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Message: <blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 6088024" data-attributes="member: 9255">JOHN PLAY“02 PLAY FOR THE MONEY”SEGMENT 44“DIRE WOLVES OF METROL”Vult 11  996“Comon- the light is starting to go.” Says Play as he moves forward through the quiet city.   Well- quiet until Vondal sneezes abruptly. And again.  And again.“WHAT is it with that sneezing dwarf?!?” grumbles Play.   “Stop being so sneezy!”“But I only sneeze like this when the month of…. Orlune…. Comes.”  Stumbles Vondal.   He looks down at a flower pot.    He points at it and sneezes.   “sniff…. How?”“I have an idea,” says John Play as he checks down an alley, “This would preserves the dead perfectly.   As if the day of Mourning had just happened.”“Yes.   I agree.” Says Balderk in a questioning voice.“So EVERYDAY is Orlune 20th…. When that damned flower blooms.”“O doe.” Says the sniffling dwarf.“It could be worse.”“No.  Loow there.” He says pointing.Play and the others look.  Snow growls.   Red eyes in the dark.  Then a growl.    A big boney dark colored dire wolf steps out of the darkness.“Look sharp guys.   They generally travel in packs.”And on cue many Dire Wolves come out of the shadows and form a pack.  The biggest one howls to the dark gray clouds and sky above then stares down the human and dwarves.“Sigh.  Not worth running.  They’ll just chase you down.”The lead wolf growls at a different rate and the others return the growl.“Here.  We.  Go……”  Play says as he reapplies his grip on his clubs.Play rushes up and thumps the lead wolf on the snout.  Drumark and Snow White follow him.  The wolves begin their attacks.  The bite and snap at Play but do not get him.   But their size concerns him.  They are like horses and box him in, they restrict his agile movement.  Adrik rushes up but like the other remaining dwarves; they are too far away to safely rush against the wolves.  That said, the spell casters begin to attack.  Vondal looks to strike them down with a Flame Strike.  The wolves feel the air open up above them and begin to leap aside as the portal blasts out magical flame.  The flames nearly strike Play.  Karson uses the flames at a spot to attack.  His barbarian nature allows him to meet the wolves quickly.  Balderk calls up searing light.  The combined powers of holy flame and burning light take one animal down.  Morrikane does a full run.  He is only nearing the wolves while in his heavy full plate.  Veit pulls out his wand and begins to blast away at the pack.   The fireball erupts within the center of the pack striking all but one dire wolf but the creatures are quick to move with the blast and little harm is done.Play spins and twirls and strikes the leader in the head many times.  Bloody drool seeps from its snout but with a dull growl it drops.  Drumark stabs the wolves repeatedly.  The wolves bit and growl but none harm the dwarves and human.  Adrik strikes the wolf in the shoulder then spins in the reverse direction and strikes the neck (crit!) and drops the large animal.  He howls a primal howl that unnerves Play a little.   Vondal strikes again with a pillar of magical flame.  With the animals starting to thin out only two are struck this time and with additional space they avoid the worst of it.  Karson charges a living wolf and uses the body of a dead burning one for height-he buries his war axe deep between the shoulder blades.  Balderk changes tactics thinking he may want the Searing Light spells for any undead that come so he pulls out his wand and goes to aim.  Morrikane misses as his cumbersome armor makes it hard to move up and around the dead bodies of other wolves.  The artificer uses another fireball.  It strikes all of the wolves and even kills the one Karson squarely struck.Play swings and strikes the head so hard the neck refuses to support it and it goes down.  Drumark and his animal companion follow-up and strike at another large boney wolf.  Adrik rushes up again and hits again.  His steel tooth shines in the dim light through his smile.  Vondal moves up both to support and get cover from the wolves and any new dangers.  Karson rushes up (ignoring the pain in his shoulder and upper arm) and attacks.  His efforts takes down a wounded wolf.  Balderk releases a Lightning bolt from his wand.  The wolf’s fur rises on end but little else.  Morrikane misses as more bodies hinder his actions.   Veit burns up more wolves.Play senses a change in the animal’s stance.  They are going to leave.  “boo!”   Drumark also sees the change and goes full defensive as the four dogs (one actively still burning) turn and run away howling and whining.With the wolves either dead or running, they make way to the Rail Station as quickly as Morrikane can.</blockquote>

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