[KQ] Big A(spire)rations

CREATURE START HIT POINTS: 243 {CREATURE ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE: FAIL} Ashetta: {HIT} - 55 DMG CREATURE END HIT POINTS: 188 Today, luck won out over hunger. The creature thrashed at the cage of electricity, screeching and howling its anger and trying to use its considerable strength to break out of the prison. And try it did - but Ashetta's lightning was too much. The shriek it let out was weaker than some of its others, then utterly drowned out by the answering call from Koel. Their combined efforts succeeded in allowing the group, injured and otherwise, to escape the Spire and the danger it crawled with. The monster would not follow. It would stay to guard its territory and lick its wounds, until next time... KEY QUEST: FAILED OUTCOMES: Roana: Grievously injured, requires immediate medical attention. Ronin: Grievously injured and poisoned. Requires immediate medical attention. Next thread must be with a healer. Ashetta: Temporarily deafened by Koel's call, given her close proximity. Otherwise unharmed. Koel: Unharmed, lost his weapons. RESULTS AND BOONS: Unfortunately, as the monster still lives you will not receive credit for the KQ. It's not all bad though! The group learns/obtains the following: The next time this creature appears in a KQ, the group will get first refusal on participation. Ashetta's last hit on the creature caused its leathery skin to sizzle, crack and open in places. Beneath, she will notice that its insides are markedly... inorganic. The group will leave with the knowledge that the creature seems particularly susceptible to damage that will burn it. One of the creature's fangs is still embedded in Ronin's shoulder. Its removal may give an opportunity for further research and even the development of an antivenom. whatever doesn't kill me better run