Victor advances on the leader, taking a swing with his longsword:
Roger gives up on trying to damage things with sound, instead joining Victor at the forefront, bringing out his dagger, using arcane strike.
Rekkstuff slams the door closed on the horde and bars the door, before bracing himself for retaliation from the zombies trapped in the room. Meanwhile, Victor and Roger score solid hits on the skeletal creature.
In retaliation, the Mohrg swipes at both Victor and Roger, trying to grab Victor in its claws.
Victor:
Damage:
Roger:
Damage:
Grab on Victor:
The zombies attack Rekkstuff, but miss horribly.
Jordon draws his wand of CLW and attacks the mohrg with it.
Victor leans in a points to his own chin. "Come on, riiiight there!"
Rekkstuff works his way around the zombies and grabs his axe off the ground, leaving himself open to an attack.
He flies into a rage, and takes a mighty swing at the zombie that attacked him, and it collapses in two pieces.
"Is that all you got?"
The Mohrg takes a hit from Victor, and responds with a tongue lashing.
Attack:
Snake Style:
Fortitude Save:
Paralysis: minutes
Victor is paralyzed!
The remaining zombie takes a swipe at Rekkstuff while the horde pounds on the door, but misses.
Attack:
Rekkstuff swings at the last remaining zombie in the room.
It takes a severe hit, but it's still standing.
'Nother CLW at the mohrg from the wand.
The Mohrg takes a couple of swings at Jordon, after laughing at him.
And the zombie swipes at Rekkstuff again, but misses.
Seeing the last of his friends fall, Rekkstuff moves to attack the Mohrg.
Next the Mohrg takes a couple of swings at Rekkstuff.
And the zombie swipes at Rekkstuff again, but misses.
Rekkstuff tries to finish off the Mohrg.
Next the Mohrg attempts to paralyze Rekkstuff with his tongue, but he manages to shrug off the attack.
Attack:
Fort Save:
And the zombie swipes at Rekkstuff again, but misses.
Rekkstuff tries to finish off the Mohrg.
His axe cracks the bones of the Mohrg's chest as it slices straight through. The creature collapses into the ground with a clatter. As it does, the zombie stops in its tracks, and remains motionless.
After he wakes up, Roger begins talking. We're.... We're alive? That's good to know. So, how'd things pan out after I went down? I mean, I see what the end result is, but how'd we get to it?
Jordon shrugs and looks to Victor or Rekkstuff for guidance in that field of knowledge.
"Well, I was paralyzed for a while, but I heard some very Rekkstuffy things happen around me. I'm guessing that's about all there is to it."
Rekkstuff shrugs as he wipes off his axe. "No big deal."
Jordon says, "Well, if we're all done here, I'd vote for a change of venue. But first..." Jordon goes over to the corpse of the disgusting mohrg, glancing over it for valuables without touching it.
Jordon takes as much of the valuables as he can easily carry, then says, "Hopefully the dame's husband was not among the already zombified. I suppose we should look for any who are still living, yeah?"
Outside the office, you see the horde of zombies standing perfectly still and unresponsive. Most of them look relatively fresh, with only minimal decay. However, none of them look like they are still completely human.
Roger helps gather the swag Jordon can't carry, and starts checking round, looking through the assorted mass of zombies for someone who fits the, I assume, given description of the husband.
You eventually find one of the zombies matching the description given to you by Elendra. He's a dwarf, with a distinctive scar across one eye. Like all the others, he is simply standing in place with a glazed look on his face.
"...Anyone know how to undo undeath?"
"Nope. Maybe she'll like his new look?"
"Yeah, I've got no better ideas, so I guess we'll just take him and go. Maybe the lady'll have a cleric friend who can do something about it."
With that, Victor hoists the fellow onto his back and starts staggering toward the exit.
The zombies throughout the ironworks simply stand and stare as you walk by, carrying one of their compatriots. When you reach Elendra, she exclaims "You found him!" as you plop him down on the floor.
"Yes, he seems a bit out of it though." Jordon looks carefully at the zombie, waiting for the switch in her head to click.
"Oh I doubt I'll even notice the difference. He was always rather stoic, you know. How can I ever repay you?"
"Common currency is always nice, though showbusiness connections are a fine supplement to cash."
Yeah, Viktor here pretty much hit the nail on the head.
"Oh... I was thinking more like dinner sometime."
It's quite late by now, and you're all starting to wonder what happened to Tobar. You're going to need him for the show tomorrow (or rather tonight, since it's well past midnight).
"Tell you what, lady: instead of dinner sometime, you gather up all your friends and come support us at our next gig at [time/place]. Sound good?"
"I think I can manage that. Don't you play in the show tonight?"
As a matter of fact, yes. We are playing at the show tonight.
"Well then, I guess you'd better get ready. It's almost dawn, and you still need to rehearse. Or practice. Or whatever it is you music people do to get ready."
You'll have a 4-song set again. Remember the rules: All but one of you have to make the Perform check for each song. Let me know if you want to do anything else to amp up the performance.
Tobar remembers that this is a rather square town, known for its massive exports of polka music.