Strange Aeons: Ash's Redoubt [DMOOCH]

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Things seemingly well in hand, Mack and Ourolini delay ...

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T22: Since Zoo can't really be selective about what parts of the Gray to bite as he holds it in his mouth, he tries to keep the hold and shake his prey back and forth vigorously, but the Gray is out of his bite and on the ground now.

R2T21.8-.5: Mack says something to Ourolini and Ourolini moves forward and bites the Gray in the crotch for a humiliating 9. The Gray's bulbous eyes narrow in pure hatred at the reptile.

R2T12: Brother Jaume, the thing is on the deck in front of you. What do you do?

Bangs and Björn were both delaying and may go at any time. Al and Ben have readied actions. Gray on deck (literally), Akbar in the hole ...

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Zoo: 22.
* Animalistic transformation (scent), size change: large, and grab from tentacles on the bite.
Mack: 21 8.
Ourolini: 21.5.
Bangs: 21. DELAYING!!!
Al: 20. READIED to attack Gray if it stands up!!!
Ben: 15. READIED to trip Gray if it gets free and on its feet!!!
Björn: 14. DELAYING!!!
Brother Jaume: 12. PA.
Doctor Latchke: 11. (14:44; 11:13 DEX). Can only attack Ourolini. Will DC 20 save at the beginning of each round to end this effect. PRONE!!!
Akbar: 10.

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R1T20: As fast as Björn fired the crystal, another extrudes forth slightly. This time, he hits the ghoul in the left shoulder for 2.

R1T19: Bangs, what do you do?

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Björn: 20.
Bangs: 19.
Ghoul: 16.
Zoo: 14.
Mack: 12.
Brother Jaume: 11.
Ourolini: 5.
Al: 4.

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R1T19: Uncomfortable with the wiggling worm of doubt the ghoul represents, Bangs wholeheartedly agrees with it's disposal from afar and moves near Björn for a clear line of fire. Concentrating on some of the smaller stones amidst the rubble, Bangs gathers them together into a solid mass of rock before hurling the stone at the Ghoul with his will, smacking it severally for 9.

R1T16: The ghoul goes forth down the south, pushing the half-eaten corpse along with it, and gets to the man in yellow. The ghoul stands behind the helpless, wild-eyed man and says, "Try another, and this flesh bag bleeds out." To illustrate his point, he has his claws at the man's neck, ready to rip out his throat if the group tries anything.

The man, confused and frightened, whimpers, "Praise."

R1T14: Zoo, you are 20' from the ghoul, in difficult terrain. The ghoul has an obvious readied action to kill this man, and the man is so battered and wounded it looks like he could be one-and-done if you try anything.

Spoiler: Turning off your metagaming hat for a moment, two things for Zoo...

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First, this is a readied action, but don't come at this like a gamer-math problem of whether or not the ghoul can do enough damage and whether the man has enough of a Constitution for a store of negative hit points so that by the time someone can stabilize-blah-blah-blah .... a helpless man has claws around his throat, threatening to slash open all manner of blood-and-air-carrying passages faster than any speed the party possesses.

Two, the ghoul seems as terrified of the group as the man in yellow is genuinely terrified ... and that's a lot. Don't try to metagame mechanical implications, because Zoo doesn't know from undead anyway (not that he remembers). Just work on that knowledge.

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Björn: 20.
Bangs: 19.
Ghoul: 16. (9:20).
Zoo: 14.
Mack: 12.
Brother Jaume: 11.
Ourolini: 5.
Al (& Fennec): 4.

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R1T14: Shifting back to his human form, Zoo holds up his hands as nonthreateningly as he can. "Whoa, let's all calm down here. This 'creature' is obviously a prisoner like us. Nobody has to die here, and this ghoul isn't on our to do list for Winters."

R1T12: Mack delays ...

R1T11: Brother Jaume?

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Björn: 20.
Bangs: 19.
Ghoul: 16. (9:20).
Zoo: 14.
Mack: 12.
Brother Jaume: 11.
Ourolini: 5.
Al (& Fennec): 4.

