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GAME: Malik rolls 1d20+9+6+5+2+1-2-3+1: (7)+9+6+5+2+1+-2+-3+1: 26
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You'd been traveling down a wide spiral as you further explored the mountain's shifting interiors All had been going well but it's become apparent that you have a problem.
 
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At some point, the ground beneath your feet had changed, from solid earth and stone, to. more of a loose covering and then to... hide. Segmented, armored hide.
 
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Segmented, purple armored hide. About the time this is becoming clear to you, the ground further shifts and moves beneath your feet as the enormous purple worm upon who's back you stand begins to move. And it's taking you with it.
 
   
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GAME: Malik rolls 1d20+9+6+5+2+1-2-3+1: (17)+9+6+5+2+1+-2+-3+1: 36
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Quickly.
 
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You may want to hold on tight.
  
   
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GAME: Malik rolls 1d20+9+6+5+2+1-2-3+1: (4)+9+6+5+2+1+-2+-3+1: 23
   
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GAME: Malik rolls 1d20+4+6+5+2+1-2-3+1: (2)+4+6+5+2+1+-2+-3+1: 16
   
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GAME: Malik rolls 1d8+5+3+6+2+1d6: (5)+5+3+6+2+(1): 22
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"It's moving!" Seldan drops to flatten himself against the armored hide and grabs onto the scaled hide as best he can - there isn't much to grab onto, but a segment of its armored hide will have to do. He clings on for dear life, only barely sneaking glances back behind him, his lips moving in prayers to Eluna to shield them all.
  
   
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GAME: Malik rolls 1d8+5+3+6+2+1d6: (3)+5+3+6+2+(3): 22
   
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GAME: Malik rolls 1d8+5+3+6+2+1d6: (1)+5+3+6+2+(5): 22
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Rhar is fine. She's on Gurr. And Gurr is always stable! Just ask her!
  
   
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Malik is focused on the task at hand, a strange calm on his face, though his eyes seem to suggest that the man is really anything but. Another volley of arrows, some of them not even making it to the target before being weirdly broken. But a few manage to make their mark, piercing deeply.
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Gurr, on the other paw, may have a different opinion. His claws are made for digging, not grabbing. So he frantically tries to find an edge or protrusion or something to sink his teeth into.
  
   
   
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GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
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Malik doesn't waste any time. As the others flatten and grab on to whatever they can, the wizard does the same, cursing in that foreign tongue of his -- evident from the intonation, really.
  
   
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Round Two - Init 10.
   
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It is now Oh no its a mawnster's turn! Munch is next!
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Olek is stable, dwarves are famous for their stability, but if this thing goes into someplace with a low overhead, standing might be a bad plan, so he will go flat also. Just in case.
  
   
   
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GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+28: (16)+28: 44
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Munch considers. He's never cut his way -into- a giant monster before. And he does have a rather nice axe. This might be a rare oppertunity. If nothing else, an axe embeded soildly into the armors plates makes for a decent handhold, right?
  
   
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GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+28: (9)+28: 37
   
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GAME: Munch rolls ref: (15)+10: 25
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GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+23: (8)+23: 31
   
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GAME: Seldan rolls reflex: (15)+14: 29
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GAME: Whirlpool rolls 3d6+12: (11)+12: 23
   
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GAME: Rhar rolls ref: (12)+10: 22
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GAME: Whirlpool rolls 3d6+12: (10)+12: 22
   
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GAME: Rhar rolls companionref: (8)+10: 18
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GAME: Whirlpool rolls 4d6+18: (14)+18: 32
   
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The eyes of the creature change color, from black to a vibrant red, as it draws in another breath. "MORE," it yells out loud, it's voice dark with hunger.
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Rhar gives a loud warning and battle cry. "Wheee!"
  
   
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It proceeds to then *rip* into Olek, who it has apparently decided is target number one. While his innate toughness seems to save him from considerable harm, he is still left *very* worse to wear from the sheer amount of damage it can put out wiht its teeth and... spiked...tongue which erupts into small, spikey tentacles... and mandible that *erupt* from its stony viscage.
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GAME: Olek rolls reflex: (19)+6: 25
  
   
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That's fun.
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GAME: Malik rolls reflex: (7)+10: 17
  
   
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GAME: Kore rolls ref: (11)+12: 23
  
   
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GAME: Whirlpool rolls 12d6: (42): 42
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GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
   
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Round Two - Init 5.
   
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It is now Munch's turn! Rhar is next!
   
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The thing picks up speed.
 
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A lot of speed, actually. Giant monsters can aapparently quite wuick when they burrow, and this one is.
 
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It's *huge*. The hole being left behind it is easily fifteen feet around, but that doesn't help with the whole 'getting battered by debris' as it *digs tunnels* through solid stone and takes you with it.
 
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Life is not good.
 
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Eventually, it emerges into a more immediately open area.
 
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There's a rush of warm air.
 
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And then it *hits* something hard enough to dislodge all of you and send you scattering across a carven, battered by falling rocks and debris in addition to the impact.
 
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Yes, you more or less got scraped off its back, though it's... pretty much nearby. You think.
 
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It's dark, and you're all on the ground. In a lot of pain, to say nothing of suffering *incredible* vertigo from thw twisting burrowing of the worm.
  
   
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GAME: Munch RAGES!, gaining +2 to melee attack/damage/Will saves and 28 temporary HP
   
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GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+18: (14)+18: 32
   
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GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+18: (9)+18: 27
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Malik's dislodge is a bit more -- violent than the others. Whatever hard surface the others hit, Malik manages to hit it headfirst. There's a sickening 'crunch' sound, and the wizard rolls off the purple worm, hitting the ground -- and not getting back up. Blood drains from the corners of his mouth, nose, ears -- and the slight, flat surface on the side of his head says nothing good. At all.
  
   
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GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+13: (20)+13: 33
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Luckily, he seems to still be breathing. For now.
  
   
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GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+13: (3)+13: 16
   
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GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d12+11: (2)+11: 13
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Munch blinks hard, and stands up, peering around. "...well, that was a novel and intresting experience. Let's not do it again."
  
   
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GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d12+11: (11)+11: 22
   
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Olek tucks and rolls when he feels himself jarred loose, and whatever he hits and lands on drives the wind from him. He shakes his head to clear it, trying to regain his wits.
  
   
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GAME: NEW ROUND!
   
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Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
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Rhar is used to sticks breaking bones. Not so much the stones. Until now. "Ow! Bad rocks!" She yells and flails and gets to her paws. Gurr is slower to stand, and not quite as loud. Just a resigned rumble.
  
   
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Round Three - Init 22.
   
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It is now Rhar's turn! Garak is next!
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Seldan groans, rolling over and into a sharp piece of debris, bruised and battered. But he seems to be conscious, and oh so slowly gets to his feet. If he wasn't pretty sure the worm was nearby, he wouldn't even try. "I would not have chosen it the first time," he answers Munch in a groan. Closing his eyes and chanting an incantation to summon a golden-silver ball of light, he affixes it to the shoulder of his cloak, and only then does he make any attempt to open his eyes. When he does, he fixes his eyes on a line in space to steady the room - and that line, he registers after a moment, is a badly-hurt Malik.
 
   
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That ends the vertigo, right there. "Vanguard!" he shouts for Garak, striding over as fast as the spinning room will let him.
  
   
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GAME: Rhar rolls weapon6-2: (8)+19+-2: 25
   
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GAME: Rhar rolls weapon6-2: (16)+19+-2: 33 (THREAT)
   
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GAME: Rhar rolls weapon6-2-5: (16)+19+-2+-5: 28 (THREAT)
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The vertigo begins to recede, revealing that you're in a large ravine, at least, within the mountain, a chamber criss-crossed by the burrowing creatures and gradually widened over time. The ground you're on has an odd, spongey texture with an underlying, discomfting firmness.
 
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A glance around reveals... rather enormous piles of bones clumped together in round balls that you sit between.
 
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Oh.. oh no...
  
   
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GAME: Rhar rolls weapon6-2-5-10: (19)+19+-2+-5+-10: 21 (THREAT)
   
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GAME: Rhar rolls weapon6-2: (8)+19+-2: 25
   
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GAME: Seldan rolls knowledge/arcana: (4)+11: 15
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GAME: Rhar rolls weapon6-2-5: (18)+19+-2+-5: 30 (THREAT)
   
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GAME: Rhar rolls knowledge/arcana: Trained Use Only: 0
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GAME: Rhar rolls 1d4+2+cavalier: (1)+2+13: 16
   
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GAME: Garak rolls knowledge/arcana: (4)+9: 13
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GAME: Rhar rolls 1d4+2+cavalier+1d4+2+cavalier: (2)+2+13+(3)+2+13: 35
   
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GAME: Munch rolls knowledge/arcana: (1)+10: 11 (EPIC FAIL)
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GAME: Olek rolls 1d20+16: (17)+16: 33
   
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GAME: Malik rolls Knowledge/Arcana: (18)+19: 37
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GAME: Rhar rolls weapon6+4: (15)+19+4: 38 (THREAT)
   
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GAME: Rhar uses an AoO! 1 remaining.
   
