With agonizing slowness, Gorun begins swallowing down the priestess that had caused his group so much trouble and come within a few seconds of completely absorbing the slimy fairy curled up on the floor at his feet. She fights all the way down, groping at the sides of his mouth and trying to lever herself back out, and everyone trying to grab her legs usually gets a firm kick to the face for their troubles as soon as she feels the slightest touch on her. Since joining, the bull hasn't had a live meal this... spirited, for sure; almost as good is her taste, spicy and rich like little else he's tasted, flavored with enough cuts and blood to act as her own sauce. Something deep inside the monk feels...<span style="font-style: italic">proper</span>, to be devouring the priestess, and when at last the last of her is curled up in his stomach the surge of pleasure is all but electric.<br/><br/>Still, the priestess doesn't give up her fight just because she's been eaten. Almost instantly, she turns around in the bull's tight stomach and begins pushing at the sphincter she came through, and Gorun feels wave after wave of smoky, chaotic energy blasting through him as the priestess channels her power through him to weaken his muscles and slow his reflexes. Two times, she actually manages to claw her way back up partway into his mouth, the others getting treated to a few sights of an acid-stained arm flailing around outside Gorun's mouth before he manages to swallow her back down. Despite his belly's best efforts, the priestess's tough hide seems to give her quite a bit of protection against his acids and muscles, and even when she's securely in the stomach she manages to cast spells into the monk. Early on, his sight abruptly cuts out as a spell Albali well recognize renders him blind, but one doesn't need eyes to eat; more concerning is the wave of agony that passes through him not long after, weakening his muscles and giving his face a savage-looking half-melted cast as his features are dragged out of place by another touch. Still, such things are only ways to delay the inevitable. After what feels like a lifetime, the priestess<span style="font-style: italic">finally</span>goes still inside Gorun, either dead or resigned.<br/><br/>Kaheksa half-turns from the altar, letting the tendril of ooze flop out of her grip; "She's dead." The dark half-elf says, rather than asks. "I've... this ooze, she'd bound one of her cultists' souls into it so it would be intelligent and under her control." She sniffs. "I helped the trapped soul pass on. This muck is harmless now if you don't jump in; it's even less intelligent than most ooze. Just an acidic puddle, really."<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Perception check, DC 26:<br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Kaheksa is not telling the entire truth.</div></div></div><br/>Know(Arcana) check, DC 25:<br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">You recognize the little ritual she's doing with the ooze as Gorun digests his meal. She's absorbing the essence right out of the ooze, and that's why it's... harmless, now.</div></div></div></span><br/><br/>Brushing her hands off, she says, "What few cultists remain are no threat to anyone, I'll warrant. We should go rescue the children." She nods at the far door.<br/>[[Since this is pretty much over, I decided I didn't need everyone to go through watching the internal struggle for a few rounds. 1d8+5 bludgeoning and 1d6 acid damage, DR 5 protects against each. Rollin' a whole lot of dice...<br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">First round: Priestess is partially swallowed. Escape attempt fails.<br/>Second: Priestess totally swallowed. Touch of chaos hits Gorun.<br/>Third... you guys get the idea, I hope.  <img alt=":gulp:" src="./images/smilies/munch.gif" title="Eat!"/> A lot of touches of chaos, a lot of partial escapes due to that. She has a high concentration check, so even with Gorun's CMD he gets treated to a lot of pain. Two spells manage to get through the concentration check, SR, and saves; Gorun has -2 to attack rolls thanks to disfiguring touch for 6 days, and on top of that gets hit with Blindness (permanent until healed/dispelled). Some damage gets through too but he's surrounded by healers, so that's not too worrying!</div></div></div><br/><br/>Final status!<br/>Xarithe is at 27/35 HP<br/>Ambrosia is Weakened (-6 Strength) and has 2 negative levels. 24/35 HP<br/>Gorun is blind and has -2 to attacks.<br/>Albali is 20/20 HP.<br/>Ain is 3/10 HP<br/>Eiyre is 24/31 HP<br/>Turilia is 23/27 HP (14 nonlethal damage, -2 DEX, -2 CON)<br/><br/>Hope this boss fight was fun!]]