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R1T11: Grasping his holy symbol tightly in his fist, a flushed Brother Jaume shouts at the ghoul. "BEGONE, foul creature! Your presence is an affront to the living and to my God. Go! Soil this place with your evil no longer!"

A golden radiance burst from Brother Jaume similar to his healing burst, and crashes into the ghoul and everyone within 30'. The ghoul seems to handle the burn, which in the end only does 1 PE (positive energy) to it.

R1T10: It didn't expect that attack (though it did resist it), and it was weak. The ghoul's face turns to rage and it gives a rasping, hissing shout. Instead, it cuts the man's throat with its claw, blood burbling, and spraying out as the man gurgles.

R1T5: With a look between itself and Mack, the quadrupedal eidolon rushes in an arc to come at the ghoul from the side and snap at it with a bite.

R1T4: Al (and Paneale), you are 15' from the ghoul. What do you?

Björn on deck, Bangs in the hole ...

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Björn: 20.
Bangs: 19.
Zoo: 14.
Mack: 12. DELAYING!!!
Brother Jaume: 11.
Ghoul: 16. (8:20). 10.
Ourolini: 5.
Al (& Fennec): 4.

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R1T4: Teeth and claws bared, Aliendrei dashes toward the ghoul, going low and biting the thing in its left shin and calf for 8 - taking out a sizable amount of flesh.

"Jaume, do whatever you can to save him!"

Spoiler: Aliendrei

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You just bit into necrotic flesh, roll a Fort save.

You also not only bit into flesh (hey, it's a bite!), but something that doesn't seem, taste, or feel like you'd expect from flesh. It's terrible, disgusting, horrific, and possibly damning. Roll a Sanity check (Will save).

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T20: Björn, what do you do?

Bangs on deck, Zoo in the hole ...

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Björn: 20.
Bangs: 19.
Zoo: 14.
Mack: 12. DELAYING!!!
Brother Jaume: 11.
Ghoul: 16. (1:20). 10.
Ourolini: 5.
Al (& Fennec): 4. Charged.

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Despite the flesh he bit into, Aliendrei does a rip-and-spit to keep it from lasting long in his mouth, being sure to swallow nothing. As horrible a concept as it is to bite such a creature, Al recognizes that Olheon provides Aliendrei with teeth like a weaponsmith provides a holy warrior with a sword, and that using one's gifts to overcome evil should never be discomfiting to the righteous.

R2T20: Foregoing his previous statement in a kind of 'do as I say, not as I do' moment, Björn closes for an attack with his sword. It is such a botched attempt that when he misses, the sword goes well past and catches him under the left ear and the neck for 4 + 1 bleed.

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You will suffer 1 bleed at the beginning of each round until that wound is tended to in some fashion.

R2T19: Bangs, what do you do?

Zoo on deck, Brother Jaume in the hole, Mack delaying ...

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Björn: 20. 1 Bleed/ rd, Heal DC 20 to stop bleeding.
Bangs: 19.
Zoo: 14.
Mack: 12. DELAYING!!!
Brother Jaume: 11.
Ghoul: 16. (1:20). 10.
Ourolini: 5.
Al (& Fennec): 4. Charged.

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R2T19: Grimacing as Jaume's bluster causes the ghoul to make good on his threat, Bangs curses and says, "Jaume, healing burst now!"

Focusing on the dying man, Bangs reaches out to join him into the collective, trying to see if there is any spark of life left. To do this, he releases Mack (the least involved member of the group) from the collective and then includes the unconscious man.

R2T14: Zoo?

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Björn: 20. 1 Bleed/ rd, Heal DC 20 to stop bleeding.
Bangs: 19.
Zoo: 14.
Mack: 12. DELAYING!!!
Brother Jaume: 11.
Ghoul: 16. (1:20). 10.
Ourolini: 5.
Al (& Fennec): 4. Charged.

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R2T14: After a few colorful comments in french, Zoo says "I'm sorry about this!" and transforms once again into the Big Dog form and closes on the ghoul.

R2T11: Brother Jaume lets loose with a healing burst (5), and then closes right in front of the unconscious man whose bleeding he stopped. Björn, likewise, is fully healed.

