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The story so far: Tancred's mage Karnas has been fatally stabbed by Lord Raptor (well, he was being an arse). To put him back in Tacnred's blade he needs to do something icky to a dragon.

The group are tracking Tunjuk the Red in the Moonstone Hills (we are currently on the planet Titan) and are running through the Goblin Hills to find it.

In the midst of a fight with 3 villains, a tentacled demon-thingy is attacking the party. It did grab Tancred and the Anti-Paladin but Slaughter Margin (Half-orc Berserker) has convinced it to drop them. In addition, Lord Raptor's sword, Celestial Fury, has been broken


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[This message has been edited by Memnoch (edited 07-20-2001).]

BUMP!!

I'm back. Fresh from my jaunt in the abyss I've returned to save you all.

OOC My phone line was all messed up for the last week and a half so I couldn't get back here. I'll wait and see how the story is going before I continue roleplaying.

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OOC: How often do you see a silver Werewolf? Besides it should have gave you a few clues that the thing was only attacking Delphie..
IC: Rhazor stalks up behind the young woman, and thrusts her down to the floor. She begins a spell, but Rhazor knocks her out with the hilt of his Moonblade. Suddenly, his red bow Dragukar puts out a faint glow. *Hmm, the dragon must be close*
OOC: How far are we from the Dragon?
IC: Rhazor picks up the limp body of what used to be Delphie, and throws her over his shoulder. He backtracks to where the party is.
OOC: He is a Stalker, so he is capable of finding the party, and Delphie isn't dead (I didn't kill her, Ace, so don't worry), just unconcious.
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OOC: Aw hell, this isn't going as planned Delphie is supposed to be a mega sourceress and tough as nails... I was planning to have her come back and harras the party at later dates *sigh* oh well.

Um... dragon is still waiting to be killed, i need to stop delaying storyline so i'll stay out of this while Lord Sheild kills deamon. Have fun. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif

OOC: Don't worry Ace, she will escape, just like the Thief did. You can still harrass us later.. Hmm.. that doesn't sound right does it?
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OOC: Slaughter Margin has started playing ToB - BWA HA HA HA HA

Slaughter hammers the demon. Lord Raptor is looking at Clestial Fury, looking incredibly sad, putting it in his backpack. He shuffles off to the side to sulk

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Ash walks over to Lord Raptor and offers him Flametongue.

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Jabidas looks a little confused, so many peole distracted by this throne thing he wonders, well he guesses he was too.

The sorcerer looks at the dragon briefly fires his sequancer of 3 lower resistances and smiles sadly as the dragons proximity activates his contingency 3 horrid wiltings tear at its flesh, stripping it away. The dragon is badly injured and Jabidas backs off nervousley so someone else can finish it.

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Lord Raptor looks at Ash. LR is evli, and his massacre at Trademeet (and the gnomes of Underdark) has made him no friends save his constant companion and lover Viconia. Nevertheless he looks up at Ash in thanks

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Soon after, the laughing demon is battling the others, Slaughter losing health faster than he can regenerate.

Then there is a stricken look on the demon's visage and it collapses in a heap, the stalwart chicken standig behind it

~cluck buk caw CLUCK bukaw~ >> "we have a DRAGON to kill"




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At long last Rhazor catches up with the group. He sets Delphie down in front of everyone. "What shall we do with her?"

The red dragon,badly injured,pauses to heal itself and then lunges for Jabidas who dimension doors away. The greater part of the party rushes in at the dragon who turns upon them with breath and claws. Ash,having been here before, circles around behind.Rushing in he deals a terrific blow to the hind leg,severing the tendons and hamstringing the beast. The tail swipes him to one side with great force,smashing his ribs and sending him slamming into a cavern wall,he coughs up blood. The dragon turns to attack the main force which continues to harry the huge beast. In great pain the Undead Hunter drinks a potion of healing and staggers upright. Tottering forward he casts draw upon holy might and slashes the dragons other leg hamstringing him again.The dragon wrenches itself about in great fury and pain and tears into Ash unmericfully. Only the repeated blows from the other atttackers draws his attention away.
Ash lies in a growing pool of blood,unconscious, blood bubbling up through his nose and the rents in his armor.The ring of Gaxx is healing him,but very slowly...



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Are you plot-confused, Grinch? The party haven't found the dragon yet

Th witch is dumped on th ground. Wah looks over her staff with a glimmer of satisfaction

Viconia looks at the paladins. "Don't suppose you guys are up for torture are you?"

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Tancred turns up his upper lip and sneers as Ash and Jabidas deal with the illusory projection of the Dragon.

"I never really developed an affinity for pain, Drow. ESPECIALLY not my own, I'd just like to add."

