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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 597830" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Chinese Take-out</strong></p><p></p><p>Chapter 79 “Hold on! You want us to fight a Wizard Balrog?” September 28, 1018, 7:00 P.M.</p><p></p><p>“So, where exactly is Morgarth?” asks Lannon. Finder replies “Still on this layer, and within this Anti-Magic shell. I found him and the devils at this very spot, just inside the aperture. I was told by the Tanar’ri that that this zone of Anti-Magic on this 298th Layer is controlled by a Demon King and High Priest known as the Overlord. He rules a city of the undead that occupies the center of the zone. I immediately communicated to him the presence of these Lawful Evil creatures, and he dispatched his own troops to deal with them." </p><p></p><p>Finder then gestures to the bodies on the ground. “The Overlord sent a dozen of his elite troops, comprised of five Kah’Lesar (pointing to a smaller ones) five Molydeus (pointing to one of the bigger two-headed ones) and two Balrog. An extensive battle followed. I chose to stay out of the direct combat, and observed that the Morgarth energy was casting spells from the spell books held by the devils. I communicated this to the demons, who then changed the focus of their attack to the books rather than the devils. Three of the six remaining books were destroyed, which caused the Morgarth energy to panic. </p><p></p><p>The drawback of the demons focusing on the books is that it left them open to attacks by the devils, and these five demons that you see here and one Balrog soon perished. The fall of a Balrog was what I had been waited for. I then channeled all of the power I could muster into a direct attack on Morgarth, to destroy the energy force that it occupied. The weakened Morgarth then did what I had hoped he would do and absorbed its energy into the body of most powerful creature present, the Balrog. It quickly gained control of the body and then flew away, along with the other three devils. The Overlord’s other Balrog flew after them, attacking a devil and stealing its spell book. </p><p></p><p>I then conferred with the Balrog and other surviving demons. They were more than a bit upset at the Lawful Evil Morgarth now occupying the body of their colleague, the Balrog’s mate. I pointed out to them one critical fact, which Morgarth is probably only now realizing. Since this is the home plane of the Balrog, if Morgarth is slain while in that body then the evil is forever destroyed, as there is no where else for it to go. End of the line. I agreed to stay and guard this aperture to keep them from seeking to escape as this is the only place where they could exit the sphere without the anti-magic shell temporarily erasing the spells from the spell books. The Balrog and demons returned to report to the Overlord.” </p><p></p><p>“So where is Morgarth now?” asks Narg. Finder points and replies “Resting in a cave, eight miles in that direction.” He is trying to rest long enough to study the spells from his two remaining spell books. The spells that he cast during the battle were permanently erased, as he used them as Scroll Spells. He obviously would prefer not to have to do that.” </p><p></p><p>“Do you know what spells are in those books?” asks Cassie. “No,” says Finder, “But I think we can figure it out. Each of Mordenkainen’s nine spell books contained spells of the same magic-user level. Let me think about the spells that he cast from the books during the battle here.” He describes the spells, which the party are able to recognize as being First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Ninth level spells. Finder is fairly certain that the book with the First Level spells was one of the books destroyed, and knows that the Ninth Level book is the one that the Overlord’s Balrog now has. That means that that Morgarth’s two remaining books each contain fourth, fifth or sixth level spells. </p><p></p><p>The demigod says "You need to stop him before he has rested long enough to memorize those spells.” “So you’re not coming with us?” Kim-Sung asks. Finder replies, “Well, there are only two ways that he can escape this sphere without going through the anti-magic shell. One is through this aperture, which I have already agreed to guard. The only other way would be for him to use the Gate Spell, which is in the spell book that the Overlord now has. My guess is that once he has rested and gotten his spells back he either come here or try to get obtain that book. It is best that I stay here. The battle that took place here was just over an hour ago, and it will be several more hours until he is rested enough to study for spells. I suggest that you get to him before then. </p><p></p><p>While I cannot accompany you I can, however, offer you some help against him and the three devils.” Finder then explains how he can create for each of them a suit of armor made of energy to protect them, which will absorb damage until the energy is drained. He can also implant into each suit of armor any spell, from any class, up to fifth level. He explains how this armor would appear over their other armor and clothing, extending from the medallion, and would not restrain their freedom of movement or spellcasting ability. Each armor will have its own power level ranging from 60 to 150 points (10d10+50). Each use of the spell power would drain a small amount of that energy (1d6). Each character is asked to decide which spell ability they want, and to think of two words or phrases to sing, one to activate the armor, the other to activate the spell ability. </p><p></p><p>Cassie’s armor has 125 points, is activated by the word “Aradyn” and has the spell ability of a Cone of Cold triggered by the word “Fire”. Narg’s armor has 107 points, is activated by the words “Cover me”, and creates a Fire Shield triggered by the words “Shield me.” Lannon’s armor has 102 points, is activated by the word “Jewelry”, and creates an Ice Storm triggered by the dwarven word “Garen (Silver)”. Mark’s armor has 116 points, is activated by the phrase “Arm me” and grants a Cure Critical Wounds spell with the phrase “Cure me.” Mojo’s armor has 113 points, is activated by the phrase “I have the power,” and causes a Phantasmal Killer spell to activate by the phrase “Come, Oh My Dark Master.” Kim-Sung’s armor has 101 points and is activated by the phrase “Lo Mein” and casts a Control Temperature with the phrase “Sushi”. </p><p></p><p>Finder wishes them