R2T10: The ghoul cannot possibly stand much more. Its hideous face grows all the worse as it becomes a mask of seething rage. Instead of attacking an attacker, the vile thing seeks to cause at least one death before it is destroyed. It tears into his fellow chained prisoner with teeth and claws and by the time he is done, there is no doubt that the man is dead.

Spoiler: Bangs

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A curious thing. When this man dies, you are energized! You gain 4 temporary PPs as there is something intoxicating of the pain and anguish of a life extinguished.

R2T5: Ourolini's jaws snap on the ghoul's neck, breaking it to an odd angle.

Combat Ends ...

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Björn: 20.
Bangs: 19. 4 temporary PPs disappear at end of R6T10.
Zoo: 14.
Mack: 12.
Brother Jaume: 11.
Ourolini: 5.
Al (& Fennec): 4.

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Begin Round 1 ...

R1T20: A throwing axe from Amiri bounces off of the bodiless head and clatters to the other side of the pile.

R1T18: Akbar, what do you do? A head floating a few inches from where it was attached to the skull. You can't see the hands from where you are (only Flair from his vantage near the top of the pile).

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I am not drawing a map for this combat, only truly terrible rolls could get the party to a point where you would need that in this fight.

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Amiri: 20.
Akbar: 18.
Sandra: 13.
Bangs: 12.
Zoo: 9.
Beheaded: 8.
Crawling Claw #1: 7.
Flair: 6.
Crawling Claw #2: 3.

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R1T18: "Really?! For serious? That's how it's going to be?" Akbar makes a disgusted face at the disembodied head before sending a streak of flame its wa to blast it in the face and make it deanimate and drop onto the rubble pile, bouncing horrifically down to the ground at Akbar's feet and staring up at him with lifeless (and truly dead) eyes.

Spoiler: ALCON ... SAN Checks!

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Before I forget ... everybody roll a Sanity check vs. a DC of 11. A save = no damage, fail = 1 SAN damage.

R1T13: Meanwhile, Sandra ... you hear scrabbling on the stone above. You were one of the very strong backs so you only need to make 10' worth of movement (5' up and forward) to see what is up there by flair, or 20' worth of movement (10' total travel) to be adjacent to "it/ they." What do you do?

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Amiri: 20.
Akbar: 18.
Sandra: 13.
Bangs: 12.
Zoo: 9.
Crawling Claw #1: 7.
Flair: 6.
Crawling Claw #2: 3.

DESTROYED: Beheaded.

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Akbar stares into the dead eyes of the bodiless head and is a little disturbed by its milky gaze. Likewise, Bangs - a proponent of life - is slightly thrown by the scene.

R1T13: Curious, but prudent nonetheless, Sandra catches her allies' attention, pointing toward the ceiling top of the rubble pile near the ceiling - signifying that there is something there.

That done, she nears herself from the noise, planning to throw an eye, her hand ready to unsheat her weapon. [DM says: Wut. And Interpreting...]
Sandra steps further up the pile - now by Flair and with her greatsword unsheathed. There, she sees the half-buried corpse without a head ... or hands. She does, however, see animated hands!

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These are crawling hands - a type of undead creature that at first seems no different than an animated body part, and yet crawling hands possess a rudimentary, bestial intellect .... which in and of itself makes them far smarter than zombies or skeletons.

R1T12: Bangs, you don't see the hands, but were disturbed by the now "dead" head. What do you do?

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Amiri: 20.
Akbar: 18.
Sandra: 13.
Bangs: 12.
Zoo: 9.
Crawling Claw #1: 7.
Flair: 6.
Crawling Claw #2: 3.

DESTROYED: Beheaded.

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R1T12: Worried by what else might rear it's ugly head, Bangs takes a moment to gather up stone and dust, applying it as a protective layer to his own skin. Feeling slightly safer, Bangs moves up the pile and forward to stand by Sandra. He sees the awful, skittering hands there.

R1T9: Zoo, what do you do?

Spoiler: Zoo

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If you want to see whatever the others (Flair, Sandra, Bangs) are looking at, you would have to get to large size since they are blocking the way partially (and vertically). Well, you could be any size, but Large size if you want to engage with .... whatever.