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GAME: Seldan uses an AoO! 0 remaining.
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Garak shakes his head to clear it. He blinks, possibly concussed. Did someone call for a cleric? He pushes himself to his feet and looks around. First he spots Seldan, then quickly Malik next to him. Blinking one last time to clear the last of the fuziness from his vision, he reaches for his holy symbol.
  
   
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GAME: Garak rolls 7d6: (21): 21
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GAME: Garak rolls weapon8+2+2: (6)+14+2+2: 24
   
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GAME: Garak uses an AoO! 3 remaining.
   
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GAME: Olek uses an AoO! 0 remaining.
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Seeing the cleric already at work, Seldan looks down worriedly at Malik, but steps aside, and looks around. One glance around, and the first word from his lips is "_Alacha_." The armor folded in the brooch at his neck unfolds at command, and he waits only until the clash and clatter is done to draw his sword. "Ware," he says. "Those are what it could not digest. We stand on its molted skin, in its lair. It is but time before it returns."
  
   
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GAME: Rhar rolls weapon6+4: (15)+19+4: 38 (THREAT)
   
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GAME: Garak rolls 2d8+3: (7)+3: 10
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GAME: Rhar rolls 1d4+1d4+2+2+cavalier+cavalier: (2)+(1)+2+2+13+13: 33
   
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GAME: Garak rolls 2d8+3: (9)+3: 12
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GAME: Rhar rolls weapon6+4: (8)+19+4: 31
   
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GAME: Garak used a Wand of Cure Moderate Wounds.
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GAME: Rhar uses an AoO! 0 remaining.
   
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GAME: Seldan rolls weapon1+charisma: (2)+16+5: 23
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GAME: Garak used a Wand of Cure Moderate Wounds.
  
   
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GAME: Garak rolls weapon8+2+2: (15)+14+2+2: 33
   
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GAME: Garak uses an AoO! 2 remaining.
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Rhar looks at the balls as Seldan calls out. Then she walks over to sniff at the nearest one. "Ha! It no eat us all!" Since it can't digest them, they're safe!
  
   
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GAME: Rhar rolls 2d4+2+calavier: (4)+2+calavier: 6
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Garak gives Malik a longer look and then lurches over. As he approaches he withdraws a small wand from a satchel at his belt. He touches it to Malik and murmurs under his breath. Finally he looks around. "Is anyone else hurt? If this a temporary respite we should take advantage..."
  
   
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GAME: Rhar rolls 2d4+2+cavalier: (6)+2+13: 21
   
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GAME: Rhar rolls 1d4+2+cavalier: (2)+2+13: 17
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Malik slowly starts to come to once more, the flattened side of the wizard's skull now little more than a bruise. Slowly his eyes open, and he sits up, groaning. As his fingers move through the detritus on the floor, he simply sighs. "I hate purple worms." Clearly, his head is still a bit fuzzy, but he's already attempting to get back to his feet. Shakily.
  
   
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GAME: Rhar rolls gurr attack: (10)+gurr attack: 10
   
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GAME: Rhar rolls gurr bite: aliased to companionmelee: (12)+14: 26
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Olek is picking himself up and getting his wits back, as much wits as he has in the first place, but at the word that this is the lair, he will draw shield and axe and stand ready in the dark.
  
   
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GAME: Rhar rolls gurr bite: aliased to companionmelee: (1)+14: 15 (EPIC FAIL)
   
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GAME: Rhar rolls gurr bite+4: aliased to companionmelee+4: (18)+14+4: 36
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Munch keeps his ax ready and his eyes open, but doesn't seem too concerned. "Just a worm, right? I mean yeah, a a really big one, but still..."
  
   
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GAME: Rhar rolls gurr bite+4: aliased to companionmelee+4: (4)+14+4: 22
   
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GAME: Garak rolls 1d8+6+3+2d6: (2)+6+3+(3): 14
   
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GAME: Seldan rolls knowledge/the planes: (10)+7: 17
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GAME: Olek rolls 1d10+14: (10)+14: 24
   
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GAME: Munch rolls knowledge/the planes: (10)+6: 16
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GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+20: (4)+20: 24
   
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GAME: Malik rolls Knowledge/The Planes: (9)+6: 15
  
   
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GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
   
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Round Three - Init 21.
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GAME: Garak rolls 2d8+3: (13)+3: 16
  
   
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GAME: Garak rolls 2d8+3: (8)+3: 11
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It is now Garak's turn! Olek is next!
   
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GAME: Garak used a Wand of Cure Moderate Wounds.
  
   
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GAME: Garak used a Wand of Cure Moderate Wounds.
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GAME: Garak rolls 7d6: (29): 29
   
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Garak strikes the bizarre enemy with his lance thanks to the tactical advantage provided by Rhar's...sticksmanship. Then he steps next to Olek. His lance disappears and he's able to hold his holy symbol in a newly-freed hand. The other is held in front of the symbol like a lens before it emits divine light in a line that goes through his own hand, washes over Olek and then finally ends at Seldan.
   
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Munch blinks again, and buzzes softly, peering at the bones. "...huh. Those are demon skulls... dang... anyone else suddenly crave BBQ?"
  
   
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GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
   
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Relief floods through Seldan as Malik stands, and he nods gratefully to the arvek, but tells Malik, "Look sharp. I dare not seek their presence-"
  
   
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Round Three - Init 15.
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He stops short, but the next one to speak is the blade in his hand, the voice of the irascible old man. Oddly, for once that voice sounds positively pleased. "Caught it, did you boy? Definitely demon bones in that pile. Wouldn't have those unless they're somewhere around, right?"
 
   
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It is now Olek's turn! Seldan is next!
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"Worse yet," Seldan counters, "what would eating demons do to such a creature...."
  
   
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GAME: Olek rolls 1d20+16: (6)+16: 22
   
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GAME: Olek rolls 1d20+16: (9)+16: 25
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Rhar knows the answer to that. She points a stick at one of the balls of excrement. "Make poop demon bone!"
  
   
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GAME: Olek rolls 1d20+11: (12)+11: 23
   
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Olek gahs as he's attacked, and that throws him off balance. He tags it with an axe swipe in passing, but when he squares off to fight, it turns out he's not particularly squared off, his axeblows deflecting away without biting into the enemy. This frustrates him and pushes him harder, though that does not seem to be helping.
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Garak stares at the nearest ball in distaste. Then he glances at Seldan. Or rather at the talking sword. Finally he looks around for the direction the worm departed the immediate area. Like the others he was tossed and still hasn't caught his bearings. "It's eating demons? That...is both comforting and horrifying." He thinks about it and then decides, "Mostly horrifying."
  
   
   
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GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
   
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Round Three - Init 14.
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There's a tremor.
 
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You have a lot of potential passages to go through, agaihn, too, though you're gonna need to avigate around these...piles.
  
   
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It is now Seldan's turn! Stjepan is next!
   
   
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GAME: Seldan rolls weapon1+charisma-3: (2)+16+5+-3: 20
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Munch buzzes quietly. "So... we're going to have to fight that thing eventually, right? Anyone spy a locaation better than here? Or someplace that might be better? I'm open to suggestions."
  
   
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GAME: Seldan rolls weapon1+charisma-3: (14)+16+5+-3: 32
   
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GAME: Seldan rolls weapon1+charisma-3: (6)+16+5+-3: 24
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Malik might be on his feet, but the wizard doesn't look like he's in much mood for a fight. He gives Seldan a look, waiting for the paladin's input.
  
   
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GAME: Seldan rolls 1d8+6+6+6+3: (7)+6+6+6+3: 28
   
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Seldan isn't having much better luck than Olek in the striking department, his own chance created by Rhar's blow missing wide, but instead of frustration, he redoubles his focus. It is still difficult, but finally the weapon in his hand finds purchase, sinking deep into that gaping maw and its green aura.
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Garak runs his gaze across every party member, mouth moving silently as he counts. "I can cast the Wind Walk spell," he finally concludes. "On all of us. As long as we move in a group we can find a spot of our own choosing - and return to our normal forms precisely when we desire." He hesitates and then adds, "Well, two dozen heartbeats after we desire."
  
   
   
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GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
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Olek is just waiting for the other shoe to drop, so to speak. Do worms even have shoes? "If we fight here in the wormcrap, it's not going to open it's maw and swallow us, right?" Or maybe it won't care?
  
   
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Round Three - Init 14.
   
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It is now Stjepan's turn! Malik is next!
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"It knows we are here," Seldan says, looking around, peering into the darkness. "This cavern is yet bigger than my spell will reach. I would have us add more light, that we might better see, and learn more of this place. This may be as good a place as any to make our stand. Let us make haste to explore and begone if we may, but with weapons and spells to hand should it return."
  
   
   
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GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+24: (11)+24: 35
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Rhar sniffs around, aided by Gurr. To make things even easier, she climbs up on Gurr's head. Two noses are better than one! "Hunt it? Or stay?"
  
   
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GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+24: (18)+24: 42
   
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GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+19: (2)+19: 21
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GAME: Garak refreshes spells.
  
