"That will be good, Mother. If he left even a small portion of the fallen dragon I can potentially restore her to life. We should investigate."
Frowning at the apparent worship from the goblins and orcs, Karnog begins a sermon of Torag as he moves around, extolling the virtues of hard work, community, and discipline in the face of adversity.
"And remember always; the strongest steels emerge from the fire and blows of the smith. This will harden and toughen you like fine metal, my brothers and sisters. Look to the Great Creator and praise his tenets, care for your neighbors and remain strong."
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Duncan follows out Karnog. His friend had done good work here today, bringing some hope to a nearly destroyed people. It was terrible that such tragedies occurred in the world in which the small and pathetic masses did what they could to eek out a living when dragon's and demons and gods played out their designs on the material plane. How his goddess had seen fit to bless the Wayward Smith to actually play a role in the drama that was unfolding was beyond the ken of the young Smith he'd begun his life as.
Gods, twas barely a day ago I bargained with the First King O one of the Hell's. second only to Asmodeas himself and now I'm actually looking for a fight with a Great Red...
He glanced back briefly, wondering if any one among them would be marked by fate as he and his fellows had been.
Then he thought about Desmond, for the Rogue was still invisible and had no doubt looted a couple of the dead while the dwarves were in conversation with Mother.
Come along Sneak. Might be we can get out of here and find ye some red scales ta sink yer mighty stilleo into. Bwahahaha!
It did amuse the dwarf to imagine the Rogue attempting to backstab the dragon with such small blades. Would they even go deep enough to reach a vital spot?
"That will be good, Mother. If he left even a small portion of the fallen dragon I can potentially restore her to life. We should investigate."
Frowning at the apparent worship from the goblins and orcs, Karnog begins a sermon of Torag as he moves around, extolling the virtues of hard work, community, and discipline in the face of adversity.
"And remember always; the strongest steels emerge from the fire and blows of the smith. This will harden and toughen you like fine metal, my brothers and sisters. Look to the Great Creator and praise his tenets, care for your neighbors and remain strong."
"Karnog the Great Creator. He hard'ns us like steel, we like fire. Karnog the Great Creator."
"Oh you'd be surprised what weak points creatures have. Dragons have eyes, mouths, throats, and underbelly. Dwarves have beards and their pride. All easily exploitable." He says with a disembodied laugh.
"Yer gonna h'lfta pull the siv'r from the Red's belly. Don't think he left a carcass. We can show you where they battled if you like."
Duncan looks agast at mother's proclamation, not at the fact the Red had won, but that it had consumed the WHOLE carcass.
Mother, I saw the red was gargantuan but the a silver dragon of advanced age entirely eaten? That would be like meself eatin Karnog here in one sitting. It must've taken hours to sit there and consume a body nearly equal to it's own size..an not leave a single scale behind. There MUST be somethin. Even the tiniest portion will do.The condition of the remains is not a factor. So long as some small portion of the creature’s body still exists, it can be resurrected, but the portion receiving the spell must have been part of the creature’s body at the time of death. (The remains of a creature hit by a disintegrate spell count as a small portion of its body.) The creature can have been dead no longer than 10 years per caster level.
Upon completion of the spell, the creature is immediately restored to full hit points, vigor, and health, with no loss of prepared spells. The subject of the spell gains one permanent negative level when it is raised, just as if it had been hit by an energy-draining creature. If the subject is 1st level, it takes 2 points of Constitution drain instead (if this would reduce its Con to 0 or less, it can’t be resurrected).
You can resurrect someone killed by a death effect or someone who has been turned into an undead creature and then destroyed. You cannot resurrect someone who has died of old age. Constructs, elementals, outsiders, and undead creatures can’t be resurrected.
What about the red? Did it appear wounded at all?
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"Aye, Duncan. That's what I'm counting on. A single scale or bit of flesh from the fallen dragon and I can bring her back. Assuming this isn't another of that damned red's tricks, of course."
Karnog grits his teeth and pretends that the goblins are properly directing their worship towards Torag. He knows he is using his gifts and blessings for the greater good, and hopes the dogmatic slipups of crazy fire-obsessed goblins are accepted as the honest mistakes they are.
"Well my scouts didn't stay 'n watch t'see if the Red was lick'n the ground afterwards. They say he was eat'n the siv'r...would yous be stuupid enough to stay 'round and watch the entire feast?" Her caustic tone oozes from her mouth.
As they walk around Nym scans everything with detect magic looking for any clue.
As they walk around Nym scans everything with detect magic looking for any clue.
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Mother has a couple goblin guides lead you to the where the dragon battle occurred.
The battlefield is roughly 2 miles away and the journey there takes you through some difficult terrain of jagged cliffs, woodlands, and across a small stream. After an hour and half you do come upon the battlefield. You are emerging form a copse of trees. The first thing that you notice is the smell of charred treetops. It's as if bomb and lightning strikes split the trees and exploded the tops off.
Desmond flies around stealthily to scout the area.
(just Darkvision here)
Hmm, big fight went down here. No surprise given what happened to Orctown. Desmond flies back to the others, speaking from above their heads. "I've never seen a battlefield that recent without a single body. Perhaps our dragon is a lot hungrier than we thought." He ponders.
"I would imagine the red consumed some or even most of the silver. We must be able to find some portion, though, I cant believe it would be able to eat the whole creature in one sitting."
Karnog begins to search the area, looking for fallen scales or other leavings from the battle.
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Poke poke pauses. Dr.Tes asks him whats wrong. Poke Poke looks up ashened and in a deep pain "Poke Poke just felt a disturbance, like hundreds of goblin voices ringing out in terror and suddenly silenced..."
There be a small army of Invisible Kobolds in the middle of the field in battle formation
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Poke poke pauses. Dr.Tes asks him whats wrong. Poke Poke looks up ashened and in a deep pain "Poke Poke just felt a disturbance, like hundreds of goblin voices ringing out in terror and suddenly silenced..."
Initiative RD 1
Desmond
E2
Nym
Karnog
E1
Kalim
Duncan
*Note: Desmond is flying over the charred tree tops
RD 1:
You're not really sure what if anything E2 does.
Karnog moves around, continuing to search for fallen silver dragon bits and pieces.
"I would sure like not to have to slay a bunch of kobolds today. It would be spectacular if they parlayed rather than died in a horrible fashion!" he calls out loudly in Common.
Karnog you don't see the kobold army that Duncan is talking about but you've never really doubted him in the past. You do know if there is a silver dragon scale that it will be around where the kobold army is suppose to be located, which is in the middle of the charred earth. to your surprise you don't hear the sounds an army would be making either.
You see the misty shadowy form of great dragon emerging nearby.
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Desmond's disembodied voice calls out to the others. "Something targeted me with an aggressive illusion spell of the dragon!" He calls out.
Kalim casts See Invisibility.
Kalim wonders what sort of spell could make 400 kobolds invisible.
Duncan mutters quietly, There be a Hobgoblin at their centre, likely the leader. I'll try ta hail him.
Duncan raises his shielded hand in a wave at the Hobgoblin. Ho there, Friend. We be here ta investigate the ground. Quite a battle last nigh apparently. No need fer the invisibility. We can see ye fine and ain't hostile less ye wish ta force a fight.
He does use a swift to enchant his armor with SR17, , just in case the hob throws a spell at him.
Quite a force ye have surrounding ye. What's an army o' Kobolds doin here might I ask ye?