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<blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 4162311" data-attributes="member: 1210"><p>Everything is chaos and confusion. </p><p></p><p>Rock, scales and dirt fly everywhere. Pieces of wiring and metal bits of the strange apparatus rain down as Copperdeath the dragon animates in a horrifying parody of life. Our heroes fall back momentarily in horror, but the enemy doesn’t slow down at all. Sarsaparilla keeps shooting her bow, but the arrows snap off of Nara’s breastplate. </p><p></p><p>The carcass of Copperdeath leans over and snaps a bite down on Yip. The monk has not had a chance to recover his balance from the dragon’s sudden animation, and he is ill-prepared for its bite. It lifts him in the air, crunching into his little kobold body with relish. Teeth as long as a human’s finger pierce Yip’s abdomen and back, applying crushing force. He is killed instantly- and nearly bitten in half!</p><p></p><p>“We shouldn’t be fighting! Please!!” implores Banjo, once again. “Surrender! Just... stop fighting!”</p><p></p><p>“Yes!” Queffe shouts. “We <em>should</em> stop fighting! Get your people to stop shooting at us, and we’ll sheathe our weapons and we can talk about this!”</p><p></p><p>But Sarsaparilla keeps firing, this time sticking an arrow in Ari’s arm. “Ow!” the druid exclaims. He glares at her, but turns towards Baird Peachtree. <em>He’s older, wiser- the chef- he must be the one in charge of the combat team.</em> He casts <em>flame strike,</em> blasting the mystic chef with white-hot flame. Baird gives a hoarse cry, but he ignores the druid, instead targeting Nara with a <em>heat metal.</em> Fortunately for her, she resists the effect.</p><p></p><p>Then she feels her body stiffen for a moment. From nowhere, a blue-skinned goblin appears in the corner of the room. Nara shakes her head and throws off the <em>brain lock</em>. “I’ll get to you,” she promises.</p><p></p><p>“Nobody else wants to talk,” Queffe laments. She breaks off negotiations by shooting Taylee with her crossbow. </p><p></p><p>“Not true!” cries Nara. “I do! I agree with Banjo, we need to stop fighting! There are more important things at stake here!”</p><p></p><p>Benjy remains in the apparatus, unresponding. But the rampage of Copperdeath is only beginning. Everyone scatters as it crashes forward again- everyone except Jawbreaker. Refreshed by a <em>heal</em> from Erasmuz, he roars and stands his ground, swinging his axe at the dragon with tremendous force. The two melee for a moment, inflicting terrible wounds on each other. He grunts in dismay when Sarsaparilla starts feathering him with arrows while he’s engaged, and he struggles to throw off a mental hammerblow by the blue goblin, Mongrobbe, crouching in the corner. This sneaky assault is the final straw, and with a booming roar, Jawbreaker morphs into bear from!</p><p></p><p>The two sides keep exchanging missile and spell fire across the rampaging dragon, which tears into Nara. It doesn’t seem to be following any kind of strategy, but rather choosing targets randomly. This keeps it from focusing on the wounded Jawbreaker, and allows him to fall back to receive yet more healing. Then, rather than resuming his attack on the dragon, he charges over towards Mongrobbe while Ari blasts the wyrm with a <em>flame strike.</em></p><p></p><p>That thing sure is tough. It takes the damage and keeps on going.</p><p></p><p>The blue, on the other hand, is more fragile. He squeaks in dismay as the bear-shaped Jawbreaker reaches him. Mongrobbe tries to step away and initiate a power, but Jawbreaker steps right after him.* Sweating and nervous, now, Mongrobbe focuses all his concentration and manages to initiate an <em>energy burst</em> without dropping his guard. Flames spew out, catching Jawbreaker, Queffe and Copperdeath. Jawbreaker toughs out the worst of it, but it’s almost all that Queffe can take. </p><p></p><p>“Dammit!!” swears Naomi, firing another <em>energy bolt</em> at the wyrm. “That’s <em>my</em> trick, goblin! Now I’m gonna have to eat you!”</p><p></p><p>Jawbreaker seems to agree. With another loud roar, he rears up and falls upon Mongrobbe, tearing him to pieces!</p><p></p><p>Nara manages to dart forward and retrieve Yip’s corpse. The wyrm swats at her as she passes by, but then it turns- and attacks Taylee! She tries to tumble away, but it swats her down with a claw, then mauls her horribly with the other. Still gripping her with that claw, it leans forward and bites her sloppily in half. </p><p></p><p>“TAYLEE!” screams Banjo in horror.