Turn 258.-1
Doktor Diabolical:
"Excellent. But time is short. This realm is coming to an end. My plan must be accelerated, when I do not even have the basics. Hopefully, luck will be on my side and I will have the time I need..."
Create(-1) some power armor(-1) robot parts with the chaotic +2/+1 essence, then make 2 essences.
CMP [3+1+2-1-1=4]
POT [5+2+1=8]
LUCK [9]
CMP [3]
POT [5+2-1=6]
CMP [4+1-2=3]
POT [3]
Doktor conjured a bunch of parts, most of them seemed to have purposes as undecipherable as most of his creations but several armor shaped chunks revealed their purpose. It would not defend him from a blast, but there were other things to guard against.
Send the treasure bird to find the shiny things the harpies had, follow it and warn/guide the harpies if they are found
Seva flew after treasure bird, looking all the time for the colored wings he had granted to the harpies. He found none, but something else attracted his attention. Near the crater which a blast of light had left there was something moving. A river of green was flowing out of the forest and into the crater.
Try creating a cubic arena, and use my hypercube to attack.
SPD [3] vs [3]
CMP [2+1=3]
POT [1+1=2]
STR [4]
DEX [1]
END [4]
POT [2]
DEX [6]
Cuberac attempted to conjure a cubical arena to keep the fight dinosaur free, but his spell was stopped before any results emerged by Bob's earnest attempt to tear Cuberac's heart out with his claws. Many cubes Cuberac held in his clothes managed to push the claws away from their target but Cuberac lost a good chunk of flesh still. Things were looking bad, dinosaurs were close enough to bite and Bob had managed to dodge the cubes by another quick dive to the ground.
Heal Gambler, if I can do anything to help.
Take the seeds from the mage with the wolf and thank him for getting them.
Help everyone through the portal. Send Grundar through to watch the other side.
"I don't know how long this'll last, everyone through!"
Oh yeah, a few other people I should find and help through the portal.
There's the fireplum sapling that Grundar planted when we first moved to this new island.
Blinky, the blob covered in eyes that follows follows me around sometimes.
The forest druids. They probably won't want to leave their forest.
Try to find these and any other living things and help them through the portal.
"It was a most interesting experience..."
Magically strengthen the bones back into decent shape! Use two +1/+2 essences.
(If not dead) Ao nods farewell to the Tower before passing through portal to new lands and experiences to master.
"I can go grab those seeds."
Ride my celestial wolf over to the fire tree and grab the seeds. Then get back to the portal.
Through the portal.
Walk into the portal.
Wait a minute... Uh, guys, I might have screwed up a teensy-weensy bit. I can fix it, though.
Cast my divination spell to ensure that I haven't !@#$ed up. Only let people into the portal if my spell turns up a negative (not messed up) result.
CMP [6+1+5=12]
POT [5+2+5=12]
Their last line to escape was a matter of extreme importance to the mages. If one of their number thought something was off and wanted to cast another spell to make sure, should they not wait? Yes, they were pressed for time, but that meant doing things properly the first time and avoiding needing to redo the whole thing. And so, Urghe-Ongho wove his magics, checking for flaws caused by both his previous spells and any other trouble. Or at least, so they thought.
Black flames rose from the portal, burning over the clear image of freedom, covering it completely in moments. From the dark fire rose a ghastly figure of an abomination, bound spirit of an old race, a ghost Ilithid. After it, almost invisibly different from the flames rose a shadow demon. The demon was not empty handed, it dragged something from the flames and tossed it forward, presenting it to the gathered mages. The something was a corpse. A corpse of Ilium, the mage no one had seen recently, and it seemed less of a message to the mages than to one particular mage. Both the ghost and the demon bowed deeply towards Urghe, Ilithid remained motionless, but the demon rose and threw a fireball that sailed just past Gambler. It seemed upset that it had missed, and conjured another.