Dorin, about to raise his hammer and bellow a charge, is driven to one knee by the hideous sound clawing its way through his brain. He gasps, eyes wide, and with a surge of raw physical effort, forces his way back to his feet. He shakes his shaggy head and throws a defiant glare up at the abominations facing them.
Xanos too grabs his head and is unable to move from the force of the sound.
Initiative 3+
Anhur stands stunned by the force of the undead's voice.
Initiative 3
Dorin, about to raise his hammer and bellow a charge, is driven to one knee by the hideous sound clawing its way through his brain. He gasps, eyes wide, and with a surge of raw physical effort, forces his way back to his feet. He shakes his shaggy head and throws a defiant glare up at the abominations facing them.
Initiative 3-
Xanos too grabs his head and is unable to move from the force of the sound.
End of Round 1
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Begin Round 2
Initiative
Yellows 8
Brutes 7
Aquilonians 6
Bunken 5+
Banshee 5
Argoth 5-
Lulu 4
Anhur 3+
Dorin 3
Xanos 3-
Initiative 8
The yellows swarm forward, leaping over and around the cars to get at the humans.
Both Gaston and Argoth are attacked, Gaston's armor protects him from most of the blow.
Initiative 7
The two brutes continue to lumber forward.
Initiative 6
The Aquilonians break out of their stupor to charge towards the zombies and attack with their swords.
Two of the yellows fall to their blades.
Mind
Bunken snaps back to the horrific reality spinning around him after the undead attack. He raises his bow and fires it toward the crazy screaming lady, roaring as loudly as he can to try to drown out her piercing screech.
Attack
Damage
Initiative 5+
Bunken snaps back to the horrific reality spinning around him after the undead attack. He raises his bow and fires it toward the crazy screaming lady, roaring as loudly as he can to try to drown out her piercing screech. His arrow sticks into the Banshee, but does not drop it.
Initiative 5
The Banshee attempts to finish off Gaston.
Her claws screech as they tear down the soldier's mail. Once again the armor saves him from death.
Anhur steps away from the fray and draws his bow and an arrow, letting off a shot at the beasts lumbering towards them.
Argoth slashes at the zombie in front of him, sending its head flying off.
Argoth thrusts at the banshee, but then at the last second pulls back into a sweeping strike.
Dorin, leaning on his hammer, shoves himself to his feet with a surge, roaring his own challenge back at the banshee and charging towards it. With two massive strides, he bounds up on top of the armored vehicle before her and slams his weapon down.
Xanos moves with Dorin, keeping at his back and thrusting with his spear.
Round 2 Recap
The yellows swarm forward, leaping over and around the cars to get at the humans. Both Gaston and Argoth are hit, Gaston's armor protects him from most of the blow.
The two brutes continue to lumber forward.
The Aquilonians break out of their stupor to charge towards the zombies and attack with their swords. Two of the yellows fall to their blades.
Bunken snaps back to the horrific reality spinning around him after the undead attack. He raises his bow and fires it toward the crazy screaming lady, roaring as loudly as he can to try to drown out her piercing screech. His arrow sticks into the Banshee, but does not drop it.
The Banshee attempts to finish off Gaston. Her claws screech as they tear down the soldier's mail. Once again the armor saves him from death.
Argoth thrusts at the banshee, but then at the last second pulls back into a sweeping strike. His blade cleaves the Banshee's neck and sends her head flying through the air in a wobbling arc to splat on the pavement a few feet away.
Lulu takes a kick at the face of the zombie directly in front of her. Her boot shatters its face, and it crumples to the ground in a heap.
Anhur steps away from the fray and draws his bow and an arrow, letting off a shot at the beasts lumbering towards them. His arrow zips just past the lead brute's shoulder.
Dorin, leaning on his hammer, shoves himself to his feet with a surge, roaring his own challenge back at the banshee and charging towards it. With two massive strides, he bounds up on top of the armored vehicle before her. Seeing that Argoth finished the job, he slams his weapon down on a yellow, crushing it.
Xanos moves with Dorin, keeping at his back and thrusting with his spear. The yellow he was aiming for ducks below the edge of the car next to it, and avoids the stab.
End Round 2
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Begin Round 3
Initiative
Yellows 8
Brutes 7
Aquilonians 6
Bunken 5+
Argoth 5-
Lulu 4
Anhur 3+
Dorin 3
Xanos 3-
Initiative 8
The zombies continue their forward momentum, assaulting the humans with teeth and clawed fingers.
(Dorin)
(Argoth)
Two of the Aquilonian soldiers go down, and both Dorin and Argoth are hit.
Initiative 7
The ape-like brutes continue to lumber forward, roaring and slobbering as they come.
Initiative 6
The two fallen Aquilonians shudder and vomit their organs out before hideously twisting and rising from the ground, rapidly rotting and turning yellow. Their still living former compatriots attempt to surround a couple of the Yellows and chop them down.
Gaston and the soldier fighting with him both manage to drop their targets, short Aquilonian blades chopping through rotten spines.
Anhur draws another arrow and lets loose at the hulks again.
Bunken moves away from the yellows and fires his warbow at one of the ones on Lulu. If she dies, fat chance of me seeing any more whiskey.
Argoth brings his blade up in a defensive posture under the yellow assault, parrying teeth and lopping off a few fingers as he bats a hand away.
Lulu moves next to Anhur and delivers another kick to the zombie now in front of her. She jams the undead's mandible up through the bottom of its skull, and it collapses onto the ground.
Anhur lets another arrow loose at the oncoming brutes, but the lack of good sleep, and the stress of the totally new environment must be getting to him. His arrow thwips past the brutes to clatter against a car.
