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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 3955105" data-attributes="member: 16069">Dungeon Crawl Classic #24 Legend of the Ripper Level 1-3 (Scaled to level 4)Turn 66: The Guardian.A lot of things happen very quickly, here goes-Newt leaps up the dais, actually lands on the top step right next to the amulet, he’s very good at jumping remember.CLICK.The Rogue hasn’t got time to look around to see where the sound is coming from, if he had to guess, he’d say from below him.Newt scoops up the amulet.GRIND.Once again there’s no time to look around… but if he had to guess, he’d say the noise came from above him.Newt leaps for the water.Ting.Like the sound of a small stone hitting something.SPLASHThe Gnome is engulfed by the water.FWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMLess than a second later the centre of the chamber is engulfed in a Fireball.The flame is over in an instant.Newt surfaces.Smiling.The door opens.Cas fills the doorway smiling at the Gnome who’s holding aloft the amulet.Then he looks behind Newt.“NEEEEEEEEEWWWWWT.”The Rogue doesn’t bother to look over his shoulder, the room shudders, a miniature tidal wave races in every direction, submerging him for a second.“Aaaaaaarrrrggghhhh.”The Gnome races out of the chamber, scrambling through the defenders and runs straight up onto the ceiling, clutching the amulet to his chest.The Iron Golem lurches towards them, it’s very slow, rust flakes off of it as it comes.“For Pelor.” Cas charges in.“What?” Leaving Ala and the others standing in the door way.“BUFFET.” Bec follows the Paladin in.“Oh Correllon, this is madness- chaaaaaarge.” Ala heads on in.Jim and Anya briefly reach out to each other, touch for a second, then the Ranger races in to face the metal monster.Anya stays put, “Smidgin.” Two magic Missile arc out and thump into the Golem, both missiles clang into the creature, leave not a mark.The adventurers fan out to meet the creature’s awkward charge; its weakness is definitely that it’s agonisingly slow.Cas dodges in, strikes hard, not a scratch. Jim thumps his battleaxe into the Golem’s leg, nothing. Bec repeats the feat except on its other leg, three for three, the thing is unharmed.“Oh sodding Pelor.” Cas remarks, looks at the useless magical longsword in his hands.CLANG—TEEEEAAAAAAR.Ala sees her opening, she’s made her way to the back of the creature, a perfect hit, her blade tears a gaping hole in the small of the Golem’s back.“It can be damaged. It can…” Ala’s face is full of joy.The thing turns to face her.It lashes out, a sweeping blow, Ala ducks beneath the water then comes up gasping for air but unharmed.“SMASH IT.”Cas screams, and hits again- nothing. Ala dodges inside the Iron Golem’s reach, tries her luck again, not a mark. Jim… the same.Bec… the same.“What?” Cas screams runs at the creature and smashes the pommel of his sword into its leg, which doesn’t unsettle the thing in the least, it does however get the things attention.The Iron Golem turns again, and the Paladin’s in much too close, Cas tries to back up but the water’s too deep, he can’t get out of the way.CRUNCHA metal fist smashes into his side, scoops him up, as if he weighed nothing, and flings him a good ten feet away. The Paladin lands with a splash and sinks beneath the waves.Anya spins out of the room, hides behind the door.“No, no, no, no this can’t be real.”Newt meanwhile clambers along the ceiling back into the chamber; the amulet safely tucked away, his Adamantine dagger clutched in his hand.Cas struggles to his feet, ribs broken, chest crushed, it hurts to breathe, he gasps for air.“RUN. KEEP OUT OF ITS REACH.”He takes charge, at the same time using his Divine Power to send a pulse of Healing energy through his body, which eases some of his pain.“NEWT, GIVE THE KEY TO ANYA. ANYA OPEN THE DOOR.”Newt does as he’s told, heads back and drops the amulet into Anya’s waiting hands; the Wizard scurries off to the door.Ala, Jim and Bec are now in perpetual motion, circling, dodging in and out, trying to keep out of the Golem’s reach.Jim unbalances for a second, almost sinks beneath the waves, he’s caught by a glancing blow, the Golem is wielding a huge scimitar, as well as punching with its off hand, the blow is more a clip than an actual hit, its enough to remind Jim to be more careful in future.Mid-stride Bec feels something wet on his cheek, puts his hand up to discover it’s his blood, a cut on his temple- he doesn’t remember taking a hit.