For a fleeting moment, the movement of the remaining mage suggested that Schnupfen's ploy was about to pay off, but the next second the shadow's anticipation fell flat as the intruders' ringleader rallied his team to focus on the more tangible threat posed by Zogi. Through no real fault of his own, his ruse had failed. How did that wannabe hero know that his fallen ally was safe in the hole? He didn't, but humans were easy to convince to prioritize saving their own skin. Schnupfen needed to think of another scheme, and fast, before Zogi paid the price for Schnupfen's failure. That goblin was no stranger to death, of course, so Schnupfen wasn't really concerned for his sake, but he could not allow these invaders to reach the dungeon core.

When Zogi realized that his own plan wasn't panning out, and the terrible position that left him in, he took cover behind the cursed guillotine. The adventurers, smelling blood, were about to rush in to finish him off when another dungeon keeper finally showed his face. Muste announced his presence with an eldritch incantation and forceful spell, taking the marauders -and especially his clerical target- by surprise, then hightailed it back the way he came. That was Schnupfen's cue to take action, to further confuse the adventurers, scatter their attention, and perhaps most importantly, terrify them with the impression that they were surrounded. [i]Stay calm. Stay calm. The show must go on.[/i] Slipping out from the shadowy pitfall, Schnupfen cast himself onto a wall to the south of his enemies' group, quickly manifesting a number of additional hands and assembling his long, clawed fingers into devilish shapes. After a moment, he began to let out a cacophony of frenzied, predatory barks and baying howls with his many mouths, quickly getting louder as his shadow puppets got bigger and bigger, as if drawing closer. If he played his cards right, it would seem to the intruders as if a pack of rabid hellhounds were barreling toward their position, their mouthfuls of vicious fangs ready to tear the hapless humans limb from limb.