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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Plane Sailing" data-source="post: 787938" data-attributes="member: 114">Clint snarls at the gnoll to his front, but is laughed at for his efforts while Dariol and Troy finish the remaining gnolls in the clearing. There is a moment of silence that seems to drag forever while they wait for someone to speak. The only voice heard is Fareena’s in the distance as she breathlessly calls forth eye-blinding smoke from the fires at Yebli’s feet. The gnoll disappears in the gloom and a sickening crunch from within tells them that a hard and angry blow has been landed. Does Vladimar still live? Alavarielle fells her opponent and runs round the still trapped hyena, seeking to close the range on the smoke cloud. Everyone is heading in the same direction when Yebli emerges from the roiling choke, running full pelt for the horizon, a dripping axe in her hands.Alavarielle stretches her fingers desperately, hurling a holding spell at the loping gnoll. The creature seems unaffected and it’s long legs take it quickly out of range as the party race to determine the fate of the hapless Vladimar. The smoke clears quickly, and Vladimar can be seen propped senseless against the wagon, a mighty cut clearly visible barely an inch above his head in the side of the wagon. Close call.Clint shrugs and moves off to search the leader gnoll, while Troy lifts Nikita down gently and plies him with a potion. Alavarielle summons a celestial hyena to kill it’s entangled counterpart while Dariol muses over the fact that he appears to have a rather friendly one at his heels. Vladimar is restored to the conscious world while Fareena consults on her tactics. Was that pyrotechnics alright everyone? Anyone upset by the sudden blindness ? Sorry, too far away to give a meaningful warning, perhaps a code-word next time? Alavarielle detects several points of magic, including the contents of a hard to find secret panel in one of the wagons.Clint takes an attractive black tooth necklace and a fine shortsword from the leader while Nikita helps explain the contents of the compartment. A scroll, a matching pair of rings a book, a pair of gloves and two potions are recovered. At first sight some 5000gold in trade goods appears to be salvageable. Not much from a wagon train with over 80,000gold worth on it. Nikita is mortified by the loss, but though he is now virtually owned by Vladimar, he is clearly happier to be alive, the sole survivor from his party. He kicks the inert form of the gnoll leader to vent his anger.Vladimar is keen to pack up and leave, so he drinks one of his potions, lifts skyward and flies off to the main caravan. Outriders reinforce the group before noon, and by nightfall the caravan is leaguered several miles further on. More goods are recovered than was immediately assessed, and overall Vladimar seems quite happy, though a little humbled.</blockquote>

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