[dice=Raging power attacking wild fighting hated attack Koran swings a flurry of powerful blows at the attacking vampires.
The vampire spawn nearest Koran is shattered like a clay jar by "Demon-Hammer"'s earth breaker!
The Battle of the White Tower....
Vash!
Glaza!
Koran!
Levinson!
Grimm!
Yingzen!
Derrik!
Kepler!
Kailin!
Radsworth!
Kate!
Nazi vampire submariners!
Eeeeek! Eeeeek!
Mephos, Whisperer of Secrets, slips away from Pandora's Box in the Canyon, silently stalking the red rock formations that form a stone forest of sorts within the canyon....
From a hidden pocket, ever concealed from the other Fierce Ones, he produces a white whistle of bone, shaped like a strange dragon....
Raising it to his lips, he sounds a high, wavering wail....an eldritch call....
A moment later, a great, dragon-like shantak silently drops down out of the starry night sky to land on the canyon floor with a tremendous thud! It dips its wing, forming a ramp for Mephos to ascend to mount its scaly back, to which an equally scaly harness and saddle have been strapped....
Seated on the great winged beast, Mephos snaps the reigns and the shantak beats its leathery wings, voicing an unearthly call that echoes horribly in the canyon!
Up into the star-studded night sky he flies, an evil smile on his handsome face....
My Lord Cthulhu will reward me handsomely for all the information I'm about to bring him.... Perhaps he'll even make me an outsider with greater powers.... An incubus, or a glabrezu, perhaps.... I should hope he grants me at least such power, for what I'm about to give him.... The location, names, appearances, powers, mannerisms, and even the weapons used by his chief enemies.... With this knowledge, he will be able to easily crush my erstwhile companions. What glory it will be to see that self-righteous Derrik and his friends get smashed like the bugs they truly are beneath the heel of Almighty Cthulhu himself! So sweet.... So precious....
An evil laugh mingles with the weird cries of the shantak as Mephos rides on the night winds to inform his Dread Master of all he has learned of The Fierce Ones and Pandora's Box in the Canyon!
Radsworth waits near the back of the formation, simply observing. As the newly acquired professor exclaims magic is afoot, Rad grins.
"The trouble with magic.." he whispers..".. is when someone else knows how it works."
Rad begins another invocation, priming the round inside of Traveler. He aims it down the hallway and waits. Rad will bypass a turn if needed due to initiative orders, but is readying an action: When he sees the enemy begin to cast a spell, he will let his burning hands spell fly, channeled through the gun and set to erupt in the hallway past the fierce ones and in whichever manner snags the most enemies and the spell caster.
Reflex 10+1+6=17 for half.
yingzen uses the shadows to move to the nearest vampire and attacks
Derrik, empowered with Great Magicks and divine agenda becomes a flurry of steel, caring little for the abominations before him. Noting Levinson's warning he starts cleaving a path to this leader.
" RAAAAAHHH! Step out of my way useless filth, your evil stain is just a stepping stone to your corrupt master.. and he will die by our hands. DO YOU HEAR ME!? THE FIERCE ONES COME FOR YOU "
Radsworth waits near the back of the formation, simply observing. As the newly acquired professor exclaims magic is afoot, Rad grins.
"The trouble with magic.." he whispers..".. is when someone else knows how it works."
Rad begins another invocation, priming the round inside of Traveler. He aims it down the hallway and waits. Rad will bypass a turn if needed due to initiative orders, but is readying an action: When he sees the enemy begin to cast a spell, he will let his burning hands spell fly, channeled through the gun and set to erupt in the hallway past the fierce ones and in whichever manner snags the most enemies and the spell caster.
[dice=Damage]5d4
Reflex 10+1+6=17 for half.
Rad catches Von Ulrik and three vampire spawn in his cone of flames!
Will save or confused vs. DC 13.
yingzen uses the shadows to move to the nearest vampire and attacks
[dice=stealth]1d20 + 21
[dice=attack]1d20 + 11 [dice=damage]1d10 + 4 + 3d6
Creeping along the west wall to the south wall, Yingzen springs out from between Koran and Kepler to impale a vampire spawn on his Elven curved blade! With a hair-raising howl, the vampire spawn seems to smolder and shrivel, and falls off Yingzen's blade to crumble into pieces on the floor!
