Semik steps back, then thrusts his spear deeply into the zombie's hip, almost severing its left leg at the joint.
Standard Attack (green)
The Planning Room - Round 8 - concluded
Stepping back a bit to be abl to bring his weapon to bear on the nearest zombie effectively, Semik successfully stabs the walking corpse damaging it enough that it falls in a lifeless heap on the table, all the animation falling from it in a flash.
End of Round 8
The Planning Room - Round
18 Wulfgang (-3 hp, unconscious, stable)
16 Irina (1hp dmg)
13 Ruso (5hp dmg)
20 Jack (6hp dmg)
7 Rokhar Cindren
4 Peltra (-3hp, unconscious, bleeding)
10 Skyne (10hp dmg)
3 Yellow Zombie
3 Blue Zombie
8 Semik (Divine Favor, 8 rounds)
Ruso leaps up on to the chest and thrusts his blade at the zombie . "Jack! Keep to the same plan of attack."
Irina jabs Wulfgang with the Cure Light Wounds wand. "Wake up Wulfgang. We need you."
"Got it," Jack replies to Ruso as he steps over to flank the monster.
With all his might, Jack tries to cut the walking corpse (blue) in two.
The Planning Room - Round 9 - continued
Upstairs, Irina taps Wulfgang with the curative wand from Old Mother Theodora, and she is pleased when the viking warrior begins to stir. He still looks quite weak and on the edge of fading back to unconsciousness but manages to request a bit more healing.
Back downstairs, Ruso and Jack continue their flanking tactics on the slow moving zombies. While Ruso's rapier distracts the mindless undead, Jack slashes it hard from behind, tearing a good chunk from the creature.
Brandishing his shortsword in one hand, and grasping a religious symbol hanging from his neck, the man cries "Lord Blackfingers, send your vile power into my minions who fight to murder these interlopers on your behalf." The air around the wounded zombie fills with a tingling sensation as negative energy surrounds you, not damaging you, but healing the undead abomination.
Skyne steps up to the zombie, but can't move fast enough to catch it with his dagger.
Standard Attack (blue)
The Planning Room - Round 9 - continued
Skyne has made some good hits on the zombies, but this slashing blow fails to connect with the lumbering corpse.
Blue Zombie strides into the room a bit more and turns its meaty fist on Skyne, crashing into the face of the wizard. His lip bursts in a spray of blood and chipped teeth, and he crumples to the ground, unconscious.
Yellow Zombie takes a small step forward and throws a gut punch at Jack, but his armor absorbs the blow and it ends up harmless.
Semik lunges forward and almost splits the newest zombie in half with a spear thrust.
Standard Attack (blue)
The Planning Room - Round 9 - concluded
Semik drives his longspear into the lifeless body of the zombie, and while the piercing damage is not as effective as otherwise, the pwoer behind it is still enough to drive a big hole in the creature.
End of Round 9
The Planning Room - Round 10
18 Wulfgang (0hp, disabled)
16 Irina (1hp dmg)
13 Ruso (5hp dmg)
20 Jack (6hp dmg)
7 Rokhar Cindren
4 Peltra (-3hp, stable)
10 Skyne (-2hp unconscious bleeding)
3 Yellow Zombie
3 Blue Zombie (9hp dmg)
8 Semik (Divine Favor, 7 rounds)
"Jack see what you can do about that one." Ruso says as he points the zombie on the porch while at the same time thrusting his blade at the zombie inside. The fine blade slips through at the base of the skull and runs clean through and out through the remains of the zombies trachea.
Irina taps Wulfgang again with the healing wand. "Be careful, but we need your help."
"Right!" Jack opens the door and stabs his sword at the porch zombie.
The Planning Room - Round 10 - continued
Tapping Wulfgang with the healing wand once more, Irina backs away as the viking warrior rises to his feet and dashes down the stairs.
Ruso is finally able to run one of the zombies through with his rapier, and while piercing damage is usually weak against zombies, this fellow has had just about enough, and collapses back into just a dead corpses again as the elf withdraws his dueling steel.
Facing off against the last zombie through teh outer door, Jack lands a great blow against the slow monster, hacking its head most of the way off, but not stopping it yet.
