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Message: <blockquote data-quote="spacehulkster" data-source="post: 2451069" data-attributes="member: 13070">Who's the Hero?As the three round a bend in the cavern, they catch site of the tree and the figures around it.  They are startled at the site and are not the first to act.“Welcome,” Belak embellishes, “come join us.  You can bury your worries here.  Your friends here will soon have a new life and a peace that goes with that.”“I think this ones gone mad,” whispers Carthax.  “Don’t start anything yet, I want to get closer,” he says noticing the low wall just ahead.  Milo and Vern recognize his motive and the three pick up the pace to get as close to the wall as possible.Vern chimes in trying to distract the druid, “And what kind of New Life will this be?  Will we be able to think for ourselves, eat what we want, see things in a clearer light?  And what about…..”Belak holds his hand up to silence the questioning gnome, “Come closer and find out friends.  See for yourselves.”  With the last statement he cast Entangle upon the ground where the three stand, just short of the wall.  Not waiting to see if the hero’s are caught in the Entanglement, Belak orders his goblins to assault the would-be rescuers.  Felix frantically flies, invisibly, towards the tree.  He spots the kobold, Meepo, lying on the ground next to a pile of weapons.  He notices that the kobold seems to be barely alive.  He gives the kobold a swift kick as he flies past.  Felix lands in front of Elric, who seems groggy and coming out of unconsciousness.  Felix quickly pokes him and whispers, “Time to wake up.”  Elric begins to snap out of it.  Felix then moves on to Valen, and starts cutting the rope.Back to the Entangled rescuers.Flames fly from Vern's hands as he burns a path for his friends towards the wall.Milo is able to slowly work his way to the low wall.  But Vern and Carthax are caught in another of Belaks Entangle spells and stand bravely casting spells of their own.   As the goblins come running, from their hiding place, Carthax is able to cast an Entanglement spell of his own and it slows all four goblins and bugbear.  Unfortunately for the them the Twig-blights are immune to the spell and they quickly close in to melee.Vern is able to dispatch one with Magic Missiles.  He is then hit with the same spell from the female wizard.The goblins and Carthax exchange javelins and spears, while Milo begins to pelt the druid and wizard with sling stones.  Meepo, staggers up and grabs the first weapon nearest him, his crossbow.  Felix, risking being caught, slaps Valen and Pudge awake and yells at them to fetch their weapons.  Belak whirls around to find that only Thalez is still asleep and tied to the tree.  He cast an Entangle spell, hoping to catch the three freed foes, but Elric is able to jump clear.Felix, now confident flies up and shoots an arrow into the female.  Combined with a Magic Missile from Vern, she collapses. Belak now orders his familiar Kulket to cast the spell he prepared beforehand.  The large toad jumps clear of the tree and lands within 5 feet of Milo, but before the spell go off, the toad slumps to the ground dead, a quarrel squarely protruding through its abdomen.  Milo nods acknowledgement towards Meepo, to which he returned a gesture he can only surmise as “your welcome” from the kobold.Valen is able to reach his bow and begins taking the goblins out.  Poor Pudge stands entangled, rage filling his every being.  Somehow, Carthax and the bugbear have managed to work their way towards each other and stand toe to toe.They exchange thrust and jabs at each other, until Elric sneaks up on the flank of the bugbear and dispatches it.Now its just Belak and a few of his Twig-Blights left.  Vern is cut to pieces by three of the creatures, his body lies entwined within the vines and undergrowth around him.  Milo rushes to his aid and stops the bleeding.Belak is able to Entangle Valen, while 2 Twig-Blights start shredding him.  But Valen bravely fends them off.Somehow, Elric, Carthax and Felix are able to destroy what allies Belak had left.  Pudge, now able to move, quickly grabs his greataxe and charges the druid.  A staff is no shield against an axe and Pudge severs the head easily.“What, what’s going on?” questions an awakening Thalez.  Laughter rings the cavern as the party realizes they have just survived a battle that could have been their last.  And with Thalez missing out, again! <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing    :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /></blockquote>

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