Derrik, empowered with Great Magicks and divine agenda becomes a flurry of steel, caring little for the abominations before him. Noting Levinson's warning he starts cleaving a path to this leader.
" RAAAAAHHH! Step out of my way useless filth, your evil stain is just a stepping stone to your corrupt master.. and he will die by our hands. DO YOU HEAR ME!? THE FIERCE ONES COME FOR YOU "
[dice=Hasted Lead Divine Inspired Undead Bane Dawnbringer]1d20+11; 2d6+10+2d6
[dice=Hasted Lead Divine Inspired Undead Bane Dawnbringer]1d20+11; 2d6+10+2d6
[dice=Hasted Lead Divine Inspired Excalibur]1d20+11; 2d6+10+2d6
Stepping diagonally across the spawn killed by Yingzen brings Derrik within reach of three other spawn, which swiftly fall to pieces under Dawnbringer and Excalibur! A path to their sorcerous leader, who wields what can only be the Hammer of Thor, is quickly being cut!
6 spawn and the leader in back remain. Between Yingzen, Derrik, Kepler, and Koran, a 15-ft field of fallen spawn corpses lies between the archway in which Yingzen currently stands and the next rank of enemies....
The vampire spawn lunge at Derrik, Koran, Kepler and Yingzen....
Three surround Derrik....
Slam plus 1 negative level
Slam plus 1 negative level
Slam plus 1 negative level
One springs at Koran....
Slam plus 1 negative level
One leaps at Yingzen....
Slam plus 1 negative level
One dashes at Kepler....
Slam plus 1 negative level
It's true, he would've gotten the inspired bonus, but with a result of 19 + 2 = 21, not 22....
Von Ulrik turns to face Vash and Glaza, stepping back 5 ft to avoid an AoO from the Russian bounty hunter, and hurls a bolt of lightning at him and his pet roc!
Lightning bolt electricity damage, DC 21 Reflex halves the damage....
As the vampire starts to cast, however, Radsworth fires Traveller and the bullet bursts into a fan of flames that catches three spawn as well as their master....
Reflex save vs DC 17 for half damage.... succeeds; Von Ulrik takes 5 fire damage....
Concentration check to continue casting lightning bolt vs DC 21.... succeeds! The lightning bolt crackles and lashes out at Vash and Glaza, dealing 25 electricity damage (or 12 on a successful save)....
My bad, thought I saw 19....
Checking your post and applying damage to Von Ulrik....
Yep, the 19 was your damage. The spikes rake the vampire's back, drawing blood and a hiss of pain and shock!
Derrik weathers the assault of negative-energy-infused swings by the Spawn of the Despicable Von Ulrik; Parrying the blows left and right until one clever spawn waits as Derrik is defending from the two, to strike. The brunt of the power did very little but hid its lethality no-longer. Derrik saw as a powerful blue aura, part of his soul, being pulled away from him, weakening him . Staggering upon the strike, Derrik then angrily plants his right-heavy mailed foot down to stabilize himself. As The glowing runes from him grow fiercer and respond to the slight with Vengeance.
"NNRgghh YOU. WILL. NOT. STOP. ME. ANY LONGER!"
Hewing the First at the Neck with The blood-red greataxe Dawnbringer cleaving through him and swinging upwards through crotch to head with the second and slashing with the vibrant Excalibur at the waist with the 3rd.
Derrik weathers the assault of negative-energy-infused swings by the Spawn of the Despicable Von Ulrik; Parrying the blows left and right until one clever spawn waits as Derrik is defending from the two, to strike. The brunt of the power did very little but hid its lethality no-longer. Derrik saw as a powerful blue aura, part of his soul, being pulled away from him, weakening him . Staggering upon the strike, Derrik then angrily plants his right-heavy mailed foot down to stabilize himself. As The glowing runes from him grow fiercer and respond to the slight with Vengeance.
"NNRgghh YOU. WILL. NOT. STOP. ME. ANY LONGER!"
