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<blockquote data-quote="Hairy Minotaur" data-source="post: 2911148" data-attributes="member: 11574"><p><strong>Goodbye again, and good riddance</strong></p><p></p><p>Gronar steps up to meet the hulking figure, it's skin the color of the void, so black it appears to absorb the surrounding ambient light. Thousands of tiny scorpions crawl over the figure, Gronar watches as they crawl in and out of Taurranous' ears, nose, and mouth.</p><p></p><p>Gronar could hear the muffled struggle of Korg behind him, he never hesitated, knowing that failure to bring down the returned Taurranous would cause far more strife than Korg's suffocation. Plus he heard the sounds of Paquito, Lothred, and Ratchet behind him. He knew they would rescue Korg.</p><p></p><p>Paquito strode up to the flailing Gorfine and bathed his head in a scorching stream of fire, charring the tiny scorpions off of the minotaur's face. Hearing the labored breathing from the lungs of Gorfine Paquito motioned for Ratchet to assist the downed minotaur.</p><p></p><p>"You want me to save him?" Ratchet asked incredulously.</p><p></p><p>"As long as he lives, I care not if he suffers. No?"</p><p></p><p>Ratchet needed only a glance at the downed creature to know that the scorpion's poison would not kill it. </p><p></p><p>"He'll live." Ratchet announced</p><p></p><p>"Excellent, leave him then. We take the fight to his delusion. No?" Paquito rallied as him pointed towards the skin crawling form of Taurranous.</p><p></p><p>Omar, Finrod, and the now lucid Luciann, wailed away on the two nihbolgs who reveled in their adversary's determination to exterminate them. Finrod's anger outgrew his reasoning as he swung his blade harder and faster at the blue goblins taking the nihbolgs from a minor nuisance to a deadly threat. While the nihbolgs rarely hit Finrod or Omar, the PCs were losing a battle of attrition, while the health of the goblins was skyrocketing.</p><p></p><p>Ratchet and Lothred raced to free Korg, Lothred shot a splash of acid from his staff while Ratchet worked his dagger over the facial impression of Korg, looking for where Korg's mouth might be. </p><p></p><p>Gronar stepped in to meet Taurranous' threat and cut a wicked gash across the thing's chest. Taurranous raked his claws across Gronar's forearms, while dozens of tiny scorpions skittered across Taurranous' arms and into the river of blood created in the wake of Taurranous' gouging.</p><p></p><p>Gronar tried to shrug off the minotaur's claws, but the otherworldly power of the new Taurranous dug his claws even deeper into Gronar's forearms. Gronar could feel the tiny vermin crawling under his skin, twisting and stinging his muscles, he fought through the effects of the poison in the stings and raised his arms as high as he could. Taurranous' claws scraped back down Gronar's arms to his shoulder, Gronar spin his greatsword in his hands to point the tip at the head of Taurranous. With an "I dare you" grin, Gronar drove the blade through the body of Taurranous and cleaved it in two.</p><p></p><p>Ratchet manages to cut into the lurker about where Korg's mouth is to give the giant a breathing hole. Lothred begins beating the lurker with his staff trying to get it to release the giant. Paquito catches up to Gronar's side as the twitching voidness that was Taurranous slowly abates, the scorpions however toss aside their former home and mass together in a swarm of crawling and clicking at the site of Taurranous' body.</p><p></p><p>It is then that Paquito notices the undulations beneath the shreds of skin on Gronar's arm. Paquito jerks Gronar away from the massing scorpions and towards the encased Korg. Gronar flicks his wrist and slices a cut from the base of the lurker to Korg's knee. Paquito then grabs one side of the cut with his hands and braces the other side with his hooves, he then forces the two pieces further apart and tears the lurker in half.</p><p></p><p>Ratchet attends to the gasping and choking Korg, while Gronar begins plucking the scorpions from his arm. Paquito retrieves a stoppered flask from his backpack and helps Gronar de-scorpion himself by placing the still living scorpions in the flask.</p><p></p><p>"Souvenir?" Gronar asks</p><p></p><p>"Better." Paquito answers with a grin.</p><p></p><p>Once Korg is able to sit up, Gronar grabs him and helps him back to the entrance to the cavern.