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<blockquote data-quote="Richards" data-source="post: 8482544" data-attributes="member: 508"><p><strong>ADVENTURE 47: JOURNEY THROUGH THE DESOLATE WASTES</strong></p><p></p><p>PC Roster: </p><p style="margin-left: 20px">Cramer Appleknocker, gnome cleric 16</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> Jhasspok, lizardman 3/barbarian 3/fighter 10</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> Khari Hammerslammer, dwarf fighter 15/psychic warrior 1</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> Marlo Pendragon, human sorcerer 16</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> Utred "Buckets" Butterflinger, dwarf barbarian 16</p><p></p><p>Game Session Date: 8 December 2021</p><p></p><p> - - -</p><p></p><p>When forced to camp overnight in a desert wasteland which was constantly trying to leech the life force out of everything in the area and then reanimating the dead corpses as undead creatures, there was no way the five adventurers were going to do so without setting up a guard shift rotation. Cramer and Marlo got the first and last shifts so they could get a night's worth of uninterrupted sleep (necessary if they were going to be able to replenish their spells in the morning), so Jhasspok and the dwarves each took a shift in the middle and made do with two smaller clumps of sleep. Worse yet, since they were camping in their ironsilk tent - a large, fold-up structure with individual interior rooms - whoever was on guard duty had to actively patrol by pacing around the structure, to make sure nobody could sneak up from behind the tent. And everyone had to make sure to keep their <em>necromantic attunement wards</em> in place, even while sleeping, lest the sands of the Desolate Wastes desiccate them into members of the Undying Crusade. Fortunately, despite a night of worry there were no visitors to the campsite that night and the next morning's sun found the five eager to be up and on their way, for nobody wanted to spend any more time in the Desolate Wastes than was absolutely necessary.</p><p></p><p>Once on the move again, with their ironsilk tent folded up into a much smaller space than was possible without magical assistance, they had a much better way of keeping an eye out for intruders from all directions: Marlo Pendragon, wearing her <em>robe of eyes</em> and her <em>boots of levitation</em>, elevated herself as high as possible with one end of Utred's 50-foot span of silk rope tied around one ankle and the other tied to the back of the dwarven barbarian's belt. Marlo was thus pulled along for the ride much like a balloon as Utred trudged through the desert sands along with the rest of the males. From her aerial vantage point and her ability to see in all directions at once, the group had no concerns that anyone would be able to sneak up on them - with the possible exception of something burrowing up from beneath the desert sands.</p><p></p><p>"Up ahead!" Marlo called several hours into the march on a straight northwestern course. "Scorpion! Big one!" The others shielded their eyes and squinted, trying to see the threat Marlo was warning them about, but there were too many small dunes in the way. Once they crested a rise, though, the scorpion was plain to see and the sorceress had not been exaggerating: this was as big a scorpion as any of them had ever seen before in their lives, bigger than they had imagined scorpions could grow to be.</p><p></p><p>Anticipating combat, Khari activated his <em>offensive prescience</em> so he'd be psionically able to better place his weapon blows where they'd do the most damage. Jhasspok continued moving in the direction they'd been heading but veered off to the left side away from the group so the scorpion wouldn't be able to attack all of them at once. He held his <em>spellstoring frost battleaxe</em> at the ready, knowing he could discharge the <em>shocking grasp</em> spell Marlo had loaded into it that morning with his first strike. Cramer readied a <em>flame strike</em> spell, while Utred ran off to the right, mirroring Jhasspok's strategy but making sure he was closer to the scorpion than the others, making himself the logical target if the scorpion decided to attack. He held his <em>Elderwood greenflame greataxe</em> at the ready.</p><p></p><p>The colossal scorpion turned and started heading towards the four adventures walking in its direction, no doubt picking up their footsteps as they trudged through the sands. It might not have noticed Marlo, but even if it had there wasn't much it could do about her, as she was floating nearly 50 feet in the air.</p><p></p><p>Marlo, however, was under no such constraints. From her aerial perch, she cast a <em>summon monster</em> spell that caused the sands behind the massive arachnid to erupt and a rocky beast in a vaguely humanoid form rise up and bring its boulderlike fist crashing down upon the scorpion's carapace. And just that quickly, combat was on.