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<blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 4371304" data-attributes="member: 1210"><p>The air for miles around the Spew is saturated with the foulness of bile. When the party starts to approach, they find themselves entering a thick area permeated by it. The party does what they can to shield themselves, but they can see much less and they are all worried about exposing themselves to that much bile. </p><p></p><p><em>I really don’t want to be breathing that,</em> Blaze sends telepathically. The others agree.</p><p></p><p><em>I bet that’s where the mountain is,</em> Alcar retorts. <em>I’m going in.</em> </p><p></p><p><em>Even if the mountain is in there, we can’t fight if we’re saturated with bile,</em> Lillamere responds. <em>We need to have more of a plan.</em></p><p></p><p>“There’s no time,” Alcar says aloud. “Look around. <em>This used to be Pesh.</em> And the effect is growing. We have to stop it.”</p><p></p><p>He presses forward. The others, reluctantly, follow him- but it soon becomes apparent that the bile will wreak havoc on them if they press too far. They retreat back out. </p><p></p><p>“All right,” Alcar acknowledges, “maybe we should try somewhere else first.”</p><p></p><p>The party ascends again and takes a long look around.</p><p></p><p><em>Let’s try that whirlpool,</em> suggests Gerontius, pointing. The vortex he indicates is huge- miles and miles across. The party begins flying in that direction, each keeping a wary eye out for trouble. Below them, in the Sea of Guts, unseen lengths of ropy intestines as wide as a roadway churn and loop. </p><p></p><p>Suddenly, a <em>fireball</em> engulfs the party!</p><p></p><p>Chakar spins gracefully through the air, evading the flames entirely, and immediately drops towards the surface of the sea below. “Down there!” he shouts, and flies like a bullet at the yellow figure below- a Bile Lord! It is mounted on some sort of great sea beast, but the monk cannot make out exactly what it is.</p><p></p><p>Then, as Chakar charges in, the beast rears its reptilian head out of the water and snaps at him.</p><p></p><p>“It’s some kind of sea dinosaur!” exclaims JJ.</p><p></p><p>The thing rips at Chakar, but the monk keeps coming, bringing his foot solidly into the Bile Lord’s shoulder. Then a blue-white <em>polar ray</em> zaps into the Bile Lord from Blaze, and the creature screams in pain.</p><p></p><p>“I don’t recognize him,” Sybele calls out. “Hey, we don’t know this one! Look, he seems kinda- younger!”</p><p></p><p>A <em>cone of cold</em> from Lillamere slaps down at the combatants, and even Chakar is stung by it. “Sorry!” Lillamere calls. “I thought you would evade that!”</p><p></p><p>Then Wankerman charges in, his spear driving deep into the Bile Lord’s arm and shattering bone. This is followed by Inoke, on his war harness, who slams in and finishes the Bile Lord off and then cleaves onto the mount! It rears its head and bites him back, but he stoically accepts the damage and prepares a reply. </p><p></p><p>Chakar leaps on it and begins pummeling it, while Blaze unleashes another <em>polar ray</em> and JJ hits it with an <em>energy stun</em>. Wankerman adds a few immensely effective jabs, and then Inoke crushes it with his <em>Mace of Light.</em></p><p></p><p>The party spends a moment or two catching their breath. Then they get to looking at the vortex. It is huge, stretching for miles. The Sea of Guts churns sluggishly around a central, frothing point. </p><p></p><p>“That’s odd,” says Chakar. “There should be a dip in the center, not a rise.”</p><p></p><p>“It’s not a whirlpool,” Alcar realizes suddenly. “It’s a reverse whirlpool! Look- instead of sucking water down into it, it’s pushing something- I’ll be it’s bile- <em>out!</em>”</p><p></p><p><em>He’s right,</em> Lillamere realizes. <em>This could be the central point of everything here! And it is roughly at the center of the bile zone...</em></p><p></p><p><em>It is probably piping the bile in from the demiplane of bile,</em> speculates JJ. </p><p></p><p>“Maybe we can seal it.” Alcar flies up above the center of the whirlpool and casts a <em>miracle</em> to ape a <em>seal portal.