Zsestrian will move towards the zombies. He then will give the creatures a look full of pity.
"Poor soul. Trapped on this earth, without the chance to go back to your eternal sleep." Zses says while staring at green zombie.
When he will see that his hex had no effect:
"What's happening? Did I did something wrong?
Zsestrian isn't sure why his hex didn't work. Maybe these undead are exceptionally strong-willed?
The remaining two zombies attack (Red charges), but Silence and Neverhome are easily able to dodge their clumsy blows. As the sounds of combat begin to fill the air, the muffled noises inside the carriage increase in volume.
Round Two
We'll getcha out in a second! Just stay calm! Neverhome shouts as he takes a swing at the personal space invader.
Blik will rush after Zsestrian, worried about what the undead might do to these brave people. The little halfling will hesitate with his sling, but trust in his skill and let his enchanted bullet fly.
Attacks include Point Blank Shot.
-4=20
+1=12
Distracted by the carriage noises, Neverhome misses Red Zombie. Blik, however, doesn't. His magic slingstone hits it right between the eyes. Upon touching its unholy flesh, the rock explodes, sending brain and skull fragments everywhere.
Erika sees the second zombie go down grits her teeth and bears down on the last zombie. She moves slightly across the open ground to duck behind the overturned coach's wheel. Taking aim at the remaining Zombie she focuses and looses a shot at its head.
Hobbes finally gets himself unstuck from the carriage and rushes the last zombie.
"It should have done something, even if for a split second, but nothing!" Zsestrian says to himself. "It's no use!" croaked Crow from above.
Hearing the noises growing louder(and after having understood that he wouldn't be of much use in this fight) Zses will move to the carriage to free whoever is trapped in there.
"Hang on, I'm getting you out of there!" he will say while removing the spear that bars the door.
Erika's shot misses Green Zombie, but Hobbes' blade strikes true and carves a chunk out of its neck. Meanwhile, Zsestrian rushes to the carriage and frees the trapped ... ... ... ZOMBIE!!!
As soon as the door's opened, it lunges at Zsestrian and sinks its teeth into his neck.
One shotted.
Woo.
Zsestrian eyes open wide when the Zombies bit his neck. He will try to let out a scream, but can't manage to even breath.
What? Not this soon... not again...
Again?
Images flashes before Zsestrian eyes when he's trying to stop the bleeding.
But he can only see, again and again, a winged creature that flaps its wings, high in the midnight sky, and then plunges towards him...
"Mule! the carraige." Silence began pointing to the zombie that had sprouted from it and felled the strange one with the crow. He shifted to his left to give himself proper space and he slashed a the zombie again.
Mule
Silence brings down Green Zombie. Mule rushes at the newest Zombie and inflicts a nasty bite.
Purple Zombie's return blow is blocked by the carriage door.
Round Three
"Oh boy. Ya don't have to take what I say so literally ya know." Hobbes moves back over to tries to the the bird-man.
Upon turning around at Silence's shout he sees Zsestrain fall to the ground. And what little color he has will drain from his face.
He will slowly walk up the zombie, making sure not to step on Zsestrain.And he will bring the sword down on its head.
Hobbes slash inflicts a minor wound on the Zombie.
Despite being on the other side of the carriage, Blik will jerk when the zombie rips through Zsestrian and yell out,
"No! Oh no, oh no!"
Blik will dash around the carriage, his "borrowed" cap falling off as he practically flies across the ground towards Zsestrian.
This is bad, the dead can't kill the living! The Creature would be so mad, and the pale man was nice and he knows so much about horses!
Coming to a stop Blik will reach his little hand into his pants pocket to grasp the berries he had prepared this morning and begin chanting.
"Caught between life and death,
Return once more life giving breath,
Underneath the glaring light,
Return to what should be right.
Blik will cast Goodberry.
