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<blockquote data-quote="James McMurray" data-source="post: 182658" data-attributes="member: 743"><p>Gundarag reaches down into the bloody mass of flesh that Nuala has become and pulls up a string of intestines. He wraps them tightly around her neck and pulls. Nuala gurgles past them, “Was it fun when you killed the bitch that birthed you?” Cristoph silences her momentarily with more precision strikes. The left side of her head is totally stripped away, as is her abdomen. From within the morass of shredded organs the spinal column can be seen, and Billy takes a swipe at it with his dagger, hoping to at least paralyze her, but missing. Still Nuala struggle on as the silver rains down on Cristoph and he ignores it.</p><p></p><p>Gundarag gets slammed by the stalkers and is staggered from the blows. Kargur strikes back at the invisible beasts, but as his blade slips through the spot he thought one would be, he is thrown off balance and manages to slam into William, sending him reeling. This display of clumsiness sees Kargur showered with copper.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, on the other side of the arena, Lanis fires a barrage of four arrows at the creature strafing the group. One strikes its left wing, another its right, and the final two pierces its head where eyes would be. As it crashes into the ground at full speed the crowd goes insane, and showers him with silver, one of which he catches.</p><p></p><p>The other beast realizes it cannot flee and turns to fight. William cries out to the crowd, “Do you want to see a drunken beast?” and unleashes a power word stun on the thing, sending its flight out of control and it hurtles towards the ground.</p><p></p><p>Nuala’s words and her seeming inability to die, coupled with the slams he continually takes from the invisible guardians sends him flying into a rage, and he continues to punch and kick Nuala, who laughs repeatedly. Kargur joins in the grapple and tells Gundarag (who he can see is much more wounded than he realizes) to retreat to William to be healed. Cristoph continues his assault, yelling “Don’t you ever freaking die?!” This time he completely destroys the left side of her ribcage and slashes the muscles and tendons on her leg again.</p><p></p><p>The stalkers change their target to the paladin who now holds their mistress, and he rocks under the blows, but maintains his hold upon the evil wizardess.</p><p></p><p>As the second large beast hurtles towards the ground, Lanis unleashes another barrage of arrows and it dies before it hits the ground. This gets a great response from the crowd, who hurls silver at both Lanis and William. As William snatches one out of the air, the spotters cry yet again “THREE SILVER!” and the crowd goes into a frenzy. This is only the second time in history that two combatants have caught three silver in a single bout. Meanwhile Galrond gets showered yet again with copper as he has apparently been standing around watching. He knows he cannot affect Nuala in the field, and the beasts seem well in hand.</p><p></p><p>Gundarag heeds Kargur’s advice and backs out of the fray, where William heals him completely with a prayer to Heironious. Kargur pins Nuala as Cristoph sighs, “My arms are getting tired!” He again slices and dices, this time destroying her right chest. Through it all Nuala continues to laugh and struggle, knowing that she will be free at some point. The crowd’s amazement at Nuala’s continued existence sends a few silver her way. Although one does lodge itself in her exposed liver, the silence from the spotters indicates that it does not count as a catch. The crowd begins to turn unruly towards Cristoph, who has disdained their favor for quite a while now, and they begin to shower him with copper. They also pummel the fallen Kargur again.</p><p></p><p>Billy remembers tales of the first stage of Lichdom, where a necromancer would hide their life force in a body part. He knows that they must remain in a certain range of it and cannot remember what it is. He cries out, “Galrond! Search for a body part! It should be magical.” Galrond cast detect magic and begins to scan the arena floor. But it is a big place.</p><p></p><p>The stalkers continue their assault on Kargur, and he drops to the ground, bleeding and bruised. Gundarag returns to take his place, and is pummeled by the stalkers for his trouble. But he does manage to grab Nuala before she can slither out of the field. </p><p></p><p>Lanis moves up and pulls Kargur out of the anti-magic zone, and also gets pummeled by the elementals for his trouble. Billy shouts out to the group that this isn’t working, and steps back, hoping that perhaps magical weaponry will be useful. As the field moves away from her, her contingency is activated, instantaneously teleporting her mangled flesh 100 feet straight up into the air. Moments later, the torn tissues repair themselves. Another heal spell from her companion outside the arena has totally undone all of Cristoph’s hard work (he took her to –452 hit points!) Nuala is yet again showered with Silver.</p><p></p><p>Galrond stops his searching and moves over to cast fly on Cristoph and Gundarag, so that they can take the fight back to her. Cristoph flies that way, nimbly avoiding the copper still being tossed at him by the crowd.</p><p></p><p>William fires at where he believes an invisible stalker to be, but his searing light strike only air. </p><p></p><p>Gundarag hurtles up towards Nuala, and gets pummeled by Invisible Stalkers. Amastacia sees the blasts of air and Gundarag getting hit and begins to paint the air around her. Small tendrils of glittery sparkles waft up towards Gundarag. As they reach him, they burst into multicolored streamers and coat the area. The stalkers are now outlined in Glitterdust, as is Gundarag. Where the dust hits Nuala though, it disappears. Gundarag dives around the stalkers and grapples Nuala yet again! Amastacia’s act pleases the crowd, as they too can now see the Stalkers, and she catches one of the silvers thrown to her.</p><p></p><p>Lanis, now with a clear target, shoots a blinded Visible Stalker and sends it screaming back to the plane of Air. He then shoots the other one and wounds it severely. </p><p></p><p>Nuala disappears from Gundarag’s grasp and reappears on the far side of the arena. She casts another Mordenkainen’s Disjunction, but this time Galrond’s senses are not muddles and his Contingency springs into action, placing a 30 foot tall and 50 foot wide Wall of Force between her and the group. Nuala’s escape and seeming creation of a wall sends more silver at her. Galrond, whose contingency saves the party get pelted with copper, as the crowd has no idea what he did.