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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mathew_Freeman" data-source="post: 820827" data-attributes="member: 1846">Diary of Galak - part 2Having made our way into the territory of this other gang, we proceeded with caution. Leo used his new permanent darkvision to keep an eye out for us, whilst Aos and myself punted the boat forwards.Xyzzy suddenly cried out, and we heard the sound of objects striking both him and the boat! Xyzzy called out that it was slingshot hitting him, and the party went into swift action.I myself called upon my faith to make my shield shine like daylight, illuminating the room. We realised we under attack my wererats, foul lycanthropic creatures, and with a combination of spells, swords, arrows and faith we set about them! They were attacking us on both sides, staying hidden in the darkness where they could. Xyzzy blasted one side with a cone of cold, but the rats evaded it, causing him to curse. Thana then showed her skill, rapidly shooting magically enhanced arrows at our foes, hurting them badly. The fight didn't last long once Leo put a wind wall across the room, preventing the rats from attacking by slingshot from that side. Thana continued to shoot the other rats, whilst Celia leapt from the barge to engage them in hand to hand. I found myself face to face with one that had boarded us, but managed to knock it back into the water, from where it did not reappear.With Aos and Celia striking them down in hand to hand combat, and Thana destroying them with arrows, not to mention Leo confusing some of the others, the battle was quickly won. We left the bodies and the barge behind and continued on foot.Leo used his polymorph self spell to scout ahead in the form of a rat, hiding in the water. The passage turned right up ahead, and then lead to a large room filled with stench and slime. Leo believed there to be some sort of creature hiding there, and we began to plan how to deal with it. Leo volunteered to keep watch behind us, a plan that nearly cost him dearly!He, Tarquin and Celia were waiting behind us, when Leo was struck by two crossbow bolts and 10 magic missiles! He reeled back, badly hurt, and Tarquin managed to react in time to dimension door the three of them back to the main group and the lights. We quickly realised we were under attack by many wererats and some sort of mage, possibly invisible! We were also caught in single file, there not being any more space to move on the walkway...Celia was forced to fight them off, facing several foes from both land and water. Thana supported her with accurate shooting, Aos with thrown dagger, as I myself summoned three lantern archons to our cause. They shot their light rays at the enemy, but were quickly cut down. However, they had bought us a moment. Leo was healed, and began to protect himself, Xyzzy flew to meet them, and the battle began in earnest!The unseen wizard blasted Leo with more magical missiles, seeking to bring him down. His cohort Tarquin was hard pressed to keep him alive with curative magic, but Leo managed to cast his shield spell to protect himself. Celia continued to battle the wererats face to face, but was rapidly being outnumbered. Aos tumbled in to face them too, striking one powerfully with his rapier, whilst I activated the power of my armour to rise slightly in the air. I had a surprise for our invisible friend!Xyzzy then showed his power once more! He called forth another powerful cone of cold, killing most of the wererats but failing to harm the wizard. Celia, Thana and Aos combined to kill the final rats, as I cast invisibility purge and flew forwards! Our foe was revealed as a flying wererat wearing ancient tattered robes of Red. Leo hissed as he came into sight, recognising instantly the robes designated our opponent as a former Red Wizard! The spellcasters now combined extremely effectively, Tarquin dispelling his invisibility and mirror images. Leo was just beginning a feeblemind when the wizard struck with a powerful lightning bolt, hurting all of the party, but completed the spell and reduced our opponent to a drooling wreck...He was struck with more spells and arrows, injuring him further, but began to fly away.Xyzzy and I followed him at full speed, being the only members of the party able to keep up, and we managed to spot him hiding. One set of quicked magic missiles later, our foe lay dead. Victory.We stripped the body of items, finding a set of bracers, the wand he had been using to blast us and some potions. The body was to be used in an inventive manner shortly...Again, I shall continue soon.</blockquote>

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