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<blockquote data-quote="Eccles" data-source="post: 3785340" data-attributes="member: 5675"><p>Within the room lay a positive nest of books, together with several long stone troughs. Wallowing by the edge of one of these was a bloated worm, some ten feet in length with a grotesque parody of a human head which faced us, breathing raspily through row upon row of jagged tiny teeth. </p><p></p><p>“Urr,” hesitated Igmut. “Hello.”</p><p></p><p>“It speaksss,” hissed the long fat worm. “Tell me, humansss – are any of you wizardsss?”</p><p></p><p>We hesitated, but before we could come up with a clever remark Dokkin strode forwards.</p><p></p><p>“I am a mighty wizard, yes.”</p><p></p><p>“Can you cassst…” the creature paused. “Teleport? Can any of you cassst … teleport? I wisssh to be … teleported away from … evil.”</p><p></p><p>“Are you evil then,” asked Igmut naively of the tremendous human faced slug deep within the bowels of a necropolis devoted to the evil god Kyuss.</p><p></p><p>“My master told me one thing,” added Dokkin. “He said ‘Son, never teleport the bloated worm monster out of the ziggurat’. Sage words of advice, and I remember them to this day. They have served me well.”</p><p></p><p>“I have many booksss,” taunted the worm. “I’ll let you have them if you … teleport me out.”</p><p></p><p>As Aaron eased into the room to get between Dokkin and the worm, it continued to hiss at us, but Dokkin spoke first, whilst looking longingly at the many books. </p><p></p><p>“You’re probably resistant to most of my magics, and I only have one spell of teleportation remaining.” </p><p></p><p>“Very noble,” replied the worm-thing. “I a Srg’T. I am not one of these <em>floor</em> worms. I am… I believe that our word would be ‘naga’.”</p><p></p><p>Dokkin looked at the books to establish their nature and value, and swiftly we realised that we were standing amidst a treasure trove of valuable necromantic books. He then pulled out his spell pouch, and prepared his spell carefully.</p><p></p><p>“It is up to you,” he told the slug-like naga, “whether you resist the spell.”</p><p></p><p>With this, he chanted and gestured at the creature, and with a brief ‘pop’, we all stared amazed. Where the tremendous naga had writhed on the floor there was now a small and fluffy grey kitten.</p><p></p><p>With a pink bow around its neck.</p><p></p><p>.oOo.</p><p></p><p>We stood looking at one another for a while whilst wondering what to do next. As we did so, the tiny grey kitten sat on the floor mewing plaintively whilst washing itself with a tiny pink tongue. </p><p></p><p>Miaowing, it padded across the floor to rub its tiny head against Igmut’s fluffy slippers of spider climbing.</p><p></p><p>And Flynne stamped on it.</p><p></p><p>.oOo.</p><p></p><p>We rested in a extradimensional space summoned up by Dokkin, and when we were ready we set out for the dim glow of the lake of worms. This was contained within a large rough-hewn oval cavern and we could see two exits. With a carefully prepared suite of spells, we were all flying and planned to simply hurtle across the cavern and explore the rooms beyond.</p><p></p><p>The stench as we flew across the large chamber was indescribable, and the green glowing vapours deeply sinister.</p><p></p><p>Just as we were halfway across the cavern, there were two sudden black flashes across Aaron’s armoured chest. At the same instant, two of the crooked plate-armoured undead appeared in our path floating some 40 feet away in our path. </p><p></p><p>I cast a spell of <em>hasting</em>, and Igmut flew through the air towards the two undead, but as he flew towards them a third materialised in his path, swiping at him as he passed. Igmut simply ignored the wound he took and crashed into his intended target with a bright flash of light from his sword. Despite taking terrible damage, the creature continued to struggle. </p><p></p><p>Flynne floated gently out to one side and shot an arrow into the forehead of the undead which had appeared somewhat closer to us. It turned to face him, tearing the arrow free from its skull and dropping it into the sea of worms whilst tiny worms within the corpse began to gnaw and knit the flesh back together. It gestured, and a black blade slash tore across Flynne’s side. </p><p></p><p>At the same time, one of the others bit sharply at Igmut’s collarbone, leaving a couple of worms on his armour trying to dig their way inwards to his flesh. </p><p></p><p>The third moved away through the air and slashed with its hand, and another black blade appeared in the air cutting deeply once again into Igmut’s leg.