Mits pops up with a big smile and gives Rainbow the promised high-five!  She then proceeds to high-five the rest of her friends!

"Woohoo!  That was fun!"

Cherub finger-shakes at the roper.  <primordial>"The gith said you made a deal with them.  Their victims in exchange for you joining them."</primordial>

Mittens auto-translates for the group

The roper waves it's tentacles to indicate, "No."

"I was starving near to death.  I guess the local wildlife got wise to staying away from this place.  Then in come these marauders with their redspawn pets.  I was outnumbered a dozen to one!  I had no choice but to do whatever they mimed!  Not a one of them spoke Primordial, so I never made any 'deal' with them.  I just wanted to survive.  I wasn't lying.  Just omitting the part that I figured you'd find distasteful."

Imp shrugs.  "Who said eating people is distasteful?"

  "Well, it they stop eating people then we won't have to feed them to a drake in bite sized chunks."

Maverick glances at Imp, winks and says, "Depends on if the person tastes good or bad."

Angel nods. "OK... well if you're hungry, there are plenty of gith here for you to eat. Meanwhile, you said something about hidden treasure?"

Carla is quiet as usual. Rainbow pets her sister as the two rest up.

Mits and the mini Mits all rest up as well.  The roper lowers it's tentacles.

"Yeah.  In that pool there.  The crown of the lord that lived here long ago.  The chest over there isn't trapped that I know of.  Probably something of value inside judging from the way the gith acted about it."

  "Hmm, what is it with us and fancy crowns?" Matt's player is assuming translation is provided as a free action, otherwise postings would be a bit one sided.

Carla tests the waters (literally) by poking it with a stick before allowing Rainbow to dive in and come up with the loot. Similarly, Angel tests the chest before opening it.

The water and chest are harmless!  And loot is in them!  Imp loots the baddies.

Mits chuckles at Matt's comment.  "I know, right?  I don't mind, though.  They're fun to wear."

  "True enough, though we should double check if it's just a normal expensive fashion accessory, or it it has some notable history impacting enchantments on it... Very little middle ground on that front, so far."

Angel says, "Considering who crowns usually belong to, that makes sense."

Maverick says, "We should get going to the next room."

Angel smiles at the roper. "And don't worry... as you saw, Githyanki are so estranged from the concept of surrender, they can't fathom one of their allies surrendering. So they will assume you are already dead rather than seek you out. If you want to listen to combat and see who wins, you are free to. But I guarantee we will win."
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The roper rocks back-and-forth to indicate a nod.  "They have three redspawn.  So fire resist potions would be handy.  By my count there should be about four soldiers plus their boss.  But from what I saw here, how casually you took these guys out, I'd say you probably don't have anything to worry about.  Unless that was all of your good powers."

Imp laughs.  "Not hardly!  Sooo holding back.  But since this'll be their boss, we'll be free to cut loose!"

Mits juggles swords telekinetically.  "Wheeee!"

Cherub plays with the crown and puts it on Angel's head with a smile and wink.  "Such a pretty princess!"

  "Things are going to go much worse for the people in the next room, then."  Maverick and Angel bothering to use Daily powers.  Oh dear, so much blood.

When the characters move through the double
doors, read:
The wide hallway turns south, leading into a large room.
A red rune on the floor glows brightly, and you can see the
flicker of flame from around the corner. Another of the
silver-armored humanoids stands in your view, and you
also notice a large, red, dragonlike creature farther into
the room.
Perception Check
DC 20: You hear more big creatures moving around
somewhere else in the room.

DC 25: You see a line of 2-inch-wide holes in the floor
ahead and corresponding holes directly above them—telltale signs of a portcullis.
Arcana Check
DC 20: That red rune in front of you enhances fire-based
attacks.

Carla telepaths, "There is a portcullis up ahead and some larger creatures farther into the room. I am unsure how we can keep the portcullis from closing."

Angel says, "Our best bet on that is to rush inside."

Carla asks, "What if the big bads are too much to handle?"

Maverick says, "They won't be."

"Maybe we should simply draw them to us?"

  "Sensible, but I doubt they would want to leave their buff icon, and they can hang back and spit fire at us."

Carla paths, "Matt has a point. Speaking of, that arcane circle there increases fire damage. So it will actually be pretty nice for me... and if we can occupy it, blocking the enemy from entering the circle, then we will gain the benefit while they don't."

Maverick says, "I can kill them anywhere."

Angel says, "While I prefer distance, Matt and Carla are right. Probably best to go in there and maybe use some protective spell or two? Of course, those of us who prefer range can hang back initially to see what happens?"

Mits shrugs.  "Was thinking of shouting insults at them from the other room.  But charging in is fine too."

"Who dares?!" the Gish shouts, "Lower the portcullis!  Kill them!"

He and some of the others find that easier said than done.

Carla says, "See." and a large runic circle appears under the Gish's feet, as well as the northern warrior! They both get hit hard with radiance. Carla glows a bit before her skin becomes red, but seems to be moving as if lava were flowing just under her skin.

She steps back one and makes a prayer motion. Her brother Stephen appears! He immediately taps on his holographic wrist computer and a spherical hexagonal force field appears around him in a large enough area to cover him and everyone immediately around him. "...hi guys." he says with a smile.

---

Minor: Shielding Nimbus (Carla now has resist 10 fire)
Standard: Cerulean Flames v Gish, War3. Miss(28) Miss(21) Hit!
 Memory of 1k Lifetimes: +3
 dmg: 24
 Any creature who leaves the zone is blinded.
ACTION POINT! +2 AC
Standard: Summon Stephen.
 Stephen grants +2 to AC of allies adjacent to him.

Gish HP: 226 - 24/2 = 214
War3 HP: 118 - 24 = 94

Mits slices some baddies and moves further into the room.  Cherub blows a kiss at her friends and little winged shields appear over them.

Two of the firebelchers spew huge fireballs at the group!

  Matt's recent track record holds true, unfortunately.

Angel opens up a volley of arrows at the Gish. Even insubstantial, he feels a fourth of his health leave him as the arrows rip so many chunks of flesh from him. Her eyes fix on him as if he has become her prey and nothing else in the room matters.

---

ACTION POINT! +3 to attacks, Free Basic Ranged Attack
Marked for Death v Gish. Hit(33)!
 dmg: 33
 Quarry: 9
Free: Basic Ranged Attack v Gish. Hit(34)!
 dmg: 14
Minor: Ferret out Frailty (Gain CA on target)
Fleeting Spirit Strike v Gish. Hit(40)!
 dmg: 28
 SA dmg: 12

Gish HP: 203 - 21 - 7 - 20 = 155

Maverick moves around the corner to get a hiding spot to fire at Gish from. His shoots, he scores! Gish gets a crossbow bolt right between his hip bone and leg bone, making the wound not only painful, but highly distracting!

---

Move: To hiding spot to gain CA on Gish
Standard: Distracting Wound v Gish. Hit(37)!
 dmg: 31
 Gish now grants combat advantage to the team until the end of Mav's next turn.

Gish HP: 155 - 31 = 124

A gith goes after Mits, two go after Angel, and the Gish steps back to attack Maverick and Angel with scorching rays!  Most of the attacks are denied, but some manage to do harm.

"Worthy adversaries!" the Gish says in pleased surprise, "Didn't think we'd run into anything challenging in this world!"