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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Morgaine" data-source="post: 198176" data-attributes="member: 2393">Gemma runs to wake the group as one of the goblins calls out to the “sentry” who should be standing at the cave entrance.  Deke does his best to imitate the high-pitch, gutteral tone in response.  “Who goes there?”  There is a pregnant silence as the goblins ponder Deke’s unusual accent and dialect.  Without warning, Deke fires a crossbow bolt at the creature and hits him in the thigh.  “It’s me!” screams the incredulous goblin, “Ow, that hurt!”  Deke fires a second shot that misses because of the shadows.  “Sorry,” he replies in the harsh tongue.  “What are you doing?  It’s m…” the goblin’s voice gurgles his final reply when a bolt from Borin’s crossbow sails into the creature’s throat.  Gemma has returned with the cavalry in tow and they are quickly readying themselves to face their midnight intruders.  Gemma quickly knocks two arrows that find their mark in the chest of the goblin in the back of the pack, who falls over silently into the underbrush.  Finally realizing they are under attack, the goblins begin loading their own crossbows for combat.  Kalina grasps her new avalanche slingshot and takes careful aim at the large, awkward creature with the goblins.  A giant boulder smashes into its side, creating a large gash.  Although it is dark, most of the party can see with just the moonlight to guide them.  And what they see frightens them immensely.  It is larger than the other ogres they have faced and reeks of rotting bog and sewerage.  Its tremendous arms drag along the ground, claw-like hands leaving trails on the ground behind it as it lumbers forward up the hill.  Even in the dark, they can see its long, snout-like nose and rubbery skin.  Most of the party concludes this is not an ogre.  Yet just what it is they are unable to discern.</blockquote>

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