Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 9790075" data-attributes="member: 2012">[OOC]I was going to reply in one combined post for both this knowledge check and Taran's knowledge check, but I've decided to split them into two different posts (since this reply is going to be more detailed). I'm assuming that Akos' check is mainly trying to discern the abilities of the Soul Stolen. Correct?[/OOC]"Loremaster, have your ally drop the grease spell, or the others will remained trapped on the other side with the undead priest!" Maggs seems enthralled by Akos warning, but the Loremaster knows the charm controlling her makes her susceptible to his words. "If you really want us to work together, then a show of good faith will help."The other Loyalists seem wary of Akos' warning of suggestion. The man named Xix is too far away from Akos to hear the Loremaster over the sounds of battle and roaring undead.Big Tim can see that the man standing next to Kellam seems worried about the undead priest's sudden appearance, but keeps his focus on defending himself if the Tall Knight attacks."Yesss, make it easier to kill you all... I dare you!" Kellam hisses loudly for all to hear. He then laughs manically.[OOC]For Neurotic Only: [ISPOILER]While Akos cannot see what Khargon has become, at this point, he knows, as noted below, due to understanding the powers of a Soul Stolen, which is a custom creation of mine based loosely off the Skeleton Warrior template from Tome of Horrors (Revised).[/ISPOILER][/OOC]Akos quickly realizes that the Soul Stolen, the undead thing that was once the mercenary known as Imninon, is a very dangerous creature and that it has indeed turned Khagron into a vampiric creature, if not a true immortal undead vampire.Its first creation, the undead orc, is less of a threat. That creature has no will of its own and won't exist for long -- a minute at most. Then it will turn to dust.Akos remembers reading about such abominations many years ago. Only the worst sort of person would dare create such a thing as a Soul Stolen, for it does, indeed, steal the soul of the dead and traps it in a soul stone. In some cases, the being's soul is controlled by more than one stone. Akos doesn't remember exactly how this is done, but if multiple stones do exist, then this undead foe will be hard to destroy permanently. Akos knows that one of the Loyalists here has, at least, one soul stone used to control the creature. Without it, Imninon would ravage through all present, uncontrolled.The soul stolen will continue to use its eye rays to turn the dead into undead. Most will only become skeletons or zombies, but those who had stronger wills could rise as wights and vampires. Wights will eventually turn to dust but it will take hours not minutes. The vampires created could survive Imninon's destruction.Akos also knows the creature is resistant to magic and physical attacks. Blades and arrows will do little to hurt it. And, it cannot be turned or rebuked by any cleric, no matter how powerful. The only way to control it is to gain its soul stone. And, any who use the stone to control it will be marked for death by the soul stolen.Akos tries to remember more details, but cannot.</blockquote>

Verification