"Hag!" Dom managed to get between heaves. "Sea Hag. Evil. Kill it a lot."
Alisha tries to knowledge arcana the creature emerging from the fame
As for resisting the horror of the situation.
Alisha steps back in shock, frightened and sickened by the hideous monster that has emerged from the fane. She vomits at the sight of her.
Initiative
Xannder is spooked by the appearance of the lady and has a momentary lapse in judgement when she jumps out from behind the fane. Luckily he manages to keep down his lunch.
Ah yes forgot the Fort save
Alisha also avoids vomiting but is still horrified by the creature with its evil eye staring into her soul.
Roy Initiative: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22 (if needed)
Horrid lady init: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12
Alisha Initiative 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11
Dom
Xannder
So Roy gets a turn then she goes and then everyone else.
At Dom's words, Roy pulls the trigger, fighting to keep his aim steady.
Unfortunately, it's a poor shot.
Roy's shot goes wide.
She charges for the closest person (I believe this would be Alisha) her hand stretching and turning into a vicious looking claw and tears into Alisha causing a very nasty wound.
At seeing the Hag tear into Alisha, Dom's anger crystalized enough to fight past the nausea.
"Hey! Hands-off!"
He moved in close and fired his Beretta.
Xannder not wanting to waste ghost bullets pulls his sidearm and fires a shot at the hag.
Dom shoots the Hag in the shoulder at the very least getting it's attention.
Alisha totally frightened of the hideous hag gets clawed across the chest with its sharp talons and screams in pain as the nails tear into her flesh and blood flows out the wound. She stumbles backward from the blow (5 foot step) and in an utter state of panic pulls out the beretta and pulls the trigger with the gun pointed at the creature.
Firearm Attack (-4 for being non-profient and a -2 for failing the will save and becoming shaken. Spending an Action Point for a 1d6)
Action Point
Roy can go again then her.
Roy moves up next to Alisha and puts an arm out under her own arms, hoping to attract the hag's attention to himself as he puts a round into the creature.
Xannder misses.
Roy moves up shoots the hag right in the eye and she drops to the ground and isn't moving.
Roy steps up and fires another bullet into the hag's head point-blank before heaving a breath and reloading his Python, the remaining ghost touch bullet set to fire first. "Well. That was. Disgusting."
Alisha slumps to the ground wimpering from her wounds and still heavenly shaken from the events that occurred.
Wow, that's a whole lot of ugly. You OK Alisha?
Xannder holsters his sidearm and moves to Alisha and begins inspecting the wound.
Alisha shutters trying her best to get her composure. Being the mild mannered scholar that she is, she has never been hurt this bad in her entire life. She looks up to Xaander and says when he asks.
"I...I don't know. I have never been hurt this badly in my life. I think I need medical attention."
Alisha accepts the treatment that Xannder offers as knowing the hidious claws of that creature were likely dirty and without swift treatment she could get an infection. She examines herself while Xannder works in case he misses something.
Treat Injury (Aid Another for Xannder)
Seeing that Xannder looks like he knows what he is doing, she deffers the treatment although giving a few choice words here and there to aid in her wound treatment. Fortunately the wound was not too deep on her chest and with the treatment there was hope for healing without scarring.
Roy also moves to Alisha and pulls out his first aid kit, offering the bandages and disinfectants to Xannder and the woman to help patch her up. "Welcome to the club, then, norm. Most Hunters get beat up at some point."
"Yeah, good work, guys," Dom said, agreeing with Roy. Alisha and Xannder were coming along nicely.
Seeing that Xannder had things in hand, Dom cautiously went over to the Sea Hag's corpse.
He and a couple of hunters had tracked one of these things a couple years back in Annapolis. They were vehemently sea-based. So what the hell was it doing in Crested Butte?
Examining the area you do find a lake nearby, it's not huge but could suffice as a home for this creature. You do realize however that something isn't right with this hag, it appears to be mutated or corrupted somehow and displayed behavior and abilities that the previous hag didn't.
The glowing runes on the large stone in the center of the circle appear to have dimmed and the runes forming the circle around the stone have dimmed as well but they still remain.