   
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GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+14: (1)+14: 15 (EPIC FAIL)
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GAME: Garak casts Wind Walk. Caster Level: 13 DC: 22
  
   
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GAME: Garak casts Wind Walk. Caster Level: 13 DC: 22
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GAME: Whirlpool rolls 2d6+17: (6)+17: 23
   
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GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d6+17: (3)+17: 20
   
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GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
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"Leave." Malik's answer is firm, the wizard's throbbing head leaving him in little mood for argument on the matter, it seems. "We are in no position to fight such a creature. It might take an army. We leave, and come back better prepared, instead of doing something foolish." He moves to lean against the wall, resting his head against the stone there. "In case you haven't noticed, we are outmatched, and our luck has been less than ideal."
  
   
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Round Three - Init 12.
   
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It is now Malik's turn! Oh no its a mawnster is next!
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Munch buzzes softly, muttering softly to himself. "I -am- an army.... your Mom's outmatched... whatever that means... I should ask sometime..." But the golem doesn't voice his objections loudly. If the group wants to leave, he'll leave.
  
   
   
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GAME: Malik rolls 1d20+9+6+5+2+1-2-3+1: (5)+9+6+5+2+1+-2+-3+1: 24
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Garak looks at Malik. "We are not outmatched," he says evenly. "Look around you. Rarely does a group of adventurers this skilled and powerful quest together. Perhaps it's the first time you've been with such a party, but there is no way to be better prepared. In this place, in these circumstances...we are more effective than an army. There is no one better to be here than us."
  
   
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GAME: Malik rolls 1d20+9+6+5+2+1-2-3+1: (10)+9+6+5+2+1+-2+-3+1: 29
   
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GAME: Malik rolls 1d20+9+6+5+2+1-2-3+1: (5)+9+6+5+2+1+-2+-3+1: 24
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Olek has to chime in on Garak's side in this. "I'm not the type to turn tail just because something's big and scary. I'm for having a go at it, at least." That said, the stocky dwarf is made out of tough. "I'll feel a right fool if we're just going to run like a spooked deer. Anyhow, if I can tell those chumps back at the Temple I fought this thing, I think that'd be worth a lot of cred."
  
   
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GAME: Malik rolls 1d20+4+6+5+2+1-2-3+1: (2)+4+6+5+2+1+-2+-3+1: 16
   
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GAME: Malik rolls 1d8+5+3+6+2+1d6: (6)+5+3+6+2+(3): 25
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"Either we all go, or we all stay," Seldan says firmly. "We stand together, or we stand no chance. If not all feel themselves equal to the task, then I will not force them." He does not look at Malik. "We should decide quickly, whichever we do. It is likely that we will be able to return, with more information and perhaps those specialized in such things."
  
   
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With so many people directly on top of the thing, the archer is having trouble finding a good angle. He frowns, attempting to fire arrows when he thinks that the lines are safe, but pulling away slightly as the frenetic action continues, only managing to find one true shot amidst the chaos.
   
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"Can go. This way!" Rhar sniffs, then she points. A way out? It will be out of where they're at right now, at least!
  
   
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GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
   
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Round Three - Init 10.
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GAME: Rhar rolls survival: (17)+17: 34
  
   
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It is now Oh no its a mawnster's turn! Munch is next!
   
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GAME: Seldan rolls reflex: (9)+14: 23
   
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GAME: Olek rolls reflex: (16)+6: 22
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"...ah, such voices," comes a rasping, whisper. It comes from beyond some of the piles near to you.
 
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"Come closer so that I may see you."
  
   
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GAME: Rhar rolls ref: (15)+10: 25
   
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GAME: Whirlpool rolls ooc The good news! You all saved.: (2)+ooc The good news! You all saved.: 2
   
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GAME: Garak rolls reflex+3: (17)+7+3: 27
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Munch perks up, the leathery 'dreadlocks' on his head wiggeling into a loose halo as he peers towards the voice. "You -want- me closer? You really didn't get a good look." The golem steps towards the voice boldly, but keeping his weapon ready. He's gulible, not stupid.
  
   
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GAME: Munch rolls ref: (11)+10: 21
   
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GAME: Whirlpool rolls 5d6: (13): 13
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Garak turns slowly in the direction of the whisper. He glances at the nearest party members to make sure they heard it too - and he's not just hearing things. Then he falls into position behind and to one side of Munch.
  
   
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A pulse of energy wawshes from its mouth. It's not unlike the initial torrent of negative energy it unleashed on you earlier, but this time its something... worse almost? You're able to dive under it, for the most part, except for Stjepan who simply collapses in a heap, near to death, from the impact.
   
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It's not good. By all means, that probably *should* have killed him outright.
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"Ware, Munch," Seldan warns the golem. "Recall my words, and Kanian's, to you, regarding those piles." Sword still in hand, Seldan turns his attention towards the voice, but is careful not to make eye contact with it, yet."
  
   
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"HAHAHAHAH," it roars, "YES! YES! DIE!"
   
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Olek will step up beside Munch, this is something he can deal with. Or, well, Munch can deal with it, and he can help a little. He knows where he stands in all this, but he's bold by nature and no shrinking violet. "Who's there?" he demands curiously, his tone a bit surly despite himself. He just doesn't have a gentle voice.
  
   
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GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
   
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Round Three - Init 5.
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Malik, hearing the voice, seems rather resigned to the task at hand, at this point. He leans on the strung bow for support, saying nothing, letting the others handle -- whatever is now talking to them.
  
   
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It is now Munch's turn! Rhar is next!
   
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Quietly and without comment, Seldan moves a little behind the others, and with a worried glance at Malik, places himself, armor, sword, and all, between the wizard and the new presence. He does not immediately move to confront it, not as swiftly as the others, but he stands ready.
  
   
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GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+20: (11)+20: 31
   
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GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+20: (20)+20: 40
   
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GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+15: (18)+15: 33
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Whatever it is, clearfy, it is speaking to you from beneath a bone pile.
 
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"I never thought to see a living soul here in this pit. Come, clear away the bones so that I can see you." The voice is raspy, yes, and coming from beneath the bones.
 
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NO, SIR, THIS IS NOT AT ALL OMINOUS.
  
   
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GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+20: (6)+20: 26
   
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GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d12+134: (1)+134: 135
   
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GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d12+13: (3)+13: 16
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Olek will, with his axe used a bit like a broom, clear away the bones. We may as well at this point. If they're weak enough to be buried under bones, how much of a threat can they be? Maybe it's someone who needs to be rescued? That'd be a good reason to call out in the darkness. "Who are you?" he asks. "I'm Olek Stonesmasher, at your service, if your service needs serving here," he muddles through a sort of traditional greeting.
  
   
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GAME: Garak rolls weapon8+2+2: (4)+14+2+2: 22
   
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GAME: Whirlpool rolls 3d12+39: (17)+39: 56
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Munch is also inclined to move bones at this point. He doesn't really trust the voice, but doesn't exactyl feel treatened by it. "I'm Munch, the TerrorMaw."
  
   
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GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d12+13: (10)+13: 23
   
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GAME: Garak uses an AoO! 3 remaining.
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Stjepan looms in the back, mostly because it's hard to push forwards. It's been too close, too tight, for too long. He waits, metal scraping on metal.
  
   
  +
GAME: Olek rolls 1d20+19: (4)+19: 23
   
  +
GAME: Olek uses an AoO! 0 remaining.
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Garak edges closer. He has to drop his gaze to the ground in front every half-step, to make sure he doesn't step in anything especially undesirable. He stops a half-dozed paces from the source of the voice, thinking to cover Munch and Olek.
  
   
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GAME: Seldan rolls weapon1+charisma-1: (7)+16+5+-1: 27
   
  +
GAME: Seldan uses an AoO! 0 remaining.
   
  +
GAME: Seldan rolls 1d8+6+6: (8)+6+6: 20
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The bones rat tle. They begin shifting. It doesn't matter if you started pulling them away or not, it appears, even though you were asked. The clump starts to fall away and it reveals a... face...set in the earth, into a recess.
 
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"The terror maw," you say, its gaping, demonic visccage moving as it speaks, an animate, twisted pile of half-melted flesh.
 
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"It's *so good* to meet you, Maw. I am also a maw."
  
   
   
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GAME: NEW ROUND!
   
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Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
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GAME: Malik rolls Knowledge/Planes: (12)+Knowledge/Planes: 12
  
   
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Round Four - Init 22.
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GAME: Seldan rolls knowledge/the planes: (14)+7: 21
  
   
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It is now Rhar's turn! Garak is next!
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GAME: Malik rolls Knowledge/The Planes: (20)+6: 26
  
   
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GAME: Munch rolls knowledge/the planes: (7)+6: 13
  
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Stjepan gives a grunt at that, stepping forwards a little. His hand slides to the hilt of his greatsword suspiciously. He must have left his sense of humour on the purple worm.
  
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Olek peers at the face set into the ground, and the first thing that occurs to him is it will be very complicated to move this thing anywhere. "What are you?" he wonders, despite himself. He at first doesn't even realize he's said it aloud.
  
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"How did you come to be here?" Garak adds, keeping his tone neutral.
  
