Alastria’s Journal: Entry 1
Weeee! Weeee! I’m free! Free, free, free. Free! I got out of that dungeon. And it’s about time! That place was such a drag. Nothing to do. And I don’t think that Irenicus guy liked having me around either. I'd keep changing into a Mustard Jelly and trying to ooze out of my cell. He’d yell: “Hey! Stop that!” And I’d yell: “Hey! But I want to get out!” Stuff like that: total drag.
So yeah. I’m free and on my own- just me and the Tweedles. I guess I’m a little nervous though... I mean, Gorion, Tethtoril and everybody else kept telling me that I’d need to learn Abjuration spells to make it on my own. But you know, whatever: they’re boring. Just listen to the word ABJURATION. It sounds like something an old man would say. Who needs ‘em. Gorion kept saying that a mage would kill me someday if I didn’t study’em. Meh. If a mage attacks me, I’ll just turn into an Ogre and smack ‘em. Yeah! I’ll smack ‘em! That’ll be fun.
Anyhoo. It's not like I totally ignore Abjuration spells- I have learned a few recently and I use them all the time. It's just...Well, I like changing into stuff. It's cool. That's all there is too it. And if that means I have to skip a bunch of “remove this” and “stop that” spells then, so be it. The Tweeds and I can handle ourselves. At least I think so...
Well we handled Irenicus's Dungeon at least. And I mean handled it. We cleaned out the place: killed a Demon, freed a Djinni, found some acorns. Totally heroic stuff right? Not bad for a little princess.
I'm getting ahead of myself I guess. I haven't even explained how I ended up in that pit in the first place. But you know, to be completely honest, I'm not really sure how I did get there. All I know is that there was this guy. And he was ugly. And he put me and Immy in a cell. That's basically it. But, I mean, what else do I really need to know? If an ugly guy puts you in a cell, you get out: it's that simple. And so I did.
Imoen helped me out at first- opened the lock on my cell and found me a skifty dagger. But since she gets a little nervous when I'm flinging spells around -and was itchin' to get out of there- she just hit the Shadows and snuck out. I figured that made sense. Because, worst case -if I couldn't get out on my own- she could find some buds and mount a rescue or something. That's what I told myself at least. It would have been nice to have a friend in there though: that place did seem a bit sketch at first. But it turned out ok in the end.
There were Dwarves: Duergars I think. And they were mean. They kept trying to kill the Tweeds and me. But you know what? We killed them right back.
I killed most of them in my Spidy form: Duergars really hate poison. And they're not supper-good at hitting eight-legged freaks either. All I had to do was buff up with Polymorph Self, Protection from Normal Missiles, Shield, Blur, and Mirror Image. Then I'd shift into Spidy form, Cast Draw on Holy Might, and load'em full of poison. That was that: easy-sleezy, just like Viconia.
http://i1195.photobu...19at93315AM.pngThe first ones were near this Golem guy who liked opening doors. He needed a stone to do it though, so I went and got the stone. Surprise, surprise there were more Duergars over there. But my buffs were still running, so I just poisoned them, got the stone, and moved on.
Things got a little tricky after that. Once the Golem guy did his door thing, there was this pit with an Otuygh in it. And since he looked ornery -and I was low on spells- I had to sneak past.
http://i1195.photobu...19at94524AM.pngThe sneaky part wasn't too tough really. But when I got to the other side, there were more Duergars. More.
Where do all these stumpies come from? You'd think they'd have better things to do than hang out in dungeons and get pumped full of poison. But no. They don't. That's just their thing I guess...
Anyhoo. Protection from Normal Missiles was still running and I had just enough spells to buff up my Spider again. I did have to do it supper-quick since they were running at me and all. But once I did, they dropped just like the others. Poison and run: simple-dimple
http://i1195.photobu...19at94609AM.pngRight. Well, after the Duergars there was this bedroom. I got a feeling there might be traps there, so I cast Mirror Image and switched into my Mustard Jelly form. My Jelly is pretty good for setting off traps: it's immune to magic and piercing damage which is what most traps do. True, it's hard to pick up stuff when you're a Mustard Jelly, but at
least you don't die. And that's good.
I found some super-cool goodies in the bedroom: a helmet, a necklace that I really like- other stuff too. But there wasn't an exit there or anything. So I had to keep moving. Wasn't really sure where to go though.