</p><p></p><p>Apparently interested in a meal, the scorpion skittered away from the inedible earth titan and made a bee-line for Utred. As it approached, it succumbed to Cramer's readied <em>flame strike</em> spell but that didn't stop it from reaching Utred and snapping at him with a serrated claw. However, the burly barbarian managed to extricate himself from the pincer's grasp and cut a deep groove into the claw with his greataxe. Then Khari popped up almost directly in front of its face, having used the <em>earthglide</em> power of his magic warhammer to travel beneath the sands. His hammer came crashing down on the creature's head, causing a few cracks in its carapace.</p><p></p><p>Jhasspok charged at the creature as well but hadn't accounted for its quick reflexes and the lizardfolk found himself caught between the sharp edges of the scorpion's right pincer-claw. He brought his battleaxe down on the claw, discharging the <em>shocking grasp</em> spell but failing to free himself from the arachnid's grasp.</p><p></p><p>Then a <em>spiritual weapon</em> in the form of a quarterstaff appeared in the air above the scorpion and it came crashing down between its black, beady eyes. Cramer advanced slowly, not wanting to put himself into the reach of the creature's claws too soon.</p><p></p><p>Marlo sent an <em>empowered maximized scorching ray</em> blasting down at the scorpion and its carapace started to blister where the spell struck. Not liking have been left behind, the earth titan charged forward and brought a rocky fist crashing down upon the creature for a second time. The scorpion responded by continuing to crush Jhasspok in its right pincer while its left pincer darted out to grab up Khari before he could attack the creature's face again. Utred was surprised it had ignored him but it hadn't, actually - for he was the target of the scorpion's massive tail, which came stabbing into the barbarian's chest and injected him with its venom. The barbarian wasn't impressed; "That all you got?" he taunted. "I seen worse!" If he bothered to stop to wonder whether a colossal scorpion could understand what he was saying it wasn't at all evident.</p><p></p><p>Khari brought his <em>earthglide warhammer</em> crashing down upon the creature's left pincer, trying to break himself free of its grasp, to no avail. Jhasspok likewise brought his axe to bear but had no better luck. The scorpion's mouthparts opened wide, ready to devour one of its two captured morsels; it was a toss-up as to which of the two it would try to eat first.</p><p></p><p>Cramer made the decision easy for it by casting a <em>freedom of movement</em> spell on Khari, allowing the dwarven fighter to easily slide from the massive scorpion's claw. "You're next, Jhasspok!" the gnome promised, running over towards the beast's other pincer as Marlo sent an <em>empowered magic missile</em> spell crashing down upon their foe. The earth titan, no longer having to catch up to its designated target, brought both fists crashing into the scorpion's side. It hissed in pain, obviously far worse off for wear than it had been before detecting these potential sources of food.</p><p></p><p>Deciding to flee with its lizardfolk meal, the scorpion pivoted in place and started scrambling away from its tormentors. But Khari, Utred, and the summoned earth titan each had other ideas and their combined attacks brought it to an immediate halt, its massive body collapsing to the sands of the Desolate Wastes, stirring up a dust cloud. Its muscles going lax in death, Jhasspok was able to pry the pincer-claw imprisoning him open and crawl back out to relative safety.</p><p></p><p>"What was this thing's deal?" demanded Khari. "Was it undead? And if so, why was it trying to eat us?"</p><p></p><p>"Hard to say," Cramer mused, rubbing his bearded chin in thought. "Creatures like this, with exoskeletons, makes it hard to tell if it's living or undead."</p><p></p><p>"It would almost have to be undead, though," argued Khari. "Even something that size would eventually be drained of its life force, surely." Cramer just shrugged; it was a valid point, but who knew? Maybe it had adapted to life in the Desolate Wastes somehow. Stranger things had happened.</p><p></p><p>The group continued on their trek (but not until after Jhasspok had cut through the exoskeleton and carved off a hunk of meat, declaring it tasted the same as if it had just been living, and convincing Marlo to load up his battleaxe with another spell, this one a <em>vampiric touch</em>). It was hours later when Marlo again called down to the group that she saw something ahead.</p><p></p><p>"What do you see?" Cramer called up to her.</p><p></p><p>"It sounds weird, but...some sort of enormous tower shield, sized for a giant or a titan. I can't tell who's carrying it, though."</p><p></p><p>"Heading our way?" Utred wanted to know.