As Tancred looks around, Ash's wounds mysteriously heal, and Jabidas curses the waste of his formidable contingencies.

Skrutto, not knowing what was going on, practiced his sword swings.

OOC: First the damn werewolf now this? Ok LS you tell us when the Dragon will appear and I will disregard all other notifications.BTW,would have loaned you CromFeyr,but there was some confusion as to that matter (more than one Crom Feyr) so I don't know if I even have it in my possession.

IC: Ash gets back up off the floor muttering curses under his breath that Paladins aren't even supposed to know.
"No Lady Viconia,I'm not up for torture,but if she wants to cast another Gate spell we could always leave her tied to a post." He turns and speaks to Delphie.
"I advise thee most seriously to speak truthfully and in full,lest my less moral companions treat you in an ungracious fashion."

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Rhazor looks towards Lord Shield. "I overheard her talking about something to do with that Staff, it has some power to it, and we could possibly take it from her. I have no need of, nor does anyone else, but it would possibly diminish her power. I have no need from her, and I'm sure we won't get much out of her. She has a strong will."

OOC: NP, Grinch, I itend a big goblin fest before the dragon anyway, because of the alarm set off

As for Crom Faeyr, LR dual-wielded it with Celestial Fury but I removed it for role-play, same for Slaughter Margin

Lord Raptor looksevilly at the captive witch. Viconia knows what he's thinking. "How strong is her will if she's DEAD!"

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Tancred dont worry about my contingencys that was also a projected image of me(yes it was and Im not trying to say I meant it that way, I swear)

Jabidas looks down to the fallen witch, he gathers energy briefly and employs it even faster. The witchs eyes bulge or ar rather forced out by blood gushing out behind them, she screams once and they pop out of their sockets and blood bursts forth from all other openings in her body as well. She is now a withered husk , the sorcerer draws on his energies again and raises her as a corpse to answer their questions.

I seem to write all the nasty posts dont I, ah well.

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Good-oh! Questions, eh?

What are you doing here?
How many others are there?
Where is the dragon?
Do a lap-dance

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Suddenly a portal to the Ethereal Plane opens above the party and a human in mage robes and an elf in a large hooded cloak fall out through it, barely missing the party, the human stands up, takes a few staggering steps towards the nearest partymember and says "Just where the hell am I?" before falling over, the elf lies unmoving on the ground for a few minutes then stands up and says "Gods, I need a drink of something alcoholic", he then looks around and says "Where in the Nine Hells am I?"

OOC: Jabidas, why did you kill her? Ace didn't want her dead.. Eh, anyway, LS, don't you think we should move on? The more we stand here, the longer it is until we get to the dragon.
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Viconia says "He's right - if she'd been alive we may have got some money selling her into slavery - oh well"

The next few hours are continuous scuffles with goblins and their various allies. Nothing too hectic for this group, although it is stuffy in these caves and a filthy smell

Then, you find it! Tunjuk the dragon - she is immense!!!!

The humans in the group come up to the top of her taloned feet. Then it dawns on you - she's a THIRD EDITION DRAGON!!!! ~gulp!~

The horns on her head scrape the roof of the cavern, startling some bats. She sees the group and slams the wall. The tunnels collapse and the great beast grins evilly.



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Rhazor, looks up at the immense Dragon. The scales are finely crafted, a few scars here and there, and as you get closer to the top, the color gets darker. This dragon is a grand one indeed. A great wyrm. The whiskers are beginning to show from the beasts snout. The horns are slender, jetting straight back like a man with slick hair. Rhazor looks closer at the scales. Yes, those scales would be perfect for a set of armour. He would just have to make sure he had enough. Rhazor does a quick 180, and disappears. A few moments later, he is barely seen crawling the dragon's back. He reaches the beast's neck, and stops. There is no way he can reach the head. So he takes out his Moonblade, and sinks it into the beast's neck, twisting it as he does so. The crack of bones makes some ill, but everyone else draw's their weapons, and attacks..

OOC: *Glares at Jabidas* You go away for a few days and look what happens...

IC: Wiping the mud from his face Thief became dimly awear of the sharp end of a sword pointing at his head, and did the only logical thing he could do.

"I SURRENDER, ANY THING I HAVE IS YOUR ANYTHING YOU WNAT TO KNOW JUT ASK, I HAVE NO LOYALTY AT ALL TO ANYONE EXCEPT YOU PEOPLE!", there was a small sigh of disapointment from Jabidas who had secretly been hoping he might need to privately innterogate the prisoners.

"Avaunt thief", bellowed the Undead Hunter who was holdind the aforementioned blade mere inches from the Halfling's nose, "tell us who you are or taste the rightous fury of my sword."

