Expedition to Castle Ravenloft (IC)

[Gorthok]

Ancho Peppers

Ancho stumbles back out of the alleyway, the front of his tunic glistening wet. He falls to his knees and retches again upon the greasy cobblestones. The sight at the end of the alley was just too much for his stomach to handle.

Wiping saliva and last night's rations from his chin, Ancho mutters, "Whoever caused so much malcontent to this simple burg will pay!"

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Moves to G4 and falls prone due to nausea. Will skip next round's action to RP vomiting.

[lorddumonde]

Xaxil
Round 5

Xaxil swings his blade in a wide arc in an effort to free Z4 from its unholy caricature of life.

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(d20+10)[23](d10+3)[11]

[lorddumonde]

Eldon
Round 5

Bob swings at Z5.

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(d20+6)[14](d10+4)[5]

Eldon continues to burn Z5.

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[Gamblerjoe]

Round 6

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Eldon's flaming sphere burns the zombie's flesh, further twisting its form. Xaxil hacks one of the arms off the zombie attacking him. Through the mist, the severed arm almost appears to twitch and squirm.

Ignoring all damage and dismemberment, the zombies focus on their attempts to feast on the flesh of the living.

[Cleavon]

Ralston Allcott

Grunting as he feels his mace knocked aside by the things spongy disgusting flesh he redirects his swing to come over is head in an arc, smashing at the zombie again, knowing that it's just a matter of time before these walking corpses are destroyed.

Attack!

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Attacking Z5 once again, hopefully with better effect this time.

(1d20+7)[12]
(1d8+3)[6]

[lorddumonde]

Xaxil
Round 6

Xaxil swings his sword again at Z4.

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[lorddumonde]

Eldon
Round 6

Bob brings the full force of his hammer down upon the head of Z5.

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Eldon continues to burn the same zombie.

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[lorddumonde]

Unless, of course, that zombie drops. In which case, Eldon directs the sphere to roll onto Z4.

[Gamblerjoe]

The last 2 zombies fall, and the streets again grow eerily silent. Barnaby stops playing and pipes up.

"Wait! Did you hear that?...Human voices...Listen!"

You hear nothing so much as a breeze, until the silence is broken by loud crash and the sound of falling debris to the west. You then hear what sounds like a human voice shout something. After a few seconds, the streets fall silent again.

Xaxil

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[Knowledge (Religion)] Though these creatures are clearly walking dead, they too lack the black onyx you are accustomed to seeing in the eye sockets of undead raised via the create undead spell. It also seems odd that they plod mindlessly like a typical zombie, but attack quicker and with slightly more competence.

Ralston

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[Knowledge (Religion)] Though these creatures are clearly walking dead, they too lack the black onyx you are accustomed to seeing in the eye sockets of undead raised via the create undead spell. It also seems odd that they plod mindlessly like a typical zombie, but attack quicker and with slightly more competence.

Eldon

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[Knowledge (Religion)] Though these creatures are clearly walking dead, they too lack the black onyx you are accustomed to seeing in the eye sockets of undead raised via the create undead spell. It also seems odd that they plod mindlessly like a typical zombie, but attack quicker and with slightly more competence.

Ancho

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[Knowledge (Local)] The black ichor dripping from the zombies' mouths and wounds reminds you of a journal you once read. A group of Ancient nobles known as the Knighs of the Raven tried to quell a zombie outbreak. It seemed that a bite from these zombies would infect the wound with a disease that later turns the victim into one of the same.

[Cleavon]

Ralston Allcott

Seeing the enemies laying destroyed before him he shakes his head grimly. As Barnaby speaks he tilts his head a little, trying to hear what the small man might have, but unsure what those sounds truly were.

"These undead do not seem to be the work of a necromancer...something evil stirs in these lands. We should work quickly to find any who haven't succumbed to it. I say we follow those noises, for good or ill."

