2022-11-09 - Lair of the Hunter and beyond the Gates (log)

2022-11-09 - Lair of the Hunter and beyound the Gates (log)

Log is provided in the perspective of Opalina

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[Moonsedge, Briar Gate]

Walls twice the height of a giantman loom over the cobblestone road as it winds toward the city. Ornamental etchings of thorny briars adorn the stone faces, which are hewn from vast cubes of dark basalt. The wall is unbroken save for a black gate of wrought iron that is adorned with countless wild roses fashioned of dark metal. From within come none of the sounds of a thriving city, not wagons squeaking, nor the din of a throng. You also see the Yardie disk, an inlaid leather grimoire soaring around with its gilt-swept ethereal violet pinions, a yellow-eyed silvery lor mandrake, a stocky snow white puppy with oversized black-tipped paws, the repousse copper Perigourd disk raised in leafy designs, the web-draped Missoni disk, the skull-shaped Zeminar disk, the Lilanna disk, the smooth invar Radoria disk, the driftwood Nalver disk, a red-eyed fanged black bat that is flying around, a lazy wild silver-grey dog, a resplendent obsidian black raven that is flying around and a massive snowy white tiger.

Also here: Blade Yardie, Lilanna, Hadya, Merrymaker Gespry, Small Game Hunter Dendum, Trouthe, Lord Sorlu, Lady Aliashyrah, Lord Randsford, Perigourd, Missoni, Grutak, Queatus, Mayor Talliver, Magister Raelee, Bakarus, Jiarine, Nalver, Commodore Nodyre, Zeminar, Aenternoll, Radoria, Small Game Hunter Roelon Obvious paths: north

Nodyre says, "Oh my."

Roelon tilts his head up.

Radoria glances around the area.

Missoni glances up.

Hadya glances up.

You gaze up into the heavens.

Raelee tilts her head up.

As a maniacal expression washes over Nalver's features, he erratically titters to himself.

Bakarus gazes up into the heavens.

Roses, wild and domesticated, are painstakingly replicated in dark metal as adornments twining over the forbidding gate.

Perigourd glances at a wrought black iron gate.

Trouthe gazes up into the sky.

Perigourd tilts his head up.

There is nothing on the gate.

Gespry narrows his eyes.

Nodyre places his hand against his white ora katana. A collection of argent and ultramarine flames spiral down the length of Nodyre's white ora katana, setting it ablaze.

Missoni slowly empties her lungs.

Randsford clutches his eonake knight's aegis defensively.

Zeminar tightens his grip on his grey-scaled staff.

Queatus frowns.

Trouthe squints.

Jiarine asks, "Can I come inside?"

You belt out, "Hello up there!"

Dendum yells, ""Greetings!"

The voice of Barlan says, "So, our friends from Icemule Trace have returned."

Jaysehn says, "That palce is thoroughly overrun."

Roelon deeply says, "Greetings there Barlan."

Perigourd asks, "You wished us here, no?"

A blinding flurry of snowflakes drifts down from the grey skies.

Randsford says, "Good evening Barlan, an audience with you if you could open your gates."

Perigourd leans on his sword.

Gespry steeples his fingers together, quietly observing his surroundings.

Roelon deeply asks, "We did say we would speak again aye?"

You say, speaking quietly to Dendum, "Guess he's not berry picking."

Jiarine says, "I have not been here before so this would be our first meeting."

Nalver searches around for a moment.

Roelon grins at you.

Dendum says, speaking to you, ""Good rose carving on gate though."

Sorlu nods.

You agree with Dendum.

Nalver searches around for a moment.

Grutak glances at a wrought black iron gate.

The voice of Barlan says, "We did indeed.  I had hoped my child would last longer before succumbing, but not all are meant to live forever."

Roelon deeply says, "Hmm.."

Randsford sighs.

Perigourd grunts.

Missoni slowly says, "Your...child."

Trouthe asks, "Your child?"

Nodyre says, "This is fine."

Roelon deeply says, "So ...ye knew all along."

Sorlu raises an eyebrow.

Roelon abruptly kicks at a wrought black iron gate!

Dendum runs a hand over his buckskin jacket, cleaning off anything the surroundings might have left.

Missoni shakes her head, totally at a loss.

Grutak yells, "Open up!"

Randsford whispers something to Grutak.

Talliver glares.

The severe snowstorm blankets the entire area into white drifts.

Talliver's entire body tenses as he tightens his grip on his rolaren sword.

Gespry waves his hands in arcane gesticulations. Ethereal motes of blue light begin to dance wildly at his fingertips as he quietly incants the words to a spell.

Jaysehn grips his eahnor cresset sword with both hands.

Gespry gestures at a wrought black iron gate.

A wrought black iron gate vibrates slightly.

Nalver whispers to the group, "If you got feared by the earlier stuff...probably don't want to be here."

Grutak looks over at Randsford and shakes his head.

Trouthe gestures at a wrought black iron gate.

Nothing happens.

Nalver chuckles.

Rosemunde nods in greeting.

Randsford grumbles.

Rosemunde waves to Lilanna.

Roelon deeply says, "The only sickness here is yirself it seems...."

Randsford traces a simple symbol as he reverently calls upon the power of his patron...

The voice of Barlan says, "I granted him the gift of life everlasting, and he managed less than a week."

Grutak yells, "Come out and submit to the authorites Barlan."

Jiarine asks, "Can you explain how this gift works?"

Perigourd says, "What you gifted him was an abhorrence the Lady."

Lilanna grins at Rosemunde.

Lilanna clasps Rosemunde's hand tenderly.

Lilanna's group just went north.

Randsford says, "This is your one chance to come peacefully."

Randsford taps his foot impatiently.

Gespry melodically says, "The life of the un-living.."

Gespry melodically says, "Sad."

Hadya quietly says, "Perhaps you need to build them better...."

Trouthe traces a sign while petitioning the spirits for cognition...

Randsford nods at Grutak.

Missoni wrinkles her nose.

Dendum reminds, speaking to Randsford, ""Err...probably not best way to get gate open."

Jaysehn smirks at Hadya.

Grutak whispers to the group, "The gate is unbashable and climbable."

Roelon grins at Dendum.

The voice of Barlan says, "I was skeptical when my men brought one of those brutes from the Crawling Shore, but my finest court conjurers studied the gifts that had been given to the half-krolvin."

Gespry melodically says, "Gate is open.."

Hadya shrugs nonchalantly.

Heavy gusts of wind cause the area to be blinded in white snow.

Gespry melodically says, "Just.."

Missoni murmurs, "So this did begin there."

The voice of Barlan says, "Within their veins flowed the promise of death undone."

Dendum sighs.

Jiarine says, "Tell us more."

Roelon deeply says, "Seemed pretty dead when they turned to ash."

Roelon snorts!

Sorlu agrees with Jiarine.

Dendum inquires, speaking to Perigourd, ""So burn entire place down?"

Perigourd nods in agreement at Dendum.

Dendum nods at Perigourd.

Perigourd says, speaking to Dendum, "As I advised Jaysehn already."

Jaysehn nods.

The voice of Barlan says, "You could not hope to understand what I have lost."

Missoni quickly ducks behind Perigourd.

Perigourd says, "We're listening."

Gespry melodically says, "Besides reason."

Randsford exclaims, "Then enlighten us!"

Nodyre says, "Try us."

Randsford stares upward.

Aliashyrah ponders.

open gate That is already open.

Roelon rubs his chin thoughtfully.

go gate Some unseen force is preventing you from doing that.

The voice of Barlan sharply says, "But the gift that I have given my people... Moonsedge will never fall, now."

Nalver says, "Submit to Roan and pray for weakness."

Hadya quietly asks, "What have you lost?"

Grutak says, "Someone put fire on the walls and see if this place burns."

Hadya cocks her head.

Gespry melodically says, "The will to live, apparently."

Nodyre gazes up into the heavens.

Grutak asks, "Wanna bet?"

Raelee cocks her head.

Missoni says, "Perhaps you could be honest with us now, as you were not at the feast."

Hadya asks, "What gift have you given them?"

Aliashyrah says, speaking to Grutak, "Stone is not known for burning easily."

Grutak says, speaking to Aliashyrah, "With magic it can."

As a maniacal expression washes over Nalver's features, he erratically titters to himself.

A slight shiver courses through your body as you shake off the cold.

Sorlu frowns.

Raelee surreptitiously glances at Hadya.

Aliashyrah mentions, speaking mildly to Hadya, "It would appear he has granted, "eternal life" of a certain form at least."

Nalver taps the tip of his ko'nag staff on the ground.

Nalver taps his foot impatiently.

Hadya says, "I am curious, of course... there are many ways to acheive that."

Raelee nods slowly at Hadya.

Perigourd says, speaking to Hadya, "Too true."

Grutak asks, speaking to Sorlu, "Are those sappers still at the Inn?"

Perigourd says, "And too many."

Jaysehn says, "Eternity lasts until it reaches the edge of a liberating sword."

Sorlu says, speaking to Grutak, "The last I heard."

Grutak says, "Might call them up here to tunnel under the walls."

go wall You take a few steps toward some black basalt walls. Grutak says, "We can stage a group to rush in."

go gate Some unseen force is preventing you from doing that.

The voice of Barlan asks, "Do you think I have not noticed the comings and goings of your man, 'Mayor' Dabbings?"

Heavy gusts of wind cause the area to be blinded in white snow.

Dendum remarks, speaking to a wrought black iron gate, ""Wonder if they need to eat?"

Roelon squints.

Randsford raises an eyebrow.

Missoni narrows her eyes.

Sorlu peers quizzically at Talliver.

Bakarus glances at Talliver.

Perigourd asks, "Why did Moonsedge not seek help prior if it was in distress, before turning to these deteestable methods?"

Nalver says, "Barlan."

Queatus frowns.

Grutak says, speaking to Dendum, "The dead don't usually eat."

The voice of Barlan says, "He has been spying upon us for months, sneaking back to that droll little tavern."

Nalver asks, "Barlan. Do you know the name Prangar?"

You ponder.

Dendum remarks, speaking to Grutak, ""Hrmm well they do not normally hold meetings in tent either yes?"

Talliver surprisedly asks, "Tavern?"

Talliver says, "I don't know what you're talking about."

Perigourd says, speaking to Talliver, "The killer."

Roelon shifts his weight.

Perigourd furrows his brow.

Grutak says, speaking to Talliver, "I have never seen you at the tavern."

Sorlu asks, "The inn?"

Missoni curiously asks, "Did he have golden eyes?"

A sudden gust makes the snow dance and swirl around you.

Talliver says, "We scarcely knew that this place existed."

Roelon deeply asks, "Oh?"

Gespry says, speaking melodically to Talliver, "I think he musta be confused as to who this mystery person is and who they work for."

You quietly whisper to Roelon, "Wait what.."

The voice of Barlan says, "He wears your colors and your mule.  Do not pretend that we are not both liars down to the core."

Nodyre glances at Talliver.

Talliver asks, speaking quietly to Gespry, "What is he talking about?"

Jiarine raises her hand.

Jiarine says, "I never pretended."

Missoni shakes her head.

Nalver chuckles.

Perigourd says, speaking to Talliver, "I believe he thinks that the fellow who captured Reiphe was a spy of yours."

Roelon whispers, "Aye... interesting...unless ....the golden eyed one is workin' fir the hall."

Talliver asks, "Have any of you come out this way?"

Roelon deeply says, "Hmm..."

Aliashyrah calmly asks, "How close of a look did you get of him?"

Roelon nods at Talliver.

Nalver nods at Talliver.

Sorlu nods slowly.

Hadya says, in Tehir, something you don't understand.

You quietly say, "Yes."

Gespry says, speaking melodically to Talliver, "I think there is a third party involved, and they hiding out in our colors to confuse people."

Gespry glances up.

Roelon deeply says, "That Inn is ah rather interestin' place."

Missoni says, "Not wearing a mule."

Aliashyrah says, speaking to Talliver, "Only in the past few days."

Nalver says, speaking to Talliver, "I was casting spells at the gate last night. Or the night before. I forget."

Missoni looks thoughtful for a moment, then shrugs.

Talliver asks, speaking to Roelon, "What inn?"

You quietly say, "The Inn in the Glade."

Roelon deeply says, "Explorin' here after we found the way."

Missoni agrees with you.

Roelon deeply says, "There is an Inn."

Talliver tersely says, "Take us."

Roelon nods slowly at Talliver.

Gespry melodically says, "Months.."

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Small Game Hunter Roelon just moved quietly north, with his group following closely.

[Moonsedge, Old Road]

Through a break in the snow-dusted boughs of a great spruce, the silhouette of a castle at the top of the hills is black against a halo of moonlight. Old and grim, the fortress looks down on a small city from its lofty perch. Atop the walls of the city, faded crimson pennants fly, bearing the sigil of a briar sprig against a rising charcoal moon. You also see a massive snowy white tiger and the Lilanna disk.

Also here: Hadya, Merrymaker Gespry, Small Game Hunter Dendum, Trouthe, Lord Sorlu, Lady Aliashyrah, Lord Randsford, Perigourd, Missoni, Grutak, Queatus, Mayor Talliver, Magister Raelee, Bakarus, Jiarine, Nalver, Commodore Nodyre, Zeminar, Aenternoll, Radoria, Blade Yardie, Commodore Jaysehn, Small Game Hunter Roelon, GameHost Rosemunde, Lilanna

Obvious paths: northeast, south

Grutak asks, speaking to Talliver, "You've not been to the Inn?"

Bakarus whistles tunelessly to himself.

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Small Game Hunter Roelon just moved quietly northeast, with his group following closely.

[Moonsedge, Old Road]

A forest of elm and birch and pine closes in upon the road as it climbs away from the strath below toward a walled city in the hills. Carved wooden poles etched with fanciful briar motifs hoist lanterns aloft, but the lights are dark and cold despite the late hour. Weeds and moss cling to the cobblestones of the roadway as if it has seen too few visitors to keep the encroaching vegetation at bay. You also see a massive snowy white tiger.

Also here: Hadya, Merrymaker Gespry, Small Game Hunter Dendum, Trouthe, Lord Sorlu, Lady Aliashyrah, Lord Randsford, Perigourd, Missoni, Grutak, Queatus, Mayor Talliver, Magister Raelee, Bakarus, Jiarine, Nalver, Commodore Nodyre, Zeminar, Aenternoll, Radoria, Blade Yardie, Commodore Jaysehn, Small Game Hunter Roelon

Obvious paths: southwest

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Small Game Hunter Roelon just slipped quietly down a high woodland road, with his group following closely.

[Olbin Delta, Old Road]

Climbing into the hills that mark the southern end of the river valley, the pathway is a balding stretch of cobblestone being devoured by mosses and grass, but it widens into a full road as it climbs southward. Through the elms crowding in from the northwest, the waters of the Frostmain are visible, choked heavily with silvery mist transformed into glowing clouds by the starlight. You also see a massive snowy white tiger.

Also here: Hadya, Merrymaker Gespry, Small Game Hunter Dendum, Trouthe, Lord Sorlu, Lady Aliashyrah, Lord Randsford, Perigourd, Missoni, Grutak, Queatus, Mayor Talliver, Magister Raelee, Bakarus, Jiarine, Nalver, Commodore Nodyre, Zeminar, Aenternoll, Radoria, Blade Yardie, Commodore Jaysehn, Small Game Hunter Roelon

Obvious paths: north

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Small Game Hunter Roelon just moved quietly north, with his group following closely.

[Olbin Delta, Old Road]

Woods crowd in on the highland ridge, but the old hoarbeams and Ossian pines do not grow thick enough to conceal an ancient roadway that glides southward toward the hills bordering the southernmost reaches of the delta. Despite the proximity of the ocean, nary a seabird cry can be heard. A splintered signpost gestures in the road's direction, but whatever writing once graced its face is long gone. You also see a massive snowy white tiger.

Also here: Hadya, Merrymaker Gespry, Small Game Hunter Dendum, Trouthe, Lord Sorlu, Lady Aliashyrah, Lord Randsford, Perigourd, Missoni, Grutak, Queatus, Mayor Talliver, Magister Raelee, Bakarus, Jiarine, Nalver, Commodore Nodyre, Zeminar, Aenternoll, Radoria, Blade Yardie, Commodore Jaysehn, Small Game Hunter Roelon

Obvious paths: northeast, south

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Gespry melodically asks, "Right, and we just found the inn less then half a week ago?"

Small Game Hunter Roelon just slipped quietly over to a secluded glade, with his group following closely.

[Olbin Delta, Glade]

Sunlight filters, cold and pale, through the colorful leaves of the surrounding trees, cold white rime tracing the jewel-toned foliage like diamond filigree. The woods give wide berth to a respectably sized inn, its sturdy stone construction and freshly thatched roof both welcome glimpses of civilization in the untamed woodland. Several carriages, too fine by half for the rustic setting, occupy the cobblestone yard. You also see a massive snowy white tiger.

Also here: Hadya, Merrymaker Gespry, Small Game Hunter Dendum, Trouthe, Lord Sorlu, Lady Aliashyrah, Lord Randsford, Perigourd, Missoni, Grutak, Queatus, Mayor Talliver, Magister Raelee, Bakarus, Jiarine, Nalver, Commodore Nodyre, Zeminar, Aenternoll, Radoria, Blade Yardie, Commodore Jaysehn, Small Game Hunter Roelon

Obvious paths: northeast

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Roelon deeply says, "Here."

Randsford whispers something to Roelon.

Small Game Hunter Roelon just slipped quietly into a sturdy stone inn, with his group following closely.

[The Snowcat's Den, Foyer]

Left open, the inn's stone-framed maple double doors allow in starlight and the susurrus of leaves from the glade outside. The scents of birch and pine from without mingle pleasantly with the sharpness of woodsmoke and leather from within. Well-appointed without being ostentatious, the establishment's entryway boasts a dark suede couch and a cathedral ceiling of raw pine. Standing guard from a nook in the opposite wall, a stuffed snowcat gazes watchfully down at the entryway with gleaming glass eyes.

Also here: Hadya, Merrymaker Gespry, Small Game Hunter Dendum, Trouthe, Lord Sorlu, Lady Aliashyrah, Lord Randsford, Perigourd, Missoni, Grutak, Queatus, Mayor Talliver, Magister Raelee, Bakarus, Jiarine, Nalver, Commodore Nodyre, Zeminar, Aenternoll, Radoria, Blade Yardie, Commodore Jaysehn, Small Game Hunter Roelon

Obvious exits: north, west

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Roelon nods at Randsford.

Roelon glances at a stuffed snowcat.

Small Game Hunter Roelon just moved quietly north, with his group following closely.

[The Snowcat's Den, Common Room]

Guarded by a long counter of dark-stained pine, the common room's bar boasts an impressive array of spirits in pristine bottles that come in all of the colors of the rainbow. Several leather-upholstered stools sit along the counter's outer edge. A half wall behind the bar provides a glimpse of the inn's kitchen and its hearths, above which game birds and other meats roast on wooden spits. Nearby, a carved white pine stairway ascends to the second story.

Also here: Hadya, Merrymaker Gespry, Small Game Hunter Dendum, Trouthe, Lord Sorlu, Lady Aliashyrah, Lord Randsford, Perigourd, Missoni, Grutak, Queatus, Mayor Talliver, Magister Raelee, Bakarus, Jiarine, Nalver, Commodore Nodyre, Zeminar, Aenternoll, Radoria, Blade Yardie, Commodore Jaysehn, Small Game Hunter Roelon

Obvious exits: south

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Small Game Hunter Roelon just moved quietly south, with his group following closely.

[The Snowcat's Den, Foyer]

Left open, the inn's stone-framed maple double doors allow in starlight and the susurrus of leaves from the glade outside. The scents of birch and pine from without mingle pleasantly with the sharpness of woodsmoke and leather from within. Well-appointed without being ostentatious, the establishment's entryway boasts a dark suede couch and a cathedral ceiling of raw pine. Standing guard from a nook in the opposite wall, a stuffed snowcat gazes watchfully down at the entryway with gleaming glass eyes.

Also here: Hadya, Merrymaker Gespry, Small Game Hunter Dendum, Trouthe, Lord Sorlu, Lady Aliashyrah, Lord Randsford, Perigourd, Missoni, Grutak, Queatus, Mayor Talliver, Magister Raelee, Bakarus, Jiarine, Nalver, Commodore Nodyre, Zeminar, Aenternoll, Radoria, Blade Yardie, Commodore Jaysehn, Small Game Hunter Roelon

Obvious exits: north, west

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Small Game Hunter Roelon just moved quietly west, with his group following closely.

[The Snowcat's Den, Parlor]

Light filters intimately through windows of smoky stained glass bearing scenes of the hunt, vivid reds commingling with the glistening golds and silvers of bright weaponry adorning the panes. A capacious suede couch faces the translucent artwork, framed to either side by a burled maple endtable. The sweet pungence of pipe smoke has permeated the walls and furnishings, and is a not unpleasant undertone to the aroma of roasting meat wafting from the kitchens. You also see the Lilanna disk.

Also here: Hadya, Merrymaker Gespry, Small Game Hunter Dendum, Trouthe, Lord Sorlu, Lady Aliashyrah, Lord Randsford, Perigourd, Missoni, Grutak, Queatus, Mayor Talliver, Magister Raelee, Bakarus, Jiarine, Nalver, Commodore Nodyre, Zeminar, Aenternoll, Radoria, Blade Yardie, Commodore Jaysehn, Small Game Hunter Roelon, Lilanna

Obvious exits: east

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Roelon nods once.

You say, speaking quietly to Gespry, "There's a really great Ribeye steak here."

Roelon deeply says, "And lovely absinthe."

search

You make a careful search of the area and discover a concealed trapdoor!

Queatus appears to be checking his pockets for something, but finds them empty.

You agree with Roelon.

Gespry gazes heavenward.

Roelon deeply says, "However. This...."

tap trap You tap a concealed trapdoor.

Roelon says, speaking deeply to Talliver, "Take ah look."

Gespry melodically says, "Don't get sidetracked."

Dendum blinks.

Raelee surveys the area.

Roelon points at a stained glass window.

Roelon nods to you.

Roelon deeply says, "There is more, Mayor."

Jaysehn stares at a stained glass window.

You nod.

Radoria glances at a concealed trapdoor.

Missoni nods slowly.

Roelon deeply says, "Watch yir head."

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Small Game Hunter Roelon just slipped quietly through a concealed trapdoor, with his group following closely.

[The Snowcat's Den, Cellar]

Barrels crowd the walls of the cellar, redolent with odors of brine. Pitch seals most of them to protect the pickled contents. Roots breach through the foundations of the inn toward the further verges of the cellar, having worked their inexorable way through the old stone. You also see an inconspicuous trapdoor in the ceiling.

Also here: Hadya, Merrymaker Gespry, Small Game Hunter Dendum, Trouthe, Lord Sorlu, Lady Aliashyrah, Lord Randsford, Perigourd, Missoni, Grutak, Queatus, Mayor Talliver, Magister Raelee, Bakarus, Jiarine, Nalver, Commodore Nodyre, Zeminar, Aenternoll, Radoria, Lilanna, Blade Yardie, Commodore Jaysehn, Small Game Hunter Roelon

Obvious exits: none

Dendum asks, "Why?"

Nalver searches around for a moment.

You reach out and touch some barrels.

Radoria searches around for a moment.

Gespry searches around for a moment.

Missoni looks over at Perigourd and shakes her head.

Roelon deeply says, "Opalina discovered this place."

Nalver just tried to pull some barrels.

Radoria sniffs at some barrels.

Nalver turns to face some barrels.

Roelon nods.

Gespry taps some barrels.

Roelon deeply says, "Aye...we found this Inn. And Opal found this Cellar."

Nalver points at some barrels.

Dendum asks, speaking to Roelon, ""What do heads do?"

Roelon nods.

Nalver asks, "Moomph?"

Nalver says, "Moomph."

You quietly say, "The Barrels are from River's Rest ."

Dendum beams!

Nalver says, speaking to some barrels, "Moomph."

Sorlu nods to you.

Sorlu says, "I know them well."

You quietly say, "Moomph is a Pickle maker."

Dendum frowns.

Roelon nods to you.

Gespry melodically says, "Moomph."

Gespry taps some barrels.

Roelon deeply says, "Ye kin smell the brine."

Dendum grabs a pickled turtle egg from a warg fur-lined pocket with wyrwood toggles inside of his buckskin jacket.

Roelon deeply says, "Aye, the pickles."

Roelon nods slowly.

You agree with Roelon.

Dendum takes a small nibble from his pickled turtle egg.

Gespry just tried to pull some barrels.

Nalver abruptly kicks at some barrels!

Gespry turns to face some barrels.

Nalver abruptly punches at some barrels!

Dendum takes a bite of his pickled turtle egg.

Gespry just edged a little closer to some barrels!

You glance at Roelon.

Dendum takes a large bite of his pickled turtle egg.

Roelon nods to you.

Roelon turns to face Talliver.

Dendum tucks a pickled turtle egg into a warg fur-lined pocket with wyrwood toggles inside of his buckskin jacket.

Rosemunde nods in greeting.

Gespry just tried to pull some haphip root.

Nalver tries to imitate something, but you can't tell what.

You quietly say, "There's something more."

Dendum says, "Very amazing are the Moomphs."

Roelon nods to you.

Gespry just tried to pull some haphip root.

Talliver glowers.

You quietly say, "All the roots here have pushed a rock out of place."

Grutak says, speaking to Roelon, "I would not go farther."

Nodyre searches around for a moment.

Talliver says, "I little like all of these matters coming together."

Tap stone You tap a crooked stone behind some barrels.

Perigourd nods in agreement at Talliver.

Missoni nods firmly.

Nodyre nods slowly.

Grutak says, speaking to you, "I would keep the rest of this to the Council."

Gespry ponders.

You ask, speaking quietly to Grutak, "And why is that?"

Trouthe says, "There's a farmhouse with a bloody broken window upstairs that looks like someone escaped."

You quietly say, "WE have nothing to hide."

Talliver says, "Upon my word, I've given no orders for anyone to come out this way that I have not shared with the people of Icemule Trace."

Roelon deeply says, "Needless to say. This Inn, in ah witherin' land, is unusual."

Gespry nods at Talliver.

Nodyre rubs his chin thoughtfully.

Missoni nods knowingly at Talliver.

Roelon says, speaking deeply to Talliver, "If nae ye, one with similar colors."

Sorlu looks thoughtfully at Talliver.

Zeminar shifts his eyes to Talliver.

Grutak concentrates deeply for a moment.

Talliver says, "If someone wearing Icemule livery has been out this way, it was of their own volition."

Dendum says, "Since path was opened many have come out thise way."

Gespry melodically says, "Third party, trying to cause issues."

Dendum says, "Good cloudberries on the path."

Grutak says, "If we share this information publically, then the traps I've set to catch the Hunter will be for naught."

Bakarus says, speaking to Talliver, "Perhaps a disguise as well."

Perigourd says, speaking to Bakarus, "Indeed."

Dendum carefully plucks a blue whortleberry free of his kelyn vasculum.

Sorlu says, "Or they are a liar, and not loyal to Icemule."

Talliver nods at Grutak.

Dendum places his blue whortleberry into his kelyn vasculum, then gathers a piece of chalk from inside the container. With a quick flourish, he notes the foraged item with a few strokes of chalk before placing the writing instrument back into the vasculum.

Sorlu says, "Whomever it might be."

Grutak says, speaking to Sorlu, "Precisely."

Roelon whispers something to Nodyre.

Bakarus says, speaking to Sorlu, "Could be almost anyone."

Hadya says, "It seems they want to mislead, one wonders why."

Bakarus frowns.

Nodyre nods at Roelon.

Sorlu nods at Bakarus.

Grutak says, speaking to Bakarus, "Could be you."

Roelon grins at Grutak.

Perigourd looks thoughtfully at Missoni.

Nodyre gazes heavenward.

Trouthe stares at Bakarus.

Missoni slowly exhales as her posture slumps.

Randsford glances at Bakarus.

Bakarus says, speaking to Grutak, "Could be."

Roelon deeply says, "Or one who works within the town hall."

Grutak says, "We've already risked much saying we've found the Inn."

Bakarus winks at Grutak.

Talliver says, speaking to Roelon, "All right.  There could be some truth to what Barlan says."

Randsford stares at Bakarus.

Roelon raises an eyebrow in Talliver's direction.

Roelon nods slowly.

Missoni furrows her brow.

Talliver says, "There is a tavern here."

Randsford whispers something to Bakarus.

Bakarus agrees with Randsford.

You laugh softly, trying to hide your amusement.

Gespry melodically says, "But he also mentioned they been doing this for months."

Dendum asks, "Think would lie about seeking dark magic in the veins of curse half-krolvin?"

Grutak concentrates deeply for a moment.

Dendum says, speaking to himself, ""Not the best lie."

Sorlu leans against some barrels.

Talliver looks over at Dendum and shakes his head.

Grutak whispers, "You do great work Sister and I am not disparaging your attempts. I trust you understand that?"

Missoni nods slowly at Perigourd.

Roelon deeply says, "That does nae change what Barlan is. And what he has done."

Talliver asks, "The city of Moonsedge is still at the heart of the matter.  Do we go back?"

---

Small Game Hunter Roelon just slipped quietly through an inconspicuous trapdoor in the ceiling, with his group following closely.

[The Snowcat's Den, Parlor]

Light filters intimately through windows of smoky stained glass bearing scenes of the hunt, vivid reds commingling with the glistening golds and silvers of bright weaponry adorning the panes. A capacious suede couch faces the translucent artwork, framed to either side by a burled maple endtable. The sweet pungence of pipe smoke has permeated the walls and furnishings, and is a not unpleasant undertone to the aroma of roasting meat wafting from the kitchens.

Also here: Hadya, Merrymaker Gespry, Small Game Hunter Dendum, Trouthe, Lord Sorlu, Lady Aliashyrah, Lord Randsford, Perigourd, Missoni, Grutak, Queatus, Magister Raelee, Bakarus, Jiarine, Nalver, Commodore Nodyre, Zeminar, Aenternoll, Radoria, Lilanna, Blade Yardie, Commodore Jaysehn, Talliver, Small Game Hunter Roelon

Obvious exits: east

---

Perigourd says, speaking to Talliver, "Reiphe was unaccounted for for several months, perhaps it was his livery."

Small Game Hunter Roelon just moved quietly east, with his group following closely.

[The Snowcat's Den, Foyer]

Left open, the inn's stone-framed maple double doors allow in starlight and the susurrus of leaves from the glade outside. The scents of birch and pine from without mingle pleasantly with the sharpness of woodsmoke and leather from within. Well-appointed without being ostentatious, the establishment's entryway boasts a dark suede couch and a cathedral ceiling of raw pine. Standing guard from a nook in the opposite wall, a stuffed snowcat gazes watchfully down at the entryway with gleaming glass eyes.

Also here: Hadya, Merrymaker Gespry, Small Game Hunter Dendum, Trouthe, Lord Sorlu, Lady Aliashyrah, Lord Randsford, Perigourd, Missoni, Grutak, Queatus, Magister Raelee, Bakarus, Jiarine, Nalver, Commodore Nodyre, Zeminar, Aenternoll, Radoria, Lilanna, Blade Yardie, Commodore Jaysehn, Talliver, Small Game Hunter Roelon

Obvious exits: north, west

---

You place your arms akimbo and look about as if waiting for something.

Small Game Hunter Roelon just slipped quietly through some stone-framed maple double doors, with his group following closely.

[Olbin Delta, Glade]

Sunlight filters, cold and pale, through the colorful leaves of the surrounding trees, cold white rime tracing the jewel-toned foliage like diamond filigree. The woods give wide berth to a respectably sized inn, its sturdy stone construction and freshly thatched roof both welcome glimpses of civilization in the untamed woodland. Several carriages, too fine by half for the rustic setting, occupy the cobblestone yard. You also see a red-eyed fanged black bat that is flying around, a lazy wild silver-grey dog, a resplendent obsidian black raven that is flying around and a massive snowy white tiger.

Also here: Hadya, Merrymaker Gespry, Small Game Hunter Dendum, Trouthe, Lord Sorlu, Lady Aliashyrah, Lord Randsford, Perigourd, Missoni, Grutak, Queatus, Magister Raelee, Bakarus, Jiarine, Nalver, Commodore Nodyre, Zeminar, Aenternoll, Radoria, Lilanna, Blade Yardie, Commodore Jaysehn, Talliver, Small Game Hunter Roelon

Obvious paths: northeast

Talliver nods at Perigourd.