Hewing the First at the Neck with The blood-red greataxe Dawnbringer cleaving through him and swinging upwards through crotch to head with the second and slashing with the vibrant Excalibur at the waist with the 3rd.
[dice=Hasted Lead Divine Inspired Undead Bane Dawnbringer]1d20+11; 2d6+10+2d6
[dice=Hasted Lead Divine Inspired Undead Bane Dawnbringer]1d20+11; 2d6+10+2d6
[dice=Hasted Lead Divine Inspired Excalibur]1d20+11; 2d6+10+2d6
Each of Derrik's mighty swings lays a vampire spawn open in a shower of crimson blood and gore! They fall, voicing dying shrieks!
Three vampire spawn and their master remain....
To confirm critical slam on Derrik.... plus 1 extra negative level.... Not a crit!
Levinson waits until she has a clear line of sight to the vampire's divine hammer, and then she casts grease on Mjolnir.
Kepler roarcaws as the vampire spawn fails to break through his enhanced natural armor. The outsider then retaliates with a series of powerful claw attacks motivated from the bard's song:
for magic and cold damage.
for magic and cold damage.
for magic and cold damage.
for magic and cold damage.
for magic and cold damage.
Yingzen locks in on the leader of the vampires and moves towards him trying to get him in position so one of the others can flank with him
Koran charges the Von Ulrik with his hammer already coming up for a massive overhand swing.
Kepler tears down the vampire spawn in front of him with his first savage claw rake.... He finishes off the other two with the rest of his flurry, leaving a clear path to Von Ulrik....
Yingzen sinks his enchanted Elven blade into Von Ulrik's side, and stepping in place to provide Vash or another companion with an easy flank....
Koran charges into a flanking position opposite Yingzen a second later, smashing his earth breaker down on the vampire's upraised arm to the sound of crunching bone....
GAAAARRRK!!! You cannot defeat me! I wield Mjolnir, the Hammer of Thor!
No sooner do the words leave his snarling, fanged mouth, when Levinson casts grease on the legendary hammer....
Reflex save to keep a grip on Mjolnir.... succeeds! But a look of uncertainty briefly passes over the vampire's pale face as he suddenly finds the haft of Mjolnir very slippery....
Death comes to all, it hunts those who choose to run from it like the lioness hunting a wounded antelope. It strikes swiftly and quietly
Yingzen stares at the Vampire his eyes hard and cold. his words are heighten by the fact his black feathers have blood red tips
The vampire spawn corpses quickly shrivel and turn into a greenish gas that billows away toward the south archway....
Kailin moves up behind koran and rests his hand on the big tiefling's shoulder. As he does so Koran's whole body seems shimmer and shift around. Fight well big-scary-demon man!
Von Ulrik sees his doom closing in on him on all sides as Yingzen, Derrik, Koran, and Kepler surround him, cutting off all routes of escape....
Enraged, he hefts the massive Mjolnir in both hands and swings it with an inhuman roar and superhuman strength at Koran....
Mjolnir plus electricity....
Miss chance (01-20 misses) .... A miss!
Kailin's spell protects the big tiefling--Mjolnir passes inches from his head!
Kate thrusts her Earth-Mother symbol at the despairing vampire....
Go now to your grave and stay there forevermore, unclean monster!
She channels positive energy to burn the vampire....
Channel to harm undead deals 15 (or 7 if he makes a DC 15 Will save)...,
Will save against Kate's channel.... succeeds! He takes 7 damage from the positive energy, eliciting a strangled scream!
Derrik marches past the wisps of the fallen Vampire spawn as the change form, Wondering if the creatures are not quite gone, He catalogs his knowledge of such as his eyes narrow upon Von Ulrik.
Whatever he did know however would wait until after he felled the leader.. To see if the same would happen to him. Derrik Raises not Excalibur.. But Dawnbringer.. High into the air and with lightning speed and Inhuman, divine fury storms towards the abomination. Only these few words issuing from his lips.
"Begone.. Wretched Soul"
The axeblades shine and the light envelops Dawnbringer's current form causing it to grow In size once more.. in Derrik's one hand. He positions himself opposite of Vash.. And comes down with the wrath of a god.