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GAME: Malik rolls Spellcraft: (9)+20: 29
  
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GAME: Seldan rolls spellcraft: (14)+12: 26
  
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GAME: Malik rolls 1d20 + 6 + 2 + 1 + 1: (1)+6+2+1+1: 11 (EPIC FAIL)
  
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GAME: Seldan casts Dimensional Anchor. Caster Level: 12 DC: 19
  
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GAME: Seldan rolls ranged: (13)+12: 25
  
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GAME: Malik rolls 1d20 + 6 + 2 + 1 + 1: (7)+6+2+1+1: 17
  
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GAME: Seldan rolls 1d20+12: (6)+12: 18
  
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GAME: Malik rolls 1d20+13: (13)+13: 26
  
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Malik only has a moment to glance in Seldan's direction, both of them getting a strange look on their face. And almost at the same time, the two casters speak strange words, lines of green energy shooting from their extended palms and striking the point on the ground where the thing is, enveloping it in green energy. "HIT IT," Malik shouts. "NOW." Apparently, the wizard that didn't want a fight before wants one now. Very badly.
  
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"It's a living gate to the Hells!" Seldan adds, arm still outstretched as the tandem spells complete. His own green ray strikes the creature and seems to fizzle away, but the green aura surrounds it anyway - at least one of those auras took hold, whatever it is. "The green holds the gate closed! Kill it before the spell ends, and it will dismiss the gate. Quickly!"
  
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=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ATTENTION -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
  
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Whirlpool has dropped a TIMESTOP!
  
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Please +init, then cease all roleplay and actions immediately and wait for Whirlpool to instruct you further. You may earn RPP by logging a scene for a GM.
  
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For in-combat commands, type: +thelp.
  
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-=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=-
  
   
   
 
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
  
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
   
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Round One - Init 22.
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Round Four - Init 21.
   
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It is now Rhar's turn! Garak is next!
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It is now Garak's turn! Olek is next!
   
   
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GAME: Garak casts Flame Strike. Caster Level: 13 DC: 20
   
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GAME: Rhar rolls weapon6: (1)+19: 20 (EPIC FAIL)
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GAME: Garak rolls caster: (7)+caster: 7
   
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GAME: Rhar rolls companionmelee+4: (4)+14+4: 22
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GAME: Garak rolls 13d6: (45): 45
   
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GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+5: (20)+5: 25
   
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GAME: Garak rolls 13: (13)+13: 26
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"Rhar!" Because it's always polite to introduce yourself. Even to foes you're about to kill. Before the green light goes out. Rhar's expert tactic of waving her sharp stick in the wrong direction distracts it so that Gurr can land a bite!
  
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GAME: Rhar rolls gurr damage: aliased to 1d8+10: (4)+10: 14
  
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GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
  
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Round One - Init 21.
  
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It is now Garak's turn! Olek is next!
  
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Garak reaches for his holy symbol. "Serriel!" he cries. "Grant us your blessing in battle!" Each member of the party feels a sudden touch of intensity. The priest also emits an aura that grants protection against various forms of harm.
  
   
  +
Garak's gleaming lance seems to appear and then vanish at will now. He tries to stab the maw when it's distracted by Munch. Then it disappears as the cleric flings up his hands, shouting for Serriel's purifying fire. In answer a pillar of flame spirals down to catch the monster on the side. Finally he takes up a fighting stance, lance suddenly back and held in two hands as he holds it in a ready crouch.
   
   
 
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
  
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
   
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Round One - Init 15.
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Round Four - Init 15.
   
 
It is now Olek's turn! Seldan is next!
  
It is now Olek's turn! Seldan is next!
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GAME: Olek rolls 1d20+22: (16)+22: 38
  
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GAME: Olek RAGES!, gaining +2 to melee attack/damage/Will saves and 22 temporary HP
  
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GAME: Olek rolls 1d10+14: (4)+14: 18
  
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Olek blinks in surprise as everyone's shouting and magicking and fighting all at once. This seems strange to him since the previous events of the adventure have been characterized by a slow pace, and now it's a frantic attack. He lets the rage fill him, growling in dwarfish as he raises his axe overhead, and the glowing adamantine head slams down into the face.
  
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GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
  
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
   
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Round One - Init 14.
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Round Four - Init 14.
   
 
It is now Seldan's turn! Stjepan is next!
  
It is now Seldan's turn! Stjepan is next!
   
   
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GAME: Seldan rolls weapon1+5-3+2+4: (10)+16+5+-3+2+4: 34
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GAME: Seldan spends ONE use of LAY ON HANDS.
   
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GAME: Seldan rolls 1d8+6+6+12: (2)+6+6+12: 26
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GAME: Seldan rolls 3d6: (10): 10
   
  +
GAME: Seldan rolls weapon1+charisma-3: (4)+16+5+-3: 22
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Suiting actions to words, Seldan drops his hand and, sword still in his other hand, dashes in to aid in the fight with a shout of, "In holy Eluna's name, _begone_, back to the place that spawned you!" It seems that the paladin was not joking about killing it as swiftly as possible, for he stabs at it, leaving quite the gash in the maw.
  
   
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GAME: Seldan rolls weapon1+charisma-3-5: (20)+16+5+-3+-5: 33 (THREAT)
   
  +
GAME: Seldan rolls weapon1+charisma-3: (13)+16+5+-3: 31
   
  +
GAME: Seldan rolls weapon1+charisma-3-5: (16)+16+5+-3+-5: 29
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GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
  
   
  +
GAME: Seldan uses an AoO! 0 remaining.
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Round One - Init 14.
  
   
  +
GAME: Garak rolls weapon3+2+2-1: (3)+0+2+2+-1: 6
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It is now Stjepan's turn! Malik is next!
  
   
  +
GAME: Garak uses an AoO! 3 remaining.
   
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GAME: Stjepan rolls 1d20+24+2: (10)+24+2: 36
 +
GAME: Seldan rolls weapon1+charisma: (8)+16+5: 29
   
  +
GAME: Olek uses an AoO! 0 remaining.
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GAME: Stjepan rolls 4d6+17+1d6+12: (11)+17+(6)+12: 46
  
   
  +
GAME: Garak rolls weapon8+2+2-1: (11)+14+2+2+-1: 28
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Stjepan rushes forwards, happy to oblige the request for violence. He hits fiercely, striking downwards with his considerable might.
  
   
  +
GAME: Olek rolls 1d20+15: (11)+15: 26
   
  +
GAME: Seldan rolls 1d8+1d8+16+12+12: (7)+(2)+16+12+12: 49
   
  +
GAME: Seldan rolls 1d8+8+6: (2)+8+6: 16
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GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
  
   
  +
GAME: Seldan rolls 1d8+8+6: (8)+8+6: 22
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Round One - Init 12.
  
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It is now Malik's turn! Oh no its a mawnster is next!
  
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GAME: Malik rolls 1d20+9+6+5+2+1-2-3+1+4+2: (1)+9+6+5+2+1+-2+-3+1+4+2: 26 (EPIC FAIL)
  
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GAME: Malik rolls 1d20+9+6+5+2+1-2-3+1+4+2: (7)+9+6+5+2+1+-2+-3+1+4+2: 32
  
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GAME: Malik rolls 1d20+9+6+5+2+1-2-3+1+4+2: (6)+9+6+5+2+1+-2+-3+1+4+2: 31
  
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GAME: Malik rolls 1d20+4+6+5+2+1-2-3+1+4+2: (18)+4+6+5+2+1+-2+-3+1+4+2: 38
  
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GAME: Malik rolls 1d8+5+3+6+2+1d6: (5)+5+3+6+2+(2): 23
  
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GAME: Malik rolls 1d8+5+3+6+2+1d6: (2)+5+3+6+2+(1): 19
  
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GAME: Malik rolls 1d8+5+3+6+2+1d6: (8)+5+3+6+2+(2): 26
  
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Malik wastes no time as well, launching off a volley of arrows past the green flames. The darkness, combined with the shimmer of the magic, make his first shot harder to see, and the two arrows fired go slightly astray of their mark. But the rest find their way home as the archer compensates for the distortion.
  
   
  +
Seldan -just- manages to avoid the worst of the wave of death, and although the grave's chill runs through him, his soul nonetheless remains firmly anchored to his body, and while his next opportune strike lands, it lacks its usual vigor and strength, his limbs wearier than they should be. At once, he reaches for the crescent and sphere on a silver chain around his neck, murmuring a prayer of focus. As before, moonlight-silver energy forms beneath his hand, then washes over him, and he stands with renewed strength and vitality, and promptly snarls, taking the blade in both hands and slamming it viciously multiple times in its maw. One strike lands completely true, sinking in nearly to the hilt before he pulls it out.
   
   
 
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
  
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
   
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Round One - Init 10.
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Round Four - Init 14.
   
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It is now Oh no its a mawnster's turn! Munch is next!
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It is now Stjepan's turn! Malik is next!
   
   
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GAME: Seldan rolls reflex: (5)+14: 19
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GAME: Olek rolls 1d20+15: (17)+15: 32
   
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GAME: Olek rolls reflex: (15)+6: 21
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GAME: Olek rolls 1d20+15: (8)+15: 23
   
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GAME: Malik rolls Reflex: (8)+10: 18
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GAME: Olek rolls 1d20+10: (8)+10: 18
   
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GAME: Stjepan rolls ref: (7)+8: 15
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GAME: Olek rolls 1d10+14: (3)+14: 17
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GAME: Whirlpool damaged you for -100 points. 123 HP remaining.
  