“It’s opening.”And sure enough, so it is- Anya rushes back to the chamber.“IT’S OPEN. THE DOOR’S OPEN.”Cas glugs down a Potion of Healing and rushes back towards the Golem.Bec breaks off heads back to the door, out of the chamber, swapping from his magical dagger to his greatsword, mid flight. “COME ON.” Anya screams.Newt doesn’t have to be told twice, he dodges through the newly opened doorway and into a hallway, yet again waist-deep in foul water. Part of the left wall and ceiling has collapsed, creating a sloping pile of rubble below a four-foot diameter hole. A trickle of water and sludge flows from out of the gap.The way ahead is clear however.Ala and Jim continue to circle the Golem, Ala has to take evasive action and is sent sprawling for a second, she quickly finds her feet.“COME ON.”Cas reaches the doorway screaming at Ala and Jim still in the chamber.The pair back cautiously towards the doorway, then break and run, as best they can waist deep in water.The Golem follows after them; it seems to go faster in a straight line, smashes the iron scimitar it wields in one hand down, just missing Jim’s head, the force of the blow splits the stone in one of the huge columns, wedging the sword in tight.“Shouldn’t we go back?” Jim gabbles staring at the elevator.”“No. ON.” Cas is definite, he points to the door.Bec fills the doorway back into the chamber; the Golem is trying to wrench its weapon free, with little success.SMASHBec’s greatsword lances out and rips a hole in the Golem’s torso, the Barbarian grins at the mess he’s wrought.FWUNGThe Iron Golem’s scimitar is ripped free.The new hallway ends at a wooden door adorned simply with a blue painted skull. At one time the door might have been solid, but exposure to water and dampness has rotted the wood. From behind the door Newt can hear a cacophony of whispers- or is it just the wind whistling?“Fecking. Feck.”The door is definitely trapped; the Gnome gets to work, conscious of the sounds of struggle coming from behind him. “BEC.” Cas screams, the Barbarian hasn’t got time to turn around. “Hold it- if you can.”The Barbarian grunts, then leaps forward into the chamber, aims an almighty blow at the Golem, he misses by a mile. The metal monster sees its opportunity and lumbers forward, miscalculates its own dimensions and slams into one of the pillars that dot the room; it crumples staggers and flounders. The Barbarian sees his opportunity lances his greatsword into the creature again, but leaves not a mark.“FALL BACK.” Cas calls to Jim and Ala, who are still not out the room, they’re standing behind Bec, mimicking the Barbarians cuts and thrusts, fighting the fight for him.“GET OUT OF THERE.” Cas commands, the pair scatter, rush after Anya who’s already caught up with Newt.“Trap’s disarmed.” The Gnome grins, gets up and opens… oh hang on, “Bugger it’s locked.” The Gnome sets to work again.“Come on Newt… Come on.” Anya worries.Bec dives in again as the Golem tries to stand, this time gets it right, smashes his greatsword into the giant metal man’s knee joint, the monster stumbles again.“Come on Newt.” Now it’s Jim’s turn.“Just shut up.”“Neeeewt?” Ala tries.“That’s it.”The Gnome grins and grabs the handle- no its not, the door’s still locked.“Feck. Feck. Feck.” The Gnome’s new mantra, he sets to work again.Jim rushes back to the doorway, so he can see Cas, gets there and shrugs at the Paladin, “LOCKED.” He screams.“Oh Pelor.” Cas levers himself off the wall he’s been leaning on and thrashes the water to foam, charging back into the chamber, and the Iron Golem.“BUFFET.” Cas screams. Bec echoes his sentiment. “BUFFET.”Cas and Bec attack simultaneously, Cas’ longsword merely skims the surface, but Bec’s greatsword bites deep into the metal machine’s inner workings, a rusty chunk of iron falls from the creature’s shoulder and splashes into the water.Once again the Golem staggers, but this time manages to haul itself upright in seconds.“Got it.” Newt plasters on his smile again and yanks the door open.It goes quiet for a moment.“<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />.” Ala stares.“That’s just what I was going to say.” Newt confirms.Anya stands there, mouth open.“<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />.” Ala says it again.Newt shuts the door.Next Turn: “There’s nothing else for it…”</blockquote>

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