"Please don't hurt me", begged the thief, "It wasen't my fault I don't have anything to do with this I swear just let me live and I'll tell you anything you want."

"How pathetic, can't you try to be a little dignified.", said Tancred who was admiring the craftsmanship on one of the axes he'd confiscated from the black knights unconsious form.

Pointing at the anti-palidin Ash moved his sword down tot he halfling theifs neck and applied just enough pressure to make his squirm.

"Who is he? and what are you doing here?"

Transfixed by the shining blade the Thief spoke,
"He's my boss, Lord Flashhert (Ace) and she... um was, the sourceress Delphie. Were here because Deph messed up a teleportation spell and all we wanted was to get out of here alive."

There was a low groan and the sound of sliding plate mail as Lord Flash slowly rose to his feet, nursing the dent in his helmet. All at once a dozen weapons were drawn and ponted at the dark warriors head.

Paying no attention to the swarm of armed adventurers surrounding him he turned to face the thief.
"Do you still have the staff."

After a moment of rummaging in his pack the thief withdrew a small wooden container enscribed with runes.

"Yeah, it's till in there."

"Did you see where Delphie went?"

"No, sorry boss."

Turning on his heel the anti-paladin walked over to the charred corpse of the elven women and touched it with the palm of his hand, in a second the body disintgrated leaving the steanch of dark magic hanging tin the air.

"Her shadow... well now we're in for it. She's still alive and wherever she is she bound to be mad, which can never be good."

Two loud coughs drew the attention of the warrior back towards the Paladin.
"You are our captives, your not supposed to just walk around like that, your thief hasn't even answered any of our questions."

"Don't worry", there was a tiny glint in the black knight's eye, "we'll have plenty of time to talk when were on the road together. Yes friends it's your lucky day, for the measly price of getting us out of these caverns before we starve to death you, yes you, get to be accompanied by us.", the impact of this lost muster against the wall of blank stares assalting the two. A few of the assorted adventurers started to sharpen their weapons.

"Give me one good reason why we shouldn't kill you on the spot." smarled Jabidas who was in no mood for games.

"Well... I can fight, really well. I broke Celstial Fury with just brute strength alone, and I have rune axes, powerfull ones that only I can use that i'm sure could help you on your journey to wherever it is your going. And Thief is, well, a thief and you can never have too many of those. Think about it this way, what would you gain from killing us... money? we have none, magical items? Thief's are not really very usefull for a group of your *obvious* level of power and skill, and all of mine are attuned with my own magical aura so you couldn't use them anyway.", to deminsrate he held out both hands and in a flash the rune axes Tancred had been holding had remateriallised in the black knights hands.

"And I can steal stuff", said Thief, who in a lavish display worthy of street magicians everywhere produced Ash's 'Ring of Gaxx' from behind his ear before tossing it back to it's owner. "And i'm good with fixing things too, why I bet if you gave me a day or so I could do a patch up job on the Celestial Fury, a tempory solution until you can get it fixed at a proper forge."

Moving to adress the crowd the black clad warrior tried to look at non-threatning as you can in spike adorned full-platemail.
"Of course it's up to you good people and er... and chickens or any other farmyard animals, to decide but I erge you to give us a chance."

"So what do you say???"

OOC: Sorry for commandearing your chracters Jabidas, Grinch and Tancred but I needed dialog, tell me if there is anything your unhappy about and I will edit the post. Till then http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif

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Lord Raptor looks up and up and up at the dragno. Slaughter Margin doesn't give a poo. He goes berserk again and charges in. Lord Raptor goes for a flanking position - stealth is useless against the senses of a 3E dragon

The great dragon smashes the back of its neck against a wall and Rhazor falls off, stunned. A tail swipe knocks the front line fighters over. Lord Raptor summons a demon for it to fight but the demon doesn't last long

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The mage and the elf suddenly realize that noone has noticed them and that they are unlikely to have their questions answered, at the sound of a roar and the sounds of battle they turn around and see a dragon fighting a party of heroes, not wanting to risk their hides in battle they camly sit down on the ground and watch the fight, occasionally making comments like "Ouch! That's gotta hurt!" and "Nice backhand slash with that sword!", they also prepare several protective spells in case the dragon should defeat the heroes and come looking for more challenging prey.