Ok. So that's when things got a little weird. There was this grove, with Dryads in it. I totally didn't expect that! Even weirder, I came oozing up to them in my Jelly form with Protection from Normal Missiles running. I looked like a big jar of goo! But you know what? The Dryads were all: “Protect me, Protect me!”
http://i1195.photobu...19at94824AM.pngI mean, you've gotta be pretty desperate if you're asking Mustard Jellies to protect you, right? Maybe they thought I was a gigantic tub of Gurril Berry gel or something? I guess they could use that. Still, I think those girls are a bit off.
Whatever. They helped me. I had to help them first though. The Dryads wanted to skidaddle but they couldn't leave without their acorns. And their acorns were held by...You guessed it: Duergars. Enter Alastria: slayer of Duergars.
So yeah: I had to kill more Duergars and get the acorns. But these weren't just ho-hum crawling-out of-every-nook-and-cranny Duergars: the clan chief, Ilyich was with them.
I figured I should get some rest first, so I napped with the Dryads watching over me. Then I went on a rampage.
It started with that Otyugh I snuck by before: killed him in my Spidy form.
http://i1195.photobu...19at95417AM.pngThen it was time to knock off Ilyich: head meanie.
I buffed up with my favs: Polymorph Self, Protection from Normal Missiles, Shield, Blur, and Mirror Image. I also conjured up some Minute Meteors for a little extra punch. Then, I just sauntered in and took a look.
Well, there was a mage. And mages are a little sketch for a girl like me. I figured I should kill him first. I popped him with my Meteors. He died super-quick. Then I smoked Ilyich with some more Meteors. Once those guys were toast, I did some Polymorphing. I Blinded the Duergars with Glitterdust, and then shifted- picking Spidy form once again.
http://i1195.photobu...9at100814AM.pnghttp://i1195.photobu...9at100842AM.pnghttp://i1195.photobu...9at100913AM.pngIt worked. Before long all the Duergars were either dead, wretching from poison, or running around scared. It was a hoot. Baddies run and die. I like that.
http://i1195.photobu...9at100956AM.pngSo...What was next? Oh Yeah: the Demon. I killed a Demon. I didn't have to really. But Demons are bad. And I thought it might get Jon's goats. So I did it. Nanny-nannies!
I had to get past a trap first: used my Jelly for that..
http://i1195.photobu...9at101122AM.pngThen it was time for a show down: Cambion versus Flind. Guess who won? Flind! Hooray!
Yeah. I killed the Cambion super-fast all buffed up in my Flindy form. Growl!
http://i1195.photobu...9at101441AM.pnghttp://i1195.photobu...9at101609AM.pngWell, with that all squared, I went back to the Dryads and told them about the Acorns. They were all happy. It was great. Even better: they told me how to get the rock out of that place- Ellesime's key.
I used my Jelly to get the key of course. And once I got it, I was ready to scoot. Almost. I remembered that door over by the Demon with the funky lock. I figured I should check it out- might be another chance to get Jon's goats.
Now this was...stupid: I've gotta admit it. I had
No idea what was behind that door: all I knew was that it was going to be weird. Well. I was right: totally weird.
It was a plane of air I guess? Whatever that is. Anyhoo. It was windy. And full of Mephits. Fortunately, I took another nap over by the Dryads before heading in there. So I was ready.
There was only one really tricky part. There was, like, this fire. Where I guess the Mephits were barbecuing or something? Anyways, there were a lot of them. But as always, I had a super-skifty plan.
I got myself all buffed and tossed a Web at them. Then, I switched in to my Jelly so I'd be immune to the Web, went in, and killed them while they were all held. Clever huh? I even got to use my little Bhaalspawn powers.Fun.
http://i1195.photobu...9at105139AM.pngSo that's what happened behind the door: felt the breeze and killed the Mephits. That was that. Oh! I almost forgot! I found the Djinni there too. Yeah. I freed him. He gave me a sword. We're like buds and all now.
Phew! Well I guess that's all there is to say about the Dungeon really. There were these Portals and Mephits that I had to kill in my Flindy form. And then there was this Super P-O'ed clone girl that I had to ice. But that was basically it- aside for more Duergars of course. Oh. And the Thieves that were all lost or something.
Hmm. I guess there really was a lot more stuff to talk about huh? But you know: I'm pretty beat. I really need to get some sleep. So that'll have to do. I'll just write about Imoen and the Wizards and all that other big picture stuff later. It's bedtime for me and the Tweeds.Nighty-night!
http://i1195.photobu...9at113536AM.pngBtw. What I've decided to do is post journals using snippits from Alastria's old, unfinished Campfire story. Hopefully, she'll end up with a complete story in this thread. If she dies, I'll just move her over to the Minimal Reloads Thread. Either way, she'll end up with a complete story and will be ready for retirement.
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