</p><p></p><p>A fourth undead appeared at this point off to our left, and a pillar of flame crashed down onto Flynne, Dokkin and Aaron. Flynne managed to escape unharmed, but the others were seriously hurt by the titanic black and green flames. Aaron yelled in anger and flew through the air to crash into this latest threat. </p><p></p><p>Maynard flew up to assist Igmut, and slapped the worms off him, and there was then a vast explosion, summoned by Dokkin, which enveloped two of the rotting figures.</p><p></p><p>Suddenly, bursting from the lake came an immense worm. The creature rocketed up from almost directly underneath me, and I was treated to a sight of row upon row of teeth surging up towards me. The creature stared sightlessly around, thin tendrils at its jagget maw feeling at the air before it surged up still further, snapping the massive mouth closed around Flynne’s torso. From several yards away, I could hear the sound of his bones cracking and his screams of agony as the creature’s mouth ground tighter upon him.</p><p></p><p>Desperate to get some distance from the monster, I flew away from it towards Maynard and Igmut and pulled out my staff of fireballs. Flying upwards and away, I twisted and launched a tremendous gout of flame which encompassed the massive worm’s flank as well as one of the undead.</p><p></p><p>Igmut hurtled past me in the opposite direction, alighting in the air within arm’s reach of the massive rotting worm and touching Flynne, who was still in its grip. Flynne’s screams subsided a little, as he was no longer injured, but was still trapped firmly in its razor sharp teeth. </p><p></p><p>Dark slashes erupted around the room from the still-floating threat of the undead warriors, and one of the both bit and clawed at Aaron – the blows simply scraping off him due to the rocky effects of a previously cast <em>stoneskin</em> spell. Tiny green worms could be seen on her toughened hide questing vainly for a way through.</p><p></p><p>He responded by hacking repeatedly with her powerfully enchanted sword, tearing the undead knight before her with many wounds, leaving his disjointed parts to fall into the worm-sea below.</p><p></p><p>Dokkin then also flew to the very mouth of the creature, casting as he went – once he reached his target he grabbed Flynne by the shoulder and the pair of them vanished through a glowing portal, reappearing on the other side of the room. Still healthy from Igmut’s spell, Flynne immediately started firing arrow after arrow into the creature from above – his enchanted arrows looked like tiny pins in the top of the massive head.</p><p></p><p>With the tendrils at its mouth flailing once more, the worm-creature blindly sought another target before stretching out and biting down hard on Igmut. There was a terrible crunching noise and then Igmut’s entire body suddenly went limp – huge quantities of his dark blood seeping down the worm-thing’s throat and flank.</p><p></p><p>I flew closer to the monster, my battle-song changing to one of great and terrible loss, whilst behind me Maynard was pummelled by the undead knights, leaving several worms on his flesh. Aaron drank a potion, and flew up to join us above the terrible scene of the undead worm chewing on Igmut’s lifeless body, whilst behind and below us Maynard slapped at the worms on him, crushing them before punching the knight in the teeth. </p><p></p><p>More arrows from Flynne left the top of the monster’s head looking something like a bizarre pincushion, but the creature simply ignored this damage source and swam through the lake of worms for the only other target still in reach. It reared back once again and its jaws crashed down. Maynard twisted sharply at the very last instant, and avoided the attack entirely. </p><p></p><p>I let off another blast of fire from the staff, incinerating one knight and blasting chunks off the worm, whilst at the same time a black blade scythed through the stalactite next to me, sending chunks of rock falling into the worms below. </p><p></p><p>Aaron pointed his sword downwards and yelled, charging home into the very centre of the great worm. It turned and bit at him, causing most grievous damage, but with his very last breath he pushed his broadsword up into the roof of its mouth with all of his strength.</p><p></p><p>The vast mouth opened in a roar of pain, and the beast crashed down into the worm-pit.</p><p></p><p>Almost immediately, Dokkin gestured, and an arching green ray struck one of the two remaining knights in the chest. A sudden falling of dark ash and armour was all that was left of the vaporised knight, before Flynne’s volley of arrows dispatched the last foe.</p><p></p><p>We gathered what we could of Igmut’s belongings and remains, and flew (healing Aaron as we went) out of the vast cavern. </p><p></p><p>Igmut was dead.</p><p></p><p>.oOo.