Missoni agrees with Perigourd.

Gespry nods at Talliver.

---

Small Game Hunter Roelon just moved quietly northeast, with his group following closely.

[Olbin Delta, Old Road]

Woods crowd in on the highland ridge, but the old hoarbeams and Ossian pines do not grow thick enough to conceal an ancient roadway that glides southward toward the hills bordering the southernmost reaches of the delta. Despite the proximity of the ocean, nary a seabird cry can be heard. A splintered signpost gestures in the road's direction, but whatever writing once graced its face is long gone. You also see a massive snowy white tiger and a frost-covered yellow-eyed silvery lor mandrake.

Also here: Hadya, Merrymaker Gespry, Small Game Hunter Dendum, Trouthe, Lord Sorlu, Lady Aliashyrah, Lord Randsford, Perigourd, Missoni, Grutak, Queatus, Magister Raelee, Bakarus, Jiarine, Nalver, Commodore Nodyre, Zeminar, Aenternoll, Radoria, Lilanna, Blade Yardie, Commodore Jaysehn, Talliver, Small Game Hunter Roelon

Obvious paths: northeast, south

---

Small Game Hunter Roelon just moved quietly south, with his group following closely.

[Olbin Delta, Old Road]

Climbing into the hills that mark the southern end of the river valley, the pathway is a balding stretch of cobblestone being devoured by mosses and grass, but it widens into a full road as it climbs southward. Through the elms crowding in from the northwest, the waters of the Frostmain are visible, choked heavily with silvery mist transformed into glowing clouds by the starlight. You also see a massive snowy white tiger.

Also here: Hadya, Merrymaker Gespry, Small Game Hunter Dendum, Trouthe, Lord Sorlu, Lady Aliashyrah, Lord Randsford, Perigourd, Missoni, Grutak, Queatus, Magister Raelee, Bakarus, Jiarine, Nalver, Commodore Nodyre, Zeminar, Aenternoll, Radoria, Lilanna, Blade Yardie, Commodore Jaysehn, Talliver, Small Game Hunter Roelon

Obvious paths: north

---

Small Game Hunter Roelon just slipped quietly up a high woodland road, with his group following closely.

[Moonsedge, Old Road]

A forest of elm and birch and pine closes in upon the road as it climbs away from the strath below toward a walled city in the hills. Carved wooden poles etched with fanciful briar motifs hoist lanterns aloft, but the lights are dark and cold despite the late hour. Weeds and moss cling to the cobblestones of the roadway as if it has seen too few visitors to keep the encroaching vegetation at bay. You also see a massive snowy white tiger.

Also here: Hadya, Merrymaker Gespry, Small Game Hunter Dendum, Trouthe, Lord Sorlu, Lady Aliashyrah, Lord Randsford, Perigourd, Missoni, Grutak, Queatus, Magister Raelee, Bakarus, Jiarine, Nalver, Commodore Nodyre, Zeminar, Aenternoll, Radoria, Lilanna, Blade Yardie, Commodore Jaysehn, Talliver, Small Game Hunter Roelon

Obvious paths: southwest

---

Small Game Hunter Roelon just moved quietly southwest, with his group following closely.

[Moonsedge, Old Road]

Through a break in the snow-dusted boughs of a great spruce, the silhouette of a castle at the top of the hills is black against a halo of moonlight. Old and grim, the fortress looks down on a small city from its lofty perch. Atop the walls of the city, faded crimson pennants fly, bearing the sigil of a briar sprig against a rising charcoal moon. You also see a massive snowy white tiger.

Also here: Hadya, Merrymaker Gespry, Small Game Hunter Dendum, Trouthe, Lord Sorlu, Lady Aliashyrah, Lord Randsford, Perigourd, Missoni, Grutak, Queatus, Magister Raelee, Bakarus, Jiarine, Nalver, Commodore Nodyre, Zeminar, Aenternoll, Radoria, Lilanna, Blade Yardie, Commodore Jaysehn, Talliver, Small Game Hunter Roelon

Obvious paths: northeast, south

---

Small Game Hunter Roelon just moved quietly south, with his group following closely.

[Moonsedge, Briar Gate]

Walls twice the height of a giantman loom over the cobblestone road as it winds toward the city. Ornamental etchings of thorny briars adorn the stone faces, which are hewn from vast cubes of dark basalt. The wall is unbroken save for a black gate of wrought iron that is adorned with countless wild roses fashioned of dark metal. From within come none of the sounds of a thriving city, not wagons squeaking, nor the din of a throng. You also see a massive snowy white tiger and a grand charcoal silk pavilion flying scarlet briar and moon banners.

Also here: Hadya, Merrymaker Gespry, Small Game Hunter Dendum, Trouthe, Lord Sorlu, Lady Aliashyrah, Lord Randsford, Perigourd, Missoni, Grutak, Queatus, Magister Raelee, Bakarus, Jiarine, Nalver, Commodore Nodyre, Zeminar, Aenternoll, Radoria, Lilanna, Blade Yardie, Commodore Jaysehn, Talliver, Small Game Hunter Roelon

Obvious paths: north

---

Suddenly, the connection between you and the foreign magic upon you becomes severed!

A terrifying sensation prickles over the back of your scalp, chilling the blood in your veins. Creeping dread prowls through your thoughts, disrupting your focus.

Roelon glances at a grand charcoal silk pavilion flying scarlet briar and moon banners.

Jiarine says, "It would be easy enough to steal laundry."

Talliver says, speaking to Perigourd, "He, too, seemed addled."

Missoni adopts a look of utter repugnance before sputtering an emphatic, "Fishcakes!"

Yardie asks, "What in the world?"

Queatus frowns.

Trouthe says, "Gah."

Perigourd says, speaking to Yardie, "Magical wards."

Trouthe says, "Dispelled."

Sorlu nods once.

>look [Moonsedge, Briar Gate] Walls twice the height of a giantman loom over the cobblestone road as it winds toward the city. Ornamental etchings of thorny briars adorn the stone faces, which are hewn from vast cubes of dark basalt. The wall is unbroken save for a black gate of wrought iron that is adorned with countless wild roses fashioned of dark metal. From within come none of the sounds of a thriving city, not wagons squeaking, nor the din of a throng. You also see an inlaid leather grimoire soaring around with its gilt-swept ethereal violet pinions, a frost-covered yellow-eyed silvery lor mandrake, a stocky snow white puppy with oversized black-tipped paws, the web-draped Missoni disk, the smooth invar Radoria disk, the repousse copper Perigourd disk raised in leafy designs, the Lilanna disk, the skull-shaped Zeminar disk, the driftwood Nalver disk, the Yardie disk, a red-eyed fanged black bat that is flying around, a lazy wild silver-grey dog, a resplendent obsidian black raven that is flying around and a massive snowy white tiger. Also here: Talliver, Commodore Jaysehn, Blade Yardie, Hadya, Merrymaker Gespry, Small Game Hunter Dendum, Trouthe, Lord Sorlu, Lady Aliashyrah, Lord Randsford, Perigourd, Missoni, Grutak, Queatus, Magister Raelee, Bakarus, Jiarine, Nalver, Commodore Nodyre, Zeminar, Aenternoll, Radoria, Lilanna, Small Game Hunter Roelon Obvious paths: north

Roelon nods slowly.

(OOC) Nodyre's player whispers to the group, "Oh god - is this area diverged?"

(OOC) Perigourd's player whispers to the group, "Spell sever."

(OOC) Dendum's player whispers to the group, "Yes."

Roelon grins slowly.

Gespry begins chuckling at Nodyre!

(OOC) Nodyre's player whispers to the group, "It's definitely spell severed."

The gates creak open ominously.

A blinding flurry of snowflakes drifts down from the grey skies.

(OOC) Roelon's player whispers to the group, "Oh boy!"

Roelon deeply says, "Hmm."

Jaysehn nods to a wrought black iron gate.

Jaysehn says, "Lets see to this."

Perigourd slowly empties his lungs.

Grutak says, "Good thing I don't rely on spells."

(OOC) Nodyre's player whispers to the group, "There's also a Creeping Dread debuff in my spell active."

Roelon deeply says, "PRepare yirselves."

Perigourd says, "We may as well announce ourselves properly."

Gespry melodically says, "So glad I'm used to self-spelled."

Perigourd removes an amber-set pale golden warhorn from his belt.

Bakarus nods at Gespry.

Through a wrought black iron gate, you hear Jiarine yell, "Come inside."

Merrymaker Gespry just went through a wrought black iron gate.

Dendum frowns.

---

Small Game Hunter Roelon just slipped quietly through a wrought black iron gate, with his group following closely.

[Moonsedge, Bramble Market]

A sprawling market forms a crescent around the vast black iron gate leading out of the city. Stalls and wagons crowd the marketplace, huddling beneath maples that have been planted in earthen beds along its borders. Discarded wares, from tattered remnants of silks to shattered potion bottles, are scattered in disarray across the pale white stones that form the crescent-shaped plaza and not a seller can be seen. You also see a massive snowy white tiger, a stocky snow white puppy with oversized black-tipped paws, the driftwood Nalver disk, a horned basalt grotesque that is lying down and a red-eyed fanged black bat that is flying around.

Also here: Hadya, Small Game Hunter Dendum, Trouthe, Lord Sorlu, Lady Aliashyrah, Lord Randsford, Perigourd, Missoni, Grutak, Queatus, Magister Raelee, Bakarus, Commodore Nodyre, Zeminar, Aenternoll, Radoria, Lilanna, Blade Yardie, Commodore Jaysehn, Talliver, Small Game Hunter Roelon, Merrymaker Gespry, Nalver, Jiarine

Obvious paths: south

---

LOTS of Fighting and moving around here, We end up losing folks and getting back together.. NOT CLEANED UP.. moving past it

---

A smouldering skeletal dreadsteed canters in, azure sparks flying from its fiery mane.

Fiery debris explodes from the ground beneath a horned basalt grotesque! [SMR result: 172 (Open d100: 40, Bonus: 45)]

  ... 20 points of damage!
  Nasty burns to right arm.  Gonna need lots of butter.

A deep growl rumbles in Nalver's chest as he slices his hand through the air, cutting invisible runes. Nalver gestures at a horned basalt grotesque. Nalver hurls a roaring ball of fire at a horned basalt grotesque!

 AS: +466 vs DS: +290 with AvD: +22 + d100 roll: +56 = +254
  ... and hits for 46 points of damage!
  Minor burns to chest.  That hurts a bit.

The roaring ball of fire strikes a horned basalt grotesque, blossoming into a much larger sphere of flame upon impact.

  ... 10 points of damage!
  Burst of flames to left arm burns skin bright red.
 ** A violent explosion of frenetic energy rumbles from a knobby ko'nag staff capped with a glistening ebony requiem starstone and pummels a horned basalt grotesque! **
  ... 10 points of damage!
  Light strike to chest.
  ... 5 points of damage!
  Blow connects with abdomen.

Bits of flesh flake off of Jiarine's skin, rising up into the air and turning to brightly burning cinders that whirl around her. Jiarine gestures at a horned basalt grotesque. The ground beneath a horned basalt grotesque boils with renewed vigor! Craggy debris explodes from the ground beneath a horned basalt grotesque! [SMR result: 171 (Open d100: 44, Bonus: 45)]

  ... 25 points of damage!
  Strong blow to left arm breaks it!

Magma erupts from the ground, striking it!

  ... 60 points of damage!
  Strike to abdomen ruptures internal organs!
** Necrotic energy from Jiarine's orase runestaff flares up momentarily! **
  Jiarine appears to gain succour from the unnatural energy!
** The fiery torrent of energy surrounding Jiarine flares toward the basalt grotesque! **
  ... 10 points of damage!
  Burst of flames to chest toasts skin nicely.
** The fiery torrent of energy surrounding Jiarine flares toward the basalt grotesque! **
  ... 10 points of damage!
  Burst of flames to chest toasts skin nicely.

Sorlu seems to lose some dexterity. The silvery luminescence fades from around Aliashyrah. Perigourd becomes solid again. The deep blue glow leaves Queatus. The air about Aenternoll stops shimmering. Radoria becomes solid again. The brilliant luminescence fades from around Lilanna. Gespry traces a burning rune into the air, melding the spiritual and elemental powers by sheer force of will. Gespry gestures. Numerous grotesque limbs in varying states of decay suddenly burst out of the ground! With startling speed and ferocity, the arms grab at whatever they can! The arms snatch viciously at a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed, but it avoids their clutches. The evanescent shield shrouding a horned basalt grotesque fades briefly. The arms snatch viciously at a horned basalt grotesque and pin it to the ground! "For Imaera!" Perigourd declares as he draws a perfect sable kelyn bastard sword from his faewood scabbard with a flash of vibrant forest green radiance. A harmony of woodland scents and sounds fills the air for a moment. A ripple of honey amber light shimmers over the surface of the sword as a faint huff vibrates through it. A chill breeze swirls about Roelon as he gestures and utters a phrase of magic. Roelon gestures at a horned basalt grotesque. Nothing happens. An oily black film fleetingly obscures Missoni's viridian eyes as she hisses out a malediction. Missoni gestures at a horned basalt grotesque. Missoni's spell is deflected by the grotesque's barrier in a flash of orange light! Fiery debris explodes from the ground beneath a horned basalt grotesque! [SMR result: 163 (Open d100: 30, Bonus: 45)]

  ... 20 points of damage!
  Nasty burns to chest make you wish you never heard of heartburn.

Magma erupts from the ground, striking it!

  ... 25 points of damage!
  Flames burn hole in chest exposing ribs!

The mirror images surrounding Lilanna undulate and grow stronger. Lilanna renews her songs. As Zeminar summons the elements to his command, his outstretched fingertips spark and hiss with sickly green energy. Zeminar gestures at a horned basalt grotesque. The evanescent shield shrouding a horned basalt grotesque fades briefly.

 CS: +546 - TD: +320 + CvA: +25 + d100: +16 == +267
 Warding failed!
... and hits for 29 points of damage!

A horned basalt grotesque is suddenly engulfed in flames of pure essence!

  ... 80 points of damage!
  Fire completely surrounds a horned basalt grotesque.  Blood boils and heart stops.
  ... 30 points of damage!
  Pain fills the basalt grotesque's face as its right ankle shatters from the icy blast.
  ... 30 points of damage!
  Horrid jolt of electricity shatters ribs in a sickening flash of light!
  ... 75 points of damage!
  Blow to head removes skull!

The basalt grotesque sustains massive system shock! Nodyre's vambraces deflect harmlessly off a horned basalt grotesque. A swirling cloud of shadow forms around Jiarine's right hand as she prepares a spell... Jiarine gestures at a horned basalt grotesque. Jiarine's spell is deflected by the grotesque's barrier in a flash of yellow light! Dendum gestures while summoning the spirits of nature to his aid... Dendum gestures at a horned basalt grotesque. The evanescent shield shrouding a horned basalt grotesque fades briefly. Dendum draws down a shaft of dappled moonlight and bathes a horned basalt grotesque in its lucent glow. [SMR result: 179 (Open d100: 39, Bonus: 45)] A horned basalt grotesque is caught fast, the light of Liabo arresting its movements. The evanescent shield shrouding a horned basalt grotesque fades briefly. [SMR result: 272 (Open d100: 56, Bonus: 135)] A resplendent obsidian black raven lunges forward and rakes his talons across a horned basalt grotesque faster than it can react!

  ... 10 points of damage!
  Slash to the basalt grotesque's chest!
  That heart's not broken, it's only scratched.

The evanescent shield shrouding a horned basalt grotesque fades briefly. Perigourd swings a perfect sable kelyn bastard sword at a horned basalt grotesque!

 AS: +642 vs DS: +298 with AvD: +16 + d100 roll: +31 = +391
  ... and hits for 93 points of damage!
  Whoosh!  Several ribs driven into lungs.

The soulstone embedded in the grotesque's chest shatters, sending crystalline fragments flying! You hear a sound like a child weeping as a white glow separates itself from the shards and rises into the heavens. Light goes out of a horned basalt grotesque's eyes and animation departs its form in a swift jerk that travels through its stony limbs. With a thud, it collapses to the ground, looking for all the world like a lifeless statue. A horned basalt grotesque's movements no longer appear hampered as the lunar light encircling it fades away. The ground beneath a horned basalt grotesque suddenly calms. The air about a horned basalt grotesque shimmers momentarily before the evanescent shield surrounding it collapses. Trouthe drops to her knees in utter despair! Overcome by the pure evil emanating from the skeletal dreadsteed, Trouthe's arms fall slack at her side and her eyes grow wide with an overwhelming look of fear! Aliashyrah drops to her knees in utter despair! Overcome by the pure evil emanating from the skeletal dreadsteed, Aliashyrah's arms fall slack at her side and her eyes grow wide with an overwhelming look of fear! Grutak drops to his knees in utter despair! Overcome by the pure evil emanating from the skeletal dreadsteed, Grutak's arms fall slack at his side and his eyes grow wide with an overwhelming look of fear! Radoria drops to his knees in utter despair! Overcome by the pure evil emanating from the skeletal dreadsteed, Radoria's arms fall slack at his side and his eyes grow wide with an overwhelming look of fear! Lilanna drops to her knees in utter despair! Overcome by the pure evil emanating from the skeletal dreadsteed, Lilanna's arms fall slack at her side and her eyes grow wide with an overwhelming look of fear! Nalver drops to his knees in utter despair! Overcome by the pure evil emanating from the skeletal dreadsteed, Nalver's arms fall slack at his side and his eyes grow wide with an overwhelming look of fear! A frost-covered yellow-eyed silvery lor mandrake toddles into the area and up to Missoni. Bakarus draws his dawn surita staff from his runestaff sling, tracing an arc of pulsing black energy in its wake. At his touch, a number of sigils worked into its grain take on a faint luminescence. Gespry traces a burning rune into the air, melding the spiritual and elemental powers by sheer force of will. Gespry gestures. Numerous grotesque limbs in varying states of decay suddenly burst out of the ground! With startling speed and ferocity, the arms grab at whatever they can! The arms snatch viciously at a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed, but it avoids their clutches. Tenebrous shadows slip across Bakarus's pale skin as he demands divinity to heed his prayers. As if in answer, his copper eyes briefly blacken as he releases his fury. Bakarus gestures at a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed.

** Slick viridian snakes wriggle from the end of Bakarus's dawn surita staff and slither along the ground to a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed, where they unleash a brutal, venomous assault! **

Particles of dust and soot rise from the ground at Bakarus's feet as he releases a pulsating, platinum ripple of energy toward a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed!

 CS: +542 - TD: +300 + CvA: +25 + d125: +47 == +314
 Warding failed!
 The skeletal dreadsteed is cloaked in a blinding platinum light and assailed for 139 points of damage!
  ... 45 points of damage!
  Muscle and bone blasted to pieces by searing wave of energy!
  A smouldering skeletal dreadsteed falls to the ground grasping its mangled left leg!
  The skeletal dreadsteed is stunned!
  ... 55 points of damage!
  Muscle and bone blasted to pieces by searing wave of energy!
  ... 30 points of damage!
  Deft strike to abdomen penetrates several useful organs!

Nodyre swings a veniom-hilted white ora katana at a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed!

 AS: +636 vs DS: +477 with AvD: +29 + d100 roll: +57 = +245
  ... and hits for 84 points of damage!
  Hard slash to the skeletal dreadsteed's side opens its spleen!

>stance off Jiarine searches a horned basalt grotesque. Cracks race across a horned basalt grotesque's carved stone physique, deepening into jagged chasms. The grotesque crumbles swiftly, its composite pieces breaking into fine black powder. Jiarine picks up some silver coins. >ms You are now in an offensive stance. You concentrate intently, focusing all your energies. With instinctive motions, you weave to and fro striking with deliberate and unrelenting fury! You attempt to jab a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed! You have decent positioning against a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed.

 UAF: 650 vs UDF: 686 = 0.947 * MM: 127 + d100: 15 = 135
 ... and hit for 2 points of damage!
 Sudden sideways jab to left arm gets through the skeletal dreadsteed's defenses!
 Strike leaves foe vulnerable to a followup kick attack!
** Your selshis skin gloves release a quivering wave of disruption! **
  ... 25 points of damage!
  Flesh and muscle stripped from the skeletal dreadsteed's stomach.

You attempt to kick a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed! You have good positioning against a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed.

 UAF: 600 vs UDF: 666 = 0.900 * MM: 132 + d100: 64 = 182
 ... and hit for 69 points of damage!
 Flying kick impacts center of chest!

Your series of strikes and ripostes leaves you off-balance and out of position. Roundtime: 5 sec. A deep growl rumbles in Nalver's chest as he slices his hand through the air, cutting invisible runes. Nalver gestures at a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed. Nalver hurls a roaring ball of fire at a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed!

 AS: +400 vs DS: +279 with AvD: +37 + d100 roll: +6 = +164
  ... and hits for 18 points of damage!
  Burst of flames to chest.  Didn't hurt much.

The roaring ball of fire strikes a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed, blossoming into a much larger sphere of flame upon impact.

  ... 10 points of damage!
  Burst of flames to left arm burns skin bright red.

Twisting and spinning among his foes, Jaysehn lashes out again and again with the force of a reaping whirlwind! [SMR result: 205 (Open d100: 41, Bonus: 98)] A smouldering skeletal dreadsteed is struck in his flurry of sweeping strikes!

 AS: +649 vs DS: +457 with AvD: +36 + d100 roll: +93 = +321
  ... and hits for 140 points of damage!
  Quick, powerful slash!
  The skeletal dreadsteed's chest is ripped open!

You hear a sound like a child weeping as a white glow separates itself from the skeletal dreadsteed's body and rises into the heavens. A smouldering skeletal dreadsteed's head tosses and it lets out a terrible death whinny that slices coldly through the air. It sags, lifeless, the blue flames of its mane winking out one by one. [ MStrike Cooldown: +0:01:00, 0:00:59 remaining. ] Nalver stands up. A cracked pink marble limb with smooth fingers thrashes about briefly before decaying into dust. Jiarine searches a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed. Cracks spread through a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed's bony form as fingers of rust race to consume its barding. Within moments, naught remains but a commingling of dust, ruddy and pale. [You have been awarded 2 Long Term Experience!] A resplendent obsidian black raven seems slightly different. A cracked pink marble limb with smooth fingers thrashes about briefly before decaying into dust. Radoria stands up. Jiarine gathers a couple of gems and deftly stashes them in her pouch. Nalver says, "RUDE." Jaysehn switches to a one-handed grip on his eahnor cresset sword. Jaysehn deftly removes the nacreous longsword from his swordbelt. Jiarine smirks. Trouthe stands up. Aliashyrah stands up. Commodore Nodyre just went south. A gritty sandstone appendage with thick fingers thrashes about briefly before decaying into dust. Nalver just went south. >look [Moonsedge, Bramble Market] A sprawling market forms a crescent around the vast black iron gate leading out of the city. Stalls and wagons crowd the marketplace, huddling beneath maples that have been planted in earthen beds along its borders. Discarded wares, from tattered remnants of silks to shattered potion bottles, are scattered in disarray across the pale white stones that form the crescent-shaped plaza and not a seller can be seen. You also see a silver lockpick, a shiny coin, a small roughly chiseled arm, a pair of flayed arms, a gritty sandstone appendage with thick fingers, a frost-covered yellow-eyed silvery lor mandrake, a deformed arm, a pair of bloody arms, a small roughly chiseled arm, a pair of bloody arms, the web-draped Missoni disk, the smooth invar Radoria disk, the repousse copper Perigourd disk raised in leafy designs, the Lilanna disk, the skull-shaped Zeminar disk, the Yardie disk, a lazy wild silver-grey dog, a resplendent obsidian black raven that is flying around, a massive snowy white tiger, a stocky snow white puppy with oversized black-tipped paws, the driftwood Nalver disk, a red-eyed fanged black bat that is flying around and obvious signs of someone hiding. Also here: Talliver, Commodore Jaysehn, Hadya, Small Game Hunter Dendum, Trouthe, Lord Sorlu, Lady Aliashyrah, Lord Randsford, Perigourd, Missoni, Grutak who is kneeling, Queatus, Magister Raelee, Bakarus, Zeminar, Aenternoll, Radoria, Lilanna who is kneeling, Small Game Hunter Roelon, Merrymaker Gespry, Jiarine Obvious paths: south Grutak stands up. Commodore Nodyre just arrived. As Queatus draws a battered saw-toothed cleaver, the air along the blade distorts. Radoria struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 210 + PvF: 2 + d100(L): 59 = 147

Warding failed! Radoria drops to his knees in utter despair! Radoria rocks back and forth while sobbing uncontrollably! Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 69 + FvP: 1 + d100(L): 63 = 295

Warding failed! Lilanna clutches her head and giggles madly, before choking on a pitiful whimper! Grutak struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 246 + FvP: 1 + d100(L): 76 = 131

Warding failed! Grutak drops to his knees in utter despair! Grutak moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! Aliashyrah struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 66 + FvP: 8 + d100(L): 56 = 298

Warding failed! Aliashyrah drops to her knees in utter despair! Aliashyrah cries out in sheer terror! Trouthe struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 105 + PvF: 3 + d100(L): 13 = 205

Warding failed! Trouthe drops to her knees in utter despair! Trouthe moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! A gritty sandstone appendage with thick fingers thrashes about briefly before decaying into dust. Sorlu becomes solid again. The misty halo fades from Aliashyrah. Perigourd seems a bit less imposing. The brilliant luminescence fades from around Queatus. Aenternoll becomes solid again. Radoria seems to lose some dexterity. The bright luminescence fades from around Lilanna. Commodore Nodyre just went south. Perigourd throws back his shoulders and lets out a resounding yowlp! Perigourd's yowlp emboldens your fighting spirit! An inlaid leather grimoire drifts in looking for its owner. Roelon deeply says, "Hmm." [uberbarv: ******** 97 EXP Gained this Pulse ********* (19:55:59)+] Jiarine's spirits are no longer lifted. Gespry's spirits are no longer lifted. The air stops shimmering around Jiarine. The air stops shimmering around Gespry. A pair of bloody arms thrash about briefly before decaying into dust. Perigourd lets loose an echoing shout! Perigourd's shout encourages your fighting spirit! Bakarus says, "Interesting." The subdued warmth embracing you fades along with the spiritual force surrounding your arms. Talliver's movements no longer appear to be influenced by a divine power as the spiritual force fades from around his arms. Roelon's movements no longer appear to be influenced by a divine power as the spiritual force fades from around his arms. Hadya's movements no longer appear to be influenced by a divine power as the spiritual force fades from around her arms. Gespry's movements no longer appear to be influenced by a divine power as the spiritual force fades from around his arms. Dendum's movements no longer appear to be influenced by a divine power as the spiritual force fades from around his arms. Trouthe's movements no longer appear to be influenced by a divine power as the spiritual force fades from around her arms. Sorlu's movements no longer appear to be influenced by a divine power as the spiritual force fades from around his arms. Aliashyrah's movements no longer appear to be influenced by a divine power as the spiritual force fades from around her arms. Perigourd's movements no longer appear to be influenced by a divine power as the spiritual force fades from around his arms. Missoni's movements no longer appear to be influenced by a divine power as the spiritual force fades from around her arms. Grutak's movements no longer appear to be influenced by a divine power as the spiritual force fades from around his arms. Queatus's movements no longer appear to be influenced by a divine power as the spiritual force fades from around his arms. Raelee's movements no longer appear to be influenced by a divine power as the spiritual force fades from around her arms. Bakarus's movements no longer appear to be influenced by a divine power as the spiritual force fades from around his arms. Missoni produces a small statue from the depths of her airy robes. A pair of flayed arms thrash about briefly before decaying into dust. Missoni rubs a small statue in her hand. A faint silvery glow surrounds Missoni's body. You feel recovered from your whirlwind flurry of strikes. Missoni's small statue vanishes into the depths of her airy robes. A small roughly chiseled arm thrashes about briefly before decaying into dust. Jaysehn hisses. Jaysehn's movements no longer appear to be influenced by a divine power as the spiritual force fades from around his arms. Grutak stands up. Roelon deeply says, "Far more dangerous." Radoria struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 210 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 54 = 140

Warding failed! Radoria moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 69 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 18 = 245

Warding failed! Lilanna twitches fitfully! Grutak struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 246 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 60 = 110

Warding failed! Grutak drops to his knees in utter despair! Grutak babbles hysterically, drool running down his chin! Aliashyrah struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 66 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 98 = 328

Warding failed! Aliashyrah moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! Trouthe struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 105 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): -70 = 121

Warding failed! Trouthe moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! You recognize Dendum using the Symbol of Recognition. Radoria's movements no longer appear to be influenced by a divine power as the spiritual force fades from around his arms. A small roughly chiseled arm thrashes about briefly before decaying into dust. Aliashyrah rubs her triangular bone talisman. A bright aura of courage appears about Aliashyrah. Lilanna's movements no longer appear to be influenced by a divine power as the spiritual force fades from around her arms. Bakarus chants to himself, his voice lowering into an almost silent hiss. As he bows his head, his copper eyes narrow briefly into slits as a pattern of scales skims across his skin, fading into normalcy with a series of rapid blinking... A faint silvery light flickers from the shadows. A series of jade green lines suddenly appears on Aliashyrah's face, quickly racing towards the center of her forehead before detaching and dissipating in the air. Perigourd takes a deep breath, blinking a couple of times before resuming a calm expression. Aenternoll seems to lose some dexterity. The air about Radoria stops shimmering. The misty halo fades from Lilanna. The fanged black bat circles lazily above. A pair of bloody arms thrash about briefly before decaying into dust. >look [Moonsedge, Bramble Market] A sprawling market forms a crescent around the vast black iron gate leading out of the city. Stalls and wagons crowd the marketplace, huddling beneath maples that have been planted in earthen beds along its borders. Discarded wares, from tattered remnants of silks to shattered potion bottles, are scattered in disarray across the pale white stones that form the crescent-shaped plaza and not a seller can be seen. You also see an inlaid leather grimoire soaring around with its gilt-swept ethereal violet pinions, a silver lockpick, a shiny coin, a frost-covered yellow-eyed silvery lor mandrake, a deformed arm, the web-draped Missoni disk, the smooth invar Radoria disk, the repousse copper Perigourd disk raised in leafy designs, the Lilanna disk, the skull-shaped Zeminar disk, the Yardie disk, a lazy wild silver-grey dog, a resplendent obsidian black raven that is flying around, a massive snowy white tiger, a stocky snow white puppy with oversized black-tipped paws, a red-eyed fanged black bat that is flying around and obvious signs of someone hiding. Also here: Talliver, Commodore Jaysehn, Hadya, Small Game Hunter Dendum, Trouthe who is kneeling, Lord Sorlu, Lady Aliashyrah who is kneeling, Lord Randsford, Perigourd, Missoni, Grutak who is kneeling, Queatus, Magister Raelee, Bakarus, Zeminar, Aenternoll, Radoria who is kneeling, Lilanna who is kneeling, Small Game Hunter Roelon, Merrymaker Gespry, Jiarine Obvious paths: south Grutak stands up. Trouthe stands up. Bakarus gestures at an ebon dawn surita staff. A diffuse emerald green glow coalesces around Bakarus's dawn surita staff and envelops it, sinking inward and filming the surita with a faint bronze sheen. A deformed arm thrashes about briefly before decaying into dust. Jiarine dusts off her hands. Radoria struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 210 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 81 = 167

Warding failed! Radoria chatters his teeth rapidly! Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 69 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 70 = 297

Warding failed! Lilanna moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! Grutak struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 246 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 53 = 103

Warding failed! Grutak drops to his knees in utter despair! Grutak babbles hysterically, drool running down his chin! Aliashyrah struggles against the fear! Aliashyrah slowly regains control of her senses and she wipes away the tears from her eyes and the drool dribbling down her chin.

