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Message: <blockquote data-quote="War Golem" data-source="post: 967948" data-attributes="member: 142">Needless to say, Heian is no more inclined to hand over the Gloves of Power to this guy than he was the first time they met. As the party members quickly pick themselves up from the deck of the boat, the monk begins to cast a cone of cold across the deck, only to watch it sputter and fail, an arcane victim of the Crystal Sea’s influence. Most of the party finds themselves too far away from the monk to engage in melee attacks, so arrows and bolts start to fly. Falko uses the dimension door power of his moon bracers to move next to the monk, in anticipation of some serious dwarven axe nastiness.The attention of the party is soon distracted as an unholy blight washes over the deck, damaging Heian and Jenna, and causing several sailors to fall out of the rigging, their limp forms dropping like proverbial flies. The spell was cast by one of two flying creatures that have appeared, flanking the rear of the boat. Each is a ten foot tall, black-skinned warrior, covered in black iron armor plating that is riveted directly into their flesh and bones. One of them lands on the back deck of the boat, and begins swinging a very large scythe in the direction of Kimchee and Bytnr.The combat proves frustrating for the travelers, as Deuce and Jenna find their spells failing more often than not, while Heian, Mugo and Blade are unable to close with any enemy and bring their powerful weapons into play. Heian is racing towards the back of the deck, suffering through a intense cone of cold on the way, only to watch the monk disappear and reappear, floating twenty feet off the side of the boat. Falko does manage to score a vicious critical hit with his axe on the monk as he leaves.All the while, the monk has been speaking telepathically to Heian, urging the elf to hand over the gloves and thus spare his companions a painful death. Heian wavers, especially as the party looks overmatched, ineffective against the flying enemies when their own spells are proving unreliable. But in the end, Heian is unwilling to give such a powerful item to this evil bastard.Six was below decks when the action started, and spent a few rounds getting herself on deck. She finds that with incendiary clouds and cones of cold flying around, the middle deck of the ship is not a friendly place. The rear of the ship is clear of the hostile magic, but Bytnr is making small progress on damaging the foul creature, while the unholy warrior is quickly shredding Kimchee with its scythe.With the outcome of the battle still in doubt, the monk sends a final message to Heian, 'Very well, elf, keep the gloves for now. I leave you and your friends to your fate on the Crystal Sea without your precious Navigator.' The monk disappears, and soon after so do both of his infernal assistants. The fatalities amongst the crew are extensive, and the ship's Navigator is dead as well. The party and the other travelers are injured, but everyone lives. Six offers to try and raise the Navigator the next day after she can rest and pray to Serenthrargas for spells. Flick gathers his remaining crew members together and they manage to restore some semblance of order to the boat.</blockquote>

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