Hisao is up! EEEK!!
Hisao loops around and tries to hit the closest standing Lamia with a stab.
Hisao loops around and tries to hit the closest standing Lamia with a stab.
[dice=Piranha Flank]1d20+13-2+2;1d6+2+4+1d6+2d6+4d6
Round 3! OOH!! OOH!!
Paddy the Loon! (Attacked)
Hisao the Ninja! (Attacked)
Iommi-Tyr Magnusson!
Lamia dancer!
Nacht The Beetle Man!
Bugbear!
Alphonse the Paladin!
EEEEK!! EEEEEK!!
Iommi-Tyr hurls a firebomb at the last lamia touch, strikes the lamia, dealing fire damage....
Burn, spawn of Lilith!!
YYYAAAAAAAIIIIIEEEE!!!
The last lamia shrieks and writhes in the flames, then bounds for the stairs, attempting to escape.... She provokes attacks of opportunity from Hisao, Paddy, Nacht, and Alphonse in the course of trying to flee....
[dice=shank]1d20+12; 1d6+12; 1d6
She evades Paddy's shank....
Nacht simply watches, it amused him greatly.
[dice=AOO]d20+13+2;1d6+2+4+1d6+2d6+ 4d6
Hisao slices the she-beast at the waist, separating the womanly upper torso, arms and head from the beastly, lionine lower body and legs! The lamia screams once as she watches her body separate into two halves, then forever falls silent....
The final bugbear falls to his knees, trembling and sobbing like a braying donkey, seemingly accepting death as its fate.... He drops his Morningstar and bares his furry throat, waiting wincingly for the fatal slash....
Hisao goes visible again and ties the bugbear up.
Little green ones, when is Dai Oni coming back here? And where were you recruited?
We don't know when Dai Oni return.... We wandering troupe, came here two weeks ago to play for coins....
Any reason we don't just stay here and wait?"
We may be waiting a very long time. Hisao points out.
Nacht inspected the rest of the establishment as it seemed the surface-beings had finished their fun with the other beings. Likely there was more to find, monetary value or information. It mattered not to Nacht. If anything he might get lucky and find an unsuspecting being alone.
Aye, no telling when thd Oni will be back....or if he will br bringing back company either. We should check this place out and leave.
Paddy checks around for anything useful/valuable.
Hisao takes 20 on the place and gets ready to leave. Think we should take bugbear with us. Keep him tied up. Do not want him loose to inform Oni of our coming.
Nothing of interest is found in the Tower of Bones--apparently, the ogre mage took the Shroud of Turin with him to visit the Antichrist, perhaps to give it as a gift....
The Lusty Fools return to where Duke Amadeus awaits them and report that the Shroud was not to be found in the Tower of Bones. The Duke is crestfallen, but agrees with their theory that the holy relic has been taken by the Dai Oni to Mt Vesuvius as a gift to the Antichrist. He writes a letter of commendation for them to present to the Margrave of The March of Montferrat, which lies to the south on their path to Mt Vesuvius....
Let's go, I guess.
On the way back Hisao cuts the final bugbear loose and tells it (perhaps with the assistance of Iommi) Let your tribes know what we did. Tell them to not ally with Dai Oni or we will do the same to them.
If their tribes fear us more than they fear Dai Oni then he will not be able to recruit so easily he explains to the others.
On the way back Hisao cuts the final bugbear loose and tells it (perhaps with the assistance of Iommi) Let your tribes know what we did. Tell them to not ally with Dai Oni or we will do the same to them.
If their tribes fear us more than they fear Dai Oni then he will not be able to recruit so easily he explains to the others.
In English: I am indebted to you, mighty slayer! I will do as you say....
Bowing and scraping fearfully, the bugbear scurries off into the hills....
You guys mighty slayers indeed! Make big massacre at Bone Tower! We make violent songs about your bloody deeds!
It would seem that you have retained some rather dubious chroniclers of your exploits, Lusty Fools....
The Duke of Savoy seems amused by the trio of goblin minstrels following the party....
"Yes...they seem friendly enough. And with us they can ply their trade without consorting with such unsavory characters as these bugbears and Oni."
"Yes...they seem friendly enough. And with us they can ply their trade without consorting with such unsavory characters as these bugbears and Oni."
Indeed! Well, it pains me that the Shroud was not to be found in yon Tower of Bones.... But mayhap you shall find it in due course of your adventures. I would be forever in your debt if you should see fit to return it to its rightful place, should such a happy event unfold....
The Duke clasps hands with Alphonse and hands him the letter of commendation he wrote while the heroes were engaged within the tower....
Godspeed, Lusty Fools....
And so the Lusty Fools trekked on, southward along the Italian coastline....
Camping at night in the hills, they hear the howls and hoots of wild creatures of Piedmont region....
With morning's break, they trudge on, the sparkling blue Mediterranean Sea to their right, the rugged hills with olive groves and sun-bleached outcroppings of marble ahead and on their left.... They travel an ancient road paved in the days of the first Roman Empire, occasionally catching sight of the ruins of aqueducts running parallel to the ancient roads....
During the trek down the coastline, the heroes catch the occasional sight of a small sailboat plying the coastal waters, perhaps a fishing boat....
When they get a good look at the vessel during a time when it is close to shore, they spy a lone sailor manning the helm and racing back and forth on the top deck, doing the work of a small crew all by himself....
Fredrick dances across the deck as he moves his ship towards a bank.
Nacht pointed down the way to alert the surface beings to another which seemed to make some odd dance upon a sea vessel.
he looks up and sees the people walking along the bank and waves at them. He speaks with a thick italian accent.
ahoy there ye all be looking tired
It has been a long march, yes Hisao calls back to the solo sailor Are you not tired by running a ship by yourself?
Nacht's yellow eyes focus on the being and tilts its hooded head at an angle. A sinister voice comes from the shadows," I do not look ssssssuch? I have eaten reccccccently... "
Aye, we are a bit on the knackered side. The bloody mountains kick you in the arse hard. Name's Paddy...nice ship. I assume you're the captain?
It is a sunny day, at about 2:00 PM at the moment. A refreshing, salty breeze blows in off the sparkling blue Mediterranean Sea, and the cries of seagulls echo off the rugged hills near by....
At that moment, a flight of seven harpies, tired of diving for fish in the coastal waters of the Mediterranean, spot the ship at anchor in the shallows and hear the shouted exchange of the Lusty Fools and Frederick the undine captain of the ship, from about 200 feet to the southwest....
In Italian: Oh ho!! What have we here, sisters? Fresh man-flesh awaits on yon beach! Let's serenade them before our feast!!
The seven harpies fly into V formation and begin a sinister dirge in chorus as they swoop toward their prey....
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[dice=Will Save]1d20+4
[dice=Will Save]1d20+4
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The sweet chorus, a madrigal of feminine voices singing about their love for man-flesh, grows nearer and louder.... And more captivating....
Alphonse is chatting along to their new friend.
"No, it's been a fairly easy day, so far. Excellent weather as well..." he trails off "Do you hear music?"
He listens closely for a moment.
"That's a shame. Such nice voices wasted on such vulgarity."