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Amiri: 20.
Akbar: 18. Slip Bonds trick implanted in self.
Sandra: 13.
Bangs: 12.
Zoo: 9.
Crawling Claw #1: 7.
Flair: 6.
Crawling Claw #2: 3.

DESTROYED: Beheaded.

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R1T9: Curious about the scuffle taking place above him, Zoo disappears in a cloud of green smoke. The large dog-creature that is in his place cranes its neck to get a better vantage point. Its powerful legs tense beneath it. He sees the same creepy hands ...

R1T7: ... one of which launches itself at Flair's throat, but is swiftly struck down and destroyed by Sandra.

R1T6: Flair, one of these hand-things remains. What do you do?

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You recognize that it is a "crawling hand" .... a type of undead (and all that entails). Once a crawling hand has gotten a bit of an enemy's blood, they are good at marking their quarry and tracking them. Despite their size, they are effective at grappling, and are particularly good at strangling their victims.

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Amiri: 20.
Akbar: 18. Slip Bonds trick implanted in self.
Sandra: 13.
Bangs: 12.
Zoo: 9. Animalistic transformation, size change: large, and bestial reflexes for leaping attack.
Crawling Claw #1: 7.
Flair: 6.
Crawling Claw #2: 3.

DESTROYED: Beheaded. Crawling Claw

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R1T6: Flair, who was already standing atop the pile and adjacent to the body (why the other hand tried to get him), lets loose with several flying fists, one of which hits the corpse-hand for 7.

R1T3: This one likewise launches at Flair and gets past his wall of fists to slam him in the throat for 2. Flair just manages to throw it off him so it doesn't grab him by the throat, but the brawler can tell on an instinctual level that this hand has a "feel" for Flair's gullet and would love to try again.

End Round 1, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T20: Amiri really can't get up there so delays ...

R2T18: Akbar, you have no target that you can see. What do you do?

Sandra (up there with Flair) on deck (and can post), Zoo in the hole (likewise, feel free to post).

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Amiri: 20.
Akbar: 18. Slip Bonds trick implanted in self.
Sandra: 13.
Bangs: 12.
Zoo: 9. Animalistic transformation, size change: large, and bestial reflexes for leaping attack.
Flair: 6.
Crawling Claw #2: 3. (5:12).

DESTROYED: Beheaded. Crawling Claw

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R2T18: Akbar decides not to join the scrum at the rubble pile and watches for any other threats.

R2T13: Sandra, what do you do?

I was wrong, Bangs is now on deck, and Zoo is only now in the hole (sorry) ...

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Amiri: 20.
Akbar: 18. Slip Bonds trick implanted in self. Readied action to fire ray any seen threats.
Sandra: 13.
Bangs: 12.
Zoo: 9. Animalistic transformation, size change: large, and bestial reflexes for leaping attack.
Flair: 6.
Crawling Claw #2: 3. (5:12).

DESTROYED: Beheaded. Crawling Claw

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Several workbenches lie crushed beneath the rubble of this room’s collapsed ceiling.

S14: Flair opens up the door to find a "tribal" ready for him. Its jaws snap at him and Flair just manages to put up a defensive block.

Begin Round One ...

R1T21: A ghoul (G3) to the north does a double move to scramble around the rubble pile to get into position.

R1T15: A third ghoul (G1) circles around and bites at Sandra.

R1T14: The ghoul that was readied for Flair (G2) lets loose with a full attack on Flair. It gnaws on his armor, and its two claws miss entirely. In fact, the third claw is so wild a miss that it tore a muscle; then again, being dead, it is entirely nonplussed by this.

R1T11: Akbar glares at the ghoul that has just attacked Flair and then vocalizes a spell, gestures and shouts with no sound but great verve. Still, the ghoul shakes its head as if someone shouted painfully in its ear.

R1T9: Flair, you just got wildly attacked by an ambush and amazingly, the Tribal failed entirely. Still, you have this terrifying view of what could've happened had it succeeded on hitting and paralyzing you on the first strike. What do you do?

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G3: 21. (20:20).
G1: 15. (20:20).
G2: 14. (19:20).
Akbar: 11.
Flair: 9.
Zoo: 8. Small dog form.
Bangs: 7.
Amiri: 6.
Sandra: 5.

