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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Isida Kep'Tukari" data-source="post: 3003048" data-attributes="member: 4441">The Fall of Arden Fell  The noblewoman looks at Rayni for a moment, and her eyes seem as deep and wise as an elf's, more like Shenystari's than any human Rayni has met.  "If we harm the man or her while they're in a trance, both could be lost to us.  Just keep them from getting reinforcements or from going in the house!" she hisses and then backs to the side, glaring at the man.  He gets a determined look on his face and the noblewoman blanches suddenly.  Through the mindlink, Shenystari: [sblock]He can drain power!  Caution, sister.[/sblock]  Gathering the power of her mind, Shenystari lashes out at the man, but finds her power shunted aside.  The kalashtar feels tendrils of thought insinuating into her mind, draining her determination and will.  Shenystari babbles in confusion, her mind not making the necessary connections for independent thought.Mel: [sblock]The purple-scaled creature lashes out again at her with power born of despair, while Mel erects a shield of love and determination; the love she has from her mother, her determination to find the truth, and the love she has found from her new-found friends.  Her shield shatters the creature's whip, and there is a backlash of energy.  Mel hears screams within her head as she finds herself flung back into her body.  The man who had grabbed her is crumpled against the opposite wall, and some of the people in the garden are looking at you with wide eyes.OOC: You totally rolled a 20 to defend yourself!   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!    :eek:"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" /> [/sblock]  Up on the top of the stairs, there is a flash of white light, and the man who had been holding Mel is flung across the staircase and crashes into the opposite wall.  He slumps down, unconscious, and some of the other people in the garden pause and stare in awe.  Bail bashes his way through the crowd as Mel suddenly comes out of her trance, and is able to put himself between her and the slumped man.  From out of the crowd, he hears someone yelling, "Murder, they killed Arden!"  Screaming and further panic ensue, as the confused people starting dashing to and fro.OOC: The man attacking Shenystari rolled a 20 on his save, then Shenystari only got a 9 on her saving against his id insinuation, so she's confused for 1 round.~~~Something Fishy at the Drunk Duck!Tondrek comes out of his daze, and wraps the cord around his boots, murmuring a few words, and feels his slippery feet gain a bit more surity on the treacherous floor.  The sizzling from the acidic fire he threw finishes burning itself out; now there is a fist-sized crater in the rugelt's stony shell.  Querzana shakes herself awake and throws her dagger at the rugelt's belly with deadly accuracy.  It thunks home next to Harolk's cuts, as the swordsman drops to his knees.  Slicing with the ever-eager Orange Crush, the sword mutters a deep "Kash" as the two front legs of the table are sundered in twain, dumping the huge rugelt on the floor.  Harolk realizes his error almost immediately and throws himself out of harm's way before the rugelt can land on him.Hxaptos backs away from the action and uses the wall to brace himself, carefully rising to his feet depite the thrashings of the ship and the pitching of the slippery deck.  Come now, back into the fray, don't let the lad have all the fun... the Lump whispers in his mind, before trailing off into an insane cackle.  Hxaptos feels a faint tickling sensation in his hands and feel, and can see tiny feeler-like tentacles growing out of them providing him with a firm grip on the floor and wall. (OOC: spider climb)The rugelt gives another terrible thrash and slams heavily into the kneeling target of Harolk, cracking ribs and pulping muscle in its agonies.  It's getting weaker, but not fast enough!OOC - Harolk takes 14 points of damage.</blockquote>

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