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Acid Puddles

The Puddles

Residue of the siege pooled through the ruins; the bartenders are neutralizing them, but most are still acid.

Story so far

"Watch out for the puddles, mate," Florin tells Carl as they stand before The Semeru Castle. The bartenders are neutralizing them, but most are still acid.

The puddles are part of a landscape of wet, slimy goo mixed with ash that smells indescribably of burned fish, rotten milk, sulfur and mulch, all of it dusted red by the fallout of War Crime and lit by hovering Torch and Spotlight spells. Crawlers, NPCs, Mercenaries and Veterans work through them together to repair the towers destroyed in the fighting.

Appearance

Standing pools of acid mixed through slime and ash across the lower levels of the city.

Role

Lingering battlefield hazard being cleared as the reconstruction proceeds.

Relationships

Florin — Warns Carl to watch for them.
Larracos — Cover the wrecked lower levels of the city.
Bartenders — Working to neutralize them.
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Chapter 90
  • Residue of the siege pooled through the ruins; the bartenders are neutralizing them, but most are still acid.
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