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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hairy Minotaur" data-source="post: 2606755" data-attributes="member: 11574">Grandma Teifling's recipe for roasted gnome.Gronar and Korg force open the hidden door, it scrapes along the dirt floor and halfway through their task, Gronar spies two trolls standing against the far right corner of the room. "Stinky Trolls!" Gronar shouts and shoves the door the rest of the way open.Gronar bounds into the room and catches two other trolls in the back left corner as well. All four of them seem to be waiting for Gronar to advance. The hill giant doesn't make them wait for a charge either. Gronar rushes towards the middle of the back wall, hoping that when he ends his sprint all four trolls will be within reach of his spear.Gronar shoves his spear through the second to right troll and shouts a challenge to the other three trolls. The trolls stand firm and watch as a tongue of flame flicks itself from a burning hearth on the wall behind Gronar. The flame licks at the back of Gronar scalding his flesh and burning through his hide shirt. Gronar spins around to counter attack, but finds the twenty feet to the wall behind him empty. Paquito pushes his way in and throws magic missiles into the far left troll. Korg enters next and moves to cover the only visible exit to the room, that being a door in the near southern wall. Finrod enters and sends an arrow shaft into the troll Gronar gave an appendectomy to. The rest of the party hangs back behind the door's threshold watching the giant's go to work."Korg! Something in fire back there, kill it." Gronar ordersKorg shifts his attention to the hearth and watches it intently. Gronar skewers his previous target into the troll on the far right, and manages to stick both trolls on the end of his spear. He then slams the spear tip into the ceiling causing his latest catch to whack the top of it's head. The two remaining trolls charge Gronar, the hill giant swings his spear down on the nearest one and causes that troll to fly into the North wall. The other troll makes it's way under Gronar's swing and slices a wicked cut under Gronar's left arm.Concern for his friend, causes Korg to forget about the hearth and move to within arm's reach of Gronar. Focused on his friend, Korg fails to see the hearth slap a whip of fire into his ribcage. "The stove, there is a fire creature in it. No?" "Thanks Mister Obvious, why don't you be helpful and use your body to smother the flames?" Finrod repliesPaquito draws his spear and stands next to the hearth looking for movement within the red-orange coals. Finrod leaps up to the troll Gronar flung into the wall and cuts into the creature's chest, the wound made all the more impressive due to the severe bruising Gronar gave it. Gronar discards his shish-kA-bob of troll meat and brings forth his sword upon the shoulders of the troll that cut him. The giant's blows cause the troll to lose the use of it's right arm, Korg then finishes the troll with spear shot through the head of the creature. The hearth licks out again along the back of Gronar, Paquito sees the thin whip-like flame snap out and tries to sever the strand with his spear but his attempt is met with another flame strike from the hearth into the minotaur's left thigh.Both Gronar and Paquito cry out in pain, as Korg applies healing to Gronar and Rachet moves up to tend to Paquito's heat blister. "We need to get that fire out." Finrod shouts"Gronar get door." The hill giant responds, pointing to the southern exit and the metal door which stands in the way. Paquito limps back into the cell block and Luciann helps him sit against the wall. Lothred moves in next to Ratchet as Finrod moves up to cover the hearth. Gronar rips the metal door off it's hinges and hands it to Korg, Gronar then peeks into the short hallway beyond, long enough to see the reddish glowing ball of energy hanging in midair and growing by the second."Hey Elfy, you see anything like th.." KABOOM!!!!The delayed fireball explodes, the force of which sends Gronar tumbling backwards into Korg. Gronar's massive girth shielded Korg from most of the blaze, but Gronar felt the full brunt of it's force. Dazed and nearly unconscious, Gronar's eyes roll around trying to regain focus, Finrod sees this and fears for what might come through the door and attack the weakened giants. Finrod rushes to the scene of the explosion, but as he runs past the downed giants, the hearth licks out and burns Finrod with it's fire. The elf howls in pain, yet manages to make it to the open doorway.Lothred watches as the fire tries to engulf the elf, and knowing that the hearth must be snuffed