With plenty of foes within range, Vitalis ignores the sticky filament for now and just starts swinging. He defends his ally first and starts with the spider to the right.
"Well, to be honest, I was expecting undead spiders. But I don't consider live spiders an improvement. Beware their webs. They are coated with something that is making me dizzy."
Chance utters a strained yelp at the enormous spiders' attack and changes his tune yet again.
"We need to KILL 'EM!
Kill 'em now!
Let's squash these foul arachnids
Before they web us all up tight!"
With each line, the gnome sings faster, his voice getting higher and more ragged. Finally, he opens his mouth wide to scream, but his friends cannot make out any audible sound. The red, orange, and yellow spiders, on the other hand, hear him clearly .
◆: Cast a Spell, inspire courage
◆: Cast a Spell, sound burst, (DC 19 Fort save).
Jisara arcs electricity between two of the spiders.
Vitalis slashes at the spiders, slicing Blue in two and annihilating Purple after two hits!
Chance begins singing and lets loose a sonic burst right on top of most of the spiders!
The concussive sounds causes two of the spiders (Orange and Yellow) to completely explode!
Stargazer Steps over and casts chill touch on Red.
Red bites at Vitalis!
Green then skitters over and attempts to bite Stargazer!
Round 2 —> 3
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Jisara
Red (-11)
Green
Vitalis {immobilized}
Stargazer (-4)
Chance
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"Not nearly so scary as we thought, are they?" Jisara shouts triumphantly, throwing another jolt of electricity at the remaining two spiders.
"So nice of them to come in close for me to swat. And luckily, for the most part, my armor is keeping their bites out."
Vitalis strikes at the spider to his right (green).
Jisara arcs electricity between the two remaining spiders.
Which causes one of the spiders to explode! Vitalis then slices at the remaining spider and knocks it down!
The dead body is indeed that of an Asmodean priest. He still has his silver holy symbol, a scroll of heal and fear, and a +1 mace. Clutched in one hand is a gold-painted keychain that says “Hocum’s Fantasmagorium.” The keychain is largely worthless.
A circular alcove off this hallway cradles a lovingly maintained statue of a regal man, his arms outstretched and his chest adorned with a carving of a winged eye. Empty picture frames line the walls.
Wax replicas of various politicians, folk heroes, deities, and creatures fill this room, some laughably fake and others eerily lifelike. One in particular stands out—a depiction of a man dressed in bloodstained professor’s robes. This figure wields a bloody surgeon’s knife in one hand, but its face has been melted away into an unrecognizable waxen mess save for a single glaring eye. The defaced statue bears a plaque that’s inscribed as follows: Professor Alander Mangvhune—The Temple Hill Slasher
This series of open galleries may have once held numerous paintings and other objects of curiosity in several glass cases, but today the displays are all empty. What’s more pertinent, though, is the group of literal zombies that were loitering in the next room that start advancing toward the PCs as soon as they see them!
Round 1
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Chance
Red
Yellow
Green
Blue
Pink
Stargazer
Jisara
Vitalis
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"Oh, look, more figures - these are of rotting... Aaah! They're moving!"
Chance nervously pulls out his little +1 silver dagger and tries to remember what, if anything, he knows about zombies. He starts singing about them to jog his memory.
"Whoa, those are zombies!
Gave me a fright!
And no one's going to save us
So we'll have to use our might!"
◇: Cast a Focus Spell, loremaster's etude (somatic, free action)
◆: Recall Knowledge (Bardic Lore +7; roll twice and take the best result due to loremaster's etude)
◆: Draw a Weapon (Interact)
◆: Cast a Spell, inspire courage
These are…well, zombies. Zombies are fairly generic, but variable, creatures—some have their limbs move after they’ve been cut off, others cause existing wounds to fester, and some are disturbingly fast. Nevertheless, all zombies share a few traits: they are almost always mindless, are slow , are ridiculously hardy, and are especially vulnerable to positive energy and slashing damage.
However, as Chance analyzes the zombies he sees something in one of them : A familiarity amid rotting flesh and unholy shouting coming from this zombie halfling. He doesn’t want to believe it, but it is right before him: one of these zombies is Zamir.
The zombies shamble forward toward their prey—unfortunately, only two of them are close enough to also get an attack off.
As the vigilante begins to move, the wound he suffered from the zombie’s attack begins to suddenly grow worse as it festers uncontrollably and painfully!
