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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 619446" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Chinese Take-out</strong></p><p></p><p>Chapter 84 “Never Trust a Chaotic Evil Overlord”, September 28, 1018, 10:00 P.M.</p><p></p><p>The party moves out into the street, and Narg turns off his Fire Shield, the fog soon dissipating. The party works to pry the two ice covered spell books off of the street. Cassie is still holding the other spell book as the Overlord and most of his entourage approach. The Overlord looks towards Cassie, and asks for his book back. Since this was their agreement, she heads towards him to return this book to him, informing the Overlord that the other two spell books are theirs to keep. </p><p></p><p>The Overlord and most of his entourage now approach the party. The Overlord takes the Spell Book of 9th Level spells. He thanks them for ridding him of their mutual enemies and says that they are free to return to the Usurper of Moander’s Power. The Overlord then casts a spell, creating another dimensional doorway. They see the sphere wall and aperture, with Finder standing in front of it, on the opposite side of the doorway.</p><p></p><p>Each of he characters then hear Finder Wyvernspur’s melodious voice singing inside of their heads. He sings the following: “I feel that, For all concerned, You would be much wiser, If I grant you, True Sight powers, Through your armor's visor.” </p><p></p><p>With that, two things suddenly appear different before the party. One is the Overlord himself, as the creature standing before them is now revealed to actually be one of the Overlord’s skeletal priests. The second change is the gateway, the other side of which is now revealed to be a bubbling pit of molten lava.</p><p></p><p>The members of the Silver Moon exchange glances with each other, but make no sudden moves as a result of this new information. Instead, they continue to engage the ‘Overlord’ in conversation, making no attempt to move towards the door. Cassie comments that “Before we leave we need to get something we left in the building,” and she goes back inside. The others take this as a cue, and follow her. Once inside, Narg asks “Great, now where do we go.” Finders voice again sings in their heads. “The Overlord's Army, Stands to your East, The reason for that is Simple. His primary goal, Now as before, Is to keep you from his Temple”</p><p></p><p>Mark goes to the door on the south wall, opens it, and looks to the east. He confirms that “An army of tens of thousands of undead is massed on the street and has now started to march in this direction.” “Let’s go,” states Lannon. “How do we get out of here? ” Mojo asks. Finder then sings to them the following song: “Four buildings away, Off to your West, You'll find a path to home. The answer is held, By the Skeletal Priest, The page taken from the Tome.” </p><p></p><p>“Of course, the Gate spell, we can use that to get away” states Kim-Sung. “Sounds like a plan,” says Narg, and he leads the party to the north wall, smashing the shutter over a window and leading the party out. Once on the street they see the undead army, now about two blocks to the east, moving towards them. This walking wall of skeletons, zombies and demons cover the entire street, and the mob continues back as far as they can see. </p><p></p><p>The party starts to run westward. The endless wall of undead pick up their pace in the party’s direction. </p><p>As they reach the intersection to the road with the skeletal priest who impersonated the Overlord he casts a Hold spell, which they all manage to save from. Cassie throws a Magic Missile spell into this skeleton the party run past. </p><p></p><p>The cleric recovers from the spell and opens the 9th Level Spell Book, to cast a spell from it, as the other members of his undead entourage charge towards the party. Lannon again uses his armor’s power to blanket the area in another Ice Storm, temporarily stopping the entourage and coating the opened spell book in ice, thus preventing the spell from being cast. The party rushes through the intersection and continue westward. </p><p></p><p>They soon reaches the building where they were told the skeletal cleric is located. It is a four-story structure with two doors. The first door is smashed open, revealing an empty first floor. “Must be upstairs,” Mojo comments, and charges towards the stone staircase. The party follow, noting that the undead army is continuing to flow in their direction, now only two blocks away. </p><p></p><p>The party rushes up the first three floor, eventually reaching the top floor. The skeletal cleric is standing along the far wall, along with two allies, a skeletal minotaur and some type of demon. The fighters charge towards them, with the minotaur and demon moving towards them. Lannon turns invisible, and attempts to make his way around towards the cleric. Looking out the windows, the party also see that the undead army has now reached the building and have