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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 3980495" data-attributes="member: 8530">Chapter 17, "Deeper into the castle of the enemy", July 15th, 1005, 12:00 A.M. The group finds a staircase heading downstairs at the northwest corner of the castle. At the bottom of the staircase is a lounge, with six goblins on guard duty. Klaaze, Hherrmyie and Lysdashi last into them. Mark charges after two that attempt to escape, stopping one, but the other makes his way out of the door. Tao, Lysdashi and Hherrmyie lead the party down a hall after the one who escaped. They soon find themselves in an armory. They no sooner enter the room when they are attacked by a eight war dogs and three worg wolves, all ridden by goblins. Tao tricks the dogs into following him to the opposite wall, and then pulls down a rack of chainmail armor on top of them. Lysdashi and Hherrmyie hold off the other foes until the remainder of the party manage to get into the room. Kharole throws daggers into the goblins, killing them. This confuses the worgs, who then become easier targets for the fighters in the party as well as the thief Natasha. The group moves on into the next room, which is a kennel that apparently housed the canines. The next room is an unoccupied bedchamber, which appears to be where the goblins came from. Beyond that is a room with four sleeping goblins. As the party enters the room the goblins awake, and run in opposite directions to the two far doors of the room. The goblins get through the doors before the party can stop them. Klaaze tries to break down the door that three escaped through, but it is apparently barred from the other side. Lysdashi and Hherrmyie charge down the corridor that the other one ran down, and then find themselves under heavy arrow fire fired from a human at the other end of the hall. They ignore the arrows and charge until they reach the man, who soon falls. The goblin surrenders. Kharole casts a "Charm" on the goblin, getting information from him that the King's bedchambers are on the lowest level of the castle. He says that he can't lead them there, as he has never been there himself. "Fine" says Klaaze, who then slices the goblin in half with his sword. The group moves on to the other door, which Klaaze busts down. They move through an empty banquet hall. They find themselves in a large "K" shaped room. Two humans are seen nearby, and Tao recognizes their attire as that of the evil monks. They are quickly killed by Natasha and Tao. The group moves on to a four-way intersection, where they run into the remainder of the Orange Squadrom (18 kobolds and 2 humans). Mark, Lysdashi and Hherrmyie charge into the group of ten kobolds. Klaaze takes on the human leader, an 8th level fighter. Phuddipeduzh takes on the other human. Kharole and Serita fight of the other eight kobolds. Klaaze gets hit for half of his hit points. Natasha sneaks up behind the man, and backstabs him. She hurts him, but not severely. He pivots around, and gets two good slashes into her. While this is happening, Klaaze repositions himself, and gets in a perfect hit on the man's sword arm, crippling him. Tao manages to then distract Phuddi's foe, allowing Phuddi to finish him off. Phuddi and Kharole then concentrate on the leader of this group. The surviving six kobolds that Serita is fighting pull back and grab javelins. As they get ready to thrown them at her the three half-elf fighters finish with their own foes. Serita dodges all but one of the javelins, and gets ready for a second volley. This volley never comes, as the enemies are cut down by arrows fired from the fighters. The combined effort of the others brings down the Captain of the Orange Squadron. The groups decided to pull back, as they are physically in no shape for yet another fight. Back in the "K" shaped room they run into a pair of monks. Mark and Serita draw the attention of the monks, as Natasha and Tao managed to ambush them from behind. The group hides the bodies. They soon find the entrance to the monks' classroom. Tao concludes that since it is the middle of the night it might be safe to spend the next few hours in this place. They post two of their party on guard duty, wearing monks robes. The group rests in the room uninterrupted for three hours, until disturbed by a knock on the door. Tao answers the door, seeing a group of ten hobgoblins with a human leader. The leader says that he needs to search the room for intruders. Tao tells the human "My students need their rest. Do not interrupt us again with your minor security problems." The patrol moves on. Tao lets the others sleep for another hour, then wakes them. Serita and Kharole study and regain their spells. While this is happening, Hherrmyie and Mark scout ahead. They find a secret panel in the wall, which is slid to the side to reveal a staircase going down to the next level. The group head down the stairs, coming out at a large room with twelve hobgoblins and four gnoll, all attired in purple uniforms. The party takes them by surprise. Phuddi, Mark, Klaaze and Lysdashi each charge a gnoll. Hherrmyie fires his bow at the hobgoblins, six of which also draw bows and fire back. Nat and Serita both get hit by stray arrows as they enter the room. Tao and Kharole are stuck on the staircase. The group soon manages to kill four hobgoblins and a gnoll, but they take heavy damage themselves. Phuddipeduzh order the group to retreat out a door near the stairs. The group charges through the door, down a hallway, and into a large room. The room appears to be used for furniture storage. It is also exit-less.</blockquote>

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