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R1T9: Flair attempts a spinning heel kick to the closest tribal (which it blocks) before he tries to get some distance from the foul thing. In doing so, though, a claw from each ghoul there lashes out at him. His primary scores a hit for 3 just below the rib cage, and the other gets him in the upper chest for 6.

Flair, roll two Fort saves ...

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G3: 21. (20:20).
G1: 15. (20:20). AOO used.
G2: 14. (19:20). AOO used.
Akbar: 11.
Flair: 9.
Zoo: 8. Small dog form.
Bangs: 7.
Amiri: 6.
Sandra: 5.

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Before Flair can so much as make a full step to clear datum, the two claws expose the man's weakness as he stands physically transfixed and rooted to the spot. Too, through Flair's active mind stuck in a helpless body, he had a premonition a second ago of a terrible death at their hands ... and it might yet come true.

R1T8: Zoo, you are currently in small dog form. Flair is paralyzed. What do you do?

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G3: 21. (20:20).
G1: 15. (20:20). AOO used.
G2: 14. (19:20). AOO used.
Akbar: 11.
Flair: 9. PARAYLYZED til end R6T9!!!
Zoo: 8. Small dog form.
Bangs: 7.
Amiri: 6.
Sandra: 5.

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R1T8: In a whirl of green smoke and light the small dog disappears and is replaced with a slightly larger dog with large muscled arms sprouting from its shoulders. Seeing Flair attacked, it snarls at the tribal and drags the downed man back before moving to occupy where Flair was previously.

R1T7: Bangs, what do you do? Flair is now safely off the front lines and blocked from harm by Zoo and Sandra. G2 is clear to you, and G1 has cover.

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G3: 21. (20:20).
G1: 15. (20:20). AOO used.
G2: 14. (19:20). AOO used.
Akbar: 11.
Flair: 9. PARAYLYZED til end R6T9!!!
Zoo: 8. Medium dog w/ Extra Arms (one set from shoulders) and hooves.
Bangs: 7.
Amiri: 6.
Sandra: 5.

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R1T7-6: Seeing how a mere scratch could down Flair, Bangs focuses on the well of power in him and draws it through the rocky crust covering his skin before sending it out and 'grafting' the defensive properties onto his allies in the front row. Hopefully, Sandra and Zoo can stand up to the paralytic effect of these creatures. In a sudden possible loss of control, while those two allies are protected, still there is an excess of rock spray that hits G2 for 8.

R1T5: Sandra, what do you do?

Ghouls on deck and in the hole ...

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G3: 21. (20:20).
G1: 15. (20:20). AOO used.
G2: 14. (11:20). AOO used.
Akbar: 11.
Flair: 9. PARAYLYZED til end R6T9!!!
Zoo: 8. Medium dog w/ Extra Arms (one set from shoulders) and hooves. DR 2/ - til end R21T7 (biofeedback).
Bangs: 7.
Amiri: 6.
Sandra: 5. DR 2/ - til end R21T7 (biofeedback).

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R1T5: Closing to the front lines, Sandra utters some words as she nearly punches the fallen Flair as his wounds quickly close, as burned by brass flames: "With the help of Ragathiel, you will not fall!" She clenchs her teeth right after.

Flair feels what is probably the most powerful wash of healing he has ever felt before, easily bringing him up to full health! Since no one else in the party is wounded, the excess healing energy Bangs senses dissipates as it normally would. Mind you, being healed of wounds does nothing for the paralysis which still plagues Flair.

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T21: G3 attacks Sandra. Even though it has to deal with cover, a claw does manage to strike her across the back of the head (she is looking back to Flair, right?) for 6 mod - about as powerful a blow as it could give without a lucky shut by severing an artery or something, and yet still its claws are diminished by the earthy covering she currently enjoys, courtesy of Bangs.

Sandra, roll a Fort save here in IC.

G1 on deck, G2 in the hole ...

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G3: 21. (20:20).
G1: 15. (20:20).
G2: 14. (11:20).
Akbar: 11.
Flair: 9. PARAYLYZED til end R6T9!!!
Zoo: 8. Medium dog w/ Extra Arms (one set from shoulders) and hooves. DR 2/ - til end R21T7 (biofeedback).
Bangs: 7.
Amiri: 6.
Sandra: 5. DR 2/ - til end R21T7 (biofeedback).

