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<blockquote data-quote="Altalazar" data-source="post: 3241950" data-attributes="member: 939"><p>Notes – Chapter Seventeen – Flesh is weak! It runs, it fears. </p><p></p><p> My observations under so many different conditions are proving very valuable. It has become very clear to me that, in so many ways, ways I did not even imagine, flesh is weak. </p><p> Observation one – after opening the door locked by the key held by the dragon’s mouth (from the kobolds) we found a room with a glowing, singing globe. As we approached, it sang louder and we all ran from the room. All of us, save my three alabaster friends, who, were it not for their orders to follow me, would have stood there for eternity. Eventually, the globe was destroyed, but that does not matter. What matters is how it easily and repeatedly sent all those of the flesh running from that room. Flesh is weak!</p><p> Beyond that room, there was a glimmer of hope. Beyond a troublesome imp, there was a sarcophagus with a giant being inside. It attacked us and at first, I thought it was a new and wondrous being of the undeath, but this turned out to be wrong. At first I could not discern how it could live so long, but then it must have been preserved, much like the flesh we eat. This was true even though its flesh seemed to regenerate. But then we burned it and it lay still. Flesh, even regenerating flesh, is weak. </p><p></p><p> Notes – Chapter Eighteen – Flesh is weak. It decays, it rots, it infects. </p><p></p><p> Further observations ensued in the last branch of this complex to be explored before our descent into the lower level. We found a long corridor full of dire rats, including a bloated queen that took great exception to our explorations. We set off a trap of poison gas and several of us were bitten by the rats and diseased, laid weak and frail by the festering wounds left behind by those dirty rodent incisors. Those same incisors chewed on my friends of alabaster, but beyond scuffing their bones, their disease had no chance to find purchase there. </p><p> My alabaster minions stood tall and strong while the others in our group were laid low, weak with fever, for days. It is true they did recover on their own, but only with much help and nursing. Even my healing magic, which so quickly heals even the undead, could do nothing for them. Flesh is weak. It decays. It rots. It makes host for an infinite number of infections. Not like the purity of alabaster. </p><p></p><p> Notes – Chapter Nineteen – Bugbear flesh – looks strong, as weak as the rest</p><p></p><p> We climbed down the large shaft, and ended in a huge garden of garbage. Several twig blights met us in battle there. But that did not matter, because I found two more alabaster minions who quickly submitted to me, standing mute, waiting for their calling from my power. </p><p> Willow and I ventured north while the others ventured south. We found a large bugbear and his two dire rat hounds. I regretfully lost two of my alabaster companions to the powerful, and apparently magical, morningstar held by the bugbear. Fortunately for me, fate had already intervened, and I commanded the two docile alabaster minions in the garden to replace them. By then, the others had rejoined us in the north and the bugbear proved that even his powerful flesh was ultimately weak, and we dispatched him. </p><p></p><p> Notes – Chapter Twenty – Interesting – is plant fiber strong where flesh is weak?</p><p></p><p> In the next chamber, we found a room with six more rooms leading from it. Each one held goblins, or experiments done by goblins, all involving plants. Most interesting of all was the dire rat that was strapped to a table, branches like plants growing from its flesh. I will have to consult with Willow when we have the chance to discuss it. Could this be another path? Flesh turned fiber, fiber of a plant, fibers that are strong where flesh is weak? I have my doubts. We have snapped the twigs of the blights easily enough, but then, they were but saplings compared to the mightiest of trees. And it is true that even alabaster can snap. Trees can certainly live far longer than flesh – even the flesh of the elves. This will bear further scrutiny, though I fear it is outside my expertise. Willow must help me here. </p><p></p><p> Notes – Chapter Twenty-One – Even more interesting – Rock as flesh? </p><p></p><p> In another chamber we discovered a creature seemingly made of molten rock that attacked and burned us. But that was not what was interesting about it. What was interesting was that the creature had no flesh, and truly was made of nothing but rock. Rock lasts even longer than trees. Rock is, but for magma, eternal. Is this the secret I seek? But then this creature was born of rock, and I did not know how one could ever turn living flesh to living rock. So many questions. I have, for now, very few answers. But I have learned enough to know that my leaving my home has proved very fruitful for my research. I’ve discovered far more in a few days than I had progressed in the prior few years. These explorations must continue! And I hope we find this druid here so I can question him about his