Round 1 —> 2
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Chance
Red
Yellow
Green
Blue
Pink
Stargazer (-25)
Jisara
Vitalis
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Vitalis looks over the unfortunate priest. "An Asmodean? What interest do they have in this place? I doubt they are here for any of these knock-off exhibits. The must think there is something of value in the Many-Steps Monastery below. But on whose behalf? The church? Or perhaps Barzillai Thrune himself?"
"This fellow didn't fare so well. I'm going to guess the undead are theirs but these spiders were an exhibit gone rogue. That his body was left here alone tells me one of two things. Either his allies chose to leave him to his fate and left the body there or he was exploring alone and hasn't been discovered yet."
"If Asmodeans are about, that doesn't bid well for Rexus' mother. If she's here, I pray to Shelyn she has a secure hiding place and that we aren't too late."
"This is a statue of the god Aroden. His death and disappearance is quiet the controversy. This may be the first thing of actual artistic value that we've come across." Vitalis takes a moment to look over the statue and take in its beauty.
"Does anyone else find it odd that only this one figure in particular was defaced? I don't recognize that name but I think I'll inquire about it once we're done here." Vitalis removes the plaque from the statue and sticks it in his backpack. "I'm forbidden from destroying art, but there is nothing stated about art that is already destroyed. I doubt anyone will miss this."
"I'm noticing a lot of empty picture frames and displays. If these priests have turned to the looting of art, that is one more sin that cannot be forgiven."
Vitalis slashes twice at the zombie (red) that injured Stargazer. He then lays a hand on Stargazer's shoulder to heal him. His face turns pale upon seeing the festering wound. "That does not look good."
Stargazer casts a spell, releasing a burst of purple positive energy.
I’m not even going to require a check. The short answer is “yes,” the long answer is “yes, but it’s complicated.”
I went into more detail through Rexus’s words, but Barzillai is an Asmodean. Officially, he is the “Chelish High Inquisitor of Asmodeus,” and the Asmodean Inquisition is, obviously, a church organization, but it also acts as the Chelish secret police and acts outside the social hierarchy because of it. Barzillai’s social standing is a thing of controversy due to the fact that he is a Thrune (the highest non-monarch social status), but openly identifies as an Asmodean (the hierarchy level below the Thrunes), and is the leader of the Asmodean Inquisition (which acts outside the social hierarchy entirely).
"Does anyone else find it odd that only this one figure in particular was defaced? I don't recognize that name but I think I'll inquire about it once we're done here." Vitalis removes the plaque from the statue and sticks it in his backpack. "I'm forbidden from destroying art, but there is nothing stated about art that is already destroyed. I doubt anyone will miss this."
The plaque is not worth anything significant other than as scrap metal.
Also, you don’t recognize the name Alander Mangvhune (Jisara does), but you do recognize the name “Temple Hill Slasher.”
Vitalis slices at one of the zombies and easily cuts clean into the creature’s body before following up with slicing the undead in half and causing it to fall to the floor!
Stargazer releases a wave of positive energy which heals himself and harms the undead!
All but one of the undead are hit with the positive energy and are suddenly engulfed in the healing fire of the Positive Energy Plane and begin deteriorating quicker!
Round 1 —> 2
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Chance
Yellow (-14)
Green (-12)
Blue
Pink (-12)
Stargazer (-9)
Jisara
Vitalis
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Jisara begins to call electricity into her hands, but rethinks her approach when she sees just how vulnerable the zombies are to cutting weapons. She instead uses her magic to send a shard of glass hurtling through the air, right past Vitalis's head at the zombie blocking the door.
Chance's voice trails off, mid-verse, and for the space of a long breath the gnome is silent, perhaps for the first time since the other Silver Ravens have met him. His eyes grow wide, then narrow, glaring at the zombie in front of Stargazer. The shambling undead halfling is still wearing a wide-brimmed hat with a bedraggled, green feather pinned to it at a jaunty angle.
When Chance speaks again, his voice sounds like he has been gargling sand.
"You. Are. Not. Zamir."
He glances down at the dagger in his hand, bares his teeth, and throws it between Vitalis and Stargazer, barely aiming but in the general direction of the green zombie.
◆: Ranged Strike
"You are not my friend!" Chance shouts. "Flugantaj rokoj por ĵokeoj" Another piece of broken glass rises from the floor and flies at the pint-sized undead swashbuckler.
