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<blockquote data-quote="Sic_Pixie" data-source="post: 5965547" data-attributes="member: 52403"><p><strong>Knocking on the door ...</strong></p><p></p><p>The first room they find is large and has six lunatics chained there. Sayuri and Zordlan soon dispose of these while at the other end of the corridor Nashkar knocks on a door and waits before opening it. Inside he finds an office with nothing much of interest in here bar another door. Heading to the Door he knocks again and is somewhat startled by a voice on the other side telling him to “piss off.” Looking around at the rest of the party he knocks again and is again told where to go in no uncertain terms. They hang around for a while discussing what they should do with Nashkar, Grembor and Pringle by the door. Eventually Nashkar opens the door and is greeted by Keeper Crove; however this gave the Keeper time to prepare and as soon as the door opens they are hit by a column of fire that engulfs them all; Pringle and Nashkar stagger around trying to beat out the fires while Grembor seems untouched by the spell and grins at the Keeper. Pringle runs from the room screaming very badly burnt; Sayuri and Zordlan alerted by the blast of fire down the corridor advance to assist; Zordlan makes it up next to Nashkar while Sayuri starts casting a minor summoning spell. Keeper Crove steps up to Nashkar and reaches out with his hand which is suddenly wreathed in crackling black fire and places his finger upon Nashkar’s chest. Nashkar emits a thin wailing cry with increases in pitch as he collapses to the floor his face turning a foreboding gray colour. The party look on in horror as their healer is brought low so quickly their gazes raise from the prone form to the one standing over him grinning. Grembor tries leaping on him to manhandle him to the floor but fails to connect. Nashkar steps a small step closer to death while Pringle figuring he is a safe distance away uses the power of his tattoo to cure some of his ills and his badly burnt skin is repaired looking more like a bad case of sunburn then the charred remnants of something once human. His new skin has a strangely glistening quality; he just shrugs and heads back closer to the fight to see if he can contribute. Zordlan swings his sword and catches him high on his arm but instead of severing the arm as he would have expected the sword mostly seems to bounce off leaving only a shallow cut. Cursing he strikes again swinging his sword harder and again most of the damage is absorbed. Sayuri grins and three portals open; she is somewhat nervous as this is the first time she has summoned anything since the Sunless Grove and she hopes that what she summoned was what she asked for. Thankfully three Lemures step from the portals and obey her bidding by swarming around the Keeper cutting off any escape but being unable to cause him any harm. The Keeper carefully casts a spell rendering him immune to grappling and heaves a sigh of relief; Grembor leaps onto the nearby table and pulls out his sword; striking the Keeper in a sweet spot but his blade is turned by the apparent toughness of his skin only leaving a thin cut. Nashkar finally stops bleeding; he is very grey and no longer moving; it’s difficult to see if he is still breathing. </p><p></p><p>Pringle takes out a potion and swallows its contents; the healing tonic making his skin slightly less tender. Zordlan grabs hold of Nashkar and drags him from the room out into the corridor next to Pringle. Sayuri attempts to use her cleric in a stick to revive him but fails to activate the magic it contains; Keeper Crove again summons some dark crackling energy to his hand but fails to hit Grembor with his evilly charged hand. The evil power however is still contained within and Grembor eyes it cautiously. Grembor unleashes a duel attack upon Crove hitting him twice but only leaving minor scratches upon his skin much to his annoyance. Nashkar remains stable even after being moved to the corridor outside. </p><p></p><p>Taking the wand from Sayuri, Pringle attempts to activate its power but it does not seem to respond and they begin to wonder if it has any more charges left. Zordlen heads back into the fight but is unable to contribute in any significant way as his sword blow misses. Sayuri takes back the wand and again attempts to channel the healing powers of her wand by poking it into a wound and willing it to work. Again it fails to activate and Sayuri curses under her breath. Crove lunges out at Grembor with his hand and manages to miss while discharging the spell into himself; he screams in anger as the fell energies of his own cause serious wounds spell runs through his system opening old wounds; blood pouring down his arms. Grembor laughs in his face and strikes out again leaving another minor wound on his shoulder while Crove’s eyes flash with hate. Pringle Grabs the wand and finally the bit of wood lurches into life and the healing power is directed into Nashkar; his eyes flutter open and he is lying on the stone floor gazing up at the ceiling and the concerned faces of Sayuri and Pringle. Sayrui with a grin runs into the other room and with a quick spell discharges a lightning bolt through Zordlan and into Crove. Zordlan screams in pain as the lightning shudders though his body and passes onto Crove who joins Zordlan with his screams of pain as the lightning passes through his body. Zordlan shouts his anger at Sayuri closely followed by Crove’s curses.