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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 833714" data-attributes="member: 1210">Chemnu (Finale)Let's go back for a minute.If you'll recall, our heroes had captured the deathbringer in a forcecage and were expecting a little more time before they'd have to fight; that's why certain party members haven't been involved in the fight yet.*When things went horribly awry and Chemnu and his nimblewright lackeys teleported in, fast and furious, Sybele was not far away.  She was in the middle of answering one of nature's calls, and it takes a while (find privacy, unstrap the armor, squat and poo, wipe and redon the armor).  She's right in the middle of it all when she hears the roar of battle from where the party is, hours early.  With a curse she struggles to move quickly through the light woods and back up the hill to the party's battlefield.  She hears terrible screams of pain as spells blast our heroes, the clang of metal on metal.  The battle sounds fast and desperate, and she arrives less than fifty seconds after it starts, bursting on the scene just in time to see the masterful series of attacks executed by Angelfire and Thrush.  She manifests psionic invisibility and, watching desperately as the Bile Lord erects his wall of force, she pulls out the only trick she can think of that might work: a thick glass sphere full of green slime....And now we're caught up.  Let's move on, shall we?As the Bile Lord heals rapidly behind the wall of force, our heroes know they have to move fast.  Lionel, Horbin's planetar ally, has been using the momentary reprieve to heal various wounded party members, but he knows they can't afford any more time.  So he points his finger, invokes the power of Galador, and a green ray shoots out and blasts the force wall to oblivion!Thrush charges in with a shout, striking the Bile Lord a single mighty blow across the right forearm.  Yellow bile splashes out.  Angelfire steps in and attacks, the Mayor aiding his blows by distracting the Bile Lord.  Sheva swings Chronovestis in a deadly blur, cracking into the enemy's ribs, and Chemnu takes a single step back under the fury of their attacks.  With his antimagic field active, he's easier to hit- but our heroes don't have any of their powerful magic and psionic enhancements, so things come out almost even.  But he's still healing nearly as fast as they can inflict damage.Sybele takes careful aim with the globe of slime.  She takes a deep breath, thanking the gods that she's good at throwing anything [yes, she has the feat], and waits for the perfect moment.  As the party's front line warrior types dance around the master of Bile Mountain, she stands back... and as soon as her opening comes, she throws the globe of slime.It's the best throw she's ever made with anything.**The slime globe sails lazily up through the air, landing right in the center of the Bile Lord's chest and bursting open.  With a shriek, Chemnu sees the slime starting to consume him.  And in a zone of antimagic, he can't respond quickly.  "Raah!!" he howls in pain, concentrating to dismiss the antimagic, stepping away from the deadly swarm of attackers that press him.  Blows are raining down at him, arrows now fired by Thrush as Lionel, Sheva and Angelfire keep pressing forward with melee attacks.  Chemnu backpedals, trying to cast a fireball on himself to slay the slime, but Sheva's ready for him and aims an excruciatingly accurate blow at the Bile Lord's hand, interrupting him.And with a final scream, Chemnu dissolves into a puddle of green slime.Panting and drained, almost out of spells and resources, our heroes pause to catch their breath."Well, it took slime to beat this guy- but at least we know they have no defense against it," Horbin remarks.After Sheva's cohort finally thaws, he and Angelfire try to open up Axon and Axel's chests; after several minutes of prying and picking, the imp finally succeeds, finding an incredibly intricate selection of clockwork gears, belts and wiring inside.  He happily tears at it, chewing on the wires.  "There are three more of them," Thrush reminds the party.*That, and the fact that the players weren't there during much of the two games over which this battle spread.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> **Yep, natural 20 into an antimagic field that she wasn't in.  So she had all her attack bonuses... and it was a touch attack besides!Next Time: Our heroes meet a sullen dwarven smith and run an errand for him!  And where is Sybele's daughter anyway?  The answer comes soon!</blockquote>

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