</p><p></p><p>"No, going the same direction we are," Marlo called back down. "We'll probably overtake them; it looks like they're traveling much slower than we are." Once again it took the cresting of a dune before the landbound members of the group could see what Marlo had spotted from her aerial perch, and from the spikes emanating in all directions from the four humanoid creatures holding the oversize shield above them like an umbrella, the group's best guess was barbed devils. Which made some sort of sense, for the Desolate Wastes had been created by celestial intervention specifically to stop invasions from the Hell planes. Upon unilateral agreement, the group stopped calling up to Marlo and increased their speed, hoping to sneak up to within combat range before they were discovered.</p><p></p><p>Once close enough to make out there were four barbed devils holding up the massive metal shield, Khari reactivated his <em>offensive prescience</em> so it would be ready when needed. And then Marlo decided the group had closed to sufficient proximity for her to start the combat once again with a spell cast from the air, this time an <em>empowered maximized lightning bolt</em> cast directly upon the hellsteel shield each of the four devils was holding. Three of the four were jolted fiercely by the spell, the fourth lucky enough to have been able to overcome the worst of the shock by its inherent nature.</p><p></p><p>But now they were certainly aware they were under attack. Utred charged the one in the back right, chopping through a handful of spines with his <em>Elderwood greenflame greataxe</em>, even though a few of the fiend's spines stabbed at his hands and arms in the process. But Utred ignored the pain, the same as he'd done in scores of battles before - it was all part of the fun of combat, seeing who could dish out the most punishment and who could take it the easiest!</p><p></p><p>Jhasspok ran up to the back row of devils and slew the one Utred had already hit, then continued his weapon's swing straight into the one directly to the slain devil's left. The lizardfolk too was pierced by numerous devil-spines in doing so and despite his thick scales he was less able to ignore pain than was Utred; the lizard hissed in pain from his wounds but didn't let that stop him from continuing the combat.</p><p></p><p>Cramer cast a <em>destruction</em> spell at the barbed devil in the front right, slaying him immediately and causing the oversize hellsteel shield to cant over to the right, the two remaining fiends unable to support its weight by themselves. They ducked out from beneath its weight and let it fall flat to the sands behind them as they raced out from beneath it, to both pivot and attack Jhasspok. Khari rushed forward but had been too far away to reach the devils before those with longer strides had already entered combat. But even he could see the small stones orbiting each fiend's head - likely some sort of <em>ioun stone</em>, which was not something the dwarven fighter usually associated with devils from the Lower Planes.</p><p></p><p>Now out from beneath their protective shield, Marlo cast an <em>empowered maximized magic missile</em> spell at the two remaining devils, slaying the weakest-looking one (the one sporting electrical burns from her earlier spell) and causing the other a fair amount of pain. Utred brought his greataxe swinging into the sole remaining devil, chopping into it several times in rapid succession before Cramer finished it off with another <em>destruction</em> spell.</p><p></p><p>Post-battle examination of the huge shield as well as the <em>ioun stones</em> found near the bodies suggested they were used to ward off the detrimental effects of the sands so the fiends could hopefully escape through the desert to wreak havoc upon the world. "The <em>ioun stones</em> seem to be wards against holy energy," Marlo observed, examining them closely.</p><p></p><p>"No use to us, then," said Khari. "We ought to destroy them."</p><p></p><p>"I don't know," argued Utred. "We could give them to Matron Jalamir. She might be able to use them."</p><p></p><p>"We might be allied with her," Cramer argued, "but I don't know if I want to give her something to help ward off holy damage. If she's fighting someone who can wield holy energy, I kind of think I'd be rooting for the holy guy. I'm all for supporting Matron Jalamir against other drow matrons, but I'd still prefer we wipe out all evil drow." In the end, they buried the <em>ioun stones</em> in the sands and continued on their trek out of the Desolate Wastes.</p><p></p><p>The rest of the trip was uneventful, for there was little actual life in the desert sands. When the sands gave way to hard-packed dirt and then to grasses and plants, it was difficult to say who was the most elated. But teleporting was still impossible until they had purged themselves of every last grain of sand, a process which had to wait until they got back to Greenvale several days later.