Illithid Skirmish
AK510-40 Cool Summer End Week 4 [Charon Guiding, Shale Resting, Cycles Watching]
Croiday (morning)
After several hours of rest, meditation and prayer, they returned to Poll Na Deanta. This time Ivellios managed to focus his mind perfectly and they rematerialised in the arrivals area teleportation chamber. Tim Tanner, Bob Charmer, Zzog'Gozzar and Jo assaulted the lizardfolk with the Ibixians and the knights and allowed them to slip down into the stairwell.
They descend to the armory. They sent Carraig ahead, descending seemingly alone with a torch strapped to his head. Todd hid in the shadows, Ethan and Ivellios were cloaked in invisibility spells, Appleby took the form of a man eating snake. Their descent drew them near to an Illithid who was attempting to gain access to the armory. He was guarded by several grimlocks. A thick adamantite warding door had sealed the armory level entrance from intrusion, presumably in response to the Mind flayers attempts to break in.
The mind flayer heard the golem approach and manifested several of its protective psychic powers as he waited for it to arrive. A shield of protective force sprang into place, he was infused with supernatural vigour and glowing psychic armor formed over his damp dark alien clothing. Ivellios, bored of waiting for Carraig to attack, fired an empowered fireball (1). Tine's Tears! Reflexively, the illithid manifested a dampening field but his grimlock retinue were incinerated nonetheless. Their master however, was unharmed. His alien body had resisted the potent fire magic. In retaliation he mind blasted the area around the golem.
Todd was stunned. Carraig still trundled down the stairs to attack the illithid. It floated across the stairwell's dark yawning chasm to attack Todd. Ethan and Appleby attacked it but it's pernicious psychic protections prevailed. It grappled Todd and managed to wrap it's tentacles around the top of his head. Rows of tiny teeth were revealed as it's sphincter shaped mouth opened. The tentacles pulled the top of Todd's head closer to his doom. Carraig arrived and pulled off two of the tentacles preventing the Illithid from extracting Todd's brain. Appleby and Ethan and Ivellios pressed the assault and their blows struck true, the illithid was badly injured. It began to fall backwards into the chasm hoping to take his prey with him.
Ethan grabbed Todd but the weight was too much, he lost his balance as was pulled forward into the gloom. Appleby grabbed Ethan and was also pulled forward. Ivellios grabbed Appleby and suffered the same fate. They were all about to topple of the edge when Carraig's stone arm closed over Ivellios' shoulder and effortlessly swivelled him back onto the ledge.
Croiday (morning)
After several hours of rest, meditation and prayer, they returned to Poll Na Deanta. This time Ivellios managed to focus his mind perfectly and they rematerialised in the arrivals area teleportation chamber. Tim Tanner, Bob Charmer, Zzog'Gozzar and Jo assaulted the lizardfolk with the Ibixians and the knights and allowed them to slip down into the stairwell.
They descend to the armory. They sent Carraig ahead, descending seemingly alone with a torch strapped to his head. Todd hid in the shadows, Ethan and Ivellios were cloaked in invisibility spells, Appleby took the form of a man eating snake. Their descent drew them near to an Illithid who was attempting to gain access to the armory. He was guarded by several grimlocks. A thick adamantite warding door had sealed the armory level entrance from intrusion, presumably in response to the Mind flayers attempts to break in.
The mind flayer heard the golem approach and manifested several of its protective psychic powers as he waited for it to arrive. A shield of protective force sprang into place, he was infused with supernatural vigour and glowing psychic armor formed over his damp dark alien clothing. Ivellios, bored of waiting for Carraig to attack, fired an empowered fireball (1). Tine's Tears! Reflexively, the illithid manifested a dampening field but his grimlock retinue were incinerated nonetheless. Their master however, was unharmed. His alien body had resisted the potent fire magic. In retaliation he mind blasted the area around the golem.
Todd was stunned. Carraig still trundled down the stairs to attack the illithid. It floated across the stairwell's dark yawning chasm to attack Todd. Ethan and Appleby attacked it but it's pernicious psychic protections prevailed. It grappled Todd and managed to wrap it's tentacles around the top of his head. Rows of tiny teeth were revealed as it's sphincter shaped mouth opened. The tentacles pulled the top of Todd's head closer to his doom. Carraig arrived and pulled off two of the tentacles preventing the Illithid from extracting Todd's brain. Appleby and Ethan and Ivellios pressed the assault and their blows struck true, the illithid was badly injured. It began to fall backwards into the chasm hoping to take his prey with him.
Ethan grabbed Todd but the weight was too much, he lost his balance as was pulled forward into the gloom. Appleby grabbed Ethan and was also pulled forward. Ivellios grabbed Appleby and suffered the same fate. They were all about to topple of the edge when Carraig's stone arm closed over Ivellios' shoulder and effortlessly swivelled him back onto the ledge.
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