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Message: <blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 6291503" data-attributes="member: 9255">CREATION SCHEMASEGMENT 366“THE DRAGON MANIPULATOR” 4/18/14VULT  8,  999The full form of Breedaernxen rises before the three remaining adventurers.  The Huge Brass Dragon, a direct general to the Face of the False Moon, in charge of the Chaos Storms, towers above them.  “FINALLY WE MEET FACE TO FACE SO TO SPEAK.” Declares the unnatural dragon.“UNKNOWN TO YOU, I HAVE WATCHED ALL OF YOU IN THE RECENT PAST, ESPECIALLY YOU DWARF AND LANTERN.” The dragon unfolds its wings to create an impression of a larger sized foe. “ARCHER- YOU BEGAN AS A LOWLY WAYFINDER WITH THE DWARF IN AUNDAIR.  THROUGH HIS SON YOU DID MUCH TO ANNOY MY MASTER.  BUT ONLY ANNOY HIM.” If Jasyne is unnerved, he doesn’t show it.  He merely waits for the right moment- the signal. “JOHN PLAY, SON OF AUGUSTUS AND JOCASTA PLAY- THE KINGS SHIELD AND WAND HEADMASTERS.  BORN WITH INCREDIBLE TALENT FOR UNEXPECTED CHAOS.  MY MASTER GREATLY APPRECIATED YOU AND WAS AMUSED WATCHING YOU GROW.”“You just proved your first mistake dragon.   You are wrong.”  Declares Play.  He had recently (just before Glyder took him out of time in 997) that Augustus was not his true father…..The Massive dragon looks down with distain before moving on to Kim Elderich.  “AND YOU- YOU AND YOUR EFFORTS TO FIND AND ASSEMBLE THE GREAT AND AWESOME POWER THAT THE CREATION SCHEMA WAS, IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE.  I HAVE TAKEN GREAT CARE AND PLEASURE MANIPULATING YOUR HIRED HELP.  ESPECIALLY THE HALFLING CEDIOUS.   HE WAS SO CHAOTIC AND UNPREDICTABLE IT GAVE MY MASTER GREAT PLEASURE.   DID YOU KNOW HE YET LIVES BUT ON ANOTHER PLANE?”“What of it Dragon?” asks Kim debating what to do.“IT ADDS A CERTAIN SPICE TO THE ENTIRE RECIPE OF THE MASTER’S PLANS.  I HAVE MANIPULATED YOU, YOUR HIRELINGS AND EVEN THE OTHERS SEARCHING FOR THE PIECES.  DELAYING OR HELPING AS THE MASTER INSTRUCTED.   HE WANTED THE SCHEMA TO BE DELIVERED LATE IN THE YEAR 999.   THIS IS WHEN HE UNLEASHES HIS PLANS WORLD WIDE. ““What is this damned dragon talking about Kim?” demands Jasyne.“NONE OF YOU HAVE BEEN HOME IN A LONG TIME.  MUCH HAS HAPPENED IN KHORVAIRE.  WAR BETWEEN THE FIENDS AND AUNDAIR HAS BEGUN.   WAR BETWEEN DROAAM AND BRELAND WILL BEGIN SHORTLY.  A POWERFUL MYSTICAL…. PLANAR PERHAPS…. MASSIVE MAGICAL WARD HAS BEEN BROKEN A FEW MONTHS AGO.  THE ABERRATIONAL LORDS WILL BE RETURNING.   THE DRAGON FEAR WILL BE RELEASED AND THUS THE DOWNFALL OF CERTAIN AGENTS OF THE CHAMBER.   AND YOU- DEAR DWARF- SHORTLY WILL HAVE NO HOME.  IT WILL BE DESTROYED BY THE GREATEST EARTH AND WATER ELEMENTALS EVER ASSEMBLED- YOU MAY GIVE THANKS TO MY MASTER LATER….. MAYBE.” Says the dragon with suggested personal pride.The three of them look to each other.   Shook, disbelief and anger rise in all three.   “FOR BRELAND!” Calls out Play even as Kim and Jasyne follow his attack.   Play fires three arrows.  Two miss easily and the other strikes doing next to little damage.  Jasyne steps up releasing five arrows.  Two strike- the others either miss or crumble against The Brass Dragon’s armored hide.  Kim Elderich releases a Cone of Cold.  The dragon ducks avoiding much of it but not all.   Not that it truly matters as the natural resistance to spell effects erases it.  The Crazed and chaotic dragon laughs at their poor attempt to down him.    A magical smelly pit of acid rips open beneath Play but he easily evades it.   He looks down the pit into the bubbling acid and then back at the dragon.  It just got real.Play switches to his Wand of Magic Missiles… they do nothing.   “Can’t we go back to fighting international spies and assassins…..? I’m good at that- really good.”  Two more arrows from Jasyne hit annoying the dragon. Kim picks a small crusty stone from his pocket and crumbles it spreading the pieces onto the ground.  An earth elemental erupts and moves to attack the dragon. Little damage is done.  Breedaernxen easily destroys it with a sweep of its clawed arm.  “PATHETIC!”“My magic isn’t getting through his defenses.” Declares Kim.“Hate running away but…..” Says Play while he debates how to escape a dragon.“He must have a weak spot.”  Demands the archer as realizes another volley of arrows.  Many hit startling the dragon by the raw force ( 2 crits  ).   “Too me!” demands Kim as he removes a Cubic Gate he took from the White Dragon.   Kim presses a random side of the cube.   Black energy ripples as a form comes out.   The dragon has a new play thing to deal with.  A Large mutated creature with pincers and large eyes steps out.   “I don’t think so…” Kim depresses another side quickly even as the others grasp his shoulders.They are gone as the two evils of chaos begin to battle.</blockquote>

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