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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 823057" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Game #10 - 3/06/03</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Chapter 32, “Interrogating the Gnome”, July 8th, 1019, 10:15 A.M.</strong> </p><p></p><p>Back on the roof, Kharole tosses a Dispel Magic onto Vincenzo to negate his Paralysis. This unfreezes him, but has the unfortunate side effect of also being the ‘trigger’ for his semi-aquatic form <em>(Acquired by Blip, Mark and Vinnie during Module #83, “Chariots of Water”)</em>. Narg glances over at the merman Vinnie, floundering around on the roof and says “Hey, Pasta Boy, what the hell do you think you’re doing?” Vinnie casts a Dispel Magic on himself, transforming back to human.</p><p></p><p>Serita notices that Wister is wearing an earring identical to the pair given to her by Kindor, and removes it from him. Having been informed an hour ago by Hiroshi that the earrings are actually a magical communication device, she asks the gnome “OK, who have you been talking to?” He answers “Nobody, I’ve just been listening.” “To ME!” she yells. “Yes,” he replies. “What’s going on?” asks Narg. Serita explains “My earrings are magical listening devices. He seems to have had one as well.” </p><p></p><p>The gnome interjects “Actually, you and I each had one from the only working pair, one of yours is just a replica.” “When did you switch it?” she asks. Wister replies “Over 40 years ago. Lord George didn’t like a woman his son was courting, so planned to have the son give the woman the earrings, and have me eavesdrop to find out information about her. That plan was never implemented, but I kept the other functional earring.” Narg states “So this little piece of excrement has been hearing everything we’ve said?” Serita replies “No, I only put them on a few days ago, and he would not have been able to hear our planning while inside of Kulp’s Castle. Still, I’m not very happy about this.” “About the eavesdropping or the fact that Kindor did re-gifting?” Vinnie asks. </p><p></p><p>Kharole suggests they continue the discussion inside. Vinnie levitates the two prisoners downward with Blip on her broom closely guarding them. Once in the building the gnome Wister announces “Bring me to Kindor so that he and I can negotiate.” The party are put-off with his unwillingness to talk to them, but send some soldiers off to go get Kindor. Timothy checks the auras of the prisoners, identifying the gnome as being neutral with good tendencies and the half-elf as being true neutral. Fiona suggests getting Vallessa, but Serita says “No, I do not want to open the door (to Kulp’s Castle) while the gnome is here.” </p><p></p><p>Narg questions Wister as to “What is it that you think would make Kindor want to negotiate.” The gnome states that he now has three of the actual items, plus replicas of all of the items, which they will soon want. He says, "I will give you my complete cooperation in return to one-third of the items. That’s a total of only six items, and I already have three.” Serita asks about the key. He tells them it is in a pocket inside his robe, explaining exactly where to Blip. As she reaches in to get it he warns her not to touch any other pockets, as some are trapped. </p><p></p><p>Mojo threatens to kill him, and get the information through Speak with Dead spells. Wister is appalled, saying “You threaten me? Fine, make that seven items instead of six. Further threats and the price will increase. I have great respect for your group, and have done you no harm, but there is a limit to my patience.” “Your Patience!” Serita yells, seconding Mojo’s suggestion to kill him. “How can you say you’ve done us no harm?” asks Fiona. Wister replies “We have used no weapons or any spells that cause permanent damage.” “No weapons? Your assistant had a sword,” Narg states. Wister says the sword was decorative, and not sharp enough to cut butter. They check the sword, finding that he is correct. </p><p></p><p>Kharole stops Narg from asking any more questions, and pulls him aside. She says “I should try my ESP during your questioning. Narg agrees, deciding that Timothy should simultaneously try a Detect Lie spell. The questioning resumes, with Narg asking “Which items? Obviously the Sphinx is one.” Wister answers “The Sphinx, the Rock Hammer of Bold Edgar, and one other”, with Kharole picking up that the other