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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CrazyGothBard" data-source="post: 1021598" data-attributes="member: 12311">More investigation, and a quick fight!For three bags of Dust of Disappearance, the hermit proved to be fairly informative.The caverns were said to be somewhere below an odd-shaped mountain known as Iggwilv’s Horn.  Iggwilv was a sorceress from long ago, now deceased (“Let’s  hope she stays that way!” muttered Wren).  The caverns were a powerful magical nexus, which was so strong that magical effects in the area had a tendency to be drawn down into it.  The hermit was less able to advise on current events, apart from being aware of, and afraid of, the clan of frost giants that were higher up in the mountains.  Cassra suggested that the group investigate the giants.  They bade farewell to the hermit, with Shani using her sorcery to cast Invisibility on Skyr, Wren and herself, as Cassra first cast the Message spell, then teleported them to a spot near the location of the giant clan based on Skyr’s description of the area.  They arrived amidst some trees, with a good view of the large clearing where several frost giants were preparing a meal which appeared to be roasting large chunks of meat on skewers over a large fire.  There were sounds of other giants coming from within a large cave on the other side of the clearing.  The largest frost giant was overseeing the cooking process, and had a relatively small white dragon perched on his shoulder.  The adventurers whispered plans to each other for a bit, when suddenly Wren heard something.  “What’s that noise?”There was a strange bubbling sound coming from the ground beneath them.  Cassra cast the Fly spell and grabbed Wren, while Skyr instinctively grabbed Shani around the waist and used his boots of levitation to ascend to an overhead branch.  From beneath where the bard had been standing, the ground steamed and melted as a five foot long wormlike creature glowing with heat burst through the ground and launched itself up at the levitating pair.  This attracted the attention of the frost giant jarl, and he looked towards the area of the disturbance.  “THE THOQQUA FELT SOMETHING!” he bellowed.The adventurers held their positions perched in trees and comfortable in their invisibility.  Then the jarl cast a spell, which enabled Cassra to identify him as a sorcerer.  As for the spell, the sorcerer pointed directly at Skyr, and bellowed again.  “YOU THERE!  I SEE YOU!  IF YOU COME DOWN, I KILL YOU!  IF YOU STAY IN TREE, DRAGON KILL YOU!  YOU MAKE CHOICE NOW, I’M HUNGRY!”“Let me think about it, alright?” said Skyr, making himself visible in order to provide a distraction for his friends.  Half a dozen more frost giants came out of the cave, making a total of thirteen.  Skyr held up both hands like claws and waved them over his head, mock-menacingly. “By the power of the Moon goddess, I command you. Flee!”Eight of the giants panicked and ran back into their cave.  The Jarl looked a bit perturbed, and so wasn’t expecting Cassra to appear and charm him.“There’s no need for roughness,” she said calmly but loudly, making sure everyone could hear.“NO NEED FOR ROUGHNESS!  NICE BLUE GIRL SAYS SO!” the Jarl bellowed.  The giants that hadn’t fled lowered their weapons.“I just want to ask you some questions, if that’s alright?” asked Cassra politely.“That’s alright, I want to give you answers,” said the Jarl loudly, but at least he had stopped bellowing.“We’re looking for a mountain called Iggwilv’s Horn.  Have you heard of it?”“No. Are you friends with scary man up there?” said the Jarl, pointing at Skyr.  “I DON’T LIKE HIM!” he bellowed again.“Yes, he is a friend.  He’s not scary very often if you get to know him,” replied Cassra. “The mountain we’re looking for is shaped like a horn.  Is that more familiar to you?”“Oh, Horn Mountain!” exclaimed the Jarl, pleased to be helping his new friend.  “Four thousand strides south of the fork in the mountain pass!”“Thanks, you’re very helpful,” said Cassra. “How about if you and your friends go check on the others in the cave?”“Alright.  If  you go to Horn Mountain, be careful.  It’s a strange place.  Magic goes down!” said the Jarl, as he walked into the cave.“OK, that’s all we need to know,” said Wren over the message spell.  “Let’s kill the monsters and get going.”Cassra turned away from the Jarl to talk via Message.  “But…they’re not affecting anyone!  Why don’t we just put signs up warning travelers to keep away?”Shani disagreed. “They’re evil!  What do you think they’re cooking on the skewers?  We have to kill them before they kill anyone else!”Cassra looked up to Skyr standing in the tree.  “Don’t you think we can just leave them alone?”Skyr looked from Cassra to Shani, and back, and weighed up the options briefly. “Hmmm…he was going to kill me.  I’ll show him how scary I am!”He turned towards the Jarl. “Hey you, big chief!  Die painfully by the wrath of the Moon Goddess!”The Jarl met his Destruction, exploding in a burst of silver fire. His shoulder dragon familiar was startled to lose its master so suddenly, and fell to the ground.  Now that the decision had finally been made, Shani hasted herself and jumped down to engage the other two giants, swinging her naginata skillfully.  Wren cast Expeditious Retreat and leapt out of his tree and straight into the giants’ cave, which echoed with the thunder of his Stormbrand.  Cassra sighed heavily, and then cast Horrid Wilting on the remaining giants and the dragon, felling it and seven of the giants in one go.  Skyr took his time levitating down to the ground.  The Horrid Wilting enabled Shani and Wren to finish off the remaining giants quickly.  Afterwards, in the back of the cave they found the bodies of a man, woman and children dressed in the manner of the primitive tribesmen they had scried upon elsewhere in the mountains.  Skyr looked at Cassra, and decided it was best to just change the subject. “Let’s just get going.  We’ve got at least eight thousand strides to go, how about we fly there?”Coming up next: Hot girl-on-girl action!  But not what you’re thinking…<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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