Since the creeper zombies are still some distance away and 2/3 entangled, Caine also concentrates on the plant - the root of the problem. The arrow hits a dense tangle and fails to do any damage.
Caine and Rii-Chi's arrows miss the creeper. Thorion areadies for the zombies advance. Munkustrap keeps his daggers at the ready.
Mischa fires her sling at the nearest zombie.
Then reloads it.
Mischa misses with her sling.
A bit frustrated with his shooting, Caine flexes his shoulder and tries again.
With nothing to do at range Neltji waits and just keeps casting guidance on Caine hoping to aid his shot and thus kill the zombies and the tree.
Caine hits the creeper while Neltji casts guidance.
Mischa fires her sling again!
Then reloads it!
Neltji casts guidance on Caine again and waits patiently away from the scrum in safety.
Mischa hits the freed zombie while Neltji casts guidance.
The first zombie approaches the group while another one breaks free. The creeper, with no targets in range can't do anything.
The zombie approaches the group.
With his now longer arms, Thorion prepares to receive the approaching undead.
Thorion readies his attack for the approaching zombie.
Rii-Chi again aims for the plant, but an errant gust of wind foils his shot.
Rii-Chi misses, while Caine again fires his bow.
He again hits the creeper.
Sheathing his daggers, Munkustrap moves forward and pulls his short bow off his back. Notching a arrow, he pulls back and lets fly with the unfamiliar weapon.
Munkustrap hitsa one of the zombies.
Mischa fires another sling bullet at the nearest zombie.
Totally missing!
"I think we're hurting the creeper. Kind of hard to tell since it's a plant." Caine grumbles as he takes another shot at the plant.
The woody exterior of the plant, however, keeps the arrow from doing much good.
Neltji casts guidance on Thorion seeing that he is getting ready to take on the undead.
Mischa and Caine both miss while Neltji casts guidance on Thorion.
The one zombie finally comes into range, but Thorion's readied attack misses.
The zombie tries to slam Thorion.
The second zombie starts making its way.
The third zombie is finally free.
Thorion bringing his large scythe into a heavy-handed downward strike.
Rii-Chi continues to fire from his perch in the tree, but still cannot find the range for the plant zombie-master.
Moving back slightly, Munkustrap, readies another arrow. Steadying his breathing, he pulls the string back and lets fly with another arrow.
Thorion destroys a zombie while Munkustrap wounds another.
Rii-Chi just misses with an arrow.
Neltji switches tactics now and targets the closest zombie with a misfortune. Should she be successful she cackles loudly at its ineffectual flailing.
Mischa fires another sling bullet at the nearest animated zombie.
Neltji targets one the closest zombie with misfortune.
Mischa misses with a sling bullet.
With the zombies starting to make their way out of the entanglement, Caine moves closer to his companions and shifts targets to shoot at the closest one. But again his shot goes awry.
Caine misses a zombie.
The zombie able up While the creeper waves menacingly.
Rii-Chi finally gets his aim right and sends an arrow whizzing across the clearing to slam into the plant creature.
Feeling the panic begin to rise in him as the zombies advance, Munkustarp tries to emulate Caine's calm exterior.
Rii-chi's arrow hits the plant and it begins to wilt and droop.
Munkustrap just misses with an arrow.
Bringing his enlarged scythe backup from his previous attack, Thorion reverses its momentum and then brings the blade down into a second downward swing.
Neltji continues to cackle as she targets Thorion with another guidance.
Thorion slices the zombie in two!
Mischa reloads her sling and fires it at the skeleton in front of her.
Taking one last shot, Munkustarp fires his arrow before dropping the bow and pulling out his knives.
Taking one last shot, Munkustarp fires his arrow before dropping the bow and pulling out his knives.
Caine takes another errant shot at the final creeper zombie.
Mischa and Caine miss with their bows. Munkustrap hits the zombie but it doesn't seem to do any damage.
As the last of the undead moves up, Thorion brings his large scythe into a sidelong swing.
AS long as Thorion is enlarged Neltji is quite content to remain behind the large man and let him protect her and do the heavy fighting. She will help him out as she can as she casts guidance on him again. Keep up the work big guy. You only have this size for another 18 seconds.
Thorion takes out the last zombie.
Neltji claps Thorion on the back with somewhat giddy excitement. That went quite well I think. No harm to any of us and we manage to get rid of a pesky vile plant and some undead! If all undead was so easy to destroy we will make it off of this island yet!
Still gripping his dagger tightly, Munkustarp finally relaxes. "You can say that again,
Neltji. Though I fear things will only get harder the longer we stay here."
The immediate threat over for now, Munkustrap moves to retrieve his wayward arrows before searching the area.
Still gripping his dagger tightly, Munkustarp finally relaxes. "You can say that again, Neltji. Though I fear things will only get harder the longer we stay here."
The immediate threat over for now, Munkustrap moves to retrieve his wayward arrows before searching the area.
If Thorion felt anything about Neltji’s positive sentiment, he didn’t show it. Instead, he simply lowered his scythe and stared mindlessly at the remains of the undead. Memories of long past events echoed through his mind as he simply stood quietly, unmoving, with an expression of disdain.
Rii-Chi jumps down from the tree and bounces off to collect his arrows with Munkstrap. "Sorry about bad shooting. This bow, much more powerful that I'm used to!" He says with a big monkey grin.
"Now what about zombie plant?"
Mischa puts away her sling. "Such horrible creatures..."
She keeps watch while the others collect arrows and the like.