THE BLACK CITY
BOSS ENCOUNTER: THE KRAKEN
[THE INFESTED, USURPER OF THRONES]
▼ DISEASED ▼ POISONED
The Kraken had appeared like a truck with its headlights off: a massive shape bursting from the dark and into their shared, lurid lights, a festering monster crashing into them.
Those struck would feel the pain of serious bruising, of broken bones, as the beast crashed into them. Tentacles flailed among them, grabbing, tossing, and then it broke free and the initial attack was over: but not without damage done on both sides.
Lightning strikes from
Fahl,
Hunter and
Khavur left their marks, with claws and spear plunging home into festering flesh, leaving a cloud of inky blood billowing behind the Kraken as it turned away.
V-Labradorite-One tore at one tentacle as it fled, the creature spinning and jolting violently free with a further spray of black.
Hestia's claws of ice left as spikes in a trap tore it further as it spun away, and magic, too, took its toll.
Electrum's bolt briefly lit the dark in a shiver of light, arcing and searing over the Kraken's body. The effects of
Blight's disease were not yet apparent.
For an instant,
the Kraken vanished: Esther's void taking it, banishing it into nothingness. It was here that Kaimana's voice echoed along the shared link:
"The Kraken's eyes might be a good place to aim? Or--it might lash out harder if blinded. It has bad sores all over; attacking those might be safer." The Gembounds were granted just a moment of preparation or reaction, if they wished it.
Then the creature was back, flailing with a trail of bubbles, limp for a moment in the black. It was at this point that those who had entered the room second might notice that they were feeling distinctly
sick: perhaps the creature's rocket to the entrance had not been only an attack, but
a defense. Those who had been struck were already sickened, but those who'd entered an instant later would find that they'd passed through a cloud of festering bacteria the Kraken had blasted like ink into the doorway. Still, as it reemerged from the Void, they had a chance to strike.
Patrick was nowhere to be seen.
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GARNET-EPSILON ▼ DISEASED |
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CARJA ▼ BLEEDING ▼ DISEASED |
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V-LABRADORITE-ONE ▼ DISEASED |
[ ACTION LOG ]
> GEMBOUNDS WHO ENTERED AFTER THE ROOM AFTER THE KRAKEN ATTACK will become DISEASED next round, inflicting them with 9 DAMAGE unless cleansed. They may roll for any action!
> GEMBOUNDS WHO ENTERED PRIOR TO THE KRAKEN ATTACK are safe from this attack and may roll for any action!
> ALL DISEASE, POISONS, AND BLEEDS will also inflict ONE DAMAGE per round.
> WHALE has blocked 1 DAMAGE from each Gembound struck, taking on this additional 10 DAMAGE herself.
> HESTIA takes 9 DAMAGE from THE KRAKEN and is now DISEASED.
> GARNET-EPSILON takes 9 DAMAGE from THE KRAKEN and is now DISEASED.
> TERROR takes 9 DAMAGE from THE KRAKEN and is now DISEASED.
> DRAGON dodges THE KRAKEN.
> DEEP DARK dodges THE KRAKEN.
> BRANDLE dodges THE KRAKEN.
> CARJA takes 5 DAMAGE (reduced by armor) from THE KRAKEN + 1 BLEEDING DOT via her BACKFIRED ARMOR and is now DISEASED.
> ASCENT takes 5 DAMAGE from THE KRAKEN (reduced by AWARENESS ROLL) and is now DISEASED. ASCENT frees CARJA from her armor.
> FAHL takes 5 DAMAGE from THE KRAKEN (reduced by AWARENESS ROLL) and is now DISEASED.
> TELESTO takes 5 DAMAGE from THE KRAKEN (reduced by AWARENESS ROLL) and is now DISEASED.
> ASTERI takes 3 DAMAGE from THE KRAKEN (reduced by AWARENESS ROLL and ATTIKIAS'S PROTECTION).
> BLIGHT takes 5 DAMAGE from THE KRAKEN (reduced by WHITE SENSE AWARENESS ROLL) and is now DISEASED.
> V-LABRADORITE-ONE takes 5 DAMAGE from THE KRAKEN (reduced by PHYSICAL DEFENSE PREPARATION ROLL) and is now DISEASED.
> ATTIKIAS takes 5 DAMAGE from THE KRAKEN (reduced by ARMOR) plus an additional 2 DAMAGE protecting ASTERI and is now DISEASED. He has also prevented ASTERI from becoming DISEASED.
> WHALE blocks 1 DAMAGE from THE KRAKEN on ALL GEMBOUND STRUCK, reducing all listed damage by 1.
>WHALE takes an additional 10 DAMAGE blocked from others in addition to the 9 DAMAGE from THE KRAKEN and is now DISEASED.
> FAHL inflicts 13 DAMAGE + 1 POISON DOT to THE KRAKEN with PHYSICAL COMBAT.
> BLIGHT inflicts 15 DAMAGE + 1 DISEASE DOT to THE KRAKEN with MICRO CLOUD.
> ELECTRUM inflicts 18 DAMAGE to THE KRAKEN with BOLT.
> ESTHER inflicts 8 DAMAGE to THE KRAKEN with ENERGY OF THE VOID.
> HUNTER inflicts 12 DAMAGE to THE KRAKEN with PHYSICAL COMBAT.
> HESTIA inflicts 11 DAMAGE to THE KRAKEN with GLACIATE.
> KHAVUR inflicts 11 DAMAGE to THE KRAKEN with ATTACK FLURRY.
> V-LABRADORITE-ONE inflicts 16 DAMAGE to THE KRAKEN with CRIPPLE.
> THE KRAKEN casts FESTERING MIASMA, poisoning the entrance to the room with deadly bacteria!
This quest is closed to new entrants. As a reminder, characters will need a minimum of three posts in this thread to claim rewards.
Kaimana's warning given after consultation with her player!