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GAME: Whirlpool rolls 15d6: (44): 44
  
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GAME: Rhar rolls ref: (15)+10: 25
  
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GAME: Rhar rolls companionref: (14)+10: 24
  
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GAME: Munch rolls ref: (12)+10: 22
  
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There is a terrible sound. A terrible, *groaning* of the earth, of fleshy ripping and *tearing*, a sound like strips of skin being peeld away, as the great maw *lurches* up out of the earth, laughing uproariously. "Yes! Yes! Destroy! Rip! Tear!" It's head now emerges from the earth more fully and it opens it's mouth, vomiting forth a great gour of black, visible *wind* that washes across you, the power of death itself *icing* through you.
  
   
  +
Olek fights on undaunted, already suffering from grave wounds, but buoyed by the party's healers, he is in a groove, fighting on desperately against the horrific foe. We've got to, or there's no going home, is there. He brings his axe down with a heavy blow, and the blade actually takes a bite once, the other blows skitter away.
   
   
 
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
  
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
   
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Round One - Init 5.
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Round Four - Init 12.
   
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It is now Munch's turn! Rhar is next!
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It is now Malik's turn! Oh no its a mawnster is next!
   
   
   
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GAME: Munch rolls weapon28-2+6+2: (8)+18+-2+6+2: 32
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GAME: Malik rolls 1d20+9+6+5+2+1-2-3+1: (12)+9+6+5+2+1+-2+-3+1: 31
   
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GAME: Munch rolls 2d12+11+6+1d6: (10)+11+6+(2): 29
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GAME: Malik rolls 1d20+9+6+5+2+1-2-3+1: (15)+9+6+5+2+1+-2+-3+1: 34
   
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GAME: Malik rolls 1d20+9+6+5+2+1-2-3+1: (17)+9+6+5+2+1+-2+-3+1: 36
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Munch usually likes icing. The power of death icing though him? Not so much. Buzzing in anger, the metal man raises his axe overhead, and slams it down onto the creature. "Maw? Hell? A HellMaw? i thought those were like really fat goblins with extra wide mouths." ...he may have listened to the wrong bard.
  
   
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GAME: Malik rolls 1d20+4+6+5+2+1-2-3+1: (12)+4+6+5+2+1+-2+-3+1: 26
   
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GAME: Malik rolls 1d8+5+3+6+2+1d6: (1)+5+3+6+2+(2): 19
   
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GAME: Malik rolls 1d8+5+3+6+2+1d6: (4)+5+3+6+2+(3): 23
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GAME: NEW ROUND!
  
   
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GAME: Malik rolls 1d8+5+3+6+2+1d6: (2)+5+3+6+2+(6): 24
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Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
  
   
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GAME: Malik rolls 1d8+5+3+6+2+1d6: (5)+5+3+6+2+(2): 23
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Round Two - Init 22.
  
   
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The wave doesn't quite reach the archer. He's looking for any opening that he can find at this point, watching for places to send his arrows through amidst the chaos. Which, naturally, those scrambling back from melee and ducking the new power give him -- almost perfectly. Malik takes aim, sending arrows into the creature -- one-two, three, four, with a fifth one finding purchase -- and apparently doing no good. The flesh only barely even twitches as the creature slumps, unmoving.
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It is now Rhar's turn! Garak is next!
  
   
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Glancing to the others, he asks, "Is anyone dead?" Because the wizard clearly has priorities here.
   
   
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It does sindeed slump. There is silence for a moment before it begins to dissolve into the earth, leaving a gaping, empty5 black hole of nothingness in its wake.
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GAME: Rhar rolls weapon6-2: (13)+19+-2: 30
  
   
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Seems like killing it didn't quite... close the last portal it had opened, though it's probably a matter of time before it fades.
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GAME: Rhar rolls weapon6-2: (4)+19+-2: 21
  
   
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Wafting up from it are the sounds of sobbing and moaning, the spirits of the damned.
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GAME: Rhar rolls weapon6-2-5: (7)+19+-2+-5: 19
  
   
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GAME: Rhar rolls weapon6-2-10: (18)+19+-2+-10: 25 (THREAT)
  
   
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GAME: Rhar rolls melee+5: (20)+18+5: 43 (THREAT)
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GAME: Seldan rolls knowledge/the planes: (15)+7: 22
   
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GAME: Rhar rolls weapon6-2-10: (11)+19+-2+-10: 18
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GAME: Garak rolls knowledge/religion: (13)+9: 22
   
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GAME: Rhar rolls melee+5: (3)+18+5: 26
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GAME: Seldan rolls knowledge/religion: (20)+11: 31
   
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Stjepan is entirely non-responsive.
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GAME: Rhar rolls 1d4+5+cavalier: (2)+5+13: 20
  
   
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GAME: Rhar rolls 1d4+5+cavalier: (2)+5+13: 20
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GAME: Garak casts Freedom of Movement. Caster Level: 13 DC: 19
   
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GAME: Rhar rolls gurr bite+4: aliased to companionmelee+4: (13)+14+4: 31
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GAME: Garak rolls 4d8+13: (22)+13: 35
   
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GAME: Rhar rolls gurr bite+4: aliased to companionmelee+4: (3)+14+4: 21
  
   
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"I am well enough, for now, by Eluna's grace and power," Seldan answers Malik, about to slam his sword into it again when the barrage of arrows fells the hellmouth. "Truly did the dimensional anchoring spell save us, Malik. I shudder to think what that thing might have brought forth did we not have such." _What was there was bad enough,_ his tone says, trailing off at the sound of the wailing of the damned that pours forth from the fading gate.
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GAME: Rhar rolls gurr bite+4: aliased to companionmelee+4: (7)+14+4: 25
  
   
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GAME: Munch rolls weapon28: (10)+18: 28
  
   
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For an instant, he raises his sword again, then relaxes it, sadly. "It had a portal to Thul's realm. Without the anchoring spell...." He leaves that thought unfinished, staring at the thing to ensure that it fades entirely. "It should fade entirely with its destruction."
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GAME: Olek rolls 1d20+22: (15)+22: 37
  
   
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GAME: Rhar rolls weapon6: (20)+19: 39 (THREAT)
  
   
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Garak stares at the spot the maw was, eyes wide. Malik's question seems to snap him back to the moment. He glances around to look over the party for himself. At the sight of Stjepan he blanches - when did that happen?? - and hurries to the fallen warrior's side. "Serriel, this hero has many righteous battles yet to win," he murmurs, casting a powerful healing spell.
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GAME: Rhar rolls gurr bite: aliased to companionmelee: (3)+14: 17
  
   
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GAME: Seldan rolls intelligence: (17)+2: 19
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GAME: Rhar uses an AoO! 1 remaining.
  
   
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GAME: Olek uses an AoO! 0 remaining.
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GAME: Garak rolls int: (8)+int: 8
   
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GAME: Stjepan rolls 1d20+26: (16)+26: 42
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GAME: Garak rolls intelligence: (16)+2: 18
   
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GAME: Rhar rolls 1d4+1d4+5+5+cavalier+cavalier: (4)+(2)+5+5+13+13: 42
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GAME: Olek rolls intelligence: (6)+0: 6
   
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GAME: Munch uses an AoO! 0 remaining.
  
   
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Malik gives Seldan a nod. "Both of them," he agrees. "I doubt just the one would have been strong enough to hold it." He walks past the paladin, fingers brushing Seldan's back as he passes, a small sign of affection, but more concerned about the state of the others. That is, until it looks like everyone is back on their feet, and he turns, asking the party at large, "Now. Can we -please- get out of this Abyss-forsaken tunnel and go the hells -home-?"
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GAME: Stjepan uses an AoO! 0 remaining.
  
   
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GAME: Stjepan rolls 2d6+29+1d6: (4)+29+(6): 39
  
   
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GAME: Rhar rolls weapon6: (1)+19: 20 (EPIC FAIL)
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GAME: Malik rolls Int: (4)+Int: 4
   
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GAME: Olek rolls 1d10+14: (2)+14: 16
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GAME: Malik rolls Intelligence: (20)+4: 24
   
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GAME: Rhar rolls 1d4+5+cavalier: (3)+5+13: 21
  
   
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Olek slumps to one knee when his rage fades, axe falling from his fingers, head leaning against the back of his shield as he pants breathlessly.
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GAME: Munch rolls damage28: aliased to 1D12+11: (5)+11: 16
  
   
   
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"We had better do so, and quickly," Seldan points out, looking around at the others, and fixing on Olek as he nearly falls. "Those worms were feeding from what this thing spewed forth. When they hunger again, it is us that they will turn to to sate them, and who knows what power they hold, after consuming the spew of Thul Mundus?" As he speaks, he strides over to Olek, murmuring the longer prayers of supplication that he uses when he is healing others.
   
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GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
  
   
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GAME: Seldan spends ONE use of LAY ON HANDS.
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Round Two - Init 21.
  
   
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GAME: Seldan rolls 3d6: (14): 14
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It is now Garak's turn! Olek is next!
  
   
   
  +
Stjepan opens his eyes, staring up at the rock ceiling. "Fuck." He lays still, wiggling toes and fingers first, then testing the rest of his limbs before trying to actually move himself. "That was not good." He turns his head, throws up comprehensively, then sits there, shivering for a few moments.
   
