The corridor opens up into a winding catacomb. The walls are skillfully carved with deep recesses where bodies might have once lain. All that remains now are cobwebs, dust, and the tattered remains of ancient clothing. The stench of rotting flesh is overpowering here, but the source is not evident.
Once you enter something begins to move. Three rotting, fungus bloated, corpses rise from hidden alcoves.
Velden looks at the walls, and then backtracks. "Always follow the right hand wall first..." He takes out a copper coin and scores the walls every 2 or 3 feet, with arrows pointing back the way he came from. Since nobody else is really any better at being the first target, he heads out first.
If you make a perception DC 20 check you may act in the surprise round as the zombies stand.
Aannra
Velden
Avizzi
frog
red zombie
Green zombie
Blue zombie
Also you made the check to act in the surprise round
Initiative - Surprise Round
21 Aannra
18 Green zombie
13 frog
12 Avizzi
11 Velden
8 red zombie
4 Blue zombie
Dropping the copper coin, Velden draws an arrow and fires it at the thing in front of him.
Reacting quickly to the skeletons appearing, Avizzi drops the dagger in his left wrist sheathe into his palm, steps forward, and throws it into the nearest corpse's head.
For the Zombies surprise round they all stood up.
Round 1
Green Zombie shambles around with arms stretched out before it. The multi-hued phosphorescent monstrous frog (Medium) jumps besides the zombies dodging their attacks.
Between Avizzi and Velden in the Surprise round Blue zombie drops to the ground and literally explodes, since no one is adjacent to it no damage. Chuncks of rotten flesh does fly all over the room. Reflex DC 15 to miss any chunks.
Round 1
21 Aannra
18 Green zombie*
13 frog*
12 Avizzi
11 Velden
8 red zombie
4 Blue zombie
*means that target has acted for the round.
The Replicatants enhanced responses allow her to react faster, seeing danger ahead she acts. Her gun ready Aannra snaps a shot a the Red Zombie with her new gun.
Aannra shoots the zombie and knows she hit but there is little effect on it.
Aannra with blinding speed switches Guns. Pulling up the Air gun she fires again at the red zombie.
Her Airgun fires and a round slams into it.
She says
"Cold has not affect on them"
Velden nods. "Interesting."
He draws two arrows with practiced ease, sliding one into the bow and firing it while holding onto the other with a pinky. Then the second is flipped into the bow and fired almost faster than the first can leave the bow.
Still ganging up with the others, Avizzi comes around the corner, draws a throwing knife from his new collection, and whips it at the zombie that still hasn't reacted, aiming for weak tissue.
Round 1
21 Aannra *
18 Green zombie*
13 frog*
12 Avizzi *
12 Velden *
8 red zombie x
4 Blue zombie x
No one did the Reflex save so you all get hit by the chunks of rotten flesh but there is no damage.
Velden shoots at the frog missing both times as it has cover. A chunk is missing as Aannra's bullet goes through the zombie as Avizzi hits the zombie with his flying dagger, cutting its head off as it falls to the ground, promptly exploding like the other one. Reflex DC 15 as the rotten chunks of flesh come flying.
Round 2
21 Aannra
18 Green zombie
13 frog
12 Avizzi
12 Velden
After throwing the knife, Avizzi grins at the decapitation, then ducks just in time as more flesh explodes across the room. "Ugh, even I'm not that bad. At least I keep it to myself."
Green zombie moves to be adjacent to Avizzi.
The frog gets shot by an insane angled shot by Aannra but none of you can see the effect.
Go boys! ;)
Velden adjusts five foot around the corner of the crypt stones, and again pulls two arrows off and fires them, this time at the zombie menacing Avizzi.
Avizzi slashes at the zombie with his switchblade as he draws the punching dagger from his hip.
Velden gets one shot on the zombie as the other arrow goes wide and smashes on the wall. It's amazing the zombie dodged it! The other arrow sticks out of it and does not look like it did much damage. Avizzi cuts the zombie and out of the would pours spores as a cloud begins to expand from the putrid zombie.
Round 3
21 Aannra
18 Green zombie
13 frog
12 Avizzi
12 Velden
Once combat is over:
Although faded, the handbill clearly reads as a notice of employment, telling all those interested to meet at “The Ranger’s Lament.” The handbill does not mention a time, date, or who the employer might be except for a strange symbol at the bottom like two bat wings attached to a skull all in a circle.
"Coordinate Avizzi." Velden says aloud, moving around to the other side of the zombie. As he moves he draws the glowing sword and brings it down in a slashing motion on the zombie.
"Don't breath, or mask yourself." Velden says curtly, slipping the bow so it drops down over his elbow crook while tugging his bandanna up over his nose and mouth.
Aannra gets her gas mask and put it in, holding her breath until it's on.
plus disease
The zombie misses Velden when he moves in to attack it.
Round 3
21 Aannra
18 Green zombie*
13 frog*
12 Avizzi
12 Velden*
plus disease
The zombie misses Aannra.
Avizzi coughs, takes a shallow breath, and holds it, nodding at Velden's suggestion to flank. He rolls into position and brings his switchblade around to jab it through one of the zombie's eyes.
- - - - -
Avizzi continues to hold his breath, recognizing that the spores in the air pose danger. He hooks a thumb at the doorway, motioning for the group to leave the area before discussing what to do.
Then did as he indicates and moves back out the room.