is “the orb”. Narg asks about where they items are stashed and what inn they are staying at. Wister says they are not staying at any inn, that he previously lived in the city for 30 years, and has friends to stay with. Timothy detects this as the first lie told thus far. Kharole picks up the name “Magical Stone Inn” from his thoughts. She also picks up something about items under the floorboards. </p><p></p><p>The group gets back together to discuss this. Narg suggests sending a team to the inn. Kharole suggests “Better send a thief, just in cast the floorboards are trapped.” Lannon decides to lead a team down to the Magical Stone Inn, which is a half-mile right down the street. He brings Furynick, Timothy and Ki-Geloryn with him, taking Ki’s carriage. </p><p></p><p>Kharole takes the half-elf aside to one of the room after casting both Charm Person and ESP. She finds out that his name is Dar, and that his main purpose is to help Wister escape once they are alone. This will be accomplished through items hidden under Dar’s wig. She returns to the party, informing Mojo “You’d better search him again, he’s wearing a wig. Just don’t make that discovery too obvious.” Mojo enters the side room and does as instructed, removing the man’s belt and patting him down, eventually getting to the hair. The dark wig and fake beard are then ripped off, revealing him to actually be an elf with short blond hair. Inside the wig are set of thieving tools and a set of darts. </p><p></p><p>Kindor and Colonel Tenbar arrive. They bring Kindor up to speed on what is going on. Wister begins to negotiate with the Lordholder, revealing for the first time that he now has the Orb of Kulp, which an associate of his has now had enough time to get far away. Narg yells out “What! This little piece of crap has got the Castle!” Serita screams “KILL HIM!” “Well, we at least now know that is the real Serita,” Vinnie comments. Blip heads upstairs to Mark to confirm this, with them being unable to get the magical door to activate. </p><p></p><p>Wister says “So, now you know why I am negotiating from a position of strength. It would be in your best interest to agree to my terms. I offer my complete co-operation in return for seven items.” “You can’t negotiate if you’re dead!” Serita yells at him. Several of the party pull Kindor aside, saying “Don’t agree to anything until we discover what Lannon finds.” The Lordholder replies “Fine, but I think it best that I now have Tenbar get the word out that the Jawlt acution preview will be postponed until at least tomorrow.” The Colonel departs to spread the word. </p><p></p><p>Narg thinks for a minute and says “That orb may not be as far away as we think. We still haven’t searched his robes.” Vincenzo says “I have an idea,” and casts a Locate Object. Rather than directing him towards the gnome the spell indicates that the orb is upward. With the spell still running, he and Cassie hurry outside and levitate up. They are directed towards a chimney as the spell ends. Cassie then does a Locate Object, soon finding the invisible orb. </p><p></p><p>The group decides to get the orb to the Wizard Derieki, in the town of Gelorynth, to recharge it. “I’ll fly it there,” Cassie states. “Fine, I’ll go too,” says Aradyn. Taking the key and orb they go saddle up her wyvern Maynard, and fly westward towards the coastal town. </p><p></p><p>Narg and Serita return to Wister for a game of good-cop, bad-cop. Narg says “Listen. I’ve been very patient with you up until now, in part because you used to work for my wife..” The gnome interrupts with “Why yes, Congratulations on that. I was going to send a gift but..” Narg interrupts “Shut up, listen, you’ve now got my wife and several other members of my party trapped inside the orb and that changes things.” “Just kill him now!” Serita yells. Narg says “I’ll turn you over to her unless you start talking.” “You’ve already heard my terms. Go discuss them with Kindor,” the gnome defiantly replies. </p><p></p><p>Serita then starts to blurt out threats, and mentions finding stuff on his assistant. Narg realizes that she is ‘loosing it’, and does not want her to inadvertently give away information about them having found the orb, getting Vinnie to drag her out of the room. Narg says “OK, so you know that we found the darts. You said you wouldn’t use weapons against us, so what exactly are those for?” Wister replies “I said I wouldn’t use weapons against the Silver Moon. I never said anything about not using any against prison guards in order to escape. Besides, the darts would only do a minimum amount of damage.