luck, and the six head off across the rocky terrain. All except for Cassie activate their armor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 597830, member: 8530"] [b]Chinese Take-out[/b] Chapter 79 “Hold on! You want us to fight a Wizard Balrog?” September 28, 1018, 7:00 P.M. “So, where exactly is Morgarth?” asks Lannon. Finder replies “Still on this layer, and within this Anti-Magic shell. I found him and the devils at this very spot, just inside the aperture. I was told by the Tanar’ri that that this zone of Anti-Magic on this 298th Layer is controlled by a Demon King and High Priest known as the Overlord. He rules a city of the undead that occupies the center of the zone. I immediately communicated to him the presence of these Lawful Evil creatures, and he dispatched his own troops to deal with them." Finder then gestures to the bodies on the ground. “The Overlord sent a dozen of his elite troops, comprised of five Kah’Lesar (pointing to a smaller ones) five Molydeus (pointing to one of the bigger two-headed ones) and two Balrog. An extensive battle followed. I chose to stay out of the direct combat, and observed that the Morgarth energy was casting spells from the spell books held by the devils. I communicated this to the demons, who then changed the focus of their attack to the books rather than the devils. Three of the six remaining books were destroyed, which caused the Morgarth energy to panic. The drawback of the demons focusing on the books is that it left them open to attacks by the devils, and these five demons that you see here and one Balrog soon perished. The fall of a Balrog was what I had been waited for. I then channeled all of the power I could muster into a direct attack on Morgarth, to destroy the energy force that it occupied. The weakened Morgarth then did what I had hoped he would do and absorbed its energy into the body of most powerful creature present, the Balrog. It quickly gained control of the body and then flew away, along with the other three devils. The Overlord’s other Balrog flew after them, attacking a devil and stealing its spell book. I then conferred with the Balrog and other surviving demons. They were more than a bit upset at the Lawful Evil Morgarth now occupying the body of their colleague, the Balrog’s mate. I pointed out to them one critical fact, which Morgarth is probably only now realizing. Since this is the home plane of the Balrog, if Morgarth is slain while in that body then the evil is forever destroyed, as there is no where else for it to go. End of the line. I agreed to stay and guard this aperture to keep them from seeking to escape as this is the only place where they could exit the sphere without the anti-magic shell temporarily erasing the spells from the spell books. The Balrog and demons returned to report to the Overlord.” “So where is Morgarth now?” asks Narg. Finder points and replies “Resting in a cave, eight miles in that direction.” He is trying to rest long enough to study the spells from his two remaining spell books. The spells that he cast during the battle were permanently erased, as he used them as Scroll Spells. He obviously would prefer not to have to do that.” “Do you know what spells are in those books?” asks Cassie. “No,” says Finder, “But I think we can figure it out. Each of Mordenkainen’s nine spell books contained spells of the same magic-user level. Let me think about the spells that he cast from the books during the battle here.” He describes the spells, which the party are able to recognize as being First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Ninth level spells. Finder is fairly certain that the book with the First Level spells was one of the books destroyed, and knows that the Ninth Level book is the one that the Overlord’s Balrog now has. That means that that Morgarth’s two remaining books each contain fourth, fifth or sixth level spells. The demigod says "You need to stop him before he has rested long enough to memorize those spells.” “So you’re not coming with us?” Kim-Sung asks. Finder replies, “Well, there are only two ways that he can escape this sphere without going through the anti-magic shell. One is through this aperture, which I have already agreed to guard. The only other way would be for him to use the Gate Spell, which is in the spell book that the Overlord now has. My guess is that once he has rested and gotten his spells back he either come here or try to get obtain that book. It is best that I stay here. The battle that took place here was just over an hour ago, and it will be several more hours until he is rested enough to study for spells. I suggest that you get to him before then. While I cannot accompany you I can, however, offer you some help against him and the three devils.” Finder then explains how he can create for each of them a suit of armor made of energy to protect them, which will absorb damage until the energy is drained. He can also implant into each suit of armor any spell, from any class, up to fifth level. He explains how this armor would appear over their other armor and clothing, extending from the medallion, and would not restrain their freedom of movement or spellcasting ability. Each armor will have its own power level ranging from 60 to 150 points (10d10+50). Each use of the spell power would drain a small amount of that energy (1d6). Each character is asked to decide which spell ability they want, and to think of two words or phrases to sing, one to activate the armor, the other to activate the spell ability. Cassie’s armor has 125 points, is activated by the word “Aradyn” and has the spell ability of a Cone of Cold triggered by the word “Fire”. Narg’s armor has 107 points, is activated by the words “Cover me”, and creates a Fire Shield triggered by the words “Shield me.” Lannon’s armor has 102 points, is activated by the word “Jewelry”, and creates an Ice Storm triggered by the dwarven word “Garen (Silver)”. Mark’s armor has 116 points, is activated by the phrase “Arm me” and grants a Cure Critical Wounds spell with the phrase “Cure me.” Mojo’s armor has 113 points, is activated by the phrase “I have the power,” and causes a Phantasmal Killer spell to activate by the phrase “Come, Oh My Dark Master.” Kim-Sung’s armor has 101 points and is activated by the phrase “Lo Mein” and casts a Control Temperature with the phrase “Sushi”. Finder wishes them luck, and the six head off across the rocky terrain. All except for Cassie activate their armor. [/QUOTE]
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