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<blockquote data-quote="CrusadeDave" data-source="post: 1949216" data-attributes="member: 6716"><p><strong>Part 3: Only idots confuse Wolves and Dogs.</strong></p><p></p><p>The party set out at noon from Oakhurst, following the old road southwest. At just about sunset they noticed that it was about to dead end into a canyon some five miles hence. “We should set camp,” Kiernan said as he turned to Xana.</p><p></p><p>A small fire was started half way up the base of a hill on the downwind side of the road. A larger hill was down wind from them, to give the fire’s smoke more cover.</p><p></p><p>The watch rotation was set, but on the first watch, Kiernan heard something moving in the night, like leaves on grass. Waking Xana from her meditation he pointed, downhill. He then woke Pel who was dreaming about eggs and bacon, “What….. is it Breakfast time?”</p><p></p><p>“Shhhhh… there’s something out there. “ Xana pointed to two bush like figures moving towards them, as she took out her sling and fired, knocking what looked like a twig off the moving bush. </p><p></p><p>The bushes increased their speed, as Pel grabbed his spiked chain and charged the first bush. With a mighty swing he cut the Tree Blight down to little more than a bound faggot of firewood. As the second ran at Pel to avenge his fallen brother, it too joined the kindling pile, cleaved in two.</p><p></p><p>Kiernan looked over the fallen shrubs. “What are these?”</p><p></p><p>“Like no plant I have ever seen, they are unnatural.” offered the elven druid.</p><p></p><p>“And evil. Let’s burn them.” added Pel, and for the first time all day the party agreed with the large Cleric. </p><p></p><p>As they added the Tree Blights to the fire, a noxious smoke started to rise from fire, causing them all to start coughing and wheezing. </p><p></p><p>“What is that stench?”</p><p></p><p>Kiernan looked intently at the fire (from a safe distance) as he saw the tree sap bubble and steam away. Now if he could just find some more of these, he thought to himself, he would have a ready supply of poison.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The next day, at sunrise, the three adventurers walked to where the road ended at the canyon. They discovered some old campfire spots that were concealed.Tied to some wooden posts, covered with graffiti, was a single knotted rope. </p><p></p><p>Peering over the side, Xana could see a platform, and the beginnings of a stair. Pel started pulling on the rope, testing its strength. “I’ll go down first, and carry your little puppy.”</p><p></p><p>“My WOLF’s name is Nailo” as Xana coaxed Nailo to stay in Pel’s burly arms while he used one hand to crawl down the knotted rope.</p><p></p><p>Kiernan and Xana waited patiently until they heard the sounds of a <thump> and a howl by Nailo. Kiernan jumped at the rope, and half way down he heard a “What’s That?” from the Cleric and then the swing of his mighty chain.</p><p></p><p>By the time Kiernan, or for that matter Xana, climbed down, two Dire Rats were plastered against the wall, one was bitten in two. Pel took the time to use some of his most basic spells to heal the minor damage the rat did.</p><p></p><p>Kiernan lit a torch and lead the way down the switch back stairs. It dead-ended on what seemed to be a sunken battlement of a felled castle that had plunged into the canyon. Walking forward, Kiernan dodged out of the way as he rolled to the side of a pit trap. </p><p></p><p>“Think. I should be more careful.”</p><p></p><p>Looking down into the pit, Kiernan could see three goblin corpses, and a dire rat munching on the fresh one. Attached to the fresh corpse was a Belt Pouch. Drawing his rapier, Kiernan jumped down at the Dire Rat, but his stroke fell wide. The rat missed his lunge in return, but Xana drilled it with a Bullet from her sling. Again Kiernan and the Rat traded misses, and again Xana bulls-eyed it, this time dropping the rat. Kiernan grabbed the pouch and the coins within and climbed out. </p><p></p><p>Pel laughed.</p><p></p><p>“What’s so funny?” Kiernan demanded.</p><p></p><p>“Why’dya jump all the way down there when you got your bow?”</p><p></p><p></p><p>Going through the door, carefully this time, the party entered a circular room with a corridor to the north and two doors to the west. Upon further discovery Kiernan discovered a secret door, and upon careful examination, discovered and disabled a nasty trap in front of it. Nailo kept sniffing down the corridor to the North, and as they walked into the next room, discovered some fresh human sized tracks not more than 2 weeks old leading both into another door north and back south.</p><p></p><p>“Which way?” asked the hulkish Cleric. “The secret door,” answered the druid and rogue in unison.</p><p></p><p>With that, their attention led back to the secret door to their south. Upon its opening, three slender skeleton’s eyes flared red, as they began to stand up. Immediately attacked by three skeletons, Kiernan tumbled backwards to avoid being flanked. Xana brandished her club and whacked at the nearest skeleton with little result. Nailo started to attack the nearest skeleton, but cowered just as she was about to strike. Pel brandished his holy symbol and called for Lathander’s light to shine, but the turning failed to affect the Skeletons.</p><p></p><p>Kiernan poked a skeleton with his rapier, but he was unable to do any damage. Xana’s club knocked one of the skeleton’s arms off, but it retaliated by taking a swipe at Nailo and cutting the wolf. Again Pel attempted to banish the skeletons from the light of Lathander, and again he failed.</p><p></p><p>Kiernan tumbled to get into better position, and Xana missed with her latest club shot. Luckily, most of the skeletons missed as they advanced on the party, but one sliced Xana in the neck, almost doing critical damage.</p><p></p><p>Finally, Pel called on the power of Lathander’s Sun to banish these undead from the world of the living. The three skeletons crumbled and turned to ash. </p><p></p><p>Xana called Nailo next to hear as she cast a healing spell on herself, bringing them both to full health. Kiernan picked through the skeleton’s remains for coins as he cursed the Cleric’s uselessness. Weren’t priests supposed to be able to handle skeletons. Pel looked at the two doors in the room, while Nailo kept sniffing to the passageway to the north.