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Message: <blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 2604494" data-attributes="member: 9255">EBERRON09/17/05SEGMENT 121“DRAGON TURTLE!!!!!!!”The wind is howling and the rain comes straight down in sheets then suddenly horizontal as the wind blows.  As bad as the waters and the ramps looked before, this is MUCH worse.  “You have to be kidding” Cedious says taking it all in.The others stare in disbelief.  There is a fierce storm here.  Waves crash over the ramps and center island.  Lightning crackles in the distance.  “Who is going first?” says Cedious with a smirk.“Before going-  which door?” suggests Sharshek whom is looking pale.“Straight ahead.  Use your momentum to climb the ramp.” Offers Cedious.“Makes sense to me.” And Taskerdoo casts Spider climb onto himself and thus his Animal companion / familiar- Logan.Surprising everyone, Sharshek goes first without asking or saying he is going.  He charges down the ramp praying to any god that doesn’t fall in.  A large wave crashes behind him as he reaches the lowest point then begins to step higher as he climbs the ramp up to the next door.  He clings to the door when he reaches it.Surprised and happy that he made it, he waves for the others to come.  Cedious is next. His luck runs true as no waves crash by him or does he slip.“Don’t you dare open that next door yet!” Shouts Taskerdoo.  He remembers that when opening one door the other magically closes.  He suspects Black sands and Logan will not have the strength to hold it back.  Vale goes next and nearly falls as he climbs up the opposite side.  With a quick balance check and strength created from desperation, he holds on and crawls up the last five feet.Black sands smiles and goes next.  A wave crashes at his feet and uproots him instantly.  He is caught with a wave as he falls and is smashed into the stone ramp and dragged under by the undertow.  Logan and Taskerdoo are quick to give chase.  Even with spider climb, it is hard to manage the climb with the wind, crashing waves and other natural problems related to a storm.Logan and his rider enter the water (how Logan hates this) and find Black sands stunned and about ten feet under the water’s surface.  As Logan gets him, Taskerdoo spots a large, no a HUGE, figure swimming towards him.  The figure is lost from view as a heat vent releases a burst of hot air into the water!Riding the boiling water, they surface in pain as the vent releases then shuts off.  “Volcanoes also….?!?”Then the thing he saw rising reaches the surface.  A huge spiked shell explodes and thick armor-plated limbs with claws grab the lowest section of the ramp.  A mutated turtle with steam rising from its body climbs onto the island.  If the storm bothers it, it doesn’t show.“Task!” shows Cedious as he looks down onto the creature.  This is as bad as it gets he thinks.  He needs to help him but what if he gets thrown off the ramp?Black sands goes to attack but the heavy armor protects the creature well.  It opens its mouth and a jet of super heated water and steam comes out.  He is badly burned and even the Dire Wolverine and rider feel it.  The claws strike the ½ giant next and suddenly he finds himself thinking this is too big for him to face.(really?)Sharshek tries to fire arrows at it but the wind alone makes it impossible to aim.  Vale casts Cat’s Grace onto Cedious (Reach Feat) and Cedious is able to keep his footing as he sneak attacks the creature.  If it hurt the creature, it doesn’t show it.  Logan is hit next and nearly castes him into the water along with his rider.  The others continue to attack as they can.  The creature opens its mouth again to use its breath weapon when they finally take it down.  Logan drags the badly wounded ½ giant over the armored and spiked body and slowly to the doorway.“THAT SUCKED!” screams Cedious over the storm.  They open the door to escape the storm.</blockquote>

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