out, picks up Ratchet and tosses the gnome onto the burning coals. The gnome's screams fill the room, Ratchet manages to roll off of the coals and takes some of the hearth's fuel with him. Korg whips his head around to see the smoldering gnome and rolls Gronar off of him, then twists over to smack the gnome, trying to help put out the fire on him."You Brawny, fetch one of them trolls and stuff it's body into the hearth." Lothred calls out to KorgNot knowing who the teifling was speaking to, Korg looks around for someone behind him. Gronar comes to, and shakes the smoke from his head trying to clear it up."Grunt, get one of those trolls into the hearth!" Lothred shouts at Gronar this time"Gronar name is Gronar, not Grunt.""Semantics. Get a troll." Lothred answersGronar reaches over and tosses the teifling the troll Korg had speared, Lothred then heaves the creature onto the hot coals. The hearth soon dies down to a smelly, greasy, smoker. Lothred goes to assist Ratchet to his feet."Don't touch me! You tried to kill me.""What? I saved the party, the hearth had to be extinguished. You were perfect for that role, if you're too shortsighted to see the brilliance of the plan, then maybe you should become and giant.""Don't play righteous savior with me, the troll saved the party, not you.""I came up with the plan, you seemed to not be doing anything constructive, hopefully you have seen the error of your ways. An idle mind is Grazz't's play thing.""You're a sadistic jerk aren't you." Ratchet hefted himself from the floor and went to check on Gronar.Ratchet and Korg brought Gronar to near full health. The party decides to hold up in this room until the clerics could recharge their spell energy. Gronar heads back into the cell block to see if there are any other occupied cells, he passes Paquito, Luciann, and Omar on his way down."It doesn't look that bad, you'll be fine after a good night's rest." Omar advised Paquito"My strut, it will be unaffected. No?" Luciann and Omar eye each other trying to ascertain the meaning of Paquito's question."The ladies love to watch me strut. No?" Luciann and Omar leave Paquito resting there, complaining they needed to find someone who was physically injured. Paquito hobbles up to his feet and hops along after Gronar. They pass the succubus' cell and Paquito implores again to Gronar for him to open it. Gronar presses on paying the minotaur no attention. Gronar works his way down to the second to last door and rips it off revealing a prone body laying against the rear wall of the cell. Gronar and Paquito hear the sounds of forced breathing and yell down for help. Omar wobbles down the hallway and arrives at the cell door.The dwarf turns the body over, and applies a cure light wounds to the individual. Omar removes the hood portion of a cloak the person was wearing and Paquito's face lights up as the visage of a beautiful elf is revealed. Thinking for sure this one wearing ear rings and a tiara must be female, Paquito bends down for a closer look, he recoils backwards as he catches a reflection of light upon blue scales that cover her throat."She is diseased, we will all succumb to it's wasting effects. No?""It's not a disease, it's part of her. It's on her arms too." Omar replies"Gronar can take off scales if Dorf* need it off." "If one were to touch her, you would get scales too. No?""No, I don't think she's full elf." Omar replies"Well, as long as she is all woman, that is good enough for Paquito. No?""I think we should bring her back to the rest of the group." Omar states"A fine idea, I shall carry her. No?""Gronar will carry sick Elfy. Paquito open last door.""Heh, if there's going to be a rescuing of a fair maiden, it should be done by a real hero. Paquito Flaccido, Champion of wenches and harlots everywhere. No?""If the lady is not fit enough to walk out under her own power, then she should be left here. She'll just slow us up and will be the first killed in a rear ambush assault anyway." Lothred interjects, having wandered his way down the cell block."Gronar you carry her." Omar says lifting the elf into the giant's arms"Have you even considered that maybe she's in here dying for a good reason, perhaps she was convicted of treason against the troll, perhaps she's a murderer, or even a horse thief?" Lothred asks"He has a point. No? I think Paquito should stay with her and give her a thorough interrogation as soon as she regains consciousness. No?"Gronar however carries the elf back to Korg as Omar, Paquito, and Lothred continue their argument. Finally Paquito offers a solution."Lets go ask the succubus, at least it's driven by a valid motive. No?"</blockquote>

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