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<blockquote data-quote="James McMurray" data-source="post: 181754" data-attributes="member: 743"><p>Gundarag, acting with preternatural lion-like reflexes, charges out at his foes. As he nears the first of the massive skeletal figures, it reaches out to grab him, but he easily wriggles out of its grasp before slashing it with his massive sword. Galrond also charges up, destroying a replica of Nuala with a single swipe of his massive long sword. Lanis fires three arrows, destroying one image with two hits, and wounding another, which Kargur takes to be the real Nuala and finishes off.</p><p></p><p>Amastacia moves forward and readies a shot, hoping to interrupt Nuala’s spellcasting, as she knows it is coming. Meanwhile, the real Nuala moves back a bit and her and the four remaining images begin casting spells. Amastacia fires, and strikes an image, wounding it severely but failing to destroy it or interrupt the spell. The first Mordenkainen’s Disjunction goes off. Galrond, whose contingency was designed for just such an occasion, fails to recognize the spell being cast due to the influence of William’s Curse of the Brute, raising his strength to godlike proportions, but lowering his intellect in the process.</p><p></p><p>Gundarag, Kargur, Galrond, Cristoph, and Amastacia all get caught in the blast, as do all but one of the images of Nuala, and one of her Devourer allies. The images are destroyed utterly, while the Devourer and party members begin to sink to the arena floor, their flying magics dispelled. All of their other enhancement spells are destroyed as well. Galrond is assaulted with copper as he goes from fearsome giant to crotchety old man in a heartbeat. </p><p></p><p>The remaining victims lose their were-lion status, as well as several boosts and protections. Many items’ dweomers are also unraveled by the spell’s effects. This earns great approval from the crowd for Nuala, who drives them wild by catching her second Silver of the day. With her haste action, she casts repulsion on herself, keeping several people at bay.</p><p></p><p>Raising her hand and pointing at the group, she says “Perish at my feet” and 2 massive blasts of chain lightning hurtle through the group. Although they fizzle for a few peoples’ Spell Resistance or elemental protection spells, many people are badly charred.</p><p></p><p>Cristoph charges the creature that is on the ground with him now, and gets slashed in the throat for his trouble. As the beast’s grip tightens, his skin turns gray and pasty, the life force being drained from him by the Devourer.</p><p></p><p>Lanis, who is over 100’ out and cannot get closer fires four arrows at Nuala, but they all ricochet off of her fiery shield, or the mage armor protecting her. </p><p></p><p>The still-flying Devourer grabs Kargur and shakes him, while Cristoph tumbles around behind it, sticking it with his (now non-magical) sword. Although it does seems affected, the nick doesn’t slow it down. Galrond, now very weakened, moves back and renews the mass haste on people, then waits, knowing Nuala will have a Spell turning prepared, and wanting to be able to Dispel at her when it gets used up.</p><p></p><p>Amastacia casts Keen Edge on her quiver of arrows and then fires a shot at Nuala, but it whisks through the air as she nimbly side-steps it. Nuala responds, calling out to the dark forces, who answer her. From the ground and air around Kargur, Cristoph, and Galrond come hundreds of screaming tortured souls. They dive through the chests of the heroes and pull away, carrying with them a bit of each person’s life force. They fly screaming to Nuala, and disappear into her, leaving her looking invigorated. Some few of them also dive from Nuala to the Devourer those three were near, and although she seems a bit weakened, it is fully healed by the life force granted to it by Nuala.</p><p></p><p>Kargur, weakened by the magic and the loss of his boosting spells and items, cries out in pain then goes silent as the beast hurls him to the ground. As he lays there still, it is easy to see he will not be moving any time soon, as he is bent over too far backwards, and the back of his head is unnaturally pressed against his calf.</p><p></p><p>Billy casts a spell, but there are no apparent affects, he then follows it up with a Greater Dispel Magic, which does not seem to have any affect, but is William’s cue that the Spell Turning will have been weakened. William fires a ray of black death at the Necromanceress, but although it does manage to strike her, it does not destroy her utterly. Black flames leap through her skin and char the flesh, but moments later she is fully healed, her confederates on the sidelines using their Holy Channel to great effect.</p><p></p><p>Galrond takes the opportunity to hit Nuala with another greater dispelling, and although her skin loses its scaly white tone, there is very little other apparent effect. He has managed to destroy several spells, but the party is unaware of that.</p><p></p><p>Nuala’s display drives the crowd wild, and she catches her third silver coin, sending them into a true frenzy as the spotters’ voices ring out “THREE SILVER!!!” Meanwhile, the body of Kargur receives the brunt of the crowd’s disdain, as they react to his death after his earlier prayer to Heironious for victory with a torrent of copper coinage.