Aria nodded, "Sounds smart, to go through that stuff and figure out what they're up to...and to count the treasure at leisure, heh heh..." She peeked at the tomes in turn, mentioning that the ones not in Common were in Draconic, which she happened to know. "I suppose I bite, but luckily I didn't inherit the devil-fangs for it to truly hurt..."<br/><br/>In the book which had mentioned the statue of Adon, Kass would notice several other dog-eared pages, each with a number scribbled on the turned-down corner; the statue of Adon had had a '2'. As for Kass's thoughts on using the map to identify the center of the spell area and possibly teleport there; she would note, looking at it, that even if the traced circle on the map matched exactly to the spell they had witnessed and felt, the level of the detail of the map was such that they'd probably only be able to identify the corresponding location in the physical world within a few miles; to the right mountain among the range or so. The circle as a whole encompassed a diameter of several hundred miles, radiating the majority of the way west towards the coast of Mulhorand, and east across sparsely populated, trackless plains and steppes. Perhaps this was why the spell origin had been chosen from somewhere in the mountain range: for its area not to be blocked by mountains had the spell been cast from beneath them.<br/><br/>The sunrod dropped by Kass fell for some dozen feet before landing and rolling out of sight as the hole curved. Over the next few minutes, the hole gradually started to collapse in on itself to no harm of the surrounding floor; it appeared the creture's passage had pressed the soil outward, and it was now expanding back into its previously filled space.<br/><br/>Aria and Kass were able to loot the rest of the books and treasure without further hostile interruption. Aria ended up pulling out from the giantess's bag of holding a number of large round stones, probably for throwing, in order to make space for the hoard (joining a fair bit of valuables the giantess itself appeared to've been toting around). Finally the place seemed picked clear of things of material or informational value, Aria having done a fairly meticulous back-and-forth-in-rows search across the place like a gardener trimming a lawn, then glancing in Kass with curious 'what's-next' eyes.<br/><br/><br/>lol, glad to hear, and I can tell that you are enjoying Kass a lot (and it comes out in the thoughtful posts and tactics)<br/><br/>I think there was some other enemy that had like <10 HP left after her last attack on it...the giantess maybe...and of course Kass is far more versatile at doing things other than direct damage (both with the spells, and effectively having 9 ranks in every skill), including neutralizing enemies or buffing allies<br/><br/>giantess:<br/>bag of holding type IV; mostly full of rocks and 13,791 of gems, jewelry and coins; efficient quiver, w/ mw Gargantuan spear, mw Huge comp longbow (Str rating +18),<br/>opal matching the one in the dragon's arm, and a magic rod<br/><br/>hoard:<br/>74,535 gp in coins and gems<br/>magic items:<br/>compass matching the one in the dragon's arm; they always point to each other<br/>potion<br/>ring (w/ inscription on the inside of the band suggesting it's a ring of evasion)<br/>rod<br/>staff<br/>cloak<br/>pipes<br/>monocle (amongst a kit of nonmagical appraisal tools, with a card suggesting the monocle is for identifying magic items)<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Experience</span><br/>Karsysa the marilith: 3600 XP<br/>Babaus and succubi: 3600 XP<br/>Rana's impostor: 5400 XP<br/>Ozonyminidonaxandius the blue dragon: 5400 XP<br/>the wicker man: 5400 XP<br/>the giantess: 6300 XP<br/>bronze serpent: 7200 XP<br/><br/>Total so far: 36,900 XP<br/>Starting: 153,000 XP<br/>Current: 189,900 XP<br/>For L19: 171,000 XP<br/>For L20: 190,000 XP