−
GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+21: (3)+21: 24
  
   
−
GAME: Garak casts Destruction. Caster Level: 13 DC: 22
 +
GAME: Seldan rolls survival: (16)+17: 33
   
−
GAME: Garak rolls cleric: (7)+13: 20
 +
GAME: Olek rolls survival: (5)+16: 21
   
  +
GAME: Stjepan rolls survival: (4)+6: 10
   
  +
GAME: Garak rolls survival: (4)+11: 15
−
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
  
   
−
Round Two - Init 15.
  
   
  +
The good news is that Wind Walk works just fine. Soon, you're as vapor, moving through this place. Moreover, being wind itself allows you to sense the movement of air without much difficulty. You are, after all, air yourself.
−
It is now Olek's turn! Seldan is next!
  
   
  +
Fairly soon, you're navigating tunnels. A lot of them. One after another, making note of dead ends and tracking your own movements, chasing fresh air.
   
  +
After several hours of movement, you find yourselves FINALLY approaching what seems to be light.
   
  +
Your slip through a mossy opening in the mountain side and escape into the day's early light.
−
GAME: Olek rolls 1d20+20: (11)+20: 31
  
   
  +
Exhausted, but alive.
−
GAME: Olek rolls 1d20+20: (1)+20: 21 (EPIC FAIL)
  
   
−
GAME: Olek rolls 1d20+15: (1)+15: 16 (EPIC FAIL)
  
   
  +
Remembering their original instructions, Seldan fairly slumps in exhaustion against the mountainside, but his airy form rises up against the breezes over snow-capped mountains, and once up where he can see, gestures to the others to follow, looking around for the airship that is hopefully still around.
−
GAME: Olek rolls 1d10+14+1d6: (6)+14+(5): 25
  
   
−
Olek hacks at the thing frantically, trying to cut it down before the glow goes away while choking on the horribleness. That hacking cough negatively affects his axe hacking, though, and he's not as effective as he could have been.
  
   
  +
Stjepan gets out, and stretches up to his full height, hands above his head. He just glories in it. He can Stand Up.
   
   
  +
Olek will float up as well, seeking our excape and return to the city. It was supposed to be around here?
−
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
  
   
−
Round Two - Init 14.
  
   
  +
Malik simply follows. The wizard is good at following. Especially as they make their way out of the gods-damned tunnels at long last, only slightly worse for the wear.
−
It is now Seldan's turn! Stjepan is next!
  
   
   
  +
Up, up, up you go.
−
GAME: Seldan spends ONE use of SMITE EVIL.
  
   
  +
Oh hey there's the airship.
−
GAME: Seldan spends ONE use of LAY ON HANDS.
  
   
  +
Oh hey the airship is black with smoke and on fire.
−
GAME: Seldan rolls 3d6: (4): 4
  
   
  +
Also, engaged in a running bat tle with several large winged demons.
−
GAME: Seldan rolls weapon1+5-3+4: (8)+16+5+-3+4: 30
  
   
  +
It seems to be driving them off, these vulture-like creatures, but it's sustained some damage.
−
GAME: Seldan rolls weapon1+5-3+4-5: (5)+16+5+-3+4+-5: 22
  
   
  +
No, it's not crashing.
−
GAME: Seldan rolls 1d8+6+6+6: (6)+6+6+6: 24
  
   
  +
Yet.
−
The cloud of choking death lances through Seldan like a knife, and he quickly lays free hand to shoulder for Eluna's blessing, but the cloud seems to choke even that like a cloud over the moon, and although the silver light glows beneath his hand, it does precious little. Undaunted, he presses the attack, one blow finding its mark.
  
   
   
  +
Olek will get to the ship as quickly as possible. They may be able to sway the battle if they can get there in time!
   
−
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
  
   
  +
Air might not be able to speak. Nor can it really make facial expressions. But the air-that-is-Malik just /feels/ annoyed. It's practically palpable, the sigh from the movement different than the sigh the wind makes as it moves toward the ship.
−
Round Two - Init 14.
  
   
−
It is now Stjepan's turn! Malik is next!
  
   
  +
If Seldan-as-air could go wide-eyed as he spots the demons attacking the airship, they would. Instead, he summons his wings again and takes off for the ship as swiftly as his flight will let him, drawing his sword as he dives towards the fight! Malik can complain later all he wants to.
   
−
GAME: Stjepan rolls 1D20+24: (6)+24: 30
  
   
  +
Stjepan looks up towards the ship, cursing his eagerness to plant his feet on solid ground. He unlimbers his bow and yells. "I can help more when I'm closer!"
−
GAME: Stjepan rolls 1D20+24: (9)+24: 33
  
   
−
GAME: Stjepan rolls 1D20+19-4: (12)+19+-4: 27
  
   
  +
Reaching the ship is not significantly difficult when you're vapor *and* can fly. Malik and Seldan reach it with ease. Resuming your physical forms there leads to some surprise from the crew, but they're not complaining. Still, they're not hapless, and neither are the high-powered magitech cannons that they've been firing at the flying demnons swooping around the ship, firing lightning bolts right back at them.
−
GAME: Stjepan rolls 1D20+14-4: (10)+14+-4: 20
  
   
  +
Given the scorch marks and deceased crewmen on its deck, it looks like it's been going for a little while.
−
GAME: Stjepan rolls 2d6+29+1d6: (10)+29+(6): 45
  
   
  +
Still, the tide *was* turning.
−
GAME: Stjepan rolls 2d6+29+1d6: (5)+29+(1): 35
  
   
  +
'Thank the gods. IS this all of you?" they have no idea about Stjepan left behind, after all.
−
GAME: Stjepan rolls 2d6+29+1d6: (7)+29+(6): 42
  
   
  +
"They've been niggling at us for hours, but we've held fast."
−
Stjepan redoubles his attack on the huge devil-mouth-thing. He takes a thumb-grip and launches a flurry of cuts at it, bloodying both edges of his sword as he strikes!
  
   
  +
Stjepan curses, and lights a fire arrow, shooting it up into the sky!
−  
−  
−
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
  
−  
−
Round Two - Init 12.
  
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It is now Malik's turn! Oh no its a mawnster is next!
  
   
 
[[Category:Logs|A Mountainous Exploration Part 13]]
  
[[Category:Logs|A Mountainous Exploration Part 13]]

Latest revision as of 21:16, 29 March 2020

GAME: Malik rolls 1d20+9+6+5+2+1-2-3+1: (7)+9+6+5+2+1+-2+-3+1: 26

GAME: Malik rolls 1d20+9+6+5+2+1-2-3+1: (17)+9+6+5+2+1+-2+-3+1: 36

GAME: Malik rolls 1d20+9+6+5+2+1-2-3+1: (4)+9+6+5+2+1+-2+-3+1: 23

GAME: Malik rolls 1d20+4+6+5+2+1-2-3+1: (2)+4+6+5+2+1+-2+-3+1: 16

GAME: Malik rolls 1d8+5+3+6+2+1d6: (5)+5+3+6+2+(1): 22

GAME: Malik rolls 1d8+5+3+6+2+1d6: (3)+5+3+6+2+(3): 22

GAME: Malik rolls 1d8+5+3+6+2+1d6: (1)+5+3+6+2+(5): 22

Malik is focused on the task at hand, a strange calm on his face, though his eyes seem to suggest that the man is really anything but. Another volley of arrows, some of them not even making it to the target before being weirdly broken. But a few manage to make their mark, piercing deeply.


GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.

Round Two - Init 10.

It is now Oh no its a mawnster's turn! Munch is next!


GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+28: (16)+28: 44

GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+28: (9)+28: 37

GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+23: (8)+23: 31

GAME: Whirlpool rolls 3d6+12: (11)+12: 23

GAME: Whirlpool rolls 3d6+12: (10)+12: 22

GAME: Whirlpool rolls 4d6+18: (14)+18: 32

The eyes of the creature change color, from black to a vibrant red, as it draws in another breath. "MORE," it yells out loud, it's voice dark with hunger.

It proceeds to then *rip* into Olek, who it has apparently decided is target number one. While his innate toughness seems to save him from considerable harm, he is still left *very* worse to wear from the sheer amount of damage it can put out wiht its teeth and... spiked...tongue which erupts into small, spikey tentacles... and mandible that *erupt* from its stony viscage.

That's fun.


GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.

Round Two - Init 5.

It is now Munch's turn! Rhar is next!


GAME: Munch RAGES!, gaining +2 to melee attack/damage/Will saves and 28 temporary HP

GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+18: (14)+18: 32

GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+18: (9)+18: 27

GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+13: (20)+13: 33

GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+13: (3)+13: 16

GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d12+11: (2)+11: 13

GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d12+11: (11)+11: 22


GAME: NEW ROUND!

Whirlpool advances the initiative order.

Round Three - Init 22.

It is now Rhar's turn! Garak is next!


