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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 721044" data-attributes="member: 1210">Turning bad guys to stoneA little more poking around and our heroes burst through a thoroughly locked door and into a chamber holding several undead crawling with worms, a dozen melancholy-looking bare-headed ogres and another human-looking individual (but between the wormy guy and the vampires, the party's not buying that any more).The group bursts into fast and furious action.  The ogres stumble away from the fight, huddling together.  Almost instantly the whumph of a flame strike blasts down from Horbin.  Several of the ogres drop.  The human stiffens and turns to stone in seconds, having only had time to fire out a volley of magic missiles and a flaming sphere.  Lester cries out with glee, "It happens every time- so evil bad guy gets turned to stone!"  Then he turns his attention on the undead, Felix Optima Maxima thrumming in his hand.The worms crawling on the undead are leaping for party members, reminding Sheva, Sybele and Zeebo of previous experiences they had in Firestorm Peak years ago.  The L cries out in disgust as one of the fat green worms lands on his arm, but it explodes in a cloud of greenish-black fluid as Orbius targets it with another volly of magic missiles.  Lester cries out, "In the name of the elements, I cleanse you!!", and unleashes a fireball on the hapless ogres.  Several fall, and only a few remain, screaming and crying out for mercy (though only a few party members can understand it).Lester hesitates.  "They aren't fighting back," Horbin points out.  "And they're asking for mercy," Sybele reports.  The party hesitates briefly, trying to decide what to do with them, and ultimately they decide to try to recruit them.  "I'll take them to the Temple of Elemental Good," says Lester.  "They'll serve the elements there."  He ponders.  "Let's turn statue boy back to flesh there, too.  That way he won't have anywhere to run."The party agrees, and then they trump back to Var, ogres and all.  The steward of King Malford's castle looks askance at the ogres as the party parades them through the halls, but as long as they behave he doesn't appear interested in starting trouble.  After all, the King and his companions have many odd friends... much odder than that."So tomorrow we'll turn this guy back," Lester says of the statue.  "And we'll try to get as high in Bile Mountain as we can," adds Orbius.  "To pierce the hidden secrets."Next Time: Turning that guy back to flesh, and a stern warning about spying!  Don't miss the assassination of a party member!</blockquote>

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