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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 655726" data-attributes="member: 1210">Against the Immoths"Wait!" Orbius cries as he casts tongues.  "Don't attack us!  We bring a friend of the elements!"  The party can still hear the ice creatures, and it sounds like they're casting spells.  Sheva casts an area dispel to try to make them visible again, but to no avail.  Cursing to herself, she draws out a blade and braces herself- then leaps aside as a crackling bolt of electricity arcs at her!  She manages to evade teh blast, but another one shoots out and catches Horbin and Grumpy and some sort of frigid ray strikes Angel, doing terrible damage to him.  He has a ring to aid him against it, but of course the Angel of Fire's acchiles' heel is cold.The group scatters.  They can't see any of the enemies just yet, but when Horbin casts another area dispel one of them appears with a cry of displeasure.  Then Lester dives in and swings Felix Optima Maxima, smashing into it.  The blow seems significantly dispersed by the creature's icy makeup, however; it is not nearly as severe as Lester would have expected.  Then fire blooms all around the two of them as the Mayor's fireball explodes.  The visible monster screams in pain and staggers back a step.A horde of magic missiles flash into Orbius as the Eye casts true seeing.  He staggers back a pace, but points and cries out hoarsely, "There!"Sheva leaps forward and strikes, and even though she can't see the thing she manages to land a blow on it.  Ice and water spray out from her unseen opponent like blood and gore.  Another bolt of electricity shoots out, and Sheva and Angel are both caught in its deadly arc.  Grumpy starts firing arrows at the spot that Sheva just hit, and then a pillar of flame whumps down on it as well!  A horrible cry comes from the empty air, and for an instant the flame outlines a staggering giant form.Lester and the one he's on are fighting back and forth, and Zeebo hastes Lester to improve the odds.  Two of the creatures are still invisible, but Orbius keeps pointing them out to the party.  The battle's ugly and fast, with the thunk of Felix Optima biting into ice counterpointed by the sizzle of an acid arrow hitting Orbius.  Another lightning bolt shoots out of an invisible giant, catching Grumpy and Horbin, who steps back a pace to heal himself a little before moving to strike with his mace.  Zeebo is backing further and further away, but as he does so he causes Angel to enlarge.  Meanwhile, Grumpy suddenly gets a glassy look in his eyes and calls out, "Where are you, how can I help?"The Eye casts a lance of disruption and there's a tremendous boom that seems to shake the entire room.  Then Lester's blasting flame arrows at the one he's battling and it finally drops."Skoli!" cries a loud voice, enraged, from the air.Two more lightning bolts zark out, both straight for Orbius.  The divine oracle gives a strangled cry as they blast into him, but he manages to avoid most of the damage- and then he cries out again as the monsters both charge him!  The creatures have piercing, stinging tails, a detail he hasn't noted til now; and he staggers back as the creatures lash at him, and one strikes home.  The tail stabs him in the chest and pumps some sort of venom into the wound.  Alcar casts true seeing himself.  He's had just about enough of this invisible crap.  Another burst of flame from Lester drops the second creature, and the third one- now visible to Alcar- turns and starts running away.  The angel spreads his wings and begins pursuing it."No way are you getting away," says Orbius grimly, nursing the wound the thing's tail inflicted, and casts Seeker Missiles.  They shoot out and just into the hallway the creature is running for.  There's an explosion of force and a strangled cry, and water and ice flies out.  Alcar and Horbin both see the ice creature fall.Alcar sees something else coming down the hall the giant had tried to flee down, too."Beholder!!" he shouts.Next Time: Well, you can probably guess that our heroes are going to fight a beholder for real this time... but would you guess that they're gonna fight a beholder hive?</blockquote>

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