Euron's polearm flashes through the air, but Tsuto ducks away in a smooth movement, dancing across the roof and putting him in front of Polo, before he lunges with two swift blows that shove the gnome backwards over the edge of the roof...
Tsuto laughs maniacally, twisting and turning, lashing out to connect a kick to Azmerai's head
All the air is knocked out of his lungs
As Polonius strikes the ground.
He looks up from his prone position and sees the zombies closing in. Quickly, he drags himself up and scales the wall back up to the windoow
Valex maneuvers onto the roof, then casts Disrupt Undead, flinging a tiny orb of golden light at Tsuto.
Disrupt Undead: 1 of 3 used.
Euron grunts as he see's Polo fall from the roof, but knows he needs to focus and kill them monster.
[oc]I'll give Azmerai another few hours then update tonight[/ooc]
Attacking with vigor Azmerai tries to at least hurt that.. thing.
Conf
Confluck
Snarling as he watches Polonius simply scamper back up the farmhouse wall like a monkey, Tsuto reels under the sudden concerted assault. Lilith's ray of fire scorches across his back as he dodges away from Euron, where Valex's golden orb slams in to his side, wreathing him in bright sparks of energy that blind him to Azmerai's blow until it is too late.
Gone is his laugh, in its place an eerie silence as you see how severely damaged he seems to be. There is a moment of calm, he freezes completely in place as you whirl around him, and in the blink of an eye the stillness is gone. He is suffused with a black, pulsing, viscous aura that seems to ooze from his wounds.
Turning to face the half-orc he snarls
...MY turn...
Lashing out with three blows in quick succession, his fist strikes Azmerai's temple in a hammerblow before a raised knee turns in to a side kick smashing in to the half-orc's stomach, before finally he drops down with an elbow to the back of the now hunched over barbarian's head.
Spitting out a glob of blood the barbarian turns to look at the undead.
"wimp, I will crush you!"
Valex moves along the roof, charging his sword with arcane energy. He considers moving to flank the abomination, but, remembering Polo's drop, decides not to work from the edge of the roof.
I'm alright! Polo shouts from his position on the side of the wall. Just don't let it get away!
He continues to skirt around away from Tsuto other vertical wall until he is opposite Tsuto on the other side of the roof.
With Tsuto dodgy and weaving his attacks Euron can't do anything else but keep up the attack as he again stabs at him.
"AHHH!" He shouts out in frustration, his shouts sounding almost devilish as the frustration begins to show.
Lilith's missles flash across the rooftop, unerringly darting through the air to slam in to Tsuto's side. He grunts as he absorbs the impact.
Tali appears from the other side of the roof where she appears to have climbed up from, before rushing down the slope of the roof and slashing at Tsuto with a pair of vicious looking serrated knives. One catches him off guard, ripping a chunk of robe and flesh from his back, however he darts away from the second strike.
Surrounded on all sides and badly injured, his anger appears to be getting the better of him as he continues to fight instead of retreating. Charging straight at Azmerai, he leaps upwards and delivers a strong kick to the half-orc's chest, as he lands he pivots and his other leg whips around catching the barbarian on the side of the head. He then lashes out backwards at Tali, catching her in the face with a clenched fist that sends her reeling.
He stands then, expectant...
It's over Tsuto! You should have stayed dead! Polonius shouts over the heat of battle
He takes a vial from his belt, gives it a shake and then hurls the fizzing, bubbling mixture at the wretched monk.
He watches with grim satisfaction as the bomb explodes directly on Tsutos chest, creating a conflagration of flame and a noise like a thiundercrack.
Euron steps forward to get a better advantage on his attack hoping to out flank Tsuto, and drop this creature for once.
He again shouts out in frustration, as the monk dodges his attacks and continues to attack his friends.
As Polonius' bomb unerringly zeroes in on Tsuto, looking to land directly on target, at the last moment his hand lashes out, batting the vial away and up in to the sky, where it explodes and fire rains down around the undead menace leaving him unharmed by the blast, the bomb splash still thankfully also missing Polonius' companions as he had intended.
UsiAzmerai strikes again. But not good enough to land a critical hit,but still doing massiv damage. Yelling in triumph seeing his blade biting deeply in undead flesh.
Truly expecting the half-orc to have dropped by now from his savage assault, Tsuto is unprepared for the barbarian's return strike, the sword blade chopping deeply in to his shoulder and nearly severing the arm.
Valex steps in and strikes a blow that catches the undead monk across his head, knocking his mask away to reveal blackened and rotted flesh curled up in a rictus of pain and surprise.
His glowing blue eyes focus on Lilith as she steps in to view again, watching as the twin bolts of force burst from her outstretched hand towards him. He raises his remaining good arm towards the elven wizard, reaching out one last time as his existence teeters on the edge.
