Wondering if he's bleeding from his ears Lefrk tries again.
"RIght.. I see a spot."
plus electric
The glyph ignored Kelendra's lies and continued to pour out wave after wave of sonic screams protesting its abuse. Calla's and Bruendor's piercing weapons seemed to have little effect on the glyph, but Lefrik's sweeping slashes with his sword were making huge gashes in the thing.
HP 80/92
AC 26/29, touch 18, flat-footed 21/24
Fort +11*, Ref +9*, Will +13*; CMD 26
Divine retribution (DC 18) 0/6; Judgments 0/4; Bane 2/11; Discern lies 0/11
cold iron arrows 6/21; elf-bane arrows 0/3; human bane arrows 0/4
Spells: 2/5 (first-level); 1/5 (second level); 2/4 (third level); 0/1 (4th level); Consumables: Gravity Bow ring 1/3
Effects: protection from evil, heroism (+2 morale bonus on attack rolls, saves, and skill checks); greater magic weapon (+1/+2 to bow)
Calla grits her teeth in annoyance and tries a spell instead to make things a little easier.
"Alright, enough of this," Anklebiter grunts, as he manages to shake off the glyph's attack.
The little Wizard barks out a standby spell, and hurls five darts of force at the glyph!
"Indeed," the deva agrees, clearly annoyed as she is not as successful in repulsing the attack, and raises her own flaming greatsword against the glyph in a whirl of fiery aggression!
Kel again attempts to placate the glyph. "sshhhh, it will be over in a moment."
The glyph continued to shriek, despite Calla's spell, though the effects weren't quite as harsh. Anklebiter's magic chipped away at the glyph, but it was the deva's flaming sword that did the most damage. Great slices were left in the fungid magical glyph, and finally, with Lefrik's last stroke the screaming stopped.
Then, a few seconds after the screaming stopped, one last blast of noise and mental energy exploded from the glyph, even as the now-familiar band of light rushed out to show the next glyph.
Bruendor steels his mind against the psychic shriek, and shakes his head as it finally silences.
Kel relaxes a moment too early as the glyph is destroyed.
The final wave of mental energy washed over you like a wave over the reefs at high tide. Most of you managed to weather it, steeling your minds or letting them flex in the flow until it passed. Two of you did not.
The deva looked pained and coughed out "I have failed..." before winking out of existence. Kelendra, her mind broken by the mental surge, simply drooled a bit and babbled out a few nonsensical syllables.
Anklebiter curses under his breath.
"I can try to re-summon the deva tomorrow," he says. "And to cast Break enchantment on Kelendra -- or should we try to use that scroll I scribed a while ago?"
"Let's use the scroll," Calla says, shaking her head at her fellow half-elf. "We don't have time to waste, and she could lash out."
"Should I grab and hold her? " Lefrik says but his eyes are full of concern
"You'd better; I gave the scroll to Kelendra against an emergency."
If able to retrieve the scroll - and provided the analysis of Kel's troubles suggests Break enchantment can cure her! - Anklebiter will cast the spell.
Lefrik does so, gently but firmly and ready to tighten into a full hold, "Easy, Kelendra. You have aided us so many times, it's our turn."
"Aahh, the fungus is in me!" Kel starts cutting at her abdomen to get it out.
Lefrik, already with arms around her pins her to keep her from doing that
if he can.
Lefrik grabs Keldendra to keep her from harming herself. His big muscles easily overpower her, and he pins her to the ground, as gently as he can.
"Alright, just hold her so she can't ... got it!" Anklebiter says as he rummages in Kel's possessions until he finds the right scroll.
"Keep her steady now. If the scroll doesn't work, I'll study and cast the spell on her again tomorrow," the Goblin promises as he unrolls the scroll and places one hand on the stricken Half-Elf's forehead. "...I really hope this just works right the first time."
Anklebiter draws a deep breath - and chants the spell with authority:
"Vinculum venificiae franget!"
DAMMIT
"DId you get her?" Lefrik asks does not let go.
"Don't… think… so..." Anklebiter says, gritting his teeth as his will struggles against the enchantment on Kelendra.
Kel starts struggling violently against Lefrik. "Let me go!"
Free from the barbarian she rushes to the edge of the platform.
Anklebiter cast the spell from the scroll, but his ears drooped as he felt his magics slide right off. Likewise, Calla's Dispel Magic did nothing more than dampen the effects of Kelendra's belt.
"Oh hell." He as she slips free then looks to the others, "We may need rope.. and a gag." The last said with a wince.
"If we just leave her be, she should be fine," Calla says.
Bruendor sheathes his weapon and gets between Lefrik and Kelendra. "Alright, Lef, give her some space," he says before turning his attention to Kel, slowly approaching her with his arms held wide to display his empty hands. "Kel, we were worried when you started harming yourself. But if you're in control of yourself again, then we don't need Lef to restrain you. How do you feel? Are you in a good place?"
"Sorry, Kel" The big barbarian looks really bothered by this.
"Let's get out of here in any case and find a safer place to hole up. It reeks of the black blood in here."
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"Yes, lets go, I think, should we?" Kel extends a moonlight bridge down from the platform and slides down it. "Weeeee" At the bottom she forgets about the others and steps off the bridge causing it to disappear.
"Fantastic," Calla grouses. "What a wonderful idea. You have a way to get us down there safely, Gobbles?"
"Still flight-capable, so yes," Anklebiter replies.
One by one, the Goblin ferroes the party down.
Before the party retires (in whatever safe place they choose), Anklebiter casts two familiar spells in quick succession: Mage's sanctum and Secure shelter.
Without looking at Kelendra, he mumbles: "It uh, it might be a good idea if someone heavy sleeps in front of the door to keep it shut. Maybe?"
"If you need some guarding done, count on us!" Duchess chirps.
"Yeah, on account of us not sleeping," Magpie agrees.
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Lefrik will take any shift they like, but when they are not looking...
he prays
Desna, I beg of you... show mercy to the faithful servant you have filled with her power. Help us find a way to restore her mind soon. She has endured much for us before. Kept us alive again and again, and always been a light in the dark. Help her be restored, renewed. I value all my friends, but none have been such a fine example of the hope and comfort you bring as Kelendra Shae. If you do this, i will try to cut down on chasing women for three.. err twoo.. weeks.. days... and I mean when there's .oh goodness.. just please help her. She's worthy of it even if the source of his prayer is sometimes a bit of a a thickhead. Mote it be, great lady
Kel happily settles down to rest. It's been a strange day, but she finally relaxes and drifts off to sleep...
...and snoozes through the night.
Thanks to Anklebiter's spells, you have a safe, dry place to spend the night. It seemed odd to have a cottage made of fungus inside a giant fungus, but as long as the walls and roof held, and the creatures of the night stayed outside, you managed to deal with it. With the homunculi on watch, all of you managed to rest, and the morning broke with no major catastrophe's. Apparently nothing living in this part of the Land of Black Blood wanted anything to do with the neolithid that once made this place its home.
After spells were prepared, and everything made ready, it was time to depart. But where to?
"Before we go anywhere, let me try fixing your head again," Anklebiter says to Kelendra. "Um. Giant friend Lefrik Olegson, would you please hold her for the procedure?"
Once everything is set up, Anklebiter once again tries to use Break enchantment to free Kelendra of her Confusion.
"If you say so..." And he tries to grab her again, "Don't panic.. "