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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Satin Knights" data-source="post: 6250878" data-attributes="member: 6666968">[section][align=left]http://lpf.coloredpixels.com/Allbright/Kutholiam.png[/align]The old priest answering Aradra, "How do we strengthen the Demonscope?  Umm, umm, how do you strengthen an artifact?  This isn't some generic trinket.  You are going to have to see what damage has been done first.  What am I saying?  You won't even know what it looks like."  "Ugh!  I am too old for this fighting crap!"  Turning to Relic, "Can these kids protect us?  Oh well, fate of the world and all that means it doesn't really matter.""Yeah, there is a back way in.  It is an underground tunnel leading into the lower levels of the keep. I'm not one for drawing maps to secrets for strangers, so I will just have to lead you there.  But before that..."  He kneels at the side of the Kalvalkas demon and pulls a black blade.  With the skill of a master butcher, he starts slicing and harvesting bits and pieces.  Handing the gory guts Aradra, "Bag and keep these."    Aradra obeys and fumbles through his pack until he finds appropriate sacks. Heart, horns, kidneys and things he doesn't even recognize, all of them get stuffed in the sack.  Just as quick, the old man moves to the next beast and continues his harvesting.  Vrock gizzards are apparently useful too.[/section]When Borric and Sylvain start collecting the rings off of the demon corpse the man is working on a couple of monks stop them, "You can't take those.  Those are ..."  The old priest interrupts by grabbing the ring from the monk, then handing it to Borric.  "Oh, yes sir." as he backs down and walks away to fetch another body.More of the heroic group makes their way over to the elders after Daylily's call of gathering.  Once gathered, Relic starts a lecture on the capabilities of the demons that are within his sight.  A few of the bystanders stop their milling about and listen to the lecture as well.  When Relic is informed that the dretches have been rounded up over in the front, he adds his knowledge of dretches to the lecture as well.  [section][align=right]http://lpf.coloredpixels.com/Arianna_headshot.png[/align]After a few more introductions, the mermaid in a silk gown slithers up.  "I'll join you too. You can call me Arianna.  It's the only name I got that doesn't screech above the waterline. The Mithral Hand of Fate can attest to my fighting prowess once I put on my battle suit.  But, being big, blue scaled and clawed, I am not calling on Teq just yet.  Don't want to be mistaken for one of those horny beasts.  Once we get into the tunnels I will get my legs."  [/section]"Well, if your tossing names around, I am Kutholiam Vuere.  The treatise, Vuere’s Demonic Taxonomy, that's my work.  I've been the expert here for thirty years."  Standing up, "Well, got the useful bits of these guys.  If you got your group together, let's get moving."  Not seeming to care about being covered in guts and gore, Anaerion does seem to care about the stench of it at least.  A quick couple castings of prestidigitation and the slime and guts start sliding off the priest's tunic to the ground.  "Come on."  The last of the gravity fields have fallen, so he walks straight up the aisle.  Shouting to Gebidinger, "They are using rings of mind shielding, so you won't be able to just feel where they are.  Some of them had rings of force fangs.  So, your mage corp will need to choose something other than force spells."  "Where are you going?" Gebidinger demands."Don't ask, and you won't be able to have it stolen from your mind later." as he passes the stage and heads for the door the messenger came out of.[sblock=Cargo Net]a 25'x25' cargo net that behaves as a mass Ring of Mind Shielding[/sblock][sblock=loot]1 Cargo Net of Mind Shielding14 Rings of Mind Shielding ~ one already missing before the body arrived8 Rings of Force Fangs ~ only the dancing vrocks, the horny beast demons and the glaberzu had one[/sblock][sblock=Status]Aradra and Shadow's stats updated.I wasn't planning on Kutholiam joining you, but if I don't, that leads to a few plot holes.  This module was written for the Worldwound, so a bit of adaptation is being put in on the fly.117/117 AC 19 BB38 ~ Daylily ~ Fly 18r, See Invisibility 26m, ~ ..83/83. AC 18+4 BA35 ~ Relic ~ MA 58m,..82/82. AC 17 AZ33 ~ Sylvain ~  ..99/99. AC 24 BA32 ~ Orlando ~ 105/105 AC 30 BA33 ~ Borric ~ +2 Heroism 967r ~..65/65. AC 17 AT26 ~ Anaerion ~ MA/OFl/4hr/DS/16h/MC967r/4 MI 7m/~..74/74. AC 18 BA29 ~ Elenka ~ ..65/65. AC 21+4 AX26 ~ Drevezh'Korol ~ MA 8h, Gr Magic Fang 9hr, Large 59r ..82/82. AC 18 BA28 ~ Arianna ~ MA/4h ~164/164 AC 28 BB34 ~ Kalinn ~ ..80/80. AC 18+4 BA34 ~ Breninyr ~ CR 13h/MA 10h 116/116 AC 26 BA31 ~ Aradra ~ Gravity Bow 99r, Good Weapon, Adaptation 58r  112/112 AC 24+4 BA30 ~ Shadow ~ MA 10h, defend Orange BB36 ~ Kutholiam leading groupGreen BC32 ~ High Priest, reporting to GebidingerLight Yellow BD31 ~  Kalton Gebidinger, barking ordersG 0 1 F A D G D  Inside Red circle, Magic Circle vs. Evil 10'Yellow-Green circles: Inspire Courage +2Cyan circles: Channel Positive Energy burstsPurple shaded state: ConfusedBlue square shaded area: Reverse GravityGreen diamond state: WeakenedGreen dot state: HasteMagenta Triangle state: FlyingBlue Circle: ProneRed X state: deadGrey X state: Paralyzed/unconsciousBalls around Demons: Mirror Images[/sblock][sblock=inline map]<img src="http://lpf.coloredpixels.com/Allbright/cathedral25.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />[/sblock]</blockquote>

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