</p><p></p><p>We decided, after some debate, that Maynard should accompany Aaron and Dokkin back to the surface and transport Igmut’s body back to Manzorian for a proper burial. Once there, they could see if any other brave warriors might be willing to join us on our quest to thwart the prophecies of the new Age of Worms.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eccles, post: 3785340, member: 5675"] Within the room lay a positive nest of books, together with several long stone troughs. Wallowing by the edge of one of these was a bloated worm, some ten feet in length with a grotesque parody of a human head which faced us, breathing raspily through row upon row of jagged tiny teeth. “Urr,” hesitated Igmut. “Hello.” “It speaksss,” hissed the long fat worm. “Tell me, humansss – are any of you wizardsss?” We hesitated, but before we could come up with a clever remark Dokkin strode forwards. “I am a mighty wizard, yes.” “Can you cassst…” the creature paused. “Teleport? Can any of you cassst … teleport? I wisssh to be … teleported away from … evil.” “Are you evil then,” asked Igmut naively of the tremendous human faced slug deep within the bowels of a necropolis devoted to the evil god Kyuss. “My master told me one thing,” added Dokkin. “He said ‘Son, never teleport the bloated worm monster out of the ziggurat’. Sage words of advice, and I remember them to this day. They have served me well.” “I have many booksss,” taunted the worm. “I’ll let you have them if you … teleport me out.” As Aaron eased into the room to get between Dokkin and the worm, it continued to hiss at us, but Dokkin spoke first, whilst looking longingly at the many books. “You’re probably resistant to most of my magics, and I only have one spell of teleportation remaining.” “Very noble,” replied the worm-thing. “I a Srg’T. I am not one of these [I]floor[/I] worms. I am… I believe that our word would be ‘naga’.” Dokkin looked at the books to establish their nature and value, and swiftly we realised that we were standing amidst a treasure trove of valuable necromantic books. He then pulled out his spell pouch, and prepared his spell carefully. “It is up to you,” he told the slug-like naga, “whether you resist the spell.” With this, he chanted and gestured at the creature, and with a brief ‘pop’, we all stared amazed. Where the tremendous naga had writhed on the floor there was now a small and fluffy grey kitten. With a pink bow around its neck. .oOo. We stood looking at one another for a while whilst wondering what to do next. As we did so, the tiny grey kitten sat on the floor mewing plaintively whilst washing itself with a tiny pink tongue. Miaowing, it padded across the floor to rub its tiny head against Igmut’s fluffy slippers of spider climbing. And Flynne stamped on it. .oOo. We rested in a extradimensional space summoned up by Dokkin, and when we were ready we set out for the dim glow of the lake of worms. This was contained within a large rough-hewn oval cavern and we could see two exits. With a carefully prepared suite of spells, we were all flying and planned to simply hurtle across the cavern and explore the rooms beyond. The stench as we flew across the large chamber was indescribable, and the green glowing vapours deeply sinister. Just as we were halfway across the cavern, there were two sudden black flashes across Aaron’s armoured chest. At the same instant, two of the crooked plate-armoured undead appeared in our path floating some 40 feet away in our path. I cast a spell of [I]hasting[/I], and Igmut flew through the air towards the two undead, but as he flew towards them a third materialised in his path, swiping at him as he passed. Igmut simply ignored the wound he took and crashed into his intended target with a bright flash of light from his sword. Despite taking terrible damage, the creature continued to struggle. Flynne floated gently out to one side and shot an arrow into the forehead of the undead which had appeared somewhat closer to us. It turned to face him, tearing the arrow free from its skull and dropping it into the sea of worms whilst tiny worms within the corpse began to gnaw and knit the flesh back together. It gestured, and a black blade slash tore across Flynne’s side. At the same time, one of the others bit sharply at Igmut’s collarbone, leaving a couple of worms on his armour trying to dig their way inwards to his flesh. The third moved away through the air and slashed with its hand, and another black blade appeared in the air cutting deeply once again into Igmut’s leg. A fourth undead appeared at this point off to our left, and a pillar of flame crashed down onto Flynne, Dokkin and Aaron. Flynne managed to escape unharmed, but the others were seriously hurt by the titanic black and green