I just wanted...
his last words are eclipsed as the arcane missles hammer in to his chest and face, spinning him around and dropping him to the rooftop. His last view is of Lilith fading away as she ports back inside the building. The glowing blue light in his eyes fades away to nothing, and the undead stalker that has followed you across the land for weeks becomes nothing more than a pile of rags and dead flesh.
It starts to rain, cold and wretched, as the moans of the zombies surrounding the farmhouse bring you back to the present.
Good riddance. Polonius says without remorse. But we aren't out of thw woods yet, these things are still going to surround us. We need to punch a way through.
Valex looks down at the thing that was once Tsuto, his face spasming through disgust, vicious satisfaction, and mournful hopelessness, finally settling into a tight, grim mask.
"This isn't the last of these we'll face. The workings of the Whispering Way...the Harvest...There will be others like him,[b]" he grates, then shakes himself and looks around.
"[b]Who is hurt? I can provide some healing..."
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When Tsuto drops to the room Lilith chooses not to retreat again, and instead casts Detect Magic to quickly scan Tsuto's possessions. He was a dangerous foe. Someone make sure he remained dead. For all we know he regenerates. As she studies the creature and its possessions she adds Lenneht's web will block the stairs for near 40 minutes, though some of the stronger walkers might push their way through one or two at a time. Let us take care not to burn those strands and we can snipe at the undead from the rooftop while we formulate a plan.
After her Detect Magic is complete Lilith will move to the edge of the room and begin to use Disrupt undead to kill the zombies, targeting those injured with the stone rain first.
Seeing the undead fall Azmerai shakingly comes out of his rage. Retching and spitting a dark glob of spittle at the slain foe he adresses the others. "Am hurt, but mainly bruises, ARg,no that rib broken is, maybe two. As long as roof we safe, and now groaners stupid. Good idea with spells but not for long!"
Seeing Tsuto finally stop, Euron starts to take deep breaths to charm himself down. "We spent too much time talking to that thing i'm glad its finally dead. We should stand and clear the undead it will take time but its better than having this swarm loose."
As the rain begins to hammer them and the roof Euron looks down at the undead, then back at Valex. "You're right... we haven't even meant a true member of the way yet. They come with a true blackness of the heart." He then looks back into the house. "I didn't get hurt. I had trouble even hitting him, but that is done we clear the undead. I recommend we stay here tonight also we have a lot to talk about but now i'll go hold the stairs."
Valex mutters a few words and touches Azmeri on the shoulder.
Lilith's senses feel a moderate pulse of transmutation energy from Tsuto's porcelain mask, but the only other item Polonius finds on him is a small leather satchel. It contains a couple of pinecones, some herbs, some edible tree roots and a small, crudely woven doll made of long and twisted dried grass. It smells faintly of lavender.
That morning, Polonius had been diligently working on a new curative, more potent than his previous efforts. Now, after the fall had rocked him badly, he was glad for it.
Azmerai, don't forget the potion I gave you earlier, you look like you need it.
HP=24/27
AC=21
Bombs = 7/9
Extracts = Level 1 - CLW (Azmerai), Level 2 - 0
Slowly remembering the surrounding and his wounds Azmerai shrugs"Just bruises"But drinks his extract nevertheless
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Lilith retrieves the mask. This holds transmutation magic and its relatively powerful.She studies it further, but is unable to discern more about it for now.
2nd level spells remaining:create pit, (DC 17)
1st level spells remaining: vanish (DC 15)
0 (at will)—dancing lights, disrupt undead, Mending, Detect Magic
Arcane Bonded Item: Used
Shifts used: 2. Shifts remaining: 5
Euron holds at the top of the stairs, unsure of how many are inside as the webs block his view. "I can't see anything down there. But i still think we should wait it out and kill them."
HP-39/39
AC-15
Spells
1st-4/7
2nd-2/3
Still on the roof, a slight breeze ruffles Polo's long, unkempt hair. For the first time in.... he can't even remember, he smells death on the breeze.
In the early days the smell was everywhere, overpowering, all-encompassing. Even in the wilderness he would catch that sweet, acrid stench of decomposition. In truth his keen sense of smell had probably saved him more than once because when he caught that scent, he knew to run the other way.
He supposed the smell was always there but that, like so many other terrible things in this world now, he had simply become used to it. It was just another one of those things.
Like preparing explosive mixtures.
Or repairing torn clothes.
Or losing friends and loved ones.
He watches as the others gather themselves and he moves back among them, readying himself to fight their way out.
The realisation of what Lenneth said hits him at once. "You think he was lying? Why would he have food and a doll. He might have been keeping Kaiya, if shes around here we have to save her."