</p><p></p><p>Gundarag attacks the Devourer on the ground beside him, and hits it three solid blows, destroying its right arm completely. It strikes back, and claws Gundarag fiercely across the chest, as his now unarmored form is no match for its massive strength. Although the cuts are not deep, Gundarag weakens as he feels his life force being pulled out and feeding the devourer. The other Devourer strikes out at William, but rebounds off of his defensive magics.</p><p></p><p>Lanis finds himself again able to move forward, as apparently one of the dispellings took care of the Repulsion affect. He moves up to his good friend Kargur and pulls a resurrection salve out of his backpack, preparing to return his friend to combat.</p><p></p><p>Cristoph meanwhile turns into a sword wielding machine as he systematically slashes and cuts the Devourer on the ground to ribbons with his tiny sword. As it crashes at his feet, he leaps atop it and plays to the crowd</p><p></p><p>A jet black beam of nothingness streams out of Nuala’s hand and splashes over Galrond. His skin turns darkly gray and he wobbles on his feet. Nuala also calls forth a cold blue beam of energy, which lashes hungrily out at William. It slides harmlessly over the anti-magic protections granted by Heironious, and leaves him smiling grimly at her.</p><p></p><p>Teflon Billy, in a daring move, flies to 10 feet over her head and casts a spell. Both she and he plummet to the ground as the anti-magic shell forms up. They both land hard, and are shaken.</p><p></p><p>William cries out, “I have had enough!” and a single swipe form his mace turns the Devourer before him into dust and shards of bone shrapnel. He then charges at Nuala and strikes her with his mace, cracking a rib with a satisfying “crack!” </p><p></p><p>Gundarag also charges Nuala, and gets her in a grapple. He has to slam past some invisible force to reach her though, and as it strikes him, William recognizes the distinct air wave slams of an Invisible Stalker. Two of them had been set to guard Nuala, and as she becomes a target, they reveal themselves.</p><p></p><p>William catches a silver coin, and Galrond gets pelted with copper, having apparently done nothing this round. The crowd could not see the effects of his dispelling, and do not realize that had it not occurred, Lanis and others would still be held off by the Repulsion.</p><p></p><p>Lanis meanwhile is busy applying salve to Kargur, whose eyes open as his body reknits itself. He stands just in time to see Lanis fire an arrow at Nuala. The wriggling of the grapple causes him to miss and the arrow slams into Gundarag’s back. Kargur stumbles over to join and gets rebuffed by a Stalker, which he manages to strike once using his superior blind fighting skills.</p><p></p><p>Cristoph moves over and deals a cruel cut to the back of her leg, flaying the muscles and tendons there. He has ensured that if she does manage to escape Gundarag’s grasp, she will not be able to travel far.</p><p></p><p>Amastacia fires blindly into the air, hoping to hit an Invisible Stalker, but failing. Billy stands up off the ground and draws his dagger, the crest of Heironious shining brightly on its hilt as he move forward towards Nuala. William smacks her with his mace again, hearing bones break. Meanwhile, the invisible bodyguards slam William repeatedly, sending him reeling from the blows. The crowd throws silver at William and copper at Nuala.</p><p></p><p>Gundarag maintains his grapple on the Headmistress, and also pummels her repeatedly, raising large welts on her face and neck. </p><p></p><p>From around the arena, sand flies into the air and four large double doors open. From within, horrifically loud screeches can be heard, and Amastacia looks down into one to see a massive winged beast. Its green scaly skin covers a supremely muscled body. 10’ long wings unfurl to reveal two huge claw-tipped legs, and a single large horn on its eyeless head. Amastacia shouts out “They’ve got wings!” as the things begins to hurtle out of the darkness to enter the fray.</p><p></p><p>Lanis turns and readies to shoot the closest one when it breaks into the daylight.</p><p></p><p>Cristoph, standing over Nuala, begins to use his roguish skill with a blade to systematically slice and dice Nuala. He punches through both ribcages, and her lungs deflate with a whoosh. He also manages to cut a massive gash across the left side of her neck, revealing bone. As Nuala continues to struggle, her maniacal laughter gives the group pause. Billy strike her with his dagger, turning the laugh to a gurgle for a moment, before it resumes even more energetically.</p><p></p><p>Amastacia moves up to touch Galrond. As she does so, a soothing song breaks from her lips, and his wounds begin to heal. Galrond, revitalized by her touch, casts two walls of force, sealing shut the closest of the two pits and trapping the angry beasts inside.</p><p></p><p>William steps away from the battle and casts a Heal spell, fully rejuvenating himself. </p><p></p><p>Tow of the massive creatures fly out. One rockets towards the sky and rebounds off of the shell put in place by the Sultan’s Magisters. The other heads towards the group and sends waves of keening energy blasting forth. As they hit the ground at Galrond and Amastacia’s feet, sand and debris flies, rocking them but not dropping them.