 FS: 300 - FD: 66 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 8 = 238

Warding failed! Aliashyrah cries out in sheer terror! Trouthe struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 105 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 47 = 238

Warding failed! Trouthe drops to her knees in utter despair! Trouthe moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! Jaysehn says, "More dead approach." Merrymaker Gespry just went south. Dendum says, "This town is cursed." Randsford traces a simple symbol as he reverently calls upon the power of his patron... Randsford gestures. Motes of lambent white-gold light appear and begin to swirl around Randsford, coalescing into a radiant aura. You feel Randsford's protection extend to you as an incandescent veil coalesces around you. [ Beacon of Courage: +0:01:00, 0:00:59 remaining. ] Panting with excitement, a stocky snow white puppy with oversized black-tipped paws gallops out of sight. Jiarine just went south. The severe snowstorm blankets the entire area into white drifts. Trouthe stands up. >gaze You gaze in wonder at your surroundings. Sorlu pulls Aliashyrah to her feet. >look [Moonsedge, Bramble Market] A sprawling market forms a crescent around the vast black iron gate leading out of the city. Stalls and wagons crowd the marketplace, huddling beneath maples that have been planted in earthen beds along its borders. Discarded wares, from tattered remnants of silks to shattered potion bottles, are scattered in disarray across the pale white stones that form the crescent-shaped plaza and not a seller can be seen. You also see an inlaid leather grimoire soaring around with its gilt-swept ethereal violet pinions, a silver lockpick, a shiny coin, a frost-covered yellow-eyed silvery lor mandrake, the web-draped Missoni disk, the smooth invar Radoria disk, the repousse copper Perigourd disk raised in leafy designs, the Lilanna disk, the skull-shaped Zeminar disk, the Yardie disk, a lazy wild silver-grey dog, a resplendent obsidian black raven that is flying around, a massive snowy white tiger and obvious signs of someone hiding. Also here: Talliver, Commodore Jaysehn, Hadya, Small Game Hunter Dendum, Trouthe, Lord Sorlu, Lady Aliashyrah, Lord Randsford, Perigourd, Missoni, Grutak who is kneeling, Queatus, Magister Raelee, Bakarus, Zeminar, Aenternoll, Radoria who is kneeling, Lilanna who is kneeling, Small Game Hunter Roelon Obvious paths: south Aliashyrah takes a deep breath, blinking a couple of times before resuming a calm expression. The silvery luminescence fades from around Perigourd. Radoria returns to normal color. The deep blue glow leaves Lilanna. Grutak stands up. Randsford gazes in wonder at his surroundings. Bakarus flinches for an instant as he places his hand over his ghezyte serpent bracelet. A ripple of emerald radiance seethes up between his fingers before dying away. Lilanna stands up. A horned basalt grotesque just came through a wrought black iron gate. The evanescent shield shrouding a horned basalt grotesque fades briefly. [SMR result: 152 (Open d100: 72, Bonus: 10)] A resplendent obsidian black raven lunges forward and rakes his talons across a horned basalt grotesque faster than it can react!

  ... 20 points of damage!
  Deft slash to the basalt grotesque's leg digs deep!

Radoria stands up. The warm glow fades from around Grutak. The warm glow fades from around Perigourd. The warm glow fades from around Sorlu. The warm glow fades from around Dendum. The warm glow fades from around Talliver. The warm glow fades from around Trouthe. The warm glow fades from around Roelon. The warm glow fades from around Hadya. The warm glow fades from around Aenternoll. The warm glow fades from around Missoni. The warm glow fades from around Jaysehn. The warm glow fades from around Zeminar. The warm glow fades from around Aliashyrah. Suddenly, the air around you is drawn toward your plumille houppelande. The warm glow fades from around Bakarus. The warm glow fades from around Raelee. Your skin grows slightly numb for a moment as the warm glow fades from around you. The warm glow fades from around Queatus. A chill breeze swirls about Roelon as he gestures and utters a phrase of magic. Roelon gestures at a horned basalt grotesque. The evanescent shield shrouding a horned basalt grotesque fades briefly, then flickers with a pale incandescence. Roelon draws down a shaft of dappled moonlight and bathes a horned basalt grotesque in its lucent glow. [SMR result: 149 (Open d100: 27, Bonus: 11)] A horned basalt grotesque is caught fast, the light of Liabo arresting its movements. With a broad flourish, Jaysehn weaves his eahnor cresset sword and nacreous longsword into a whirling display of coordination and menace! The evanescent shield shrouding a horned basalt grotesque fades briefly. [SMR result: 224 (Open d100: 23, Bonus: 137)] In a whirl of flashing blades, Jaysehn rounds on a horned basalt grotesque!

 AS: +658 vs DS: +339 with AvD: +13 + d100 roll: +75 = +407
  ... and hits for 74 points of damage!
  Deep, bloody slash to the basalt grotesque's right thigh!
  The basalt grotesque is knocked to the ground!
 AS: +619 vs DS: +339 with AvD: +17 + d100 roll: +13 = +310
  ... and hits for 47 points of damage!
  Blow to back cracks several vertebrae.

Jaysehn remains watchful and ready to move. The evanescent shield shrouding a horned basalt grotesque fades briefly. [SMR result: 236 (Open d100: 34, Bonus: 133)] A massive snowy white tiger charges forward and slashes her claws at a horned basalt grotesque faster than it can react!

  ... 10 points of damage!
  Hesitant slash to the basalt grotesque's upper right arm!
  Just a scratch.

The evanescent shield shrouding a horned basalt grotesque fades briefly, then flickers with a pale incandescence. Perigourd swings a perfect sable kelyn bastard sword at a horned basalt grotesque!

 AS: +704 vs DS: +339 with AvD: +16 + d100 roll: +93 = +474
  ... and hits for 103 points of damage!
  Knocked back several feet by blow to abdomen.

Randsford traces a simple symbol as he reverently calls upon the power of his patron... Randsford gestures. Motes of lambent white-gold light appear and begin to swirl around Randsford, coalescing into a radiant aura. You feel Randsford's protection extend to you as an incandescent veil coalesces around you. With a broad flourish, Queatus sweeps his saw-toothed cleaver into a whirling display of keen-edged menace! The evanescent shield shrouding a horned basalt grotesque fades briefly. [SMR result: 134 (Open d100: 14, Bonus: 136)] Queatus turns, blade spinning in his hand toward a horned basalt grotesque!

 AS: +316 vs DS: +334 with AvD: +26 + d100 roll: +25 = +33
  A clean miss.

[ Beacon of Courage: +0:01:00, 0:00:59 remaining. ] Radoria struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 210 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 9 = 95

Warded off! Radoria slowly regains control of his senses and he wipes away the tears from his eyes and the drool dribbling down his chin. Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 69 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 25 = 252

Warding failed! Lilanna drops to her knees in utter despair! Lilanna twitches fitfully! Grutak struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 246 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 92 = 142

Warding failed! Grutak drops to his knees in utter despair! Grutak twitches fitfully! Aliashyrah struggles against the fear! Aliashyrah slowly regains control of her senses and she wipes away the tears from her eyes and the drool dribbling down her chin.

 FS: 300 - FD: 66 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 72 = 302

Warding failed! Aliashyrah drops to her knees in utter despair! Aliashyrah moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! Trouthe struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 105 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 86 = 277

Warding failed! Trouthe drops to her knees in utter despair! Trouthe moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! As Zeminar summons the elements to his command, his outstretched fingertips spark and hiss with sickly green energy. Zeminar gestures at a horned basalt grotesque. The evanescent shield shrouding a horned basalt grotesque fades briefly.

 CS: +566 - TD: +314 + CvA: +25 + d100: +22 == +299
 Warding failed!
... and hits for 21 points of damage!

A horned basalt grotesque is suddenly engulfed in flames of pure essence!

  ... 85 points of damage!
  Flame consumes a horned basalt grotesque's right arm all the way to the shoulder.
  ... 75 points of damage!
  Blast to neck causes the basalt grotesque to jerk with pain.  Unfortunately that snaps the now frozen neck like an icicle!
  ... 20 points of damage!
  Nasty jolt to abdomen makes a horned basalt grotesque's stomach turn.  Urp.
  ... 70 points of damage!
  Strike to chest causes a large gaping hole!

The basalt grotesque sustains massive system shock! Zeminar's eyes flicker with veins of brilliant green as his muscles ripple noticeably, straining beneath his visible skin. Sorlu pulls Aliashyrah to her feet. A shadowy figure leaps from hiding to strike! The figure attempts to punch a horned basalt grotesque! The evanescent shield shrouding a horned basalt grotesque flares to life and absorbs the oncoming blow. The figure quickly disappears from view. >stance off >ms You are now in an offensive stance. You concentrate intently, focusing all your energies. With instinctive motions, you weave to and fro striking with deliberate and unrelenting fury! You attempt to jab a horned basalt grotesque! The evanescent shield shrouding a horned basalt grotesque fades briefly. You have decent positioning against a horned basalt grotesque.

 UAF: 669 vs UDF: 496 = 1.348 * MM: 144 + d100: 40 = 234
 ... and hit for 5 points of damage!
 Light strike to the eyebrow.  That must sting!
 Strike leaves foe vulnerable to a followup punch attack!

You attempt to punch a horned basalt grotesque! You have good positioning against a horned basalt grotesque.

 UAF: 669 vs UDF: 496 = 1.348 * MM: 154 + d100: 21 = 228
 ... and hit for 43 points of damage!
 Blow to kidney!

Your series of strikes and ripostes leaves you off-balance and out of position. Roundtime: 5 sec. Tenebrous shadows slip across Bakarus's pale skin as he demands divinity to heed his prayers. As if in answer, his copper eyes briefly blacken as he releases his fury. Bakarus gestures at a horned basalt grotesque.

** Tendrils of shadowy green energy lash out from Bakarus's dawn surita staff toward a horned basalt grotesque and cage it within bands of concentric geometry that constrict as one, shattering upon impact! **

The air about a horned basalt grotesque shimmers momentarily before the evanescent shield surrounding it collapses. The elemental aura around a horned basalt grotesque wavers. The murky veil around a horned basalt grotesque fluxes chaotically!

  ... 30 points of damage!
  Gaping hole torn in the basalt grotesque's back exposing ribs.

[ MStrike Cooldown: +0:01:00, 0:00:59 remaining. ] Particles of dust and soot rise from the ground at Bakarus's feet as he releases a pulsating, platinum ripple of energy toward a horned basalt grotesque!

 CS: +532 - TD: +307 + CvA: +25 + d125: +39 == +289
 Warding failed!
 The basalt grotesque is cloaked in a blinding platinum light and assailed for 121 points of damage!
  ... 75 points of damage!
  Explosive burst wreathes the basalt grotesque's body in blue flames!

The soulstone embedded in the grotesque's chest shatters, sending crystalline fragments flying! You hear a sound like a child weeping as a white glow separates itself from the shards and rises into the heavens. Light goes out of a horned basalt grotesque's eyes and animation departs its form in a swift jerk that travels through its stony limbs. With a thud, it collapses to the ground, looking for all the world like a lifeless statue. A horned basalt grotesque's movements no longer appear hampered as the lunar light encircling it fades away.

** Necrotic energy from Bakarus's dawn surita staff flares up momentarily! **
  Bakarus appears to gain succour from the unnatural energy!

Dendum makes a nearly imperceptible motion while whispering a soft phrase... Bakarus searches a horned basalt grotesque. Cracks race across a horned basalt grotesque's carved stone physique, deepening into jagged chasms. The grotesque crumbles swiftly, its composite pieces breaking into fine black powder. [You have been awarded 2 Long Term Experience!] Bakarus produces a battered brass trunk from the depths of his pale viridian cloak. Bakarus brushes his fingertips along a seam of his pale viridian cloak. The threads there take on a lucent silvery-green glow and unravel, allowing the edges to part and the cloak to hang open. Dendum gestures. Gold-traced pale green ribbons of energy swirl about and coalesce upon Dendum. Jaysehn carefully hangs his longsword from his swordbelt. It rattles against the crossbow hanging from it, and he carefully adjusts them. Jaysehn grips his eahnor cresset sword with both hands. The dog wanders over to Radoria and sniffs at him suspiciously for a moment. Dendum exhibits a much more regal air, power coursing through his movements. Zeminar's movements no longer appear to be influenced by a divine power as the spiritual force fades from around his arms. Trouthe stands up. A sleek blue fox pads in. Jaysehn relaxes a little. Bakarus's brass trunk vanishes into the depths of his pale viridian cloak. The dully illuminated mantle protecting Aliashyrah begins to falter, then completely fades away. The bright luminescence fades from around Perigourd. Radoria seems a bit less imposing. Lilanna becomes unbalanced for a second, then recovers. Bakarus seals his pale viridian cloak with a touch, threads of silvery-green light stitching it closed under the slide of his fingertips. Pale, swirling mist begins to billow out from nothingness before you, and quickly coalesces into a small orb of shifting essence. Suddenly, the orb expands and forms an elliptical portal of swirling blues and blacks, its edges shrouded in dancing blue-white mist. Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 69 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 38 = 265

Warding failed! Lilanna moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! Grutak struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 246 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 52 = 102

Warding failed! Grutak rocks back and forth while sobbing uncontrollably! Aliashyrah struggles against the fear! Aliashyrah slowly regains control of her senses and she wipes away the tears from her eyes and the drool dribbling down her chin.

 FS: 300 - FD: 66 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): -22 = 208

Warding failed! Aliashyrah drops to her knees in utter despair! Aliashyrah wails in exquisite fear! Trouthe struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 105 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 47 = 238

Warding failed! Trouthe drops to her knees in utter despair! Trouthe wails in exquisite fear! Perigourd invokes the gracious name of Imaera as he stows his kelyn bastard sword in his faewood scabbard with a flash of vibrant forest green radiance. A harmony of woodland scents and sounds lingers briefly in the air. A brief shimmer of honey amber light erupts from inside the scabbard along with a muffled huff. Dread, cold and heavy, tugs at your soul like a leaden weight. Perigourd grabs a burnished silver spyglass from one of the small pouches lining the inside of his green suede cloak. [General] Bluey exclaims, "Goot people of the Lands the Winter Festival is just around the corner, Eorgaen (December) 8th - 11th, be sure to VOTE for the individual you want for Frost King and Queen and enjoy the upcoming winter! Its so cool!" Perigourd peers south through his silver spyglass and slowly turns the eyepiece to focus it. Squinting slightly, he gazes intently through the eyepiece. You feel recovered from your whirlwind flurry of strikes. Radoria looks less horrified and in control of himself again. [uberbarv: ******** 98 EXP Gained this Pulse ********* (19:56:50)+] Grutak asks, "Someone cast bravery?" Perigourd tucks a burnished silver spyglass into one of the small pouches lining the inside of his green suede cloak. Trouthe stands up. "For Imaera!" Perigourd declares as he draws a perfect sable kelyn bastard sword from his faewood scabbard. The sword traces an arc of vibrant forest green radiance in its wake. A harmony of woodland scents and sounds fills the air for a moment. A ripple of honey amber light shimmers over the surface of the sword as a faint huff vibrates through it. Jaysehn says, "They are using soulstones...." Grutak stands up. Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 69 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 13 = 240

Warding failed! Lilanna opens her mouth and tries to scream, but nothing comes out! Grutak struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 246 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): -55 = -5

Warded off! Grutak slowly regains control of his senses and he wipes away the tears from his eyes and the drool dribbling down his chin. Aliashyrah struggles against the fear! Aliashyrah slowly regains control of her senses and she wipes away the tears from her eyes and the drool dribbling down her chin.

 FS: 300 - FD: 66 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 55 = 285

Warding failed! Aliashyrah rocks back and forth while sobbing uncontrollably! The brilliant green veins within Zeminar's eyes fade as his posture becomes noticeably more relaxed. Trouthe struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 105 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 75 = 266

Warding failed! Trouthe drops to her knees in utter despair! Trouthe twitches fitfully! The brilliant luminescence fades from around Perigourd. The glowing specks of energy surrounding Radoria suddenly shoot off in all directions, then quickly fade away. Lilanna appears to lose some internal strength. Trouthe stands up. Lilanna stands up. Raelee removes a heroic knight clasp from in her leather neck pouch. Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 69 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 76 = 303

Warding failed! Lilanna drops to her knees in utter despair! Lilanna cries out in sheer terror! Aliashyrah struggles against the fear! Aliashyrah slowly regains control of her senses and she wipes away the tears from her eyes and the drool dribbling down her chin.

 FS: 300 - FD: 66 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 27 = 257

Warding failed! Aliashyrah remains huddled on the ground in a spastic, jittering heap! Trouthe struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 105 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 67 = 258

Warding failed! Trouthe drops to her knees in utter despair! Trouthe wails in exquisite fear! Raelee raises her heroic knight clasp skyward! Sorlu comes out of hiding. Sorlu joins Roelon's group. A massive snowy white tiger seems hesitant, looking unsure of herself. A resplendent obsidian black raven seems hesitant, looking unsure of himself. A lazy wild silver-grey dog seems hesitant, looking unsure of itself. Dendum places one hand over his ghezyte ring, running a ringer across its eagle intaglio. Several wisps of autumn-hued light wrap about Dendum, and for a moment, he looks preternaturally calm. Commodore Nodyre just arrived. Raelee put a heroic knight clasp in her leather neck pouch. Commodore Nodyre just went south. Raelee removes a heroic knight clasp from in her leather neck pouch. Jiarine just arrived. Roelon deeply says, "It will be rougher here on out." The light blue glow leaves Perigourd. The brilliant luminescence fades from around Radoria. The light blue glow leaves Lilanna. Grutak looks less horrified and in control of himself again. Raelee raises her heroic knight clasp skyward! A brilliant aura surrounds Raelee. >join roelon You are already a member of Roelon's group. Raelee put a heroic knight clasp in her leather neck pouch. Roelon nods once. Grutak concentrates deeply for a moment. The shifting portal shimmers slightly, the haze within its glowing outline growing opaque as it contracts to a pinpoint of blue-grey mist and vanishes. Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 69 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 6 = 233

Warding failed! Lilanna wails in exquisite fear! Aliashyrah struggles against the fear! Aliashyrah slowly regains control of her senses and she wipes away the tears from her eyes and the drool dribbling down her chin.

 FS: 300 - FD: 66 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 57 = 287

Warding failed! Aliashyrah moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! Trouthe struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 105 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 44 = 235

Warding failed! Trouthe clutches her head and giggles madly, before choking on a pitiful whimper! Jiarine says, "I found a death knight." Raelee shakes her head. [General] Selucia thinks, "'all the Goots." Randsford traces a simple symbol as he reverently calls upon the power of his patron... Randsford gestures. Motes of lambent white-gold light appear and begin to swirl around Randsford, coalescing into a radiant aura. You feel Randsford's protection extend to you as an incandescent veil coalesces around you. [ Beacon of Courage: +0:01:00, 0:00:59 remaining. ] Roelon slings his orase knight's shield over his shoulder and onto a tangled mass of oily fishing nets on the back of his alloy weapons bandolier. [Realm] Nalver thinks, "I found an inn with a tavern." Roelon removes a pale grey rounded crystal from in his tartan hip-satchel. Roelon rubs a pale grey rounded crystal in his hand. Roelon stands tall and appears more confident. (OOC) Perigourd's player whispers to the group, "There's some kind of increasing fear going on. Spell active. We may wish to move forward." A series of umber lines suddenly appears on Perigourd's face, quickly racing towards the center of his forehead before detaching and dissipating in the air. The bright luminescence fades from around Radoria. Roelon appears less confident. Bakarus says, speaking to Jiarine, "Let us talk to him." The fanged black bat circles lazily above. Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 69 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 86 = 313

Warding failed! Lilanna cowers in fear! Aliashyrah struggles against the fear! Aliashyrah slowly regains control of her senses and she wipes away the tears from her eyes and the drool dribbling down her chin.

 FS: 300 - FD: 66 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 90 = 320

Warding failed! Aliashyrah clutches herself and sobs pitifully as drool runs down her chin! Trouthe struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 105 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 45 = 236

Warding failed! Trouthe moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! Roelon put a pale grey rounded crystal in his tartan hip-satchel. Jiarine says, "I killed it already." A horned basalt grotesque just came through a wrought black iron gate. As Missoni summons the elements to her command, her outstretched fingertips spark and hiss with sickly green energy. Missoni gestures at a horned basalt grotesque. The evanescent shield shrouding a horned basalt grotesque fades briefly.

 CS: +548 - TD: +336 + CvA: +25 + d100: +40 == +277
 Warding failed!
... and hits for 21 points of damage!

A horned basalt grotesque is suddenly engulfed in flames of pure essence!

  ... 30 points of damage!
  Extreme heat melts the skin off a horned basalt grotesque's right hand.  Gross!
  ... 70 points of damage!
  Icy blast deep freezes one perfectly good heart!
  ... 90 points of damage!
  Powerful blast reduces the basalt grotesque to a smoldering pile of ash!
  ... 55 points of damage!
  Right leg collapses as the bones turn to dust!

• • Branching filaments of power snap outward from Bakarus's pale viridian cloak in a lambent silvery-green corona! **

The evanescent shield shrouding Bakarus flares to life and thickens to create a substantial buffer around him. [SMR result: 0 (Open d100: 95, Penalty: 45)] Despite desperate windmilling to catch its balance, a horned basalt grotesque topples! Bakarus leaps to the side and avoids being flattened as the grotesque topples over with a thunderous crash! The basalt grotesque sustains massive system shock! The soulstone embedded in the grotesque's chest shatters, sending crystalline fragments flying! You hear a sound like a child weeping as a white glow separates itself from the shards and rises into the heavens. Light goes out of a horned basalt grotesque's eyes and animation departs its form in a swift jerk that travels through its stony limbs. With a thud, it collapses to the ground, looking for all the world like a lifeless statue. The air about a horned basalt grotesque shimmers momentarily before the evanescent shield surrounding it collapses. Aenternoll's stormy grey eyes darken as he begins chanting an ancient Dhe'nar hymn. As his voice rises to a crescendo, motes of tenebrous energy swirl around him... Aenternoll gestures. A muted pale blue sphere surrounds Aenternoll. The surroundings are engulfed in gusts of white snow. Missoni shrugs. Missoni searches a horned basalt grotesque. Cracks race across a horned basalt grotesque's carved stone physique, deepening into jagged chasms. The grotesque crumbles swiftly, its composite pieces breaking into fine black powder. [You have been awarded 2 Long Term Experience!] Trouthe stands up. The deep blue glow leaves Perigourd. Radoria begins to breathe less deeply. Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 69 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 100 = 327

Warding failed! Lilanna twitches fitfully! Aliashyrah struggles against the fear! Aliashyrah slowly regains control of her senses and she wipes away the tears from her eyes and the drool dribbling down her chin.

 FS: 300 - FD: 66 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 26 = 256

Warding failed! Aliashyrah remains huddled on the ground in a spastic, jittering heap! Trouthe struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 105 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 96 = 287

Warding failed! Trouthe drops to her knees in utter despair! Trouthe rocks back and forth while sobbing uncontrollably! Sorlu whispers something to Grutak. Dread, cold and heavy, tugs at your soul like a leaden weight. [General] Bluey exclaims, "Goots are well goot!" Perigourd throws back his shoulders and lets out a resounding yowlp! Perigourd's yowlp emboldens your fighting spirit! Trouthe stands up. Bakarus glances at Trouthe. Missoni winces. Dendum says, "These appear to be...err." Grutak nods at Sorlu. Lilanna slowly regains control of her senses and she wipes away the tears from her eyes and the drool dribbling down her chin. Aliashyrah slowly regains control of her senses and she wipes away the tears from her eyes and the drool dribbling down her chin. Trouthe slowly regains control of her senses and she wipes away the tears from her eyes and the drool dribbling down her chin. [uberbarv: ******** 97 EXP Gained this Pulse ********* (19:57:56)+] Perigourd appears less confident. The dim aura fades from around Radoria. Roelon nods slowly. Dendum asks, speaking to Perigourd, ""Creations?" A cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast peeks up over the edge of a nearby rooftop and her clouded eyes narrow. With a remarkable fluidity of motion given her ruined musculature and rotting flesh, she leaps from her perch and lands smoothly nearby, baring yellowed teeth in a rasping hiss! Tenebrous shadows slip across Bakarus's pale skin as he demands divinity to heed his prayers. As if in answer, his copper eyes briefly blacken as he releases his fury. Bakarus gestures at a cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast. Trouthe drops to her knees in utter despair! Overcome by the pure evil emanating from the tatterdemalion ghast, Trouthe's arms fall slack at her side and her eyes grow wide with an overwhelming look of fear! Grutak drops to his knees in utter despair! Overcome by the pure evil emanating from the tatterdemalion ghast, Grutak's arms fall slack at his side and his eyes grow wide with an overwhelming look of fear! Radoria drops to his knees in utter despair! Overcome by the pure evil emanating from the tatterdemalion ghast, Radoria's arms fall slack at his side and his eyes grow wide with an overwhelming look of fear! Overcome by the pure evil emanating from the tatterdemalion ghast, Lilanna's arms fall slack at her side and her eyes grow wide with an overwhelming look of fear! Particles of dust and soot rise from the ground at Bakarus's feet as he releases a pulsating, platinum ripple of energy toward a cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast!

 CS: +532 - TD: +303 + CvA: +20 + d125: +110 == +359
 Warding failed!
 The tatterdemalion ghast is cloaked in a blinding platinum light and assailed for 222 points of damage!
  ... 50 points of damage!
  Head and most of upper body turned into a smoking pile of gore!

You hear a sound like a child weeping as a white glow separates itself from the tatterdemalion ghast's body and rises into the heavens. A cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast lets out a hoarse cry that devolves into dry, rasping coughs. Spasms race through her form, dead muscles seizing and clenching before at last going still. A cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast exhales the last of a virulent green mist. [Towncrier] Newsby: "|HELLO| We have all the news that's fit to share today for you! Every 5 minutes I'll be sharing a carefully curated set of leading headlines via Lich and ESP, from major GS news sources and tips by the TownCrier team. Send news and tips in via the little web form at: https://gstowncrier.com/send-in-news/ - We archive previous news items at our web site where we also keep ALL GemStone Events on one Master Calendar: http://gstowncrier.com/ ." Trouthe stands up. Radoria stands up. Aliashyrah stands up. Grutak stands up. The light blue glow leaves Radoria. Randsford traces a simple symbol as he reverently calls upon the power of his patron... Randsford gestures. Motes of lambent white-gold light appear and begin to swirl around Randsford, coalescing into a radiant aura. You feel Randsford's protection extend to you as an incandescent veil coalesces around you. [ Beacon of Courage: +0:01:00, 0:00:59 remaining. ] Jaysehn switches to a one-handed grip on his eahnor cresset sword. Jaysehn deftly removes the nacreous longsword from his swordbelt. Aliashyrah looks less horrified and in control of herself again. Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 303 - FD: 69 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 46 = 276

Warding failed! Lilanna wails in exquisite fear! Radoria struggles against the fear!

 FS: 303 - FD: 210 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): -41 = 48

Warded off! Radoria slowly regains control of his senses and he wipes away the tears from his eyes and the drool dribbling down his chin. Grutak struggles against the fear!

 FS: 303 - FD: 246 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 83 = 136

Warding failed! Grutak drops to his knees in utter despair! Grutak eyes grow wide with inner terror! Trouthe struggles against the fear!

 FS: 303 - FD: 105 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 99 = 293

Warding failed! Trouthe drops to her knees in utter despair! Trouthe babbles hysterically, drool running down her chin! Shadows at the edges of your vision haunt you, taking on hideous, haunting visages that do not entirely vanish when you turn to look. A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Bakarus's throat and he sprints southward! [General] The ghost of Dezter thinks, "Screw that place, i ain't goin back." Merrymaker Gespry just arrived. A stocky snow white puppy with oversized black-tipped paws suddenly careens into the room, landing on the ground in a heap of wiry snow white fur. Jiarine just went south. Jaysehn stands up. Bakarus just arrived. Trouthe stands up. Lilanna stands up. Bakarus joins Roelon's group. Grutak stands up. Jiarine just arrived. Raelee glances south. Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 303 - FD: 69 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 12 = 242

Warding failed! Lilanna drops to her knees in utter despair! Lilanna wails in exquisite fear! Grutak struggles against the fear!

 FS: 303 - FD: 246 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 12 = 65

Warded off! Grutak slowly regains control of his senses and he wipes away the tears from his eyes and the drool dribbling down his chin. Trouthe struggles against the fear!

 FS: 303 - FD: 105 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 54 = 248

Warding failed! Trouthe drops to her knees in utter despair! Trouthe remains huddled on the ground in a spastic, jittering heap! Roelon nods. [Help] Wraithboern: "How do i get my container(s) to have their own window in wrayth." >look [Moonsedge, Bramble Market] A sprawling market forms a crescent around the vast black iron gate leading out of the city. Stalls and wagons crowd the marketplace, huddling beneath maples that have been planted in earthen beds along its borders. Discarded wares, from tattered remnants of silks to shattered potion bottles, are scattered in disarray across the pale white stones that form the crescent-shaped plaza and not a seller can be seen. You also see a red-eyed fanged black bat that is flying around, a stocky snow white puppy with oversized black-tipped paws, a cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast that appears dead, an acid-pitted mithril chest, an inlaid leather grimoire soaring around with its gilt-swept ethereal violet pinions, a silver lockpick, a shiny coin, a frost-covered yellow-eyed silvery lor mandrake, the web-draped Missoni disk, the smooth invar Radoria disk, the repousse copper Perigourd disk raised in leafy designs, the Lilanna disk, the skull-shaped Zeminar disk, the Yardie disk, a lazy wild silver-grey dog, a resplendent obsidian black raven that is flying around, a massive snowy white tiger and obvious signs of someone hiding. Also here: Jiarine, Bakarus, Merrymaker Gespry, Lord Sorlu, Talliver, Commodore Jaysehn, Hadya, Small Game Hunter Dendum, Trouthe who is kneeling, Lady Aliashyrah, Lord Randsford, Perigourd, Missoni, Grutak, Queatus, Magister Raelee, Zeminar, Aenternoll, Radoria, Lilanna who is kneeling, Small Game Hunter Roelon Obvious paths: south Jaysehn searches a cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast. Maggots and buzzing flies burst from a cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast's flesh as her skin peels and crumbles. The scavenging insects rapidly consume the remains, leaving little but brittle bones. [You have been awarded 1 Long Term Experience!] Jaysehn picks up some silver coins. Radoria looks less horrified and in control of himself again. Jaysehn carefully hangs his longsword from his swordbelt. It rattles against the crossbow hanging from it, and he carefully adjusts them. With a discerning eye, Jaysehn gathers up a few items and casually stows them away. Jaysehn grips his eahnor cresset sword with both hands. Hadya's surge of empowerment fades. Your surge of empowerment fades. Jaysehn's surge of empowerment fades. Talliver's surge of empowerment fades. Missoni's surge of empowerment fades. Randsford's surge of empowerment fades. Aliashyrah's surge of empowerment fades. Sorlu's surge of empowerment fades. Trouthe's surge of empowerment fades. Dendum's surge of empowerment fades. Perigourd's surge of empowerment fades. Roelon's surge of empowerment fades. Lilanna's surge of empowerment fades. Radoria's surge of empowerment fades. Aenternoll's surge of empowerment fades. Zeminar's surge of empowerment fades. Bakarus's surge of empowerment fades. Raelee's surge of empowerment fades. Queatus's surge of empowerment fades. Grutak's surge of empowerment fades. The muted pale blue sphere surrounding Aenternoll flickers once and shudders before fading completely. Aenternoll's stormy grey eyes darken as he begins chanting an ancient Dhe'nar hymn. As his voice rises to a crescendo, motes of tenebrous energy swirl around him... Aenternoll gestures. >look [Moonsedge, Bramble Market] A sprawling market forms a crescent around the vast black iron gate leading out of the city. Stalls and wagons crowd the marketplace, huddling beneath maples that have been planted in earthen beds along its borders. Discarded wares, from tattered remnants of silks to shattered potion bottles, are scattered in disarray across the pale white stones that form the crescent-shaped plaza and not a seller can be seen. You also see a red-eyed fanged black bat that is flying around, a stocky snow white puppy with oversized black-tipped paws, an inlaid leather grimoire soaring around with its gilt-swept ethereal violet pinions, a shiny coin, a frost-covered yellow-eyed silvery lor mandrake, the web-draped Missoni disk, the smooth invar Radoria disk, the repousse copper Perigourd disk raised in leafy designs, the Lilanna disk, the skull-shaped Zeminar disk, the Yardie disk, a lazy wild silver-grey dog, a resplendent obsidian black raven that is flying around, a massive snowy white tiger and obvious signs of someone hiding. Also here: Jiarine, Bakarus, Merrymaker Gespry, Lord Sorlu, Talliver, Commodore Jaysehn, Hadya, Small Game Hunter Dendum, Trouthe who is kneeling, Lady Aliashyrah, Lord Randsford, Perigourd, Missoni, Grutak, Queatus, Magister Raelee, Zeminar, Aenternoll, Radoria, Lilanna who is kneeling, Small Game Hunter Roelon Obvious paths: south Aenternoll's stormy grey eyes darken as he begins chanting an ancient Dhe'nar hymn. As his voice rises to a crescendo, motes of tenebrous energy swirl around him... Aenternoll gestures. Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 303 - FD: 69 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 68 = 298

Warding failed! Lilanna moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! Trouthe struggles against the fear!