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sic_Pixie, post: 5965547, member: 52403"] [b]Knocking on the door ...[/b] The first room they find is large and has six lunatics chained there. Sayuri and Zordlan soon dispose of these while at the other end of the corridor Nashkar knocks on a door and waits before opening it. Inside he finds an office with nothing much of interest in here bar another door. Heading to the Door he knocks again and is somewhat startled by a voice on the other side telling him to “piss off.” Looking around at the rest of the party he knocks again and is again told where to go in no uncertain terms. They hang around for a while discussing what they should do with Nashkar, Grembor and Pringle by the door. Eventually Nashkar opens the door and is greeted by Keeper Crove; however this gave the Keeper time to prepare and as soon as the door opens they are hit by a column of fire that engulfs them all; Pringle and Nashkar stagger around trying to beat out the fires while Grembor seems untouched by the spell and grins at the Keeper. Pringle runs from the room screaming very badly burnt; Sayuri and Zordlan alerted by the blast of fire down the corridor advance to assist; Zordlan makes it up next to Nashkar while Sayuri starts casting a minor summoning spell. Keeper Crove steps up to Nashkar and reaches out with his hand which is suddenly wreathed in crackling black fire and places his finger upon Nashkar’s chest. Nashkar emits a thin wailing cry with increases in pitch as he collapses to the floor his face turning a foreboding gray colour. The party look on in horror as their healer is brought low so quickly their gazes raise from the prone form to the one standing over him grinning. Grembor tries leaping on him to manhandle him to the floor but fails to connect. Nashkar steps a small step closer to death while Pringle figuring he is a safe distance away uses the power of his tattoo to cure some of his ills and his badly burnt skin is repaired looking more like a bad case of sunburn then the charred remnants of something once human. His new skin has a strangely glistening quality; he just shrugs and heads back closer to the fight to see if he can contribute. Zordlan swings his sword and catches him high on his arm but instead of severing the arm as he would have expected the sword mostly seems to bounce off leaving only a shallow cut. Cursing he strikes again swinging his sword harder and again most of the damage is absorbed. Sayuri grins and three portals open; she is somewhat nervous as this is the first time she has summoned anything since the Sunless Grove and she hopes that what she summoned was what she asked for. Thankfully three Lemures step from the portals and obey her bidding by swarming around the Keeper cutting off any escape but being unable to cause him any harm. The Keeper carefully casts a spell rendering him immune to grappling and heaves a sigh of relief; Grembor leaps onto the nearby table and pulls out his sword; striking the Keeper in a sweet spot but his blade is turned by the apparent toughness of his skin only leaving a thin cut. Nashkar finally stops bleeding; he is very grey and no longer moving; it’s difficult to see if he is still breathing. Pringle takes out a potion and swallows its contents; the healing tonic making his skin slightly less tender. Zordlan grabs hold of Nashkar and drags him from the room out into the corridor next to Pringle. Sayuri attempts to use her cleric in a stick to revive him but fails to activate the magic it contains; Keeper Crove again summons some dark crackling energy to his hand but fails to hit Grembor with his evilly charged hand. The evil power however is still contained within and Grembor eyes it cautiously. Grembor unleashes a duel attack upon Crove hitting him twice but only leaving minor scratches upon his skin much to his annoyance. Nashkar remains stable even after being moved to the corridor outside. Taking the wand from Sayuri, Pringle attempts to activate its power but it does not seem to respond and they begin to wonder if it has any more charges left. Zordlen heads back into the fight but is unable to contribute in any significant way as his sword blow misses. Sayuri takes back the wand and again attempts to channel the healing powers of her wand by poking it into a wound and willing it to work. Again it fails to activate and Sayuri curses under her breath. Crove lunges out at Grembor with his hand and manages to miss while discharging the spell into himself; he screams in anger as the fell energies of his own cause serious wounds spell runs through his system opening old wounds; blood pouring down his arms. Grembor laughs in his face and strikes out again leaving another minor wound on his shoulder while Crove’s eyes flash with hate. Pringle Grabs the wand and finally the bit of wood lurches into life and the healing power is directed into Nashkar; his eyes flutter open and he is lying on the stone floor gazing up at the ceiling and the concerned faces of Sayuri and Pringle. Sayrui with a grin runs into the other room and with a quick spell discharges a lightning bolt through Zordlan and into Crove. Zordlan screams in pain as the lightning shudders though his body and passes onto Crove who joins Zordlan with his screams of pain as the lightning passes through his body. Zordlan shouts his anger at Sayuri closely followed by Crove’s curses. [/QUOTE]
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