| Ultrann and
Torgal watch from the high edge of the Pit as the combatants
are approaching the Pit gates. Torgal chuckles lightly,
"Seems Giblet has brought reinforcements with him!"
Ultrann laughs and says, "It is merely an illusion;
he has created three mirror images of himself. Giblet's
cowardly character is indeed true.Where others choose
to hide behind large ogres, Giblet looks to be hiding
behind himself. We can see on the other side of the
pit that fiesty Cheemo can't wait to get in to fight.
This should be an interesting fight, between combatants
which have racial hatred towards the other! But with
magic as their specialties, don't expect to see any
hand-to-hand combat today! And don't expect a quick
battle either. I can see this going for a while..."
With that, Torgal signals the gates to be opened.
Four gnomes with pointy black beards come out of the
one entrance, along with a floating incorporeal hand.
At the other entrance, a snarling dog-boy in robes
comes out of the other. Very quickly, the four gnomes
all move 5 feet to the right, and the floating hand
streaks forward to Cheemo in an attempt to touch him,
but it strikes an invisible barrier and does no harm.
"Show me your true self, needle-nose!!"
squeals Cheemo as he charges towards the 4 gnomes.
He fires off one magic missile at one of them, and
one more at another. They all buckle in pain, but
the two disappear-- obviously not the real Giblet.
The floating hand follows Cheemo, and this time grabs
him by the shoulder, sending an immense shock through
his body. He staggers forth in pain but fires off
two more magic bolts, one at each of the remaining
enemies. The first strikes, and the foe does not disappear.
Eureka! The second strikes, and that foe does disappear.
Seeing that his ruse is up, Giblet starts moving
forward and to his right, mutters something under
his breath, then he disappears completely. Cheemo
squeals, "Come and face me, chicken-dropping!".
But realizing this may be his best chance to restore
his health, Cheemo quaffs one of the potions on his
belt, and feels rejuvenated.
Giblet does not re-appear. Angry with his foes' cowardly
behaviour, Cheemo fires two magic missiles at the
floating hand, causing it to twitch and disappear.
"Take that, coward!!" He hears no response.
Suddenly Cheemo hears noises directly behind him.
He quickly spins around and fires off a thin ray of
cold in that direction. With the sound still remaining
at that spot behind him, he knows he was duped by
the gnome's cheap magic tricks. "Fight, or I'll
skin your family alive!!"
Cheemo hears some sounds, some movement along the
wall to his left. His head follows the sound, and
suddenly Giblet re-appears, throwing a gem that suddenly
transforms into two frozen orbs. One smacks solidly
into Cheemo's body, the other lightly grazing him.
Angry and wounded, Cheemo cuts the distance between
them to about 10 feet and fires off two magic bolts,
both striking true. Giblet runs along the wall, away
from Cheemo, and fires off two magic bolts of his
own. The first strikes, causing Cheemo to squeal.
The second strikes, and Cheemo squeals no more.
"Sometimes it is the cowardly ones that win,
eh Torgal?", chuckles Ultrann. "I like a
good magic show. Well done to both combatants. I'm
sure Cheemo will be better prepared for any repeat
battle in the future."
** Note from Torgal: Some of the text in the first
paragraph has been altered to suit my tastes... I
felt a jab at another DM would be funny and I needed
to correct something that Torgal would not have said.
These changes were not meant to reflect on the quality
of the writing. I am happy to have another DM on board.
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