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GM POST
As Ranar charges, the Uberthing lifts Eabd high into the air before whipping the golem down like a hammer at the dwarven warrior. Ranar skips aside, bringing himself within axe range of the creature’s body as Eabd slams brutally into the floor.
Meanwhile, the other four tentacles reach back and bring forth a quartet of Things, placing them down in a position to flank Ranar and the door.
Recovering from their momentary shock, Nic and Jibril leap forwards to assist Ranar. Jibril steps and slashes at the Thing to the right of the doorway; however, the Thing ducks under his blade as it leaps in close, snatching at his sword arm. In response, the Wazifi skips backwards, ripping his blade across the Thing’s arms, carving deep wounds.
As he does so, however, the Thing from the other side of the doorway charges into him, knocking him to the ground. As he falls, his torch plunges into the shallow water, sputtering out. Moving to assist, de Courcy steps forwards and whips his blade across both of the Things, but manages to connect with neither one.
In the chamber, the pair of Things surrounding Ranar press their attack. The first grabs at his shield, almost succeeding in gaining a hold. The second snatches for his axe arm, and does succeed in briefly gaining a grip before Ranar tears his arm free.
Raising Eabd high into the air again, the Uberthing shifts two of the three tentacles grasping him to his head and begins to pull. Meanwhile two of the unoccupied tentacles reach for Ranar while another two fly toward de Courcy. Ranar skips backwards, away from the grasping monstrosity. Nic does likewise, whipping his sword across in a vicious slash as he does so, sending ichor flying.
As Eabd struggles futilely, Jibril scrambles to his knees. The Thing standing above him snatches at his sword arm, but fails to catch a hold. The other Thing in the doorway charges at de Courcy, but similarly fails in finding its target. Nicolas steps back and carves another slice from the Thing before him, his subtlety easily defeating its attempt at evasion.
Meanwhile, in the room, the pair of Things make another leap for Ranar’s shield and axe. Ranar defeats the attack on his shield with a simple shift of the board; the clutch at his axe he evades with similar ease. Stepping to his flank, he ignores the Things and brings his axe tearing down into the main body of the Uberthing. The creature whips a tentacle back in a desperate attempt to deflect the blow, but merely succeeds in substituting a different target as Ranar’s axe leaves a severed tentacle twitching on the floor.
High above the battle, Eabd’s metalwork succumbs to the Uberthing’s violence, releasing a burst of blue light at the helmet separates from his armour. The struggling torso drops limp against the tentacle still holding it.
The remaining three tentacles fly towards Ranar’s shield and axe. The grab at his shield is evaded with a retreating dodge; the grasp at the axe is deflected with the rim of his shield.
Rising to his feet, Jibril fast-draws his janbiya and rips it across the Thing’s belly. Although the blade bites home, the cut is shallow; damage is minimal. In response, the Thing claws at his face, but fails to catch the lithe rogue. Beside him, de Courcy steps back for another slash, but his blow also goes astray.
The two Things in the room again leap for Ranar’s axe and shield, but again fail to gain a hold. Continuing to ignore them, the dwarven warrior again steps forwards and hacks at the body of the Uberthing in a mad frenzy. Striking with furious speed, his axe tears into the blob twice, rending gigantic wounds each time.
As the second blow strikes home, a cataclysmic shriek erupts throughout the dungeon. It seems beyond mere sound, striking directly into your brains.
As the shriek sounds, all four of the Things explode into dust and light. Beyond that flash, a greater inferno fills the room and the corridor, flaying your eyes with a mix of white, red and black. All of you are knocked to the ground, stunned.
[all of you, Hawk, Aronn and Thwip included, are knocked down and stunned. The combat group is also blinded]
