A giant hangs on an elaborate set of poles and straps here. Two thick poles set crossing each other are framed by two vertical and two horizontal ones. Violet eyes shrouded in shadow float near the giant's head, watching the expressions that pass there with great interest. A pair of winged snakes hover near the giant, flying idly about and occasionally striking him. You also see the Edgeleaf disk.
Obvious exits: east, west.
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A Vvrael warlock strides in!
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Thunder crackles as a Vvrael warlock raises his arms and murmurs low invocations.
A Vvrael warlock focuses a wave of black anti-mana at you!
CS: +547 - TD: +503 + CvA: +2 + d100: +69 - -5 == +120
Warding failed!
You feel a surge of intense energy suddenly tear violently at your body! You feel drained!
... and hits for 20 points of damage!
... 25 points of damage!
Back bursts into a lovely display of flames but you're too busy to notice.
You are stunned for 5 rounds!
... 25 points of damage!
You stagger as the icy attack shatters your left leg.
You are knocked to the ground!
... 20 points of damage!
Heavy shock sends you to the ground with convulsions!
... 5 points of damage!
Stubs one of the fingers on your right hand.
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>You are still stunned.
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A Vvrael warlock pauses a moment as his eyes swim black with anti-mana.
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A spectral fog rolls through the area.
Lifting his hands, a Vvrael warlock extends his fingers, their length growing out toward you like approaching snakes. They begin to whip about and sprout new branches while anti-mana flickers between them like a crackling web! The warlock's eyes glitter with brittle malice, his gaze never leaving you.
CS: +547 - TD: +503 + CvA: +2 + d100: +55 - -5 == +106
Warding failed!
A Vvrael warlock glares malevolently at you.
You feel a threatening dark force very close to you.
Abruptly, his fingers retract into their normal state, and the creature nonchalantly closes his hands as though he has done nothing more than waggle his fingers at you.
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The air around you crackles with potent energy!
An ethereal light washes over you as you sense mana collecting around and in you!
Roundtime: 3 sec.
You feel the magic alien to you slipping away...
The Vvrael warlock flashes with a bright white ethereal light!
The Vvrael warlock howls in agony!
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* The death cry of Edgeleaf echoes in your mind!
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A dark force tears at your body!
CS: +547 - TD: +415 + CvA: +2 + d100: +26 - -5 == +165
Warding failed!
You are engulfed in an eerie, dark haze!
... 45 points of damage!
Spun counterclockwise, you fall in a heap.
The bright luminescence fades from around you.
You feel less confident than before.
The tingling sensation and sense of security leaves you.
You feel your extra strength departing.
The translucent sphere fades from around you.
You come back into focus.
You feel your extra magical awareness leave you.
The brilliant luminescence fades from around you.
You become solid again.
You notice the faint image of yourself disappear.
The silvery luminescence fades from around you.
It seems you have died, my friend. Although you cannot do anything, you are keenly aware of what is going on around you...
You mentally give a sigh of relief as you remember that the Goddess Lorminstra owes you a favor.
sign of healing
...departing in 20 mins...
A Vvrael warlock pauses a moment as his eyes swim black with anti-mana.
>You are a ghost! You must wait until someone resurrects you, or you decay. Either way, it won't be long now! (HELP for more details).
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The Edgeleaf disk disintegrates, dropping everything on the ground.
A Vvrael warlock gestures mystically!
A brilliant luminescence surrounds a Vvrael warlock.
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A Vvrael warlock abruptly twists his torso into an impossible skew, rotating his shoulders around so that they are facing backward. In the next instant, he whirls in the other direction, almost too quickly for eyes to follow.
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Reaching into the dark folds of his robes, a Vvrael warlock draws forth a thin ebon dagger. Raising the blade high over his head, the warlock plunges it into your chest! While his body shudders in ecstasy, the warlock thrusts his hand into your corpse and draws forth your still warm heart!
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A Vvrael warlock strides east.
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A Vvrael warlock strides in!
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A Vvrael warlock seems to speak, however, the words blur into a low hiss laced with a puzzling mix of both menace and a compelling allure.
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