Bone Devil Bests our Buddies
- Adventuring On
- 2020-11-09
- Field Notes
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- Retelling
- I wrote this part cowering inside of a hut
Since a Bone Devil had kicked all our butts
Our paladin died and Mugs has gone rogue
The rest of us cower as we collogue
How this did happen I'll write in great haste
We don't think we have that much time left to waste
We need to get moving and need to act fast
We do not know how long this portal will last
We'd entered the tower all tied in a line
We thought that our whole plan was doing just fine
The door at our backs then quickly slammed closed
And we were now in a room feeling exposed
We finally paused and we took stock of our hurts
And decided that NOW was the time for a yurt
Here this iron arena we'd take a long rest
Then Divestor Isuna put us through a test
Out of the portal sloshed lumpy Lemures
But it seemed that their onslaught we all could endure
Mugs rushed in real fast and slashed on in half
And Will killed another one on our behalf
Direniper rushed in and bit one to death
The Lemure's black ichor left her with bad breath
Hoj's thrown bolt, as always, went wide
And Lyrad next arrow stuck into one's side
Lemures tried to hurt Mugs, but they barely scratched
It seems that these Lemures were grossly outmatched
We finished them quickly and took a deep breath
And then came some Imps who would bug us to death
We polished those off with nary a cut
And Selene still focused on building her hut
When through the portal a pole arm did soar
And to all our dismay, Selene it did gore
She managed to keep her hut spell in her mind
Despite that fact that she almost just now died
And through that darn portal a monster appeared
And then its onslaught was as bad as we feared
It swung hard at Vale and dealt a harsh blow
Hoj struck it hard as a taunt he did bellow
"Show your face coward" he yelled at the sky
"Oh Hoj," seethed the devil "you see, here am I"
Lyrad shot at it, and Rys faerie fired
We all hoped that quickly this thing would expire
Selene made her hut and she vanished inside
At least we had something to save all our hides
Direniper then fled to draw its attack
It struck at her hard as she turned back
Hoj also fled, and had some bad luck
His soul was then captured when the devil struck
Our spells and our weapons were of little use
This Bone Devil simply shrugged off our abuse
Vale was struck down, and next went down Fenn
It seemed like this was to be our party's end
For some reason, into the portal Mugs went
We had no idea where she might have been sent
The rest of us ran for Selene's mighty hut
So we could all heal from our various cuts
It seems the Bone Devil had then had its fill
"You're all free to go. I have made my kill"
The Bone Devil went back to whence it had come
And we all limped 'round, feeling quite stunned
We all watched in wonder as the iron floor
Soaked up the bodies, the blood, and the gore
Our paladin's body was soaked up as well
And were it had gone, we sure couldn't tell
The doorway behind us was open again
And Selene howled as she cradled Fenn
"If you want them come get them" the voice then said
But first we should probably heal up our dead
While we were recouping inside of our hut
Mugs was faced with a door that was sealed shut
She seemed to be trapped inside of a room
That was small and unpleasant and filled up with gloom
Hoj then appeared fast asleep at her feet
He woke up and felt he was not quite complete
Sure he was there and was bodily whole
But he somehow felt he was missing his soul
And that was where this awful chapter did end
We knew that we must go and rescue our friends
But first we must heal and take a quick nap
Before we wiped Bone Devil off of the map