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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dr Simon" data-source="post: 5098294" data-attributes="member: 21938">Whilst you are discussing your next move, more locals have appeared at the doors of what at first appeared to be derelict houses. Curious onlookers survey the scene of carnage in Shading Willow Court.Then, somebody throws something from the upper window of the Old Tamsa Building. You glimpse a carved wooden token, with traces of worn red paint, land with a tiny click near Growling Ape's feet. Annika can almost smell the fire magic evident in the token and she barely has time to call out a warning before:Fwoom.The token detonates in a flash of super-heated fire, engulfing the group and the bodies of their vanquished foes. Mystal Marr is bowled over backwards by the blast. Ape is nearly knocked off his feet. Three Flowers executes a stylish roll away from the centre and emerges with edges of his surcoat delicately smoking. Annika takes the full brunt of her chosen element. Shakou ducks behind one of the undead corpses and emerges completely unscathed.The crowd give a collective gasp as if they were watching a display of fireworks.Just as quickly, the fireball dissipates, leaving heroes, corpses and the eponymous willow tree smouldering around the edges.The doors to the Tamsa Building slam open and a nightmare creature from the Netherworld smashes its way through them, ripping one of the doors off its hinges as it does so.The thing that emerges resembles a massive maggot-like body on top of spindly crab-like legs. Two forelegs ending in razor-sharp pincers indicate the front of the creature, which otherwise lacks head, tail or recognisable features on its rugose swollen body. Except, that is, for the collection of human heads that seem to sprout from its body like macabre fruit. These heads on stalks set up a cacophony of wailing, gnashing, screaming and spitting, rolling their eyes horribly. Behind, in the courtyard of the Tamsa Building, some figures are hustling.[sblock=OOC]Fireball damage: 19 or 9.Three Flowers Reflex save 15+5=20, success. Health 23, Grace 3Annika Reflex save 2+3=5, fail. Health 12, Grace 0Shakou Reflex save 13+10, success. Evasion. Health 35, Grace 7Mystal Marr Reflex save 4+2=6, fail. Health 11, Grace 0Growling Ape Reflex save 4+4=8, fail. Health 12, Grace 0.Annika recognises the creature as a 'headhanger', which can rip off your head and absorb it. (It's a monster adapted from RuneQuest; I'd not noticed before but it bears a strong resemblance to something from John Carpenter's version of The Thing).[/sblock]</blockquote>

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