◆◆: Cast a Spell
Jisara launches a shard of glass that cuts clean through Blue’s shoulder and sends its arm clattering to the ground, though the zombie is still standing!
Chance throws a dagger, which slices through Green’s chest. The gnome then follows up with magically throwing a shard of glass and making another large cut across the zombie’s chest!
Yellow shambles forward to take up the now free space as it swings a fist at Stargazer!
Pink likewise swings at the vigilante.
Vitalis intervenes and slices into the zombie, which burns from the glaive’s positive energy. Nevertheless, the zombie manages to lock both of its hands onto Stargazer!
Blue and Green then attack Vitalis!
Green also manages to latch onto Vitalis with unholy strength!
Stargazer’s wound once more begins to painfully fester!
Like Stargazer, the paladin’s wound that he sustained likewise begins to painfully fester!
Round 2 —> 3
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Chance
Yellow (-14)
Green (-46)
Blue (-30)
Pink (-31)
Stargazer (-28) {grabbed}
Jisara
Vitalis (-20) {grabbed}
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Vitalis slashes at the zombie (green) that his holding him. "Get off of me!"
"Chance, you know one of these?" Vitalis chances a glance over his shoulder with a confused look on his face.
He heals some of Stargazer's wounds with another lay on hands. "Hold the line! We can push through them yet."
"We can figure it out later!" Jisara cries, hurling another piece of jagged glass at the crowd of monsters. With her other hand, she channels another spell to knit together Stargazer's wounds.
Chance blinks and shakes his head. "Yes, yes I did. And some thrice-damned necromancer used his corpse for a puppet. Let's get the rest of them put down." He takes a shuddering breath and starts to sing again, although his voice has a slight quaver to it that was not present a few seconds ago.
"It's close to mid-day
Living things are comin' through the door
They slay Arachné
You hear eight-legged corpses hit the floor
You try to moan
But undeath took the sound before you made it
You start to freeze
Holy warrior looks you between the eyes
Slice! Vitalis-ized!
'Cause we're the Ravens
Silver Ravens
And we are gonna save you
From your undead mockery of life..."
With a flick of his finger, more glass rises from the floor and flies at the blue-garbed zombie . "Flugantaj rokoj por ĵokeoj!"
Stargazer attempts to wrench himself free from the zombie, and make his way away from them.
Vitalis slices through the zombie with a hold on him and steps into its previous space. He then heals Stargazer.
Jisara also begins healing Stargazer, then throws a shard of glass that misses the zombie.
Chance begins singing once more as he also throws a shard of glass. The zombie barely even tries to dodge away as the gnome completely decapitates it!
Stargazer wriggles free of the zombie’s grasp and disengages.
With no better target before them, the zombies attack at Vitalis!
The undead then latches onto the paladin!
The other zombie likewise grabs a hold on Vitalis!
Vitalis’s wounds once more begin to painfully fester.
Round 3 —> 4
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Chance
Yellow (-14)
Pink (-31)
Stargazer (-12) {fast healing 4: round 1 of 4}
Jisara
Vitalis (-39) {grabbed}
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Against her better judgment, Jisara steps further into the room. She hesitates for just a moment, unsure of the best way to help Vitalis. She decides to cut him free.
Swooning from his festering wounds and drowning in putrid zombie flesh, Vitalis flails wildly with his glaive. "Why are these zombies so handsy? Get off of me!"
Jisara launches a shard of glass that decapitates one of the zombies.
Vitalis swings twice and annihilates the remaining zombie!
The zombies have very little on them, as expected, but two of the zombies wear signet rings. These signet rings bear the Victocora crest.
Once more immediate needs are attended to, Jisara examines the rings they recovered from the zombies. She freezes in place, a look of realization dawning. "Oh...poor Rexus," she says softly.
"I was afraid of this... This will be difficult news to relay. Rexus only mentioned his mother. Who is the other one?"
"And let's not forget, one of these was known to Chance as well." he turns to Chance. "What can I do for you, my friend?"
Afterwards, Vitalis finds a place to sit on the ground. "I'm not feeling so good. I just need to sit down for a minute."
Now that Vitalis takes the time to look at the corpses, he does recognize the two wearing the rings—a man and a woman. It’s been some time since he’s seen them, but they were his neighbors for most of his life: Rexus’s parents, Porcia Victocora and her husband.
