Inked! - Round 5
The shrinking ink monster spews jet at Gagel and Groyn who are taking the book, and Niles and Swilbosh who are providing cover and attacking it. The adventures weave and dive, avoiding the infernal ink, all except
Swillbosh who is splashed (
please Save vs. Spell.)
As the lizardman fighter tries to resist the strange feelings overcoming him, he swings his torch again but the creature splits its mass to avoid the flame-stick.
Niles the knight however sweeps his torch into the inky monster and seers it!
Wulfhart the barbarian leaps into the fray, torch swinging, but the black abomination rises high to avoid it.
No sooner does Niles swipe the monster then he is overcome with its inkantion magick from its previous hit. The knight turns into a still-life drawing of himself, unmoving but quite artistic!
Having just grabbed the book after
Groyn slammed it shut,
Gagel of the Alien Armor clunks across floor toward the pit bisecting the room. He tries to juggle the burning book, which is hard to do with one hand in heavy cumbersome uncomfortable armor. His hand burns (
2 HP damage.)
Fingal, Wrenly and
Porphyry provide moral support, shouting encouragements.
Asherion the Ink Puddle, part now of the abomination, experiences a mind-altering glimpse of meta-reality within the Plane of Fiction, where he realizes with existential horror that he is nothing more than a piece of paper, manipulated and controlled by the whims of a librarian.
The experience leaves Asherrion confused and unable to process reality.
Gagel reaches the edge of the pit and hurls the book down. It hits the bottom, smoldering, further shrinking the ink monster to a 3' mass of spastic ink, but the pit fire trap is not set off! Perhaps the book is not heavy enough?
Sleestak the lizardman shaman looks about for something heavy to push into the pit. But what is there?
Actions for Round 6!