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<blockquote data-quote="Nail" data-source="post: 1780472" data-attributes="member: 224"><p><strong>an anarchic what?</strong></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px">Session #41: <em>"The Mystery of Infinity, part 2"</em></span></strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">RL evening of Sept. 15th, 2004</span></p><p></p><p></p><p>Last session, the players got their first taste of the Mystery of Infinity (or “Endlessness”; Slythia, their ghostly naga guide, has used both turns of phrase). Magical disks, apparently put there by the defilers of Alderslook, were hidden around a misty, other-worldly plain. While active, the disks would summon extra-planar creatures to attack the party....and presumably could do so for as long as the heroes were there. The only way to deactivate these disks (once found, of course!), was to use a magical weapon to hammer out the spikes that held the bronze disk to the ethereal floor. ...All the while being attacked by summoned monsters. Sounds fun, no?</p><p></p><p>.....somebody must think so, at any rate, as the characters stick around after another of the gates has activated.</p><p></p><p><silliness= movie quote> <strong>Incoming!</strong> </silliness></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p>Torsten reached the disc, happy to be invisible, feeling confident that he would be able to reach his magical hammer below the disc and pop the bolts well before the others finished the battle. He could hear the sounds of battle, maybe he would be able to help them out, once he got the disc. </p><p></p><p>He slid his hammer neatly beneath the ground, came up under the disc and popped the first bolt. </p><p></p><p>A buzzing sound had begun. The disc was activating. Damn. </p><p></p><p>The sixteen hands came up and opened a hole in reality. Out came a HUGE creature. A dinosaur Rowan had called it. This one was much, much larger than the others. It also seemed to sense where he was, even invisible. It bit him, grabbed him and before he knew what was happening, he found himself moving headfirst down the creatures throat. </p><p></p><p>Torsten had been swallowed whole. </p><p></p><p>He moved and found that he could get a little bit of movement and hit it as it swallowed him, but it wasn’t enough to make the monster let him go. He moved down its throat, he felt the acid of its stomach upon his flesh, felt his clothing dissolving as it began to digest him. There was something large and hard in here with him, felt like a shield maybe. </p><p></p><p>He cut his way out as the creature roared. He tumbled out of the hole he had made, rolling to his feet, acutely aware that his invisibility was seriously compromised by the amount of blood and, ugh, other stuff on him. </p><p></p><p>The creature looked over at him. </p><p></p><p>Torsten tried to scramble out of the way, but he wasn’t quite fast enough. He was grabbed and bitten again. </p><p></p><p>He was dying, he felt his tie to his body fading even as the creature moved his limp form to its mouth, biting and swallowing again. </p><p></p><p>He was among the spirits. He could see what was happening and he could hear a voice...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>End of Session #41!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nail, post: 1780472, member: 224"] [b]an anarchic what?[/b] [b][size=3]Session #41: [i]"The Mystery of Infinity, part 2"[/i][/size][/b][size=3][/size] [size=1]RL evening of Sept. 15th, 2004[/size] Last session, the players got their first taste of the Mystery of Infinity (or “Endlessness”; Slythia, their ghostly naga guide, has used both turns of phrase). Magical disks, apparently put there by the defilers of Alderslook, were hidden around a misty, other-worldly plain. While active, the disks would summon extra-planar creatures to attack the party....and presumably could do so for as long as the heroes were there. The only way to deactivate these disks (once found, of course!), was to use a magical weapon to hammer out the spikes that held the bronze disk to the ethereal floor. ...All the while being attacked by summoned monsters. Sounds fun, no? .....somebody must think so, at any rate, as the characters stick around after another of the gates has activated. <silliness= movie quote> [b]Incoming![/b] </silliness> Torsten reached the disc, happy to be invisible, feeling confident that he would be able to reach his magical hammer below the disc and pop the bolts well before the others finished the battle. He could hear the sounds of battle, maybe he would be able to help them out, once he got the disc. He slid his hammer neatly beneath the ground, came up under the disc and popped the first bolt. A buzzing sound had begun. The disc was activating. Damn. The sixteen hands came up and opened a hole in reality. Out came a HUGE creature. A dinosaur Rowan had called it. This one was much, much larger than the others. It also seemed to sense where he was, even invisible. It bit him, grabbed him and before he knew what was happening, he found himself moving headfirst down the creatures throat. Torsten had been swallowed whole. He moved and found that he could get a little bit of movement and hit it as it swallowed him, but it wasn’t enough to make the monster let him go. He moved down its throat, he felt the acid of its stomach upon his flesh, felt his clothing dissolving as it began to digest him. There was something large and hard in here with him, felt like a shield maybe. He cut his way out as the creature roared. He tumbled out of the hole he had made, rolling to his feet, acutely aware that his invisibility was seriously compromised by the amount of blood and, ugh, other stuff on him. The creature looked over at him. Torsten tried to scramble out of the way, but he wasn’t quite fast enough. He was grabbed and bitten again. He was dying, he felt his tie to his body fading even as the creature moved his limp form to its mouth, biting and swallowing again. He was among the spirits. He could see what was happening and he could hear a voice... End of Session #41! [/QUOTE]
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