The Nerull Crusade

[ScrubbusofYore]

Kranz takes a deep breath.
Okay...
He rubs his hands together rapidly.
Time to completely **** this up.

Jump:(1d20+2)[5]
Hide:(1d20+4)[18]

[Alucard 109]

You mistimed your jump, and nearly fell into the pit, but saved yourself at the last moment. Afterwards, however, you have no problem slipping back into the town unseen

What do you do next?

Also, as I feel I've been neglecting you all a bit, what is the rest of the party doing at this time?

[ScrubbusofYore]

I quickly and quietly dispose of the note on Brolo's door, and when I finish with that, I find the nearest guard.

[Alucard 109]

You quickly find one. This guard seems much poorer equipped than the others, wearing cheap hide armor, and wielding a club and torch. When he sees you, he instantly puts up his guard.
who the hell are you?

[paradox26]

As they head back to headquarters, Eldryn gets them to pause when they are a good distance from the village. He lays the priest down, and starts to very slowly and carefully tend to his wounds, grumbling under his breath about the force with which he was hit.

Spoiler:

Show

I have no ranks in Heal, so I will Take 20. I think you can do that with that skill. SO my total score is a flat 20.

[Alucard 109]

Spoiler

Show

What are you trying to do with your heal check? He's already stable

[paradox26]

Spoiler:

Show

I was not sure of the limits of a heal check, but was hoping to improve his state a bit, since you mentioned that even a slight knock could kill him. I want to keep him unconscious, but stable enough that he can be safely transported without risking killing him.

[ScrubbusofYore]

Spoiler

Show

Alucard isn't cruel enough to have him conveniently take 2 damage, you just need to be sure to handle him carefully.

He seems a little concerned.
Officer Kranz, with the military group offering services? I heard some racket, and saw Father Brolo go over the pit. I wanted to know if anyone knew what he was chasing?
Kranz takes this opportunity to recharge his Psionic Focus.

[Alucard 109]

Spoiler:

Show

I was not sure of the limits of a heal check, but was hoping to improve his state a bit, since you mentioned that even a slight knock could kill him. I want to keep him unconscious, but stable enough that he can be safely transported without risking killing him.

Spoiler

Show

As long as you don't do something dangerous while carrying him, you're safe. Scrub got a free pass in the confusion, but normally jumping the pit could have opened his wounds

Spoiler

Show

Alucard isn't cruel enough to have him conveniently take 2 damage, you just need to be sure to handle him carefully.

He seems a little concerned.
Officer Kranz, with the military group offering services? I heard some racket, and saw Father Brolo go over the pit. I wanted to know if anyone knew what he was chasing?

Wait, you say you saw Father Brolo jump the pit?


Roll bluff

[ScrubbusofYore]

(1d20+8)[9]
No lie. I think he was following whatever created the disturbance. He said something about...a vampire? He seemed a little hurried to explain, but unless he's already dealt with the problem and on his way back, I don't believe you'll find him around town, if you want to confirm my story. Of course, if you do find him, he'll corroborate my story.

[Alucard 109]

Spoiler

Show

you're lucky Nat 1/20 for skill checks is actually just a commonly used house rule

(1d20-1)[8]
The guard looks nervous.
if he said something about a vampire, we need to hurry. He's going to need back up and fast.
He turns, and starts walking towards the tavern, before looking to you
come on then, we're going to need some help to beat a vampire

[ScrubbusofYore]

Kranz follows quickly behind.
Right!

[Alucard 109]

You enter the tavern, and notice an odd sight. It seems to be run by a small tribe of goblins. There are four young adults, two middle aged, and an elderly goblin. There are also four non-goblin patrons at the moment, a half-orc, an elf, and two humans, one unarmored and bald, the other heavily armored.
The man escorting you addresses the armored man captain Harvey! This man says he saw Father Brolo jump the pit and that he might have been chasing a vampire
The now named captain Harvey looks at kranz
is this true?

Meanwhile, with Eldryn
As he is about to cross the river into Grymsol, he sees a skeletal horse that seems to be waiting for him. It has a rolled up scroll in it's mouth

[ScrubbusofYore]

Most certainly! From what I could tell, they were heading in the direction of my camp, too, so the battle may already be in our favor! But we should make haste nonetheless.

[paradox26]

Eldryn hesitated briefly, studying the horse. But it seemed pretty clear that the horse was probably waiting for him, or at least, for the party. So he took the scroll from its mouth and opened it, reading it carefully.

[Alucard 109]

Most certainly! From what I could tell, they were heading in the direction of my camp, too, so the battle may already be in our favor! But we should make haste nonetheless.

