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<blockquote data-quote="Sic_Pixie" data-source="post: 5972527" data-attributes="member: 52403"><p><strong>Pringle is lost for words</strong></p><p></p><p>Making it to the temple at record speed Pringle bursts into the main room and is met by an under priest who enquires as to his needs. Pringle while catching his breath manages to gasp out some nonsense which has the priest confused. Something along the lines of “I have to find a thing as my friends are hurt; they are all like blah and they need stuff to make them better.” The priest is very confused and asks Pringle to slow down and start from the beginning. Pringle takes a deep breath and then says “we killed a load of people then we fought an old guy who cast flame at us; following him we were attacked by a tentacled thing which made them blah then we killed the old guy and the demon and now we need help with the thing the thing did to us.” The priest now looking worried stutters out “wait you killed a load of people?” Pringle looks around the temple suddenly realizing what he just said …. “err yes they were crazy and they attacked us with errr stuff” The priest steps back a step feeling very much like a crazy person has just intruded into his day. “So where did you say these killings occurred?” Pringle getting the feeling that this can’t end well states that he just came from the lunatic asylum and that there are tentacled monsters there and his friends are in danger; with a smile the priest steps back a step again thinking “why do I always get the crazy ones.” He is just turning to one of the temple guards to ask that they restrain him when the high priest wanders through the temple. Catching sight of Pringle in his disheveled form and looking exceedingly distressed he advances.</p><p></p><p>Pringle standing in the foyer of the temple notices a familiar looking face approaching from within the temple proper and grins manically at him. This figure is a young bald heading man with expensive looking robes covering his lithe form. “Hello Pringle how are you feeling today? Better than when we last met I hope?” Pringle grins again and nods before blurting out that his friends need help and time is of the essence. “Oh how are your friends; Grembor was it not? Is he still a man of means?” Pringle nods a little unsure of what he means. “They need help; they were attacked by a tentacled monster and now they can’t keep their shape.” Nodding the head priest motions out the door; “well show us the way and we will do our best; for a reasonable price of course.” They run through the city again making it back to the lunatic asylum and heading quickly down the stairs to the basement.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile down in the basement; Sayuri, Grembor and Zordlan each are afflicted by a curse that renders their form like jelly every minute unless they resist its powerful effect. However each time they fail another part of their psyche is ripped away and they step one small step closer to oblivion.</p><p></p><p>Zordlan was the first to suffer the ignoble fate of turning into a Chaos Beast closely followed by Grembor; Sayuri and Nashkar who is eyeing up Sayuri, carefully retreat out of the room into the corridor outside where they find Pringle coming along with a new face; a bald headed priest wearing the somewhat lavish robes of a priest of Pharasma. He looks over the small group questioningly and notices the pair of Chaos Beasts following down the corridor; nodding to himself he looks over the party and pokes them all a couple of times noticing that Sayuri is not feeling as solid as she should he casts a spell returning her to her normal self and dismissing the whole jelly in a bag of flesh problem. </p><p></p><p>He asks were Grembor is and they point to one of the Chaos Beasts; nodding he states that he can’t fix that; especially while they are alive. It would take very powerful magic to restore them to their natural form. When dead we may have a chance however …</p><p></p><p>Looking at each other they devise a cunning plan; Nashkar casts and erects a stone wall in the narrow corridor with a small hole only a few inches across in the middle. Sayrui and Pringle fire Lightning bolts and Fireballs through this hole until both Grembor beast and Zordlan beast are very dead, shocked and burnt. They hammer down the wall with Nashkars adamantine hammer and then retrieve the bodies for later work. It is a very sad procession leaving the lunatic asylum.</p><p></p><p><em>DM Note: Chaos Beasts are nasty. Upon failing your fort save you are rendered down to basically jelly or a jelly filled sack of skin. In order to assume your own form you require a will save and you can reclaim your form for a minute. Each round your in jelly form you loose a point of wisdom; if your wisdom hits 1 you turn into a Chaos Beast and the cycle begins again as you attack those who were trying to help you. To prevent this you need a Restoration, Heal or Remove curse; none of which Nashkar was currently carrying. Even a lesser restoration to bolster the failing wisdom would have been handy. I was very generous and took it to be 30 minutes to get to the temple Pringle to blurt out his sad tale and get back with help. Would have been less if Pringle had managed to concisely articulate his problem without making the priest think he was a crazy mass murderer. So each of the people infected needed to make 30 saving throws. If they fail more times tan they have points of wisdom then … </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>I daresay it would not have got to them as bad as it had if it was on its own. Two party members dead and killed by the party no less; personally running this session I found it hilarious. Now to figure out a way to bring them back; if it is actually possible. I have an idea how they could do it but I don’t think some of