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Not recognizing the smaller frogs either, Mr Peppers takes a nervous step to the south towards the blazing katana while pulling out the wand of death, firing a single unerring missile at the small frog? threatening Sirettis. "Look out! Amphibian ambush! From a bush!" He hollers, still holding his journal sack in one hand and the wand in the other, his crossbow leaning up against the 4 way junction in the hedges.
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The mighty dragon sways in the face of his fearsome foe, looking even more green in the face than usual. "Noble steed... I don't feel so good."
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Longjing brushes up against the bush as he flies towards the toad, and his tiny body is pierced by a thorn that oozes with sticky, clear fluid.
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The small blue frog takes a blast from Mr. Peppers' magic missile but stays up, and Gallix pummels the the red one into a frogcake.
Blue goes another bite of Sirettis' foot, and another leaf in the mouth.
Uesugi takes his katana and swings at the giant frog who dared to disgust his mighty dragon master!
Watching the nauseated Longjing worries him too much and his blade swings high.
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Longjing feels woozy as the thorn hits his tiny feathered body. But then he remembers. He's not just a little bird. He's a DRAGON.
"No thorn can stop a mighty dragon!"
"Come noble steed! !"
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The handsome Elf of the group steps forward, dropping his wand to the ground and picking up his crossbow in one nimble motion, pulling the crossbow to his shoulder and firing it at the blue creature.
He watches the bolt lodge itself up to its fletching into the dirt, likely destroying at least one, if not two earthworms in the process, but leaving the blue thing unharmed.
"Well, it was a solid plan at least right?"
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As Mr. Peppers leans down to pick up his wand, Gallix and Sirettis hit the tiny poisonous frog with unique combination attack: Sirettis swiftly lets down her nest of hair, and Gallix uses it to amplify the power of his fists, with both punches combining with the momentum of the magical hair to unleash certain doom upon the poisonous frog.
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"But the frog is poisonous. Oh! Could you cook the poison out?" Sirettis is curious, but her hair subconsciously reaches for her wand instead. "Oh, yes. was anyone injured?"
Sirettis looks around. "If we are done here, we should check the south east corner. There may be more bile to eliminate before we enter the manor itself."
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With the frog trio dispatched, and Longjing likely feeling much better, the more alchemy-inclined amongst you get the idea it may be possible to select certain leaves and flowers from the rows of bushes for the purpose of creating medicine or antidotes.
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Heading south, hidden amid a copse of gnarled trees sits a large mausoleum of polished granite. Statues of weeping angels of green-tinged bronze flank the closed entrance. A tarnished silver doorplate on the black steel door reads, "Sarini."
The grand, ornate doors are locked. What do you do?
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"Poisonous fish that can be consumed safely... tempting." Sirettis's hair begins picking away at some of the leaves. "The enzymes in these plants aren't that strong, but they will make potent antidotes."
Sirettis collects the leaves and saves them for later as her hair breaks off and reverts to normal. "These doors are locked, but no one should actually be here. Mister Gallix, you said you were learning the intricacies of locks. Perhaps you should try?"
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"Longjing, are you alright?"
Cup heals her ailing bird.
"You are the very bravest dragon I know!"
Cup's sharp eyes find lots of interesting plants, and she shows them ALL to Tall, Dark and Botanical. "Ooh... Look at this one, Pep! It's got weird leaves! And this one smells minty! It's got to be useful for potions, right?" She is SO excited, she fills the elf's arms with flowers.
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Mr Peppers is trying to take notes on the plants while the gnome is busy stacking them onto the journal itself. "I appreciate your fervor Miss Cup, but I'm not going to press any of these in my books, nor am I going to trace them. Put them away in your pack and we can take more time with them back at the alchemist's shop."
After the plants are collected, Mr Peppers scans the area with Detect Magic, then moves on to the crypt doing the same while D sandblasts the mildew off the door.
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While Cup, Sirettis, and Peppers are looking at the garden's specimens from a naturalistic view, Gallix is busy selecting potential reagents. "Hmmm.... looks like they've planted some Cat's Eye flowers here... I could swear I heard something about this being useful for improving night vision. Better take some samples and check when we get back in town."
Before leaving the garden, Gallix checks around the gazebo for any hidden caches of Bile or for any hidden entrances below the structure.
He then moves along with the others and approaches the mausoleum. His eyes drift toward the statues and a thought comes to mind, seemingly out of nowhere... Don't blink!
His mind quickly returns to the matter at hand, however, as D blasts the door with a barrage of sand. "Well, that might do it. I'll just hang out back here, shall I?" Gallix smiles broadly at D's forceful entry. I really do like this guy. He knows how to get to the point!
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Sirettis, Mr. Peppers, Cup, and Gallix are able to gather just the right leaves and flowers. Ms. Pricknettle will surely be interested in their findings.
Gallix doesn't see any bile on the gazebo nor does he find any secret entrances into the estate, and Mr. Peppers finds the typical disappointing lack of magic in the area.
Unfortunately for D, the lock is an internal part of the door, and his sand bounces off the tough exterior.
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The proverbial dust settles from D's sand-blasts, but the door remains locked and closed tight. With a furrowed brow, Gallix steps up. He reaches around to the underside of his pack and pulls a small leather tab that drops a thin canvas roll into the palm of his hand. He kneels in front of the door and unrolls the canvas, revealing a set of gleaming metallic instruments. Various picks, tiny hammers, and a few unusual corkscrew shaped objects lie arranged in perfect order with the roll, each on carefully secured with a pair of straps. Gallix looks at the mausoleum door's lock, then scans his tools, his hands hovering just a few inches above each one as he thinks about how to attempt the entry. He finally seems to settle on one of the picks and a tweezer-like device, then sets to work on the lock. "Wish me luck," he says as he inserts the tools into the lock, his tongue poking between his lips in a display of effort.
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Gallix toys with the lock for a few moments and manages to set the last tumbler in place with a soft click. The wings of the two angels flanking the doors suddenly unfurl outwards. They cut a small scratch across Gallix's shoulder, but his armor deflects the sharpest parts of the wings and the injury is minor.
The door creeks open to reveal two large stone coffins standing on a dais. The mausoleum is filled with dust and cobwebs, having been untouched for decades, and several more coffins lie on shelves built into the walls.
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Mr Pepper's eyes go wide as Gallix finally gets the lock to give up "There MUST be some magic in here!" He exclaims excitedly as he casts his favorite detection spell, then pulls out his blasty wand just in case.
"Be careful, I don't think you need to be reminded of all the horrible things that can come out of a crypt!"
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Gallix grabs at his shoulder in shock as the bronze wings scrape through his armor and cut him. "Ouch! Ugh...I guess I don't make much of a larcenist if I forget to check for traps before picking the lock. Anyway, thanks for the help, Cup. Let's head inside." He turns to Peppers as he begins to scan for magical auras, "Does that thing tell us if there's any kind of undead around?"
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Cup nods. "Eyes open, my friends." She pulls out a blanket and drapes it over her Unseen Servant so it might look like someone was under there. "Run ahead of us, will you?"
She casts ghost sound of footsteps, allowing the unseen servant to sound like gnome running under a blanket. She cannot resist adding a mournful "Boooooo-wooooo-wooooo" sound as well.
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Cup's Unseen Servant doesn't set off any traps, and as Gallix scans the area, he finds all of the coffins and the floor in the mausoleum to be void of anything dangerous, including undead shamblers and bile-infested insects.
This also means Mr. Peppers finds no magic. We really ought to run a magical adventure for him.
All of the coffins have their lids shut. There are two large ones on the dais and two smaller ones along the side shelves. What do you do?