Post by David on Jan 27, 2015 17:07:24 GMT -5
The heroes (Yavin, Katya, Hamish, Gilean, Moonleaf, Kinsa, Remort, Twyll, Qumansi, and Dormius) tend to their wounds and search a bit in the overseer's cavern when Remort suddenly picks up the hostile thoughts of a beholder preparing to attack! From one side of the chamber, one beholder disintegrates through the wall while on the other side, another beholder floats into the chamber. Hamish make short work of the first beholder's central eye, restoring magic in his area as he resists the creature's eye beams. Remort successfully mind thrusts both halves of the other beholder's mind, befuddling it momentarily...long enough for Katya to acid bolt the top of the thing's head and remove an eye tentacle!
The rest of the heroes move in with Yavin and Gilean hacking off one beholder's eye stalks while Hamish does the same on the other. Moonleaf invokes an obscurement spell, but it doesn't last. Twyll and Kinsa offer missile support to Yavin and Gilean while Dormius slides under Hamish's beholder and lands a mighty blow in the creature's belly! None of the monsters' eye beams prove terribly effective, though Remort is struck by fear and screams uselessly while Yavin is telekinetically tossed down the shaft and a sleep sends Dagaru to join him! Cleric avoids damage to both with a simple feather fall spell. Qumansi also feels the sting of cause serious wounds as terrible gashes simply appear on his body. By this point, however, each beholder is missing most of its eye stalks.
After shooting more eyes, Twyll and Kinsa are both tossed down the shaft, though a feather fall from Yavin protects them from harm. The beholder above, however, succumbs to Katya's acid and falls to its death. Hamish, meanwhile, takes out all of the other remaining beholder's eyes, blinding it and depriving the creature of most of its fighting abilities. He then knocks it out as Gilean begins to carefully probe the thing's mind. The heroes regroup and heal, Remort devouring the brain of the overseer, which he shares with Gilean, who is focused on learning each and every secret he can from the surviving, unconscious beholder.
The heroes use their magics to travel back to the initial floating mountain, bringing the tied-up, blind, unconscious beholder with them, allowing both Gilean and Remort PLENTY of time to glean all its secrets. The heroes spend the night and awaken refreshed and fully healed.
The rest of the heroes move in with Yavin and Gilean hacking off one beholder's eye stalks while Hamish does the same on the other. Moonleaf invokes an obscurement spell, but it doesn't last. Twyll and Kinsa offer missile support to Yavin and Gilean while Dormius slides under Hamish's beholder and lands a mighty blow in the creature's belly! None of the monsters' eye beams prove terribly effective, though Remort is struck by fear and screams uselessly while Yavin is telekinetically tossed down the shaft and a sleep sends Dagaru to join him! Cleric avoids damage to both with a simple feather fall spell. Qumansi also feels the sting of cause serious wounds as terrible gashes simply appear on his body. By this point, however, each beholder is missing most of its eye stalks.
After shooting more eyes, Twyll and Kinsa are both tossed down the shaft, though a feather fall from Yavin protects them from harm. The beholder above, however, succumbs to Katya's acid and falls to its death. Hamish, meanwhile, takes out all of the other remaining beholder's eyes, blinding it and depriving the creature of most of its fighting abilities. He then knocks it out as Gilean begins to carefully probe the thing's mind. The heroes regroup and heal, Remort devouring the brain of the overseer, which he shares with Gilean, who is focused on learning each and every secret he can from the surviving, unconscious beholder.
The heroes use their magics to travel back to the initial floating mountain, bringing the tied-up, blind, unconscious beholder with them, allowing both Gilean and Remort PLENTY of time to glean all its secrets. The heroes spend the night and awaken refreshed and fully healed.