 FS: 303 - FD: 105 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 99 = 293

Warding failed!

Talliver says, "This is... horrific."

Nalver chuckles.

Nalver says, "I found a tavern."

Randsford says, "Evil in this place..."

Jiarine asks, "Is it?"

Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 303 - FD: 69 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 20 = 250

Warding failed! Lilanna cries out in sheer terror! Trouthe struggles against the fear!

 FS: 303 - FD: 105 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 21 = 215

Warding failed! Trouthe drops to her knees in utter despair! Trouthe moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! Raelee quietly remarks, "... and fascinating." A massive snowy white tiger scrambles out of sight. Grutak stands up. Zeminar eyes something in a dark violet leather satchel adorned with finger bones up and down with a thoughtful expression on his face. Missoni asks, "This was the cost...?" You hear very soft footsteps.

Jaysehn scowls.

Trouthe stands up.

Gespry stands up.

Bakarus says, speaking to Raelee, "Quite."

Merrymaker Gespry just went south. Dendum slips an asymmetrical yumi into one of the bearskin weapon loops secured with jade buttons sewn inside of his buckskin jacket. Commodore Nodyre just arrived.

Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 303 - FD: 69 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 70 = 300

Warding failed! Lilanna wails in exquisite fear! Trouthe struggles against the fear!

 FS: 303 - FD: 105 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 77 = 271

Warding failed! Trouthe drops to her knees in utter despair! Trouthe clutches herself and sobs pitifully as drool runs down her chin! A diving raven cuts away at the last second, gliding just a few feet above the ground with outstretched wings! Commodore Nodyre just went south. Panting with excitement, a stocky snow white puppy with oversized black-tipped paws gallops out of sight. Nalver asks, "Any empaths here?" Randsford traces a simple symbol as he reverently calls upon the power of his patron... Randsford gestures. Motes of lambent white-gold light appear and begin to swirl around Randsford, coalescing into a radiant aura. You feel Randsford's protection extend to you as an incandescent veil coalesces around you. [ Beacon of Courage: +0:01:00, 0:00:59 remaining. ] Lilanna stands up. Missoni joins Perigourd's group. Zeminar joins Roelon's group. Perigourd gazes south. Nalver summons a torrent of elemental mana and releases upon himself a flurry of abjurations. An incandescent veil fades from Zeminar. An incandescent veil fades from Perigourd. Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 303 - FD: 69 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): -30 = 200

Warding failed! Lilanna drops to her knees in utter despair! Lilanna cries out in sheer terror! Trouthe struggles against the fear!

 FS: 303 - FD: 105 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 86 = 280

Warding failed! Trouthe gibbers fitfully! Jaysehn joins Perigourd's group. Nalver joins Roelon's group. Jaysehn nods. Missoni produces a mangled steel spoon from the depths of her airy robes. Grutak concentrates deeply for a moment. Jaysehn glances at Hadya. Missoni rubs a mangled steel spoon in her hand. A brilliant aura surrounds Missoni. Missoni's steel spoon vanishes into the depths of her airy robes. Roelon pulls Trouthe to her feet. Queatus put a battered saw-toothed cleaver in his weapon harness. Lilanna stands up. Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 303 - FD: 69 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): -16 = 214

Warding failed! Lilanna drops to her knees in utter despair! Lilanna moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! Trouthe struggles against the fear!

 FS: 303 - FD: 105 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 56 = 250

Warding failed! Trouthe drops to her knees in utter despair! Trouthe moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! Roelon pulls Lilanna to her feet. The dim celadon wisps about Missoni's hands flare up once more and fade completely away. Dendum carefully pulls on his jade panel bracelet until it releases an angry ghostly spirit panel into his hand. Roelon pulls Lilanna closer to himself. Perigourd furrows his brow. Roelon pulls Trouthe to her feet. Small Game Hunter Roelon just moved quietly south, with his group following closely. [Moonsedge, Bramble and Dirge] A tall black iron lamppost sits at the intersection of Bramble Street and Dirge Row. A weathered sign once hung from chains beneath the post's outstretched arm, but rust has eaten through them. The sign lies in a dying bed of ornamental brambles, devoured by rot. Tall, greying buildings with broken windows like gouged eyes stare down on the crossing blindly, not a hint of light within. You also see a massive snowy white tiger and obvious signs of someone hiding. Also here: Hadya, Small Game Hunter Dendum, Trouthe, Lady Aliashyrah, Lord Randsford, Grutak, Queatus, Magister Raelee, Aenternoll, Radoria, Lilanna, Talliver, Lord Sorlu, Bakarus, Nalver, Zeminar, Small Game Hunter Roelon Obvious paths: north, east, south, west Hadya raises an eyebrow. Perigourd's group just arrived. A frost-covered yellow-eyed silvery lor mandrake toddles into the area and up to Missoni. A resplendent obsidian black raven glides into view. [Dreavening] Dreaven: "We are 0 minutes past our estimate for the next Dreavening. The next one might be announced any minute now! Get excited!" Nalver points east. As Queatus draws a battered saw-toothed cleaver, the air along the blade distorts. Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 303 - FD: 69 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 41 = 271

Warding failed! Lilanna drops to her knees in utter despair! Lilanna gibbers fitfully! Trouthe struggles against the fear!

 FS: 303 - FD: 105 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 26 = 220

Warding failed! Trouthe drops to her knees in utter despair! Trouthe is racked by convulsive shivers! Perigourd's group just went south. Nalver says, "Inn with a tavern." Jiarine just arrived. Jiarine just went south. Dread, cold and heavy, tugs at your soul like a leaden weight. A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Dendum's throat and he sprints westward! A resplendent obsidian black raven flaps his wings once and soars out of sight. The lor mandrake toddles off. Roelon pulls Trouthe to her feet. Roelon pulls Lilanna to her feet. >look [Moonsedge, Bramble and Dirge] A tall black iron lamppost sits at the intersection of Bramble Street and Dirge Row. A weathered sign once hung from chains beneath the post's outstretched arm, but rust has eaten through them. The sign lies in a dying bed of ornamental brambles, devoured by rot. Tall, greying buildings with broken windows like gouged eyes stare down on the crossing blindly, not a hint of light within. You also see the Yardie disk, the driftwood Nalver disk, the smooth invar Radoria disk, the Lilanna disk, the skull-shaped Zeminar disk and a massive snowy white tiger. Also here: Zeminar, Nalver, Bakarus, Lord Sorlu, Talliver, Blade Yardie who is lying down, Hadya, Trouthe, Lady Aliashyrah, Lord Randsford, Grutak, Queatus, Magister Raelee, Aenternoll, Radoria, Lilanna, Small Game Hunter Roelon Obvious paths: north, east, south, west Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 303 - FD: 69 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 72 = 302

Warding failed! Lilanna drops to her knees in utter despair! Lilanna moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! Trouthe struggles against the fear!

 FS: 303 - FD: 105 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 23 = 217

Warding failed! Trouthe drops to her knees in utter despair! Trouthe chatters her teeth rapidly! The mirror images surrounding Lilanna undulate and grow stronger. Lilanna renews her songs. Roelon shakes his head. Yardie says, "That's...not good." Randsford traces a simple symbol as he reverently calls upon the power of his patron... Randsford gestures. Motes of lambent white-gold light appear and begin to swirl around Randsford, coalescing into a radiant aura. You feel Randsford's protection extend to you as an incandescent veil coalesces around you. [ Beacon of Courage: +0:01:00, 0:00:59 remaining. ] Trouthe says, "Lovely." You hear very soft footsteps. Yardie stands up. Trouthe stands up. Dendum joins Roelon's group. Nalver just opened a bloodstained leather survival kit. Nalver carefully removes some ephlox moss from one of the smaller compartments inside his survival kit. Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 303 - FD: 69 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 23 = 253

Warding failed! Lilanna moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! Trouthe struggles against the fear!

 FS: 303 - FD: 105 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 66 = 260

Warding failed! Trouthe drops to her knees in utter despair! Trouthe is racked by convulsive shivers!

Dendum says, "Hrmph."

Nalver takes a bite of his ephlox moss.

Nalver makes a horrible face! Nalver's left leg looks better. An incandescent veil fades from Dendum. An incandescent veil fades from a resplendent obsidian black raven. Dendum's spirits are no longer lifted. The air stops shimmering around Dendum. Trouthe stands up. Nalver carefully adds some ephlox moss to one of the smaller compartments inside his survival kit. [uberbarv: ******** 98 EXP Gained this Pulse ********* (20:00:10)+] Dendum says, "This place is disturbing to the mind." >look [Moonsedge, Bramble and Dirge] A tall black iron lamppost sits at the intersection of Bramble Street and Dirge Row. A weathered sign once hung from chains beneath the post's outstretched arm, but rust has eaten through them. The sign lies in a dying bed of ornamental brambles, devoured by rot. Tall, greying buildings with broken windows like gouged eyes stare down on the crossing blindly, not a hint of light within. You also see a resplendent obsidian black raven that is flying around, the Yardie disk, the driftwood Nalver disk, the smooth invar Radoria disk, the Lilanna disk, the skull-shaped Zeminar disk, a massive snowy white tiger and obvious signs of someone hiding. Also here: Small Game Hunter Dendum, Zeminar, Nalver, Bakarus, Lord Sorlu, Talliver, Hadya, Trouthe, Lady Aliashyrah, Lord Randsford, Grutak, Queatus, Magister Raelee, Aenternoll, Radoria, Lilanna who is kneeling, Small Game Hunter Roelon Obvious paths: north, east, south, west A sudden gust makes the snow dance and swirl around you. Nalver carefully removes some ambrominas leaf from one of the smaller compartments inside his survival kit. Nalver takes a bite of his ambrominas leaf. Nalver's right arm looks better. Lilanna slowly regains control of her senses and she wipes away the tears from her eyes and the drool dribbling down her chin. Trouthe slowly regains control of her senses and she wipes away the tears from her eyes and the drool dribbling down her chin. Commodore Nodyre just arrived. Dread, cold and heavy, tugs at your soul like a leaden weight. Nalver carefully adds some ambrominas leaf to one of the smaller compartments inside his survival kit. Commodore Nodyre just went north. Commodore Nodyre just arrived. Commodore Nodyre just went east. Nalver carefully removes some ambrominas leaf from one of the smaller compartments inside his survival kit. Nalver takes a bite of his ambrominas leaf. Nalver's left leg looks better. Roelon vigorously shakes his head. Nalver carefully adds some ambrominas leaf to one of the smaller compartments inside his survival kit. Nalver carefully removes some calamia fruit from one of the smaller compartments inside his survival kit. Nalver takes a bite of his calamia fruit. Nalver's left leg looks better. You return to your normal level of boldness. Radoria glances east.

Grutak says, speaking to Sorlu, "Looks like a great place for Marlu to set up shop."

Roelon pulls Sorlu to his feet.

Lilanna looks less horrified and in control of herself again. Trouthe looks less horrified and in control of herself again. Dendum spins his urglaes thumb-ring, twitches his neck to the side, and adopts a grim look of empowerment. Roelon pulls Lilanna to her feet. Radoria just went east. Sorlu slowly empties his lungs. Small Game Hunter Roelon just moved quietly east, with his group following closely. [Moonsedge, Ash and Dirge] A retaining wall along the intersection holds back the earthen beds of several overgrown mountain ash trees that loom over the road. The trees' branches are denuded of leaves but heavy with snow and clusters of berries, each as rich a red as a droplet of freshly spilled blood. Graven into the retaining wall is a bas-relief of robed figures leading a procession. The sign of a nearby inn creaks in the breeze. You also see a massive snowy white tiger, an infernal death knight that appears stunned and obvious signs of someone hiding. Also here: Hadya, Trouthe, Lady Aliashyrah, Lord Randsford, Grutak, Queatus, Magister Raelee, Aenternoll, Lilanna, Talliver, Lord Sorlu, Bakarus, Nalver, Zeminar, Small Game Hunter Dendum, Small Game Hunter Roelon, Radoria, Commodore Nodyre Obvious paths: east, south, west Nalver carefully adds some calamia fruit to one of the smaller compartments inside his survival kit. Nalver carefully removes some cactacae spine from one of the smaller compartments inside his survival kit. Nalver takes a bite of his cactacae spine. Nalver's right arm looks better. An infernal death knight shakes off his weakness. Nalver drops to his knees in utter despair! Overcome by the pure evil emanating from the death knight, Nalver's arms fall slack at his side and his eyes grow wide with an overwhelming look of fear! Trouthe drops to her knees in utter despair! Overcome by the pure evil emanating from the death knight, Trouthe's arms fall slack at her side and her eyes grow wide with an overwhelming look of fear! Grutak drops to his knees in utter despair! Overcome by the pure evil emanating from the death knight, Grutak's arms fall slack at his side and his eyes grow wide with an overwhelming look of fear! Overcome by the pure evil emanating from the death knight, Aenternoll's arms fall slack at his side and his eyes fill with paralyzing fear! Lilanna drops to her knees in utter despair! Overcome by the pure evil emanating from the death knight, Lilanna's arms fall slack at her side and her eyes grow wide with an overwhelming look of fear! Radoria drops to his knees in utter despair! Overcome by the pure evil emanating from the death knight, Radoria's arms fall slack at his side and his eyes grow wide with an overwhelming look of fear! Nodyre rotates his wrist, his white ora katana executing a casual spin as he advances upon an infernal death knight! Nodyre launches a quick bash with his vaalorn aegis at an infernal death knight! [SMR result: 264 (Open d100: 75, Bonus: 103)] Nodyre's bash connects!

  ... 20 points of damage!
  Vertigo!  The death knight clutches his stomach.

[SMR result: 213 (Open d100: 42, Bonus: 110)] his flashing blade, hypnotic in its fluidity, slices toward the death knight at the apex of its deadly arc!

 AS: +514 vs DS: +535 with AvD: +23 + d100 roll: +5 = +7
  A clean miss.
 AS: +489 vs DS: +535 with AvD: +23 + d100 roll: +86 = +63
  A clean miss.

A chill breeze swirls about Roelon as he gestures and utters a phrase of magic. Roelon gestures at an infernal death knight. Roelon draws down a shaft of dappled moonlight and bathes an infernal death knight in its lucent glow. [SMR result: 213 (Open d100: 38, Bonus: 80)] An infernal death knight is caught fast, the light of Liabo arresting his movements. [SMR result: 208 (Open d100: 21, Bonus: 135)] A massive snowy white tiger charges forward and slashes her claws at an infernal death knight faster than he can react!

  ... 15 points of damage!
  Downward slash across the death knight's right thigh!
  Might not scar.

[SMR result: 311 (Open d100: 95, Bonus: 155)] Flowing with deadly grace, Nodyre smoothly reverses the direction of his blade and slashes again!

 AS: +489 vs DS: +328 with AvD: +23 + d100 roll: +89 = +273
  ... and hits for 44 points of damage!
  Slash to the death knight's right arm!
  Slices neatly through the skin and meets bone!

The white ora katana bursts into magical flames!

• • A torrent of argent-colored plasma bursts forth from Nodyre's white ora katana at an infernal death knight's head! **

  ... 15 points of damage!
  Stunning blast of plasma reduces the death knight's nose to a blackened stump.

You hear a sound like a child weeping as a white glow separates itself from the death knight's body and rises into the heavens. He clutches at his armored chest. His flaming eyes blaze precipitously as white-hot fire erupts from his floating head, consuming it in a burst of blinding light! The headless corpse sinks to the ground, unmoving. An infernal death knight's movements no longer appear hampered as the lunar light encircling him fades away. An infernal death knight seems a bit less imposing. An infernal death knight looks momentarily uneasy, but quickly recovers. The mesmerizing sway of body and blade glides to its inevitable end with one final twirl of Nodyre's white ora katana. Nodyre searches an infernal death knight. Groans and cracks emanate from an infernal death knight's armor as it suddenly succumbs to metal fatigue. Within seconds, his skeletal form collapses into blanched powder and blows away. Nodyre shrugs a shoulder and slides the vaalorn aegis against his back. The once energetic surface of the vaalorn aegis visibly darkens. With a discerning eye, Nodyre gathers up one item and casually stows it away. Nodyre quickly whips the vaalorn aegis off his shoulder and onto his awaiting arm. The surface of the aegis pulses with ultramarine and argent energy. Despair fills you, its corrosive tendrils digging into your mind. Roelon glances at a small dark stone inn. A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Aenternoll's throat and he sprints southward! A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Talliver's throat and he sprints eastward! Randsford traces a simple symbol as he reverently calls upon the power of his patron... Randsford gestures. Motes of lambent white-gold light appear and begin to swirl around Randsford, coalescing into a radiant aura. You feel Randsford's protection extend to you as an incandescent veil coalesces around you. [ Beacon of Courage: +0:01:00, 0:00:59 remaining. ] Commodore Nodyre just went east. Radoria stands up. Grutak stands up. Radoria joins Roelon's group. Trouthe stands up. Nalver takes a bite of his cactacae spine. Nalver's left leg looks better. Lilanna stands up. [Help] Zetha: "Pretty sure that's it atleast, if it doesn't work, you might also need SET DIALOG ON as well, but not sure. SET should show all your settings." [General] Monolis thinks, "Thank ye Callayne for the lift." Radoria struggles against the fear!

 FS: 327 - FD: 210 + PvF: 2 + d100(L): 92 = 207

Warding failed! Radoria drops to his knees in utter despair! Radoria cowers in fear! Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 327 - FD: 69 + FvP: 1 + d100(L): 12 = 271

Warding failed! Lilanna drops to her knees in utter despair! Lilanna moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! Grutak struggles against the fear!

 FS: 327 - FD: 246 + PvF: 3 + d100(L): 42 = 120

Warding failed! Grutak drops to his knees in utter despair! Grutak clutches his head and giggles madly, before choking on a pitiful whimper! Trouthe struggles against the fear!

 FS: 327 - FD: 105 + PvF: 3 + d100(L): 86 = 305

Warding failed! Trouthe drops to her knees in utter despair! Trouthe is racked by convulsive shivers! Nalver struggles against the fear!

 FS: 327 - FD: 225 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 77 = 175

Warding failed! Nalver wails in exquisite fear! Aenternoll just arrived. Lilanna stands up. An incandescent veil fades from Radoria. An incandescent veil fades from Aenternoll. A skull soars in, wreathed in cerulean flames. Moments later, the death knight's body marches in after it, and the skull hovers into place over the neckpiece of the knight's armor. Aenternoll joins Roelon's group. You feel a subdued warmth through your arms and torso, accompanied by a preponderant sense of engagement. Your spirit is empowered with an overwhelming sense of determination and resolve. [ Arm of the Arkati: +0:10:00, 0:09:59 remaining. ] Tenebrous shadows slip across Bakarus's pale skin as he demands divinity to heed his prayers. As if in answer, his copper eyes briefly blacken as he releases his fury. Bakarus gestures at an infernal death knight. Particles of dust and soot rise from the ground at Bakarus's feet as he releases a pulsating, platinum ripple of energy toward an infernal death knight!

 CS: +532 - TD: +312 + CvA: +25 + d125: +64 == +309
 Warding failed!
 The death knight is cloaked in a blinding platinum light and assailed for 256 points of damage!
  ... 40 points of damage!
  The death knight's arm shatters and explodes from a tremendous surge of plasma!
  The death knight is stunned!
  ... 35 points of damage!
  Awesome lash of plasma severs the death knight's arm completely!
  The knight's black ora sword falls to the ground.
  ... 5 points of damage!
  Minor puncture to the left leg.

Trouthe stands up. Nalver carefully adds some cactacae spine to one of the smaller compartments inside his survival kit. Nalver carefully removes some acantha leaf from one of the smaller compartments inside his survival kit. Nalver takes a bite of his acantha leaf. Nalver makes a horrible face! Nalver looks a little better. A chill breeze swirls about Roelon as he gestures and utters a phrase of magic. Roelon gestures at an infernal death knight. Roelon draws down a shaft of dappled moonlight and bathes an infernal death knight in its lucent glow. [SMR result: 191 (Open d100: 22, Bonus: 58)] An infernal death knight is caught fast, the light of Liabo arresting her movements. An earthy, sweet aroma clings to an infernal death knight in a murky haze, accompanied by soot brown specks of leaf mold. Radoria stands up. [SMR result: 284 (Open d100: 83, Bonus: 133)] A massive snowy white tiger charges forward and slashes her claws at an infernal death knight faster than she can react! The murky haze surrounding an infernal death knight seems to intensify the slashing attack!

  ... 15 points of damage!
  Slash to the death knight's chest!
  Breathe deep, it'll feel better in a minute.

Randsford launches a quick bash with his eonake knight's aegis at an infernal death knight! [SMR result: 299 (Open d100: 84, Bonus: 133)] Randsford's bash connects!

  ... 35 points of damage!
  Chest strike.  The death knight knocked down stunned!

You hear a sound like a child weeping as a white glow separates itself from the death knight's body and rises into the heavens. She clutches at her armored chest. Her flaming eyes blaze precipitously as white-hot fire erupts from her floating head, consuming it in a burst of blinding light! The headless corpse sinks to the ground, unmoving. An infernal death knight looks momentarily uneasy, but quickly recovers. The death knight suddenly stops moving light-footedly. An infernal death knight's movements no longer appear hampered as the lunar light encircling her fades away. The guiding force leaves an infernal death knight. An infernal death knight seems a bit less imposing. Grutak stands up. >look [Moonsedge, Ash and Dirge] A retaining wall along the intersection holds back the earthen beds of several overgrown mountain ash trees that loom over the road. The trees' branches are denuded of leaves but heavy with snow and clusters of berries, each as rich a red as a droplet of freshly spilled blood. Graven into the retaining wall is a bas-relief of robed figures leading a procession. The sign of a nearby inn creaks in the breeze. You also see a massive black ora sword adorned with a trio of blue-black diamonds, an infernal death knight that appears dead, the Yardie disk, the driftwood Nalver disk, the smooth invar Radoria disk, the Lilanna disk, the skull-shaped Zeminar disk, a resplendent obsidian black raven that is flying around, a massive snowy white tiger and obvious signs of someone hiding. Also here: Aenternoll, Small Game Hunter Dendum, Zeminar, Nalver who is kneeling, Bakarus, Lord Sorlu, Hadya, Trouthe, Lady Aliashyrah, Lord Randsford, Grutak, Queatus, Magister Raelee, Lilanna, Small Game Hunter Roelon, Radoria Obvious paths: east, south, west Nalver takes a bite of his acantha leaf. Nalver looks a little better. Radoria struggles against the fear!

 FS: 327 - FD: 210 + PvF: 2 + d100(L): 29 = 144

Warding failed! Radoria drops to his knees in utter despair! Radoria rocks back and forth while sobbing uncontrollably! Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 327 - FD: 69 + FvP: 1 + d100(L): 81 = 340

Warding failed! Lilanna drops to her knees in utter despair! Lilanna cowers in fear! Grutak struggles against the fear!

 FS: 327 - FD: 246 + FvP: 1 + d100(L): 82 = 164

Warding failed! Grutak drops to his knees in utter despair! Grutak moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! Trouthe struggles against the fear!

 FS: 327 - FD: 105 + PvF: 3 + d100(L): 19 = 238

Warding failed! Trouthe drops to her knees in utter despair! Trouthe moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! Nalver struggles against the fear!

 FS: 327 - FD: 225 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 74 = 172

Warding failed! Nalver moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! Radoria stands up. >stance off [General] Mauss exclaims, "I'm at Klidel if any warriors need reps or screamin' lessons!" You are now in an offensive stance. >ms You spin about but don't see anything to hit! Nalver takes a bite of his acantha leaf. Nalver looks a little better. A massive snowy white tiger sniffs at the corpse of an infernal death knight. Nalver takes a bite of his acantha leaf. Nalver looks a little better. Aenternoll looks less horrified and in control of himself again. Trouthe stands up. Nalver carefully adds some acantha leaf to one of the smaller compartments inside his survival kit. Radoria struggles against the fear!

 FS: 327 - FD: 210 + PvF: 2 + d100(L): 33 = 148

Warding failed! Radoria drops to his knees in utter despair! Radoria wails in exquisite fear! Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 327 - FD: 69 + FvP: 1 + d100(L): 50 = 309

Warding failed! Lilanna is racked by convulsive shivers! Grutak struggles against the fear!

 FS: 327 - FD: 246 + FvP: 1 + d100(L): 62 = 144

Warding failed! Grutak babbles hysterically, drool running down his chin! Trouthe struggles against the fear!

 FS: 327 - FD: 105 + PvF: 3 + d100(L): 27 = 246

Warding failed! Trouthe drops to her knees in utter despair! Trouthe clutches herself and sobs pitifully as drool runs down her chin! Nalver struggles against the fear!

 FS: 327 - FD: 225 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 14 = 112

Warding failed! Nalver eyes grow wide with inner terror! Despair fills you, its corrosive tendrils digging into your mind. A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Randsford's throat and he sprints eastward! [uberbarv: ******** 97 EXP Gained this Pulse ********* (20:01:18)+] Sorlu stands up. With a swift shrug of his shoulder, Roelon slings a dark orase knight's shield with a balenite tiger umbo off from a tangled mass of oily fishing nets on the back of his alloy weapons bandolier. Raelee stands up. Radoria stands up. Grutak concentrates deeply for a moment. Sorlu grumbles. Dendum blinks at a dark wooden sign. Lilanna stands up. Radoria struggles against the fear!

 FS: 327 - FD: 210 + PvF: 2 + d100(L): 38 = 153

Warding failed! Radoria drops to his knees in utter despair! Radoria cowers in fear! Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 327 - FD: 69 + FvP: 1 + d100(L): 81 = 340

Warding failed! Lilanna drops to her knees in utter despair! Lilanna chatters her teeth rapidly! Grutak struggles against the fear!

 FS: 327 - FD: 246 + FvP: 1 + d100(L): 6 = 88

Warded off! Grutak slowly regains control of his senses and he wipes away the tears from his eyes and the drool dribbling down his chin. Trouthe struggles against the fear!

 FS: 327 - FD: 105 + PvF: 3 + d100(L): 36 = 255

Warding failed! Trouthe rocks back and forth while sobbing uncontrollably! Nalver struggles against the fear!

 FS: 327 - FD: 225 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 68 = 166

Warding failed! Nalver moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! Heavy gusts of wind cause the area to be blinded in white snow. Bakarus appears somewhat less fearless. Aenternoll stands up. Aliashyrah removes a dimly glowing triangular bone talisman from her neck. Raelee grabs a whorled pink conch shell miniature from a small silk-lined pocket inside of her white linen robe. Radoria stands up. Raelee rubs a whorled pink conch shell miniature in her hand. Aliashyrah offers Sorlu a smooth lor runestaff. Grutak stands up. Lilanna stands up. Trouthe carefully rubs her uncut diamond. The nighttime sky vanishes under a veil of darkness as the once lively twilight scene muffles to nothingness. A hollowing emptiness fills the air, and all semblance of time falls to the wayside. Before your eyes can adjust to the darkness, the veil fades away and the world returns to its previous state, but it appears that Trouthe is missing. Radoria seems hesitant, looking unsure of himself. Raelee raises her conch shell miniature skyward! Raelee stands tall and appears more confident. Raelee tucks a whorled pink conch shell miniature into a small silk-lined pocket inside of her white linen robe. Dendum glances between a resplendent obsidian black raven and a dark wooden sign. Sorlu declines Aliashyrah's offer. Radoria struggles against the fear!

 FS: 327 - FD: 210 + PvF: 2 + d100(L): 37 = 152

Warding failed! Radoria drops to his knees in utter despair! Radoria moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 327 - FD: 69 + FvP: 1 + d100(L): 10 = 269

Warding failed! Lilanna drops to her knees in utter despair! Lilanna cries out in sheer terror! Nalver struggles against the fear!

 FS: 327 - FD: 225 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 56 = 154

Warding failed! Nalver moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! Bakarus just opened a jagged finger bone reliquary. Groans and cracks emanate from an infernal death knight's armor as it suddenly succumbs to metal fatigue. Within seconds, her skeletal form collapses into blanched powder and blows away. Dendum shakes his head. Aliashyrah offers Sorlu a dimly glowing triangular bone talisman. Radoria stands up. Aenternoll seems slightly different. The brilliant aura fades away from Raelee. Sorlu seems hesitant, looking unsure of himself. Grutak looks less horrified and in control of himself again. Despair fills you, its corrosive tendrils digging into your mind. Zeminar stands up. Yardie staggers from the shadows. A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Yardie's throat and he sprints southward! A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Aenternoll's throat and he sprints southward! Bakarus rummages through a jagged finger bone reliquary and removes a sheaf of faded paper from in it. Grutak seems hesitant, looking unsure of himself. An incandescent veil fades from Dendum. An incandescent veil fades from a resplendent obsidian black raven. An incandescent veil fades from Roelon. An incandescent veil fades from Lilanna. An incandescent veil fades from Bakarus. An incandescent veil fades from Raelee. An incandescent veil fades from Nalver. An incandescent veil fades from Zeminar. An incandescent veil fades from Queatus. An incandescent veil fades from Grutak. An incandescent veil fades from Aliashyrah. An incandescent veil fades from Sorlu. An incandescent veil fades from Hadya. An incandescent veil fades from you. An incandescent veil fades from a massive snowy white tiger. Commodore Nodyre just arrived.

Talliver just arrived.

Bakarus raises his faded paper and gestures. Sparks begin to fly between the faded paper and Bakarus's fingers. With a sudden burst of enthusiasm, the sparks jump into Bakarus's hand and he seems to glow with power. Grutak seems slightly different. Radoria struggles against the fear!

 FS: 327 - FD: 210 + PvF: 2 + d100(L): 49 = 164

Warding failed! Radoria babbles hysterically, drool running down his chin! Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 327 - FD: 69 + FvP: 1 + d100(L): 92 = 351

Warding failed! Lilanna wails in exquisite fear! Nalver struggles against the fear!

 FS: 327 - FD: 225 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 67 = 165

Warding failed! Nalver opens his mouth and tries to scream, but nothing comes out! Bakarus gestures. Bakarus is surrounded by an aura of natural confidence. Aenternoll just arrived. Lord Randsford just arrived. Roelon seems slightly different.

Talliver joins Roelon's group.

Zeminar seems hesitant, looking unsure of himself. Radoria seems slightly different. You hear very soft footsteps. Lilanna stands up. Randsford squints. Aenternoll joins Roelon's group. Bakarus put a sheaf of faded paper in his finger bone reliquary. Raelee seems hesitant, looking unsure of herself. You suddenly feel less protected. Bakarus just closed a jagged finger bone reliquary. Sorlu pulls Roelon to his feet. Commodore Nodyre just went east. Randsford joins Roelon's group. The warmth works its way toward you, and your shield arm feels much more nimble. [ Divine Shield: +9:59:00, 9:58:59 remaining. ] Roelon deeply says, "Unatural ..." Sorlu tries to pull Radoria to his feet, but he is too heavy. Zeminar seems slightly different. Jiarine just arrived. Raelee seems slightly different. Roelon vigorously shakes his head. Sorlu pulls Radoria to his feet. Your sense of faith and conviction wanes. You are less sure of yourself. Sorlu seems slightly different. Nalver seems slightly different. Lilanna seems slightly different. Radoria struggles against the fear!