</p><p></p><p>“Now you see what you’ve done?” Erasmuz shouts at the Peachtree forces.</p><p></p><p>Nara whirls to face the immobile, yet somehow malign, form of Benjy Peachtree. He is still suspended in the air by the wires and fixtures of the strange apparatus that he was held in. His eye patch has fallen askew in the chaos, and his empty eye socket- the one shot out, so long ago, by Airhead Ed, one of our heroes at the time and the start of <em>all of this</em>- his empty eye socket isn’t so empty after all. </p><p></p><p>A small fleck of stone has embedded itself in the socket. From it strobes a brilliant white light.</p><p></p><p>Nara casts <em>shatter</em> on the stone. There is a high-pitched noise for an instant, like crystal vibrating, but nothing further happens. <em>It resisted!</em> the prophet thinks. <em>Well, fortunately, I prepared for this!</em> And she casts another <em>shatter.</em> This time, the fragment of crystal virtually vaporizes. Blood sprays from Benjy’s head and he screams and spasms- the first noise or movement that he has made since our heroes entered this place- and collapses out of the apparatus, falling heavily to the ground.</p><p></p><p>The dead dragon gives a mighty, angry roar. It rears back, ready to continue its rampage. “Enough is enough!” declares Ari. He casts <em>baleful polymorph</em> on the dragon- and to his surprise, it works! Suddenly, instead of a rampaging dragon, the party is faced with a large koi out of water. </p><p></p><p>“Please, she was my wife,” pleads Banjo. “Is she not enough of a sacrifice? Let us have peace!”</p><p></p><p>“Peace!” shouts Federico. </p><p></p><p>“Peace!” shouts Queffe.</p><p></p><p>Naomi blasts the koi, which is busily flopping around, with a <em>fireball</em>. Which just happens to catch both Sarsaparilla and Baird. The Master Chef gasps and drops to the ground. “Peace!” the hideously obese elementalist burps.</p><p></p><p>Sarsaparilla cries, “All right! Put your weapons down and come out, and we’ll talk!”</p><p></p><p>“Oh thank you,” sobs Banjo. “Thank you, thank you, thank you. It’s not too late. It’s not too late.”</p><p></p><p>Nara straps her morningstar back to her back and hurries forward to tend to Benjy, already beginning her <em>regenerate</em> prayer.</p><p></p><p><em><strong>Next Time:</strong></em> The Cornbread Run! </p><p> </p><p></p><p>*JB has a custom feat called Lock-Step, which lets you “follow” an enemy’s 5’ step.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="the Jester, post: 4162311, member: 1210"] Everything is chaos and confusion. Rock, scales and dirt fly everywhere. Pieces of wiring and metal bits of the strange apparatus rain down as Copperdeath the dragon animates in a horrifying parody of life. Our heroes fall back momentarily in horror, but the enemy doesn’t slow down at all. Sarsaparilla keeps shooting her bow, but the arrows snap off of Nara’s breastplate. The carcass of Copperdeath leans over and snaps a bite down on Yip. The monk has not had a chance to recover his balance from the dragon’s sudden animation, and he is ill-prepared for its bite. It lifts him in the air, crunching into his little kobold body with relish. Teeth as long as a human’s finger pierce Yip’s abdomen and back, applying crushing force. He is killed instantly- and nearly bitten in half! “We shouldn’t be fighting! Please!!” implores Banjo, once again. “Surrender! Just... stop fighting!” “Yes!” Queffe shouts. “We [i]should[/i] stop fighting! Get your people to stop shooting at us, and we’ll sheathe our weapons and we can talk about this!” But Sarsaparilla keeps firing, this time sticking an arrow in Ari’s arm. “Ow!” the druid exclaims. He glares at her, but turns towards Baird Peachtree. [i]He’s older, wiser- the chef- he must be the one in charge of the combat team.[/i] He casts [i]flame strike,[/i] blasting the mystic chef with white-hot flame. Baird gives a hoarse cry, but he ignores the druid, instead targeting Nara with a [i]heat metal.