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Sandra suddenly stops stock still, even so much as not rolling with the strike to her face as much as she should have. She is paralyzed.

R2T15: G1 now tries to eviscerate the heroic, hidebound harlot, but not before ...

Zoo, you have a chance to save Sandra's life! G1 is attempting a coup de grace on Sandra. What do you do?

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G3: 21. (20:20).
G1: 15. (20:20).
G2: 14. (11:20).
Akbar: 11.
Flair: 9. PARALYZED til end R6T9!!!
Zoo: 8. Medium dog w/ Extra Arms (one set from shoulders) and hooves. DR 2/ - til end R21T7 (biofeedback).
Bangs: 7.
Amiri: 6.
Sandra: 5. DR 2/ - til end R21T7 (biofeedback). PARALYZED til beginning R6T21!!!

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Sandra is eviscerated, her innards falling to the outer in a horrible abdominal wound. Because it is not a mental paralysis (like hold person), her paralysis is actually maintained, so now her standing corpse is a possible obstruction to friend and foe alike. Oddly enough, the minimal rock protection on her simply falls away to the ground. Everyone feels a presence leave them ... while most of you might think in terms of the spiritual, actually it is more pseudo-scientific than that.

Spoiler: Bangs

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You gain 2 temporary power points. This is not a "fluff as you like." You are a SADIST. You are finding an intoxicating, stimulating pleasure from the death of the party's life-infused warder..... roll a SAN check!

R2T14: G2 goes full throttle against Zoo now. Amazingly despite Zoo's relatively terrible (current) defenses, it misses or is blocked at each attack.

R2T11: Akbar, what do you do?

Flair is paralyzed, Zoo on deck, Bangs in the hole ...

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G3: 21. (20:20).
G1: 15. (20:20).
G2: 14. (11:20).
Akbar: 11.
Flair: 9. PARALYZED til end R6T9!!!
Zoo: 8. Medium dog w/ Extra Arms (one set from shoulders) and hooves. DR 2/ - til end R21T7 (biofeedback).
Bangs: 7. Gained 2 TPP which will disappear R6T15 if not used.
Amiri: 6.
Sandra: 5. DEAD!!! PARALYZED til beginning R6T21!!!

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R2T11: Akbar shouts silently at the ghoul who has just attacked Sandra.

R2T8: Zoo howls at the ghouls. Claws extend from his strangely human hands as he steps into Sandra's space and becomes a whirlwind of teeth and nails. Both claws dig into the ghoul for a total of 12. With both hooves, Zoo does just enough to destroy the ghoul.

R2T7: Bangs, you are riding high on TPPs right now (temporary power points). What do you do?

Amiri on deck, G3 in the hole ...

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G3: 21. (20:20).
G2: 14. (11:20).
Akbar: 11.
Flair: 9. PARALYZED til end R6T9!!!
Zoo: 8. Medium dog w/ Extra Arms (one set from shoulders) and hooves. DR 2/ - til end R21T7 (biofeedback).
Bangs: 7. Gained 2 TPP which will disappear R6T15 if not used.
Amiri: 6.
Sandra: 5. DEAD!!! PARALYZED til beginning R6T21!!!

DESTROYED: G1.

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R2T7: The death of Sandra and subsequent rush of emotions and what Bangs can only describe as pure unbridled LIFEFORCE which both takes his breath away and sends tingling electric shocks down his spine as she takes her last breath is... distracting... to say the least of an event that felt like a small explosion of dopamine set off in his brain. It's certainly the last thing he needs as he himself is still in danger of meeting the same fate, and Bangs doubts his own death would leave him quite so... empowered afterward.

Even more unfortunate is that his current rush of power and confidence has very little outlet that would see his foes dead. So, holding on to as much of the power that even now attempts to slip from his grasp as he can, Bangs makes use of the nearby rubble pile to deal with the killers, sending a sizable chunk flying at G2, but it skips off the doorjamb, losing power as it does so, and bounces harmlessly off of his target.

