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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 845886" data-attributes="member: 1210">The Time Trapedit: Note that each time the party plays through events there are subtle differences...The party emerges from a scintillating wall of silvery light.  There's no sign of Nigel; who there is sign of, oddly enough, is their old enemy, Cluma, the Guardian of Order!  He's dressed in full armor with some sort of rod composed of segments of different diameter thrust through his belt.Horbin feels a profound sense of deja vu.There's also a pile of snow, about 6' long, on the ground, but our heroes have no time for such niceties.  Angelf and Sybele manifest defensive powers while Horbin casts lower resistance on the enemy.  Then a volley of magic missiles blaze from Orbius- only to be deflected by what the Eye recognizes as a shield spell.  Horbin's celestial storm giant ally gestures and a blast of violet electricity zaps Cluma, inflicting incredible amounts of damage.  Lester charges with a battle cry and Sheva tumbles in to flank after reading a scroll of magic circle vs. law.  "You!"  The Guardian of Order seems surprised to see them here, and he whips out the rod at his side and smites Lester a ringing blow across the forehead.  "Foul servants of Chaos!"Zeebo hastes Lester, and Sybele darts in, disarming Cluma with a snap of her whip!  Horbin steps in, swinging his holy mace into the small of Cluma's back.  As he staggers, Hank steps in and swings his massive sword- cutting Cluma in twain in a shower of blood and viscera!"Hmph," Lester grumbles, rubbing his smarting head.  He throws Cluma's body in his box of many holdings for later dealing with."Where are we?" Sheva asks, looking around.  They're indoors somewhere.  The room is round, large and bare, except for the glimmering wall behind them that cuts off one corner.  A single heavy wood door leads out; and when they open it, our heroes find themselves staring out at what appears to be a nice summer day.  Orbius and Sheva feel a profound sense of deja vu.Sheva looks for tracks and finds boot tracks that appear to match Cluma's.  Oddly enough, they don't seem to lead up to the tower door.  Puzzled, the party decides to go back into the tower and see if they can find any sign of anything else.Sheva feels a profound sense of deja vu.The party emerges from a scintillating wall of silvery light.  There's no sign of Nigel; who there is sign of, oddly enough, is their old enemy, Cluma, the Guardian of Order!  He's dressed in full armor with some sort of rod composed of segments of different diameter thrust through his belt.There's also a pile of melting snow on the ground about three feet from the silvery wall of light, but our heroes have no time for such niceties.  Angelf and Sybele manifest defensive powers while Horbin casts lower resistance on the enemy.  Then a volley of magic missiles blaze from Orbius- only to be deflected by what the Eye recognizes as a shield spell.  Horbin's celestial storm giant ally gestures and a blast of violet electricity zaps Cluma, inflicting incredible amounts of damage.  Lester charges with a battle cry and Sheva tumbles in to flank after reading her scroll of magic circle vs. law.  "You!"  The Guardian of Order seems surprised to see them here, and he whips out the rod at his side and smites Lester a ringing blow across the forehead.  "Foul servants of Chaos!"Zeebo hastes Lester, and Sybele darts in, disarming Cluma with a snap of her whip!  Horbin steps in, swinging his holy mace into the small of Cluma's back.  As he staggers, Hank steps in and swings his massive sword- cutting Cluma in twain in a shower of blood and viscera!"Hmph," Lester grumbles, rubbing his smarting head.  He throws Cluma's body in his box of many holdings for later dealing with."Where is this place?" Sheva asks, looking around.  They're indoors somewhere.  The room is round, large and bare, except for the glimmering wall behind them that cuts off one corner.  A single heavy wood door leads out; and when they open it, our heroes find themselves staring out at what appears to be a nice summer day.  Zeebo feels a profound sense of deja vu.Sheva looks for tracks and finds boot tracks that appear to match Cluma's.  Oddly enough, they don't seem to lead up to the tower door.  Puzzled, the party decides to go back into the tower and see if they can find any sign of anything else.The party emerges from a scintillating wall of silvery light.  There's no sign of Nigel; who there is sign of, oddly enough, is an old foe, Cluma, the Guardian of Order!  He's dressed in full armor emblazoned with the Arrow of Law, and some sort of rod composed of segments of different diameter is thrust through his belt like a weapon.There's also a melting pile of snow on the ground about three feet from the silvery wall of light, but our heroes have no time for such niceties.  Angelf and Sybele manifest defensive powers while Horbin casts lower resistance on the enemy.  Then a volley of magic missiles blaze from Orbius- only to be deflected by what the Eye recognizes as a shield spell.  Horbin's celestial storm giant ally gestures and a blast of violet electricity zaps Cluma, inflicting incredible amounts of damage.  Cluma gives a hoarse cry.  Lester charges with a shout and Sheva tumbles in to flank after reading her scroll of magic circle vs. law.  "You!  Here?"  The Guardian of Order seems surprised to see them here, and he whips out the rod at his side and smites Lester a ringing blow across the forehead.  "Foul servant of Chaos!"Zeebo hastes Lester, and Sybele darts in, disarming Cluma with a snap of her whip!  Horbin steps in, swinging his holy mace into the small of Cluma's back.  As he staggers, Hank steps in and swings his massive sword- cutting Cluma in twain in a shower of blood and viscera!"Hmph," Lester grumbles, rubbing his smarting head.  He throws Cluma's body in his box of many holdings for later dealing with."Where is this place?" Sheva asks, looking around.  They're indoors somewhere.  The room is round, large and bare, except for the glimmering wall behind them that cuts off one corner.  A single heavy wood door leads out; and when they open it, our heroes find themselves staring out at what appears to be a nice summer day.  Horbin feels a profound sense of deja vu."Is it just me, or is something funny going on here?" he asks."What do you mean?" Zeebo responds."I don't know.... something... I just can't quite put my finger on it."Sheva looks for tracks and finds boot tracks that appear to match Cluma's.  Oddly enough, they don't seem to lead up to the tower door.  Puzzled, the party decides to go back into the tower and see if they can find any sign of anything else.Next Time: Caught in a time loop!  How can the party escape??</blockquote>

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