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 823057, member: 8530"] [b]Game #10 - 3/06/03[/b] [B]Chapter 32, “Interrogating the Gnome”, July 8th, 1019, 10:15 A.M.[/B] Back on the roof, Kharole tosses a Dispel Magic onto Vincenzo to negate his Paralysis. This unfreezes him, but has the unfortunate side effect of also being the ‘trigger’ for his semi-aquatic form [I](Acquired by Blip, Mark and Vinnie during Module #83, “Chariots of Water”)[/I]. Narg glances over at the merman Vinnie, floundering around on the roof and says “Hey, Pasta Boy, what the hell do you think you’re doing?” Vinnie casts a Dispel Magic on himself, transforming back to human. Serita notices that Wister is wearing an earring identical to the pair given to her by Kindor, and removes it from him. Having been informed an hour ago by Hiroshi that the earrings are actually a magical communication device, she asks the gnome “OK, who have you been talking to?” He answers “Nobody, I’ve just been listening.” “To ME!” she yells. “Yes,” he replies. “What’s going on?” asks Narg. Serita explains “My earrings are magical listening devices. He seems to have had one as well.” The gnome interjects “Actually, you and I each had one from the only working pair, one of yours is just a replica.” “When did you switch it?” she asks. Wister replies “Over 40 years ago. Lord George didn’t like a woman his son was courting, so planned to have the son give the woman the earrings, and have me eavesdrop to find out information about her. That plan was never implemented, but I kept the other functional earring.” Narg states “So this little piece of excrement has been hearing everything we’ve said?” Serita replies “No, I only put them on a few days ago, and he would not have been able to hear our planning while inside of Kulp’s Castle. Still, I’m not very happy about this.” “About the eavesdropping or the fact that Kindor did re-gifting?” Vinnie asks. Kharole suggests they continue the discussion inside. Vinnie levitates the two prisoners downward with Blip on her broom closely guarding them. Once in the building the gnome Wister announces “Bring me to Kindor so that he and I can negotiate.” The party are put-off with his unwillingness to talk to them, but send some soldiers off to go get Kindor. Timothy checks the auras of the prisoners, identifying the gnome as being neutral with good tendencies and the half-elf as being true neutral. Fiona suggests getting Vallessa, but Serita says “No, I do not want to open the door (to Kulp’s Castle) while the gnome is here.” Narg questions Wister as to “What is it that you think would make Kindor want to negotiate.” The gnome states that he now has three of the actual items, plus replicas of all of the items, which they will soon want. He says, "I will give you my complete cooperation in return to one-third of the items. That’s a total of only six items, and I already have three.” Serita asks about the key. He tells them it is in a pocket inside his robe, explaining exactly where to Blip. As she reaches in to get it he warns her not to touch any other pockets, as some are trapped. Mojo threatens to kill him, and get the information through Speak with Dead spells. Wister is appalled, saying “You threaten me? Fine, make that seven items instead of six. Further threats and the price will increase. I have great respect for your group, and have done you no harm, but there is a limit to my patience.” “Your Patience!” Serita yells, seconding Mojo’s suggestion to kill him. “How can you say you’ve done us no harm?” asks Fiona. Wister replies “We have used no weapons or any spells that cause permanent damage.” “No weapons? Your assistant had a sword,” Narg states. Wister says the sword was decorative, and not sharp enough to cut butter. They check the sword, finding that he is correct. Kharole stops Narg from asking any more questions, and pulls him aside. She says “I should try my ESP during your questioning. Narg agrees, deciding that Timothy should simultaneously try a Detect Lie spell. The questioning resumes, with Narg asking “Which items? Obviously the Sphinx is one.” Wister answers “The Sphinx, the Rock Hammer of Bold Edgar, and one other”, with Kharole picking up that the other is “the orb”. Narg asks about where they items are stashed and what inn they are staying