OOC: More challenging prey, ROFL!
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OOC: Just try and fight your way through a summoned level XVII Lawyer and his minions! What could be more challenging than that?
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OOC: A Level XVIII Judge..
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OCC: Three words: Level XVIIII Bribe. Beat that!
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Ok - stop it you too - bordering on spam there http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif - bordering? it WAS spam

the fight is tremendous - the dragons blows knock his enemies back and it seems somewhat hopeless - he spies the afventurers in the tunnel and figures them for a second wave - a huge gout of flame roars into the tunnel - to those in the cavern it looks hopeless for them

Kivan and Tiax (I assume it's them) dive to the floor in feign hope that will save them - the flames never reach them. Perring up, Kivan sees a hooded black silhouette - one he's seen before. The flames stop at him and he seems to absorb the heat

It passes Kivan an ebon staff "Get it in the thing's mouth" then fades

Tiax stand up triumphant "Hah! Tiaz rules all! Your flames cannot hurt me"

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OOC: No, I'm going to quit while I'm ahead. This is nothing related to BG2, and so doesn't belong in here.
IC: Rhazor catches his breath, and stands up. The dragon has it's back turned to Rhazor, now would be the perfect time for the arrow. Rhazor draws his bow, and arms it with the Arrow of Slaying. The bow is a brilliant red now, almost throbing in his hands. He pulls the string back, aims for the beast's heart, and releases. What he didn't know, is that the beast had seen him arming his bow, and dodges the arrow. It hits the wall, and sticks. The dragon uses wing buffet on the party, and then shoots a bolt of fire to where the arrow lies. The slender wood catches fire easily, and the arrow is lost. Rhazor drops to his knees, and puts his hands up to his face. *All is lost* he thinks to himself..

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OOC: It was in fact Nebucadnezzar and Razzen, but let's just assume that Tiax and Kivan followed them through the portal from the Ethereal plane and have remained silent.

IC: Kivan shouts "Distract the dragon!" to Tiax while Nebucadnezzar and Razzen run off as fast as their legs can carry them.

Tiax draws his mace and charges fearlessly towards the dragon, confident in the knowledge that he rules all, the dragon is momentarily surprised by the gnome's bold attack but then tries to grab him in it's jaws, but with suprising agility for one wearing platemail and having short stubby legs, Tiax dodges the dragon's jaws and whacks the side of it's head, irritating it more than actually causing damage.

Meanwhile, Kivan has finished tying the staff to his largest and most magical arrow, he then aims at Tiax just as the dragon's jaws are about to close on the gnome a second time he then shoots the arrow at Tiax.

Tiax managed to jump aside as the dragon sook to close it's jaws over him once more, oblivious to the presence of the arrow which he also dodged, this time however, the dragon's jaws closed over the staff and arrow which were now occupying the space the gnome had filled only moments before.

OOC: What happens now? The staff in is in the dragon's mouth.

OOC: This is what happens.. LS, I have to kill the thing, or I won't be able to claim the hide..
IC: Suddenly, Rhazor's Moonblade begins to wobble, it flashes it's blue tint a few times, and slips out of the case. Rhazor picks his Moonblade back up, with his bow in one hand. Suddenly, the sword flings to the bow, and lodges itself like an arrow. "But I couldn't.." he says faintly. The sword shimmers again. Rhazor stands back up. Bow in hand, he charges the beast. The giant dragon swerves its body around to face the oncoming elf. Rhazor leaps up into the air, and the dragon pulls its face down over the oncoming projectile. Rhazor is seemed to be swallowed whole. The dragon swings its head back up, and turns itself to face Kivan. The beast charges the archer.

OOC: Let's wait for LS's idea shall we?
IC: (Just in case we are going to go with Nano's idea) Kivan turns around and runs as the dragon turns towards him and attacks him, he manages to grab Tiax's arm on his way away from the dragon and drags him along, as he runs past a shadowy tunnel far too small for the dragon but just big enough for something human or elf-sized a hand reaches out, grabs him and drags him in, another drags Tiax inside.

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The dragon looks something like this:

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(Thanks to Wizards.com and PHB for the pic)

People are confused as to why I killed her, okay it was so I could raise her as an undead servant and make her answer my questions so we wouldnt have to go and tiresomly torcher her. Isnt the humane thing to do, that and more fun.

Jabidas steps in to the shadows of the prime material from the demiplane of shadows behind the dragon, he promptly fires a horrid wilting up its real and the dragon howls in agony as its ass falls apart, the dead flesh withers and cracks like meat rotting at incredible speed. The stench is horrifying and the elf dimension doors away quickly. As the serpent turns to face the now departed Sorcerer it recieves a spell sequancer of 3 skull traps into its unprotected flank, it reels about eyes swiming in pain as blood pours out in red torrents. jabidas shouts someone finish it quick.


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Tiax, Kivan, Razzen and Nebucadnezzar stay hidden within the tunnel where the dragon doesn't appear to be able to spot them and leaves killing the dragon up to someone else(But rest assured that they will get some scales from the dragon.).