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<blockquote data-quote="James McMurray" data-source="post: 245803" data-attributes="member: 743"><p>After spending a few minutes recuperating and discussing what to do, the party elects to return to the tower where Tsaerext was found, and finish exploring it. A few rooms are found to be filled with useless rubble, but the group does find a large bar looking area. All of the tables and chairs have been broken and ruioned except for a single table and chair, which have been pulled up to a large window. Atop the table lies a half gone bottle of absinthe, a mute statement of the person who did this' actions here. Carved into the table are the words "Galen was here." A few members ofthe party recognize Galen's name as the wizard from Brindenford they had previously dealt with, including the sale of Arthax the red dragon. The party realizes with this information where he disappeared to over 20 years ago.</p><p></p><p>The only other things of interest in the room are humanoid shaped breaks in the frost-covered ground, showing where some 30-odd people had apparently frozen and then left. Under the bar in a hidden compartment a magical chalice is found. It is later identified and has the power to cast neutralise poison on anyt liquids placed in it.</p><p></p><p>Leaving the room and heading deeper intot eh spire, Lo’ser scouts ahead again. He passes through the shattered central room and into a large chamber against the Southern wall. The only thing in the room besides a few bits of rubble is a humanoid skeleton, encased in a pillar of ice, with only its skull free from frost.</p><p></p><p>Cautiously examining the room, Lo’ser gives the thing wide berth. However, after his searches turn up nothing he starts to make his way past the thing to the door behind it. As he approaches, the undead beast’s ice shroud shifts and flows as the creature looks up. Its head bursts into black fire. This causes simultaneous "Oh crap"s from Kargur and Billy, who see the flames and remember the skull which caught Cristoph’s soul on fire in the Black Academy.</p><p></p><p>"Come to feel my cold embrace my precious?" the thing asks in a rasping shrill voice before it charges. Lo’ser, who is generally considered to be one of the fastest men alive, is caught off guard by the thing’s speed and power. Two claw swipes later Lo’ser falls to the ground, dead yet still slowly burning from the black fire of the beast.</p><p></p><p>The remainder of the party springs into action as a large sleet storm fills the area, cutting visibility to nil. The warrior types move into the sleet storm carefully to avoid slipping on the ice that immediately forms, and Billy and Galrond both attempt dispells, one of which is successful.</p><p></p><p>As the battle is joined, the party rapidly learns that their weapons, although somewhat effective, seem to barely scratch the thing’s icy coating, which immediately flows to close any breaches near the skeleton within. The spellcasters also learn that their spells are apparently inefective, as one after another bounces off of the beast. William’s attempt at turning fails as well, hampered as it is by their location (the Negative Material Plane is not a good place to attempt to channel positive energy).</p><p></p><p>Galrond throws up a wall of force, hoping to give the group time to prepare, as he has seen the black fire before too and is unsure what to do about it. The thing dimension doors past it with ease however.</p><p></p><p>The warriors fare somewhat better, with Kargur, Lanis, and Oskar managing to nick the thing every so often. However, its return assault is fiercely destructive. Although a few good hits are achieved by the party, it is not long before the majority of the group is nearly fallen, despite a Time Stop by Billy and several applications of Heironious’ Crown of Might on the warriors.</p><p></p><p>As Billy sees William and Kargur drop nearly simultaneously from the creatures icicle claws, he realizes that discretion is the better part of valor and touches Oskar, Galrond’s body, and William’s bodies and teleports back to the Tower of Portals, leaving Lanis behind (as he was out of reach). His parting words were, "We’ll come back for your body," which did not fill Lanis with confidence.</p><p></p><p>Lanis takes the moment of distraction to attempt to escape, but when he stops to grab Kargur’s fallen sword, he is struck by the thing. As his soul bursts into flames he flees to the sound of the rasping voice crying after him, "I’ll be waiting for you my pretties." Lanis manages to reach the bridge outside of the Spire before the flames claim him.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, Billy has Plane Shifted back to the outskirts of Lopolla, and he and Oskar begin to track down Amastacia in the hopes that she will be able to purchase diamonds for the party.