Ash Survives With Less of Himself

Timonos Truthstriker found Ash and Drow the way disasters find weak walls. He smashed through nearby barriers, turning the remote flameskull sector into another collapsing line of danger. Drow phased Ash away, saving him from the immediate worst of it, but the maze still took its payment. Ash took enough damage to hit zero and rolled badly on the new overkill table. The result was permanent. His maximum hit points were reduced by ten. Ash survived, but not cleanly. Vithyrex's realm left a mark that did not vanish with a potion, a rest, or a joke. The maze had already taken one maximum hit point when the eye displaced him. Now it took far more, making his body carry the cost of escape before escape had even happened. Maine found him, apologized to Drow, gave Ash a potion, and dragged him back toward the safe room. Morgan nearly started Animate Dead before Ash was confirmed alive, which said everything about the speed at which hope and necromancy can blur around this party. Ash was not dead. He was changed.