</p><p></p><p>"We should check out what lies beyond. No?" Paquito asks</p><p></p><p>"Fine by Gronar, you go check, Gronar wait for your report upstairs." The giant replies</p><p></p><p>"I'll go with you." Lothred offers</p><p></p><p>Paquito winces at the notion and decides to follow the giants back up. </p><p></p><p>As the rest of the party approaches, the nihbolgs flee in terror running back through the darkness. Paquito makes a note that those two things will need to be run down and dealt with.</p><p></p><p>"You guys really did a number on those goblins, I'm glad you stayed back here and had our backs." Lothred snipes</p><p></p><p>"Hey those things were tough, they took everything we gave them and still wouldn't go down, looks like you guys had the easy fight." Finrod answers</p><p></p><p>"Only because you made it that way." Lothred walks away laughing</p><p></p><p>"What does that mean? You knew about their threat and still left us there? You trying to kill us?" Finrod's shouts go unanswered as the rest of the party fades away into the underdark.</p><p></p><p>The soft sound of thousands of scorpions across the stone floor of the cavern, snapped Finrod into the present and he took off running to catch up with the party.</p><p></p><p>Once the party had returned to the minotaur lair, and given food and what nonmagical healing the minotrices were able to give them. Paquito made sure they were resting soundly before approaching Corridorian with his "souvenir" from the Taurranous battle.</p><p></p><p>"What are those for?" The maze mage asks</p><p></p><p>Paquito takes off the black spike studded collar from around his neck and hands it to Corridorian.</p><p></p><p>"I need you to make this better, it's a collar of venom and with the addition of these scorpions and some other nutrients I picked up, I'm hoping to get this trinket to it's full potential. No?"</p><p></p><p>Corridorian studies the collar for a moment before nodding in agreement with Paquito.</p><p></p><p>"It'll take a couple of days, maybe a week, but I think I can do it." She replies</p><p></p><p>"Excellent, send me the first chosen. I feel like growing the tribe some more. No?"</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I used a Daraka demon (from Tome of Horrors by Necromancer Games) for the new Taurranous. The only change I made was to extend the distance he could throw his "pets".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hairy Minotaur, post: 2911148, member: 11574"] [b]Goodbye again, and good riddance[/b] Gronar steps up to meet the hulking figure, it's skin the color of the void, so black it appears to absorb the surrounding ambient light. Thousands of tiny scorpions crawl over the figure, Gronar watches as they crawl in and out of Taurranous' ears, nose, and mouth. Gronar could hear the muffled struggle of Korg behind him, he never hesitated, knowing that failure to bring down the returned Taurranous would cause far more strife than Korg's suffocation. Plus he heard the sounds of Paquito, Lothred, and Ratchet behind him. He knew they would rescue Korg. Paquito strode up to the flailing Gorfine and bathed his head in a scorching stream of fire, charring the tiny scorpions off of the minotaur's face. Hearing the labored breathing from the lungs of Gorfine Paquito motioned for Ratchet to assist the downed minotaur. "You want me to save him?" Ratchet asked incredulously. "As long as he lives, I care not if he suffers. No?" Ratchet needed only a glance at the downed creature to know that the scorpion's poison would not kill it. "He'll live." Ratchet announced "Excellent, leave him then. We take the fight to his delusion. No?" Paquito rallied as him pointed towards the skin crawling form of Taurranous. Omar, Finrod, and the now lucid Luciann, wailed away on the two nihbolgs who reveled in their adversary's determination to exterminate them. Finrod's anger outgrew his reasoning as he swung his blade harder and faster at the blue goblins taking the nihbolgs from a minor nuisance to a deadly threat. While the nihbolgs rarely hit Finrod or Omar, the PCs were losing a battle of attrition, while the health of the goblins was skyrocketing. Ratchet and Lothred raced to free Korg, Lothred shot a splash of acid from his staff while Ratchet worked his dagger over the facial