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James McMurray, post: 245803, member: 743"] After spending a few minutes recuperating and discussing what to do, the party elects to return to the tower where Tsaerext was found, and finish exploring it. A few rooms are found to be filled with useless rubble, but the group does find a large bar looking area. All of the tables and chairs have been broken and ruioned except for a single table and chair, which have been pulled up to a large window. Atop the table lies a half gone bottle of absinthe, a mute statement of the person who did this' actions here. Carved into the table are the words "Galen was here." A few members ofthe party recognize Galen's name as the wizard from Brindenford they had previously dealt with, including the sale of Arthax the red dragon. The party realizes with this information where he disappeared to over 20 years ago. The only other things of interest in the room are humanoid shaped breaks in the frost-covered ground, showing where some 30-odd people had apparently frozen and then left. Under the bar in a hidden compartment a magical chalice is found. It is later identified and has the power to cast neutralise poison on anyt liquids placed in it. Leaving the room and heading deeper intot eh spire, Lo’ser scouts ahead again. He passes through the shattered central room and into a large chamber against the Southern wall. The only thing in the room besides a few bits of rubble is a humanoid skeleton, encased in a pillar of ice, with only its skull free from frost. Cautiously examining the room, Lo’ser gives the thing wide berth. However, after his searches turn up nothing he starts to make his way past the thing to the door behind it. As he approaches, the undead beast’s ice shroud shifts and flows as the creature looks up. Its head bursts into black fire. This causes simultaneous "Oh crap"s from Kargur and Billy, who see the flames and remember the skull which caught Cristoph’s soul on fire in the Black Academy. "Come to feel my cold embrace my precious?" the thing asks in a rasping shrill voice before it charges. Lo’ser, who is generally considered to be one of the fastest men alive, is caught off guard by the thing’s speed and power. Two claw swipes later Lo’ser falls to the ground, dead yet still slowly burning from the black fire of the beast. The remainder of the party springs into action as a large sleet storm fills the area, cutting visibility to nil. The warrior types move into the sleet storm carefully to avoid slipping on the ice that immediately forms, and Billy and Galrond both attempt dispells, one of which is successful. As the battle is joined, the party rapidly learns that their weapons, although somewhat effective, seem to barely scratch the thing’s icy coating, which immediately flows to close any breaches near the skeleton within. The spellcasters also learn that their spells are apparently inefective, as one after another bounces off of the beast. William’s attempt at turning fails as well, hampered as it is by their location (the Negative Material Plane is not a good place to attempt to channel positive energy). Galrond throws up a wall of force, hoping to give the group time to prepare, as he has seen the black fire before too and is unsure what to do about it. The thing dimension doors past it with ease however. The warriors fare somewhat better, with Kargur, Lanis, and Oskar managing to nick the thing every so often. However, its return assault is fiercely destructive. Although a few good hits are achieved by the party, it is not long before the majority of the group is nearly fallen, despite a Time Stop by Billy and several applications of Heironious’ Crown of Might on the warriors. As Billy sees William and Kargur drop nearly simultaneously from the creatures icicle claws, he realizes that discretion is the better part of valor and touches Oskar, Galrond’s body, and William’s bodies and teleports back to the Tower of Portals, leaving Lanis behind (as he was out of reach). His parting words were, "We’ll come back for your body," which did not fill Lanis with confidence. Lanis takes the moment of distraction to attempt to escape, but when he stops to grab Kargur’s fallen sword, he is struck by the thing. As his soul bursts into flames he flees to the sound of the rasping voice crying after him, "I’ll be waiting for you my pretties." Lanis manages to reach the bridge outside of the Spire before the flames claim him. Meanwhile, Billy has Plane Shifted back to the outskirts of Lopolla, and he and Oskar begin to track down Amastacia in the hopes that she will be able to purchase diamonds for the party. [/QUOTE]
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