Vitalis takes a closer look. "Now that my head has cleared a bit, although these bodies pale in comparison to the regality exuded from them in life, I can indeed confirm that they belong to Aneran and Porcia Victocora, Rexus' parents." Vitalis' heart is filled with anger and sadness. "Whoever is responsible for this abhorrent act will find justice at the end of my glaive."
"It is truly unfortunate that we were forced to further desecrate their bodies by mutilating them in our self defense. When we are done clearing this place, we should do our best to make the bodies presentable and prepare a proper funeral for them. It is the least we can do."
Jisara and Vitalis spend 10 minutes Refocusing. They then cast life boost and lay on hands on Vitalis (healing 28 HP).
Jisara and Vitalis spend 10 minutes Refocusing. Vitalis then casts lay on hands on himself (Vitalis is at full HP again).
Vitalis spends 10 minutes Refocusing.
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”And let's not forget, one of these was known to Chance as well.” he turns to Chance. ”What can I do for you, my friend?”
Once Chance is certain that Stargazer is healing and that Vitalis is healing with Jisara’s assistance, he sighs and sits down next to Zamir’s corpse. “Thank you, Vitalis. I think... I don’t know.” He takes a deep breath, and then another. [b]“Zamir was the friendliest person I ever met. Also the most confident. He told me that he and his brother had a friendly rivalry about which of them was the finest swordsman on or around the Inner Sea; it never occurred to him that it could be neither of them.”
“I was pretty sure that we would find Rexus’s mother’s body here, at least, but I never thought we would find Zamir. He was always very cavalier about the possibility that he would be imprisoned or killed; Cheliax is Cheliax, of course, and Zamir was a halfling in Cheliax to boot. But while he never tried to sugarcoat how bad things are, nothing ever got him down. He insisted that the bigger the enemy was, the easier they would be to trip up. I don't think he ever thought he could be turned into --“ he waves at the corpse ”-- one of these things, though.”
He pats Zamir's shoulder on the least gruesome spot. “Finding him here like this, together with Rexus's parents, we can assume that they were killed because of their work as Silver Ravens, can't we? And if that's true, then we know that not only did they die working for a cause they believed in, whoever did this to them, they did it because of that cause.” He falls silent again, then adds, “Our cause, now.”
He gets up, walks into the other room, and kicks the dead Asmodean priest in the face. When he comes back, he picks up the dagger he threw and wipes it off on the cleanest spot of curtain or carpet (or zombie clothing) that he can find and puts it back in its sheath.
“We should keep looking, shouldn’t we? We still need to find the Many-Steps Monastery, and to figure out who did ... all this. And before anyone asks, yes, that did make me feel better. Zamir would have appreciated it. If I thought we could keep it from rotting, I would drag it back to the Wasp’s Nest and keep it, so I could kick a dead Asmodean priest in the face every morning. But if it starts to stink and the smell gets into the coffee and pastries, Laria will be mad. Also, I can’t risk ruining good coffee and pastries. So anyway, let’s make sure there’s nothing else to see here, and then get moving into the next room.”
Chance is aware that zombies can be created through some occult magic, and that for a zombie to hold any semblance of “self-sustainability,” it would have needed to be created by a ritual such as create undead, rather than through relatively simpler spells such as animate dead, which only sustains the undead’s existence through the concentration of the caster. But such an effort would be costly and require an expert-level knowledge in the occult. Trying to figure out how these zombies were created—whether “naturally” or through a ritual—is beyond Chance’s capabilities.
This room’s shelves and displays seem more akin to those one would find in a storefront than a museum. While the shelves are relatively empty, what rubbish remains on them further supports the conclusion that this was once some sort of shop. Four long tables in the middle of the room seem to have seen more recent use, their surfaces cluttered with papers and objects.
In this room are several individuals: Tieflings that wear clothing that is rather simple save for a large embellishment of the Cross of Cheliax across them. The tieflings are all examining various documents, manuscripts, codices, and so forth. As soon as the PCs come into view, though, they literally drop everything—document pages scattering everywhere and codices hitting the ground with a thump—as they immediately go on the offensive!
”That’s it!”
Suddenly the doors to the “north” burst wide open to reveal a red-haired human man wearing a breastplate bedecked with the pentagram of Asmodeus across it.
”If I have to hear you damn Hellspawn one more time—!" The Asmodean stops short and points straight at Vitalis and Stargazer. ”Who in the nine Hells are you?! You’re not supposed…” He suddenly stops and repeats what he was about to say slowly as a grin spreads across his face. ”You’re not supposed to be here! Great is Asmodeus!”
