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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 874619" data-attributes="member: 1210">Attack on the FlagshipOh, man, is this messy. Our heroes are attacking a huge warship, packed with the best soldiers and sailors the Forinthian Empire has to offer; the ship's cooks are 8th level.Angelfire's hewing at them aggressively, but in seconds a wizard gains control of his mind.  Blasts of magic shoot out; those trying to be invisible find it purged; a cry of, "Get the orcs!" leads to a squadron of pistoleers and riflemen!Sheva drops the cleric with the invisibility purge in effect with a harm spell followed by a blow from Chronovestis, but the forces of Forinthia are mighty, raining blows and spells at our heroes.  She creates an illusionary double and retreats invisibly to try to dispel the domination on Angelfire. The rest of the party arrives thanks to Orbius' facility with teleportation, and almost immediately they fly in to lay low the defenders of Law and Empire.  Thrush lands a punishing blow on a marine in the crow's nest, but the man stands his ground, whipping out a longsword.  Immediately, to his dismay, the Mayor discovers that his fireballs do no good against the ship- the planks of the vessel seem to be warded against flame.The decks are crowded with defenders; from within the crowd a quintet of magic missiles streaks up at Orbius, but the spell is turned, rebounding on its caster, whose own shield spell diffuses the volley harmlessly.  Sheva becomes visible as blood sprays from another cleric, dropping him with a pair of lethal blows, and her time-sword cleaves into the wizard.  With a grunt, he vanishes, teleporting somewhere less dangerous as his contingency kicks in.  Arrows sing as they flash into the sky at the party members near the crows nest.  Sybele returns fire.  Every party member on deck is being beset.  More dispel magic attempts flash at Angelfire, who charges up to the crows nest.  "Stop attacking or I'll kill you!" he shouts at the party.Orbius has taken a few arrows, but he's also moved into prime position.  He casts a prismatic spray that destroys dozens of the crew, but he feels strongly unsettled at how many resist his powers.These guys are elite, he thinks.A gnome with goggles on leaps forward, throwing a pinch of dust at Sheva.  She gasps as it starts to disintegrate her, then jerks back out of it in time to avoid its full effects.  With a snarl, she swings her blade viciously at him several times- landing only one blow.Sybele's firing an unbelievable number of arrows.  And she's doing terrible damage.  But she has to sink three or four arrows into each guy before he drops.  And there are so many of them, she thinks grimly.  Thwack!  Right between the eyes!  That's another one for Sybele...Zeebo keeps getting nailed by some of the dozens of arrows and Forinthian blades around him.  Shots of the sunpowder weapons are ringing in the air, too- it's terrifying to the poor little gnome.  The party's understrength, too; Horbin and Lester are both off somewhere else.  He fires yet another dispel magic, this one from one of his wands, at Angelfire- to no avail.  He drops down next to Orbius to stay near his escape route; he's more than a little freaked out.  War sucks! Zeebo thinks wildly.Thrush drops one shady-looking rapier-holding sneaky-seeming dude in the crow's nest with a series of blows, then turns to face Angelfire. "You'd better flee," Angelfire says with a smile, his falchion wet with blood.Next Time: The Return of an Old Friend, and Sightings of Another!</blockquote>

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