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He continues up. The 44th step has a Ivory Tube which is non magical. Inside is:
Unidentified Wand (Wand of Wonder – 63 charges)
Alzar will check it out later.
More stairs pass by. On the 64th, a sudden magical gale wind strikes! Alzar must save vs Breath or be swept off and into the sky. Alzar drops a 17 and it fine, but the axe in his hand blows away and lands on the ground. The gale wind has ended and the Griffon fetches it and ferries it back to him in its beak. The Stalker, as a creature of air, is immune.
At 112 there is a sudden appearance of a beautiful older human female clad in robes of purple. She speaks:
“You are come to the Seat of Power, where the Cheiromar sits in vigil. You have not the key, you are not welcome here. Please leave, and you will suffer no harm.”
She then fades.
Alzar arrives at the 200th stair and sees an odd hand in the middle of the 204th stair, as though it belonged to someone buried under the stair, with just the hand showing. It’s not undead, he can’t control it. A trap? Construct? Magical creature?
When he hits 202, the hand levitates quickly, and then makes a sign as if to say “stop.” It has an eye in the palm of the hand. It appears to have been made of Marble, and it’s just hanging there. Alzar steps back to 201, and then fades to OtherSpace, grabs the whistle and returns.
He blows the Whistle of Golem Control and…it is a construct, but it rolls a 14 and it cannot be controlled. Sensing the hostile action, it flies towards Alzar. Alzar’s axe tries to hit the thing and it fires four rays from its fingers. Init!
4 vs 6. Alzar’s axe….14 and 17, hits for 31 damage. The shield? 4 misses. The Hand uses an Energy Drain, Paralysis, Fiery Beam and Whirlwind at Alzar. The Energy Drain pulls a charge off the Scarab he has, the Paralysis misses (Free Action) the fire does )(no save – 4d6 – 15 damage) and the whirlwind tries to push him off the stair (same as before but no gust blowing items – it’s not that strong an effect) Alzar rolls 15. 2 vs 8. Alzar finishes the hand and it’s destroyed and pieces fall everywhere. Alzar grabs a few for later study.
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