Goodberry
School transmutation; Level druid 1; Domain seasons 1
CASTING
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S, DF
EFFECT
Range touch
Targets 2d4 fresh berries touched
Duration 1 day/level
Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance yes
DESCRIPTION
Casting goodberry makes 2d4 freshly picked berries magical. You (as well as any other druid of 3rd or higher level) can immediately discern which berries are affected. Each transmuted berry provides nourishment as if it were a normal meal for a Medium creature. The berry also cures 1 point of damage when eaten, subject to a maximum of 8 points of such curing in any 24-hour period.
Then shout to his allies,
"I can help him!"
Erika nearly has to hold back vomit as the zombie launches out of the carriage and latches onto Raven's neck. She grits her teeth an lines up one last shot at the zombies head.
Blik makes some magic berries. Meanwhile, Erika hustles to a better vantage point and looses an arrow, but the bile burns her throat when she chokes it down, and this distraction makes her miss.
NEXT TURN-
Crow, acquiring his booming, unnatural voice, will shout to Zsestrian "Hang on, I'll be there in a second!". The raven will dive
Crow will then desperately try to stop the bleeding, as Zsestrian too struggles for his life.
The raven attempts are in vain, as Zsestrian, with eyes wide open and clutching his bloody scarf, mumbles incoherently.
The Samurai hurries over to his fallen companon and pulls him to his square to provide aide while Mule and the others deal with the abomination of life.
Silence drags Zsestrian out of danger, but Mule fails to take down the Zombie. It smacks Neverhome with a meaty hand.
Round Four
Blik will stare with horror as even the power of a horse is insufficient to damage this, the zombie king, template for all zombies to come. But with his wounded ally out if it's dread reach his task is clear.
Using a Full-Round Action, Blik will carefully pour his little handful of berries into the Witch's mouth and carefully massage his throat to ensure their curative powers are utilized.
"Mule, that is the worst rearing hoof smack i have seen, Should i call Charger over to show you how its done." The samurai rebukes the warhorse as he rises.
"Just die already!"
Mule and Lyosha's strikes fly true and splatter the Zombie King into little pieces.
As the excitement of battle fades, you realize that three of the Zombies are dressed in clerical robes. The Zombie King, in fact, has an ornate Desnan holy symbol hanging around his neck.
The remaining Zombie is dressed in warrior's clothing matching that of the ice statue. It's emblazoned with the symbol of the High Sentinels.
Erika breaths a sigh of relief as the zombie goes down. She rushes over to the group and notices how serious the wounds are on Zsestrian. She swears under her breath and promptly rushes to a nearby tree and throws up. She sits there huddled for a minute...By the gods...That is horrible.
"What to do what to do...." The feline growls lowly patting his horse on the neck. "Go back to town and seek direction and perhaps get aide for our fallen friend, or continue on?" He paced about th wreckage a bit more looking for anything of note or value
The bodies and carriages have been stripped of anything of value, but Silence does discover a single vial of light pink liquid halfway under a cushion in the Zombie King's carriage. Along with the previously-mentioned Desnan holy symbol, you also find a ripped sheet of paper. From what you can make out, it's a brief sermon about the story of Desna's First Butterfly.
The ice statue appears to actually be the frozen body of a High Sentinel. He's clad in what looks to be a fine quality breastplate and still carries his longsword.
Blik checks over the Witch to ensure his berries did indeed mend his wounds, and he'll seem disappointed when he discovers that he was unable to fully resuscitate him.
"Poor Zsestrian..."
Blik will look up, his eyes still large and black.
"I would hate to leave an injured ally, but whatever killed these people and created those abominations most likely lies that direction into the forest."
Blik will look hesitantly down at the injured Witch, but after a moment he'll set his jaw and clench his little fists.
"I... it's my duty to ensure nature is preserved and my colony is safe, I need to stop whoever this is."
The little halfling will stare into the forest for a moment, then as if realizing he spoke that aloud, and to other people no less, will jump with a shrill yelp. He'll clasp his hands over his mouth and try his best to melt into the forest floor staring at the others with wide eyes.
Hobbes opens the vial and takes a whiff of the pink potion."We could use this to heal up the weird guy."
