Derm
Moments after feeling that pulse of wrongness, you [3] attempt to magically view Sinterous, but can only see a wavering blur in the air.
You hear a weak voice screaming for help. It appears to be coming from the floor beneath the curtained-off section of the hall, and offers assistance against whatever it is that that foolish meddler called from beyond the veil of time and space.
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Talendir
Hearing the cry, you look up [4], noticing a disturbing glow near the crest of one of the hills above the village. Knowing that it is likely Sinterous up there, you race to his defence [6] and somehow manage to cross the village and run up the side of a hill in less than a minute, despite the weight of your armor. Taking a defensive stance in front of the squishy wizard, you attempt to determine some method for attacking the writhing mass of flesh and bone before you. [3] You can't determine any sort of visible weakness, and the thing is still growing out and up.
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Sinterous
Realizing that randomly prodding unknown artifacts from other planes might not have been the best of ideas, you attempt to sunder the altar. [3] You knock some dust and dirt from the worn stone, but otherwise leave it unharmed.
-8MP
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Aero
You ask the woman if otherworldly screaming is the norm around here, preparing to call down lightning if you don't like the response.
She responds with a smirk, "Not quite; it is usually much more... human." Her skin begins to burn and peel away, a mass of orange-purple ooze leaking from her skull and chest cavity. Deciding that discretion is indeed the better part of valour, you [2] attempt to zap the thing with lightning from the heavens, but the night sky remains cloudless and calm.
-4 MP
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Lei
You shout for help, trying to project your weak voice through the solid iron and stone of your cell. [5] ((See above.))
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Mina
Embracing the true paladin mindset, you charge off in the wake of a comrade who hates you, determined to smite some sort of evil tonight. [5] You reach the hill moments after Talendir, and without any hesitation continue to charge at the still-forming daemon.
[5 + 1] v. [2]
You leap onto its back, stabbing deep with your holy blade! A spray of blood washes over you as the thing howls in pain, the sheer volume shaking your bones.
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The remnants of its human shell fallen, the slime-creature crawls over Aero's prone form [2] v. [3], doing essentially nothing.
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Upon the hill, the daemon has completely assembled its mortal shell. It stands more than 25 feet in height, a mass of muscle and bone,
armored with thick ivory plates and spikes. The ground smokes beneath its feet as the knee-deep grass withers. It roars in anger, and brings one fist down towards Sinterous and Talendir.
[2] v. [4 - 1] Sinterous staggers as hardened fingers crash into the ground just in front of him, falling back a few steps before catching himself.
[5] v. [2 + 1] In his efforts to defend Sinterous, Talendir fails to dodge the daemon's blow, taking the hit on his shield. His feet sink into the ground as he holds the slightly dented heater shield up, supporting it with his sword-arm.
-9 HP (Talendir)
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As Mina clings the hilt of her sword while trying to keep her feet planted on the slick muscle and bone, the daemon reaches back with its other arm, clawing at her. [6] v. [1] The creature rips Mina away, drawing her sword out as well. It wraps its fingers around her, attempting to crush her to a pulp! She is now trapped in its fist, though she still has her sword.
-15 HP
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((Things aren't looking so hot for our crusader for Lawful Good, eh?))