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CrusadeDave, post: 1949216, member: 6716"] [b]Part 3: Only idots confuse Wolves and Dogs.[/b] The party set out at noon from Oakhurst, following the old road southwest. At just about sunset they noticed that it was about to dead end into a canyon some five miles hence. “We should set camp,” Kiernan said as he turned to Xana. A small fire was started half way up the base of a hill on the downwind side of the road. A larger hill was down wind from them, to give the fire’s smoke more cover. The watch rotation was set, but on the first watch, Kiernan heard something moving in the night, like leaves on grass. Waking Xana from her meditation he pointed, downhill. He then woke Pel who was dreaming about eggs and bacon, “What….. is it Breakfast time?” “Shhhhh… there’s something out there. “ Xana pointed to two bush like figures moving towards them, as she took out her sling and fired, knocking what looked like a twig off the moving bush. The bushes increased their speed, as Pel grabbed his spiked chain and charged the first bush. With a mighty swing he cut the Tree Blight down to little more than a bound faggot of firewood. As the second ran at Pel to avenge his fallen brother, it too joined the kindling pile, cleaved in two. Kiernan looked over the fallen shrubs. “What are these?” “Like no plant I have ever seen, they are unnatural.” offered the elven druid. “And evil. Let’s burn them.” added Pel, and for the first time all day the party agreed with the large Cleric. As they added the Tree Blights to the fire, a noxious smoke started to rise from fire, causing them all to start coughing and wheezing. “What is that stench?” Kiernan looked intently at the fire (from a safe distance) as he saw the tree sap bubble and steam away. Now if he could just find some more of these, he thought to himself, he would have a ready supply of poison. The next day, at sunrise, the three adventurers walked to where the road ended at the canyon. They discovered some old campfire spots that were concealed.Tied to some wooden posts, covered with graffiti, was a single knotted rope. Peering over the side, Xana could see a platform, and the beginnings of a stair. Pel started pulling on the rope, testing its strength. “I’ll go down first, and carry your little puppy.” “My WOLF’s name is Nailo” as Xana coaxed Nailo to stay in Pel’s burly arms while he used one hand to crawl down the knotted rope. Kiernan and Xana waited patiently until they heard the sounds of a <thump> and a howl by Nailo. Kiernan jumped at the rope, and half way down he heard a “What’s That?” from the Cleric and then the swing of his mighty chain. By the time Kiernan, or for that matter Xana, climbed down, two Dire Rats were plastered against the wall, one was bitten in two. Pel took the time to use some of his most basic spells to heal the minor damage the rat did. Kiernan lit a torch and lead the way down the switch back stairs. It dead-ended on what seemed to be a sunken battlement of a felled castle that had plunged into the canyon. Walking forward, Kiernan dodged out of the way as he rolled to the side of a pit trap. “Think. I should be more careful.” Looking down into the pit, Kiernan could see three goblin corpses, and a dire rat munching on the fresh one. Attached to the fresh corpse was a Belt Pouch. Drawing his rapier, Kiernan jumped down at the Dire Rat, but his stroke fell wide. The rat missed his lunge in return, but Xana drilled it with a Bullet from her sling. Again Kiernan and the Rat traded misses, and again Xana bulls-eyed it, this time dropping the rat. Kiernan grabbed the pouch and the coins within and climbed out. Pel laughed. “What’s so funny?” Kiernan demanded. “Why’dya jump all the way down there when you got your bow?” Going through the door, carefully this time, the party entered a circular room with a corridor to the north and two doors to the west. Upon further discovery Kiernan discovered a secret door, and upon careful examination, discovered and disabled a nasty trap in front of it. Nailo kept sniffing down the corridor to the North, and as they walked into the next room, discovered some fresh human sized tracks not more than 2 weeks old leading both into another door north and back south. “Which way?” asked the hulkish Cleric. “The secret door,” answered the druid and rogue in unison. With that, their attention led back to the secret door to their south. Upon its opening, three slender skeleton’s eyes flared red, as they began to stand up. Immediately attacked by three skeletons, Kiernan tumbled backwards to avoid being flanked. Xana brandished her club and whacked at the nearest skeleton with little result. Nailo started to attack the nearest skeleton, but cowered just as she was about to strike. Pel brandished his holy symbol and called for Lathander’s light to shine, but the turning failed to affect the Skeletons. Kiernan poked a skeleton with his rapier, but he was unable to do any damage. Xana’s club knocked one of the skeleton’s arms off, but it retaliated by taking a swipe at Nailo and cutting the wolf. Again Pel attempted to banish the skeletons from the light of Lathander, and again he failed. Kiernan tumbled to get into better position, and Xana missed with her latest club shot. Luckily, most of the skeletons missed as they advanced on the party, but one sliced Xana in the neck, almost doing critical damage. Finally, Pel called on the power of Lathander’s Sun to banish these undead from the world of the living. The three skeletons crumbled and turned to ash. Xana called Nailo next to hear as she cast a healing spell on herself, bringing them both to full health. Kiernan picked through the skeleton’s remains for coins as he cursed the Cleric’s uselessness. Weren’t priests supposed to be able to handle skeletons. Pel looked at the two doors in the room, while Nailo kept sniffing to the passageway to the north. [/QUOTE]
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