as you run away from the horde of animate corpses chasing you you come to the top of a hill where at similar times a bunch of different people arrive
Annie crests the hill at a controlled jog. She makes a quick scan of her surroundings, looking for higher ground or somewhere defensible.
"Any of you bitten?" she brusquely asks those assembled, careful to keep her distance.
"No, I was not bit. If any of you are injured, I am a doctor."
I am fine. Not bitten. We need to keep going. We need to find some place to hold out and find food and water.
"Yes, this hill is probably not the most defensive place."
Dennis will look around to see if there is a more defensible spot that they can get to quickly.
Maybe not the most defensible, but at least we can see em coming
Fet catches his breath, glad to have even a brief rest. Fet looks around for someplace higher up, or sturdy enough to get them through the night.
A big half-orc wearing a patched together suit of armor covered in dirt, dried up blood and gore came jogging up the hill, a gasmask dangling from his neck and a greataxe in hand.
He looked at the others and spoke with a hint of relief in his voice.
"Finally, some other survivors. I fought fiercely, but I am certain I was not bitten."
"A real doctor that can heal? Or one of those phony 'peeachdees' from the other world that doesn't know a bandage from a splint?" she asks.
@Annie and Fet, You're at the top of the hill, you have the high ground but that's about it.
"I have doctorates in both medicine and genetics. I am quite capable of treating injured people."
"Oh, hello. I should have you know, that without us PhDs you would have a hard time having any medicine available for those "real" doctors.
By the way, my name is Finneus Gormal, and while I may not be able to set a broken bone, I'm sure you will find my skills more than useful."
Annie shakes her head. "A priest would be best, but those seem hard to come by lately."
"I am no priest, but the Sun has gifted me with some of its divine power. However, now is not the time to discuss this. We need to figure out how to defend this hill or find a route away from the coming undead."
Funny you'd mention that, there are 10 zombies coming up the hillside as you speak.
Finneus looks around for a defensible location.
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Oravak looked at the coming undead, trying to figure out what kind of zombies they were dealing with.
Are they coming from all sides of the hill?
Well lets let them have it. Don't let any of them touch you.
Charles fires a force missile from his hand, hitting a zombie from a distance.
i'm all for fighting more zombies, but maybe someplace less swarmable.
Annie cocks an eyebrow at Charles's comment. "Punch a hole through the mob there, then make a run for it! Ignore those coming from the other sides."
The doctor will pick up a rock and flick it at a zombie, who rocks back as if it had been hit by a bullet.
Finneus draws his sword Cain while moving away from zombies. His action will be used to fight defensively.
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"We can take em, they're not as sturdy as other walking dead!"
Oravak swung his greataxe with great fervor at the one with the hole in his stomach.
Fet loads a javelin into his thrower and let's it fly
Firing another force missile at the next closest to me.
Fin will move up to the one that Fet and Charles hit and take a swing with his sword cane.
Annie advances toward the emerging gap in the zombies. She is careful to keep Finneus and Oravak between herself and them. She plugs another squarely in the chest.
Dennis will target one of the damaged ones and hit him with another flicked coin.
Charles points at the gap in the zombies.
Quick! Through the gap.
Annie shoulders her bow and runs through. Once clear of the mob, she settles into a jog and looks for somewhere defensible to hide.
Dennis runs quickly after Annie.
Fin will fight defensively and move after the group.
Oravak brought up the rear, slashing at another zombie with his greataxe.
When he saw that everyone made it out he followed the group.
Did everyone make it? Did we lose anyone? Anyone bit?
Charles quickly looks for a place to take shelter.
nope, still here
Fet says as he trys to keep pace with the group
As the Party progresses they see the trampled corpse of a man wearing a tophat and clutching a bastard sword. Too freshly dead to rise again yet.
Oravak walked over to the corpse and quickly checked its vitals. When he had made certain it was truly dead he said a small prayer and chopped of its head with a fast swing of his greataxe. "Can never be to careful."
He looked back from where they had come.
"At least it should be more difficult to rise as an undead abomination now. If anyone can use the weapon or anything else on him. Take it, but we must keep up the pace, so don't scavenge to long."
"Good thinking." Annie rifles through the strange man's pockets, but finds nothing of worth.
"Let's get out of here. We should find some shelter."
"I agree. It's too dangerous to be wandering about outside. Have any of you checked any of the buildings around here?"
There is a city about 1/2km from here. Or you can go towards the countryside.