them will like it. Plus considering the area they are in there may be some side effects …</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sic_Pixie, post: 5972527, member: 52403"] [b]Pringle is lost for words[/b] Making it to the temple at record speed Pringle bursts into the main room and is met by an under priest who enquires as to his needs. Pringle while catching his breath manages to gasp out some nonsense which has the priest confused. Something along the lines of “I have to find a thing as my friends are hurt; they are all like blah and they need stuff to make them better.” The priest is very confused and asks Pringle to slow down and start from the beginning. Pringle takes a deep breath and then says “we killed a load of people then we fought an old guy who cast flame at us; following him we were attacked by a tentacled thing which made them blah then we killed the old guy and the demon and now we need help with the thing the thing did to us.” The priest now looking worried stutters out “wait you killed a load of people?” Pringle looks around the temple suddenly realizing what he just said …. “err yes they were crazy and they attacked us with errr stuff” The priest steps back a step feeling very much like a crazy person has just intruded into his day. “So where did you say these killings occurred?” Pringle getting the feeling that this can’t end well states that he just came from the lunatic asylum and that there are tentacled monsters there and his friends are in danger; with a smile the priest steps back a step again thinking “why do I always get the crazy ones.” He is just turning to one of the temple guards to ask that they restrain him when the high priest wanders through the temple. Catching sight of Pringle in his disheveled form and looking exceedingly distressed he advances. Pringle standing in the foyer of the temple notices a familiar looking face approaching from within the temple proper and grins manically at him. This figure is a young bald heading man with expensive looking robes covering his lithe form. “Hello Pringle how are you feeling today? Better than when we last met I hope?” Pringle grins again and nods before blurting out that his friends need help and time is of the essence. “Oh how are your friends; Grembor was it not? Is he still a man of means?” Pringle nods a little unsure of what he means. “They need help; they were attacked by a tentacled monster and now they can’t keep their shape.” Nodding the head priest motions out the door; “well show us the way and we will do our best; for a reasonable price of course.” They run through the city again making it back to the lunatic asylum and heading quickly down the stairs to the basement. Meanwhile down in the basement; Sayuri, Grembor and Zordlan each are afflicted by a curse that renders their form like jelly every minute unless they resist its powerful effect. However each time they fail another part of their psyche is ripped away and they step one small step closer to oblivion. Zordlan was the first to suffer the ignoble fate of turning into a Chaos Beast closely followed by Grembor; Sayuri and Nashkar who is eyeing up Sayuri, carefully retreat out of the room into the corridor outside where they find Pringle coming along with a new face; a bald headed priest wearing the somewhat lavish robes of a priest of Pharasma. He looks over the small group questioningly and notices the pair of Chaos Beasts following down the corridor; nodding to himself he looks over the party and pokes them all a couple of times noticing that Sayuri is not feeling as solid as she should he casts a spell returning her to her normal self and dismissing the whole jelly in a bag of flesh problem. He asks were Grembor is and they point to one of the Chaos Beasts; nodding he states that he can’t fix that; especially while they are alive. It would take very powerful magic to restore them to their natural form. When dead we may have a chance however … Looking at each other they devise a cunning plan; Nashkar casts and erects a stone wall in the narrow corridor with a small hole only a few inches across in the middle. Sayrui and Pringle fire Lightning bolts and Fireballs through this hole until both Grembor beast and Zordlan beast are very dead, shocked and burnt. They hammer down the wall with Nashkars adamantine hammer and then retrieve the bodies for later work. It is a very sad procession leaving the lunatic asylum. [I]DM Note: Chaos Beasts are nasty. Upon failing your fort save you are rendered down to basically jelly or a jelly filled sack of skin. In order to assume your own form you require a will save and you can reclaim your form for a minute. Each round your in jelly form you loose a point of wisdom; if your wisdom hits 1 you turn into a Chaos Beast and the cycle begins again as you attack those who were trying to help you. To prevent this you need a Restoration, Heal or Remove curse; none of which Nashkar was currently carrying. Even a lesser restoration to bolster the failing wisdom would have been handy. I was very generous and took it to be 30 minutes to get to the temple Pringle to blurt out his sad tale and get back with help. Would have been less if Pringle had managed to concisely articulate his problem without making the priest think he was a crazy mass murderer. So each of the people infected needed to make 30 saving throws. If they fail more times tan they have points of wisdom then … I daresay it would not have got to them as bad as it had if it was on its own. Two party members dead and killed by the party no less; personally running this session I found it hilarious. Now to figure out a way to bring them back; if it is actually possible. I have an idea how they could do it but I don’t think some of them will like it. Plus considering the area they are in there may be some side effects …[/I] [/QUOTE]
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