing the plains south of the mountains.  The plains route would be longer in miles but might actually be as quicker as it would be easier on the horses.   They decide to go that way.  The group hears a loud eagle like screech from the mountain to their left.  Racing across the sky are five winged griffins.  Mounted on one of them is an elf that blows a high-pitched whistle before twisting in his saddle to fire an arrow at an enormous red dragon in pursuit.  Astride the monstrous reptile is a red-haired black-skinned giant wielding a large sword.At the sound of the whistle, the four riderless griffins scatter in different directions.   Meanwhile, the elf’s arrow sinks into the dragon’s right eye and with an outraged bellow it blasts a burst of flame that singes part of the griffin’s wing, causing it to flutter down to a field about 100 yards away.  Roaring in triumph, the dragon begins to land while licking its chops.  The elf pulls free of the saddle, unsheathes his sword and prepares to face the approaching reptile. Mojo comments, “Too bad.  I brought a box of Pegasus Helper with me but no Griffin Helper.”  Fiona decides to offer her assistance to the elf.   She flies high up into the air and gets above the dragon and giant and then sends a Lightning Bolt down into both the reptilian mount and its oversized rider.   Both are wounded but assume that the elf on the ground was responsible and continue to dive towards him.   The other members of the Silver Moon party charge in the direction of the elf. Fiona pursues from above and behind the dragon and sends a second bolt of lightening down into the creature, this time damaging its wings although it is still well enough to stay aloft.   The damage is enough to prompt the dragon to decide to flee back to the safety of its lair rather than continuing the attack. The party approaches the elf, which stands down from his challenge stance.   They decide to dismount and approach on foot, as their horses are reluctant to get any closer to the Griffin.</blockquote>

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