[/i] Fortunately for her, she resists the effect. Then she feels her body stiffen for a moment. From nowhere, a blue-skinned goblin appears in the corner of the room. Nara shakes her head and throws off the [i]brain lock[/i]. “I’ll get to you,” she promises. “Nobody else wants to talk,” Queffe laments. She breaks off negotiations by shooting Taylee with her crossbow. “Not true!” cries Nara. “I do! I agree with Banjo, we need to stop fighting! There are more important things at stake here!” Benjy remains in the apparatus, unresponding. But the rampage of Copperdeath is only beginning. Everyone scatters as it crashes forward again- everyone except Jawbreaker. Refreshed by a [i]heal[/i] from Erasmuz, he roars and stands his ground, swinging his axe at the dragon with tremendous force. The two melee for a moment, inflicting terrible wounds on each other. He grunts in dismay when Sarsaparilla starts feathering him with arrows while he’s engaged, and he struggles to throw off a mental hammerblow by the blue goblin, Mongrobbe, crouching in the corner. This sneaky assault is the final straw, and with a booming roar, Jawbreaker morphs into bear from! The two sides keep exchanging missile and spell fire across the rampaging dragon, which tears into Nara. It doesn’t seem to be following any kind of strategy, but rather choosing targets randomly. This keeps it from focusing on the wounded Jawbreaker, and allows him to fall back to receive yet more healing. Then, rather than resuming his attack on the dragon, he charges over towards Mongrobbe while Ari blasts the wyrm with a [i]flame strike.[/i] That thing sure is tough. It takes the damage and keeps on going. The blue, on the other hand, is more fragile. He squeaks in dismay as the bear-shaped Jawbreaker reaches him. Mongrobbe tries to step away and initiate a power, but Jawbreaker steps right after him.* Sweating and nervous, now, Mongrobbe focuses all his concentration and manages to initiate an [i]energy burst[/i] without dropping his guard. Flames spew out, catching Jawbreaker, Queffe and Copperdeath. Jawbreaker toughs out the worst of it, but it’s almost all that Queffe can take. “Dammit!!” swears Naomi, firing another [i]energy bolt[/i] at the wyrm. “That’s [i]my[/i] trick, goblin! Now I’m gonna have to eat you!” Jawbreaker seems to agree. With another loud roar, he rears up and falls upon Mongrobbe, tearing him to pieces! Nara manages to dart forward and retrieve Yip’s corpse. The wyrm swats at her as she passes by, but then it turns- and attacks Taylee! She tries to tumble away, but it swats her down with a claw, then mauls her horribly with the other. Still gripping her with that claw, it leans forward and bites her sloppily in half. “TAYLEE!” screams Banjo in horror. “Now you see what you’ve done?” Erasmuz shouts at the Peachtree forces. Nara whirls to face the immobile, yet somehow malign, form of Benjy Peachtree. He is still suspended in the air by the wires and fixtures of the strange apparatus that he was held in. His eye patch has fallen askew in the chaos, and his empty eye socket- the one shot out, so long ago, by Airhead Ed, one of our heroes at the time and the start of [i]all of this[/i]- his empty eye socket isn’t so empty after all. A small fleck of stone has embedded itself in the socket. From it strobes a brilliant white light. Nara casts [i]shatter[/i] on the stone. There is a high-pitched noise for an instant, like crystal vibrating, but nothing further happens. [i]It resisted![/i] the prophet thinks. [i]Well, fortunately, I prepared for this![/i] And she casts another [i]shatter.[/i] This time, the fragment of crystal virtually vaporizes. Blood sprays from Benjy’s head and he screams and spasms- the first noise or movement that he has made since our heroes entered this place- and collapses out of the apparatus, falling heavily to the ground. The dead dragon gives a mighty, angry roar. It rears back, ready to continue its rampage. “Enough is enough!” declares Ari. He casts [i]baleful polymorph[/i] on the dragon- and to his surprise, it works! Suddenly, instead of a rampaging dragon, the party is faced with a large koi out of water. “Please, she was my wife,” pleads Banjo. “Is she not enough of a sacrifice? Let us have peace!” “Peace!” shouts Federico. “Peace!” shouts Queffe. Naomi blasts the koi, which is busily flopping around, with a [i]fireball[/i]. Which just happens to catch both Sarsaparilla and Baird. The Master Chef gasps and drops to the ground. “Peace!” the hideously obese elementalist burps. Sarsaparilla cries, “All right! Put your weapons down and come out, and we’ll talk!” “Oh thank you,” sobs Banjo. “Thank you, thank you, thank you. It’s not too late. It’s not too late.” Nara straps her morningstar back to her back and hurries forward to tend to Benjy, already beginning her [i]regenerate[/i] prayer. [i][b]Next Time:[/b][/i][b][/b] The Cornbread Run! *JB has a custom feat called Lock-Step, which lets you “follow” an enemy’s 5’ step. [/QUOTE]
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