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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 1170427" data-attributes="member: 1210">The Party Vs. Felenga!“He is a threat,” the Master of Darkhold confirms.  “He’s constructed a key that lets him get in and out of Darkhold at will and gives him a limited amount of control over certain aspects of the environment, time, etc.”  He frowns.  “I can oppose him, but it is a matter of measure, then countermeasure, then a counter for that or a new measure, and so forth.  It would not do to underestimate him.”  His face looks fleetingly pained.  “I learned that to my sorrow with Fuligin.* “The Master continues, explaining what he thinks Felenga’s goal is.  “There is a very delicate device that ensures that things stay in balance,” he says.  “I believe that Felenga wants to destabilize it.”“What ‘things’ does it keep in balance?” asks Horbin.“For you, everything,” the Master replies flatly.  “It helps maintain your reality.”So they guard the approach to the chamber housing the device that Felenga is presumably after.  They wait uneasily; Drelvin’s hands itch beneath the Deleter.  Nervously, they buff up as much as they can; and then it’s just a waiting game.  They know which direction Felenga will be coming from; so Malford lays a mind fog down.And soon the game is over.”I hear something!” Thrush announces harshly, whipping out his greatsword and moving across the hall, eyes scanning intently for signs of movement in the fog.  Orbius casts mass haste and the whole group starts activating all their short-duration spells, from fire shield to blink-Then Felenga dispels the fog, encloses Horbin the Holy in a forcecage and blasts the solar with seeker missiles.  Orbius instantly fires a volley of seekers back at the deadly lich, but they are absorbed into his shield.  The Eye follows this up with a lower resistance.  Telemundo, meanwhile, disintegrates the forcecage.There’s movement everywhere as the air elemental swoops in to grapple Felenga!  Lester moves in, Felix Optima Maxima coming out of her sheath as he approaches.  Spells are arcing at the dreaded lich from the party, the solar- a sunbeam blazes into him, and the smell of scorched flesh rises from his sizzling form!  “Rragh!”  Felenga throws the elemental off and fires a quickened finger of death at the solar, destroying it.  Then he whirls to face Lester and Thrush, who are rushing at him.  As he starts to cast another spell, Drelvin makes his move.“Your part in this play has been written out!” the archer cries, gesturing with the Deleter.  The weapon from the Far Realms convulses around his hands and a jagged streak of light zots into Felenga.The effects are remarkable.  Felenga screams in horrible pain and outrage as much of his power leaves him.  He’s been cut off from the Dread Lord!  Staggering, he stares wildly at Drelvin.These... these petty annoyances, thinks Felenga in amazement.  I am undone by such as these??Then a massive blade smacks Felenga from the side, staggering him.  Another from the other side, as Angelfire tumbles in to flank!  Then there’s an explosion of positive energy as Glantri and Horbin surge out of control, and the energy burns Felenga intensely.  Dazzled, hurt worse than- than ever before- the lich prepares to cast a spell, but he doesn’t have time.  Horbin’s mass heal deals a devastating amount of damage to Felenga, and he vanishes in a shudder as his contingency goes off.“Here!” Malford cries, handing Orbius a scroll of Follow Sorcery’s Trail.  The Eye reads it off and leads the party after Felenga.  Soon the trail leads back to the bedchamber they met the Master of Darkhold at, but there’s no Felenga there.  The bed does show signs of recent use, however...“We’ve been tricked!” Telemundo cries.The device, Malford thinks sickly.  *The Master’s son was killed long ago by Fuligin in a confrontation within Darkhold, though none of the pcs in the story know it.Next Time: The in-game justification for the change to the 3.5 rules!</blockquote>

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