 FS: 327 - FD: 210 + PvF: 2 + d100(L): -83 = 32

Warded off! Radoria slowly regains control of his senses and he wipes away the tears from his eyes and the drool dribbling down his chin. Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 327 - FD: 69 + FvP: 1 + d100(L): 12 = 271

Warding failed! Lilanna drops to her knees in utter despair! Lilanna cowers in fear! Nalver struggles against the fear!

 FS: 327 - FD: 225 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 94 = 192

Warding failed! Nalver wails in exquisite fear! Aliashyrah seems hesitant, looking unsure of herself. Aenternoll seems hesitant, looking unsure of himself. Randsford says, "We should fall back and regroup." Talliver says, "This place... it has an unnatural dread to it." Roelon seems hesitant, looking unsure of himself. Aliashyrah seems slightly different. Sorlu pulls Nalver to his feet. [uberbarv: ******** 97 EXP Gained this Pulse ********* (20:02:10)+] Radoria adopts an agreeable expression. Everything around you seems to distort for a moment. Lilanna seems hesitant, looking unsure of herself. Lilanna stands up. Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 327 - FD: 69 + FvP: 1 + d100(L): 91 = 350

Warding failed! Lilanna drops to her knees in utter despair! Lilanna chatters her teeth rapidly! Nalver struggles against the fear!

 FS: 327 - FD: 225 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 10 = 108

Warding failed! Nalver drops to his knees in utter despair! Nalver cowers in fear! Despair fills you, its corrosive tendrils digging into your mind. A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Raelee's throat and she sprints southward! Nalver seems hesitant, looking unsure of himself. Radoria stands up. Jiarine carefully removes some ambrominas leaf from one of the smaller compartments inside her kidskin kit. The voice of Yardie says, "Err." Jiarine takes a bite of her ambrominas leaf. Jiarine's left arm looks better. Radoria looks less horrified and in control of himself again. Roelon pulls Nalver to his feet. Jiarine takes a bite of her ambrominas leaf. Jiarine's left leg looks better. The voice of Yardie says, "Creatures." The voice of Yardie says, "South." Jiarine takes a bite of her ambrominas leaf. Roelon pulls Lilanna to her feet. A smouldering skeletal dreadsteed charges in, dragging Raelee painfully behind her! Jiarine takes a bite of her ambrominas leaf. You hear very soft footsteps. Jiarine carefully adds some ambrominas leaf to one of the smaller compartments inside her kidskin kit. A chill breeze swirls about Roelon as he gestures and utters a phrase of magic. Roelon gestures at a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed. Roelon draws down a shaft of dappled moonlight and bathes a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed in its lucent glow. [SMR result: 91 (Open d100: -12)] The dappled light appears to crack and shatter, disintegrating into the air without effect. A massive snowy white tiger casts a subtle gaze around the vicinity. Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 327 - FD: 69 + FvP: 1 + d100(L): -34 = 225

Warding failed! Lilanna drops to her knees in utter despair! Lilanna chatters her teeth rapidly! Nalver struggles against the fear!

 FS: 327 - FD: 225 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 91 = 189

Warding failed! Nalver drops to his knees in utter despair! Nalver moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! Jiarine just went south. >look [Moonsedge, Ash and Dirge] A retaining wall along the intersection holds back the earthen beds of several overgrown mountain ash trees that loom over the road. The trees' branches are denuded of leaves but heavy with snow and clusters of berries, each as rich a red as a droplet of freshly spilled blood. Graven into the retaining wall is a bas-relief of robed figures leading a procession. The sign of a nearby inn creaks in the breeze. You also see a resplendent obsidian black raven that is flying around, a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed, the Yardie disk, a massive black ora sword adorned with a trio of blue-black diamonds, the driftwood Nalver disk, the smooth invar Radoria disk, the Lilanna disk, the skull-shaped Zeminar disk, a massive snowy white tiger and obvious signs of someone hiding. Also here: Small Game Hunter Dendum, a stunned Magister Raelee who is lying down, Lord Randsford, Aenternoll, Talliver, Zeminar, Nalver who is kneeling, Bakarus, Lord Sorlu, Hadya, Lady Aliashyrah, Grutak, Lilanna who is kneeling, Small Game Hunter Roelon, Radoria Obvious paths: east, south, west A shadowy figure leaps from hiding to strike! The figure attempts to punch a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed!

 UAF: 627 vs UDF: 625 = 1.003 * MM: 89 + d100: 97 = 186
 ... and hit for 50 points of damage!
 Punishing strike to the stomach!
 The skeletal dreadsteed is stunned!

The figure quickly disappears from view. Randsford launches a quick bash with his eonake knight's aegis at a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed! [SMR result: 143 (Open d100: 20, Bonus: 49)] Randsford's bash connects!

  ... 25 points of damage!
  Vision blurred.  The skeletal dreadsteed staggers around blindly.
  It is knocked to the ground!
** A spike on Randsford's eonake knight's aegis jabs into the skeletal dreadsteed! **
  ... 20 points of damage!
  Strike pierces forearm!

Randsford swings a ruby-handled wolf-headed spikestar at a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed! Unable to focus clearly, the skeletal dreadsteed blindly evades the attack! As Zeminar summons the elements to his command, his outstretched fingertips spark and hiss with sickly green energy. Zeminar gestures at a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed.

 CS: +566 - TD: +315 + CvA: +25 + d100: +63 == +339
 Warding failed!
... and hits for 63 points of damage!

A smouldering skeletal dreadsteed is suddenly engulfed in flames of pure essence!

  ... 20 points of damage!
  Nasty burns to left arm.  Gonna need lots of butter.
  ... 20 points of damage!
  The skeletal dreadsteed grimaces as the frigid attack fractures its left wrist.
  ... 20 points of damage!
  Heavy shock to right arm numbs elbow.
  ... 20 points of damage!
  Blow to the eye swells it shut!

You think you see a golden hourglass briefly materialize in front of Raelee, but after you blink, it's gone. You notice that Raelee is suddenly standing. A wave of crimson ethereal ripples moves outward from Raelee. A smouldering skeletal dreadsteed is buffeted by the crimson ethereal waves.

  ... 20 points of damage!
  Nasty burns to abdomen, a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed shrieks in pain!

Queatus leaps from hiding to attack! Queatus swings a battered saw-toothed cleaver at a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed!

 AS: +250 vs DS: +329 with AvD: +36 + d100 roll: +75 = +32
  A clean miss.

Dendum gestures while summoning the spirits of nature to his aid... Dendum gestures at a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed. Dozens of long thorns suddenly grow out from the ground underneath a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed! [SMR result: 221 (Open d100: 85, Bonus: 62)] Several of the thorns jab into the dreadsteed!

  ... hits for 13 points of damage!
  ... 35 points of damage!
  Shot destroys eye and the brain behind it!

You hear a sound like a child weeping as a white glow separates itself from the skeletal dreadsteed's body and rises into the heavens. A smouldering skeletal dreadsteed's head tosses and it lets out a terrible death whinny that slices coldly through the air. It sags, lifeless, the blue flames of its mane winking out one by one. The licks of blue flame surrounding a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed flare up one last time before vanishing with a staticky crackle. A resplendent obsidian black raven prods at the corpse of a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed with his beak. Randsford traces a simple symbol as he reverently calls upon the power of his patron... Randsford gestures. Motes of lambent white-gold light appear and begin to swirl around Randsford, coalescing into a radiant aura. You feel Randsford's protection extend to you as an incandescent veil coalesces around you. [ Beacon of Courage: +0:01:00, 0:00:59 remaining. ] >stance off You are now in an offensive stance. >ms You spin about but don't see anything to hit! Aliashyrah hangs a dimly glowing triangular bone talisman around her neck. >lok Please rephrase that command. >look [Moonsedge, Ash and Dirge] A retaining wall along the intersection holds back the earthen beds of several overgrown mountain ash trees that loom over the road. The trees' branches are denuded of leaves but heavy with snow and clusters of berries, each as rich a red as a droplet of freshly spilled blood. Graven into the retaining wall is a bas-relief of robed figures leading a procession. The sign of a nearby inn creaks in the breeze. You also see a resplendent obsidian black raven that is flying around, a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed that appears dead, the Yardie disk, a massive black ora sword adorned with a trio of blue-black diamonds, the driftwood Nalver disk, the smooth invar Radoria disk, the Lilanna disk, the skull-shaped Zeminar disk, a massive snowy white tiger and obvious signs of someone hiding. Also here: Small Game Hunter Dendum, Magister Raelee, Lord Randsford, Aenternoll, Talliver, Zeminar, Nalver who is kneeling, Bakarus, Lord Sorlu, Hadya, Lady Aliashyrah, Grutak, Lilanna who is kneeling, Small Game Hunter Roelon, Radoria Obvious paths: east, south, west Dendum kneels down. Dendum skinned a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed, yielding a flame-scarred dreadsteed skull. Dendum stands up. Dendum searches a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed. Cracks spread through a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed's bony form as fingers of rust race to consume its barding. Within moments, naught remains but a commingling of dust, ruddy and pale. Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 327 - FD: 69 + FvP: 1 + d100(L): 15 = 274

Warding failed! Lilanna clutches herself and sobs pitifully as drool runs down her chin! Nalver struggles against the fear!

 FS: 327 - FD: 225 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 48 = 146

Warding failed! Nalver is racked by convulsive shivers! With a discerning eye, Dendum gathers up a few items and casually stows them away. [Realm] Trouthe thinks, "I'm back in town, don't worry about me."

Nalver stands up.

Talliver says, "There was mention of a keep."

Nalver says, "Okay."

The surroundings are engulfed in gusts of white snow. Raelee gets a distant look in her eyes. Icy fear boils in your gut, a ceaseless and unbearable distraction. A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Nalver's throat and he sprints westward! A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Aenternoll's throat and he sprints westward! Zeminar stands up.

Dendum says, "Ohh fancy skull."

[General] Valgo thinks, "I helped a lady warrior with screamin reps earlier..." Aenternoll just arrived. Lilanna slowly regains control of her senses and she wipes away the tears from her eyes and the drool dribbling down her chin. Aliashyrah stands up. Dendum removes a flame-scarred dreadsteed skull from in his woven basket. >look [Moonsedge, Ash and Dirge] A retaining wall along the intersection holds back the earthen beds of several overgrown mountain ash trees that loom over the road. The trees' branches are denuded of leaves but heavy with snow and clusters of berries, each as rich a red as a droplet of freshly spilled blood. Graven into the retaining wall is a bas-relief of robed figures leading a procession. The sign of a nearby inn creaks in the breeze. You also see a resplendent obsidian black raven that is flying around, the Yardie disk, the smooth invar Radoria disk, the Lilanna disk, the skull-shaped Zeminar disk, a massive snowy white tiger and obvious signs of someone hiding. Also here: Aenternoll, Small Game Hunter Dendum, Magister Raelee, Lord Randsford, Talliver, Zeminar, Bakarus, Lord Sorlu, Hadya, Lady Aliashyrah, Grutak, Lilanna who is kneeling, Small Game Hunter Roelon, Radoria Obvious paths: east, south, west Dendum tinkers with his dreadsteed skull. Aenternoll joins Roelon's group. Roelon pulls Lilanna to her feet. [uberbarv: ******** 97 EXP Gained this Pulse ********* (20:03:02)+] Small Game Hunter Roelon just moved quietly south, with his group following closely. [Moonsedge, Ash Row] Dried leaves whisper a dry susurrus as they skitter trepidatiously past shuttered businesses and boarded homes to either side of the street. The shadows of the ash trees planted in loamy beds along the center of the row stretch long and strange in the moonlight. Their leaves have almost filled the bed of a wagon that sits unattended in the middle of the roadway, forlornly dangling broken leather straps that ought to be attached to horses or mules. You also see obvious signs of someone hiding. Also here: Hadya, Lady Aliashyrah, Grutak, Lilanna, Radoria, Lord Sorlu, Bakarus, Zeminar, Talliver, Lord Randsford, Magister Raelee, Aenternoll, Small Game Hunter Roelon Obvious paths: north, southeast, south, west You hear very soft footsteps. Dendum joins Roelon's group.

Grutak throws back his shoulders and lets out a resounding yowlp!

Grutak's yowlp emboldens your fighting spirit!

Lilanna looks less horrified and in control of herself again.

A massive snowy white tiger saunters in. Sorlu glances appraisingly around the area.

Small Game Hunter Roelon just moved quietly west, with his group following closely. [Moonsedge, Bramble Street] A trio of gibbets stands along the roadside, suspending rusty metal cages. Though two are empty, one cage holds charred bones, the skeleton fused together by combustion. The ghoulish instruments of execution were set up with little regard for the windows of the bordering businesses, including a tailor shop with boarded windows and a padlock securing its door. You also see a massive snowy white tiger and obvious signs of someone hiding. Also here: Hadya, Lady Aliashyrah, Grutak, Lilanna, Radoria, Lord Sorlu, Bakarus, Zeminar, Talliver, Lord Randsford, Magister Raelee, Aenternoll, Small Game Hunter Dendum, Small Game Hunter Roelon Obvious paths: north, east, south A resplendent obsidian black raven glides into view. Icy fear boils in your gut, a ceaseless and unbearable distraction. A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Sorlu's throat and he sprints eastward! A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Zeminar's throat and he sprints southward! A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Talliver's throat and he sprints northward! A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Aenternoll's throat and he sprints southward! [General] Feagol asks, "'Stop, get away from me type screams?" Aenternoll just arrived. Lord Sorlu just strode in. Dendum carefully places a flame-scarred dreadsteed skull inside the grey leather case. Sorlu joins Roelon's group. Randsford traces a simple symbol as he reverently calls upon the power of his patron... Randsford gestures. Motes of lambent white-gold light appear and begin to swirl around Randsford, coalescing into a radiant aura. You feel Randsford's protection extend to you as an incandescent veil coalesces around you. [ Beacon of Courage: +0:01:00, 0:00:59 remaining. ] Grutak concentrates deeply for a moment. [General] Valgo thinks, "Nopes.jes made her mad." Queatus stands up. Aenternoll joins Roelon's group. Roelon pulls Grutak to his feet. Zeminar just arrived. Small Game Hunter Roelon just moved quietly south, with his group following closely. [Moonsedge, Bramble Square] Bramble topiaries frame a raised city square, urged by their gardeners' dereliction into an overgrown tangle that holds little resemblance to the cultivated shapes they once held. The brambles cast their gnarled shadows on steps leading down to the streets feeding the square, stretching as far as the foundations of once-prosperous businesses nearby. Most of the buildings are boarded and barricaded, but a dim countinghouse to the northwest has had its doors torn away, leaving only deformed hinges behind. You also see a massive snowy white tiger. Also here: Hadya, Lady Aliashyrah, Grutak, Queatus, Lilanna, Radoria, Bakarus, Lord Randsford, Magister Raelee, Small Game Hunter Dendum, Aenternoll, Lord Sorlu, Small Game Hunter Roelon Obvious paths: north, east, south, west A smouldering skeletal dreadsteed canters in, azure sparks flying from its fiery mane.

* Korvvin has gone to feed the fishes!

An incandescent veil fades from Aenternoll. Grutak drops to his knees in utter despair! Overcome by the pure evil emanating from the skeletal dreadsteed, Grutak's arms fall slack at his side and his eyes grow wide with an overwhelming look of fear! Lilanna drops to her knees in utter despair! Overcome by the pure evil emanating from the skeletal dreadsteed, Lilanna's arms fall slack at her side and her eyes grow wide with an overwhelming look of fear! Radoria drops to his knees in utter despair! Overcome by the pure evil emanating from the skeletal dreadsteed, Radoria's arms fall slack at his side and his eyes grow wide with an overwhelming look of fear! Randsford launches a quick bash with his eonake knight's aegis at a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed! [SMR result: 148 (Open d100: 60, Bonus: 10)] Randsford's bash connects!

  ... 15 points of damage!
  Elbow wrenched.
  The skeletal dreadsteed is stunned!

Randsford swings a ruby-handled wolf-headed spikestar at a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed! >stance off

 AS: +472 vs DS: +567 with AvD: +37 + d100 roll: +79 = +21
  A clean miss.

Zeminar just arrived. >ms You are now in an offensive stance. You concentrate intently, focusing all your energies. With instinctive motions, you weave to and fro striking with deliberate and unrelenting fury! You attempt to jab a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed! You have decent positioning against a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed.

 UAF: 511 vs UDF: 749 = 0.682 * MM: 104 + d100: 83 = 153
 ... and hit for 3 points of damage!
 Low jab glances off the right thigh.
 Strike leaves foe vulnerable to a followup grapple attack!

You attempt to grapple a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed! You have good positioning against a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed.

 UAF: 511 vs UDF: 749 = 0.682 * MM: 111 + d100: 69 = 144
 ... and hit for 20 points of damage!
 Powerful grab twists left knee.  The skeletal dreadsteed will be moving stiffly for a while!
** Your selshis skin gloves release a quivering wave of disruption! **
  ... 5 points of damage!
  The skeletal dreadsteed's right leg jerks momentarily.
** Your selshis skin gloves spray forth a shower of pure water! **
  ... 10 points of damage!
  Acid gets on the right arm raising some large blisters.

Your series of strikes and ripostes leaves you off-balance and out of position. Roundtime: 5 sec. [ MStrike Cooldown: +0:01:00, 0:00:59 remaining. ] Queatus leaps from hiding to attack! Queatus swings a battered saw-toothed cleaver at a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed!

 AS: +488 vs DS: +363 with AvD: +36 + d100 roll: +57 = +218
  ... and hits for 80 points of damage!
  Brain driven into neck by mammoth downswing!

You hear a sound like a child weeping as a white glow separates itself from the skeletal dreadsteed's body and rises into the heavens. A smouldering skeletal dreadsteed's head tosses and it lets out a terrible death whinny that slices coldly through the air. It sags, lifeless, the blue flames of its mane winking out one by one. The licks of blue flame surrounding a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed flare up one last time before vanishing with a staticky crackle. Zeminar joins Roelon's group. Radoria stands up. Yardie comes out of hiding. Yardie joins Roelon's group. A cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast bounds in, landing with surprising grace. Sorlu says, "There seem to be a lot fewer of us now...." Grutak stands up. As Zeminar summons the elements to his command, his outstretched fingertips spark and hiss with sickly green energy. Zeminar gestures at a cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast. Zeminar's grey-scaled staff glows intensely with a verdant light!

 CS: +596 - TD: +303 + CvA: +20 + d100: +41 == +354
 Warding failed!
... and hits for 28 points of damage!

A cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast is suddenly engulfed in flames of pure essence!

  ... 45 points of damage!
  Left leg completely charred.
  A cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast falls to the ground grasping his mangled left leg!
  The tatterdemalion ghast is stunned!
  ... 70 points of damage!
  Deadly accuracy shatters the tatterdemalion ghast's spine into a thousand tiny icy shards!

You hear a sound like a child weeping as a white glow separates itself from the tatterdemalion ghast's body and rises into the heavens. A cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast lets out a hoarse cry that devolves into dry, rasping coughs. Spasms race through his form, dead muscles seizing and clenching before at last going still. A cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast exhales the last of a virulent green mist. Lilanna stands up. Zeminar searches a cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast. Maggots and buzzing flies burst from a cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast's flesh as his skin peels and crumbles. The scavenging insects rapidly consume the remains, leaving little but brittle bones. [You have been awarded 1 Long Term Experience!] Zeminar searches a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed. Cracks spread through a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed's bony form as fingers of rust race to consume its barding. Within moments, naught remains but a commingling of dust, ruddy and pale. [You have been awarded 3 Long Term Experience!] Radoria struggles against the fear!

 FS: 309 - FD: 210 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 22 = 117

Warding failed! Radoria drops to his knees in utter despair! Radoria twitches fitfully! Grutak struggles against the fear!

 FS: 309 - FD: 246 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 94 = 153

Warding failed! Grutak drops to his knees in utter despair! Grutak wails in exquisite fear! Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 309 - FD: 69 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 76 = 312

Warding failed! Lilanna drops to her knees in utter despair! Lilanna twitches fitfully! Roelon nods slowly. Zeminar picks up some polished red coral and stows it in his leather gem pouch. Radoria nods slowly. Zeminar picks up a star sapphire and stows it in his leather gem pouch. >symbol of blessing my glove A wave of power flows outward from you toward your selshis skin gloves. A brilliant white light wraps around the gloves for a moment and then gently dissipates. Icy fear boils in your gut, a ceaseless and unbearable distraction. Grutak stands up. Lilanna stands up. Roelon stands up. You feel recovered from your whirlwind flurry of strikes. Roelon manages to offend an inordinate number of gods with an especially vitriolic spasm of oaths. Radoria stands up. Dendum asks, "Where did the Mayor go?" A flickering mist-wreathed banshee drifts in on swirling eddies of silvery mist. Sorlu says, "We have lost the Mayor as well." Tenebrous shadows slip across Bakarus's pale skin as he demands divinity to heed his prayers. As if in answer, his copper eyes briefly blacken as he releases his fury. Bakarus gestures at a flickering mist-wreathed banshee. Particles of dust and soot rise from the ground at Bakarus's feet as he releases a pulsating, platinum ripple of energy toward a flickering mist-wreathed banshee!

 CS: +532 - TD: +328 + CvA: +25 + d125: +51 == +280
 Warding failed!
 The mist-wreathed banshee is cloaked in a blinding platinum light and assailed for 230 points of damage!
  ... 55 points of damage!
  Huge hit explodes right arm into cold, viscous mist.
  When you look again, the arm has reformed.
  ... 50 points of damage!
  Strong attack separates head from shoulders.
  Head disappears in the breeze as a new one forms on the mist-wreathed banshee's shoulders!

You hear a sound like a child weeping as a white glow separates itself from the mist-wreathed banshee's body and rises into the heavens. A flickering mist-wreathed banshee's features twist, caught in grief and agony as she sinks to the ground. Slowly, her form and garments leak into gauzy mist as her shape begins to lose cohesion. Darkness punctuated by a constellation of starry pinpoints wells up around a flickering mist-wreathed banshee and splinters away with a sound like shattering crystal. A shadow seems to detach itself from a flickering mist-wreathed banshee, swiftly dissipating into the air.

 FS: 309 - FD: 210 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 44 = 139

Warding failed! Radoria drops to his knees in utter despair! Radoria cowers in fear! Grutak struggles against the fear!

 FS: 309 - FD: 246 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 23 = 82

Warded off! Grutak slowly regains control of his senses and he wipes away the tears from his eyes and the drool dribbling down his chin. Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 309 - FD: 69 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 22 = 258

Warding failed! Lilanna drops to her knees in utter despair! Lilanna eyes grow wide with inner terror! Aenternoll stands up. Lilanna stands up.

You feel more courageous. [ Symbol of Courage: +0:04:19, 0:08:39 remaining. ] A skull soars in, wreathed in cerulean flames. Moments later, the death knight's body marches in after it, and the skull hovers into place over the neckpiece of the knight's armor.

Roelon draws an intricately glowing pattern in the air before him. [SSR result: 135 (Open d100: 57)] An infernal death knight's eyes roll up into her head as she slumps to the ground. Radoria stands up. You feel a layer of protection surround you. As Zeminar summons the elements to his command, his outstretched fingertips spark and hiss with sickly green energy. Zeminar gestures at an infernal death knight. An infernal death knight is awakened by Zeminar's attack!

 CS: +566 - TD: +312 + CvA: +25 + d100: +75 == +354
 Warding failed!
... and hits for 50 points of damage!

An infernal death knight is suddenly engulfed in flames of pure essence!

  ... 80 points of damage!
  Super-heated flame causes an infernal death knight's right eye to explode inward.

[ Symbol of Protection: +0:08:39, 0:17:19 remaining. ] You hear a sound like a child weeping as a white glow separates itself from the death knight's body and rises into the heavens. She clutches at her armored chest. Her flaming eyes blaze precipitously as white-hot fire erupts from her floating head, consuming it in a burst of blinding light! The headless corpse sinks to the ground, unmoving. An infernal death knight seems a bit less imposing. An infernal death knight looks momentarily uneasy, but quickly recovers. The guiding force leaves an infernal death knight. You feel a layer of protection surround you. [ Symbol of Protection: +0:08:39, 0:25:59 remaining. ] The mirror images surrounding Lilanna undulate and grow stronger. Lilanna renews her songs. Radoria drops to his knees in utter despair! Radoria babbles hysterically, drool running down his chin! Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 309 - FD: 69 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 71 = 307

Warding failed! Lilanna drops to her knees in utter despair! Lilanna moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! Raelee asks, "... have any healers survived the chaos?" Grutak looks less horrified and in control of himself again. Radoria stands up. Lilanna stands up. Perigourd's group just arrived. Perigourd's group just went north. Randsford traces a simple symbol as he reverently calls upon the power of his patron... Randsford gestures. Motes of lambent white-gold light appear and begin to swirl around Randsford, coalescing into a radiant aura. You feel Randsford's protection extend to you as an incandescent veil coalesces around you. [ Beacon of Courage: +0:01:00, 0:00:59 remaining. ] Perigourd's group just arrived. Icy fear boils in your gut, a ceaseless and unbearable distraction. A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Lilanna's throat and she sprints eastward! A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Raelee's throat and she sprints northward! A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Zeminar's throat and he sprints westward! A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Missoni's throat and she sprints westward! A lazy wild silver-grey dog leaves. The forceful strain in Jaysehn's arms lessens. >look [Moonsedge, Bramble Square] Bramble topiaries frame a raised city square, urged by their gardeners' dereliction into an overgrown tangle that holds little resemblance to the cultivated shapes they once held. The brambles cast their gnarled shadows on steps leading down to the streets feeding the square, stretching as far as the foundations of once-prosperous businesses nearby. Most of the buildings are boarded and barricaded, but a dim countinghouse to the northwest has had its doors torn away, leaving only deformed hinges behind. You also see the repousse copper Perigourd disk raised in leafy designs, an infernal death knight that appears dead, a flickering mist-wreathed banshee that appears dead, a stylish suede ribbon, the Yardie disk, the smooth invar Radoria disk, a resplendent obsidian black raven that is flying around, a massive snowy white tiger and obvious signs of someone hiding. Also here: Commodore Jaysehn, Perigourd, Lord Sorlu who is lying down, Aenternoll, Small Game Hunter Dendum, Lord Randsford, Bakarus, Hadya, Lady Aliashyrah, Grutak who is lying down, Radoria, Small Game Hunter Roelon Obvious paths: north, east, south, west Perigourd joins Roelon's group. [uberbarv: ******** 97 EXP Gained this Pulse ********* (20:04:17)+] Radoria struggles against the fear!

 FS: 309 - FD: 210 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 90 = 185

Warding failed! Radoria drops to his knees in utter despair! Radoria remains huddled on the ground in a spastic, jittering heap! [Realm] Jiarine thinks, "I found a vampire." Magister Raelee just arrived. Jaysehn joins Roelon's group. Zeminar just arrived. Dendum starts chortling. Raelee joins Roelon's group. Zeminar joins Roelon's group. Yardie comes out of hiding. Yardie pulls Sorlu to his feet. >join reo What were you referring to? You are already part of Roelon's group. Missoni flounces in amidst a diffuse cloud of prismatic glitter. A yellow-eyed silvery lor mandrake toddles into the area and up to Missoni. Radoria stands up. Sorlu slowly empties his lungs. Yardie comes out of hiding. Yardie pulls Grutak to his feet. An inlaid leather grimoire drifts in looking for its owner.

Perigourd asks, speaking to Roelon, "What of the Mayor?"

Radoria struggles against the fear!

 FS: 309 - FD: 210 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 80 = 175

Warding failed! Radoria drops to his knees in utter despair! Radoria opens his mouth and tries to scream, but nothing comes out! Perigourd cocks his head at Roelon. A flickering mist-wreathed banshee's form rapidly disperses into cold mists that eddy and dance before drifting away. Roelon deeply says, "Stay close." Bakarus brushes his fingertips along a seam of his pale viridian cloak. The threads there take on a lucent silvery-green glow and unravel, allowing the edges to part and the cloak to hang open.

Jaysehn says, "We pressed on to the Castle...the miasma of this place slows one's blade."

Bakarus produces a small statue from the depths of his pale viridian cloak.

Radoria stands up. Missoni joins Roelon's group. Bakarus rubs a small statue in his hand. A faint silvery glow surrounds Bakarus's body. Roelon pulls on Radoria, trying to get him closer. Yardie comes out of hiding.

Small Game Hunter Roelon just moved quietly north, with his group following closely. [Moonsedge, Bramble Street] A trio of gibbets stands along the roadside, suspending rusty metal cages. Though two are empty, one cage holds charred bones, the skeleton fused together by combustion. The ghoulish instruments of execution were set up with little regard for the windows of the bordering businesses, including a tailor shop with boarded windows and a padlock securing its door. You also see a massive snowy white tiger and obvious signs of someone hiding. Also here: Hadya, Lady Aliashyrah, Grutak, Radoria, Bakarus, Lord Randsford, Small Game Hunter Dendum, Aenternoll, Lord Sorlu, Blade Yardie, Perigourd, Commodore Jaysehn, Magister Raelee, Zeminar, Missoni, Small Game Hunter Roelon Obvious paths: north, east, south Bakarus's small statue vanishes into the depths of his pale viridian cloak.

Small Game Hunter Roelon just moved quietly east, with his group following closely. [Moonsedge, Ash Row] Dried leaves whisper a dry susurrus as they skitter trepidatiously past shuttered businesses and boarded homes to either side of the street. The shadows of the ash trees planted in loamy beds along the center of the row stretch long and strange in the moonlight. Their leaves have almost filled the bed of a wagon that sits unattended in the middle of the roadway, forlornly dangling broken leather straps that ought to be attached to horses or mules. You also see a massive snowy white tiger and obvious signs of someone hiding. Also here: Hadya, Lady Aliashyrah, Grutak, Radoria, Bakarus, Lord Randsford, Small Game Hunter Dendum, Aenternoll, Lord Sorlu, Blade Yardie, Perigourd, Commodore Jaysehn, Magister Raelee, Zeminar, Missoni, Small Game Hunter Roelon Obvious paths: north, southeast, south, west

You quietly say, "We've lost him."

Small Game Hunter Roelon just moved quietly north, with his group following closely. [Moonsedge, Ash and Dirge] A retaining wall along the intersection holds back the earthen beds of several overgrown mountain ash trees that loom over the road. The trees' branches are denuded of leaves but heavy with snow and clusters of berries, each as rich a red as a droplet of freshly spilled blood. Graven into the retaining wall is a bas-relief of robed figures leading a procession. The sign of a nearby inn creaks in the breeze. You also see a massive snowy white tiger, a horned basalt grotesque and obvious signs of someone hiding.

Also here: Hadya, Lady Aliashyrah, Grutak, Radoria, Bakarus, Lord Randsford, Small Game Hunter Dendum, Aenternoll, Lord Sorlu, Blade Yardie, Perigourd, Commodore Jaysehn, Magister Raelee, Zeminar, Missoni, Small Game Hunter Roelon Obvious paths: east, south, west

Bakarus seals his pale viridian cloak with a touch, threads of silvery-green light stitching it closed under the slide of his fingertips. Randsford launches a quick bash with his eonake knight's aegis at a horned basalt grotesque! The evanescent shield shrouding a horned basalt grotesque fades briefly. [SMR result: 48 (Open d100: -68, Bonus: 34)] A horned basalt grotesque avoids the bash! Randsford swings a ruby-handled wolf-headed spikestar at a horned basalt grotesque!

 AS: +534 vs DS: +455 with AvD: +22 + d100 roll: +84 = +185
  ... and hits for 28 points of damage!
  Stomach shot lands with a hollow *thump*.

The guiding force leaves Randsford. Dendum says, speaking to Yardie, ""This is the path that darkness leads to." Radoria struggles against the fear!