R2T6: Amiri, a simple creature, transmutes her fears to anger and with a shout launches forth at G2, but it dodges her clumsy swing.

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T21: G3 moves up a little to have a better chance of getting at Zoo. A claw nails Zoo in the elbow of one of his odd arms but the rock covering provided by Bangs soaks it all up. Another claw scores across Zoo's side, but this time for 4 mod.

Zoo, make a Fort save ...

G2 on deck, and it will likely attempt a coup de grace if Zoo is paralyzed; Akbar in the hole ...

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G3: 21. (20:20).
G2: 14. (11:20).
Akbar: 11.
Flair: 9. PARALYZED til end R6T9!!!
Zoo: 8. Medium dog w/ Extra Arms (one set from shoulders) and hooves. DR 2/ - til end R21T7 (biofeedback).
Bangs: 7. Gained 2 TPP which will disappear R6T15 if not used.
Amiri: 6.

DESTROYED: G1.

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R3T21: .... aaaaaaand now Zoo is paralyzed.

R3T14: Sure enough, G2 attempts a coup de grace on the paralyzed pup. Fotunately, though, the raging Amiri drops the ghoul outright with a 25 damage, raging power strike.

R3T11: Akbar, what do you do? Only one ghoul remains.

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G3: 21. (20:20).
Akbar: 11.
Flair: 9. PARALYZED til end R6T9!!!
Zoo: 8. Medium dog w/ Extra Arms (one set from shoulders) and hooves. DR 2/ - til end R21T7 (biofeedback).
Bangs: 7. Gained 2 TPP which will disappear R6T15 if not used.
Amiri: 6. Raging, PA!

DESTROYED: G1, G2.

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R3T11: Akbar casts a spell and silently shouts at the ghoul again. Up until now, Akbar has been guessing based on reactions how badly he may or may not be hurting the ghouls. But this as the third pass, Akbar is slowly becoming convinced that he is doing nothing useful ... that for some reason his spell is having no effect on tribals.

Flair is still paralyzed ... yet still precisely placed as a pedestrian by the polymorphing pooch, who in turn is paralyzed.

R3T6: Amiri devastates the last goblin.

Combat Ends ....

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G3: 21. (20:20).
Akbar: 11.
Flair: 9. PARALYZED til end R6T9!!!
Zoo: 8. Medium dog w/ Extra Arms (one set from shoulders) and hooves. DR 2/ - til end R21T7 (biofeedback). PARALYZED!!!
Bangs: 7. Gained 2 TPP which will disappear R6T15 if not used.
Amiri: 6. Raging, PA!

DESTROYED: G1, G2.

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Begin Round One ...

R1T21: ...

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Amiri: 21.
Bangs: 20.
G3: 19.
Flair: 18.
G2: 14. (20:20).
Zoo: 10.
Akbar: 8.
Maeni: 7.
G1: 6. (20:20).

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The door is open even as Flair is talking with the others. As noted before, and particularly overdriving for Zoo, the reek of sweat and rot mingles here. Multiple tables and chairs have been shattered and rebuilt into cages along the east wall (including the southern corner by the single door exit you tried to get in before), while a crate and an upended bed fitted with harnesses stand against the north.

Surprise Round ...

As Flair opens the door, two Tribals are there ready for them, surprising everybody.

S19: The one in front of Flair (G1) bites his left elbow for 5.
S16: G2 tries to claw at Amiri, but it jams its finger (not that it feels the pain).
S9: Another ghoul to the north that you don't quite see at first moves to the upright bed where a barely living survivor is chained. The tribal looks like he is threatening you with the prisoner's death!

Flair, roll a Fort save vs. paralysis ...

Begin Round One ...

R1T24: Akbar, Flair just got bitten and (is fine/ is paralyzed, depending on the Fort roll above). You don't see (hear, or otherwise perceive) the other ghoul or the chained survivor. Just these two yokels. What do you do?

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Akbar: 24.
G2: 19.
Maeni: 19.
Flair: 17.
* Flair has developed GHOUL FEVER, which will affect him beginning tomorrow!!!!
G1: 16.
Zoo: 15.
Bangs: 10.
G3: 9.
Amiri: 5.