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James McMurray, post: 182658, member: 743"] Gundarag reaches down into the bloody mass of flesh that Nuala has become and pulls up a string of intestines. He wraps them tightly around her neck and pulls. Nuala gurgles past them, “Was it fun when you killed the bitch that birthed you?” Cristoph silences her momentarily with more precision strikes. The left side of her head is totally stripped away, as is her abdomen. From within the morass of shredded organs the spinal column can be seen, and Billy takes a swipe at it with his dagger, hoping to at least paralyze her, but missing. Still Nuala struggle on as the silver rains down on Cristoph and he ignores it. Gundarag gets slammed by the stalkers and is staggered from the blows. Kargur strikes back at the invisible beasts, but as his blade slips through the spot he thought one would be, he is thrown off balance and manages to slam into William, sending him reeling. This display of clumsiness sees Kargur showered with copper. Meanwhile, on the other side of the arena, Lanis fires a barrage of four arrows at the creature strafing the group. One strikes its left wing, another its right, and the final two pierces its head where eyes would be. As it crashes into the ground at full speed the crowd goes insane, and showers him with silver, one of which he catches. The other beast realizes it cannot flee and turns to fight. William cries out to the crowd, “Do you want to see a drunken beast?” and unleashes a power word stun on the thing, sending its flight out of control and it hurtles towards the ground. Nuala’s words and her seeming inability to die, coupled with the slams he continually takes from the invisible guardians sends him flying into a rage, and he continues to punch and kick Nuala, who laughs repeatedly. Kargur joins in the grapple and tells Gundarag (who he can see is much more wounded than he realizes) to retreat to William to be healed. Cristoph continues his assault, yelling “Don’t you ever freaking die?!” This time he completely destroys the left side of her ribcage and slashes the muscles and tendons on her leg again. The stalkers change their target to the paladin who now holds their mistress, and he rocks under the blows, but maintains his hold upon the evil wizardess. As the second large beast hurtles towards the ground, Lanis unleashes another barrage of arrows and it dies before it hits the ground. This gets a great response from the crowd, who hurls silver at both Lanis and William. As William snatches one out of the air, the spotters cry yet again “THREE SILVER!” and the crowd goes into a frenzy. This is only the second time in history that two combatants have caught three silver in a single bout. Meanwhile Galrond gets showered yet again with copper as he has apparently been standing around watching. He knows he cannot affect Nuala in the field, and the beasts seem well in hand. Gundarag heeds Kargur’s advice and backs out of the fray, where William heals him completely with a prayer to Heironious. Kargur pins Nuala as Cristoph sighs, “My arms are getting tired!” He again slices and dices, this time destroying her right chest. Through it all Nuala continues to laugh and struggle, knowing that she will be free at some point. The crowd’s amazement at Nuala’s continued existence sends a few silver her way. Although one does lodge itself in her exposed liver, the silence from the spotters indicates that it does not count as a catch. The crowd begins to turn unruly towards Cristoph, who has disdained their favor for quite a while now, and they begin to shower him with copper. They also pummel the fallen Kargur again. Billy remembers tales of the first stage of Lichdom, where a necromancer would hide their life force in a body part. He knows that they must remain in a certain range of it and cannot remember what it is. He cries out, “Galrond! Search for a body part! It should be magical.” Galrond cast detect magic and begins to scan the arena floor. But it is a big place. The stalkers continue their assault on Kargur, and he drops to the ground, bleeding and bruised. Gundarag returns to take his place, and is pummeled by the stalkers for his trouble. But he does manage to grab Nuala before she can slither out of the field. Lanis moves up and pulls Kargur out of the anti-magic zone, and also gets pummeled by the elementals for his trouble. Billy shouts out to the group that this isn’t working, and steps back, hoping that perhaps magical weaponry will be useful. As the field moves away from her, her contingency is activated, instantaneously teleporting her mangled flesh 100 feet straight up into the air. Moments later, the torn tissues repair themselves. Another heal spell from her companion outside the arena has totally undone all of Cristoph’s hard work (he took her to –452 hit points!) Nuala is yet again showered with Silver. Galrond stops his searching and moves over to cast fly on Cristoph and Gundarag, so that they can take the fight back to her. Cristoph flies that way, nimbly avoiding the copper still being tossed at him by the crowd. William fires at where he believes an invisible stalker to be, but his searing light strike only air. Gundarag hurtles up towards Nuala, and gets pummeled by Invisible Stalkers. Amastacia sees the blasts of air and Gundarag getting hit and begins to paint the air around her. Small tendrils of glittery sparkles waft up towards Gundarag. As they reach him, they burst into multicolored streamers and coat the area. The stalkers are now outlined in Glitterdust, as is Gundarag. Where the dust hits Nuala though, it disappears. Gundarag dives around the stalkers and grapples Nuala yet again! Amastacia’s act pleases the crowd, as they too can now see the Stalkers, and she catches one of the silvers thrown to her. Lanis, now with a clear target, shoots a blinded Visible Stalker and sends it screaming back to the plane of Air. He then shoots the other one and wounds it severely. Nuala disappears from Gundarag’s grasp and reappears on the far side of the arena. She casts another Mordenkainen’s Disjunction, but this time Galrond’s senses are not muddles and his Contingency springs into action, placing a 30 foot tall and 50 foot wide Wall of Force between her and the group. Nuala’s escape and seeming creation of a wall sends more silver at her. Galrond, whose contingency saves the party get pelted with copper, as the crowd has no idea what he did. [/QUOTE]
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