at. Wister says they are not staying at any inn, that he previously lived in the city for 30 years, and has friends to stay with. Timothy detects this as the first lie told thus far. Kharole picks up the name “Magical Stone Inn” from his thoughts. She also picks up something about items under the floorboards. The group gets back together to discuss this. Narg suggests sending a team to the inn. Kharole suggests “Better send a thief, just in cast the floorboards are trapped.” Lannon decides to lead a team down to the Magical Stone Inn, which is a half-mile right down the street. He brings Furynick, Timothy and Ki-Geloryn with him, taking Ki’s carriage. Kharole takes the half-elf aside to one of the room after casting both Charm Person and ESP. She finds out that his name is Dar, and that his main purpose is to help Wister escape once they are alone. This will be accomplished through items hidden under Dar’s wig. She returns to the party, informing Mojo “You’d better search him again, he’s wearing a wig. Just don’t make that discovery too obvious.” Mojo enters the side room and does as instructed, removing the man’s belt and patting him down, eventually getting to the hair. The dark wig and fake beard are then ripped off, revealing him to actually be an elf with short blond hair. Inside the wig are set of thieving tools and a set of darts. Kindor and Colonel Tenbar arrive. They bring Kindor up to speed on what is going on. Wister begins to negotiate with the Lordholder, revealing for the first time that he now has the Orb of Kulp, which an associate of his has now had enough time to get far away. Narg yells out “What! This little piece of crap has got the Castle!” Serita screams “KILL HIM!” “Well, we at least now know that is the real Serita,” Vinnie comments. Blip heads upstairs to Mark to confirm this, with them being unable to get the magical door to activate. Wister says “So, now you know why I am negotiating from a position of strength. It would be in your best interest to agree to my terms. I offer my complete co-operation in return for seven items.” “You can’t negotiate if you’re dead!” Serita yells at him. Several of the party pull Kindor aside, saying “Don’t agree to anything until we discover what Lannon finds.” The Lordholder replies “Fine, but I think it best that I now have Tenbar get the word out that the Jawlt acution preview will be postponed until at least tomorrow.” The Colonel departs to spread the word. Narg thinks for a minute and says “That orb may not be as far away as we think. We still haven’t searched his robes.” Vincenzo says “I have an idea,” and casts a Locate Object. Rather than directing him towards the gnome the spell indicates that the orb is upward. With the spell still running, he and Cassie hurry outside and levitate up. They are directed towards a chimney as the spell ends. Cassie then does a Locate Object, soon finding the invisible orb. The group decides to get the orb to the Wizard Derieki, in the town of Gelorynth, to recharge it. “I’ll fly it there,” Cassie states. “Fine, I’ll go too,” says Aradyn. Taking the key and orb they go saddle up her wyvern Maynard, and fly westward towards the coastal town. Narg and Serita return to Wister for a game of good-cop, bad-cop. Narg says “Listen. I’ve been very patient with you up until now, in part because you used to work for my wife..” The gnome interrupts with “Why yes, Congratulations on that. I was going to send a gift but..” Narg interrupts “Shut up, listen, you’ve now got my wife and several other members of my party trapped inside the orb and that changes things.” “Just kill him now!” Serita yells. Narg says “I’ll turn you over to her unless you start talking.” “You’ve already heard my terms. Go discuss them with Kindor,” the gnome defiantly replies. Serita then starts to blurt out threats, and mentions finding stuff on his assistant. Narg realizes that she is ‘loosing it’, and does not want her to inadvertently give away information about them having found the orb, getting Vinnie to drag her out of the room. Narg says “OK, so you know that we found the darts. You said you wouldn’t use weapons against us, so what exactly are those for?” Wister replies “I said I wouldn’t use weapons against the Silver Moon. I never said anything about not using any against prison guards in order to escape. Besides, the darts would only do a minimum amount of damage.” [/QUOTE]
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