At the pit battle, time speeds back up again as Hennet finishes reading a scroll. The words burn as he reads them, the smoke weaving itself into runes as it circles Hennet's head, and suddenly the smoke fills with sulpherous flames as a creature falls out of the gate. It is hideous.. a rubbery abomination of nature, reeking of sulphur and pain as it tries to adjust to its new surroundings. It didn't arrive where Hennet expected it to, which is somewhat disturbing. "Hissssssssss!" it leers at Alhandra, and a foul forked tongue lolls from its misshapen mouth. Hennet points at the pit, and it bobs its sad excuse for a head. "Maaasssster," it acknowledges, and with another look at the paladin it shambles over to the pit leaving a trail of smoking vapors behind it.
Quite literally, it smells like hell.
In the pit, it lashes out at the armor, interposing itself in front of Vadania and taking a chain blow meant for her. Its claws scrape against the metal, leaving thin scratches behind. It ignores the buring sphere at its feet.
Naull's light spell counteracts the weak darkness covering the pit. The wand is almost vibrating in her hand, leaving tiny traces of sparkling illumination behind it, as the darkness finally clears. As she sees the situation, she begins to cast magic missile at the chain-weilding armor.
Meanwhile Alhandra takes stock of the situation, tossing down her rope and bracing the far end. As Vadania grabs the other end, Alhandra can feel the strain on her muscles.
Nebin yells up from the pit, but no one can hear him; the fight is eerily silent to the people above. It's simple for him to leap away from the armor over the dretch, twisting in mid-air as he does so and digging for a tanglefoot bag. His hand closes on one.. no, that's a whoopie cushion. Got it! No, that's a souvenier backpack from GenCon that he bought in the dealer's hall while trying to check out a girl posing in a chainmail bikini. Aha! Finally his hand closes on it, and he whirls it at the armor. It's a horrible throw, but it gets the job done, *splook*ing on its legs and dripping to the floor beneath. The armor doesn't seem to notice. The dretch who is now partially stuck to it does, though, and it hisses at Nebin.
Hennet slides down the rope Alhandra is holding, landing cat-like next to Vadania and Nebin. The heat is tremendous.
Vadania, you've got an action if you want to take it! Details on the goblinoid assault, and the pool, later this afternoon.
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