Re: The Test of the Faithful - 5
You go after the strange undead bug emitting monster.
Borimer slashes, hitting the thing twice.
Its insects immediately fly to surround Borimer, engulfing his face and biting him. (-4 hp; slow poison in face causing -1 hp per round until healed, blind fighting, and pain causing another -2 to the to hit scores.)
Shae casts a spell, and three of the insects grow to giant size, turning on the undead creature to attack it.
Kahan casts a spell, reaching out and touching Shae's arm. The growth the disease and gangrene slows. You are not sure if it will heal or not, but it stops expanding from her arm.
The thing slashes out with its claws at Kahan but one claw just gets his armor and the other misses.
Leo attacks but misses. Vuz also strikes but misses, dropping one of his daggers in the process. (1 is a critical miss.)
Tahldar casts another spell. (3 hp damage.)
Lukas fires two arrows. The second arrow finds its mark, embedding itself in the creature's skull. (Critical hit.) After all the damage taken by your group, including the initial fireball, the insect swarm spell, the damage from weapons and spells, and now the arrow, the creatures squeals in a deafening scream so loud your hands immediately cover your ears. The bellow continues, a click and squeal and screech...and then you lose your hearing. The creature then collapses to the floor, its body quickly being consumed by the insects that came out of it. The blob is a mass of insects and bones. It is regaining its strength but is currently incapacitated.
Your ears ring and then your hearing comes back. You notice now that the mirror next to you shows that it leads into a dark corridor of rock. To leave, you can go that way or follow the maze of mirrors back to the last intersection.
OOC: Sorry again for delays. I've been extremely busy and am on vacation now. Next post will probably be Tuesday unless I get some time.