GAME: Rhar rolls weapon6-2: (8)+19+-2: 25

GAME: Rhar rolls weapon6-2: (16)+19+-2: 33 (THREAT)

GAME: Rhar rolls weapon6-2-5: (16)+19+-2+-5: 28 (THREAT)

GAME: Rhar rolls weapon6-2-5-10: (19)+19+-2+-5+-10: 21 (THREAT)

GAME: Rhar rolls weapon6-2: (8)+19+-2: 25

GAME: Rhar rolls weapon6-2-5: (18)+19+-2+-5: 30 (THREAT)

GAME: Rhar rolls 1d4+2+cavalier: (1)+2+13: 16

GAME: Rhar rolls 1d4+2+cavalier+1d4+2+cavalier: (2)+2+13+(3)+2+13: 35

GAME: Olek rolls 1d20+16: (17)+16: 33

GAME: Rhar rolls weapon6+4: (15)+19+4: 38 (THREAT)

GAME: Rhar uses an AoO! 1 remaining.

GAME: Seldan uses an AoO! 0 remaining.

GAME: Garak rolls weapon8+2+2: (6)+14+2+2: 24

GAME: Garak uses an AoO! 3 remaining.

GAME: Olek uses an AoO! 0 remaining.

GAME: Rhar rolls weapon6+4: (15)+19+4: 38 (THREAT)

GAME: Rhar rolls 1d4+1d4+2+2+cavalier+cavalier: (2)+(1)+2+2+13+13: 33

GAME: Rhar rolls weapon6+4: (8)+19+4: 31

GAME: Rhar uses an AoO! 0 remaining.

GAME: Seldan rolls weapon1+charisma: (2)+16+5: 23

GAME: Garak rolls weapon8+2+2: (15)+14+2+2: 33

GAME: Garak uses an AoO! 2 remaining.

GAME: Rhar rolls 2d4+2+calavier: (4)+2+calavier: 6

GAME: Rhar rolls 2d4+2+cavalier: (6)+2+13: 21

GAME: Rhar rolls 1d4+2+cavalier: (2)+2+13: 17

GAME: Rhar rolls gurr attack: (10)+gurr attack: 10

GAME: Rhar rolls gurr bite: aliased to companionmelee: (12)+14: 26

GAME: Rhar rolls gurr bite: aliased to companionmelee: (1)+14: 15 (EPIC FAIL)

GAME: Rhar rolls gurr bite+4: aliased to companionmelee+4: (18)+14+4: 36

GAME: Rhar rolls gurr bite+4: aliased to companionmelee+4: (4)+14+4: 22

GAME: Garak rolls 1d8+6+3+2d6: (2)+6+3+(3): 14

GAME: Olek rolls 1d10+14: (10)+14: 24

GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+20: (4)+20: 24


GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.

Round Three - Init 21.

It is now Garak's turn! Olek is next!


GAME: Garak rolls 7d6: (29): 29

Garak strikes the bizarre enemy with his lance thanks to the tactical advantage provided by Rhar's...sticksmanship. Then he steps next to Olek. His lance disappears and he's able to hold his holy symbol in a newly-freed hand. The other is held in front of the symbol like a lens before it emits divine light in a line that goes through his own hand, washes over Olek and then finally ends at Seldan.


GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.


Round Three - Init 15.

It is now Olek's turn! Seldan is next!

GAME: Olek rolls 1d20+16: (6)+16: 22

GAME: Olek rolls 1d20+16: (9)+16: 25

GAME: Olek rolls 1d20+11: (12)+11: 23

Olek gahs as he's attacked, and that throws him off balance. He tags it with an axe swipe in passing, but when he squares off to fight, it turns out he's not particularly squared off, his axeblows deflecting away without biting into the enemy. This frustrates him and pushes him harder, though that does not seem to be helping.


GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.

Round Three - Init 14.

It is now Seldan's turn! Stjepan is next!


GAME: Seldan rolls weapon1+charisma-3: (2)+16+5+-3: 20

GAME: Seldan rolls weapon1+charisma-3: (14)+16+5+-3: 32

GAME: Seldan rolls weapon1+charisma-3: (6)+16+5+-3: 24

GAME: Seldan rolls 1d8+6+6+6+3: (7)+6+6+6+3: 28

Seldan isn't having much better luck than Olek in the striking department, his own chance created by Rhar's blow missing wide, but instead of frustration, he redoubles his focus. It is still difficult, but finally the weapon in his hand finds purchase, sinking deep into that gaping maw and its green aura.


GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.

Round Three - Init 14.

It is now Stjepan's turn! Malik is next!


GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+24: (11)+24: 35

GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+24: (18)+24: 42

GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+19: (2)+19: 21

GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+14: (1)+14: 15 (EPIC FAIL)

GAME: Whirlpool rolls 2d6+17: (6)+17: 23

GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d6+17: (3)+17: 20

GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.

Round Three - Init 12.

It is now Malik's turn! Oh no its a mawnster is next!


GAME: Malik rolls 1d20+9+6+5+2+1-2-3+1: (5)+9+6+5+2+1+-2+-3+1: 24

GAME: Malik rolls 1d20+9+6+5+2+1-2-3+1: (10)+9+6+5+2+1+-2+-3+1: 29

GAME: Malik rolls 1d20+9+6+5+2+1-2-3+1: (5)+9+6+5+2+1+-2+-3+1: 24

GAME: Malik rolls 1d20+4+6+5+2+1-2-3+1: (2)+4+6+5+2+1+-2+-3+1: 16

GAME: Malik rolls 1d8+5+3+6+2+1d6: (6)+5+3+6+2+(3): 25

With so many people directly on top of the thing, the archer is having trouble finding a good angle. He frowns, attempting to fire arrows when he thinks that the lines are safe, but pulling away slightly as the frenetic action continues, only managing to find one true shot amidst the chaos.


GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.

Round Three - Init 10.

It is now Oh no its a mawnster's turn! Munch is next!

GAME: Seldan rolls reflex: (9)+14: 23

GAME: Olek rolls reflex: (16)+6: 22

GAME: Rhar rolls ref: (15)+10: 25

GAME: Whirlpool rolls ooc The good news! You all saved.: (2)+ooc The good news! You all saved.: 2

GAME: Garak rolls reflex+3: (17)+7+3: 27

GAME: Munch rolls ref: (11)+10: 21

GAME: Whirlpool rolls 5d6: (13): 13

A pulse of energy wawshes from its mouth. It's not unlike the initial torrent of negative energy it unleashed on you earlier, but this time its something... worse almost? You're able to dive under it, for the most part, except for Stjepan who simply collapses in a heap, near to death, from the impact.

It's not good. By all means, that probably *should* have killed him outright.

"HAHAHAHAH," it roars, "YES! YES! DIE!"


GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.

Round Three - Init 5.

It is now Munch's turn! Rhar is next!


GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+20: (11)+20: 31

GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+20: (20)+20: 40

GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+15: (18)+15: 33

GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+20: (6)+20: 26

GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d12+134: (1)+134: 135

GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d12+13: (3)+13: 16

GAME: Garak rolls weapon8+2+2: (4)+14+2+2: 22

GAME: Whirlpool rolls 3d12+39: (17)+39: 56

GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d12+13: (10)+13: 23

GAME: Garak uses an AoO! 3 remaining.

GAME: Olek rolls 1d20+19: (4)+19: 23

GAME: Olek uses an AoO! 0 remaining.

GAME: Seldan rolls weapon1+charisma-1: (7)+16+5+-1: 27

GAME: Seldan uses an AoO! 0 remaining.

GAME: Seldan rolls 1d8+6+6: (8)+6+6: 20


GAME: NEW ROUND!

Whirlpool advances the initiative order.

Round Four - Init 22.

It is now Rhar's turn! Garak is next!


GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.

Round Four - Init 21.

It is now Garak's turn! Olek is next!


GAME: Garak casts Flame Strike. Caster Level: 13 DC: 20

GAME: Garak rolls caster: (7)+caster: 7

GAME: Garak rolls 13d6: (45): 45

GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+5: (20)+5: 25

GAME: Garak rolls 13: (13)+13: 26

Garak's gleaming lance seems to appear and then vanish at will now. He tries to stab the maw when it's distracted by Munch. Then it disappears as the cleric flings up his hands, shouting for Serriel's purifying fire. In answer a pillar of flame spirals down to catch the monster on the side. Finally he takes up a fighting stance, lance suddenly back and held in two hands as he holds it in a ready crouch.


GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.

Round Four - Init 15.

It is now Olek's turn! Seldan is next!


GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.

Round Four - Init 14.

It is now Seldan's turn! Stjepan is next!


GAME: Seldan spends ONE use of LAY ON HANDS.

GAME: Seldan rolls 3d6: (10): 10

GAME: Seldan rolls weapon1+charisma-3: (4)+16+5+-3: 22

GAME: Seldan rolls weapon1+charisma-3-5: (20)+16+5+-3+-5: 33 (THREAT)

GAME: Seldan rolls weapon1+charisma-3: (13)+16+5+-3: 31

GAME: Seldan rolls weapon1+charisma-3-5: (16)+16+5+-3+-5: 29

GAME: Seldan uses an AoO! 0 remaining.

GAME: Garak rolls weapon3+2+2-1: (3)+0+2+2+-1: 6

GAME: Garak uses an AoO! 3 remaining.

GAME: Seldan rolls weapon1+charisma: (8)+16+5: 29

GAME: Olek uses an AoO! 0 remaining.