[lorddumonde]

Eldon

Eldon immediately begins walking in the direction of the voices and subsequent crash. The halfling keeps his eyes peeled, his ears attuned and a spell on his lips. He gazes about eagerly searching for anything out of the ordinary. Not that this crawling mist or a zombie plague are ordinary. He looks more for things that seem out of place in a town of this size. Having an intimate knowledge of dark practices of the arcane kind, he is looking for the telltale signs of evil practice of the necromantic arts....and anything shiny. Bob plods along behind. Silent except for the slight clacking of his skeletal feet upon the cobblestones.

[Gamblerjoe]

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The everpresent mists clear slightly, revealing a human body lying face down in the street amid the garbage. One of the buildings facing the street has its door smashed in.

[lorddumonde]

Xaxil

Xaxil runs to catch up with Eldon.
"Hold-up good Master Thorngage. 'Tis better if I took the lead. I have the innate ability to detect if anymore foul undead are afoot."

[lorddumonde]

Eldon

Eldon slows his pace but cannot fully stop his curiosity driven feet from inching toward the face down body in the street.

[Cleavon]

Ralston Allcott

Moving himself up the street as he sees Eldon begin forward, he turns and nods to Ancho.

"Mr.Peppers, it seems we're moving along. Are you fit to travel onward? I notice that your lunch now joins the refuse among the cobblestones..."

He took a few steps forward, making sure not to leave Ancho behind.

[Gorthok]

Ancho Peppers

Once his innards have calmed a bit, Ancho slowly walks in the direction of the cacaphony. He whispers a quick word to his journey mates and sidled away into the darkness.

Sneaking!

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Sneaking to L8
Move Silently(1d20+11)[16]

[Gamblerjoe]

Surprise Round

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A door swings open to the south of Eldon, and another human looking corpse shambles out. He is soon joined by more zombies who slowly emerge from the mist.

[lorddumonde]

Eldon
Surprise Round

Eldon jumps back 5 feet to N8 and blasts Z4 with a Disrupt Undead.

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ranged touch(d20+7)[24](1d6)[2]

Bob swings at Z4.

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(d20+5)[15](d10+3)[9]

[lorddumonde]

Xaxil
Surprise Round

Xaxil shouts "Your foul desecration ends here!" and charges to M8.

[kwhalen]

Xaxil...charging up to M8... braces his foot against the door to his right in order to slow any undead that may try to emerge from the room within.
"Eldon! Slow your curiousity and step behind me! We'll form a line here!" (Glances at Bob) ...And have your minion stay put!" (Looking back at Ralston) "Seal off the space (O6) between Bob and that building!"

OOC:
Sorry for the bossy attitude gang...its just Xaxil

Rob & Casey:
My Shield of Faith lasts 6 minutes...so Im sure its still in effect from the begining of the first battle(AC 21)
Attacking one handed +9/d10+2(before any party buffs)
I like to fire my deific vengence for 5d6 from time to time(makes me feel good) in order to cut down an enemy from a distance...especially when they approach my comrades

[Cleavon]

Ralston Allcott
Round 0

Ralston grimaces at the small flood of undead that come out to threaten Eldon, and he speaks a few words of power and prayer, and as he moves forward to join the fray a great flood of silvery light floods the area, emanating from his body.

Move to P6 (Pardon me Barnaby )

Silvery Radiance provides light in 30 ft radius, dim light for another 30 ft beyond that.

[Gamblerjoe]

Round 1

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The zombies all shuffle forward mindlessly attacking the nearest living humanoid. Bob strikes one as it moves past him, doing minor damage to its fleshy body. As three zomblis flail their arms at Xaxil, one manages to gouge him with its finger nails. The wound burns as it is smeared with the foul black ichor.

Xaxil

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Take 5 damage.
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The corpse in the middle of the road begins to twitch and roll a bit. Suddenly it bursts open as 2 oversized larvae emerge from its innards.

These are 4-foot long, dead-white segmented worms. Eyeless, drooling stinking ichor from their clacking mandibles, these monstrosities are maggots grown orders of magnitude too large. Luckily, no one has yet encountered the vermin capable of leaving behind such awful larvae.

Before you can even begin to process what your eyes are seeing, your ears are acosted by the shrill shriek coming from above you.