As the Zombie King falls Neverhome raises his to strike again but stops himself and lets a gasp of air escape his lips. His breathing is heavy and ragged as he begins to take in his surroundings.
Upon hearing Hobbes, "Well what are you waiting for! Use it!
On eyeing the pretty necklace he'll point and ask aloud, "What does that jewelry mean? Does it say who these people once were? How they became like this?
His scavenging nature begins to take hold as he calms down from his rage and he finally notices the ice person/statue.
"A lot of good that nice stuff did em... Wonder if he'll miss it?" he says as he eyes the High Sentinel's equipment.
"the ice man appears to be some sort of warrior, i think he would find little to complain about if we used his gear to take vengence for him." He answered Lyosha. "The pretty necklace as you put it, is the symbol of the god desna... or the spirit if it pleases you yes yes. The flutterbyes from earlier were to honor her. I dont think she would be upset either if you wanted to wear it while we seek justice. If you dont I will hold on to it until it can find a better bearer." He finished eyeing the grounds one last time as he slipped the peice of paper with the sermon/story into his saddlebags. "While if we have the potion then lets get our friend up and moving, if you all wish to continue on we should hurry while the trail is fresh, we wouldnt want the snows to cover over it too quickly now yes yes."
After Hobbes gives him the potion, Zsestrian will open his eyes and slowly sit up. "Uh, thanks...I..." he will say, still confused. Then, panicked, he will take off his bloody scarf, and give a sigh of relief when he sees that it wasn't damaged that much in the fight.
Looking at the people around him, he will then spring up on his feet.
"Thanks everyone.And" he will lower his eyes I'm sorry..."
"I followed you to help catch whoever did all this" he will point at the scene "But all I could do was to get careless and almost get killed. It appears that my magic is completely useless against undeads, too...". Crow will give him a worried look.
He will stay silent for some time, then put on a big smile and say cheerfully "But I'm still here now! And even if I croaked back there, you could have always used me as a human hammer! By the way, get that? Croak?" he will point at himself and Crow, and then let out a laugh that sounded way less forced in his head.
"Oooh, what's that? Shiny!" he will then say running towards the ice-caged human.
"That looks like a very good armor...". He will grow a little more serious after Silence spoke "Yes, I think that he wouldn't have minded if we use his weapon to avenge him." He will then add "By the way, can I look at that amulet?". If It's handed to him, he will stare at it for some time.
I...I think that mother always wore one of this...
"Can I hold on to this?"
With a simple shrug Neverhome will reach down to pick up the amulet and toss it to Zsestrain. "So many spirits in this world. Some good. Some bad. Do not think less of yourself since that creature surprised you. Anyone of us would have done the same."
"I'm just glad you're ok..."
Blik will say to the Witch. But soon he will begin looking around nervously, and start pacing back and forth.
"There is no time to waste, whoever did this horrible act may be be doing it again. You are right Cat-Man... uh, Silence was your name? The trail is still fresh, if you intend to stop whoever this is, now is the time."
Blik will move into the trees, his small form blending into the shadows as he begins to scout the trail.
Zses will nod when Lyosha tosses him the amulet "I understand. Thanks."
"And thank you too, Blik. I also agree that we must stop whoever did this as fast as possible but..." Zses will stop and look in amazement when Blik suddenly disappears in the vegetation. "Wow"
Then, talking to everyone, he will continue "Something's been worrying me... he will point at the Zombie King and the carriage door that he opened. "If that door was barred from the outside, it means that this guy was a Zombie before the others were attacked." he gestures to the other zombies "Judging from their robes, that piece of paper that we found and this holy symbol of Desna" he will hold up the amulet "They're probably those Desnian priest that the city mayor said were missing for Swallowtail Festival. What I'm getting at is, maybe whoever froze that person and killed this one" pointing again at his highness, the Rider of Closed Carriages "maybe is already far from here..."
"A stubborn wolf doesn't release its jaws around your neck just because you hit it once."