The Asmodean then incants some magic and slaps his hand on the large metal mace at his hip. The incantation sounds familiar to Jisara.
The Asmodean points to Vitalis and shouts to the tieflings ”The Shelynite’s the threat! Get him!”
Yellow advances forward straight in front of Vitalis and lets loose a loud kiai which causes their body to become surrounded in divine energy! The tiefling then follows up with a swift punch and kick at the paladin!
Using the power of their kick, Yellow launches themselves backwards and away from Vitalis!
The remainder of the tieflings reposition, pull out darts, and throw them at Vitalis!
Round 1
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Asmodean
Red
Yellow
Green
Blue
Stargazer
Chance
Vitalis (-31)
Jisara
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Chance points at shouty man with the mace. "That's another Asmodean priest, and he has a face! There's only one thing wrong with him... two, if you count the lack of my bootprint on the aforementioned face!"
”The Shelynite’s the threat! Get him!”
"That's subject to debate, you know! He may be very large and wearing fancy plate armor and can cut off your heads with that super-sharp glaive of his, but I am very, very angry! And so are my friends!"
Chance marches out to the middle of the room, fans out his fingers, and shouts, "Gustumu la ĉielarkon, jerks!"
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Round 1
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Asmodean
Red {Stunned: Round 0 of 1; Blinded: Round 0 of 10}
Yellow {Stunned 1; Blinded: Round 0 of 1; Dazzled: Round 0 of 10}
Green {Stunned 1; Blinded: Round 0 of 1; Dazzled: Round 0 of 10}
Blue
Stargazer
Chance
Vitalis (-31)
Jisara
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“Our cause, now.”
Vitalis remains silent. I don't know if this is true but I don't think this is the time for debate.
This room’s shelves and displays seem more akin to those one would find in a storefront than a museum.
Vitalis suddenly finds himself riddled with wounds before he can act. Subconsciously, he lays a hand on himself which snaps him back into action. He sees one of the tieflings escaped Chance's blinding spray and moves towards that one to attack.
After cutting into the tiefling he turns and shouts to the Asmodean. "You got that right! Come closer and I'll show you how much of a threat I can be!"
Stargazer, with his eyes aglow, releases a blast of divine entropy before using the same energy to protect himself from attacks.
Jisara pops out from her hiding spot just long enough to send an enormous tome hurtling through the air, aimed at the side of her target's head. She turns some of the residual energy to knitting together Vitalis's wounds and takes cover behind the wall again.
"You damn fools!" she shouts from behind her cover.
Vitalis slices at one of the tieflings, and when he does the Asmodean shouts angrily. ”How dare you! They may be indoctrinated Hellspawn, but they are still members of the clergy!”
Stargazer hurls a blast of entropy at one of the tieflings.
Jisara pops her head out and chucks a book which knocks out Blue.
The Asmodean advances forward and raises his arms. ”By the authority of High Priest Corinstian Grivenner, I demand you yield at once!”
The Asmodean waves his arms as he casts a spell and shoots a ray of purple energy at the target of his vengeance: Vitalis.
The Asmodean curses and pounds his foot on the ground like a child when his spell does nothing.
Red remains stunned by the gnome’s magic.
Green, despite being blinded, lets loose a loud kiai and becomes engulfed in magic, then punches at Chance!
But in a blinding flash of light, Chance suddenly seems to fade out of existence, nullifying most of his foe’s attack!
The tiefling then blindly retreats back.
Yellow then moves into Green’s previous spot and lets loose a Flurry of Blows on Chance!
Round 2
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Asmodean
Red {Blinded: Round 1 of 10}
Yellow {Dazzled: Round 1 of 10}
Green (-6) {Dazzled: Round 1 of 10}
Stargazer
Chance (-2) {Dazzled: Round 0 of 1}
Vitalis (-15) {Fast Healing 4: Round 1 of 4}
Jisara
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"Last chance!" Jisara shouts at the closest of her kin, before hurling another weighty book in their direction.
Vitalis raises a sidelong eyebrow at the Asmodean throwing a tantrum after the spell washes over himself harmlessly and decides to egg the cleric on further. "That's okay buddy. Not everyone can perform on command. But don't give up. If your blinded subordinates can land a hit, there's still hope for you too."