GAME: Garak rolls weapon8+2+2-1: (11)+14+2+2+-1: 28

GAME: Olek rolls 1d20+15: (11)+15: 26

GAME: Seldan rolls 1d8+1d8+16+12+12: (7)+(2)+16+12+12: 49

GAME: Seldan rolls 1d8+8+6: (2)+8+6: 16

GAME: Seldan rolls 1d8+8+6: (8)+8+6: 22

Seldan -just- manages to avoid the worst of the wave of death, and although the grave's chill runs through him, his soul nonetheless remains firmly anchored to his body, and while his next opportune strike lands, it lacks its usual vigor and strength, his limbs wearier than they should be. At once, he reaches for the crescent and sphere on a silver chain around his neck, murmuring a prayer of focus. As before, moonlight-silver energy forms beneath his hand, then washes over him, and he stands with renewed strength and vitality, and promptly snarls, taking the blade in both hands and slamming it viciously multiple times in its maw. One strike lands completely true, sinking in nearly to the hilt before he pulls it out.


GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.

Round Four - Init 14.

It is now Stjepan's turn! Malik is next!


GAME: Olek rolls 1d20+15: (17)+15: 32

GAME: Olek rolls 1d20+15: (8)+15: 23

GAME: Olek rolls 1d20+10: (8)+10: 18

GAME: Olek rolls 1d10+14: (3)+14: 17

Olek fights on undaunted, already suffering from grave wounds, but buoyed by the party's healers, he is in a groove, fighting on desperately against the horrific foe. We've got to, or there's no going home, is there. He brings his axe down with a heavy blow, and the blade actually takes a bite once, the other blows skitter away.


GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.

Round Four - Init 12.

It is now Malik's turn! Oh no its a mawnster is next!


GAME: Malik rolls 1d20+9+6+5+2+1-2-3+1: (12)+9+6+5+2+1+-2+-3+1: 31

GAME: Malik rolls 1d20+9+6+5+2+1-2-3+1: (15)+9+6+5+2+1+-2+-3+1: 34

GAME: Malik rolls 1d20+9+6+5+2+1-2-3+1: (17)+9+6+5+2+1+-2+-3+1: 36

GAME: Malik rolls 1d20+4+6+5+2+1-2-3+1: (12)+4+6+5+2+1+-2+-3+1: 26

GAME: Malik rolls 1d8+5+3+6+2+1d6: (1)+5+3+6+2+(2): 19

GAME: Malik rolls 1d8+5+3+6+2+1d6: (4)+5+3+6+2+(3): 23

GAME: Malik rolls 1d8+5+3+6+2+1d6: (2)+5+3+6+2+(6): 24

GAME: Malik rolls 1d8+5+3+6+2+1d6: (5)+5+3+6+2+(2): 23

The wave doesn't quite reach the archer. He's looking for any opening that he can find at this point, watching for places to send his arrows through amidst the chaos. Which, naturally, those scrambling back from melee and ducking the new power give him -- almost perfectly. Malik takes aim, sending arrows into the creature -- one-two, three, four, with a fifth one finding purchase -- and apparently doing no good. The flesh only barely even twitches as the creature slumps, unmoving.

Glancing to the others, he asks, "Is anyone dead?" Because the wizard clearly has priorities here.


It does sindeed slump. There is silence for a moment before it begins to dissolve into the earth, leaving a gaping, empty5 black hole of nothingness in its wake.

Seems like killing it didn't quite... close the last portal it had opened, though it's probably a matter of time before it fades.

Wafting up from it are the sounds of sobbing and moaning, the spirits of the damned.


GAME: Seldan rolls knowledge/the planes: (15)+7: 22

GAME: Garak rolls knowledge/religion: (13)+9: 22

GAME: Seldan rolls knowledge/religion: (20)+11: 31

Stjepan is entirely non-responsive.

GAME: Garak casts Freedom of Movement. Caster Level: 13 DC: 19

GAME: Garak rolls 4d8+13: (22)+13: 35


"I am well enough, for now, by Eluna's grace and power," Seldan answers Malik, about to slam his sword into it again when the barrage of arrows fells the hellmouth. "Truly did the dimensional anchoring spell save us, Malik. I shudder to think what that thing might have brought forth did we not have such." _What was there was bad enough,_ his tone says, trailing off at the sound of the wailing of the damned that pours forth from the fading gate.


For an instant, he raises his sword again, then relaxes it, sadly. "It had a portal to Thul's realm. Without the anchoring spell...." He leaves that thought unfinished, staring at the thing to ensure that it fades entirely. "It should fade entirely with its destruction."


Garak stares at the spot the maw was, eyes wide. Malik's question seems to snap him back to the moment. He glances around to look over the party for himself. At the sight of Stjepan he blanches - when did that happen?? - and hurries to the fallen warrior's side. "Serriel, this hero has many righteous battles yet to win," he murmurs, casting a powerful healing spell.

GAME: Seldan rolls intelligence: (17)+2: 19

GAME: Garak rolls int: (8)+int: 8

GAME: Garak rolls intelligence: (16)+2: 18

GAME: Olek rolls intelligence: (6)+0: 6


Malik gives Seldan a nod. "Both of them," he agrees. "I doubt just the one would have been strong enough to hold it." He walks past the paladin, fingers brushing Seldan's back as he passes, a small sign of affection, but more concerned about the state of the others. That is, until it looks like everyone is back on their feet, and he turns, asking the party at large, "Now. Can we -please- get out of this Abyss-forsaken tunnel and go the hells -home-?"


GAME: Malik rolls Int: (4)+Int: 4

GAME: Malik rolls Intelligence: (20)+4: 24


Olek slumps to one knee when his rage fades, axe falling from his fingers, head leaning against the back of his shield as he pants breathlessly.


"We had better do so, and quickly," Seldan points out, looking around at the others, and fixing on Olek as he nearly falls. "Those worms were feeding from what this thing spewed forth. When they hunger again, it is us that they will turn to to sate them, and who knows what power they hold, after consuming the spew of Thul Mundus?" As he speaks, he strides over to Olek, murmuring the longer prayers of supplication that he uses when he is healing others.


GAME: Seldan spends ONE use of LAY ON HANDS.

GAME: Seldan rolls 3d6: (14): 14


Stjepan opens his eyes, staring up at the rock ceiling. "Fuck." He lays still, wiggling toes and fingers first, then testing the rest of his limbs before trying to actually move himself. "That was not good." He turns his head, throws up comprehensively, then sits there, shivering for a few moments.


GAME: Seldan rolls survival: (16)+17: 33

GAME: Olek rolls survival: (5)+16: 21

GAME: Stjepan rolls survival: (4)+6: 10

GAME: Garak rolls survival: (4)+11: 15


The good news is that Wind Walk works just fine. Soon, you're as vapor, moving through this place. Moreover, being wind itself allows you to sense the movement of air without much difficulty. You are, after all, air yourself.

Fairly soon, you're navigating tunnels. A lot of them. One after another, making note of dead ends and tracking your own movements, chasing fresh air.

After several hours of movement, you find yourselves FINALLY approaching what seems to be light.

Your slip through a mossy opening in the mountain side and escape into the day's early light.

Exhausted, but alive.


Remembering their original instructions, Seldan fairly slumps in exhaustion against the mountainside, but his airy form rises up against the breezes over snow-capped mountains, and once up where he can see, gestures to the others to follow, looking around for the airship that is hopefully still around.


Stjepan gets out, and stretches up to his full height, hands above his head. He just glories in it. He can Stand Up.


Olek will float up as well, seeking our excape and return to the city. It was supposed to be around here?


Malik simply follows. The wizard is good at following. Especially as they make their way out of the gods-damned tunnels at long last, only slightly worse for the wear.


Up, up, up you go.

Oh hey there's the airship.

Oh hey the airship is black with smoke and on fire.

Also, engaged in a running bat tle with several large winged demons.

It seems to be driving them off, these vulture-like creatures, but it's sustained some damage.

No, it's not crashing.

Yet.


Olek will get to the ship as quickly as possible. They may be able to sway the battle if they can get there in time!


Air might not be able to speak. Nor can it really make facial expressions. But the air-that-is-Malik just /feels/ annoyed. It's practically palpable, the sigh from the movement different than the sigh the wind makes as it moves toward the ship.


If Seldan-as-air could go wide-eyed as he spots the demons attacking the airship, they would. Instead, he summons his wings again and takes off for the ship as swiftly as his flight will let him, drawing his sword as he dives towards the fight! Malik can complain later all he wants to.


Stjepan looks up towards the ship, cursing his eagerness to plant his feet on solid ground. He unlimbers his bow and yells. "I can help more when I'm closer!"


Reaching the ship is not significantly difficult when you're vapor *and* can fly. Malik and Seldan reach it with ease. Resuming your physical forms there leads to some surprise from the crew, but they're not complaining. Still, they're not hapless, and neither are the high-powered magitech cannons that they've been firing at the flying demnons swooping around the ship, firing lightning bolts right back at them.

Given the scorch marks and deceased crewmen on its deck, it looks like it's been going for a little while.

Still, the tide *was* turning.

'Thank the gods. IS this all of you?" they have no idea about Stjepan left behind, after all.

"They've been niggling at us for hours, but we've held fast."

Stjepan curses, and lights a fire arrow, shooting it up into the sky!

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