flames. Aaron yelled in anger and flew through the air to crash into this latest threat. Maynard flew up to assist Igmut, and slapped the worms off him, and there was then a vast explosion, summoned by Dokkin, which enveloped two of the rotting figures. Suddenly, bursting from the lake came an immense worm. The creature rocketed up from almost directly underneath me, and I was treated to a sight of row upon row of teeth surging up towards me. The creature stared sightlessly around, thin tendrils at its jagget maw feeling at the air before it surged up still further, snapping the massive mouth closed around Flynne’s torso. From several yards away, I could hear the sound of his bones cracking and his screams of agony as the creature’s mouth ground tighter upon him. Desperate to get some distance from the monster, I flew away from it towards Maynard and Igmut and pulled out my staff of fireballs. Flying upwards and away, I twisted and launched a tremendous gout of flame which encompassed the massive worm’s flank as well as one of the undead. Igmut hurtled past me in the opposite direction, alighting in the air within arm’s reach of the massive rotting worm and touching Flynne, who was still in its grip. Flynne’s screams subsided a little, as he was no longer injured, but was still trapped firmly in its razor sharp teeth. Dark slashes erupted around the room from the still-floating threat of the undead warriors, and one of the both bit and clawed at Aaron – the blows simply scraping off him due to the rocky effects of a previously cast [I]stoneskin[/I] spell. Tiny green worms could be seen on her toughened hide questing vainly for a way through. He responded by hacking repeatedly with her powerfully enchanted sword, tearing the undead knight before her with many wounds, leaving his disjointed parts to fall into the worm-sea below. Dokkin then also flew to the very mouth of the creature, casting as he went – once he reached his target he grabbed Flynne by the shoulder and the pair of them vanished through a glowing portal, reappearing on the other side of the room. Still healthy from Igmut’s spell, Flynne immediately started firing arrow after arrow into the creature from above – his enchanted arrows looked like tiny pins in the top of the massive head. With the tendrils at its mouth flailing once more, the worm-creature blindly sought another target before stretching out and biting down hard on Igmut. There was a terrible crunching noise and then Igmut’s entire body suddenly went limp – huge quantities of his dark blood seeping down the worm-thing’s throat and flank. I flew closer to the monster, my battle-song changing to one of great and terrible loss, whilst behind me Maynard was pummelled by the undead knights, leaving several worms on his flesh. Aaron drank a potion, and flew up to join us above the terrible scene of the undead worm chewing on Igmut’s lifeless body, whilst behind and below us Maynard slapped at the worms on him, crushing them before punching the knight in the teeth. More arrows from Flynne left the top of the monster’s head looking something like a bizarre pincushion, but the creature simply ignored this damage source and swam through the lake of worms for the only other target still in reach. It reared back once again and its jaws crashed down. Maynard twisted sharply at the very last instant, and avoided the attack entirely. I let off another blast of fire from the staff, incinerating one knight and blasting chunks off the worm, whilst at the same time a black blade scythed through the stalactite next to me, sending chunks of rock falling into the worms below. Aaron pointed his sword downwards and yelled, charging home into the very centre of the great worm. It turned and bit at him, causing most grievous damage, but with his very last breath he pushed his broadsword up into the roof of its mouth with all of his strength. The vast mouth opened in a roar of pain, and the beast crashed down into the worm-pit. Almost immediately, Dokkin gestured, and an arching green ray struck one of the two remaining knights in the chest. A sudden falling of dark ash and armour was all that was left of the vaporised knight, before Flynne’s volley of arrows dispatched the last foe. We gathered what we could of Igmut’s belongings and remains, and flew (healing Aaron as we went) out of the vast cavern. Igmut was dead. .oOo. We decided, after some debate, that Maynard should accompany Aaron and Dokkin back to the surface and transport Igmut’s body back to Manzorian for a proper burial. Once there, they could see if any other brave warriors might be willing to join us on our quest to thwart the prophecies of the new Age of Worms. [/QUOTE]
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