From: Naron (naron_at_dodo.com.au)
Date: Wed Feb 18 2004 - 01:24:15 GMT
Garrott strikes his hammer, drawing all of his strength and ability in the blow. The hammer easily pushes through the wall and shatters a hole about large enough for a windling to stand in. The responding cracks in the wall crawl all over the surface and the familiar blue liquid sprays out and evaporates.
Elklisee heeding Lenora's words steps back about thirty yards and sheathes her sword, drawing out a hawk hatchet in her hand to keep an eye on the situation and help where she can. Lenora also pulls back slightly, blade still in her hand keeping a look out to help anyone she can.
The warrior discipline pumping through her veins, Rose smashes her crystal axe into the wall and sees it bite deeply into the wall. Cracks spider out from the blow and large parts of the wall begin to look unsteady and well weakened from the onslaught.
In response to the blow Rose cries in pain as spikes begin to push through her skin. The spikes are far less in size than those that have afflicted Angavorn and she has no trouble remaining standing but her blood flows down from every joint in her body, making it hard to wield her weapon. The spikes in Garrott's skin also begin to enlarge so that you can hear the spikes scrape against the large obsidimans skin. He holds on to the pain, attempting to use the pain in his blows, maintaining his footing.
Kerrik grabs at the mace but finds it unwieldy, having trouble bringing it to bear he misses the wall in front of him as he tries to find the best grip. Shalandra leaves his side and guides Shalamar out 100 yards turning, readying herself for a charge again.
Pean finally places the final touches on his spell, sealing the circle from the taint of horrors just as Maerath's blade strikes the wall, finding no purchase and causing no further damage.
Farli moves to Angavorn's side and helps him up, the young human warrior struggling from the damage done to his joints. Ayoë moves in front of the pair and pushes her broadsword at the crystal wall. The blade finds a weakened spot and slips straight into the wall forcing crystal to fall of in hunks from the blow, causing another hole into the room to form.
Temorya moves slightly forward and throws two more pebbles forward, but again they fail to form into the ice that the first one formed into. He curses under his breath and prepares to reattune his matrix.
Maerath again slams his two handed sword against the wall but the wall proves to be too strong for the weapon again. The blade slips away leaving no impression on the surface at all. Elklisee seeks to support him and throws in a hawk hatchet but with the same effect. The weapon drops to the ground leaving absolutely no impression on the surface.
Garrott smashes down again with his hammer. He draws the power from inside of him and again punches another large hole into the room. Crystal shatters and dissolves into the blue liquid and then thin air as his blow smashes into it. Temorya at the same time seeks to change the spell in his matrix and draws on his inner resources to do so but finds the melee too distracting to effect the change.
Shalandra forces Shalamar into a charge again and bears the lance to strike home again. The blow causes the crystal to crack under the force of the blow but does not punch a hole. Shalandra easily manages to stay in the saddle as she turns Shalamar to the side.
Lenora moves forward and grabs Angavorn's shoulder with Farli. The trio begin to move backward, each still facing the crystal walls as though they would reach out and snatch them back to the melee.
Rose Ayoë and Kerrik strike the wall. Rose and Ayoë's weapons falling away without a mark and Kerrik managing only to splinter some tiny shards from the wall of the crystal entity.
Pean attempts to weave a thread to his spirit double matrix, drawing on his inner strength to do so but the shards that have worked their way through the flesh cause him too much pain and his concentration wavers, causing his thread to fall away from the matrix.
Maerath swings again in frustration but again his blow bounces away from the wall with no affect. Garrott smashes again into the structure and a loud shatter is heard. The entire structure begins to crumble and fall away with Rose's strike also bringing the structure down.
The slight glow disappears and the crystal room falls to the ground like a shattered window pane. The light blue of the blood lights occasionally and by the time a light gem is unfurled the whole structure has all but disappeared. The spikes that have grown from some members joints remain but none grow any further and you all breathe a sigh of release.
The only pieces of the crystal that remain are six circular discs that bear all the marks of being elemental earth. They are the size of the elemental earth coins that are in Throal and could quite possibly be used as such.
As you look to where the inside of the room was located you see an oaken chest, about three foot high and five wide bound in iron brackets with an ornate lock. Elklisee approaches it carefully and with careful movements of her hand the lock clicks open.
Allowing Angavorn to come forward, the young warrior unclasps the lock and lifts the lid. He then starts to reach into the chest and lays the following things on the ground before him.
1.. A velvet bag that jingles slightly as it is moved
2.. A hesian sack that opens as it is placed down that contains a small amount of gold and a much larger amount of silver in it
3.. A very small red silk pouch that appears to have something inside it
4.. A dwarven skull made from metal and covered in tiny writings/runes
5.. A fine suit of plate mail that appears very old, but very well preserved. From the shape it appears to have been crafted for a woman and is covered in runes across some of the metal work.
<Your moves please>
1.. Angavorn: Damage: 44, Wounds: 5, Woodskin: 23
2.. Garrott: Damage: 46, Wounds: 3, Woodskin: 12
3.. Kerrik: Damage: 1
4.. Lenora: Damage: 4,
5.. Maerath: Damage: 6, Woodskin: 7
6.. Pean: Damage: 16, Wounds: 3,
7.. Rose: Damage: 18, Wounds: 1 Woodskin: 8
<Congratulations>
<Mark>
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