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Message: <blockquote data-quote="shilsen" data-source="post: 2821132" data-attributes="member: 198">Written by AviLazar - 11/14/05After fleeing from the battle with the zombies we continue along our path being guided by Menna.  We do not have anymore encounters and we then reach the end of the road, where Menna will not lead any further.  She gives us directions to where we need to go, and then asks for payment.  I tell her I will pay when we return and she seems upset about this.  Nameless then takes a jibe at me, as usual, and pays her then tells Menna he will pay her again if she remains.  We send Valin in first, who is at first not happy.  Lothas jibes at him and tells him that he is the one skilled to do so and should just do it.We take our time, keeping our lights low or completely off but finally come to an area that opens up into a huge cavern, where a stone building is located.  I ask Valin to go scout ahead, and Six then volunteers to go also – which I was a bit surprised about.  They go and spy a room and hear some voices inside, though they are not sure how many and what type though they believe it is gnollish in origin.We then formulate a plan, using Lalia’s suggestion, having those who are stealthier go up and wait to go in.  After the group advances for a while I hear some howling and then followed by a casting of a spell.  I had an arrow knocked and ready to shoot at any target that appears inside the room.  Luna and Six work together to break the door and then two gnolls and a wolf appear.  I cannot get a good shot at the wolf, so I target the one gnoll with a longbow and launch an arrow into his chest.  I run towards the battle.  Narik charging by my side, eager to enter the fray screams battle cry after battle cry.A battle ensues, which seems to go in our favor and then a door opens with four gnolls waiting, just like before, two with axes and behind them two with longbows.  Nameless was ready for this and launches a web spell at them which hinders them.  Luna was able to dominate one of the wolves who help us dispatch the gnolls.  I enter the fray, finally after catching up; I am able to take care of the remaining wolf – assisted with some disgusting bison which I can only assume that Nameless has summoned.  Note:  Nameless was grinning from ear to ear, and especially smiling at me.  All I can say is I am glad it is not a fiendish bison, though what that thing is well its pretty disgusting.  We dispatch the monsters, and finish off our dominated wolf and search the rooms very quickly.  We enter a large room and I see a gnoll staked to the wall and gutted.  It is barely alive and I start to question it.  Luna tries to kill it and I quickly block her.  The first thought in her head is to always kill and I wish she and the rest of the group would halt on those notions.  Sometimes we need to question our opponents.  The gnoll, however, in his state of delirium provides no information and I end up gutting him in the throat with my sword.We search the side rooms, seeing some bed’s and one sized for a minotaur – though no Kizmet.  We prepare to head into a maze, following the left wall, and then come to huge chamber.  There are three tunnels and on one of the tunnels is written “Freedom” in blood.  We figure this is a trap, but I figure this is where we want to go anyhow – as our adversary is probably there.  Six and Luna go to the door to inspect it and then it is slammed crashed open knocking Luna on her back.I first see four large chests and standing above them was a very…very…large “TROLL” screams everyone.  I quickly yell “Form in a semi circle, let him come to us and we can surround him” but Narik does not listen and he runs up.  Committing us to a bad position we all follow up to support Narik.  Lalia runs up to stand beside him, and I yell to Six “Step back so I can have your spot” which Six does after the Troll works him over a bit. I run up, standing to the right of Lalia, getting some cover from the door.  Six is then healed, slightly, by Corven.  Then Six tries to trip the troll, but is unsuccessful.  We do a lot of damage to it, some from fire and acid, the rest from our weapons which it regenerates.  Just as the battle seems to be going our way, I hear a loud thud as Nameless’ body is flung to the ground and I notice his assailant is the minotaur who yells at us “Fools! You have entered the maze of Bhorak and now you will never leave!” This does not look good.  With Nameless, and thusly his haste spell, gone we are in big trouble.  The troll, in its happiness, lands some significant hits on Lalia, rending her and knocking her unconscious.  In a fit of anger, and with all my might I summon a smite and a divine might and deeply cut into the troll.  Nameless summons a bison and places it between him and the minotaur.  This serves as nothing more then a small distraction as the minotaur destroys the Bison and then works on Nameless.  After Nameless is brought back to consciousness, I shout “The haste spell, use the haste spell” and Nameless does so speeding us up.  The troll then grabs Narik and uses him as a club to hit Corven.  Seeing this disastrous event I summon all my strength, summon divine might and smite the troll, embedding my sword deeply into its body.  The troll drops to the ground and then Luna drops a lightning bolt on it to ensure it stays down.  Realizing that I have time for one more quick attack, I again drive my sword into the troll, as it’s wounds are regenerating.  I get a shout from Lothas “It will not regenerate for a while, concentrate on the minotaur”.The next chance I get I pull Lalia from the fray and give her a potion to wake her up.  The battle proceeds and I stand atop Lalia, guarding her from any would-be attackers.  Then the minotaur charges into me and I drop from consciousness.After the battle I awake, startled by the hairy sight of Luna, only to tilt my head slightly to the left, I smile as I see Lalia.  I am related the rest of the battle, and grumble as I find out that Luna decided to kill the minotaur instead of questioning it.  Again, with the killing before we get everything we need.  Can’t people wait a few minutes before slaughtering?  We search the chests, and I eagerly wait and hope to find Kizmet.  While we find a great deal of money, the payroll of Daask, Kizmet is not there.Six starts to compose a letter “Stay out of our area, and we will stay out of ours.  We are now even. Boromar”.  This letter gets a few chuckles out of everyone.I comment to everyone, “This battle was the hardest we have ever encountered – ever, and at one point most of us were dying.  We survived because we worked as a team, nobody seeking the glory all to themselves, and everyone working hard to keep everyone else up.  I was able to revive Lalia, and a few rounds later I went down, but at least she was up to take my place.  I think with this valuable lesson, we can defeat any opponent we encounter.”  Thinking for a second, “Though I did take down that Troll, pretty damn well if I say so myself.”</blockquote>

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