</em></p><p></p><p>Slowly, the flow stops.</p><p></p><p>Our heroes cheer! “Well done!” Gerontius chortles. “Now, what is zat thing coming towards us?” He gestures, and the party turns to look where he indicates. </p><p></p><p>A bizarre-looking <em>thing,</em> an orb of eyes and mouths blended together in a fleshy monstrosity, is flying through the air at them, closing the distance rapidly. Many of its dozens of eyes orbit it independently. It gibbers incoherently, madly, as ir approaches.</p><p></p><p>“What the hell is that?” exclaims Wankerman.</p><p></p><p>“Let us slow it down,” Gerontius declares, and pulls a scroll out. He erects a <em>wall of fire</em> before it, but to no avail: it simply plows right through.</p><p></p><p>And then, much like a beholder, it begins firing beams of eldritch energy from its eyes- from <em>dozens of them.</em> Lillamere suffers a <em>horrid wilting</em> that almost slays him; he begins <em>shapechanging</em> in order to regain some vitality, but to his dismay his <em>crushing fist of spite</em> fails to penetrate the monster’s spell resistance!</p><p></p><p>Once again, Gerontius uses a magic device, this time a <em>staff of healing</em>. Some of the damage Lillamere took from the desiccating eye blast heals, but he is still if fairly poor shape. Chakar leaps upon it, pummeling it several times- but it is hardy and tough, and continues to blast at the party! And the orb can fire too many eye rays at once- blasting with <em>disintegrates, disjunctions, greater dispels, harms, chain lightning</em> and much more. It sends out almost endless volleys of terrific magical blasts, and Gerontius scowls. </p><p></p><p>“We cannot afford to ‘ave me waste any more time healing!” he declares. “Mes amies, I must take to the fight!” Suddenly there are naked, gleaming daggers in his hands, and he tumbles in on one side of the gibbering beast while Wankerman moves to flank on the other side. The two of them unleash a series of attacks so deadly that the thing is literally left in pieces- and it dies.</p><p></p><p><em>Think we’re starting to attract attention?</em> Wankerman asks with a telepathic smirk.</p><p></p><p>The party heads towards the Sargasso of Sludge.</p><p></p><p><em><strong>Next Time:</strong></em> The Inversion of the Tainted Lands!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="the Jester, post: 4371304, member: 1210"] The air for miles around the Spew is saturated with the foulness of bile. When the party starts to approach, they find themselves entering a thick area permeated by it. The party does what they can to shield themselves, but they can see much less and they are all worried about exposing themselves to that much bile. [i]I really don’t want to be breathing that,[/i] Blaze sends telepathically. The others agree. [i]I bet that’s where the mountain is,[/i] Alcar retorts. [i]I’m going in.[/i] [i]Even if the mountain is in there, we can’t fight if we’re saturated with bile,[/i] Lillamere responds. [i]We need to have more of a plan.[/i] “There’s no time,” Alcar says aloud. “Look around. [i]This used to be Pesh.[/i] And the effect is growing. We have to stop it.” He presses forward. The others, reluctantly, follow him- but it soon becomes apparent that the bile will wreak havoc on them if they press too far. They retreat back out. “All right,” Alcar acknowledges, “maybe we should try somewhere else first.” The party ascends again and takes a long look around. [i]Let’s try that whirlpool,[/i] suggests Gerontius, pointing. The vortex he indicates is huge- miles and miles across. The party begins flying in that direction, each keeping a wary eye out for trouble. Below them, in the Sea of Guts, unseen lengths of ropy intestines as wide as a roadway churn and loop. Suddenly, a [i]fireball[/i] engulfs the party! Chakar spins gracefully through the air, evading the flames entirely, and immediately drops towards the surface of the sea below. “Down there!” he shouts, and flies like a bullet at the yellow figure below- a Bile Lord! It is mounted on some sort of great sea beast, but the monk cannot make out exactly what it is. Then, as