Seeing his last minion already nearly ready to fall, Rokhar calls forth the negative power of Norgorber once again, trying to restore the vitality of the undead ally, but the effect ends up somewhat limited.
Skyne continues bleeding out on the lodge floor.
Yellow Zombie, after taking a serious wound from Jack, can't connect with its own counterpunch, which swishes through the air harmlessly.
Standard Attack
The Planning Room - Round 10 - concluded
Semik steps over the still bleeding corpse of Skyne and makes a stab attack with his reach weapon, but Jack and the doorframe are too big of obstacles for him to make a successful attack.
End of Round 10
The Planning Room - Round 11
18 Wulfgang (10hp dmg)
16 Irina (1hp dmg)
13 Ruso (5hp dmg)
20 Jack (6hp dmg)
7 Rokhar Cindren
4 Peltra (-3hp, stable)
10 Skyne (-3hp unconscious bleeding)
3 Yellow Zombie
8 Semik (Divine Favor, 6 rounds)
Irina takes off to try and get to Skyne before he dies. "This wand is almost done for."
Ruso steps off the chest and twists past the zombie to get in behind it and hopefully help finish it off. See the man standing in the snow outside he states flatly. "You will suffer for this atrocity."
Jack again tries to take advantage of the flanking position to cut through another undead. Unfortunately, the angle is off, and Jack manages to miss.
The Planning Room - Round 11 - continued
Still holding the healing wand, which is quickly being used up, Irina rushes down the stairs and to the next lifeless corpse, this time Skyne, to which she must attend.
Still wounded, but ready to get back in the fight, Wulfgang moves through the lodge, watching out for strewn bodies and furniture, closing in on the fight outside.
Twistign through the open doorway, and dodging a lumbering strike from the zombie, Ruso ends up behind the corpse. He lunges, poking his rapier into the mass of dead flesh, but his rapier continues to be less than effective against the zombies.
With Ruso distracting the foe, Jack takes another power swing, but this time, he cannot connect and his attack fails.
Seeing a target that's too good to pass up, Rokhar steps forward and plunges his shortsword into the unarmored back of Ruso, who is still facing the remaining zombie. The blade sinks deep into the back of the elf, and combined with his other battle wounds, causes him to also fall, face first into the snow. "And so to all who oppose Father Blackfingers!" gloats the evil cleric.
While Peltra still likes unconscious, Skyne's still form fights to stop the bleeding, finally succeeding at stopping the damage.
Yellow Zombie lands a terrific blow against Jack, catching him under the chin and spinning him around as he falls to the ground, unconscious also. Rokhar laughs, "I will win the day yet!"
Semik backs up, and using his longspear to keep the zombie at bay, thrusts a wand at Irina, "The command word is 'rapha'. It can heal minor wounds."
Standard Attack (yellow)
Move Retrieve wand of cure lights wounds
The Planning Room - Round 11 - concluded
Seeing his new allies fall like bowling pins, Semik grabs his own healing wand and holds it out to the nearby Irina. Meanwhile, he moves backward using his longspear to hold the zombie at bay, actually wounding a bit in the process.
End of Round 11
The Planning Room - Round 12
18 Wulfgang (10hp dmg)
16 Irina (1hp dmg)
13 Ruso (-4hp, unconscious, bleeding)
20 Jack (-4hp, unconscious, bleeding)
7 Rokhar Cindren
4 Peltra (-3hp, stable)
10 Skyne (-3hp unconscious, stable)
3 Yellow Zombie (7hp dmg)
8 Semik (Divine Favor, 5 rounds)
"Thank you. Jack!" Irinia grabs the wand and scrambles past Skyne to Jack. She taps Jack with the cure light that Semik handed her. "Rapha!"
Ruso's hot blood sprays onto the white snow simultaneously staining and melting it. He crumples onto the snowy steps with a strangled gurgle.
Jack, finding himself again on the floor, looks at the cleric and at the zombie. "What did he hit me with?"
Seeing Irina standing over him with the wand, he mutters, "Thanks. Again."
That cleric is probably the bigger threat, but I won't leave Irina here with a zombie in her face.
Jack stands up, and swings at the zombie, hoping to end this fight soon. His jaw is still in incredible pain.