</p><p></p><p> - - -</p><p></p><p>Logan managed to subvert our expectations once again, because we had obviously assumed we'd be fighting various undead creatures during the trek home and that ended up not being the case at all. Logan says the Colossal scorpion we fought had developed a strange adaptation to the Desolate Wastes, basically being a living creature existing inside an undead exoskeleton. (He made up a template for such creatures, basically doubling its hit points and allowing it to be healed by the sands of the desert like any other undead. So we were fighting a 600 hp scorpion and we took it out in three rounds. Go us!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richards, post: 8482544, member: 508"] [B]ADVENTURE 47: JOURNEY THROUGH THE DESOLATE WASTES[/B] PC Roster: [INDENT]Cramer Appleknocker, gnome cleric 16[/INDENT] [INDENT] Jhasspok, lizardman 3/barbarian 3/fighter 10[/INDENT] [INDENT] Khari Hammerslammer, dwarf fighter 15/psychic warrior 1[/INDENT] [INDENT] Marlo Pendragon, human sorcerer 16[/INDENT] [INDENT] Utred "Buckets" Butterflinger, dwarf barbarian 16[/INDENT] Game Session Date: 8 December 2021 - - - When forced to camp overnight in a desert wasteland which was constantly trying to leech the life force out of everything in the area and then reanimating the dead corpses as undead creatures, there was no way the five adventurers were going to do so without setting up a guard shift rotation. Cramer and Marlo got the first and last shifts so they could get a night's worth of uninterrupted sleep (necessary if they were going to be able to replenish their spells in the morning), so Jhasspok and the dwarves each took a shift in the middle and made do with two smaller clumps of sleep. Worse yet, since they were camping in their ironsilk tent - a large, fold-up structure with individual interior rooms - whoever was on guard duty had to actively patrol by pacing around the structure, to make sure nobody could sneak up from behind the tent. And everyone had to make sure to keep their [I]necromantic attunement wards[/I] in place, even while sleeping, lest the sands of the Desolate Wastes desiccate them into members of the Undying Crusade. Fortunately, despite a night of worry there were no visitors to the campsite that night and the next morning's sun found the five eager to be up and on their way, for nobody wanted to spend any more time in the Desolate Wastes than was absolutely necessary. Once on the move again, with their ironsilk tent folded up into a much smaller space than was possible without magical assistance, they had a much better way of keeping an eye out for intruders from all directions: Marlo Pendragon, wearing her [I]robe of eyes[/I] and her [I]boots of levitation[/I], elevated herself as high as possible with one end of Utred's 50-foot span of silk rope tied around one ankle and the other tied to the back of the dwarven barbarian's belt. Marlo was thus pulled along for the ride much like a balloon as Utred trudged through the desert sands along with the rest of the males. From her aerial vantage point and her ability to see in all directions at once, the group had no concerns that anyone would be able to sneak up on them - with the possible exception of something burrowing up from beneath the desert sands. "Up ahead!" Marlo called several hours into the march on a straight northwestern course. "Scorpion! Big one!" The others shielded their eyes and squinted, trying to see the threat Marlo was warning them about, but there were too many small dunes in the way. Once they crested a rise, though, the scorpion was plain to see and the sorceress had not been exaggerating: this was as big a scorpion as any of them had ever seen before in their lives, bigger than they had imagined scorpions could grow to be. Anticipating combat, Khari activated his [I]offensive prescience[/I] so he'd be psionically able to better place his weapon blows where they'd do the most damage. Jhasspok continued moving in the direction they'd been heading but veered off to the left side away from the group so the scorpion wouldn't be able to attack all of them at once. He held his [I]spellstoring frost battleaxe[/I] at the ready, knowing he could discharge the [I]shocking grasp[/I] spell Marlo had loaded into it that morning with his first strike. Cramer readied a [I]flame strike[/I] spell, while Utred ran off to the right, mirroring Jhasspok's strategy but making sure he was closer to the scorpion than the others, making himself the logical target if the scorpion decided to attack. He held his [I]Elderwood greenflame greataxe[/I] at the ready. The colossal scorpion turned and started heading towards the four adventures walking in its direction, no doubt picking up their footsteps as they trudged through the sands. It might not have noticed Marlo, but even if it had there wasn't much it could do about her, as she was floating nearly 50 feet in the air. Marlo, however, was under no such constraints. From her aerial perch, she cast a [I]summon monster[/I] spell that caused the sands behind the massive arachnid to erupt and a rocky beast in a vaguely humanoid form rise up and bring its boulderlike fist crashing down upon the scorpion's carapace. And just that quickly, combat was on. Apparently interested in a meal, the scorpion skittered away from the inedible