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Now, here’s the question. How much healing and resting do you do? Neither side is strong enough to assault the other, and they have to dig out of two Earthquakes. That gives Alzar some time. He still has virtually nothing left in the till. No undead, no constructs, no conjured foes, and nothing that will fight on his behalf save a charmed Frost Giant that won’t fight anything downstairs. He can’t use the Horn again today without risking it blowing up in his face. The Mud Ring is off for two days.
Alzar decides to wait until night fall. They Fortress it up the same location, and again, nothing comes out and nothing attacks. It is midnight.
Alzar tosses on the Ring of Shooting Stars for the dead Mud Ring. The tunnel he made is gone. He checks, and the area is still caved in and no tunnel has been opened. He heads back up and drops down the Sinkhole using the Rope of climbing.
He arrives in the Dragon’s Lair, and no one is here. They did not open p a path to here either. Alzar grabs the axe and casts Burning Hands at the ice in front of the doorway. It falls away and makes a big mist. He does so again and the ice has completely melted. They dug everyone out and retreated. He does not know where, but he moves invisible. No one is with him at all, but Dryshik is in the Dragon’s Lair in case Alzar needs flying eyes. Alzar prepares another magic item surprise on a pouch on his belt, in case he needs to switch to it.
He follows the tunnel to the east, where there is a tunnel off. Two healthy looking giants are keeping watch to make sure no one gets in. Alzar casts Charm Monster and…it fails. One moves towards him and the other grabs a horn and blows it.
It draws an axe, and Alzar does as well. Battle begins. Alzar hews 16 damage into the giant, and it hits but misses - cloak. The Giant by the doorway and the horn move sin – he can’t get a bead on Alzar.
The giants go first. One attacks and hits for 21 damage and the other misses but actually hit. Alzar’s double attack slays the wounded giant. One left. Alzar wins init and hits it for 13 damage. It swings and misses. It wins init and misses ,and Alzar doubles hit and finishes it off. Despite looking fairly healthy there were damaged a bit earlier by cave ins and the Horn.
Used – Conjure Earth Elemental, Vamp Touchx2, Dire Charmx2, Haste and Skulltrap from Ring, Dominationx2, Charm Monsterx2; Earthquake of Orb, 5 charges on Magic Missile Wand
Slain Downstairs - 17 Ogres, 14 Frost Giants, 2 Fire Giantess, 2 Polar bear, 5 Ogre Magi, 1 Cloud Giant, 2 White Dragon
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