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<blockquote data-quote="Lazybones" data-source="post: 4417898" data-attributes="member: 143"><p>Chapter 89</p><p></p><p>KEEN INSTINCTS</p><p></p><p></p><p>Spellpower blasted mercilessly into the Ravager. Letellia launched another <em>chain lightning</em> through her staff, relying now on her higher-order capacity to fuel more of the destructive bursts of electrical energy. Sultheros had used his own staff to summon a trio of avorals, to whom he directed brief instructions before flying ahead to circle around the Ravager. The bird-like outsiders twined into a gliding line formation that circled broadly around the monster, firing pulsing streams of <em>magic missiles</em> into it. A good number of the force bolts vanished as they struck, but most scored, inflicting slight wounds that nevertheless slowly added to the tally of wounds suffered by the beast. With his own summoning spells mostly depleted, Dra Mak Mor added his own firepower to that barrage, hurling flickering green bolts from his fingertips that flashed brightly as they impacted the back of the creature’s head. </p><p></p><p>The Ravager ignored the attacks.</p><p></p><p>Varo held his ground. He lifted a hand, and fired a beam of <em>searing light</em> into the creature’s face. The divine radiance was empowered by the touch of the sun god, but to the Ravager it was just another irritation. </p><p></p><p>Varo’s gaze shifted as he sensed another enter the square. Recognizing the newcomer, he nodded to himself, then turned back to regard the onrushing foe. </p><p></p><p>In the shadows of a doorway nearby, Allera started forward, but Petronia grabbed her arm, stopping her. On the far side of the square, Dar and Maricela emerged through the wreckage of the line of buildings that the Ravager had crushed, unable to do anything more than watch. </p><p></p><p>The Ravager, bursting through a last ineffective <em>fireball</em> from the half-dragon mage Koros, lunged forward to seize Varo, who still had made no move to evade. The Ravager’s claws passed right through the cleric... or rather, through the figment he’d created via his <em>mislead</em> spell. He’d remained in the place of the illusory double while spell-casting, but after he’d fired off the beam of <em>searing light</em> he had moved away, protected by a cloak of <em>improved invisibility</em>. It was a familiar tactic for the priest, who had a canny understanding of battlefield tactics. </p><p></p><p>But the Ravager was possessed of incredible senses, even distracted as it was. It turned and lashed out with another arm, bending to extend the length of its reach. Its claws smacked into something, and a moment later that something landed hard on the stone a good twenty feet distant, leaving a slick of blood upon the flagstones. More droplets fell from the air as Varo got up, grunting with effort. </p><p></p><p>The cleric looked up to see the Ravager bearing down on him, intent on finishing what it had started.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lazybones, post: 4417898, member: 143"] Chapter 89 KEEN INSTINCTS Spellpower blasted mercilessly into the Ravager. Letellia launched another [i]chain lightning[/i] through her staff, relying now on her higher-order capacity to fuel more of the destructive bursts of electrical energy. Sultheros had used his own staff to summon a trio of avorals, to whom he directed brief instructions before flying ahead to circle around the Ravager. The bird-like outsiders twined into a gliding line formation that circled broadly around the monster, firing pulsing streams of [i]magic missiles[/i] into it. A good number of the force bolts vanished as they struck, but most scored, inflicting slight wounds that nevertheless slowly added to the tally of wounds suffered by the beast. With his own summoning spells mostly depleted, Dra Mak Mor added his own firepower to that barrage, hurling flickering green bolts from his fingertips that flashed brightly as they impacted the back of the creature’s head. The Ravager ignored the attacks. Varo held his ground. He lifted a hand, and fired a beam of [i]searing light[/i] into the creature’s face. The divine radiance was empowered by the touch of the sun god, but to the Ravager it was just another irritation. Varo’s gaze shifted as he sensed another enter the square. Recognizing the newcomer, he nodded to himself, then turned back to regard the onrushing foe. In the shadows of a doorway nearby, Allera started forward, but Petronia grabbed her arm, stopping her. On the far side of the square, Dar and Maricela emerged through the wreckage of the line of buildings that the Ravager had crushed, unable to do anything more than watch. The Ravager, bursting through a last ineffective [i]fireball[/i] from the half-dragon mage Koros, lunged forward to seize Varo, who still had made no move to evade. The Ravager’s claws passed right through the cleric... or rather, through the figment he’d created via his [i]mislead[/i] spell. He’d remained in the place of the illusory double while spell-casting, but after he’d fired off the beam of [i]searing light[/i] he had moved away, protected by a cloak of [i]improved invisibility[/i]. It was a familiar tactic for the priest, who had a canny understanding of battlefield tactics. But the Ravager was possessed of incredible senses, even distracted as it was. It turned and lashed out with another arm, bending to extend the length of its reach. Its claws smacked into something, and a moment later that something landed hard on the stone a good twenty feet distant, leaving a slick of blood upon the flagstones. More droplets fell from the air as Varo got up, grunting with effort. The cleric looked up to see the Ravager bearing down on him, intent on finishing what it had started. [/QUOTE]
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