Avizzi rightly dismembers the Zombie, slicing off the head and both arms as the rest of the body falls and promptly explodes. You all dodge from getting hit from the large stuff and with adequate protection or holding your breath there is little threat from the airborne spores. Still enough of liquid or particles would hit each of you, needing one more fort save DC 16 from contracting a disease.
The three of you promptly exit and go into the entry chamber.
Aannra shifts 50' back out the room as the Zombie goes pop, but still gets hit.
Once Velden and Avizzi are back out she says
"Velden can you do that thing that cleans us?"
Velden nods. "As long as the frog isn't attacking." He eyes the frog, while casting Presidigitation on Avizzi and Aannra. Avizzi's clothes turn black and gray and clean, Aannra's turn mauve, chartruse, pink and clean, while his own just get cleaned.
Avizzi coughs a few more times as the group exits the room, and finally draws in a few long raspy breaths outside. "Damn. I gotta live with myself every day and I found that disgusting." He looks down as Velden cleans his clothing and sighs. "Man, I had the perfect camouflage going on. All the dust and dirt and everything... Time to start from scratch, I guess." He wipes the switchblade clean on a section of clothing and clicks it shut. "So, yeah. What now? Wait for the sh*t to clear, or run through?"
Aannras cloths change color back to her combat gear.
She checks her, mad and gun. Taking out her alien gun and putting the air gun away in its holster.
"I'm ready "
Is all she says.
"Now I work, and you both watch my back." Velden holds out a hand, and squeezes it while muttering a word. A gallon of water appears and splashes down over the stones in the room, taking some of the spores with it. He continues to speak the word over and over again, filling the room with water a gallon at a time, making sure to splash the zombie bodies repeatedly. "It may take 20 minutes or so, but eventually all the spores will be doused on the floor. Or at least enough to where our breathing masks will protect us."
Velden can't see the frog, since the frog is in the room and does not come out after the group. As Velden splashes the room you come upon the frog and see it lit up from within, it is dead or close to it.
Room clear of threats and mucky.
If the frog looks sentient, Velden will use a cure light on it. If it looks like a big animal, Velden will cut it open instead to let the drone out, using his sword.
Once the frog is dealt with, he'll assist in searching the crypt area.
Avizzi moves back in once the spores are cleared, and he begins going over what's left of the bodies. "These guys look a couple months old, they've been here a while. Nothin' on 'em, either... some f*cker took their sh*t and left 'em here as a trap. Bastard."
He stands up and glances over to a corner, goes over and picks up a pack. "Something, anyway." He goes through the contents, pocketing a couple things , then turns with a paper in his hands. "And looks like here's where our necromantic friend found his bodies. Anybody know what this is?" He holds out the bill.
Velden shakes his head. "We've been on planet a whole 2 weeks longer than you. And we spent one night in town, that was it."
Aannra covers the others just in case something pops out, once Velden has the drone out and clean, she checks it over and uses mend on it if need be. Then she clicks it back into place on her belt.
"Sorry I am five days old, I have no idea what that is"
she says as the paper scrap is shown her.
She has changed her clothing to have a small holster on her left lower best for the Alien gun.
"You've been here two weeks? Never mind, I've been around Pandora longer than you guys. Well, I've never heard of this 'Ranger's Lament,' but it looks like we might wanna check it out at some point when we get the chance." Avizzi folds the bill and puts it in a pocket. "For now, though, we should keep moving, yeah?"
Velden shakes his head. "No, I said I've been on planet for two weeks. And so has she, your internal chronometer is messed up, Aannra, we spent a week just walking out from the city to this undead infested ruin. Not to mention the four or five days we've spent inside it. Plus 2 days in the city after landing. And a day getting to the city." He looks back at Avizzi. "Bishy and I were on station for 6 months, with the marines. But we didnt' get off station except for some exercises on the moon, and searching a few ships for smugglers."
"I was using the Octave Orbital day of 56 hours. I was manufactured there and its the default on my internal chronometer. I have no adjusted it to local time and day settings. This means I am now over 7 days local old, and so have survived longer than 80% of combat replicans, I am now classed a battle tested"
Aannra looks harder then she did, the death and fighting over the last few days seem to have had an affect on her. She's been following what Velden says as if he was her de-facto commander. She also seems to be cover you both when not doing something, as if ready to react if an outside danger is always just about to happen. A normal human would find it hard to have the constant state of battle readiness. But she was designed to be like this, her problem my be leaning to relax. The other thing is her Alien clothing and artefacts grafted onto her body. Her clothing now has a full time Alien look, seem with her 3ed eye and now the Alien gun. As soon as she held it the Alien wrist grafts linked to it, and a Alien holster came into being on her now even more Alien looking body suit.
Avizzi laughs. "Alright, so six months. I've been here for a few years. Or is it longer?" He scratches the back of his head and stares at the bits of dead skin and scar that come off on his fingernails. "F*ck, I stopped counting a long time ago. Wasn't born here, that's all I know. But seems I've been on planet, or in orbit, a lot longer than you. Still don't know what that bill's on about, though. Whatever." He wipes his fingers off on his leg. "We ready to go?"
"must be nice to have lived that long. Memorys of things. I have seen only one town and here."
Aannra says longly
"Ok, yeah, let's go then. Before we chance any doors, let's make sure the open corridors don't have more zombies to wander up behind us." Velden leads the way back across the entryway to the left hand branch.