Alisha having been treated for her injury the best she can gets herself to her feet slowly and approaches the runes and carefully examines them but still shakey from the events that occurred. She tries to understand the magic she is seeing and hopefully a way to finally disrupt it once and for all.
Knowledge Arcana (-2 penalty for being shaken)
When we get back to town we will get you cleaned up. For now this should make sure you don't bleed out. So what the hell is that thing?
Xannder helps Alisha to her feet and begins keep an eye out for more unwanted guests.
Alisha looks over the Fane and says, "This would be the Fane we are here to destroy. It appears that there is another source is empowering this Fane, perhaps another creature or the vampire himself. The sure way to end this is to destroy the central Rune Stone. Except that I doubt just shooting it will be enough. We'll need explosives to take it out and the ability to use them from a safe distance to avoid a backlash of magical energy."
"Well, you never know til you try. Stand back, everyone."
Dom pulled out his Beretta took careful aim and fired at the Rune Stone.
Alisha makes sure to get a long distance from the stone when Domingo shoots it. If it works, then that is great. If it doesn't then explosives will be the solution to the problem.... maybe.
Sorry, I left my C4 in my other pants.
The bullets has no effect.
Dom frowned.
"There are supposed to be two of these, right? Maybe if we take out the other one, they'll both shatter."
Dom popped in a fresh clip into his Beretta.
"Let's find our Tour Guide and blow this popsicle stand."
Xannder is a little more skeptical.
Now I may be new, but we just beat a whole group of baddies to get here. What if we come back and have to fight em off again? Lets make sure there isn't something we overlooked, while we're here.
Dom nodded.
"Good thinking."
Gonna say dom is using aid another to give +2
Taking a closer look you notice that the large stone was moved it was slid to the side and the back in place. There might be something underneath it.
See, look at that. Wouldn't have found that if we had left. Maybe it is a tunnel? Could lead to the other fanes!
"Whatever it is, it's worth checking out. Good work, norm." Roy pulls his bandana up over his mouth and nose and holsters his Python. "Ready?" He sets up with the others and pushes at the stone.
Dom gives Roy a hand.
Alisha says, "I was correct about the Rune Stone being immune to being shot. I did not want to risk touching the stone but if there is something under it, then it is worth some investigation."
You manage to push the rock aside and underneath in a small hole is a small red box about the size of a cigar box.
Dom inspects the red box for symbols or identifying marks.
Roy also looks at the box, wondering what it is. "You ever seen one of these, Dom?"
The box has some strange markings on it but you cannot decipher them.
You open the box and inside is a single index finger bone.
Alisha makes her own check for Arcane Lore for the runes and the finger bone .
She knows nothing additional.
Wonder if that was a finger before going in there? Maybe the witch needed "the fresh finger of a righteous man" and forgot how long it's been down there?
"Looks like some sort of reliquary. Catholics would sometimes use relics of saints to ward off evil and bring good luck. Usually relics were pieces of hair or clothing, but bone fragments aren't too uncommon."
"But considering this was used as some sort of evil darkness battery, I'm guessing this is the opposite of warding off evil. And 'relics of a righteous man' don't do much, Xannd. Every asshat you meet in traffic thinks they're righteous. No, usually, they use 'relics of the innocent' -- kids."
Dom was quiet for a moment as he glared at the box. His mind slipping back to a few of his more unsavory cases.
"I hate hags."
He took a deep steadying breath and placed the reliquary in his backpack.
"We should take this back to Mary. She might know the proper way to dispose this thing. The Shy Queen might have an idea, too. But I'm guessing she'd have a nutty if we brought this to their camp. We'll ask our Tour Guide and see what he thinks."
As you leave the rune circle with the box in the your pack the lights on the stone fade and vanish. The rune circle disperses as well.
The remaining shadow has reappeared and attacks again but you manage to get rid of it using your remaining magic bullets.
Level up HP
Wealth Bonus Increase
You head out and Hurrn meets up with you again.
"Your still alive...You succeeded then? I must admit I am surprised." he says
Alisha looks to Hurrn and says, "Yes, the Fane has been delt with. We have the object that seemed to be a part of its power source but we do not have the means to destroy it. The next problem is finding the other two fanes and dealing with them as well."