 FS: 309 - FD: 210 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 81 = 176

Warding failed! Radoria drops to his knees in utter despair! Radoria clutches his head and giggles madly, before choking on a pitiful whimper! A chill breeze swirls about Roelon as he gestures and utters a phrase of magic. Roelon gestures at a horned basalt grotesque. The evanescent shield shrouding a horned basalt grotesque fades briefly, then flickers with a pale incandescence. Roelon draws down a shaft of dappled moonlight and bathes a horned basalt grotesque in its lucent glow. [SMR result: 196 (Open d100: 59, Bonus: 24)] A horned basalt grotesque is caught fast, the light of Liabo arresting its movements. The evanescent shield shrouding a horned basalt grotesque fades briefly. [SMR result: 247 (Open d100: 48, Bonus: 134)] A massive snowy white tiger charges forward and slashes her claws at a horned basalt grotesque faster than it can react!

  ... 10 points of damage!
  Smooth slash to the basalt grotesque's hip!
  Nice crunching sound.

[You have been awarded 1 Long Term Experience!] As Zeminar summons the elements to his command, his outstretched fingertips spark and hiss with sickly green energy. Zeminar gestures at a horned basalt grotesque. The evanescent shield shrouding a horned basalt grotesque fades briefly.

 CS: +566 - TD: +330 + CvA: +25 + d100: +44 == +305
 Warding failed!
... and hits for 24 points of damage!

A horned basalt grotesque is suddenly engulfed in flames of pure essence!

  ... 80 points of damage!
  Left arm incinerated.  Unfortunate.
  ... 70 points of damage!
  Deadly accuracy shatters the basalt grotesque's spine into a thousand tiny icy shards!
  It is knocked to the ground!
  ... 50 points of damage!
  Massive electrical shock to chest tears through muscle tissue.
  ... 70 points of damage!
  Strike to chest causes a large gaping hole!

The soulstone embedded in the grotesque's chest shatters, sending crystalline fragments flying! You hear a sound like a child weeping as a white glow separates itself from the shards and rises into the heavens. Light goes out of a horned basalt grotesque's eyes and animation departs its form in a swift jerk that travels through its stony limbs. With a thud, it collapses to the ground, looking for all the world like a lifeless statue. The air about a horned basalt grotesque shimmers momentarily before the evanescent shield surrounding it collapses. A horned basalt grotesque's movements no longer appear hampered as the lunar light encircling it fades away. The basalt grotesque sustains massive system shock! Dark tendrils slither out of Zeminar's ebony leathers and seep into the grotesque, then quickly return.

Perigourd says, speaking to Roelon, "There is a castle to the southeast, but the evil is weakening us."

Your heart skips a beat in your chest as panic overwhelms you. Desperation to escape the horrors around you makes you curl into a shivering ball on the ground.

Jaysehn lets loose an echoing shout!

Jaysehn's shout encourages your fighting spirit! A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Roelon's throat and he sprints southward! A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Bakarus's throat and he sprints eastward! A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Dendum's throat and he sprints westward! A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Raelee's throat and she sprints westward! A yellow-eyed silvery lor mandrake toddles into the area and up to Missoni. Randsford gestures while calling upon the lesser spirits for aid... Randsford gestures. An invisible force guides Randsford. A resplendent obsidian black raven flaps his wings once and soars out of sight. Hadya stands up. You hear very soft footsteps. You hear someone chuckling. A massive snowy white tiger sniffs at the corpse of a horned basalt grotesque. Roelon sighs. Hadya dusts herself off. Radoria struggles against the fear!

 FS: 309 - FD: 210 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): 35 = 130

Warding failed! Radoria clutches his head and giggles madly, before choking on a pitiful whimper!

>look [Moonsedge, Ash and Dirge] A retaining wall along the intersection holds back the earthen beds of several overgrown mountain ash trees that loom over the road. The trees' branches are denuded of leaves but heavy with snow and clusters of berries, each as rich a red as a droplet of freshly spilled blood. Graven into the retaining wall is a bas-relief of robed figures leading a procession. The sign of a nearby inn creaks in the breeze. You also see a yellow-eyed silvery lor mandrake, the repousse copper Perigourd disk raised in leafy designs, the smooth invar Radoria disk, the skull-shaped Zeminar disk, the Yardie disk, the web-draped Missoni disk, a lazy wild silver-grey dog, a massive snowy white tiger, a horned basalt grotesque that appears dead and obvious signs of someone hiding. Also here: Small Game Hunter Roelon, Missoni, Zeminar, Commodore Jaysehn, Perigourd, Lord Sorlu, Aenternoll, Lord Randsford, Hadya, Lady Aliashyrah, Grutak, Radoria who is kneeling Obvious paths: east, south, west

Sorlu's fingers begin to twitch, the movement of his lips barely perceptible as he prepares a spell. Sorlu gestures. Sorlu appears to be keenly aware of his surroundings. Perigourd throws back his shoulders and lets out a resounding yowlp! Perigourd's yowlp emboldens your fighting spirit! An inlaid leather grimoire drifts in looking for its owner. Radoria stands up. Missoni traces a finger over her vaethor-etched vertebrae. A small spark follows the path of her finger across the vertebrae. Jaysehn nods at Perigourd. Randsford traces a simple symbol as he reverently calls upon the power of his patron... Randsford gestures. Motes of lambent white-gold light appear and begin to swirl around Randsford, coalescing into a radiant aura. You feel Randsford's protection extend to you as an incandescent veil coalesces around you. [ Beacon of Courage: +0:01:00, 0:00:59 remaining. ] Radoria struggles against the fear!

 FS: 309 - FD: 210 + PvF: 4 + d100(L): -61 = 34

Warded off! Radoria slowly regains control of his senses and he wipes away the tears from his eyes and the drool dribbling down his chin. The dog paws at the ground, and its fur twitches and quivers for a moment. >look [Moonsedge, Ash and Dirge] A retaining wall along the intersection holds back the earthen beds of several overgrown mountain ash trees that loom over the road. The trees' branches are denuded of leaves but heavy with snow and clusters of berries, each as rich a red as a droplet of freshly spilled blood. Graven into the retaining wall is a bas-relief of robed figures leading a procession. The sign of a nearby inn creaks in the breeze. You also see an inlaid leather grimoire soaring around with its gilt-swept ethereal violet pinions, a yellow-eyed silvery lor mandrake, the repousse copper Perigourd disk raised in leafy designs, the smooth invar Radoria disk, the skull-shaped Zeminar disk, the Yardie disk, the web-draped Missoni disk, a lazy wild silver-grey dog, a massive snowy white tiger, a horned basalt grotesque that appears dead and obvious signs of someone hiding. Also here: Small Game Hunter Roelon, Missoni, Zeminar, Commodore Jaysehn, Perigourd, Lord Sorlu, Aenternoll, Lord Randsford, Hadya, Lady Aliashyrah, Grutak, Radoria Obvious paths: east, south, west Magister Raelee just arrived. Raelee joins Roelon's group. The magic clinging to Jaysehn unravels as the air around him gives a sudden, violent twist. Jaysehn seems less resolute. Jaysehn's movements no longer appear to be influenced by a divine power as the spiritual force fades from around his arms. Sorlu removes a dwarven slaughtering axe from in his dark hematite overcoat. Sorlu slides a mithril-edged vultite buckler inset with thick steel knobs off his shoulder, gripping it in one hand. Bakarus just arrived. An incandescent veil fades from Bakarus. An incandescent veil fades from Raelee.

You are already a member of Roelon's group. Bakarus joins Roelon's group. Your spirit is bolstered by a great sense of faith and conviction. You feel more secure basking in the glow of divine protection. [ Benediction: +0:20:00, 0:19:59 remaining. ] [ Warding Sphere: +0:20:00, 0:19:59 remaining. ] >look [Moonsedge, Ash and Dirge] A retaining wall along the intersection holds back the earthen beds of several overgrown mountain ash trees that loom over the road. The trees' branches are denuded of leaves but heavy with snow and clusters of berries, each as rich a red as a droplet of freshly spilled blood. Graven into the retaining wall is a bas-relief of robed figures leading a procession. The sign of a nearby inn creaks in the breeze. You also see an inlaid leather grimoire soaring around with its gilt-swept ethereal violet pinions, a yellow-eyed silvery lor mandrake, the repousse copper Perigourd disk raised in leafy designs, the smooth invar Radoria disk, the skull-shaped Zeminar disk, the Yardie disk, the web-draped Missoni disk, a lazy wild silver-grey dog, a massive snowy white tiger, a horned basalt grotesque that appears dead and obvious signs of someone hiding. Also here: Bakarus, Magister Raelee, Small Game Hunter Roelon, Missoni, Zeminar, Commodore Jaysehn, Perigourd, Lord Sorlu, Aenternoll, Lord Randsford, Hadya, Lady Aliashyrah, Grutak, Radoria Obvious paths: east, south, west

Dread, cold and heavy, tugs at your soul like a leaden weight.

Yardie staggers from the shadows. A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Yardie's throat and he sprints westward! A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Zeminar's throat and he sprints southward! A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Bakarus's throat and he sprints southward! [Realm] Roelon asks, "Mayor?" The surroundings are engulfed in gusts of white snow. [Realm] Petat thinks, "Cleric in TC when you bring the bodies." Missoni produces a rose-marrow potion from the depths of her airy robes. Missoni takes a drink from her rose-marrow potion. Missoni makes a horrible face! Missoni's head looks better.

Talliver just arrived.

Zeminar just arrived.

Bakarus just arrived.

Talliver slowly empties his lungs.

Roelon nods.

Zeminar joins Roelon's group.

Grutak concentrates deeply for a moment.

Bakarus joins Roelon's group.

Radoria looks less horrified and in control of himself again.

Missoni's rose-marrow potion vanishes into the depths of her airy robes.

Cracks race across a horned basalt grotesque's carved stone physique, deepening into jagged chasms. The grotesque crumbles swiftly, its composite pieces breaking into fine black powder.

Perigourd turns toward Talliver and renders a sharp salute with his kelyn bastard sword.

Sorlu glances at Talliver.

Talliver joins Roelon's group.

Missoni looks at Talliver with concern.

Jaysehn moves to stand in front of Hadya.

The lust for blood fades from Jaysehn's eyes.

Raelee removes a bunch of aloeas stem from in her leather neck pouch.

Raelee takes a bite of her aloeas stem.

Raelee's head looks better.

Perigourd says, speaking to Talliver, "The castle lies across a bridge to the south."

Raelee takes a bite of her aloeas stem.

Roelon deeply says, "Someone mentioned ah castle. Let us try..."

[Realm] Jiarine thinks, "The damn vampire is inside the castle."

Raelee put a bunch of aloeas stem in her leather neck pouch. Raelee grabs a large rose-marrow potion from a small silk-lined pocket inside of her white linen robe. Raelee takes a drink from her rose-marrow potion. Raelee makes a horrible face! Raelee's head looks better. Raelee tucks a large rose-marrow potion into a small silk-lined pocket inside of her white linen robe. Jaysehn nods at Perigourd. Raelee grabs a large brostheras potion from a gold-buttoned linen pocket inside of her white linen robe. Perigourd nods at Roelon. Raelee takes a drink from her brostheras potion. Raelee's head looks better. [Realm] Nalver thinks, "I sort of stole the mayor by accident." Dread, cold and heavy, tugs at your soul like a leaden weight. A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Aenternoll's throat and he sprints eastward! A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Sorlu's throat and he sprints eastward! A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Jaysehn's throat and he sprints eastward! A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Talliver's throat and he sprints southward! Perigourd seems less resolute. Perigourd's movements no longer appear to be influenced by a divine power as the spiritual force fades from around his arms. Roelon stands up. Commodore Jaysehn just arrived. Jaysehn joins Roelon's group. Aenternoll just arrived. Roelon pulls you to your feet. Missoni produces a bunch of haphip root from the depths of her airy robes. Raelee removes a bunch of haphip root from in her leather neck pouch. Missoni takes a bite of her haphip root. Missoni's head looks better. Raelee takes a bite of her haphip root. Raelee's head looks better. The voice of Queatus says, "Huh." [General] The ghost of Lilanna asks, "Anyone want to grab me?" Randsford traces a simple symbol as he reverently calls upon the power of his patron... Randsford gestures. Motes of lambent white-gold light appear and begin to swirl around Randsford, coalescing into a radiant aura. You feel Randsford's protection extend to you as an incandescent veil coalesces around you. [ Beacon of Courage: +0:01:00, 0:00:59 remaining. ] Aenternoll joins Roelon's group.

You are already a member of Roelon's group. Missoni's haphip root vanishes into the depths of her airy robes. Raelee put a bunch of haphip root in her leather neck pouch.

You quietly say, "Thank you."

Roelon pulls Aliashyrah to her feet.

Talliver just arrived.

Lord Sorlu just strode in. An incandescent veil fades from Sorlu. An incandescent veil fades from Aenternoll. Jaysehn removes a blue feather-shaped charm from in his dim grey pack. Roelon adds Talliver to his group. Sorlu joins Roelon's group.

>look [Moonsedge, Ash and Dirge]

A retaining wall along the intersection holds back the earthen beds of several overgrown mountain ash trees that loom over the road. The trees' branches are denuded of leaves but heavy with snow and clusters of berries, each as rich a red as a droplet of freshly spilled blood. Graven into the retaining wall is a bas-relief of robed figures leading a procession. The sign of a nearby inn creaks in the breeze. You also see the skull-shaped Zeminar disk, an inlaid leather grimoire soaring around with its gilt-swept ethereal violet pinions, a yellow-eyed silvery lor mandrake, the repousse copper Perigourd disk raised in leafy designs, the smooth invar Radoria disk, the web-draped Missoni disk, a lazy wild silver-grey dog, a massive snowy white tiger and obvious signs of someone hiding.

Also here: Lord Sorlu, Talliver, Aenternoll, Commodore Jaysehn, Bakarus, Zeminar, Magister Raelee, Small Game Hunter Roelon, Missoni, Perigourd, Lord Randsford, Hadya, Lady Aliashyrah, Grutak, Radoria

Obvious paths: east, south, west

Jaysehn rubs his feather-shaped charm. Oddly enough, Jaysehn seems somewhat more buoyant. >group Jaysehn put a blue feather-shaped charm in his dim grey pack. Bakarus nods at Raelee. Roelon is the leader of your group. Sorlu is also a member of your group. Talliver is also a member of your group. Aenternoll is also a member of your group. Jaysehn is also a member of your group. Bakarus is also a member of your group. Zeminar is also a member of your group. Raelee is also a member of your group. Missoni is also a member of your group. Perigourd is also a member of your group. Randsford is also a member of your group. Hadya is also a member of your group. Aliashyrah is also a member of your group. Grutak is also a member of your group. Radoria is also a member of your group. Your group status is currently open. You may be joined or taken into another group by the actions of another player. Click GROUP CLOSE to set your group status to closed, or click GROUP HELP for a list of other options. Small Game Hunter Roelon just moved quietly south, with his group following closely. [Moonsedge, Ash Row] Dried leaves whisper a dry susurrus as they skitter trepidatiously past shuttered businesses and boarded homes to either side of the street. The shadows of the ash trees planted in loamy beds along the center of the row stretch long and strange in the moonlight. Their leaves have almost filled the bed of a wagon that sits unattended in the middle of the roadway, forlornly dangling broken leather straps that ought to be attached to horses or mules. You also see obvious signs of someone hiding. Also here: Hadya, Lady Aliashyrah, Grutak, Radoria, Lord Randsford, Perigourd, Missoni, Magister Raelee, Zeminar, Bakarus, Commodore Jaysehn, Aenternoll, Talliver, Lord Sorlu, Small Game Hunter Roelon Obvious paths: north, southeast, south, west The bright aura of courage fades from about Aliashyrah. Small Game Hunter Roelon just moved quietly south, with his group following closely. [Moonsedge, Ash and Scarlet] Mountain ash trees lean over the roadside, heavy with clusters of bright red berries. They shadow the wreckage of a cleric's shop set back from the street, protected from prying eyes by high hedges. Heavy doors of elm bear the scars of axe blows and the windows are shattered, but a barricade on the other side blocks entry. You also see obvious signs of someone hiding. Also here: Hadya, Lady Aliashyrah, Grutak, Radoria, Lord Randsford, Perigourd, Missoni, Magister Raelee, Zeminar, Bakarus, Commodore Jaysehn, Aenternoll, Talliver, Lord Sorlu, Small Game Hunter Roelon, Commodore Nodyre, the body of Lilanna who is lying down Obvious paths: north, east, south, west Small Game Hunter Roelon just moved quietly south, with his group following closely. [Moonsedge, Ash Row] Stirred by the breeze, a thin skim of sludge swirls sluggishly in the basin of a black marble fountain. The spouts of the fountain, hoisted aloft by nubile maidens and supple young men adorned with gilt, are choked with opportunistic flora that has dried in time with the water. Across the street, the rear wall of a large manor house is draped in vines that are almost obscenely lush, garish with a growth of crimson flowers. You also see obvious signs of someone hiding. Also here: Hadya, Lady Aliashyrah, Grutak, Radoria, Lord Randsford, Perigourd, Missoni, Magister Raelee, Zeminar, Bakarus, Commodore Jaysehn, Aenternoll, Talliver, Lord Sorlu, Small Game Hunter Roelon Obvious paths: north, south Small Game Hunter Roelon just moved quietly north, with his group following closely. [Moonsedge, Ash and Scarlet] Mountain ash trees lean over the roadside, heavy with clusters of bright red berries. They shadow the wreckage of a cleric's shop set back from the street, protected from prying eyes by high hedges. Heavy doors of elm bear the scars of axe blows and the windows are shattered, but a barricade on the other side blocks entry. You also see obvious signs of someone hiding. Also here: Hadya, Lady Aliashyrah, Grutak, Radoria, Lord Randsford, Perigourd, Missoni, Magister Raelee, Zeminar, Bakarus, Commodore Jaysehn, Aenternoll, Talliver, Lord Sorlu, Small Game Hunter Roelon, Commodore Nodyre, the body of Lilanna who is lying down Obvious paths: north, east, south, west Your muscles seize spasmodically as dread overwhelms you! Roelon glances at Lilanna. Nodyre asks, "Want a raise here?" A yellow-eyed silvery lor mandrake toddles into the area and up to Missoni. Suddenly you have the strangest feeling that you are being watched. The feeling fades as quickly as it came. A chill breeze swirls about Roelon as he gestures and utters a phrase of magic. Roelon gestures. A thrashing vathor club riddled with spiky clusters suddenly sprouts from the ground and begins to thrash about violently! The vathor club lashes out, but is unable to grasp ahold of anything. A massive snowy white tiger saunters in. Randsford groans at Lilanna. [General] Lokhem thinks, "Where." [uberbarv: ******** 97 EXP Gained this Pulse ********* (20:06:24)+] A massive snowy white tiger lazily eyes a tiny scrap of discarded food and meticulously attempts to bury it, turning away to groom with the regal mien of a well-fed feline. Calling out to the powers of chaos and life, Roelon weaves the uncomplicated somatic components of his spell and releases it into the air. Roelon gestures. A strong breeze suddenly picks up and begins to blow around in different directions through the area! The vathor club lashes out, but is unable to grasp ahold of anything. The ghostly voice of Lilanna says, "Only if we have anempath." An inlaid leather grimoire drifts in looking for its owner. A red-eyed fanged black bat flies in. >look [Moonsedge, Ash and Scarlet] Mountain ash trees lean over the roadside, heavy with clusters of bright red berries. They shadow the wreckage of a cleric's shop set back from the street, protected from prying eyes by high hedges. Heavy doors of elm bear the scars of axe blows and the windows are shattered, but a barricade on the other side blocks entry. You also see a red-eyed fanged black bat that is flying around, an inlaid leather grimoire soaring around with its gilt-swept ethereal violet pinions, a massive snowy white tiger, a thrashing vathor club riddled with spiky clusters, the repousse copper Perigourd disk raised in leafy designs, the smooth invar Radoria disk, the skull-shaped Zeminar disk, the web-draped Missoni disk, a yellow-eyed silvery lor mandrake and a lazy wild silver-grey dog. Also here: Lord Sorlu, Talliver, Aenternoll, Commodore Jaysehn, Bakarus, Zeminar, Magister Raelee, Missoni, Perigourd, Lord Randsford who is lying down, Hadya, Lady Aliashyrah, Grutak who is lying down, Queatus who is lying down, Radoria, Small Game Hunter Roelon, Commodore Nodyre, the body of Lilanna who is lying down Obvious paths: north, east, south, west The ghostly voice of Lilanna says, "Got no head." Suddenly you have the strangest feeling that you are being watched. The feeling fades as quickly as it came. The vathor club lashes out, but is unable to grasp ahold of anything. A strong breeze continues to swirl through the area. Missoni frowns at Lilanna. Randsford squints. Nodyre says, "I can get you back to town or paladin raise ya here." Grutak stands up. The vathor club lashes out, but is unable to grasp ahold of anything. Roelon deeply asks, "Anyone who kin heal?" Queatus pokes Lilanna to see if she will move. A strong breeze continues to swirl through the area. [General] Nalver thinks, "If you are going to rescue Lilanna, you need to be capped and good at defending fear." Dread, cold and heavy, tugs at your soul like a leaden weight. A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Radoria's throat and he sprints northward! Queatus stands up. Randsford traces a simple symbol as he reverently calls upon the power of his patron... Randsford gestures. Motes of lambent white-gold light appear and begin to swirl around Randsford, coalescing into a radiant aura. You feel Randsford's protection extend to you as an incandescent veil coalesces around you. [ Beacon of Courage: +0:01:00, 0:00:59 remaining. ] The guiding force leaves Randsford. Radoria just arrived.

Grutak asks, speaking to Lilanna, "Lose your head did you?"

The vathor club lashes out, but is unable to grasp ahold of anything.

Radoria joins Roelon's group.

The dog hovers protectively by Missoni's side, baring its teeth at nothing in particular.

Queatus squints at Lilanna.

A strong breeze continues to swirl through the area.

An incandescent veil fades from Radoria.

Randsford traces a simple symbol as he reverently calls upon the power of his patron...

Randsford gestures.

Motes of lambent white-gold light appear and begin to swirl around Randsford, coalescing into a radiant aura.

You feel Randsford's protection extend to you as an incandescent veil coalesces around you. [ Beacon of Courage: +0:01:00, 0:00:59 remaining. ] The vathor club lashes out, but is unable to grasp ahold of anything. The shadows around you twist and undulate towards each other until they converge into an inky pillar of darkness. A strong breeze continues to swirl through the area. Queatus put a battered saw-toothed cleaver in his weapon harness. Bakarus stands up. Jiarine steps out of the pillar of darkness. The pillar of darkness ripples for a moment as it separates into shadows that recede into the darkness from which they came. A horned basalt grotesque soars in and lands, distributing its weight between two heavy stone legs. Bakarus just went south. >'I only have herbs You quietly say, "I only have herbs." With upstretched arms, Nodyre prays for a cleansing fire to burn away his enemies' transgressions... Nodyre gestures at a horned basalt grotesque. The evanescent shield shrouding a horned basalt grotesque fades briefly. Nodyre's eyes glow with pure white light, and a glimmering pillar of black-streaked white radiance manifests around a horned basalt grotesque.

 CS: +448 - TD: +329 + CvA: +25 + d100: +39 == +183
 Warding failed!
 Waves of sacred energy tear through the basalt grotesque's body!
  ... 39 points of damage!
  ... 25 points of damage!
  The basalt grotesque's fingers burn and explode leaving blackened stumps!
  ... 30 points of damage!
  Fire burns through neck and destroys carotid artery.  Painfully bloody way to die.

Jiarine inhales sharply, hissing through her teeth. The evanescent shield shrouding a horned basalt grotesque fades briefly. [SMR result: 187 (Open d100: 65, Bonus: 2)] The vathor club lashes out violently at a horned basalt grotesque, dragging it to the ground!

  ... 10 points of damage!
  Blow to the kidneys.

A chill breeze swirls about Roelon as he gestures and utters a phrase of magic. Roelon gestures at a horned basalt grotesque. Roelon draws down a shaft of dappled moonlight and bathes a horned basalt grotesque in its lucent glow. [SMR result: 158 (Open d100: 10, Bonus: 28)] A horned basalt grotesque is caught fast, the light of Liabo arresting its movements. The evanescent shield shrouding a horned basalt grotesque fades briefly. [SMR result: 270 (Open d100: 77, Bonus: 118)] A massive snowy white tiger charges forward and slashes her claws at a horned basalt grotesque faster than it can react!

  ... 10 points of damage!
  Smooth slash to the basalt grotesque's hip!
  Nice crunching sound.

The evanescent shield shrouding a horned basalt grotesque fades briefly. Perigourd swings a perfect sable kelyn bastard sword at a horned basalt grotesque!

** Luminescent motes of deep amber eject from Perigourd's kelyn bastard sword and propel toward a horned basalt grotesque with increasing speed, finally bursting in a blinding flash! **

The air about a horned basalt grotesque shimmers momentarily before the evanescent shield surrounding it collapses. A hazy film coats a horned basalt grotesque. The murky veil around a horned basalt grotesque fluxes chaotically!

  ... 20 points of damage!
  Bones from several fingers driven through the basalt grotesque's skin.
 AS: +473 vs DS: +347 with AvD: +16 + d100 roll: +47 = +189
  ... and hits for 33 points of damage!
  Smooth slash to the basalt grotesque's hip!
  Nice crunching sound.

A horned basalt grotesque soars in and lands, distributing its weight between two heavy stone legs. As Queatus draws a battered saw-toothed cleaver, the air along the blade distorts. Talliver positions himself to attack a horned basalt grotesque. The evanescent shield shrouding a horned basalt grotesque flares to life and absorbs the oncoming blow. >stance off >ms You are now in an offensive stance. You concentrate intently, focusing all your energies. With instinctive motions, you weave to and fro striking with deliberate and unrelenting fury! You attempt to jab a horned basalt grotesque! The evanescent shield shrouding a horned basalt grotesque fades briefly. You have decent positioning against a horned basalt grotesque.

 UAF: 537 vs UDF: 580 = 0.925 * MM: 122 + d100: 92 = 204
 ... and hit for 7 points of damage!
 Quick one-two jab causes slight bruising on chest.
 Strike leaves foe vulnerable to a followup jab attack!

You attempt to jab a horned basalt grotesque! You have good positioning against a horned basalt grotesque.

 UAF: 537 vs UDF: 580 = 0.925 * MM: 120 + d100: 33 = 144
 ... and hit for 5 points of damage!
 Solid jab leaves bruises on right forearm.
 Strike leaves foe vulnerable to a followup grapple attack!

You attempt to jab a horned basalt grotesque! You have decent positioning against a horned basalt grotesque.

 UAF: 537 vs UDF: 511 = 1.050 * MM: 134 + d100: 90 = 230
 ... and hit for 5 points of damage!
 Quick strike to the side takes the basalt grotesque by surprise!
 Strike leaves foe vulnerable to a followup grapple attack!

You attempt to grapple a horned basalt grotesque! You have good positioning against a horned basalt grotesque.

 UAF: 537 vs UDF: 511 = 1.050 * MM: 134 + d100: 37 = 177
 ... and hit for 36 points of damage!
 Good blow to gut disturbs last night's dinner!  The basalt grotesque suddenly looks pale!

The basalt grotesque appears to be moving more slowly!

** Your selshis skin gloves release a quivering wave of disruption! **
  ... 15 points of damage!
  The basalt grotesque's ribs warp and crack violently.

Your series of strikes and ripostes leaves you off-balance and out of position. Roundtime: 5 sec. As Zeminar summons the elements to his command, his outstretched fingertips spark and hiss with sickly green energy. Zeminar gestures at a horned basalt grotesque. The evanescent shield shrouding a horned basalt grotesque fades briefly.

 CS: +566 - TD: +332 + CvA: +25 + d100: +25 == +284
 Warding failed!
... and hits for 29 points of damage!

A horned basalt grotesque is suddenly engulfed in flames of pure essence!

  ... 20 points of damage!
  Nasty burns to right hand.  Gonna need lots of butter.
  ... 60 points of damage!
  Frigid blast shatters the basalt grotesque's right leg beyond all recognition!

[SMR result: 19 (Open d100: 89, Penalty: 25)] Despite desperate windmilling to catch its balance, a horned basalt grotesque topples! Roelon leaps to the side and avoids being flattened as the grotesque topples over with a thunderous crash!

  ... 70 points of damage!
  Massive electrical bolt burns a hole through the back and kidneys

[ MStrike Cooldown: +0:01:00, 0:00:59 remaining. ] The soulstone embedded in the grotesque's chest shatters, sending crystalline fragments flying! You hear a sound like a child weeping as a white glow separates itself from the shards and rises into the heavens. Light goes out of a horned basalt grotesque's eyes and animation departs its form in a swift jerk that travels through its stony limbs. With a thud, it collapses to the ground, looking for all the world like a lifeless statue. The air about a horned basalt grotesque shimmers momentarily before the evanescent shield surrounding it collapses. The basalt grotesque sustains massive system shock! Dark tendrils slither out of Zeminar's ebony leathers and seep into the grotesque, then quickly return. Grutak swings a dragonfly etched vultite no-dachi at a horned basalt grotesque!

 AS: +398 vs DS: +342 with AvD: +29 + d100 roll: +16 = +101
  ... and hits for 1 point of damage!
  Blow glances off the basalt grotesque's shoulder.

Jaysehn rushes a horned basalt grotesque, raising his eahnor cresset sword high to deliver a sound thrashing! [SMR result: 268 (Open d100: 59, Bonus: 135)] Jaysehn brings his sword around in a tight arc to batter a horned basalt grotesque into submission!

 AS: +532 vs DS: +342 with AvD: +25 + d100 roll: +65 = +280
  ... and hits for 60 points of damage!
  Slash to the basalt grotesque's chest!
  Breathe deep, it'll feel better in a minute.
** Necrotic energy from Jaysehn's eahnor cresset sword flares up momentarily! **
  Jaysehn appears to gain succour from the unnatural energy!
 AS: +557 vs DS: +342 with AvD: +25 + d100 roll: +20 = +260
  ... and hits for 55 points of damage!
  Slash to the basalt grotesque's chest!
  Breathe deep, it'll feel better in a minute.

Bakarus just arrived. Queatus leaps from hiding to attack! Queatus swings a battered saw-toothed cleaver at a horned basalt grotesque!

 AS: +474 vs DS: +342 with AvD: +26 + d100 roll: +39 = +197
  ... and hits for 55 points of damage!
  Solid strike caves the basalt grotesque's skull in, resulting in instant death!

Tenebrous shadows slip across Bakarus's pale skin as he demands divinity to heed his prayers. As if in answer, his copper eyes briefly blacken as he releases his fury. Bakarus gestures at a horned basalt grotesque. Particles of dust and soot rise from the ground at Bakarus's feet as he releases a pulsating, platinum ripple of energy toward a horned basalt grotesque!

 CS: +532 - TD: +292 + CvA: +25 + d125: +21 == +286
 Warding failed!
 The basalt grotesque is cloaked in a blinding platinum light and assailed for 172 points of damage!
  ... 40 points of damage!
  Encasing plasma cremates the basalt grotesque's hand leaving a bloody stump!
  ... 40 points of damage!
  The basalt grotesque's eye is melted into a bloody mess by a stunning bolt of plasma!
  ... 5 points of damage!
  Minor puncture to the right leg.

[SMR result: 239 (Open d100: 20, Bonus: 143)] Jaysehn brings his sword around in a tight arc to batter a horned basalt grotesque into submission!

 AS: +557 vs DS: +309 with AvD: +25 + d100 roll: +58 = +331
  ... and hits for 73 points of damage!
  Slash to the basalt grotesque's chest!
  Breathe deep, it'll feel better in a minute.
** Necrotic energy from Jaysehn's eahnor cresset sword flares up momentarily! **
  Jaysehn appears to gain succour from the unnatural energy!

Surprisingly, Jaysehn manages to effortlessly reverse his momentum and strike again!

 AS: +557 vs DS: +309 with AvD: +25 + d100 roll: +58 = +331
  ... and hits for 66 points of damage!
  Large gash to the right arm, several muscles torn.

