Kal's flaming construct flies through the giant's ranks wrecking havoc. One of the cyclops falls to the ground in a burning heap.
Bjorkus begins his warsong and moves up to block the giant's entrance.
The giant cry out in surprise as the burning grease clings to their feet.
Luthor points at the lead cyclops and readies. Chubwart delays.
Even badly burned, the cyclops roar a warcry and rush into the room.
Luthor fires back with his brass knuckles.
Chubwart - 79
Luthor - 45
Kal steps back and fires his bow at the giant nearest to him.
Kal's trio of arrows finishes off the burned cyclops.
Luthor steps to AS85 and full attacks C5.
Bjorkus's hooves follow on Luthor's heels and he unleashes on his bovine wrath on the cyclops.
Luthor and Bjorkus's attacks drop one cyclops and wound another.
Opal flings some magic missiles at a cyclops.
Opal's missiles finish off another cyclops and Chubwart drops the last one.
After the battle is over, a brief search finds nothing of value in this room.
The roof in this chamber has a hole in it leaving it open to the elements. Several stones lie stacked in a corner for easy access.
There is nothing of value or interest in this room.
A charnel stench fills this long, rectangular chamber, where the discarded carcass of a huge, unidentifiable beast lies on the floor.
Again, there's nothing of value in this room.
The smell of stagnant water and discarded offal fills this low-lying cave. A wide pool takes up the eastern part of the chamber, while scattered bones lie strewn across the rest of the floor. Among the bones, a bejeweled short sword glints between two passageways leading north.
From the darkness overhead, a tentacle shoots down at Chubwart!
Chubwart is reeled into the air by the tentacle and pulled into a mass of flesh and tentacles. The goblin's muffled cries can be heard coming from within the creature.
"Let him go!"
Luthor draws a dagger and the creature.
Kal steps back and fires his bow at the monster.
Bjorkus roars and begins a warsong.
Opal fires a pair of shocking rays at the monster.
The rays score the creature's rubbery hide.
Chubwart tries to wriggle free.
But can't escape.
The gargantuan creature descends from the ceiling for more tasty morsels.
"Cap is in trouble! Help him!"
Luthor moves forward and punches the tentacle monster.
Kal casts a spell and rushes forward to touch Chubwart.
Seeing that her captain's in trouble, Opal rushes forward, grabs Chubs's leg, and speaks a word of power.
Teleporting herself and the wounded goblin back to safety.
Chubwart wipes the slime off of his face and readies his daggers.
"Thanks Moonpie!"
Seeing that Chubwart is safe, Bjorkus moves toward the monster and drives his trident into it.
The monster slams a tentacle into Bjorkus but Luthor's shield keeps it from getting a grip on the burly minotaur.
Luthor steps south and unloads a pair of knuckled fists on the tentacle creature.
Kal dodges away from the thing before casting another spell.
Kal's stumbles as he tries to dart away.
Fortunately, he stumbles out of the way of the oncoming tentacle.
Bjorkus continues to savage the gargantuan monster while bellowing his warsong.
Opal flings some magic missiles at the creature.
Opal and the minotaur's attacks prove to be more than the beast can handle and all at once its tentacles fall still.
The short sword turns out to be a +2 dagger upon closer inspection.
Two doors enter this vaulted chamber, one to the north and another to the southwest. Frescoes of cyclopes are etched into the polished walls to the southeast where a natural stone tunnel leads deeper into the mountain.
There's nothing else of value in this room.
Continuing north down the other hall takes the party back to the northern part of the complex.
"I feel like we've been everywhere but sign of the treasure."
Hmm... I wonder... thinks Kal, staring up at the giant domed Eye again. "Bjorkus, keep an eye on me... if I start acting strangely, pull me away from there, okay?"
Slowly, cautiously, he closes his eyes and starts up the stairs toward the giant mural.
Bjorkus gives Kal a curious glance and nods.
With his eyes shut, Kal approaches the mural.
Nothing happens.
Kal puts out his hand slowly and touches the wall.
It feels like a cold stone wall.
Kal turns and shrugs at the others. "It was worth trying. Let's go have a look at those magical circles. Opal, can you tell what they do?"
Kal figures these to be teleportation circles keyed to other sections of the island.