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<blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 5005713" data-attributes="member: 9255"><p>ELDEEN REACHES</p><p>SEGMENT 006</p><p>11/07/09</p><p>“Time to Feed”</p><p></p><p>Everyone is sleeping soundly except for Piik. It is his turn for guard duty. He sits at the top of a short ramp that leads to the large room where Ash, Leaffa and Gilfer are resting. The bodies of the dire bats have been removed and dragged away from the entrance. It would not do have a scavenger creature seek out the source of the smell and instead go for the living food. However, at least it would give Piik something to squish.</p><p></p><p>The ruin had given them a good place to rest. Except for the bats it was quiet and without incident. Course that also included the lack of treasure. One can not have everything. Piik found himself bored and drowsy.</p><p></p><p>Then he heard it. Something nearby. Something in the passage. He gripped his battleaxe and peered out. Unlike the others, he has darkvision. He can see in the dark. Color and certain details like texture disappear but he sees everything else in various shades of gray. Something was just outside of his vision. A smile began to form. His one tooth edging slowly up from his lower lip. </p><p></p><p>Goblins! He could now make out the shapes of three lone goblins trying to sneak up. The fools! He waits a bit more. He wants to make them go squish so… so… so badly. Patience…. Let them get closer. The are fast and will run otherwise. 50ft…. 40ft…. 30ft…… wait until they are closer….. nah…..</p><p></p><p>“YARRRGHHHH!” Piik yells with relish and leaps down the ramp at the goblins that are still far enough away to recover from their surprise and run. The bugbear takes down the slower one but the other two sprint past the side passages and towards the exit. Piik gives chase. Leaffa and Gilfer wake with a start.</p><p></p><p>As Piik reaches the exit, several small spears strike him. The goblins had set up a trap to lure him out into the open. He ignores the pain and takes down another goblin. The others run off into the brush. </p><p></p><p>Gilfer runs up behind him. “What happened?!?”</p><p></p><p>“Goblins. Piik squish ‘em.” Then it registers, “Piik not feel so good.” And he looks at the three short spears sticking out of his legs and shoulder.</p><p></p><p>Piik settles down and drinks his last healing potion. The open wounds close and leave behind rosy pink scars. It still leaves his legs and shoulder a bit stiff and achy. He wishes he had more potions.</p><p></p><p>Gilfer takes the next and final watch. Too bad he lacks dark vision.</p><p></p><p>He sits at the top of the ramp as Piik had. He looks into the total darkness hoping to see things if he just allows his eyes to adjust to it. It doesn’t ever happen. He has no dark vision.</p><p></p><p>One hour… Two…. Then he thinks he heard something. Something like a deep breath or sigh. He concentrates to listen. Nothing.</p><p></p><p>He shifts his weight so that he is on the balls of his feet and concentrates again. At this point he almost can feel something down in the passage. His fear is mounting that something is here. He shakes off the effect and gives a harsh whisper to Leaffa. She is slow to awake. The moan she gives awakens Piik. Rubbing the sleep away from his eyes he rolls over to the top of the ramp. He concentrates on the passage.</p><p></p><p>“Something is there… just outside of my vision.” He whispers.</p><p></p><p>“Don’t chase it like before.” Warns Leaffa.</p><p></p><p>“Wouldn’t think it” says Piik as he pulls his battleaxe closer to himself and smirks.</p><p></p><p>Piik stares and sure enough…. Goblins. The stupid things are trying the same trick again. Stupid goblins. This time Piik will not chase you outside. This time Piik will squish then wait. He smiles deeply and gathers his feet under his weight.</p><p></p><p>“What is it Piik? What do you see?” whispers Gilfer.</p><p></p><p>“STUPID GOBLINS!” the bugbear shouts as he charges down the ramp to get the small goblinoids. Instead of running they hold their ground and pull out swords and ready themselves for his charge.</p><p></p><p>“LIGHT!” shouts Gilfer. Leaffa remembers the words and gestures for the spell.</p><p></p><p>“Just a moment as she reaches over to touch his shield to finish the spell.</p><p></p><p>At that moment, one goblin charges Piik. It ducks and rolls under him and charges forward. Its eyes burn red and it smiles. It drops to all fours and begins to grow. The torn and dirty clothes it wore melt into the body even as hair begins to sprout in its place. The face distorts into a short snout. Gilfer sees none of this except the eyes. “IT’S HERE! LIGHT!” He demands of Leaffa. She is about to touch the shield when the outsider plows into them. The spell is ruined and now Gilfer is certain he will die. Real fear begins to swell in his chest. (DM NOTE: Earlier the Barghest tried to cause fear again on Gilfer but he made his save. Good for you Tim!)