The soulstone embedded in the grotesque's chest shatters, sending crystalline fragments flying! You hear a sound like a child weeping as a white glow separates itself from the shards and rises into the heavens. Light goes out of a horned basalt grotesque's eyes and animation departs its form in a swift jerk that travels through its stony limbs. With a thud, it collapses to the ground, looking for all the world like a lifeless statue. A horned basalt grotesque's movements no longer appear hampered as the lunar light encircling it fades away. With a final, explosive breath, Jaysehn pulls his sword back to a ready position. A strong breeze continues to swirl through the area. Nodyre searches a horned basalt grotesque. Cracks race across a horned basalt grotesque's carved stone physique, deepening into jagged chasms. The grotesque crumbles swiftly, its composite pieces breaking into fine black powder. [You have been awarded 1 Long Term Experience!] Nodyre picks up some silver coins. Bakarus joins Roelon's group. Jaysehn searches a horned basalt grotesque. Cracks race across a horned basalt grotesque's carved stone physique, deepening into jagged chasms. The grotesque crumbles swiftly, its composite pieces breaking into fine black powder. Jaysehn picks up some silver coins. Aenternoll stands up. Nodyre shrugs a shoulder and slides the vaalorn aegis against his back. The once energetic surface of the vaalorn aegis visibly darkens. With a discerning eye, Jaysehn gathers up a few items and casually stows them away. The vathor club lashes out, but is unable to grasp ahold of anything. Your breath catches in your throat, made ragged by the horror pounding in your chest. Zeminar stands up. Randsford gestures while calling upon the lesser spirits for aid... Randsford gestures. An invisible force guides Randsford. A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Roelon's throat and he sprints northward! [uberbarv: ******** 83 EXP Gained this Pulse ********* (20:07:16)+] >_state scripting on >Stance off >Ms grot You are now in an offensive stance. What were you referring to? Jiarine taps Talliver lightly on his shoulder. >stance def >_state scripting off The frosty white web of protection surrounding Perigourd falls away, unraveling as it fades. >look You are now in a defensive stance. [Moonsedge, Ash and Scarlet] Mountain ash trees lean over the roadside, heavy with clusters of bright red berries. They shadow the wreckage of a cleric's shop set back from the street, protected from prying eyes by high hedges. Heavy doors of elm bear the scars of axe blows and the windows are shattered, but a barricade on the other side blocks entry. You also see the smooth invar Radoria disk, a red-eyed fanged black bat that is flying around, an inlaid leather grimoire soaring around with its gilt-swept ethereal violet pinions, a massive snowy white tiger, a thrashing vathor club riddled with spiky clusters, the repousse copper Perigourd disk raised in leafy designs, the skull-shaped Zeminar disk, the web-draped Missoni disk, a yellow-eyed silvery lor mandrake and a lazy wild silver-grey dog. Also here: Bakarus, Jiarine, Radoria, Lord Sorlu, Talliver, Aenternoll, Commodore Jaysehn who is lying down, Zeminar, Magister Raelee who is lying down, Missoni who is lying down, Perigourd who is lying down, Lord Randsford who is lying down, Hadya, Lady Aliashyrah, Grutak who is lying down, Queatus, Commodore Nodyre, the body of Lilanna who is lying down Obvious paths: north, east, south, west A massive snowy white tiger scrambles out of sight. Jaysehn stands up. The fanged black bat flies off. Jiarine says, "I found vampires." The frosty white web of protection surrounding Jaysehn falls away, unraveling as it fades. Nodyre quickly whips the vaalorn aegis off his shoulder and onto his awaiting arm. The surface of the aegis pulses with ultramarine and argent energy. You hear very soft footsteps. A strong breeze continues to swirl through the area. Randsford stands up. Roelon bellows a guttural series of oaths. The vathor club lashes out, but is unable to grasp ahold of anything. Grutak concentrates deeply for a moment. You feel recovered from your whirlwind flurry of strikes. Grutak stands up. A red-eyed fanged black bat flies in. The ghostly voice of Lilanna says, "Dp it." [General] Fulmen asks, "Where are ya?" Queatus frowns. A strong breeze continues to swirl through the area. The ghostly voice of Lilanna says, "Do it." The vathor club lashes out, but is unable to grasp ahold of anything. Jaysehn's surge of empowerment fades. Roelon's surge of empowerment fades. Radoria's surge of empowerment fades. Queatus's surge of empowerment fades. Grutak's surge of empowerment fades. Aliashyrah's surge of empowerment fades. Hadya's surge of empowerment fades. Your surge of empowerment fades. Bakarus's surge of empowerment fades. You return to your normal level of boldness. Randsford's surge of empowerment fades. Aenternoll's surge of empowerment fades. Sorlu's surge of empowerment fades. Perigourd's surge of empowerment fades. Raelee's surge of empowerment fades. Zeminar's surge of empowerment fades. Missoni's surge of empowerment fades. >'::jiar just don't become one. You say, speaking quietly to Jiarine, "Just don't become one." Radoria joins Roelon's group. Perigourd pulls Missoni closer to himself. Perigourd just pulled Lilanna's lifeless body into his arms. Roelon deeply says, "Regroup." A strong breeze continues to swirl through the area. The vathor club lashes out, but is unable to grasp ahold of anything. >join roe You join Roelon. Sorlu joins Roelon's group. Aenternoll joins Roelon's group. A haze of black mist gathers around Nodyre as he prepares a spell... Randsford nods in agreement at Roelon. Queatus joins Roelon's group. Nodyre gestures at Lilanna. Bending at the waist, Nodyre forcefully brings his hands down upon Lilanna's chest and pushes for several seconds. Nodyre releases the pressure and then repeats the process of compressing her chest for several seconds, all the while murmuring a soft prayer over him. With one final push upon her sternum, Nodyre releases a surge of divine energy into Lilanna. Lilanna's body suddenly grows darker. Someone begins singing of heroic deeds. As someone sings, the air sparkles briefly. Someone unseen begins singing of Kai's many triumphs. Someone begins singing of valiant legends. Someone begins singing a sibilant melody. Randsford joins Roelon's group. Dread, cold and heavy, tugs at your soul like a leaden weight. A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Roelon's throat and he sprints eastward! A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Jaysehn's throat and he sprints westward! Jiarine says, "Maybe I wiil look even more dazzling." Randsford traces a simple symbol as he reverently calls upon the power of his patron... Randsford gestures. Motes of lambent white-gold light appear and begin to swirl around Randsford, coalescing into a radiant aura. The fanged black bat flies off. A strong breeze continues to swirl through the area. A massive snowy white tiger scrambles out of sight. Queatus stands up. Lilanna stands up. Queatus mutters under his breath. "For Imaera," Perigourd murmurs as he stows his kelyn bastard sword in his faewood scabbard with a flash of vibrant forest green radiance. A harmony of woodland scents and sounds lingers briefly in the air. A brief shimmer of honey amber light erupts from inside the scabbard along with a muffled huff. Perigourd grabs a sleek cherry red wand from a large pocket inside of his green suede cloak. Perigourd tucks a sleek cherry red wand into a large pocket inside of his green suede cloak. Commodore Jaysehn just arrived. Bakarus pulls Raelee to her feet. Lilanna says, "Thankee." You hear very soft footsteps. The vathor club suddenly stops moving, drops to the ground, and dissolves away. Jaysehn joins Roelon's group. An incandescent veil fades from Perigourd. An incandescent veil fades from Jaysehn. An incandescent veil fades from Missoni. An incandescent veil fades from a lazy wild silver-grey dog. An incandescent veil fades from Aenternoll. An incandescent veil fades from Talliver. An incandescent veil fades from Sorlu. An incandescent veil fades from Roelon. An incandescent veil fades from Queatus. An incandescent veil fades from Grutak. An incandescent veil fades from Aliashyrah. An incandescent veil fades from Hadya. An incandescent veil fades from you. An incandescent veil fades from a massive snowy white tiger. An incandescent veil fades from Raelee. An incandescent veil fades from Bakarus. An incandescent veil fades from Radoria. An incandescent veil fades from Zeminar. [General] Nalver thinks, "She is in Moonsedge." A strong breeze continues to swirl through the area. Roelon curses fluently. Perigourd stands up. Jiarine joins Roelon's group. Sorlu pulls Aliashyrah to her feet. Perigourd grabs a sleek cherry red wand from a large pocket inside of his green suede cloak. Perigourd waves a sleek cherry red wand at Nodyre. The glazed look leaves Nodyre. Perigourd tucks a sleek cherry red wand into a large pocket inside of his green suede cloak. Sorlu joins Roelon's group. Nodyre joins Roelon's group. Roelon basks in a divine force that suddenly surrounds him. Jaysehn basks in a divine force that suddenly surrounds him. Jiarine basks in a divine force that suddenly surrounds her. Sorlu basks in a divine force that suddenly surrounds him. Perigourd pulls Nodyre to his feet. Missoni idly spins her urglaes thumb-ring. Aenternoll joins Roelon's group. Aenternoll basks in a divine force that suddenly surrounds him. A red-eyed fanged black bat flies in. "For Imaera!" Perigourd declares as he draws a perfect sable kelyn bastard sword from his faewood scabbard. The sword traces an arc of vibrant forest green radiance in its wake. A harmony of woodland scents and sounds fills the air for a moment. A ripple of honey amber light shimmers over the surface of the sword as a faint huff vibrates through it. Randsford stands up. Perigourd tries to pull Randsford towards him. A strong breeze continues to swirl through the area. Raelee joins Roelon's group. Raelee basks in a divine force that suddenly surrounds her.

Missoni stands up.

Jaysehn says, "This is not tenable. Either we push to the castle swiftly or we'll be forced to withdraw."

Queatus squints at a battered saw-toothed cleaver.

A skull soars in, wreathed in cerulean flames. Moments later, the death knight's body marches in after it, and the skull hovers into place over the neckpiece of the knight's armor.

Aliashyrah joins Roelon's group.

Aliashyrah basks in a divine force that suddenly surrounds her. Roelon deeply says, "We need to move swiftly, before this fear imbeds itself in us more." Radoria drops to his knees in utter despair! Overcome by the pure evil emanating from the death knight, Radoria's arms fall slack at his side and his eyes grow wide with an overwhelming look of fear! Aliashyrah drops to her knees in utter despair! Overcome by the pure evil emanating from the death knight, Aliashyrah's arms fall slack at her side and her eyes grow wide with an overwhelming look of fear! Overcome by the pure evil emanating from the death knight, Grutak's arms fall slack at his side and his eyes fill with paralyzing fear! Lilanna drops to her knees in utter despair! Overcome by the pure evil emanating from the death knight, Lilanna's arms fall slack at her side and her eyes grow wide with an overwhelming look of fear! A strong breeze continues to swirl through the area. An infernal death knight struggles momentarily with the gale. Queatus leaps from hiding to attack! Queatus swings a battered saw-toothed cleaver at an infernal death knight!

 AS: +464 vs DS: +453 with AvD: +32 + d100 roll: +58 = +101
  ... and hits for 7 points of damage!
  Flashy swing!
  The death knight is lucky that it only bopped his nose.

Jaysehn lets loose an eerie, modulating cry! [SSR result: 211 (Open d100: 86)] An infernal death knight looks at Jaysehn in utter terror! An infernal death knight freezes in place, shaking with terror! Your breath catches in your throat, made ragged by the horror pounding in your chest. As Missoni summons the elements to her command, her outstretched fingertips spark and hiss with sickly green energy. Missoni gestures at an infernal death knight.

 CS: +576 - TD: +294 + CvA: +25 + d100: +67 == +374
 Warding failed!
... and hits for 57 points of damage!

An infernal death knight is suddenly engulfed in flames of pure essence!

  ... 95 points of damage!
  Head explodes, splattering sizzling bits of flesh and bone everywhere.

You hear a sound like a child weeping as a white glow separates itself from the death knight's body and rises into the heavens. He clutches at his armored chest. His flaming eyes blaze precipitously as white-hot fire erupts from his floating head, consuming it in a burst of blinding light! The headless corpse sinks to the ground, unmoving. The guiding force leaves an infernal death knight. An infernal death knight seems a bit less imposing. The death knight suddenly stops moving light-footedly. An infernal death knight looks momentarily uneasy, but quickly recovers.

** Necrotic energy from Missoni's lor staff flares up momentarily! **
  Missoni appears to gain succour from the unnatural energy!

A dull prismatic glow suffuses the rose gold headdress as it absorbs some power. Zeminar stands up. Perigourd nods in agreement at Jaysehn. Radoria stands up. Sorlu pulls Aliashyrah to her feet. >'::Jiarine Your so bright now I can't hardly stand it You say, speaking quietly to Jiarine, "Your so bright now I can't hardly stand it." Grutak regains control of his senses! Jaysehn switches to a one-handed grip on his eahnor cresset sword. Jaysehn deftly removes the nacreous longsword from his swordbelt. Roelon draws an intricately glowing pattern in the air before him. Radoria joins Roelon's group. Radoria basks in a divine force that suddenly surrounds him. Bakarus stands up. Missoni searches an infernal death knight. Groans and cracks emanate from an infernal death knight's armor as it suddenly succumbs to metal fatigue. Within seconds, his skeletal form collapses into blanched powder and blows away. Missoni picks up some silver coins. Sorlu pulls Lilanna to her feet. Radoria struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 210 + PvF: 2 + d100(L): 99 = 187

Warding failed! Radoria drops to his knees in utter despair! Radoria rocks back and forth while sobbing uncontrollably! Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 69 + FvP: 1 + d100(L): 75 = 307

Warding failed! Lilanna drops to her knees in utter despair! Lilanna cowers in fear! Aliashyrah struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 66 + FvP: 8 + d100(L): 95 = 337

Warding failed! Aliashyrah drops to her knees in utter despair! Aliashyrah chatters her teeth rapidly! A strong breeze continues to swirl through the area. [uberbarv: ******** 82 EXP Gained this Pulse ********* (20:08:24)+] Radoria stands up. Queatus babbles something unintelligible. Jiarine smirks. Sorlu pulls Aliashyrah to her feet. >look Radoria's spirits are no longer lifted. Aenternoll's spirits are no longer lifted. Zeminar's spirits are no longer lifted. Bakarus's spirits are no longer lifted. Raelee's spirits are no longer lifted. Queatus's spirits are no longer lifted. Grutak's spirits are no longer lifted. Randsford's spirits are no longer lifted. Aliashyrah's spirits are no longer lifted. Sorlu's spirits are no longer lifted. Hadya's spirits are no longer lifted. Your spirits are no longer lifted by stories of Kai's Triumphs. The air stops shimmering around Roelon. The air stops shimmering around Radoria. The air stops shimmering around Aenternoll. The air stops shimmering around Zeminar. The air stops shimmering around Bakarus. The air stops shimmering around Raelee. The air stops shimmering around Queatus. The air stops shimmering around Grutak. The air stops shimmering around Randsford. The air stops shimmering around Aliashyrah. The air stops shimmering around Sorlu. The air stops shimmering around Hadya. The air stops shimmering around you. Roelon's spirits are no longer lifted. [Moonsedge, Ash and Scarlet] Mountain ash trees lean over the roadside, heavy with clusters of bright red berries. They shadow the wreckage of a cleric's shop set back from the street, protected from prying eyes by high hedges. Heavy doors of elm bear the scars of axe blows and the windows are shattered, but a barricade on the other side blocks entry. You also see a crystal amulet, a red-eyed fanged black bat that is flying around, a massive snowy white tiger, the smooth invar Radoria disk, an inlaid leather grimoire soaring around with its gilt-swept ethereal violet pinions, the repousse copper Perigourd disk raised in leafy designs, the skull-shaped Zeminar disk, the web-draped Missoni disk, a yellow-eyed silvery lor mandrake and a lazy wild silver-grey dog. Also here: Small Game Hunter Roelon, Commodore Jaysehn, Bakarus, Jiarine, Radoria, Lord Sorlu, Talliver, Aenternoll, Zeminar, Magister Raelee, Missoni, Perigourd, Lord Randsford, Hadya, Lady Aliashyrah, Grutak, Queatus, Commodore Nodyre, Lilanna who is kneeling Obvious paths: north, east, south, west Queatus put a battered saw-toothed cleaver in his weapon harness. Roelon pulls on Radoria, trying to get him closer. Sorlu pulls Lilanna to her feet. Suddenly you have the strangest feeling that you are being watched. The feeling fades as quickly as it came. A strong breeze continues to swirl through the area. A crystal amulet is suddenly picked up by the wind and blown north! With a primal scream, Missoni issues a demand to the dead. Sinuous spirits rise from the ground and twine about her arms Missoni gestures. Missoni momentarily gets a faroff look in her eyes, and then returns to normal. >bef list [Dreavening] Dreaven: "Current raffle jackpot is 550,000 silvers. Current chance to win is 20.0%. Drawing is Sat Nov 12 2022. It's only 100k silvers (no notes) to enter! You do not need to be present to win. Whisper Dreaven 'raffle status' to see if you have entered the current raffle." Searching through the lands for your friends...

1. Gespry is around Moonsedge. (Warm)

17. Dendum is somewhere in Elanthia. (Friendly) 19. Roelon is around Moonsedge. (Warm) 28. Loralaii is somewhere in Elanthia. (Warm) 35. Kitton is somewhere in Elanthia. (Neutral) 38. Citan is around the town of Wehnimer's Landing. (Friendly) 35 of your friends could not be found in Elanthia. To view all of your friends: BEFRIEND LIST ALL. Radoria struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 210 + PvF: 1 + d100(L): 92 = 181

Warding failed! Radoria drops to his knees in utter despair! Radoria remains huddled on the ground in a spastic, jittering heap! Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 69 + FvP: 1 + d100(L): 84 = 316

Warding failed! Lilanna drops to her knees in utter despair! Lilanna cowers in fear! Aliashyrah struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 66 + FvP: 9 + d100(L): 78 = 321

Warding failed! Aliashyrah drops to her knees in utter despair! Aliashyrah is racked by convulsive shivers! Queatus carefully removes his chainsil shroud, his expression somber. As he does, the air directly in front of him shimmers for a brief moment, and his eyes are locked on the effect until it fades away completely. Aliashyrah stands up. Randsford traces a simple symbol as he reverently calls upon the power of his patron... Randsford gestures. Motes of lambent white-gold light appear and begin to swirl around Randsford, coalescing into a radiant aura. Queatus fiddles with the top of the black ko'nag case, causing the metal plates to open. Queatus put a night black chainsil shroud in his black ko'nag case. [Dreavening] Dreaven: "I am now inviting people to the cool kid's table. Loresinging is back at Dreavening pre-services! Be sure to GIVE Vonaq a CONTAINER filled with no more than 5 items you want loresung to. For more information about this and all other services check out this link: https://bit.ly/37LSVKm." Lilanna stands up. A strong breeze continues to swirl through the area. Aliashyrah rubs her triangular bone talisman. A bright aura of courage appears about Aliashyrah. Queatus removes a small silver talisman from in his black ko'nag case. Randsford joins Roelon's group. Randsford basks in a divine force that suddenly surrounds him. [Dreavening] Dreaven: "15 minutes until the next Dreavening. Wayside Inn, Landing room number 3619 then GO ITENO TABLE twice. The game being played this time is: Roshambo and CaH." Grutak looks less horrified and in control of himself again. Your heart skips a beat in your chest as panic overwhelms you. Desperation to escape the horrors around you makes you curl into a shivering ball on the ground. A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Nodyre's throat and he sprints southward! The divine force surrounding Aenternoll slowly fades away. "For Imaera," Perigourd murmurs as he stows his kelyn bastard sword in his faewood scabbard with a flash of vibrant forest green radiance. A harmony of woodland scents and sounds lingers briefly in the air. A brief shimmer of honey amber light erupts from inside the scabbard along with a muffled huff. Radoria struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 210 + PvF: 1 + d100(L): 46 = 135

Warding failed! Radoria eyes grow wide with inner terror! Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 69 + FvP: 1 + d100(L): 83 = 315

Warding failed! Lilanna drops to her knees in utter despair! Lilanna moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! Aliashyrah struggles against the fear! Aliashyrah slowly regains control of her senses and she wipes away the tears from her eyes and the drool dribbling down her chin.

 FS: 300 - FD: 66 + FvP: 9 + d100(L): 100 = 343

Warding failed! Aliashyrah moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! Jiarine carefully removes some dirty haphip root from one of the smaller compartments inside her kidskin kit. Commodore Nodyre just arrived. Perigourd grabs a small brass talisman from a raw leather bag cinched with braided maoral roots inside of his green suede cloak. Queatus put a small silver talisman in his raven-hued longcoat. A strong breeze continues to swirl through the area. >look [Moonsedge, Ash and Scarlet] Mountain ash trees lean over the roadside, heavy with clusters of bright red berries. They shadow the wreckage of a cleric's shop set back from the street, protected from prying eyes by high hedges. Heavy doors of elm bear the scars of axe blows and the windows are shattered, but a barricade on the other side blocks entry. You also see a red-eyed fanged black bat that is flying around, a massive snowy white tiger, the smooth invar Radoria disk, an inlaid leather grimoire soaring around with its gilt-swept ethereal violet pinions, the repousse copper Perigourd disk raised in leafy designs, the skull-shaped Zeminar disk, the web-draped Missoni disk, a yellow-eyed silvery lor mandrake and a lazy wild silver-grey dog. Also here: Commodore Nodyre, Small Game Hunter Roelon, Commodore Jaysehn, Bakarus, Jiarine, Radoria who is kneeling, Lord Sorlu, Talliver, Aenternoll, Zeminar, Magister Raelee, Missoni, Perigourd, Lord Randsford, Hadya, Lady Aliashyrah who is lying down, Grutak, Queatus, Lilanna who is kneeling Obvious paths: north, east, south, west Jiarine takes a bite of her haphip root. Jiarine's head looks better. Missoni ponders. Roelon pulls Aliashyrah to her feet. Perigourd tucks a small brass talisman into a raw leather bag cinched with braided maoral roots inside of his green suede cloak. Nodyre chuckles. Nodyre joins Roelon's group. Aenternoll basks in a divine force that suddenly surrounds him. Jiarine carefully adds some dirty haphip root to one of the smaller compartments inside her kidskin kit. Radoria stands up. Perigourd grabs a dimly glowing triangular bone talisman from a raw leather bag cinched with braided maoral roots inside of his green suede cloak. Sorlu winces. Queatus reaches into his sack and removes a dimly glowing triangular bone talisman. Roelon pulls on Radoria, trying to get him closer. Jiarine carefully removes some cactacae spine from one of the smaller compartments inside her kidskin kit. Missoni forages around briefly but doesn't seem to find anything useful. Jiarine takes a bite of her cactacae spine. Jiarine's left arm looks better. Radoria struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 210 + FvP: 4 + d100(L): 73 = 167

Warding failed! Radoria drops to his knees in utter despair! Radoria moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 69 + FvP: 1 + d100(L): 45 = 277

Warding failed! Lilanna clutches her head and giggles madly, before choking on a pitiful whimper! Aliashyrah struggles against the fear! Aliashyrah slowly regains control of her senses and she wipes away the tears from her eyes and the drool dribbling down her chin.

 FS: 300 - FD: 66 + FvP: 9 + d100(L): 16 = 259

Warding failed! Aliashyrah drops to her knees in utter despair! Aliashyrah twitches fitfully! Perigourd slings his faewood battle shield over his shoulder and onto a series of straps on the back of his leather baldric. Queatus hangs a dimly glowing triangular bone talisman around his neck. A strong breeze continues to swirl through the area. Roelon pulls Lilanna to her feet. Jiarine takes a bite of her cactacae spine. Jiarine's left leg looks better. Aliashyrah stands up. Queatus rubs his triangular bone talisman. A bright aura of courage appears about Queatus. Jiarine carefully adds some cactacae spine to one of the smaller compartments inside her kidskin kit. Missoni forages around briefly but doesn't seem to find anything useful. Radoria stands up. Gusts of heavy snowfall blow across the area. A strong breeze continues to swirl through the area. Suddenly the plates at the top of Queatus's black ko'nag case snap shut with a loud *CLICK*! Sorlu pulls you to your feet. Radoria struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 210 + FvP: 4 + d100(L): 94 = 188

Warding failed! Radoria drops to his knees in utter despair! Radoria chatters his teeth rapidly! Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 69 + FvP: 1 + d100(L): 45 = 277

Warding failed! Lilanna drops to her knees in utter despair! Lilanna twitches fitfully! The forceful strain in Jaysehn's arms lessens. Aliashyrah struggles against the fear! Aliashyrah slowly regains control of her senses and she wipes away the tears from her eyes and the drool dribbling down her chin.

 FS: 300 - FD: 66 + FvP: 9 + d100(L): 21 = 264

Warding failed! Aliashyrah drops to her knees in utter despair! Aliashyrah remains huddled on the ground in a spastic, jittering heap! Missoni forages around briefly but doesn't seem to find anything useful. Perigourd removes a golden brown acorn amulet from around his neck, causing the green glow to fade. Sorlu pulls Aliashyrah to her feet. Your heart skips a beat in your chest as panic overwhelms you. Desperation to escape the horrors around you makes you curl into a shivering ball on the ground. Perigourd tucks a golden brown acorn amulet into a raw leather bag cinched with braided maoral roots inside of his green suede cloak. A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Aenternoll's throat and he sprints westward! A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Roelon's throat and he sprints westward! The guiding force leaves Randsford. Randsford says, "We should regroup outside, this dread is becoming too much for everyone." A strong breeze continues to swirl through the area. Queatus removes a dimly glowing triangular bone talisman from his neck. [Realm] Nalver thinks, "Watchout. Undead coming out of the gate." A massive snowy white tiger scrambles out of sight. The fanged black bat flies off. >'when did I land on my rear You quietly say, "When did I land on my rear." A smouldering skeletal dreadsteed canters in, azure sparks flying from its fiery mane. Missoni forages briefly and manages to find a calmintha flower! Radoria stands up. Talliver nods at Randsford. Queatus offers Lilanna a dimly glowing triangular bone talisman. Perigourd removes a malachite studded copper torc from his neck. Aenternoll just arrived. Radoria agrees with Randsford. Perigourd hangs a dimly glowing triangular bone talisman around his neck. Radoria struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 210 + FvP: 4 + d100(L): 12 = 106

Warding failed! Radoria drops to his knees in utter despair! Radoria wails in exquisite fear! Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 69 + FvP: 1 + d100(L): -49 = 183

Warding failed! Lilanna moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! Aliashyrah struggles against the fear! Aliashyrah slowly regains control of her senses and she wipes away the tears from her eyes and the drool dribbling down her chin.

 FS: 300 - FD: 66 + FvP: 9 + d100(L): 39 = 282

Warding failed! Aliashyrah drops to her knees in utter despair! Aliashyrah moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! Perigourd rubs his triangular bone talisman. Jaysehn says, "A wise hunter knows when his prey has elduded him. This is not sustainable." Nodyre tries to pull Randsford towards him. Grutak concentrates deeply for a moment. A cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast bounds in, landing with surprising grace. A horned basalt grotesque soars in and lands, distributing its weight between two heavy stone legs. Perigourd removes a dimly glowing triangular bone talisman from his neck. The frosty white web of protection surrounding Jaysehn falls away, unraveling as it fades. Aliashyrah stands up. As Zeminar summons the elements to his command, his outstretched fingertips spark and hiss with sickly green energy. Zeminar gestures at a horned basalt grotesque. The evanescent shield shrouding a horned basalt grotesque fades briefly.

 CS: +566 - TD: +346 + CvA: +25 + d100: +8 == +253
 Warding failed!
... and hits for 26 points of damage!

A horned basalt grotesque is suddenly engulfed in flames of pure essence!

  ... 60 points of damage!
  Flame engulfs back: a horned basalt grotesque flambe!
  ... 60 points of damage!
  The basalt grotesque fails to avoid the icy blast and that, as the story goes, is it!
  ... 105 points of damage!
  Powerful blast reduces the basalt grotesque to a smoldering pile of ash!
  ... 35 points of damage!
  Hard blow to chest breaking ribs!
  Hard to breathe!

The basalt grotesque sustains massive system shock! The soulstone embedded in the grotesque's chest shatters, sending crystalline fragments flying! You hear a sound like a child weeping as a white glow separates itself from the shards and rises into the heavens. Light goes out of a horned basalt grotesque's eyes and animation departs its form in a swift jerk that travels through its stony limbs. With a thud, it collapses to the ground, looking for all the world like a lifeless statue. The air about a horned basalt grotesque shimmers momentarily before the evanescent shield surrounding it collapses. Dark tendrils slither out of Zeminar's ebony leathers and seep into the grotesque, then quickly return. A strong breeze continues to swirl through the area. A cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast struggles momentarily with the gale. A smouldering skeletal dreadsteed struggles momentarily with the gale. Sorlu pulls Aliashyrah closer to himself. Perigourd hangs a malachite studded copper torc around his neck. Tenebrous shadows slip across Bakarus's pale skin as he demands divinity to heed his prayers. As if in answer, his copper eyes briefly blacken as he releases his fury. Bakarus gestures at a cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast. Grutak drops to his knees in utter despair! Overcome by the pure evil emanating from the tatterdemalion ghast, Grutak's arms fall slack at his side and his eyes grow wide with an overwhelming look of fear! Particles of dust and soot rise from the ground at Bakarus's feet as he releases a pulsating, platinum ripple of energy toward a cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast!

 CS: +532 - TD: +315 + CvA: +20 + d125: +74 == +311
 Warding failed!
 The tatterdemalion ghast is cloaked in a blinding platinum light and assailed for 234 points of damage!
  ... 60 points of damage!
  Muscle and bone blasted to pieces by searing wave of energy!
  The tatterdemalion ghast is stunned!
  ... 75 points of damage!
  Internal organs boil and explode in a bloody spray!

You hear a sound like a child weeping as a white glow separates itself from the tatterdemalion ghast's body and rises into the heavens. A cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast lets out a hoarse cry that devolves into dry, rasping coughs. Spasms race through his form, dead muscles seizing and clenching before at last going still. A cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast exhales the last of a virulent green mist. Jaysehn carefully hangs his longsword from his swordbelt. It rattles against the crossbow hanging from it, and he carefully adjusts them. Jaysehn grips his eahnor cresset sword with both hands. Jaysehn rushes a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed, raising his eahnor cresset sword high to deliver a sound thrashing! [SMR result: 257 (Open d100: 178, Bonus: 18)] Jaysehn brings his sword around in a tight arc to batter a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed into submission!

 AS: +459 vs DS: +587 with AvD: +36 + d100 roll: +44 = -48
  A clean miss.

By amazing chance, the skeletal dreadsteed evades the attack! With upstretched arms, Nodyre prays for a cleansing fire to burn away his enemies' transgressions... Nodyre gestures at a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed. Nodyre's eyes glow with pure white light, and a glimmering pillar of black-streaked white radiance manifests around a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed.

 CS: +461 - TD: +309 + CvA: +25 + d100: +95 == +272
 Warding failed!
 Waves of sacred energy tear through the skeletal dreadsteed's body!
  ... 61 points of damage!
  ... 75 points of damage!
  The skeletal dreadsteed's skeletal structure and muscle tissue reduced to fine ash!