</p><p></p><p>The crowd yet again hurls copper at Nuala, but this time their appreciation of Cristoph’s surgical precision shows itself as they shower him with silver. He is too caught up in his assault upon the hag to even notice, much less attempt to catch any.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James McMurray, post: 181754, member: 743"] Gundarag, acting with preternatural lion-like reflexes, charges out at his foes. As he nears the first of the massive skeletal figures, it reaches out to grab him, but he easily wriggles out of its grasp before slashing it with his massive sword. Galrond also charges up, destroying a replica of Nuala with a single swipe of his massive long sword. Lanis fires three arrows, destroying one image with two hits, and wounding another, which Kargur takes to be the real Nuala and finishes off. Amastacia moves forward and readies a shot, hoping to interrupt Nuala’s spellcasting, as she knows it is coming. Meanwhile, the real Nuala moves back a bit and her and the four remaining images begin casting spells. Amastacia fires, and strikes an image, wounding it severely but failing to destroy it or interrupt the spell. The first Mordenkainen’s Disjunction goes off. Galrond, whose contingency was designed for just such an occasion, fails to recognize the spell being cast due to the influence of William’s Curse of the Brute, raising his strength to godlike proportions, but lowering his intellect in the process. Gundarag, Kargur, Galrond, Cristoph, and Amastacia all get caught in the blast, as do all but one of the images of Nuala, and one of her Devourer allies. The images are destroyed utterly, while the Devourer and party members begin to sink to the arena floor, their flying magics dispelled. All of their other enhancement spells are destroyed as well. Galrond is assaulted with copper as he goes from fearsome giant to crotchety old man in a heartbeat. The remaining victims lose their were-lion status, as well as several boosts and protections. Many items’ dweomers are also unraveled by the spell’s effects. This earns great approval from the crowd for Nuala, who drives them wild by catching her second Silver of the day. With her haste action, she casts repulsion on herself, keeping several people at bay. Raising her hand and pointing at the group, she says “Perish at my feet” and 2 massive blasts of chain lightning hurtle through the group. Although they fizzle for a few peoples’ Spell Resistance or elemental protection spells, many people are badly charred. Cristoph charges the creature that is on the ground with him now, and gets slashed in the throat for his trouble. As the beast’s grip tightens, his skin turns gray and pasty, the life force being drained from him by the Devourer. Lanis, who is over 100’ out and cannot get closer fires four arrows at Nuala, but they all ricochet off of her fiery shield, or the mage armor protecting her. The still-flying Devourer grabs Kargur and shakes him, while Cristoph tumbles around behind it, sticking it with his (now non-magical) sword. Although it does seems affected, the nick doesn’t slow it down. Galrond, now very weakened, moves back and renews the mass haste on people, then waits, knowing Nuala will have a Spell turning prepared, and wanting to be able to Dispel at her when it gets used up. Amastacia casts Keen Edge on her quiver of arrows and then fires a shot at Nuala, but it whisks through the air as she nimbly side-steps it. Nuala responds, calling out to the dark forces, who answer her. From the ground and air around Kargur, Cristoph, and Galrond come hundreds of screaming tortured souls. They dive through the chests of the heroes and pull away, carrying with them a bit of each person’s life force. They fly screaming to Nuala, and disappear into her, leaving her looking invigorated. Some few of them also dive from Nuala to the Devourer those three were near, and although she seems a bit weakened, it is fully healed by the life force granted to it by Nuala. Kargur, weakened by the magic and the loss of his boosting spells and items, cries out in pain then goes silent as the beast hurls him to the ground. As he lays there still, it is easy to see he will not be moving any time soon, as he is bent over too far backwards, and the back of his head is unnaturally pressed against his calf. Billy casts a spell, but there are no apparent affects, he then follows it up with a Greater Dispel Magic, which does not seem to have any affect, but is William’s cue that the Spell Turning will have been weakened. William fires a ray of black death at the Necromanceress, but although it does manage to strike her, it does not destroy her utterly. Black flames leap through her skin and char the flesh, but moments later she is fully healed, her confederates on the sidelines using their Holy Channel to great effect. Galrond takes the opportunity to hit Nuala with another greater dispelling, and although her skin loses its scaly white tone, there is very little other apparent effect. He has managed to destroy several spells, but the party is unaware of that. Nuala’s display drives the crowd wild, and she catches her third silver coin, sending them into a true frenzy as the spotters’ voices ring out “THREE SILVER!!!” Meanwhile, the body of Kargur receives the brunt of the crowd’s disdain, as they react to his death after his earlier prayer to Heironious for victory with a torrent of copper coinage. Gundarag attacks the Devourer