Dorin moves to shield Xanos, using the distraction his spear waving is providing to swing his hammer at one of the yellow's exposed flanks.
Watching the blow is somewhat like watching a mustard bottle get run over by a semi-truck. The yellow collapses and squirts a great blorp of gooey yellow mess across the car.
Xanos climbs up onto the roof of the car next to Dorin and stabs with his spear, but the yellow ducks out of the way.
End of Round 3
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Begin Round 4
Initiative
Yellows 8
Brutes 7
Aquilonians 6
Bunken 5+
Argoth 5-
Lulu 4
Anhur 3+
Dorin 3
Xanos 3-
The yellows continue their mindless quest for flesh, rigor rictus grins gnashing through dessicated lips in a bid for sticky red bloodcandy.
The brutes finally make it to the humans. One of them swings its tree trunk sized arm in a brutal overhand blow at Anhur, while the other appears to be about to do the same to Lulu.
Gaston, seeing the Stygian ambassador in trouble cries out. "On me, men!" and runs over to help Anhur. The closest soldier to the brute steps up and tries to thrust his blade into the monster's chest.
The blade penetrates a mere inch, and seems to have to no effect on the huge yellow.
Bunken's firing arm snaps throw its motions once more, another arrow flying over Lulu's shoulder and into the monstrosity before her.
Attack
Damage
Argoth fends off the yellow's attacks again as it tries to rush him. "Dorin, kill these things! We need to help them!"
Dorin snarls in reply, and proceeds to comply with Argoth's request.
Round 4 Recap and Completion
The yellows continue their mindless quest for flesh, rigor rictus grins gnashing through dessicated lips in a bid for sticky red bloodcandy. Their attacks are ineffective. Argoth fends off the yellow in front of him's attacks again as it tries to rush him. "Dorin, kill these things! We need to help them!"
The brutes finally make it to the humans. One of them swings its tree trunk sized arm in a brutal overhand blow at Anhur, while the other appears to be about to do the same to Lulu. Anhur jumps back out of the way and runs back a few paces away from the brutes.
Gaston, seeing the Stygian ambassador in trouble cries out. "On me, men!" and runs over to help Anhur. The closest soldier to the brute steps up and tries to thrust his blade into the monster's chest. The blade penetrates a mere inch, and seems to have to no effect on the huge yellow.
Bunken's firing arm snaps throw its motions once more, another arrow flying over Lulu's shoulder and into the monstrosity before her. The shaft finds a home in the brute's left eye. The quivering shaft collapses that side of its face, but the the brute fights on.
Seeing the great brutes lumbering toward her and smashing her allies, Lulu thinks, Oh. S**t. She takes one more kick at the yellow next to her and its head goes flying. She whirls and runs over by Bunken and Anhur.
Dorin snarls in reply, and proceeds to comply with Argoth's request. His massive hammer crushes the head off another yellow with a home run swing. The grisly brainball goes flying all the way across the street into the next parking lot.
Xanos shoves the blade of his spear up through the yellow woman in front of him's jaw, and out through the top of her skull. It collapses into a pile at his feet.
End of Round 4
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Begin Round 5
The last yellow keeps trying for Argoth.
The mercenary easily blocks the bite.
Over by the Aquilonians the brutes move to crush the soldiers under their huge fists.
One of the soldiers has his face smashed in like a ripe watermelon, he goes down and begins the transformation into a yellow. Gaston is also nearly finished, but he dodges out of the way in the last instant
Circling around the arrow wounded brute, Gaston and the remaining soldier slash at it with their swords.
Gaston puts a deep slash across the thing's chest, but it is still fighting.
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Dorin, seeing that only one of the yellow demons still stands before Argoth, turns on his heel and charges to the aid of Gaston and the last soldier. With a wild yell meant to attract the brute's attention, he whips his hammer around in a wide arc at the newly risen yellow.
Bunken launches an arrow at the brute, sneering as he does so.
Attack
Damage
Anhur keeps firing arrows, hoping to find his mark.
Argoth slips by a clumsy slash by the yellow and thrusts his sword straight at the corpse's chest.
Xanos closes on Argoth's target and thrusts with his spear.
Bunken launches an arrow at the brute, sneering as he does so. The second arrow from his bow finishes what the first arrow could not, dropping the great brute to the street.
Argoth slips by a clumsy slash by the yellow and thrusts his sword straight at the corpse's chest. He punches straight through the rotting torso, taking most of the creature's spine with him. The yellow collapses, dead.
Lulu sighs at the remaining undead and reloads her crossbow.
Anhur keeps firing arrows, hoping to find his mark. Set has abandoned him in this benighted realm, another arrow flies false.
Dorin, seeing that only one of the yellow demons still stands before Argoth, turns on his heel and charges to the aid of Gaston and the last soldier. With a wild yell meant to attract the brute's attention, he whips his hammer around in a wide arc at the newly risen yellow. Like so many before it, it falls to Dorin's mighty hammer.
Xanos moves towards the brute, but waits judiciously for Dorin to arrive first.
The brute swings at the Aquilonian soldier.
The soldier ducks out of the way of the clumsy, yet powerful blow, saving his own life. He ripostes with a slash across the thing's bloated gut, Gaston moving to mirror him.
The Aquilonian gladius tears through the creature's elephant-like hide with difficulty, adding a shallow cut across its belly.
Finishing off the last of the yellows, Argoth turns and moves to engage the hulking zombie.
Knowing what was likely to happen to the thing once Dorin took a few more steps, Xanos stood on top of the strange carriage and waited.