The Planning Room - Round 12 - continued
Back in the thick of things, Wulfgang brings his great weapon around on the remaining zombie, and the slashing blade cleaves the monstrous undead in two, killing it again.
With the zombie out of the way, Irina is able to use the new wand on Jack, restring him to life, even if only barely. Jack manages to get to his feet, but with no foe nearby to attack he waits, rubbing his sore jaw, wondering what hit him.
Ruso continues to bleed out on, his blood staining the white snow a deep hue of red.
Jack will close the distance to the cleric.
Jack will close the distance to the cleric.
Rokhar, seeing himself alone against the remaining foes, tries to even the odds. Stepping back and casting a spell, he sends Jack visions of such fearful murder and indiscriminate slaughter that the brave warrior runs away as fast as he can, dropping his weapon as he flees.
Semik limps outside as quickly as he can, keeping his long spear pointed at the enemy, then shouts his support at Jack. "The fear isn't real, it's just a spell!"
Standard cast remove fear on Jack
"Game over, man! Game over!" Jack starts to panic and move to get to a safe place. Then relief washes over him. "That was not nice."
The Planning Room - Round 12 - concluded
Stepping outside, over the bleeding body of Ruso, Semik holds the evil cleric at bay with his longspear then quickly reacts to the fear spell by countering with a spell that restores courage instead. Feeling the effects, Jack does not flee, but stands his ground, ready to end this fight.
End of Round 12
The Planning Room - Round 13
18 Wulfgang (10hp dmg)
16 Irina (1hp dmg)
13 Ruso (-5hp, unconscious, bleeding)
20 Jack (12hp dmg)
7 Rokhar Cindren
4 Peltra (-3hp, stable)
10 Skyne (-3hp unconscious, stable)
8 Semik (Divine Favor, 5 rounds)
Irina moves out of the building and taps Ruso with the wand of cure light wounds. "Go get him."
Ruso's eyes open once again and he finds himself laying down on the snow covered porch steps. "Well this is embarrassing." It isn't until he stands up that he realizes that he had been stabbed and left to bleed to death. Ruso scoops up his blade and turns towards the last remaining threat.
Jack spins his sword over his head, bringing it down on the clerics shoulder.
Planning Room - Round 13 - concluded
Seeing only one foe left, and despite his serious wounds, Wulfgang barrels through the outer door and right onto the cleric of Norgorber. The viking swings his greataxe, and it smashes the defenses of Rokhar, knocking his feeble attempt at a parry, and cutting through his armor, a spout of blood welling from the deep cut.
Moving outside as well, Irina uses the healing wand to restore vigor to the fallen Ruso. The elf jumps up, snatching his rapier, and ready for more combat.
Spinning his sword down in an overhand stroke, Jack hits the cleric as well, this wound causing him to sputter once, and then fall over backwards into the snow unconscious.
End of Combat!!!!
As the ringleader of the swarm of undead finally falls, there is again the eerie silence that follows most life-or-death struggles. The upright party members find themselves back outside in the snow, in the dark. As they start to recover their breath and wits, looking at wounds, and wiping gore from weapons, a voice calls from the lodge. It is the noblewoman, Lady Argentea. "Do you think you can keep it down out here? Your make such infernal racket, a lady can't get any sleep! And why is this door open? Don't you know that its cold outside? We can't heat the whole outdoors! I insist you keep this door closed. Really! I never..." and she stomps back to her bedroom, walking over the fallen bodies of Peltra without so much as look down.
Assuming you look over the body of the fallen cleric, you find a few items of interest:
two vials of purplish oil
masterwork studded leather
dagger
light crossbow with 10 bolts
masterwork short sword
masterwork thieves' tools
a ring of keys
a spellbook
a wooden unholy symbol of Norgorber
a heavy cloak crafted of shaggy white fur with a fearsome hood of a monster visage attached
15 gp of loose coin
"That was a might snobbish. The least she could have done is said please." Ruso gives a wry chuckle as he looks over the looted goods. "That we would do well to just destroy." Ruso says while looking at the unholy symbol. Ruso helps lug the looted gear back inside and sets it out on the table.
"We ought to find a place to stash all of these bodies until we can either set a funeral pyre for them or bury them. I feel bad for them but there is nothing else to be done at this point."