on the ground beside him, and hits it three solid blows, destroying its right arm completely. It strikes back, and claws Gundarag fiercely across the chest, as his now unarmored form is no match for its massive strength. Although the cuts are not deep, Gundarag weakens as he feels his life force being pulled out and feeding the devourer. The other Devourer strikes out at William, but rebounds off of his defensive magics. Lanis finds himself again able to move forward, as apparently one of the dispellings took care of the Repulsion affect. He moves up to his good friend Kargur and pulls a resurrection salve out of his backpack, preparing to return his friend to combat. Cristoph meanwhile turns into a sword wielding machine as he systematically slashes and cuts the Devourer on the ground to ribbons with his tiny sword. As it crashes at his feet, he leaps atop it and plays to the crowd A jet black beam of nothingness streams out of Nuala’s hand and splashes over Galrond. His skin turns darkly gray and he wobbles on his feet. Nuala also calls forth a cold blue beam of energy, which lashes hungrily out at William. It slides harmlessly over the anti-magic protections granted by Heironious, and leaves him smiling grimly at her. Teflon Billy, in a daring move, flies to 10 feet over her head and casts a spell. Both she and he plummet to the ground as the anti-magic shell forms up. They both land hard, and are shaken. William cries out, “I have had enough!” and a single swipe form his mace turns the Devourer before him into dust and shards of bone shrapnel. He then charges at Nuala and strikes her with his mace, cracking a rib with a satisfying “crack!” Gundarag also charges Nuala, and gets her in a grapple. He has to slam past some invisible force to reach her though, and as it strikes him, William recognizes the distinct air wave slams of an Invisible Stalker. Two of them had been set to guard Nuala, and as she becomes a target, they reveal themselves. William catches a silver coin, and Galrond gets pelted with copper, having apparently done nothing this round. The crowd could not see the effects of his dispelling, and do not realize that had it not occurred, Lanis and others would still be held off by the Repulsion. Lanis meanwhile is busy applying salve to Kargur, whose eyes open as his body reknits itself. He stands just in time to see Lanis fire an arrow at Nuala. The wriggling of the grapple causes him to miss and the arrow slams into Gundarag’s back. Kargur stumbles over to join and gets rebuffed by a Stalker, which he manages to strike once using his superior blind fighting skills. Cristoph moves over and deals a cruel cut to the back of her leg, flaying the muscles and tendons there. He has ensured that if she does manage to escape Gundarag’s grasp, she will not be able to travel far. Amastacia fires blindly into the air, hoping to hit an Invisible Stalker, but failing. Billy stands up off the ground and draws his dagger, the crest of Heironious shining brightly on its hilt as he move forward towards Nuala. William smacks her with his mace again, hearing bones break. Meanwhile, the invisible bodyguards slam William repeatedly, sending him reeling from the blows. The crowd throws silver at William and copper at Nuala. Gundarag maintains his grapple on the Headmistress, and also pummels her repeatedly, raising large welts on her face and neck. From around the arena, sand flies into the air and four large double doors open. From within, horrifically loud screeches can be heard, and Amastacia looks down into one to see a massive winged beast. Its green scaly skin covers a supremely muscled body. 10’ long wings unfurl to reveal two huge claw-tipped legs, and a single large horn on its eyeless head. Amastacia shouts out “They’ve got wings!” as the things begins to hurtle out of the darkness to enter the fray. Lanis turns and readies to shoot the closest one when it breaks into the daylight. Cristoph, standing over Nuala, begins to use his roguish skill with a blade to systematically slice and dice Nuala. He punches through both ribcages, and her lungs deflate with a whoosh. He also manages to cut a massive gash across the left side of her neck, revealing bone. As Nuala continues to struggle, her maniacal laughter gives the group pause. Billy strike her with his dagger, turning the laugh to a gurgle for a moment, before it resumes even more energetically. Amastacia moves up to touch Galrond. As she does so, a soothing song breaks from her lips, and his wounds begin to heal. Galrond, revitalized by her touch, casts two walls of force, sealing shut the closest of the two pits and trapping the angry beasts inside. William steps away from the battle and casts a Heal spell, fully rejuvenating himself. Tow of the massive creatures fly out. One rockets towards the sky and rebounds off of the shell put in place by the Sultan’s Magisters. The other heads towards the group and sends waves of keening energy blasting forth. As they hit the ground at Galrond and Amastacia’s feet, sand and debris flies, rocking them but not dropping them. The crowd yet again hurls copper at Nuala, but this time their appreciation of Cristoph’s surgical precision shows itself as they shower him with silver. He is too caught up in his assault upon the hag to even notice, much less attempt to catch any. [/QUOTE]
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