The elf decides to chime in
if you're hunting vampires, you can count us in he says, as he gestures to the half orc and the bald man

Eldryn hesitated briefly, studying the horse. But it seemed pretty clear that the horse was probably waiting for him, or at least, for the party. So he took the scroll from its mouth and opened it, reading it carefully.

The scroll contains a message
I sent Rattlebones to intercept you so you wouldn't have to miss out on the action. Just place the priest on him, and tell him "home". He'll know what to do.

PS: tell Kranz, "good work, but I asked for a team for a reason"

[ScrubbusofYore]

We'd better move quick!
As I bolt out the door, I send Hamburg ahead, darting out of sight and to my allies as quickly as possible. Once he arrives near the party, he is to write "HIDE" in the dirt, preferably far enough away from camp so nobody can see said message in the dirt.

[paradox26]

"Rattlebones, huh?" Eldryn says. He shrugs, then places the priest on the horse's back. "Home," he commands, and watches as the creature heads off back to base. Now to return to the campsite and see what Kranz is up to. He takes off, moving quickly back towards the camp, but diverting just before he gets there, then coming in from a different direction, just in case Kranz and the villagers have gone back and discovered the camp. He wouldn't want to be ambushed there by mistake by his own companion.

[Alucard 109]

We'd better move quick!
As I bolt out the door, I send Hamburg ahead, darting out of sight and to my allies as quickly as possible. Once he arrives near the party, he is to write "HIDE" in the dirt, preferably far enough away from camp so nobody can see said message in the dirt.

After Kranz rushes out of the tavern, the two men, the half orc and the elf quickly follow. You note that the elderly goblin is coming with them for reasons yet unknown.

"Rattlebones, huh?" Eldryn says. He shrugs, then places the priest on the horse's back. "Home," he commands, and watches as the creature heads off back to base. Now to return to the campsite and see what Kranz is up to. He takes off, moving quickly back towards the camp, but diverting just before he gets there, then coming in from a different direction, just in case Kranz and the villagers have gone back and discovered the camp. He wouldn't want to be ambushed there by mistake by his own companion.

He returns to the camp before Kranz brought the enemy to the ambush, and noticed the word HIDE written in the dirt. The rest of the party seems to have already done so.

Spoiler

Show

I'm going to just NPC them until at least one of them comes back, and if I don't hear anything from either of them before the mission ends, I think we can assume we need some new players

[Bartmanhomer]

Daniel breathes and listen to the conversation.

Spoiler: OOC

Show

Sorry if I wasn't around for a couple of days. I thought one of the teammates, Kranz was still on his solo mission.

[ScrubbusofYore]

Kranz hails everyone over as he sprints to the campsite.

[Alucard 109]

Spoiler

Show

who is Kranz hailing?

[ScrubbusofYore]

Spoiler

Show

The guys from the tavern. My bad. XD

[Alucard 109]

The 5 people follow you to the seemingly abandoned camp, most of them looking uneasy, with the sole exception of the old goblin woman

[ScrubbusofYore]

Kranz looks around, mortified.
This was...this was my camp...
He slowly walks over to the longsword hilt in the dirt, hesitanty. He picks it up in disbelief, observing the shattered remains swept over the cone shaped radius.
Friedrich...he was...he was a child...

[Alucard 109]

They all begin to look around for clues, when the bald man notices something
what's this?
He is looking at a single word carved into the dirt. "HIDE"

[ScrubbusofYore]

Kranz comes over to look at it. After studying it for a moment, he grows grim, a thirst for vengeance in his voice.
...there's no blood around camp. This was an ambush. It's clear someone got here before the others, or else this message would just be some stupid giveaway. But...how would that play into the order of events? Were they hiding from Brolo?

[Alucard 109]

there's definitely something strange going on here. The question is, what?

[ScrubbusofYore]

He looks him in the eyes, demeanor cold as stone.
I've dealt with these kinds of foes before. Vanishing into thin air, destroying weapons...I cannot say why it would want to take my comrades or my apprentice alive, but I can say one thing for certain: the undead had far more than just vampires with them...we are dealing with a Nightwalker.

[JNAProductions]

Ashley, thinking on her feet, decides to integrate herself into the group. She first moves away from her companions, just a short distance, so she can be found without them.

She then sets herself carefully, so her ankle is at the worst possible angle, and then lets her entire weight fall onto it, breaking it (or at least screwing it up something fierce). She screams in pain, loud and sharp, as she collapses to the ground. Oh gods, what's happening? It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!