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Message: <blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 6087740" data-attributes="member: 9255">JOHN PLAY“02 PLAY FOR THE MONEY”SEGMENT 42“ON THE STEPS OF THE KUNDARAK BANK”Vult 11  996The wide stone steps do not concern Play but the two large stone sculptures at the top of dwarves in plate armor do.   As Play nears them he notes a crack in the stone he didn’t see before.  He motions for everyone to stop which they do.  Then Vondal sneezes loudly again and more cracks spread.  Pieces of stone fall away and reveals a slightly rotted fleshy body under that resembles Flesh Golems.Adrik moves up the stairs.  “Is nothing sacred?”  He smacks the flesh and stone pieces creature with his warhammer.  Play, with his clubs of demolition, attacks next. Play seems to dance to the mockery of dwarven construction as he dips, dodges, spins and twirls under its reaching arms and strikes repeatedly at it thigh and mid-section.  Chunks of rotted flesh and stone chip and rip off.   Veit thinks up what to do and calls for Morrikane to step up to receive a gift.   As the warrior begins to move up the stairs, Balderk agrees for Morrikane to hurry up.  Morrikane moves up and his weapon to be touched by Viet and Balderk touches his shoulder. However, in his hurry up the steps he misses striking the statue / flesh golem creature.  Karson goes berserk and charges up the stairs.  His reckless actions allow the creature to strike him.  His axe grazes across the thigh.  Drumark and his dog rush up following the battlerager’s wake and get a small hit as they position themselves behind the creature.  Karson is struck again who answers with a grunt.  Play dodges both of the attacks from the other monstrosity.  Vondal calls up a spiritual weapon shaped like a war hammer.Adrik swings low.  His first blow shakes the creature’s sense of balance but the second one takes it down.  Play spins low then leaps high and strikes the creature on the upper chest.  A solid crunch of bones and bits of stone are heard breaking.  Balderk encourages everyone to hit it hard and steps back a dwarven banker leader would  .   Veit figures this construct is doomed and begins to move up to the closed doors.  Morrikane (buffed up by Veit, Balderk and his own kai) strikes very hard.  His three harsh strikes takes it down.Veit searches the doors for arcane traps.  Kundarak has many security systems and who knows what the magics of the Mournlands have done to them.  “Men!   Quiet I think there is a….aw…. AW! By the lower beard of Madame Sune!    Energy crackles by his hand.   While looking for a magical trap he trips one.  The stone blocks under his feet vibrate then push up and away as a large earth elemental rises.   Its hands become mallets of stone and prepare to strike the artificer.“Earth Elemental!” yells Play as he turns and leaps onto the rising creature.  He begins to pound on the head and shoulders of the elemental.  The elemental slams down at Snow white the dog as she rushes around it to flank it.  Drumark takes this opportunity to strike.  His one connecting strike does little to it.  Morrikane still empowered, turns to attack also.  He strikes it three times.  Each strikes splatters earth, stone and debris onto the others.  Veit, embarrassed by his setting off the trap, steps back quickly to allow the fighters access to the base of this elemental.  Adrik takes a shot at it.  Vondal reaches the top of the stone stairs and strikes a minor blow.  Balderk continues to encourage the fighters while looking around for any other dangers from the streets.  He fears the noise of these last few encounters will attract the undead and other creatures.  Karson knocks a loose stone off of the hip of the elemental.  Karson is struck solidly for the effort.  Karson clearly felt that series of attacks as he is driven to his knee.Play continues to pound at the upper region of the creature and suddenly it lunges then topples down into a dirt and stone pile.Vondal sneezes loudly then moves over to Karson.   “Can you move your arm?”  “Arrrrgh.  I’ll remove yours if you touch it!”   Snarls the dwarf.   Morrikane looks at the doors and kicks it in.  The door is ajar but with Play they push it open.A howl echoes in the background outside.   “In and close the door.” Commands Balderk.</blockquote>

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