experiments with plant fiber from flesh. We must find him! Or at least his notes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Altalazar, post: 3241950, member: 939"] Notes – Chapter Seventeen – Flesh is weak! It runs, it fears. My observations under so many different conditions are proving very valuable. It has become very clear to me that, in so many ways, ways I did not even imagine, flesh is weak. Observation one – after opening the door locked by the key held by the dragon’s mouth (from the kobolds) we found a room with a glowing, singing globe. As we approached, it sang louder and we all ran from the room. All of us, save my three alabaster friends, who, were it not for their orders to follow me, would have stood there for eternity. Eventually, the globe was destroyed, but that does not matter. What matters is how it easily and repeatedly sent all those of the flesh running from that room. Flesh is weak! Beyond that room, there was a glimmer of hope. Beyond a troublesome imp, there was a sarcophagus with a giant being inside. It attacked us and at first, I thought it was a new and wondrous being of the undeath, but this turned out to be wrong. At first I could not discern how it could live so long, but then it must have been preserved, much like the flesh we eat. This was true even though its flesh seemed to regenerate. But then we burned it and it lay still. Flesh, even regenerating flesh, is weak. Notes – Chapter Eighteen – Flesh is weak. It decays, it rots, it infects. Further observations ensued in the last branch of this complex to be explored before our descent into the lower level. We found a long corridor full of dire rats, including a bloated queen that took great exception to our explorations. We set off a trap of poison gas and several of us were bitten by the rats and diseased, laid weak and frail by the festering wounds left behind by those dirty rodent incisors. Those same incisors chewed on my friends of alabaster, but beyond scuffing their bones, their disease had no chance to find purchase there. My alabaster minions stood tall and strong while the others in our group were laid low, weak with fever, for days. It is true they did recover on their own, but only with much help and nursing. Even my healing magic, which so quickly heals even the undead, could do nothing for them. Flesh is weak. It decays. It rots. It makes host for an infinite number of infections. Not like the purity of alabaster. Notes – Chapter Nineteen – Bugbear flesh – looks strong, as weak as the rest We climbed down the large shaft, and ended in a huge garden of garbage. Several twig blights met us in battle there. But that did not matter, because I found two more alabaster minions who quickly submitted to me, standing mute, waiting for their calling from my power. Willow and I ventured north while the others ventured south. We found a large bugbear and his two dire rat hounds. I regretfully lost two of my alabaster companions to the powerful, and apparently magical, morningstar held by the bugbear. Fortunately for me, fate had already intervened, and I commanded the two docile alabaster minions in the garden to replace them. By then, the others had rejoined us in the north and the bugbear proved that even his powerful flesh was ultimately weak, and we dispatched him. Notes – Chapter Twenty – Interesting – is plant fiber strong where flesh is weak? In the next chamber, we found a room with six more rooms leading from it. Each one held goblins, or experiments done by goblins, all involving plants. Most interesting of all was the dire rat that was strapped to a table, branches like plants growing from its flesh. I will have to consult with Willow when we have the chance to discuss it. Could this be another path? Flesh turned fiber, fiber of a plant, fibers that are strong where flesh is weak? I have my doubts. We have snapped the twigs of the blights easily enough, but then, they were but saplings compared to the mightiest of trees. And it is true that even alabaster can snap. Trees can certainly live far longer than flesh – even the flesh of the elves. This will bear further scrutiny, though I fear it is outside my expertise. Willow must help me here. Notes – Chapter Twenty-One – Even more interesting – Rock as flesh? In another chamber we discovered a creature seemingly made of molten rock that attacked and burned us. But that was not what was interesting about it. What was interesting was that the creature had no flesh, and truly was made of nothing but rock. Rock lasts even longer than trees. Rock is, but for magma, eternal. Is this the secret I seek? But then this creature was born of rock, and I did not know how one could ever turn living flesh to living rock. So many questions. I have, for now, very few answers. But I have learned enough to know that my leaving my home has proved very fruitful for my research. I’ve discovered far more in a few days than I had progressed in the prior few years. These explorations must continue! And I hope we find this druid here so I can question him about his experiments with plant fiber from flesh. We must find him! Or at least his notes. [/QUOTE]
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