</p><p></p><p>The creature is toying with them. It attacks his shield striking it and pushing on it. It speaks in a harsh voice. Neither of the two understands it (Fiendish) but know it could not be something nice. Piik squishes the last of the goblins then wonders where the fast bugger went. He turns and his dark vision sees a hairy humanoid that seems unfocused attacking his friends. The Barghest he assumes. He charges up ready to defend his friends and make it squish.</p><p></p><p>The Barghest has every advantage. It can see in the darkness where the Shifter and human can not. He has his best defensive spell activated creating a shifting image of himself making it very difficult to strike him. They lack magical weapons so their lucky strikes do little to no damage to him. Except for this one. The shifter. His blade causes harm as if magical. He dies first but slowly. The Barghest is enjoying the game so much he doesn’t hear Piik running up behind him. </p><p></p><p>“HAH!” he yells with a toothed grin and a satisfying squish is heard as he drives his large battleaxe into the creature. Even with being able to ignore much damage from non-magical weapons this hurts! The Barghest howls in pain. At that moment Gilfer gets in a lucky strike. Suddenly the idea of attacking these creatures in the ruins didn’t seem like such a good idea.</p><p></p><p>An Earth elemental slowly pours out of the cracks in the ruin walls and blocks the creatures exit. Leaffa is not satisfied with that however. She begins to summon more of nature’s allies. This creature must not escape.</p><p></p><p>Piik misses his next attack but he is confident that he will kill it.</p><p></p><p>Gilfer swings with his psionic blade of mental energy but misses.</p><p></p><p>The Barghest causes a minor wound on him as a claw snakes around the shield and tears at his exposed sword arm.</p><p></p><p>The elemental strikes him which hurts a little but a Dire Badger begins to materialize behind him. Piik misses again and curses.</p><p></p><p>The Barghest comes to realize it is time to leave. It begins to summon up a Dimensional Door to leave the ruins but a summoned Hippogriff kicks out and shatters an arm. The Barghest howls in agony. Zeroing in on the sound Piik swings and the howl ends abruptly. The creature stops shimmering and drops to the floor. Piik hits it again. And once more just to be safe.</p><p></p><p>“Harrgh!” Piik is proud of himself. “I am now Piik Barghest Killer!” His next strike takes off the head. The red eyes become pink and the creature is dead.</p><p></p><p>“Tomorrow we return to the ranch and with this head we can prove to Vadalis that we have killed the creature.” Says Gilfer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megamania, post: 5005713, member: 9255"] ELDEEN REACHES SEGMENT 006 11/07/09 “Time to Feed” Everyone is sleeping soundly except for Piik. It is his turn for guard duty. He sits at the top of a short ramp that leads to the large room where Ash, Leaffa and Gilfer are resting. The bodies of the dire bats have been removed and dragged away from the entrance. It would not do have a scavenger creature seek out the source of the smell and instead go for the living food. However, at least it would give Piik something to squish. The ruin had given them a good place to rest. Except for the bats it was quiet and without incident. Course that also included the lack of treasure. One can not have everything. Piik found himself bored and drowsy. Then he heard it. Something nearby. Something in the passage. He gripped his battleaxe and peered out. Unlike the others, he has darkvision. He can see in the dark. Color and certain details like texture disappear but he sees everything else in various shades of gray. Something was just outside of his vision. A smile began to form. His one tooth edging slowly up from his lower lip. Goblins! He could now make out the shapes of three lone goblins trying to sneak up. The fools! He waits a bit more. He wants to make them go squish so… so… so badly. Patience…. Let them get closer. The are fast and will run otherwise. 50ft…. 40ft…. 30ft…… wait until they are closer….. nah….. “YARRRGHHHH!” Piik yells with relish and leaps down the ramp at the goblins that are still far enough away to recover from their surprise and run. The bugbear takes down the slower one but the other two sprint past the side passages and towards the exit. Piik gives chase. Leaffa and Gilfer wake with a start. As Piik reaches the exit, several small spears strike him. The goblins had set up a trap to lure him out into the open. He ignores the pain and takes down another goblin. The others run off into the brush. Gilfer runs up behind him. “What happened?!?” “Goblins. Piik squish ‘em.” Then it registers, “Piik not feel so good.” And he looks at the three short spears sticking out of his legs and shoulder. Piik settles down and drinks his last healing potion. The open wounds close and leave behind rosy pink