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Message: <blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 2913104" data-attributes="member: 9255">THE CREATION SCHEMASEGMENT 2326/24/06“Stairs that go up into Danger”The door leads to another hallway.  One side has many doors that are evenly spaces and the other side has just a few doors.   As they explore they find more sleep rooms including one with a badly mis-shaped human.  Half of its body is normal and the other half is large and swollen.  The arm would have dragged on the floor as it walked if it were alive.On the other side of the hallway are several storage rooms that are now empty except for one room.  This room has signs of someone having been wounded and bled.  They hid here and treated their wounds before leaving again.They leave the hallway and as expected, they enter the main hallway again.  They decide to go through the main door that goes deeper into the complex to the base of the tower.  Here Cedious finds a basic trap that is seriously misplaced here.  By opening the door, a bucket of fluid that smells strongly of chemicals would fall.  By having Talon reach up as Cedious carefully and slowly opens the door it is disarmed.  They place the bucket to the side and go forward.  Here they find a spiral staircase that goes up only.“The tower I guess.” Says Cedious pointing up the stairs.They begin to climb the stairs and reach the first level.  Cedious’ keen ears can hear something within this level moving.  He steps out with his weapon drawn and there are four of these mis-shaped ½ metal ½ human creatures here that attack in a sudden rage.  Dimly Cedious remembers something like this.  (The “Other” from Shadows of the Last War adventure)  These creatures (1/2 golems) attack with surprising strength and hatred.  The most surprised of these is Bob.Bob steps into the doorway to attack one of the advancing creatures.  Two of the creatures strike at him (crit x2) and tear his shell off then attack his softer vulnible organs.  He dies nearly instantly.  Cedious finds himself surrounded by two of the brutes and the others hold in the doorway and allow one in at a time to destroy.  After one is defeated Pebbles steps out of the stairway to try one of her new powers.  She thinks about the card with the fire-breathing dragon and feels energy and warmth develop in her throat.  She spits out her newly aquired breath weapon and Cedious ducks under it easily.  However the ½ Iron Golem s take it as a direct hit.  The smoke clears and they look healthier than before.  “I want my Wisdom back!” she shouts.The group defeats these remaining stronger creations then look around the level.  They find it is largely abandoned.  Some furniture remains but little of value.  Much of the furniture shows signs of damage from battle.   Claw marks and small spikes are embedded in several tables and some chairs have been broken.The next level is the same and the level after this.  Finally, thinking it is time to rest anyway, they reach the top level.  Or at least they assume it is the top level as the stairs stop here.  Cedious listens carefully and once more can hear something here.  It is speaking but in a language he doesn’t know.   They move quickly into the level and into a room to face the attackers one at a time but forcing a bottle necking of the foes.  Then they wait for the attack.</blockquote>

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