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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 1361535" data-attributes="member: 1210">Crit With the DeleterSoon enough our heroes have reached the web-choked area, and they burn their way through the webs only to find an area full of gas.  It turns out to be flammable, as the L determines with a fireball that triggers an explosion that deals minor damage to the party, and then our heroes descend even further into a sumptuous chamber, now smoking and blasted.  A solid gold couch, surrounded by treasure and chests, supports a supine form, even now stirring.  Then a loud voice booms out, ”WHO DARES TO DISTURB THE REST OF ACERERAK?  IT IS YOUR DEATH WHICH YOU HAVE FOUND!!”The creature is clearly undead- tattered skin stretched and torn across yellowed bone, with a few tufts of hair.  Runes and glyphs glow all over it.  Its eyes blaze like burning green coals. Thrush, ignoring its bravado, charges in and lands a solid blow to the chest.  The creature gives a startled ‘whoomph’ as its sternum cracks with a sound like thunder.  Then its striking back, launching a flurry of open-handed blows at Thrush, smacking him across the face, in the armpit and in the side.  The human absorbs the blows with equanimity; he’s tough.Orbius fires a volley of seeker missiles at the creature, but it dodges most of them; only a single one explodes on it.  The others, little missiles of force, zip around and prepare to make a second pass.Angelfire deletes the undead thing.  It’s a perfect shot; the jagged blast from the Deleter enters the thing’s mouth.*  The creature gasps, and screams, and there’s a sudden burning light as all the runes seemingly evaporate; and the creature keeps on screaming as new flesh seems to grow over its bones.  Its eyes grow back, its bones are shrouded in meat and then a layer of skin and hair; and the creature stands before them, alive.Angelfire herself screams in a mix of agony and ecstasy as the Deleter channels negative energy into her, burning her mind with terrible force.**  She staggers, reeling, barely able to see past the black radiance spattering before her eyes... she shudders.Thrush swings his sword in even as the L’s flame strike comes down.  The man before them dodges the pillar of fire, but in the process he finds his nose cut off by Thrush.  He screams in pain as blood pours down his face.  Then Thrush slices his left leg off at the knee and that’s it; the man’s dead.“Well done!” Lester exclaims.  Thrush grins.They strip the man and start investigating the treasure, but as soon as they open a chest the place starts to collapse and they have to retreat back up the stairs.  “Oh well,” comments Lester dismissively.“Now what?” Orbius asks.  “We still have one or two-“Rex and Patyn appear.Everyone’s weapons come out.  “But they’re dead!  I killed them!” cries Thrush.“No,” says Rex grimly.  “We didn’t die.“We passed through.”*Angelfire scored a crit with the Deleter, which- as you can see- may sometimes have special effects on the victim, even if it’s not normally subject to critical hits.**Poor Angel!  Here she takes 3 negative levels, 8 points of Con damage and 3 points of Wisdom drain.  The Deleter sure is tough on you... but you probably won’t willingly give it up anyway.  (Shades of Clambake’s Hat, anyone?)Next Time: Rex’ and Patyn’s story!</blockquote>

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