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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 2640519" data-attributes="member: 18280">Glom was prepared to chase the thing through the barrow, if need be, but truly, with the hidden fallen stones in the water, and Kregor halting its advance, how much chase was needed?  He cast another psionic missile at the beast, hoping to halt it in its tracks.  "Cold... cold snow cold ice cold freeze you up!" he chanted (16 pts based damage).  If the thing had been free of the tunnel, maybe, or quicker, it would have avoided some of the ectoplasmic cold...but it was not.  Glom giggled in glee.There in that damp darkness, they suddenly felt their fear of the creature drain away.  It seemed somehow smaller now, depleted, as though its grasp on this reality was waning.  They could, almost, see the walls of the tunnel through its translucent flesh.  Although it surely did not intend to do so, they could feel its doubt broadcast to their minds like a farmer casts grain.  Then the thing ceased its telepathic babble.  It shot its tongue out again, striving to reattach itself to Glom, but even though water and poor footing limited the goblin's mobility, it could not strike him.  It seemed an attack bourne of panic, and it heartened the adventurers more.  Unattached, the glistening appendage reeled lightning-fast back into the creatures needle-toothed maw.It flailed at Kregor with its forelegs.  Again, one attack went wild.  But the other, perhaps more by sheer fury than by skill, struck true (11 points of damage).As Horsom sighted his first arrow at the heaving monstrosity, the sheer.. unnaturalness.. of the creature set his hands shaking. The bravado he felt upon first entering the tomb, through his mental duels with this tomb-dweller, was a distant memory. It shamed him that he feared the creature turning its attention to him again. Horsom was proud, though, and his shame sparked an anger within him, an anger which focused him.  As he focused, he felt the creature's doubt, and the fear fell away completely.  He steadied his aim and fired. Although his first arrow struck only stone (2 + 8 = 10), Horsom rapidly put another arrow to string and pulled.  That arrow struck home (14 + 8 = 22, 3 + 4 = 7 hp damage), sinking deep into the Sly Hisser's unnatural flesh.Seeing his arrow strike home, Selanil grinned, his scarred and ugly face twisted hideously. Not wanting to get any closer to the abomination, but not willing to retreat, Selanil nocked another arrow and fired, hoping for continued success.  (5 + 8 = 13, a miss.)  Unfortunately, his hopes did not speed his arrow.Kregor imagined that the creature was probably trying to move forward into the barrow space.  Perhaps such a move would increase its attack options, or make it possible for the beast to bull rush past him and out.  It did not seem very agile.  It was certainly not agile while squeezing through the tunnel, although its tongue seemed dextrous.  Neither teeth nor claws seemed terribly clumsy or terribly nimble.  The creature seemed lizard-like, and spider-like though....perhaps it could climb the walls once outside the tunnel?Kregor swung again.  (9 + 10 = 19, a miss.)  His sword failed to cleave the thing, stiking off some natural armor...a nodule of bone, perhaps.  Dain also swung Tor-Angol, (18 + 7 = 25, 5 damage) but the blow seemed absorbed by the creature's rubbery flesh.  Dain stepped back with a muttered dwarven curse.  Perhaps his sword would do better.</blockquote>

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