Chakar charges in, the beast rears its reptilian head out of the water and snaps at him. “It’s some kind of sea dinosaur!” exclaims JJ. The thing rips at Chakar, but the monk keeps coming, bringing his foot solidly into the Bile Lord’s shoulder. Then a blue-white [i]polar ray[/i] zaps into the Bile Lord from Blaze, and the creature screams in pain. “I don’t recognize him,” Sybele calls out. “Hey, we don’t know this one! Look, he seems kinda- younger!” A [i]cone of cold[/i] from Lillamere slaps down at the combatants, and even Chakar is stung by it. “Sorry!” Lillamere calls. “I thought you would evade that!” Then Wankerman charges in, his spear driving deep into the Bile Lord’s arm and shattering bone. This is followed by Inoke, on his war harness, who slams in and finishes the Bile Lord off and then cleaves onto the mount! It rears its head and bites him back, but he stoically accepts the damage and prepares a reply. Chakar leaps on it and begins pummeling it, while Blaze unleashes another [i]polar ray[/i] and JJ hits it with an [i]energy stun[/i]. Wankerman adds a few immensely effective jabs, and then Inoke crushes it with his [i]Mace of Light.[/i] The party spends a moment or two catching their breath. Then they get to looking at the vortex. It is huge, stretching for miles. The Sea of Guts churns sluggishly around a central, frothing point. “That’s odd,” says Chakar. “There should be a dip in the center, not a rise.” “It’s not a whirlpool,” Alcar realizes suddenly. “It’s a reverse whirlpool! Look- instead of sucking water down into it, it’s pushing something- I’ll be it’s bile- [i]out![/i]” [i]He’s right,[/i] Lillamere realizes. [i]This could be the central point of everything here! And it is roughly at the center of the bile zone...[/i] [i]It is probably piping the bile in from the demiplane of bile,[/i] speculates JJ. “Maybe we can seal it.” Alcar flies up above the center of the whirlpool and casts a [i]miracle[/i] to ape a [i]seal portal.[/i] Slowly, the flow stops. Our heroes cheer! “Well done!” Gerontius chortles. “Now, what is zat thing coming towards us?” He gestures, and the party turns to look where he indicates. A bizarre-looking [i]thing,[/i] an orb of eyes and mouths blended together in a fleshy monstrosity, is flying through the air at them, closing the distance rapidly. Many of its dozens of eyes orbit it independently. It gibbers incoherently, madly, as ir approaches. “What the hell is that?” exclaims Wankerman. “Let us slow it down,” Gerontius declares, and pulls a scroll out. He erects a [i]wall of fire[/i] before it, but to no avail: it simply plows right through. And then, much like a beholder, it begins firing beams of eldritch energy from its eyes- from [i]dozens of them.[/i] Lillamere suffers a [i]horrid wilting[/i] that almost slays him; he begins [i]shapechanging[/i] in order to regain some vitality, but to his dismay his [i]crushing fist of spite[/i] fails to penetrate the monster’s spell resistance! Once again, Gerontius uses a magic device, this time a [i]staff of healing[/i]. Some of the damage Lillamere took from the desiccating eye blast heals, but he is still if fairly poor shape. Chakar leaps upon it, pummeling it several times- but it is hardy and tough, and continues to blast at the party! And the orb can fire too many eye rays at once- blasting with [i]disintegrates, disjunctions, greater dispels, harms, chain lightning[/i] and much more. It sends out almost endless volleys of terrific magical blasts, and Gerontius scowls. “We cannot afford to ‘ave me waste any more time healing!” he declares. “Mes amies, I must take to the fight!” Suddenly there are naked, gleaming daggers in his hands, and he tumbles in on one side of the gibbering beast while Wankerman moves to flank on the other side. The two of them unleash a series of attacks so deadly that the thing is literally left in pieces- and it dies. [i]Think we’re starting to attract attention?[/i] Wankerman asks with a telepathic smirk. The party heads towards the Sargasso of Sludge. [i][b]Next Time:[/b][/i][b][/b] The Inversion of the Tainted Lands! [/QUOTE]
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