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Message: <blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 2991528" data-attributes="member: 9255">THE CREATION SCHEMASEGMENT 2508/05/06“Tempting Fate … again”“Heal us Pebbles and then I want to go in.” says the over impulsive halfling rogue.“?!?”  Pebbles is less than certain about this.  To heal the group leaves her without any spells.“The hell with that.   Let’s locate the dragon horde.  It MUST be safer than these tunnels.” Adds Talon.Cedious walks deeper into the tunnel and spots the Khyber pit.  “NOW we HAVE to return.”“What about the airship?” asks Ippikak.  “Even if we locate the schema or a dragon’s horde- how do we leave this cursed cold land?  We have not seen the ship in days.”“Its there.  Lets find somewhere safer to rest then return and get the schema and any other goodies these things have.  We must have killed most of them.” Suggests Cedious still thinking about the Pit.As luck continues for them, they find shelter nearby and rest there.  All are healed and new spells memorized / prayed for. Ippikak begins to worry more about the lack of contact with the airship.  The weather seems calm and almost warm as they leave the tunnels.  Flurry, the warforged monk, has been worked on and repaired.  Unseen crafter, a specific spell for a warforged is caste on it.  Hopefully he will survive better this time.They reenter the tunnel 12 hours later and find no resistance.  “Maybe we killed all of them.” Happily suggests Cedious to the group.  Clorox had hoped for more creatures to combat but this works.  Besides, there must be more of these creatures.  No one would send his or her entire force to guard the front door leaving the complex empty.Cedious climbs into the pit and slides down to the darkness below.  Clorox surprises everyone by leaping in and by dragging his four hooves on the walls drops with great control into the pit and below.  Only Talon has any problems and even he avoids any injury.They look around and find more open cavern space that is loosely lit by the glow of two lava streams.  One is complete with a lava-fall.  Four tunnels exit from the space.  Three at the one end and a lone tunnel near the falls.“So this is a Khyber Pit.  I’m not impressed.” Says Cedious looking around.  He can see only so far as he lacks the darkvision most of the party has.  However, their vision for underground darkness is hampered by the glow of the molten lava.“Where to?” asks Flurry looking around with his normal vision.Pointing his weapon in the direction of the nearest tunnel Clorox answers.  “Allow me to beat it out of them.”  Coming down a tunnel are at least 8 four armed tyranids similar to one seen within the facility.  They have claws versus talons and seem to sneak around much more effectively than the long taloned ones.Clorox rushes off to bottleneck the creatures coming to them.  This is when Talon spots several Tyranid warriors, two with ranged blasters and one with wicked claws approaching from another tunnel.  He hurries in their direction to stop them.The others spot more warriors and two of the floating snake-like creatures coming from across the lava stream.“Here we go again” says Cedious figuring this will be no problem at all.DM NOTES [Tyranid Zoanthropes are now completed and their powers done.  I warned players they had more abilities to them than shown before but had fewer HP.  They still attacked them anyway.]The two snake creatures got very close until they polymorphed from being smaller creatures to themselves.  They then take possession of Clorox and have him turn on the group!Pebbles calls up a new spell- Wall of Blades even as Ippikak discovers the Zoanthropes have a Wall of Wind set up to protect themselves from his arrows.  The six warriors begin to rush to the adventurers now.  Meanwhile, unknown to them, a very huge tyranid (Ol’ One Eye) and dozens of gaunts move in closer from above.  Darkness is caste there to hide their presence from any looking up or climbing up.  Clorox breaks free of the mind control even as Pebbles then commands several warriors to walk forward (into the magical wall)  Two obey and are heavily damaged as they walk through a five foot wide wall of force energy swirling and slashing blades.  They walk directly up to Pebbles and Talon.Cedious moves up to wall to attack the Zoanthropes with his darts. Ippikak continues to attack with mixed success.  Flurry sees bad things coming and tries to escape through the Pit entrance.   At this moment the Zoanthropes PLANE SHIFT through the wall and attack the party!  Flurry questions the odd darkness then is crushed and bitten.  He goes from perfect health to inert already.Cedious kills one Zoanthrope even as Clorox rushes to his aid. Ippikak also aids him but fails to stop the creature.  It wraps its tail around the halfling and Plane Shifts away!!!!!!!!!!!!Pebbles decides to leave next and finds a very tough guard above.  She is dealt a great deal of damage and finds herself easily grappled by the creature.  Crystallized nodes are encrusted on the huge crab-like claws (Khyber crystals used to power its spell-like abilities!) but fails to note the use and type of crystal.  The huge creature turns and begins to carry the two away when tries to Poison it.  Fails.   She then tries to weaken it which helps but does little to its awesome size and strength.Tyranid Gaunts meanwhile now rain onto the party from above.  Cedious, Pebbles and Flurry have been captured and removed from the battle.  Clorox, Ippikak and Talon remain.  Another (3 total) Zoanthropes appear.  It was polymorphed as a rock just outside the wall.  It reappears inside the wall through Plane Shift also and attacks Talon.  One of the warriors breaks free of Pebbles command and attacks Talon.  It has four large falchion-like blades and acidic spear tips that grow from its stomach.   Most of these attack and strike him causing Talon a great deal of damage before he can destroy it.  The one Tyranid warrior, as commanded, walks back through the wall tearing up its armor even more.They fight off the gaunts and finish off the last of the Zoanthropes leaving the warriors.  Even these begin to fall once Ippikak has a chance to concentrate on them as they stand before the wind wall instead of behind it.“We need to leave and now!” yells Clorox and Talon.  The thought that there were few of these creatures left to destroy has now long left their minds.  They climb up or leap through the pit entrance and head for the exit.</blockquote>

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