surrounded it. </p><p></p><p>Mark gets struck for several blows by the minotaur, and uses his armor’s curing ability to heal himself. Narg and Mojo engage the demon in battle. The skeletal priest casts spells against the party. Cassie throws a Cone of Cold back at the priest, narrowly missing the invisible Lannon, who now goes in for a backstab. Unfortunately for Lannon, the Cone of Cold made his breathe visible, alerting the priest to his presence, and Lannon gets struck. Mojo throws his hammer into the Priest, as Lannon uses his sword to break the strap holding the scroll case, catching it as it falls. Mojo uses his Phantasmal Killer spell once again, which creates for the Priest his greatest fear, namely his own destruction at the hands of the Overlord. The creature collapses in a pile of bones. </p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, Narg has finally defeated the minotaur, taking a considerable amount of damage in return. Kim-Sung notes that swarms of undead are almost to them, climbing the stairs from the third floor. Lannon tosses an Ice Storm on top of them, knocking the front group of the undead mob back down the stairs. Kim enhances this with another Control Temperature followed by a Cone of Cold from Cassie. </p><p></p><p> “Get that scroll over to Cassie” Kim yells to Lannon. He does so, as the party hears Finder’s voice again, this time singing: “Casting the Gate can open a door, To a god's powerful servant. Listen and I'll tell you how. The one you should name, Guards the tomb of Li-Tak, Dia-ko-ku's Shen-Ron-Tao”</p><p></p><p>“What exactly is a Di-ko-ko or a Shen-Ron-Tao?” asks Mojo. “The name of an Oriental Dragon,” Kim states. “We now have to fight a dragon?” Mark asks. “I think it is a good-aligned dragon that the Gate will bring us to” Kim answers. “Why don’t I just use my Plane Shift spell instead.” Cassie comments. “WHAT!” yells Narg, “Do you mean to tell us that you could have gotten us all out when we were back at the other building?” “Sure,” states Cassie, “But I wanted this scroll.” Seeing the undead now helping each other to get past the icy collapsed stairs, Lannon yells “I don’t care which you use, just get us out of here!” </p><p></p><p>Cassie gathers the six of them together, having them get into the bag of holding. She deactivates the Finder armor and activates her Belt of Shape Change, turning into a parrot. She then cast the Plane Shift, arriving about a third of a mile away from the castle, well above the valley. She flies back to the great hall, transforms back, and lets the others out of the bag of holding. They are no longer wearing the new armor, but each still has the magical medallion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 619446, member: 8530"] [b]Chinese Take-out[/b] Chapter 84 “Never Trust a Chaotic Evil Overlord”, September 28, 1018, 10:00 P.M. The party moves out into the street, and Narg turns off his Fire Shield, the fog soon dissipating. The party works to pry the two ice covered spell books off of the street. Cassie is still holding the other spell book as the Overlord and most of his entourage approach. The Overlord looks towards Cassie, and asks for his book back. Since this was their agreement, she heads towards him to return this book to him, informing the Overlord that the other two spell books are theirs to keep. The Overlord and most of his entourage now approach the party. The Overlord takes the Spell Book of 9th Level spells. He thanks them for ridding him of their mutual enemies and says that they are free to return to the Usurper of Moander’s Power. The Overlord then casts a spell, creating another dimensional doorway. They see the sphere wall and aperture, with Finder standing in front of it, on the opposite side of the doorway. Each of he characters then hear Finder Wyvernspur’s melodious voice singing inside of their heads. He sings the following: “I feel that, For all concerned, You would be much wiser, If I grant you, True Sight powers, Through your armor's visor.” With that, two things suddenly appear different before the party. One is the Overlord himself, as the creature standing before them is now revealed to actually be one of the Overlord’s skeletal priests. The second change is the gateway, the other side of which is now revealed to be a bubbling pit of molten lava. The members of the Silver Moon exchange glances with each other, but make no sudden moves as a result of this new information. Instead, they continue to engage the ‘Overlord’ in conversation, making no attempt to move towards the door. Cassie comments that “Before we leave we need to get something we left in the building,” and she goes back inside. The others take this as a cue, and follow her. Once inside, Narg asks “Great, now where do we go.” Finders voice again sings in their heads. “The Overlord's Army, Stands to your East, The reason for that is Simple. His primary goal, Now as before, Is to keep you from his Temple” Mark goes to the door on the south wall, opens it, and looks to the east. He confirms that “An army of tens of thousands of undead is massed on the street and has now started to march in this direction.” “Let’s go,” states Lannon. “How do we get out of here? ” Mojo asks. Finder then sings to them the following song: “Four buildings away, Off to your West, You'll find a path to home. The answer is held, By the Skeletal Priest, The page taken from the Tome.” “Of course, the Gate spell, we can use that to get away” states Kim-Sung. “Sounds like a plan,” says Narg, and he leads the party to the north wall, smashing the shutter over a window and leading the party out. Once on the street they see the undead army, now about two blocks to the east, moving towards them. This walking wall of skeletons, zombies and demons cover the entire street, and the mob continues back as far as they can see. The party starts to run westward. The endless wall of undead pick up their pace in the party’s direction. As they reach the intersection to the road with the skeletal priest who impersonated the Overlord he casts a Hold spell, which they all manage to save from. Cassie throws a Magic Missile spell into this skeleton the party run past. The cleric recovers from the spell and opens the 9th Level Spell Book, to cast a spell from it, as the other members of his undead entourage charge towards the party. Lannon again uses his armor’s power to blanket the area in another Ice Storm, temporarily stopping the entourage and coating the opened spell book in ice, thus preventing the spell from being cast. The party rushes through the intersection and continue westward. They soon reaches the building where they were told the skeletal cleric is located. It is a four-story structure with two doors. The first door is smashed open, revealing an empty first floor. “Must be upstairs,” Mojo comments, and charges towards the stone staircase. The party follow, noting that the undead army is continuing to flow in their direction, now only two blocks away. The party rushes up the first three floor, eventually reaching the top floor. The skeletal cleric is standing along the far wall, along with two allies, a skeletal minotaur and some type of demon. The fighters charge towards them, with the minotaur and demon moving towards them. Lannon turns invisible, and attempts to make his way around towards the cleric. Looking out the windows, the party also see that the undead army has now reached the building and have surrounded it. Mark gets struck for several blows by the minotaur, and uses his armor’s curing ability to heal himself. Narg and Mojo engage the demon in battle. The skeletal priest casts spells against the party. Cassie throws a Cone of Cold back at the priest, narrowly missing the invisible Lannon, who now goes in for a backstab. Unfortunately for Lannon, the Cone of Cold made his breathe visible, alerting the priest to his presence, and Lannon gets struck. Mojo throws his hammer into the Priest, as Lannon uses his sword to break the strap holding the scroll case, catching it as it falls. Mojo uses his Phantasmal Killer spell once again, which creates for the Priest his greatest fear, namely his own destruction at the hands of the Overlord. The creature collapses in a pile of bones. Meanwhile, Narg has finally defeated the minotaur, taking a considerable amount of damage in return. Kim-Sung notes that swarms of undead are almost to them, climbing the stairs from the third floor. Lannon tosses an Ice Storm on top of them, knocking the front group of the undead mob back down the stairs. Kim enhances this with another Control Temperature followed by a Cone of Cold from Cassie. “Get that scroll over to Cassie” Kim yells to Lannon. He does so, as the party hears Finder’s voice again, this time singing: “Casting the Gate can open a door, To a god's powerful servant. Listen and I'll tell you how. The one you should name, Guards the tomb of Li-Tak, Dia-ko-ku's Shen-Ron-Tao” “What exactly is a Di-ko-ko or a Shen-Ron-Tao?” asks Mojo. “The name of an Oriental Dragon,” Kim states. “We now have to fight a dragon?” Mark asks. “I think it is a good-aligned dragon that the Gate will bring us to” Kim answers. “Why don’t I just use my Plane Shift spell instead.” Cassie comments. “WHAT!” yells Narg, “Do you mean to tell us that you could have gotten us all out when we were back at the other building?” “Sure,” states Cassie, “But I wanted this scroll.” Seeing the undead now helping each other to get past the icy collapsed stairs, Lannon yells “I don’t care which you use, just get us out of here!” Cassie gathers the six of them together, having them get into the bag of holding. She deactivates the Finder armor and activates her Belt of Shape Change, turning into a parrot. She then cast the Plane Shift, arriving about a third of a mile away from the castle, well above the valley. She flies back to the great hall, transforms back, and lets the others out of the bag of holding. They are no longer wearing the new armor, but each still has the magical medallion. [/QUOTE]
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