impression of Korg, looking for where Korg's mouth might be. Gronar stepped in to meet Taurranous' threat and cut a wicked gash across the thing's chest. Taurranous raked his claws across Gronar's forearms, while dozens of tiny scorpions skittered across Taurranous' arms and into the river of blood created in the wake of Taurranous' gouging. Gronar tried to shrug off the minotaur's claws, but the otherworldly power of the new Taurranous dug his claws even deeper into Gronar's forearms. Gronar could feel the tiny vermin crawling under his skin, twisting and stinging his muscles, he fought through the effects of the poison in the stings and raised his arms as high as he could. Taurranous' claws scraped back down Gronar's arms to his shoulder, Gronar spin his greatsword in his hands to point the tip at the head of Taurranous. With an "I dare you" grin, Gronar drove the blade through the body of Taurranous and cleaved it in two. Ratchet manages to cut into the lurker about where Korg's mouth is to give the giant a breathing hole. Lothred begins beating the lurker with his staff trying to get it to release the giant. Paquito catches up to Gronar's side as the twitching voidness that was Taurranous slowly abates, the scorpions however toss aside their former home and mass together in a swarm of crawling and clicking at the site of Taurranous' body. It is then that Paquito notices the undulations beneath the shreds of skin on Gronar's arm. Paquito jerks Gronar away from the massing scorpions and towards the encased Korg. Gronar flicks his wrist and slices a cut from the base of the lurker to Korg's knee. Paquito then grabs one side of the cut with his hands and braces the other side with his hooves, he then forces the two pieces further apart and tears the lurker in half. Ratchet attends to the gasping and choking Korg, while Gronar begins plucking the scorpions from his arm. Paquito retrieves a stoppered flask from his backpack and helps Gronar de-scorpion himself by placing the still living scorpions in the flask. "Souvenir?" Gronar asks "Better." Paquito answers with a grin. Once Korg is able to sit up, Gronar grabs him and helps him back to the entrance to the cavern. "We should check out what lies beyond. No?" Paquito asks "Fine by Gronar, you go check, Gronar wait for your report upstairs." The giant replies "I'll go with you." Lothred offers Paquito winces at the notion and decides to follow the giants back up. As the rest of the party approaches, the nihbolgs flee in terror running back through the darkness. Paquito makes a note that those two things will need to be run down and dealt with. "You guys really did a number on those goblins, I'm glad you stayed back here and had our backs." Lothred snipes "Hey those things were tough, they took everything we gave them and still wouldn't go down, looks like you guys had the easy fight." Finrod answers "Only because you made it that way." Lothred walks away laughing "What does that mean? You knew about their threat and still left us there? You trying to kill us?" Finrod's shouts go unanswered as the rest of the party fades away into the underdark. The soft sound of thousands of scorpions across the stone floor of the cavern, snapped Finrod into the present and he took off running to catch up with the party. Once the party had returned to the minotaur lair, and given food and what nonmagical healing the minotrices were able to give them. Paquito made sure they were resting soundly before approaching Corridorian with his "souvenir" from the Taurranous battle. "What are those for?" The maze mage asks Paquito takes off the black spike studded collar from around his neck and hands it to Corridorian. "I need you to make this better, it's a collar of venom and with the addition of these scorpions and some other nutrients I picked up, I'm hoping to get this trinket to it's full potential. No?" Corridorian studies the collar for a moment before nodding in agreement with Paquito. "It'll take a couple of days, maybe a week, but I think I can do it." She replies "Excellent, send me the first chosen. I feel like growing the tribe some more. No?" I used a Daraka demon (from Tome of Horrors by Necromancer Games) for the new Taurranous. The only change I made was to extend the distance he could throw his "pets". [/QUOTE]
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