Dawnbringer cleaves the vampire into halves from head to crotch! The two halves evaporate into a greenish gas before they hit the floor, and the gas rolls in a roiling cloud to the south archway....
Mjolnir falls to the floor with a heavy thud, the only item of the vampire's gear that doesn't become gaseous along with the vampire's body....
Derrik knows that the vampire and its spawn have only been reduced to a harmless gas and must return to their coffins to begin reforming solid bodies.... They are not fully defeated yet, but they are vulnerable to destruction by the usual methods--a stake driven through the heart, or decapitation....
Knowledge (religion)
Follow the gas, it'll lead us to their coffins, where we can stake 'em.... Sister Maria lent me her vampire-hunting kit....
Kate pats a black leather case strapped to her side....
A bolt of blue lightning flashes through a window in the west wall, and a huge, ghostly giant appears in your midst--a pale, 18-ft giant with a fiery red beard and hair, clad in furs and mail, with a great horned helm upon his head. His blue eyes blaze with divine power, and he grins a broad grin at Koran. He points at Mjolnir, flashing with electricity, and it rises into the air and glides over to Koran, hovering with its haft pointed at him....
Mjolnir thrums with power in Koran's hands. Thor's Ghost disappears in another flash of blue lightning!
The FOs stand stunned by the brief appearance of the ghost of a mythic god in their midst before giving chase after the greenish gas....
The gas leads them through the chamber to the south, which appears to have been a museum room with shattered and looted display cases (someone made off with the Crown Jewels, Sword of Justice, and other priceless artifacts!), and out onto a balcony, down the covered gangplank to The Kraken, into the U-boat, down a ladder to the cargo hold, where there are thirteen coffins with small air-holes drilled in the lids....
The gas billows and streams into the air-holes in the coffin lids, coalescing into solid, incapacitated bodies inside....
Who wishes to lift the coffin lids?
Koran grasps the Ancient artifact in both hands as electricity runs up and down the haft, dancing around his hands. He gives the god a wide toothy grin and gives the hammer a few swings before slinging it across his back right next to his "Demon-hammer".
Koran grasps the Ancient artifact in both hands as electricity runs up and down the haft, dancing around his hands. He gives the god a wide toothy grin and gives the hammer a few swings before slinging it across his back right next to his "Demon-hammer".
Mjolnir: Large +5 throwing distance returning shocking burst thundering bane vs giants and evil outsiders earth breaker
The two Nazi snipers flee from the Tower of London on jet-skis, zigging and zagging through the maze of flooded streets....
Each PC gains 5,228 XP!
Kate opens the black case embossed with a silver crucifix....
Within are a dozen sharp wooden stakes, each 2-ft-long, a mallet, a strand of rosary beads with a silver crucifix, several buds of garlic on a string, a hand mirror, 8 vials of holy water, and a Bible.
How do you like your stakes? Rare? Well-done? Kate grins at her silly pun, and distributes stakes to each of The FOs....
Stake 'em, don't wake 'em....
Derrik, while slightly drained, takes the point when it comes to opening the coffins
" I have no issue ridding the world of this filth forever.. They cannot use these evil methods to stretch their wretch lives no longer, feasting upon the innocent. It is time for them to hear the Bell that tolls for all... And yes, I can feel the Van Helsing in all of this. "
Flips the most ornate/biggest one off first.
Wow! Our very own WWII German U-boat!.... How are we gonna sail this thing back to the States?
Grimm takes a stake from Kate and moves over to a coffin....
He pauses before opening the coffin lid....
Do you think these vamps were paranoid enough to booby-trap their coffins?
" Yes.. Yes I do... Which is why I'm doing it first..."
Derrik grips the ornate copper handle on the copper-plated, verdigris-green coffin bearing a noble crest (DC 20 Knowledge nobility to recognize it as the familial coat of arms of the Counts Von Ulrik) just as Grimm mentions traps....
Thousands of volts rip through his arm, dealing electricity damage to Derrik! A successful DC 20 Reflex save halves this damage....