Vaughn manages to bring his left dagger to intercept the jaws that nearly connected . the warrior continues his assault on the last zombie in the room.
Ray quickly scans the interior of the room, reporting on its contents.
"Three zombies are present - likely animated by a hobgoblin necromancer."
He then steps back, hoping to draw them into a single chokepoint while he summons additional strength for his next attack.
<--frick on a stick with a brick...
Vaughn staggers with the lightning bolt... <--ops, 7 hp
Significantly singed, Vivilaas shifts away from the obvious target and readies an answer to another such attack.
Seri completely dodges the bolt@
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Ray avoids the worst of the lightning and quickly and wordlessly sets to work on the zombie in front of him with his newly augmented strength.
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Again, Selkania calls for Brigh surge power to heal her comrades.
Brigh, may the warm of the Forge heals the wounds of my comrades.
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Seri, starting to get frustrated, decides he should just harry it to give Vaughn a better shot.
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The bullet penetrates the rust risen, before Vaughn finishes it off with a powerful swing. He then moves towards the zombies and necromancer.
Concerned by the ease with which Selkania dispatches zombies, the hobgoblin tries to incapacitate her with a spell.
Her remaining minions continue their assault through the doorway, targeting their closest available options.
The muffled voice continues, getting closer.
"No! Stop being bad! Stop gun shooting in here!"
The voice sounds close to the western door.
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"We've got company coming from the west!"
GM's post makes it seem like the rust-risen between Vaughn and Seri is gone, but maps says it's still there. Seri will move and try to drop the Yellow minion in front of Ray
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GM's post makes it seem like the rust-risen between Vaughn and Seri is gone, but maps says it's still there.
Sorry! We only use it for our defense! shoots Selkania toward the voice.
Then she calls for Brigh holy fire to burn the zombie attacking Ray.
Vivilaas moves around the table and works to distracts the zombie for Ray's next hit.
Im gonna hafta use some of that soothe when this is over...
Vaughn starts stabbing Yellow.
Ray steps ahead of Seri and works his magic into a pair of swift strikes with his blackened blade.
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Ray demolishes the last zombie, while a miniature thunderstorm appears, zapping the necromancer.
You hear the screeching sounds of doors opening not just to the west, but also to the east.
The hobgoblin retrieves a wand, pointing it at Vaughn as she screams a command word in Goblin. A thin spear of fire hits him, leaving him in rough shape.
Selkania moves inside and touch Vaughn to heal him.
May the warm of Brigh's Forge heals your wounds my friend
Seri flshes a wicked smile as the route to the hobgoblin opens up. He dashes into the room and leaps up onto the table: .
From the point of advantage he thrusts with his rapier down on the hobbie:
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The spell nearly drops Vaughn, but Selkania's healing brings him back from the brink. He hesitates for a moment, about to pull out a dose of Soothe--but he figures killing the hobgoblin will be a better bet--healing can come once the fight is over. Not afraid of being struck physically, he simply charges.
Staring warily at the door, Vivilaas risks calling out to it as noises intensify. "Stay back there. If we can take out her, what do you think would happen if you tried?"
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Curious about the noise from the other side, Viv notices that a portion of the far wall doesn't match most of the chamber. The same voice as before repeats itself, much clearer and closer to her. .
The dynamic duo of Seri and Vaughn seriously injure the necromancer, but she still has some fight in her.
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Another bolt zaps the necromancer. She is panting heavily, but remains fighting.
Vaughn winks at Seri, then grins at the necromancer, both daggers at the ready. What you got now, b1tch??
Ray advances, his smaller blade somehow more menacing than the ranseur he first used when you met him.
"It is only practical that you should tender your surrender now, commander-of-undead minions who are now twiced deceased..."
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The hobgoblin woman falls to the ground with Ray's blow.
The door near Vivilaas screeches open, revealing a massive, hideously deformed man. Unlike the Smilers, his face seems damaged by natural causes rather than self-inflicted wounds. Over seven and a half feet tall, he brandishes a massive club.
He's an ogrekin. Ogre genetics mix poorly with humans, leading to people who are physically powerful but mentally dim, with various beneficial and detrimental mutations.
He seems unfazed by the samsaran's spell, and glares angrily at the grippli.
Beyond him a second set of open doors reveals a number of semiopaque glass tanks with metal doors on their front. Most seem to hold Smilers. Some seem unconscious, but those who are awake seem oblivious to the combat going on. One chamber holds a bound and gagged ratfolk. He futilely bangs on the walls that contain him.
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Why do we need to stop boy? Asks Selkania Stop attacking us and we will stop shooting! she adds.
VIV!! GET AWAY!!
Vaughn, still badly injured, desperately pulls out a dose of Soothe and slaps some on his worst burns--hoping that his pausing will give Selkania enough time to try to convince this brute to stand down...
Ray tilts his head, hoping to assess the ogrekin's request and find an indication that he is friend, not foe... although Ray was perhaps the worst read of emotion or intent in others.
"You don't need to tell me." Vivilaas replies to Vaughn as she circles around.
Calling out to the ogrekin, she steels herself. "We'll stop if you will! The evil magic woman's dead - we don't have a quarrel with you. But who are those men in the tubes behind you?"
The samsaran extends one hand in front of her, three fingers clenched, pointer finger directed at the ogrekin, thumb up.
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The ogrekin rushes towards Dr. N, for what Ray assumes to be a friendly hug. He is shocked when instead a powerful swing from his club dent's the barrel of the grippli's pistol.
"Stop. Hurting. Smilers!"
Viv responds with a force "gun" of her own.
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"Oh. Smilers. So...now we know how they got out without anyone noticing."