earth titan and made a bee-line for Utred. As it approached, it succumbed to Cramer's readied [I]flame strike[/I] spell but that didn't stop it from reaching Utred and snapping at him with a serrated claw. However, the burly barbarian managed to extricate himself from the pincer's grasp and cut a deep groove into the claw with his greataxe. Then Khari popped up almost directly in front of its face, having used the [I]earthglide[/I] power of his magic warhammer to travel beneath the sands. His hammer came crashing down on the creature's head, causing a few cracks in its carapace. Jhasspok charged at the creature as well but hadn't accounted for its quick reflexes and the lizardfolk found himself caught between the sharp edges of the scorpion's right pincer-claw. He brought his battleaxe down on the claw, discharging the [I]shocking grasp[/I] spell but failing to free himself from the arachnid's grasp. Then a [I]spiritual weapon[/I] in the form of a quarterstaff appeared in the air above the scorpion and it came crashing down between its black, beady eyes. Cramer advanced slowly, not wanting to put himself into the reach of the creature's claws too soon. Marlo sent an [I]empowered maximized scorching ray[/I] blasting down at the scorpion and its carapace started to blister where the spell struck. Not liking have been left behind, the earth titan charged forward and brought a rocky fist crashing down upon the creature for a second time. The scorpion responded by continuing to crush Jhasspok in its right pincer while its left pincer darted out to grab up Khari before he could attack the creature's face again. Utred was surprised it had ignored him but it hadn't, actually - for he was the target of the scorpion's massive tail, which came stabbing into the barbarian's chest and injected him with its venom. The barbarian wasn't impressed; "That all you got?" he taunted. "I seen worse!" If he bothered to stop to wonder whether a colossal scorpion could understand what he was saying it wasn't at all evident. Khari brought his [I]earthglide warhammer[/I] crashing down upon the creature's left pincer, trying to break himself free of its grasp, to no avail. Jhasspok likewise brought his axe to bear but had no better luck. The scorpion's mouthparts opened wide, ready to devour one of its two captured morsels; it was a toss-up as to which of the two it would try to eat first. Cramer made the decision easy for it by casting a [I]freedom of movement[/I] spell on Khari, allowing the dwarven fighter to easily slide from the massive scorpion's claw. "You're next, Jhasspok!" the gnome promised, running over towards the beast's other pincer as Marlo sent an [I]empowered magic missile[/I] spell crashing down upon their foe. The earth titan, no longer having to catch up to its designated target, brought both fists crashing into the scorpion's side. It hissed in pain, obviously far worse off for wear than it had been before detecting these potential sources of food. Deciding to flee with its lizardfolk meal, the scorpion pivoted in place and started scrambling away from its tormentors. But Khari, Utred, and the summoned earth titan each had other ideas and their combined attacks brought it to an immediate halt, its massive body collapsing to the sands of the Desolate Wastes, stirring up a dust cloud. Its muscles going lax in death, Jhasspok was able to pry the pincer-claw imprisoning him open and crawl back out to relative safety. "What was this thing's deal?" demanded Khari. "Was it undead? And if so, why was it trying to eat us?" "Hard to say," Cramer mused, rubbing his bearded chin in thought. "Creatures like this, with exoskeletons, makes it hard to tell if it's living or undead." "It would almost have to be undead, though," argued Khari. "Even something that size would eventually be drained of its life force, surely." Cramer just shrugged; it was a valid point, but who knew? Maybe it had adapted to life in the Desolate Wastes somehow. Stranger things had happened. The group continued on their trek (but not until after Jhasspok had cut through the exoskeleton and carved off a hunk of meat, declaring it tasted the same as if it had just been living, and convincing Marlo to load up his battleaxe with another spell, this one a [I]vampiric touch[/I]). It was hours later when Marlo again called down to the group that she saw something ahead. "What do you see?" Cramer called up to her. "It sounds weird, but...some sort of enormous tower shield, sized for a giant or a titan. I can't tell who's carrying it, though." "Heading our way?" Utred wanted to know. "No, going the same direction we are," Marlo called back down. "We'll probably overtake them; it looks like they're traveling much slower than we are." Once again it took the cresting of a dune before the landbound members of the group could see what Marlo had spotted from her aerial perch, and from the spikes emanating in all directions from the four humanoid creatures holding the oversize shield above them like an umbrella, the group's best guess