These creatures look like hideous, distorted human heads suspended from leathery wings. In place of hair, they are crowned with writhing tendrils, and their eyes burn with a menacing green flame.

Ralston

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[Fortitude Save Success]

Xaxil

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[Fortitude Save Success]

Ancho

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Eldon

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[Fortitude Save Failed] You are paralyzed with fear

Eldon's eyes widen and he drops what he is holding. For the first time since you stepped off the wagon he stops talking and stands rigid.

[Cleavon]

Ralston Allcott

Gripping his mace tight in his hand he took a step forward, closer to the middle of the fray. The light around him shimmers with its silvery radiance, as he raises his shield once again, the holy symbol of St-Cuthbert worked into it he bellows a prayer.

"My lord St.Cuthbert, see what is right and just in this dark land and destroy these foul creatures!"


Move and Destroy Undead!

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Five foot step to O7 and destroy undead. DC18 (6/9 Turns left)
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[kwhalen]

Having had time to size up the strength of the zombies...and seeing Eldon's frozen state...Xaxil turns his attention to the flying menace. For a moment he ignores the imminent zombie threat and extends his sword to the sky. Focusing his divine connection...he blast forward with Deific Vengence.

Deific Vengence

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[Gorthok]

Ancho Peppers

His ears still ringing from the piercing shriek just moments ago, Ancho finds himself face to face with a flying abomination! After shrugging off whatever fear was left in him from watching the gigantic larvae emerge from the corpse up ahead, He strikes out with vengeance at the bobbing head infront of him!

Full Attack!!

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Main hand: (1d20+8)[16]
Damage: (1d6+2)[7]

Offhand: (1d20+8)[27]
Damage: (1d6+1)[3]

[Gorthok]

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Offhand Possible crit: (1d20+8)[27]
Sneak Attack Damage (telling blow): (3d6)[10]

[Gamblerjoe]

Round 2

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Ralston's prayer causes the zombies to briefly crackle with white light and their flesh cracks slightly.

Xaxil casts his spell on the flying abomination but is struck as he lets his guard down. He maintains his focus and smites the creature as it turns it attention to Eldon. It goes motionless and falls to the ground. As soon as it hits the cobblestone, it spits apart, and Eldon snaps out of his state of fear.

Ancho, acting quickly, skewers his target with one sword, while removing its wings with the other. Its eyes fade to black, and it ceases moving.

The oversized maggots make their way toward the party. One goes straight for Xaxil and snaps at his leg with its mandibles. It seems unable to distinguish cured leather from actual vulnerable flesh. The other moves past Bob and toward Ralston. Bobs maul just misses the creature, but breaks up a large chunk of the road. In a stroke of luck, the larva finds a chink in Ralston's armor and pierces his leg, just missing his Achilles tendon. Ralston immediately drops his mace and goes rigid.

Xaxil

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Take 10 damage.
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Ralston

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Take 9 damage.
[Fortitude Failed] You are paralyzed.

[lorddumonde]

Eldon
Round 2
(assuming I can go)

Bob swings at maggot2

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(d20+5)[8](d10+3)[13]

Eldon moves 20ft to Q6 and blasts zombies 1,3 and 4 with Lifebolts.

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Z1(d20+3)[20] (d12)[6]Z3(d20+3)[4](d12)[6]Z4(d20+3)[6](d12)[8]Eldon takes 3 non-lethal damage.

[Gorthok]

Ancho Peppers

As the disembodied head drops to the ground infront of him, Ancho sees that Ralston is unmoving and about to be swarmed by the undeath shuffling around him! Moving to Ralscot's side, Ancho brings his sword down upon the festering zombie with all his might!!

Move and Attack!

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Move to P6 and Attack Z4
Main Hand: (1d20+8)[17](25)
Critical Confirm: (1d20+8)[23]
Damage: (1d6+2)[3]
Telling Blow Dmg: (3d6)[2][6][3](11)

[lorddumonde]

Xaxil
Round 2

Xaxil moves to N8 and attacks Z3

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