Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 1413313" data-attributes="member: 1210">Attack of the Ooze!“AIIIEEE!!!!”With Mama’s scream, the party whirls is a flurry of disorganized jumpy confusion.  “What’s happening?” someone screams, and someone else sounds like she’s crying.  Mama swings her mace and screams again as it dissolves into slag in seconds.  The oozing horror that’s trying to eat her is flowing forward at her again, and she waves the torch she’s carrying at it, but it almost gets her hand as it consumes the torch.  Darkness descends on the group!  Then Brother He* yanks her out of harm’s way and interposes himself between Mama and the ooze, lashing out at it with a kick that burns his foot.The monster strikes, a grey pseudopod reaching out and smacking Brother He, then grappling him and burning him terribly!  Gritting his teeth, Brother He exerts himself heroically and manages to burst free!  The effort is too much for him, however, and he collapses.**Then a pair of missiles shoot out, Federico’s dagger and Mama’s bolt both striking the ooze, puncturing it; fluid leaks freely from it.  Already damaged from its first meeting with Mama and Brother He’s kick, the ooze quivers and tries to withdraw; but the quarrel sticking into it catches on the floor and tears, and suddenly there’s a hole in the bottom of the ooze’s membranous skin almost as big as the ooze itself.  Its cytoplasm spills out explosively and it dies.“That was scary,” Federico complains as Mama heals the valiant Brother He.  Our heroes search around a little; a number of odd fungi are in the chamber, some of which are good eating, so they harvest a few for later.  There are a few old bodies, long since consumed as fuel for the grey garden; but some equipment remains.  The group finds some half plate of extraordinary quality, sized for a halfling or gnome.  There are also a longspear and a staff of small size, as well as a few items sized for a larger wielder.Better yet, Federico finds a smut-covered ornate chest, studded with gems and graven precious metals.  “If we clean this up it would probably be worth something,” the kobold suggests.  Within the chest are about two thousand silver coins.  Our heroes congratulate themselves on a worthwhile haul.There are still another two doors to explore; our heroes proceed to the next.*Bear in mind that Brother He is a deep halfling and therefore has darkvision.**He was at 0 when he made his attempt to burst free, which succeeded, but dealt 1 point of damage to him.  Dramatic moment!Next Time: An enemy our heroes cannot defeat!</blockquote>

Verification