was barbed devils. Which made some sort of sense, for the Desolate Wastes had been created by celestial intervention specifically to stop invasions from the Hell planes. Upon unilateral agreement, the group stopped calling up to Marlo and increased their speed, hoping to sneak up to within combat range before they were discovered. Once close enough to make out there were four barbed devils holding up the massive metal shield, Khari reactivated his [I]offensive prescience[/I] so it would be ready when needed. And then Marlo decided the group had closed to sufficient proximity for her to start the combat once again with a spell cast from the air, this time an [I]empowered maximized lightning bolt[/I] cast directly upon the hellsteel shield each of the four devils was holding. Three of the four were jolted fiercely by the spell, the fourth lucky enough to have been able to overcome the worst of the shock by its inherent nature. But now they were certainly aware they were under attack. Utred charged the one in the back right, chopping through a handful of spines with his [I]Elderwood greenflame greataxe[/I], even though a few of the fiend's spines stabbed at his hands and arms in the process. But Utred ignored the pain, the same as he'd done in scores of battles before - it was all part of the fun of combat, seeing who could dish out the most punishment and who could take it the easiest! Jhasspok ran up to the back row of devils and slew the one Utred had already hit, then continued his weapon's swing straight into the one directly to the slain devil's left. The lizardfolk too was pierced by numerous devil-spines in doing so and despite his thick scales he was less able to ignore pain than was Utred; the lizard hissed in pain from his wounds but didn't let that stop him from continuing the combat. Cramer cast a [I]destruction[/I] spell at the barbed devil in the front right, slaying him immediately and causing the oversize hellsteel shield to cant over to the right, the two remaining fiends unable to support its weight by themselves. They ducked out from beneath its weight and let it fall flat to the sands behind them as they raced out from beneath it, to both pivot and attack Jhasspok. Khari rushed forward but had been too far away to reach the devils before those with longer strides had already entered combat. But even he could see the small stones orbiting each fiend's head - likely some sort of [I]ioun stone[/I], which was not something the dwarven fighter usually associated with devils from the Lower Planes. Now out from beneath their protective shield, Marlo cast an [I]empowered maximized magic missile[/I] spell at the two remaining devils, slaying the weakest-looking one (the one sporting electrical burns from her earlier spell) and causing the other a fair amount of pain. Utred brought his greataxe swinging into the sole remaining devil, chopping into it several times in rapid succession before Cramer finished it off with another [I]destruction[/I] spell. Post-battle examination of the huge shield as well as the [I]ioun stones[/I] found near the bodies suggested they were used to ward off the detrimental effects of the sands so the fiends could hopefully escape through the desert to wreak havoc upon the world. "The [I]ioun stones[/I] seem to be wards against holy energy," Marlo observed, examining them closely. "No use to us, then," said Khari. "We ought to destroy them." "I don't know," argued Utred. "We could give them to Matron Jalamir. She might be able to use them." "We might be allied with her," Cramer argued, "but I don't know if I want to give her something to help ward off holy damage. If she's fighting someone who can wield holy energy, I kind of think I'd be rooting for the holy guy. I'm all for supporting Matron Jalamir against other drow matrons, but I'd still prefer we wipe out all evil drow." In the end, they buried the [I]ioun stones[/I] in the sands and continued on their trek out of the Desolate Wastes. The rest of the trip was uneventful, for there was little actual life in the desert sands. When the sands gave way to hard-packed dirt and then to grasses and plants, it was difficult to say who was the most elated. But teleporting was still impossible until they had purged themselves of every last grain of sand, a process which had to wait until they got back to Greenvale several days later. - - - Logan managed to subvert our expectations once again, because we had obviously assumed we'd be fighting various undead creatures during the trek home and that ended up not being the case at all. Logan says the Colossal scorpion we fought had developed a strange adaptation to the Desolate Wastes, basically being a living creature existing inside an undead exoskeleton. (He made up a template for such creatures, basically doubling its hit points and allowing it to be healed by the sands of the desert like any other undead. So we were fighting a 600 hp scorpion and we took it out in three rounds. Go us!) [/QUOTE]
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