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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lazybones" data-source="post: 9813436" data-attributes="member: 143">Thanks again for the kudos. I think I’ll stick with the Tuesday/Friday update schedule for now.Chapter 29Folgar was the first to react, but in his haste he misfired his ray of frost, the beam splashing across the threshold of the door, creating a rime of ice on the stone blocks but failing to harm the ogre. The dwarf retreated into the corridor that led deeper into the temple complex, slipping his spellbook back into his bag as he went. A moment later Ravani shot the giant in the leg, but even though the arrow penetrated deep it looked tiny against his sheer mass, a pinprick at best. But the attack definitely caught his attention, and he roared as he plucked the bloody splinter out and tossed it aside.Greghan hefted his sword and started forward to confront the ogre, but paused as Leana tugged hard on the hem of his mail coat. “Let him come to us,” she whispered, nodding toward the caltrops strung across the entry. She raised her sigil and summoned a blast of sacred flame that splashed across the ogre’s torso, further enraging him.The ogre responded to the initial attacks by ducking forward through the archway. But as his massive foot came down it trod upon one of the improvised caltrops. The ogre roared in pain and jerked back, almost cracking his head on the arched entry. He reached down and plucked the bloody piece of now-bent metal out of his foot, grimacing at it before tossing it across the room. “Hurt you!” he bawled.It was a nasty promise, one he could fulfill if he could get that huge club into play, but the delay had given the adventurers another chance to strike. Folgar blasted him again, and this time the icy beam struck true, forming a blue line of ice crystals across his abdomen. Ravani drew another arrow but held it, waiting for Greghan to rush forward and engage the foe. The warrior didn’t disappoint him, darting ahead and slashing his greatsword across the ogre’s body, tearing a deep gash just above where Folgar had blasted him. A moment later Ravani released his shot, the arrow thudding home a bit higher into the foe's chest. Leana hit him again as well, this time summoning a pulse of necromantic energy that had the ogre shaking his head violently as the sound of a bell being tolled echoed throughout the room. The ogre focused on the nearest foe, sweeping his club around at Greghan, but the warrior ducked low and came up on his other side. The ogre overextended, his club smashing hard into one of the open doors hard enough to jolt it off the pins that held it to the wall. The head of the club briefly got stuck in the cracked stone, and the creature roared in frustration as he yanked the weapon clear.“Keep hitting it!” Ravani urged, and his companions did, unleashing a barrage of spells and weapons that ripped into the ogre from all sides. Folgar blasted him with another ray, and Ravani shot him again in the side. Greghan was forced to abort his attack as the ogre spun back around, though he did manage to graze him along one arm, adding another hurt to his tally. Leana presented her holy symbol again, sounding another toll the dead that caused the ogre’s eyes to cross and his legs to waver.“Tired…,” the ogre gasped, stumbling to the side—forcing Greghan to fast-step again to avoid being crushed beneath his bulk—before he slid heavily against the wall. “Done… fighting,” the giant said, sagging into the corner of the room, groaning as his blood formed smears on the wall and trails that seeped out from under his savaged body. The massive club clattered to the ground next to him as he sat there, struggling to catch his breath.Next time: interrogation!</blockquote>

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