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Message: <blockquote data-quote="carpedavid" data-source="post: 466227" data-attributes="member: 6971">10.12.2002 - Session 2, Part 2Nym realizes, with chilling horror, why the floor is sticky. "Oh gods, we're all going to die," he screams. As the gout of dragon flame rolls toward the terrified Laurel and Shoji, the thick pitch covering the floor ignites, setting the whole chamber ablaze. Shoji spots the dragon fire rolling toward him, and manages to shield himself from the brunt of the flame. Laurel is frozen in terror, and barely flinches when the orange and red cone of flame washes over her. The kobold that they were attacking is incinerated, leaving only a blackened, smoking husk behind. Taminnyd moves into the chamber, avoiding the flaming floor, and lets loose with three bolts from his wand. They dart across the room, and slam into the side of the dragon. Scarlet moves up to shield Taminnyd, and Erendil moves to get a better line of sight, but narrowly misses. Nym pulls out his own wand and lets loose with two golden bolts, which hit the dragon squarely in the side of the head. Shoji feels the flames lick at his body as he dashes out of the burning area and dives for cover behind the captive bear. Laurel follows right behind Shoji, dives for cover as well, and winces as her charred skin crackles like wax paper when she hits the ground. She looks at the chains holding the bear captive, digs out her lock picks, and starts trying to free the bear. The dragon shakes off the effects of the magic missiles to the head, and charges Nym. As it crosses the chamber, the wind from its wings causes the fire to spread, engulfing Nym at the same time that it clamps its jaws down on his shoulder. Taminnyd, horrified by the blood that spurts between the dragon's jaws, turns and runs out of the chamber. Now safely hidden behind the large iron doors, he takes a deep breath and casts mage armor on himself. Scarlet runs directly into the flames, screaming incoherently at the top of her lungs as she flanks the dragon and takes a large chunk out of its tail. Erendil thinks about moving into the flames, but decides that doing so would be very unpleasant, so he fires off two arrows at the dragon. The first finds a chink between the dragon's scales, but the second bounces off harmlessly. Nym rips his shoulder from the dragon's grasp, and slashes at the dragon's snout. With his weakened arm, though, he barely manages to miss slashing himself. Shoji sees Nym in danger, and braves the flames as well. His light footing allows him to get to the dragon, but his attack fails, and he suddenly becomes very worried. The dragon bites deeply into Nym's midsection, drawing a huge gout of blood, and Nym goes limp. It turns its attention to the barbarian behind it, and swipes at Scarlet with its spiked tail, catching her firmly in the chest. Even above the roar of the bellows, Taminnyd hears the impact of the dragon's tail on Scarlet as he steps back into the room. From the safety of the doorway, he lets loose with his wand yet again, sending three golden bolts into the dragon's hide. Scarlet, having just had the breath knocked out of her, tries to slash at the dragon, but misses. Erendil sends an arrow flying directly at the dragon's neck, and his aim holds true. The arrow slices through muscle and sinew, burying itself deep within the dragon's artery. Shoji, still dancing around in the flames, pounds his fist against the dragon's hide, but feels nothing give. Laurel finally picks the locks holding the bear captive, and she struggles to help it free from its chains. The dragon, now severely wounded, turns and begins to move toward the doors. Both Scarlet and Shoji manage to get in blows as it turns its back on them, but then it limps over to Taminnyd, and, with a look of desperate determination in its eyes, grabs him in its jaws and crushes his rib cage; Taminnyd drops, unconscious, to the ground. Scarlet follows the dragon, and with her mighty sword, cleaves its tail nearly in twain. Erendil, now only a few feet away from the dragon, buries an arrow right between its eyes. The dragon collapses, blood pouring from its wounds, as the fires around it slowly die out.More to come...</blockquote>

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