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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guido" data-source="post: 1256619" data-attributes="member: 15515">Droog and Llewellyn plummet to the floor, eyes widening in horror as caltrops spew out of a slot at the base of the wall below. They thud into the ground, impaling themselves badly but amazingly escaping the poison coating. A heavy sounding double thump vibrates through the rock from somewhere above. No-one wants to investigate. Badly bruised but otherwise only shaken, the two warriors stand, pat each other down and start sweeping the caltrops aside for their companions who stare down in surprised shock from above.Without warning, a massive crystal javelin slams into Droog, and another, this one impaling clean through the body. The third one thankfully misses. At the same time a small arrowhawk appears in front of Llewelyn and flaps over him, electrical sparks crackling down to burn him through his armour. A huge minotaur has appeared at the right-hand exit, its chest encased in a vast crystal breastplate, axe in one hand, javelins appearing as if by magic in the other.Undeterred, Droog bites back the pain and charges forward to strike down this foes, his trusty blade rocking the creature back on its hooves. The party open up from the edges of the former balcony way above with spells and missiles, some of them striking true. A Dire ape appears behind Droog as another arrowhawk pops into existence in front of Llewelyn. This is getting out of hand. Droog trades blows with the Minotaur who has swapped to a huge white hafted greataxe. Troy’s confusion spell momentarily throws it but it recovers and the axeblade crashes down on Droog’s head, splitting him to the skull. He falls dying to the floor. The helpless party rages at the opening, spells and missiles raining down on arrowhawks and minotaur both. The axe bearing monster receives a dispel from somewhere behind him in the gloomy strairwell.  Llewelyn hews hopelessly at the arrowhawks, wounding one but taking more back, and takes a crystal javelin in the flank to add to his woes. Another minotaur appears at the left hand entrance and summons electrical elemental power from thin air onto Fareena who sends a dispelling spell back that crackles round myriad defences but has no apparent effect. A flapping fiendish monster appears in front of the party, reaching out with it’s claws but fortunately missing. Apparently renewed, the great axe-bearer charges down on Llewelyn. The sturdy paladin stands his ground but is cut down with ease. The shocked party stare down at the destruction in horror. Two down! The dire ape stoops and picks up Droog’s bleeding corpse like a toy, viciously biting him in the head. It seems curious at the taste.The arrowhawk flaps up to zap Fareena, but Wanda’s faithful scamp scurries forth to nip her ankle and release a welcome healing spell. Fareena spends some power on personal defences. More electrical fire lashes down but Troy’s reflexes save him from most of the pain, and he tosses back a glitterdust spell that forces the beast back rubbing its eyes. Troy sends one of the hovering hawks to its doom as Clint sends shaft after shaft into the Minotaur below. Gwayne takes shots at the hovering creatures, occasional hits sinking into flapping foes with satisfying thuds. The Dire ape wanders away up the right hand exit with Droog’s limp and apparently dead body and out of sight.</blockquote>

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