scars. It still leaves his legs and shoulder a bit stiff and achy. He wishes he had more potions. Gilfer takes the next and final watch. Too bad he lacks dark vision. He sits at the top of the ramp as Piik had. He looks into the total darkness hoping to see things if he just allows his eyes to adjust to it. It doesn’t ever happen. He has no dark vision. One hour… Two…. Then he thinks he heard something. Something like a deep breath or sigh. He concentrates to listen. Nothing. He shifts his weight so that he is on the balls of his feet and concentrates again. At this point he almost can feel something down in the passage. His fear is mounting that something is here. He shakes off the effect and gives a harsh whisper to Leaffa. She is slow to awake. The moan she gives awakens Piik. Rubbing the sleep away from his eyes he rolls over to the top of the ramp. He concentrates on the passage. “Something is there… just outside of my vision.” He whispers. “Don’t chase it like before.” Warns Leaffa. “Wouldn’t think it” says Piik as he pulls his battleaxe closer to himself and smirks. Piik stares and sure enough…. Goblins. The stupid things are trying the same trick again. Stupid goblins. This time Piik will not chase you outside. This time Piik will squish then wait. He smiles deeply and gathers his feet under his weight. “What is it Piik? What do you see?” whispers Gilfer. “STUPID GOBLINS!” the bugbear shouts as he charges down the ramp to get the small goblinoids. Instead of running they hold their ground and pull out swords and ready themselves for his charge. “LIGHT!” shouts Gilfer. Leaffa remembers the words and gestures for the spell. “Just a moment as she reaches over to touch his shield to finish the spell. At that moment, one goblin charges Piik. It ducks and rolls under him and charges forward. Its eyes burn red and it smiles. It drops to all fours and begins to grow. The torn and dirty clothes it wore melt into the body even as hair begins to sprout in its place. The face distorts into a short snout. Gilfer sees none of this except the eyes. “IT’S HERE! LIGHT!” He demands of Leaffa. She is about to touch the shield when the outsider plows into them. The spell is ruined and now Gilfer is certain he will die. Real fear begins to swell in his chest. (DM NOTE: Earlier the Barghest tried to cause fear again on Gilfer but he made his save. Good for you Tim!) The creature is toying with them. It attacks his shield striking it and pushing on it. It speaks in a harsh voice. Neither of the two understands it (Fiendish) but know it could not be something nice. Piik squishes the last of the goblins then wonders where the fast bugger went. He turns and his dark vision sees a hairy humanoid that seems unfocused attacking his friends. The Barghest he assumes. He charges up ready to defend his friends and make it squish. The Barghest has every advantage. It can see in the darkness where the Shifter and human can not. He has his best defensive spell activated creating a shifting image of himself making it very difficult to strike him. They lack magical weapons so their lucky strikes do little to no damage to him. Except for this one. The shifter. His blade causes harm as if magical. He dies first but slowly. The Barghest is enjoying the game so much he doesn’t hear Piik running up behind him. “HAH!” he yells with a toothed grin and a satisfying squish is heard as he drives his large battleaxe into the creature. Even with being able to ignore much damage from non-magical weapons this hurts! The Barghest howls in pain. At that moment Gilfer gets in a lucky strike. Suddenly the idea of attacking these creatures in the ruins didn’t seem like such a good idea. An Earth elemental slowly pours out of the cracks in the ruin walls and blocks the creatures exit. Leaffa is not satisfied with that however. She begins to summon more of nature’s allies. This creature must not escape. Piik misses his next attack but he is confident that he will kill it. Gilfer swings with his psionic blade of mental energy but misses. The Barghest causes a minor wound on him as a claw snakes around the shield and tears at his exposed sword arm. The elemental strikes him which hurts a little but a Dire Badger begins to materialize behind him. Piik misses again and curses. The Barghest comes to realize it is time to leave. It begins to summon up a Dimensional Door to leave the ruins but a summoned Hippogriff kicks out and shatters an arm. The Barghest howls in agony. Zeroing in on the sound Piik swings and the howl ends abruptly. The creature stops shimmering and drops to the floor. Piik hits it again. And once more just to be safe. “Harrgh!” Piik is proud of himself. “I am now Piik Barghest Killer!” His next strike takes off the head. The red eyes become pink and the creature is dead. “Tomorrow we return to the ranch and with this head we can prove to Vadalis that we have killed the creature.” Says Gilfer. [/QUOTE]
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