You hear a sound like a child weeping as a white glow separates itself from the skeletal dreadsteed's body and rises into the heavens. A smouldering skeletal dreadsteed's head tosses and it lets out a terrible death whinny that slices coldly through the air. It sags, lifeless, the blue flames of its mane winking out one by one. The licks of blue flame surrounding a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed flare up one last time before vanishing with a staticky crackle. The frosty white web of protection surrounding Jiarine falls away, unraveling as it fades. Randsford stands up. Radoria stands up. [General] Lilanna thinks, "Btter now, thankee." With a final, explosive breath, Jaysehn pulls his sword back to a ready position. The frosty white web of protection surrounding Randsford falls away, unraveling as it fades. Perigourd tucks a dimly glowing triangular bone talisman into a raw leather bag cinched with braided maoral roots inside of his green suede cloak. Jiarine says, "You should leave those who cannot handle the fear." The frosty white web of protection surrounding Nodyre falls away, unraveling as it fades. Sorlu pulls Lilanna to her feet. Perigourd draws his kelyn bastard sword in the gracious name of Imaera! The sword traces an arc of vibrant forest green radiance in its wake. A harmony of woodland scents and sounds fills the air for a moment. A ripple of honey amber light shimmers over the surface of the sword as a faint huff vibrates through it. With a swift shrug of his shoulder, Perigourd slings a dark faewood battle shield carved with an intricate doe trippant off from a series of straps on the back of his leather baldric. You hear very soft footsteps. Randsford traces a simple symbol as he reverently calls upon the power of his patron... Randsford gestures. Motes of lambent white-gold light appear and begin to swirl around Randsford, coalescing into a radiant aura. Nodyre searches a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed. Cracks spread through a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed's bony form as fingers of rust race to consume its barding. Within moments, naught remains but a commingling of dust, ruddy and pale. Nodyre picks up some silver coins. A red-eyed fanged black bat flies in. Nodyre searches a horned basalt grotesque. Cracks race across a horned basalt grotesque's carved stone physique, deepening into jagged chasms. The grotesque crumbles swiftly, its composite pieces breaking into fine black powder. Nodyre picks up some silver coins. [uberbarv: ******** 83 EXP Gained this Pulse ********* (20:09:32)+] Nodyre searches a cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast. Maggots and buzzing flies burst from a cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast's flesh as his skin peels and crumbles. The scavenging insects rapidly consume the remains, leaving little but brittle bones. Nodyre picks up some silver coins. Roelon bellows a guttural series of oaths. Nodyre shrugs a shoulder and slides the vaalorn aegis against his back. The once energetic surface of the vaalorn aegis visibly darkens. >st and You stand back up. Roundtime: 3 sec. With a discerning eye, Nodyre gathers up a few items and casually stows them away. Radoria struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 210 + FvP: 4 + d100(L): 64 = 158

Warding failed! Radoria drops to his knees in utter despair! Radoria remains huddled on the ground in a spastic, jittering heap! Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 69 + FvP: 1 + d100(L): 85 = 317

Warding failed! Lilanna drops to her knees in utter despair! Lilanna moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! Aliashyrah struggles against the fear! Aliashyrah slowly regains control of her senses and she wipes away the tears from her eyes and the drool dribbling down her chin.

 FS: 300 - FD: 66 + FvP: 9 + d100(L): 48 = 291

Warding failed! Aliashyrah drops to her knees in utter despair! Aliashyrah remains huddled on the ground in a spastic, jittering heap! A strong breeze continues to swirl through the area. Talliver says, "I must agree." >stance off Nodyre quickly whips the vaalorn aegis off his shoulder and onto his awaiting arm. The surface of the aegis pulses with ultramarine and argent energy. ...wait 2 seconds. >ms ...wait 2 seconds. Missoni sniffs at her calmintha flower. Grutak struggles against the fear!

 FS: 315 - FD: 246 + PvF: 2 + d100(L): 98 = 165

Warding failed! Grutak moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! >look >stance off >ms [Moonsedge, Ash and Scarlet] Mountain ash trees lean over the roadside, heavy with clusters of bright red berries. They shadow the wreckage of a cleric's shop set back from the street, protected from prying eyes by high hedges. Heavy doors of elm bear the scars of axe blows and the windows are shattered, but a barricade on the other side blocks entry. You also see a red-eyed fanged black bat that is flying around, a massive snowy white tiger, the smooth invar Radoria disk, an inlaid leather grimoire soaring around with its gilt-swept ethereal violet pinions, the repousse copper Perigourd disk raised in leafy designs, the skull-shaped Zeminar disk, the web-draped Missoni disk, a yellow-eyed silvery lor mandrake and a lazy wild silver-grey dog. Also here: Small Game Hunter Roelon, Aenternoll, Commodore Nodyre who is lying down, Commodore Jaysehn who is lying down, Bakarus, Jiarine, Radoria who is kneeling, Lord Sorlu, Talliver, Zeminar, Magister Raelee, Missoni, Perigourd, Lord Randsford, Hadya, Lady Aliashyrah who is kneeling, Grutak who is kneeling, Queatus, Lilanna who is kneeling Obvious paths: north, east, south, west You are now in an offensive stance. You spin about but don't see anything to hit! Lilanna stands up. Sorlu pulls Nodyre to his feet. Randsford traces a simple symbol as he reverently calls upon the power of his patron... Randsford gestures. Motes of lambent white-gold light appear and begin to swirl around Randsford, coalescing into a radiant aura. Radoria stands up. Roelon raises an eyebrow. >stand You are already standing. Missoni rubs a calmintha flower in her hand. A smouldering skeletal dreadsteed canters in, azure sparks flying from its fiery mane. Jaysehn stands up. Tenebrous shadows slip across Bakarus's pale skin as he demands divinity to heed his prayers. As if in answer, his copper eyes briefly blacken as he releases his fury. Bakarus gestures at a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed. [SMR result: 243 (Open d100: 162)]

** Tendrils of shadowy green energy lash out from Bakarus's dawn surita staff toward a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed and cage it within bands of concentric geometry that constrict as one, shattering upon impact! **
  ... 10 points of damage!
  The skeletal dreadsteed's eye swells but settles back into its socket.
  The skeletal dreadsteed is stunned!
** Slick viridian snakes wriggle from the end of Bakarus's dawn surita staff and slither along the ground to a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed, where they unleash a brutal, venomous assault! **

Particles of dust and soot rise from the ground at Bakarus's feet as he releases a pulsating, platinum ripple of energy toward a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed!

 CS: +562 - TD: +309 + CvA: +25 + d125: +81 == +359
 Warding failed!
 The skeletal dreadsteed is cloaked in a blinding platinum light and assailed for 197 points of damage!
  ... 75 points of damage!
  Internal organs boil and explode in a bloody spray!

You hear a sound like a child weeping as a white glow separates itself from the skeletal dreadsteed's body and rises into the heavens. A smouldering skeletal dreadsteed's head tosses and it lets out a terrible death whinny that slices coldly through the air. It sags, lifeless, the blue flames of its mane winking out one by one. The licks of blue flame surrounding a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed flare up one last time before vanishing with a staticky crackle. A strong breeze continues to swirl through the area. Despair fills you, its corrosive tendrils digging into your mind. Zeminar stands up. A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Hadya's throat and she sprints southward! A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Nodyre's throat and he sprints northward! Radoria struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 210 + FvP: 4 + d100(L): 97 = 191

Warding failed! Radoria drops to his knees in utter despair! Radoria moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 69 + FvP: 1 + d100(L): 97 = 329

Warding failed! Lilanna drops to her knees in utter despair! Lilanna moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! Aliashyrah struggles against the fear! Aliashyrah slowly regains control of her senses and she wipes away the tears from her eyes and the drool dribbling down her chin.

 FS: 300 - FD: 66 + FvP: 9 + d100(L): 68 = 311

Warding failed! Aliashyrah moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! Grutak stands up. Commodore Nodyre just arrived. Queatus nods at Lilanna. Grutak struggles against the fear!

 FS: 315 - FD: 246 + PvF: 2 + d100(L): 28 = 95

Warded off! Grutak slowly regains control of his senses and he wipes away the tears from his eyes and the drool dribbling down his chin. Missoni's calmintha flower vanishes into the depths of her airy robes. Randsford joins Roelon's group. Sorlu pulls Radoria to his feet. Commodore Jaysehn just went south. A chill breeze swirls about Roelon as he gestures and utters a phrase of magic. Roelon gestures. A thrashing vathor club riddled with spiky clusters suddenly sprouts from the ground and begins to thrash about violently! The vathor club lashes out, but is unable to grasp ahold of anything. Aenternoll joins Roelon's group. Nodyre joins Roelon's group. Roelon basks in a divine force that suddenly surrounds him. The ground around you seems to shake violently, making it hard to stand. A massive snowy white tiger loses her balance and falls to the ground. Suddenly, the ground seems steadier. Bakarus searches a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed. Cracks spread through a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed's bony form as fingers of rust race to consume its barding. Within moments, naught remains but a commingling of dust, ruddy and pale. Lilanna stands up. A strong breeze continues to swirl through the area. Queatus shows Lilanna his triangular bone talisman. Sorlu pulls Perigourd to his feet. Bakarus picks up an enruned fel box. Randsford exclaims, "Form on the kilt and let us make haste!" Bakarus brushes his fingertips along a seam of his pale viridian cloak. The threads there take on a lucent silvery-green glow and unravel, allowing the edges to part and the cloak to hang open. Sorlu loses some awareness. Randsford points at Roelon. Perigourd turns toward Sorlu and renders a sharp salute with his kelyn bastard sword. Roelon seems less resolute. Bakarus's fel box vanishes into the depths of his pale viridian cloak. The vathor club lashes out, but is unable to grasp ahold of anything. Sorlu pulls Aliashyrah to her feet. Radoria struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 210 + FvP: 4 + d100(L): 47 = 141

Warding failed! Radoria drops to his knees in utter despair! Radoria remains huddled on the ground in a spastic, jittering heap! Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 69 + FvP: 1 + d100(L): 56 = 288

Warding failed! Lilanna drops to her knees in utter despair! Lilanna wails in exquisite fear! Aliashyrah struggles against the fear! Aliashyrah slowly regains control of her senses and she wipes away the tears from her eyes and the drool dribbling down her chin.

 FS: 300 - FD: 66 + FvP: 9 + d100(L): 6 = 249

Warding failed! Aliashyrah drops to her knees in utter despair! Aliashyrah moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! Bakarus seals his pale viridian cloak with a touch, threads of silvery-green light stitching it closed under the slide of his fingertips. Sorlu pants. Lilanna says, "This is gettin tiring." Roelon deeply says, "Quickly." Roelon nods. Sorlu pulls Aliashyrah to her feet. Missoni joins Roelon's group. Missoni basks in a divine force that suddenly surrounds her. Perigourd throws back his shoulders and lets out a resounding yowlp! A strong breeze continues to swirl through the area. Lilanna stands up. Radoria stands up. Radoria joins Roelon's group.

Talliver says, "Barlan would scarcely have allowed us in if he thought we could slay him on this ground."

Talliver joins Roelon's group.

Talliver basks in a divine force that suddenly surrounds him.

The vathor club lashes out, but is unable to grasp ahold of anything. Grutak looks less horrified and in control of himself again. The dog twists its neck to raise one of its ears up to one side and begins sniffing furiously while staring vacantly ahead. Radoria struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 210 + FvP: 4 + d100(L): 55 = 149

Warding failed! Radoria drops to his knees in utter despair! Radoria clutches his head and giggles madly, before choking on a pitiful whimper! Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 69 + FvP: 1 + d100(L): 20 = 252

Warding failed! Lilanna drops to her knees in utter despair! Lilanna clutches herself and sobs pitifully as drool runs down her chin! Aliashyrah struggles against the fear! Aliashyrah slowly regains control of her senses and she wipes away the tears from her eyes and the drool dribbling down her chin.

 FS: 300 - FD: 66 + FvP: 9 + d100(L): 77 = 320

Warding failed! Aliashyrah drops to her knees in utter despair! Aliashyrah clutches her head and giggles madly, before choking on a pitiful whimper! Radoria nods at Talliver. A strong breeze continues to swirl through the area.

Roelon nods at Talliver.

Hadya just arrived.

Perigourd joins Roelon's group.

Perigourd basks in a divine force that suddenly surrounds him. Commodore Jaysehn just arrived. The vathor club lashes out, but is unable to grasp ahold of anything. A massive snowy white tiger scrambles back up onto her feet. Lilanna joins Roelon's group. Lilanna basks in a divine force that suddenly surrounds her. Your muscles seize spasmodically as dread overwhelms you! Hadya joins Roelon's group. Hadya basks in a divine force that suddenly surrounds her. Jaysehn joins Roelon's group. A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Zeminar's throat and he sprints westward! A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Nodyre's throat and he sprints northward!

Sorlu pulls Aliashyrah to her feet.

Roelon deeply says, "He wanted us to taste this."

Radoria stands up.

A smouldering skeletal dreadsteed canters in, azure sparks flying from its fiery mane. A strong breeze continues to swirl through the area. A smouldering skeletal dreadsteed struggles momentarily with the gale. The surroundings are engulfed in gusts of white snow. As Missoni summons the elements to her command, her outstretched fingertips spark and hiss with sickly green energy. Missoni gestures at a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed. Radoria drops to his knees in utter despair! Overcome by the pure evil emanating from the skeletal dreadsteed, Radoria's arms fall slack at his side and his eyes grow wide with an overwhelming look of fear! Overcome by the pure evil emanating from the skeletal dreadsteed, Lilanna's arms fall slack at her side and her eyes grow wide with an overwhelming look of fear! Sorlu joins Roelon's group. A chill breeze swirls about Roelon as he gestures and utters a phrase of magic. Roelon gestures at a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed. Roelon draws down a shaft of dappled moonlight and bathes a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed in its lucent glow. [SMR result: 109 (Open d100: 6)] A smouldering skeletal dreadsteed is caught fast, the light of Liabo arresting its movements. [SMR result: 206 (Open d100: 35, Bonus: 110)] A massive snowy white tiger charges forward and slashes her claws at a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed faster than it can react!

  ... 20 points of damage!
  Slashing blow to chest knocks the skeletal dreadsteed back a few paces!
  The skeletal dreadsteed is stunned!

Zeminar just arrived. Bits of flesh flake off of Jiarine's skin, rising up into the air and turning to brightly burning cinders that whirl around her. Jiarine gestures at a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed. The ground beneath a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed begins to boil violently! Fiery debris explodes from the ground beneath a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed! [SMR result: 178 (Open d100: 13, Bonus: 103)]

  ... 40 points of damage!
  Left leg burned off at the knee.  Ouch.
  A smouldering skeletal dreadsteed falls to the ground grasping its mangled left leg!

Magma erupts from the ground, striking it!

  ... 70 points of damage!
  Flame burns through a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed's abdomen.  Greasy smoke billows forth.

You hear a sound like a child weeping as a white glow separates itself from the skeletal dreadsteed's body and rises into the heavens. A smouldering skeletal dreadsteed's head tosses and it lets out a terrible death whinny that slices coldly through the air. It sags, lifeless, the blue flames of its mane winking out one by one. A smouldering skeletal dreadsteed's movements no longer appear hampered as the lunar light encircling it fades away. The licks of blue flame surrounding a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed flare up one last time before vanishing with a staticky crackle. The ground beneath a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed suddenly calms.

** Necrotic energy from Jiarine's orase runestaff flares up momentarily! **
  Jiarine appears to gain succour from the unnatural energy!

The vathor club lashes out, but is unable to grasp ahold of anything. The dog suddenly turns and focuses its eyes upon Jiarine. Radoria struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 210 + FvP: 4 + d100(L): 49 = 143

Warding failed! Radoria eyes grow wide with inner terror! Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 69 + FvP: 1 + d100(L): 7 = 239

Warding failed! Lilanna clutches her head and giggles madly, before choking on a pitiful whimper! Aliashyrah slowly regains control of her senses and she wipes away the tears from her eyes and the drool dribbling down her chin. Jiarine searches a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed. Cracks spread through a smouldering skeletal dreadsteed's bony form as fingers of rust race to consume its barding. Within moments, naught remains but a commingling of dust, ruddy and pale. The divine force surrounding Raelee slowly fades away. The divine force surrounding Aenternoll slowly fades away. >look [Moonsedge, Ash and Scarlet] Mountain ash trees lean over the roadside, heavy with clusters of bright red berries. They shadow the wreckage of a cleric's shop set back from the street, protected from prying eyes by high hedges. Heavy doors of elm bear the scars of axe blows and the windows are shattered, but a barricade on the other side blocks entry. You also see an iron-bound haon trunk, the skull-shaped Zeminar disk, a thrashing vathor club riddled with spiky clusters, a red-eyed fanged black bat that is flying around, a massive snowy white tiger, the smooth invar Radoria disk, an inlaid leather grimoire soaring around with its gilt-swept ethereal violet pinions, the repousse copper Perigourd disk raised in leafy designs, the web-draped Missoni disk, a yellow-eyed silvery lor mandrake and a lazy wild silver-grey dog. Also here: Zeminar, Commodore Jaysehn, Hadya, Small Game Hunter Roelon, Aenternoll, Bakarus, Jiarine, Radoria who is kneeling, Lord Sorlu, Talliver, Magister Raelee, Missoni, Perigourd, Lord Randsford, Lady Aliashyrah, Grutak, Queatus, Lilanna who is kneeling Obvious paths: north, east, south, west Jiarine picks up an iron-bound haon trunk. A chill breeze swirls about Roelon as he gestures and utters a phrase of magic. Roelon gestures. Nothing seems to happen. Zeminar joins Roelon's group. An eclipse of moths takes Jiarine's haon trunk from her, disappearing inside her cloak. The divine force surrounding Aliashyrah slowly fades away. A strong breeze continues to swirl through the area. >stand The vathor club lashes out, but is unable to grasp ahold of anything. Randsford traces a simple symbol as he reverently calls upon the power of his patron... Randsford gestures. Motes of lambent white-gold light appear and begin to swirl around Randsford, coalescing into a radiant aura. You are already standing. Radoria struggles against the fear!

 FS: 309 - FD: 210 + FvP: 4 + d100(L): 58 = 161

Warding failed! Radoria chatters his teeth rapidly! Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 309 - FD: 69 + FvP: 1 + d100(L): 45 = 286

Warding failed! Lilanna chatters her teeth rapidly! A cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast bounds in, landing with surprising grace. The holy white fire engulfing Jaysehn's eahnor cresset sword vanishes. Perigourd swings a perfect sable kelyn bastard sword at a cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast! The tatterdemalion ghast skillfully dodges the attack! Tenebrous shadows slip across Bakarus's pale skin as he demands divinity to heed his prayers. As if in answer, his copper eyes briefly blacken as he releases his fury. Bakarus gestures at a cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast. Particles of dust and soot rise from the ground at Bakarus's feet as he releases a pulsating, platinum ripple of energy toward a cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast!

 CS: +532 - TD: +303 + CvA: +20 + d125: +25 == +274
 Warding failed!
 The tatterdemalion ghast is cloaked in a blinding platinum light and assailed for 116 points of damage!
  ... 75 points of damage!
  The tatterdemalion ghast's skeletal structure and muscle tissue reduced to fine ash!

You hear a sound like a child weeping as a white glow separates itself from the tatterdemalion ghast's body and rises into the heavens. A cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast lets out a hoarse cry that devolves into dry, rasping coughs. Spasms race through her form, dead muscles seizing and clenching before at last going still. A cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast exhales the last of a virulent green mist. Jaysehn switches to a one-handed grip on his eahnor cresset sword. Jaysehn deftly removes the nacreous longsword from his swordbelt. Radoria stands up. Randsford seems less resolute. Radoria struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 210 + FvP: 4 + d100(L): 21 = 115

Warding failed! Radoria drops to his knees in utter despair! Radoria rocks back and forth while sobbing uncontrollably! The divine force surrounding Radoria slowly fades away. Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 69 + FvP: 1 + d100(L): -48 = 184

Warding failed! Lilanna moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! >stand You are already standing. Queatus offers Lilanna a dimly glowing triangular bone talisman. The divine force surrounding Roelon slowly fades away. A cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast bounds in, landing with surprising grace. Randsford launches a quick bash with his eonake knight's aegis at a cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast! [SMR result: 123 (Open d100: 32, Bonus: 10)] Randsford's bash connects!

  ... 25 points of damage!
  Leg strike sends waves of pain through the tatterdemalion ghast.
  It is knocked to the ground!
  The tatterdemalion ghast is stunned!

Randsford swings a ruby-handled wolf-headed spikestar at a cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast!

 AS: +364 vs DS: +580 with AvD: +38 + d100 roll: +70 = -108
  A clean miss.

Mirage-like distortions surround Hadya as she prepares a spell... Hadya channels at a cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast. Particles of dust and soot rise from the ground at Hadya's feet as she releases a pulsating, platinum ripple of energy toward a cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast!

 CS: +480 - TD: +303 + CvA: +20 + d100: +36 == +233
 Warding failed!
 The tatterdemalion ghast is cloaked in a blinding platinum light and assailed for 102 points of damage!
  ... 75 points of damage!
  Explosive burst wreathes the tatterdemalion ghast's body in blue flames!

You hear a sound like a child weeping as a white glow separates itself from the tatterdemalion ghast's body and rises into the heavens. A cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast lets out a hoarse cry that devolves into dry, rasping coughs. Spasms race through his form, dead muscles seizing and clenching before at last going still. A cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast exhales the last of a virulent green mist. The vathor club lashes out, but is unable to grasp ahold of anything. A strong breeze continues to swirl through the area. Roelon draws an intricately glowing pattern in the air before him. Aliashyrah looks less horrified and in control of herself again. Lilanna put a silver-hilted vultite scimitar in her leather sword bandolier. >look Radoria grumbles. [Moonsedge, Ash and Scarlet] Mountain ash trees lean over the roadside, heavy with clusters of bright red berries. They shadow the wreckage of a cleric's shop set back from the street, protected from prying eyes by high hedges. Heavy doors of elm bear the scars of axe blows and the windows are shattered, but a barricade on the other side blocks entry. You also see a cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast that appears dead, a cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast that appears dead, the skull-shaped Zeminar disk, a thrashing vathor club riddled with spiky clusters, a red-eyed fanged black bat that is flying around, a massive snowy white tiger, the smooth invar Radoria disk, an inlaid leather grimoire soaring around with its gilt-swept ethereal violet pinions, the repousse copper Perigourd disk raised in leafy designs, the web-draped Missoni disk, a frost-covered yellow-eyed silvery lor mandrake and a lazy wild silver-grey dog. Also here: Zeminar, Commodore Jaysehn, Hadya, Small Game Hunter Roelon, Aenternoll, Bakarus, Jiarine, Radoria who is kneeling, Lord Sorlu, Talliver, Magister Raelee, Missoni, Perigourd, Lord Randsford, Lady Aliashyrah, Grutak, Queatus, Lilanna who is kneeling Obvious paths: north, east, south, west Lilanna accepts Queatus's triangular bone talisman. Radoria seems less resolute. Raelee seems less resolute. Aliashyrah seems less resolute. Radoria struggles against the fear!

 FS: 309 - FD: 210 + FvP: 4 + d100(L): 80 = 183

Warding failed! Radoria chatters his teeth rapidly! Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 309 - FD: 69 + FvP: 1 + d100(L): 87 = 328

Warding failed! Lilanna opens her mouth and tries to scream, but nothing comes out! Randsford gestures while calling upon the lesser spirits for aid... Randsford gestures. An invisible force guides Randsford. Aliashyrah strainedly says, "Perhaps we can have this conversation somewhere a bit more calm." Your muscles seize spasmodically as dread overwhelms you! A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Queatus's throat and he sprints northward! A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Grutak's throat and he sprints eastward! A bloodcurdling scream rips free from Hadya's throat and she sprints westward! The vathor club lashes out, but is unable to grasp ahold of anything. The divine force surrounding Missoni slowly fades away. Roelon seems less resolute. Radoria struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 210 + FvP: 4 + d100(L): -70 = 24

Warded off! Radoria slowly regains control of his senses and he wipes away the tears from his eyes and the drool dribbling down his chin. Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 69 + FvP: 1 + d100(L): 87 = 319

Warding failed! Lilanna moans pitifully, frozen in place, unable to do anything but whimper in fear! A strong breeze continues to swirl through the area. [uberbarv: ******** 83 EXP Gained this Pulse ********* (20:10:47)+] Jaysehn says, "He did. More the fool he is for his own ego. Now we know it exists, we can find a way to counter it." Radoria stands up. Missoni stands up. Jiarine stands up. Commodore Nodyre just arrived. Nodyre searches a cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast. Maggots and buzzing flies burst from a cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast's flesh as his skin peels and crumbles. The scavenging insects rapidly consume the remains, leaving little but brittle bones. Nodyre picks up some silver coins. The vathor club lashes out, but is unable to grasp ahold of anything. Nodyre searches a cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast. Maggots and buzzing flies burst from a cadaverous tatterdemalion ghast's flesh as her skin peels and crumbles. The scavenging insects rapidly consume the remains, leaving little but brittle bones. Radoria struggles against the fear!

 FS: 309 - FD: 210 + FvP: 4 + d100(L): 46 = 149

Warding failed! Radoria drops to his knees in utter despair! Radoria cries out in sheer terror! Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 309 - FD: 69 + FvP: 1 + d100(L): 63 = 304

Warding failed! Lilanna wails in exquisite fear! Nodyre shrugs a shoulder and slides the vaalorn aegis against his back. The once energetic surface of the vaalorn aegis visibly darkens. A strong breeze continues to swirl through the area. A gold nugget is suddenly picked up by the wind and blown south! With a discerning eye, Nodyre gathers up a few items and casually stows them away. Nodyre quickly whips the vaalorn aegis off his shoulder and onto his awaiting arm. The surface of the aegis pulses with ultramarine and argent energy. Randsford nods at Roelon. Lilanna struggles against the fear!

 FS: 300 - FD: 69 + FvP: 1 + d100(L): -4 = 228

Warding failed! Lilanna chatters her teeth rapidly! Hadya just arrived. Perigourd says, "Then let us tactically withdraw now." Nodyre pulls Roelon to his feet. The vathor club lashes out, but is unable to grasp ahold of anything. Sorlu pulls Lilanna to her feet.

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Resumeing Clean up from this point

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Roelon deeply says, "Fallin' back."

Radoria stands up.

Hadya joins Roelon's group.

Nodyre joins Roelon's group.

Jaysehn nods.

A strong breeze continues to swirl through the area.

Roelon deeply says, "Everyone, gather."

You join Roelon.

Sorlu adopts an agreeable expression.

Lilanna stands up.

Radoria stands up.

Nodyre pulls Lilanna to her feet.

A strong breeze continues to swirl through the area.

Shadows at the edges of your vision haunt you, taking on hideous, haunting visages that do not entirely vanish when you turn to look.

[Moonsedge, Ash and Scarlet]

Mountain ash trees lean over the roadside, heavy with clusters of bright red berries. They shadow the wreckage of a cleric's shop set back from the street, protected from prying eyes by high hedges. Heavy doors of elm bear the scars of axe blows and the windows are shattered, but a barricade on the other side blocks entry. You also see a large platinum nugget, the skull-shaped Zeminar disk, a thrashing vathor club riddled with spiky clusters, a red-eyed fanged black bat that is flying around, a massive snowy white tiger, the smooth invar Radoria disk, an inlaid leather grimoire soaring around with its gilt-swept ethereal violet pinions, the repousse copper Perigourd disk raised in leafy designs, the web-draped Missoni disk, a frost-covered yellow-eyed silvery lor mandrake, a lazy wild silver-grey dog and obvious signs of someone hiding.

Also here: Hadya, Commodore Nodyre, Zeminar, Commodore Jaysehn, Small Game Hunter Roelon, Aenternoll, Bakarus, Jiarine who is lying down, Radoria, Lord Sorlu, Talliver, Magister Raelee, Missoni, Perigourd, Lady Aliashyrah, Lilanna

Obvious paths: north, east, south, west

Radoria stands up.

Jiarine stands up.

Roelon adds Aliashyrah to his group.

Jiarine folds her arms tightly across her chest, clearly annoyed.

Lilanna stands up.

Queatus comes out of hiding.

Queatus joins Roelon's group.

Sorlu pulls Lilanna closer to himself.

A smouldering skeletal dreadsteed canters in, azure sparks flying from its fiery mane.

Talliver says, speaking to Roelon, "I think it best to get us home."

Your surroundings blur into a white fog . . .

[Icemule Trace, Ice Garden]

Alpine flowerbeds ring this tucked-away courtyard, their bright colors a feast for the eyes in comparison to the white of all the snow that lies beyond the gate. Tamped snow paths keep footsteps soft in this small haven as travellers make their way to and from the chambers north of here. Centered in a bed of white edelweiss and aromatic purple-flowered calamintha is an ice fountain, its watery spray frozen in a sparkling plume. You also see the glossy pink Rimo disk shaped like a jellyfish, a frost-covered glass box, a wrought iron gate, an iron-banded birchwood barrel and a blanket of snow.

Also here: Lilanna who is lying down and immobilized, Lady Aliashyrah, Perigourd, Talliver who is lying down, Lord Sorlu, Radoria who is kneeling, Aenternoll, Small Game Hunter Roelon, Commodore Jaysehn, Commodore Nodyre, Hadya, Rimo

Obvious paths: north

Perigourd nods approvingly.

Radoria slowly empties his lungs.

Jaysehn asks, "Was anyone left behind?"

Talliver says, "We have answers, although not all the ones we want."

Talliver stands up.

Jaysehn frowns.

Roelon deeply says, "Tried to grab all ah could."

Jaysehn says, "I'll make sure."

Nodyre says, speaking to Talliver, "You said it."

Lilanna nods at Talliver.

Roelon deeply says, "But could nae risk it anyllogner."

Nodyre shudders.

Roelon nods at Nodyre.

Lilanna says, "No... i did not like it...."

You quietly say, "Ya there is a pretty heavy crushing dread."

Roelon deeply says, "The cold here does nae bother me. But this...is ah cold ah nae felt..."

Lilanna says, "Take Moonsedge off my holiday getaways..."

Heavy gusts of wind cause the area to be blinded in white snow.

Perigourd says, speaking to Roelon, "Evil."

Hadya sighs.

Roelon nods at Perigourd.

Perigourd says, "Of a high kind."

Missoni says, "It does make one wonder..."

Jiarine folds her arms over her chest.

Randsford shudders.

Grutak asks, "Any healing?"

Roelon deeply asks, "Just ...what did he twist that ...gift....into?"

Dendum winces.

Dendum asks, "Helaer?"

Randsford asks, "Did everyone make it out?"

You quietly whisper to Talliver, "We did find an alter down there past the barrel and a room beyond that but we didn't have a way in."

Perigourd says, speaking to Roelon, "Vampires."

Randsford squints.

Dendum says, "Was deep in the castle."

Randsford says, "We seem to be missing some..."

Jiarine says, "No. Some were left."

Dendum says, "Saw no sign of the lord this or lord that."

Trouthe asks, "Anyone need mana?"

Jaysehn says, "The only one who remained...wished to stay."

Roelon deeply says, "Ah took who ah could. But the evil scattered us."

Talliver nods at Roelon.

Jiarine carefully looks herself over.

Queatus frowns.

Perigourd asks, speaking to Raelee, "Witnessed anything like it prior?"

Trouthe asks, "Who is stranded there?"

Queatus says, "That was less than pleasant."

Jaysehn says, "Fulmen. By choice."

Raelee says, speaking to Perigourd, "Be more specific in your inquiry."

Trouthe takes a drink from her frothy hot cocoa.

Jaysehn says, "I searched and found no others."

Perigourd says, speaking to Raelee, "The feeling of impending doom on your soul."

Randsford says, "That was a different kind of evil. Even in the Hinterwilds did not experience anything like that."

Randsford shudders.

Talliver says, "I apologize for an unceremonious departure."

Talliver says, "But I am troubled by this discovery."

Missoni nods sympathetically at Talliver.

Nodyre nods at Talliver.

Trouthe bows to Talliver.

Roelon adopts an agreeable expression.

Radoria adopts an agreeable expression.

Raelee says, speaking to Dendum, "That specifically? No."

A blinding flurry of snowflakes drifts down from the grey skies.

Trouthe says, "Too close to town."

Grutak concentrates deeply for a moment.

Dendum nods at Raelee.

Missoni says, speaking to Talliver, "It is disturbing, to be sure."

Randsford nods in agreement at Trouthe.

Dendum remarks, speaking to Raelee, ""Truly new thing then."

Dendum slowly exhales as his posture slumps.

Talliver says, "I must meet with the Abbess, and tonight.  Please pardon me."

Sorlu nods at Talliver.

Perigourd turns toward Talliver and renders a sharp salute with his kelyn bastard sword.

Perigourd moves away from Talliver, over to Missoni, and stands ready to guard her from attack.

Jiarine says, "Why? I had fun feeling my guts clench and ending up my back with no memory of getting there."

Nodyre says, speaking to Talliver, "Be safe, Mayor."

Grutak nods at Talliver.

Roelon deeply says, "Far too close. and Hazelnut...."

Lilanna nods at Talliver.

Sorlu says, speaking to Talliver, "Send my regards."

Trouthe waves to Talliver.

Sorlu smiles.

Missoni bows to Talliver.

Grutak says, "Good luck Mayor."

Talliver stalks off, obviously furious.

You frown.

Roelon nods.