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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Eccles" data-source="post: 1549928" data-attributes="member: 5675">Standing around their campsite, the group stared at one another. Some of them were feeling bored, others bloodthirsty. A few still felt regretful about the murder of Kobold the goblin."So, what are we going to do? We can't just stand here." Jason was obviously keen to go and hit something with his hammer. "We don't have the damn password. We can't get into the castle," was Miles' frustrated reply."OK," reasoned Jason. "Why don't we go somewhere else?"Ever thoughtful, Halbrinn was concerned by this plan. "Look, if we go and kill things, the revenance effect takes over. Their souls go whoosh, and it powers up the dark magic thing even more. Do we want that on our conscience?"Jason shrugged. "Don't have a lot of choice, do we? People're going to die anyway. I just want to go and do something." Miles piped up once again. "There was an area I saw which warranted exploring. Strange glowing lights, that sort of thing. But we'd have to be careful in getting there. Avoid the undead, and all that.""No problem," replied Halbrinn. "I'll just make the big guy here fly, and one of the clerics can make him totally silent. We'll be there in no time.""What about the demon?""What about him? We see him, we either run away, or we all die. No point worrying about it…"Resigned to this attitude, the group cast many spells on one another, including turning Jason (in his enormous suit of plate armour) invisible, and then they flew across Maermydra cavern to the strange plateau Miles had discovered..oOo.Approaching the low, broken walls of the building carefully, the group paused. A dead giant could clearly be seen lying near the massive crater inside, and small items of value poked form the rubble. They moved in and split up, the better to cover the 80 foot chamber..oOo.As they moved, unseen by all, a few pebbles fell down the side of a rockface; as though a large hand was resting on the boulders..oOo.Entering through the large glowing archway, Jason was amazed to see his hand again. He waved at Halbrinn."Is it supposed to do this?"Halbrinn stared at him. "No it bloody well is not. You should be invisible for at least another half an hour." His mind swam as he considered the possibility of the glowing orbs being removed and carried around the cavern, revealing other invisible foes. He mentioned this to the others."Halbrinn, you daft berk. We might as well carry a huge glowing arrow which points to where we are all the … What the hell is that?"Whilst they had been discussing matters, a pale wraithlike figure had risen from the floor on the other side of the building. It flowed effortlessly across the ground to behind Yvgeny, and reached out with one ominous hand, threatening to tear his very life force from his body.And missed. A combination of enchantments and monkish reflexes meant that he ducked the ghostly hand just as it was stretching out towards him. The ghost mouthed something unpleasant and stretched out again."Turn it!" shouted Yvgeny to Aeron."Can't! The Revenance gets in the way. And besides, I'm buffing up!"Everybody groaned.And to make matters worse, a pestulant green-yellow cloud suddenly leapt into existence over and around Yvgeny, Jason and the spectre, causing lungs to ache and throats to become painfully sore.Everybody scattered. Yvgeny's rapid casting of Invisibility to undead had no effect on the Spectre, although Jason's hammer blow tore away some of its gossamer-like substance.Flying above them, Halbrinn considered his options."Disintegrate? No. Nothing to get rid of. Aaah! Sorry!" Below, the ghost reached out, and tore away some of Jason's life energy. "Ummm… I know."A lightning bolt burst from his hands, slamming into the spectre, which moaned vaguely as it faded from existence."Hah. Stupid undead. Can't even work out what's real and what's not."Gloating, Halbrinn was therefore looking in the wrong direction, as a second spell tore from nowhere and battered vaguely at Aeron's formidable willpower.</blockquote>

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