Vitalis moves up to next to Chance and slams his glaive into the dazzled tiefling (yellow) throwing him backwards. While the tiefling is regaining his footing, Vitalis's glaive comes around for a second strike.
Vitalis stands as a shining bulwark in the center of the room. "Bask in the glory of Shelyn's embrace. And repent against the folly of serving Asmodeus' will that you may yet be saved."
"Hey, Jisara, take it easy with those books! We might want to read them ..." Chance blinks out of sight, then reappears and takes a glancing blow from the blinded green monk. "... later. Ow! Never mind, they're probably boring anyway."
Chance turns to the Asmodean and a manic grin spreads across his face.
"He can't take it
This is getting silly
He's got no magical ability
Or if he does, it's not hurting me or you
He's faking it, it's time to admit it
This priest is kind of an idiot
Shout and whine, there's nothing he can really do
No, so...
He wants to run away
Run away from me and you
Yeah, he wants to run away
And start again in someplace new."
"Vitalis, are you healed up enough to, I don't know, go redeem that jerk's head off? He looks like he really needs it."
Chance tries to blink the floating spots from his eyes. "We've got these... accountants, or whatever they're supposed to be."
The gnome opens his mouth wide as though to scream, but the only sound the Ravens can hear is a faint shout coming from across the room.
"Yeah, go handle the priest. We can deal with the rest." Stargazer steps around the bookshelves and releases another blast of entropy at the closest tiefling.
[ooc]◆ Stride
◆◆ ,
Jisara throws a book but misses.
Vitalis cuts down one of the tieflings and slices once more at another one.
"Bask in the glory of Shelyn's embrace. And repent against the folly of serving Asmodeus' will that you may yet be saved."
The Asmodean looks agape at the paladin. ”How dare you!”
Chance sings and lets loose a burst of sonic energy.
And Green falls.
"We've got these... accountants, or whatever they're supposed to be."
The Asmodean chimes ”They are members of [kɾidɑk], you short fool!”
Stargazer sends a bolt of entropy at Red.
The Asmodean glares angrily at Vitalis as he draws his mace. ”How’s this for repentance, you glorified painter!” He rushes at Vitalis and swings his mace!
The Asmodean smacks Vitalis and knocks the paladin completely out! The priest smirks. ”Do not insult the might of the Prince of Darkness.”
The remaining tiefling blindly advances forward on Chance and lets out a kiai and flurries at the gnome before backing away.
Round 3 —> 4
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Vitalis (-40) {Fast Healing 4: Round 2 of 4; prone; wounded 1}
Asmodean
Red (-7) {Blinded: Round 2 of 10}
Stargazer
Chance (-17)
Jisara
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Chance yelps when Vitalis falls, then glares at the Asmodean. "Painters should be glorified, you fiend-loving ignoramus! At least the ones with talent! And I don't care your minions are bookkeepers or members of 'Kree-DOCK' or even lawyers, because if they're working for you, then they're IDIOTS!"
The gnome's unnaturally red face turns a deeper shade of scarlet, matching his hair. "Virbovokulo! Flugantaj rokoj por ĵokeoj!"
Another of the large books flies off the floor and goes speeding at the priest's head.
↻: Unexpected Shift (if triggered)[/ooc]
Vitalis picks up his glaive as he stands up and makes a temporary retreat. He rubs his throbbing head. "Lucky shot. You only get one of those."
Stargazer winces as he sees the Asmodean strikes Vitalis. "That did not look fun." he says, and he casts a spell to call upon potent healing energy.
"Only a Prince of Fools would empower blowhards like you," Jisara taunts, darting through the chaos to take a position behind Vitalis's aegis. She reaches out a hand crackling with electricity. "Now, fool, dance for me!"
Chance launches a book which hits the Asmodean.
Vitalis stands up and retreats.
Stargazer heals Vitalis.
Jisara arcs electricity between the two remaining oponents.
The Asmodean grunts and points his mace at Jisara. ”Blasphemer!”
The Asmodean moves forward toward Jisara and shuts his eyes for a moment. ”Prince of Darkness, grant me the power to smite this foolish nonbeliever for their blasphemy!” Suddenly, the head of the Asmodean’s mace becomes surrounded with a crimson ethereal energy as he opens his eyes and swings at Jisara!
The remaining tiefling blindly rushes forward and does a Flurry of Blows on Chance!
The tiefling then moves away from the gnome.
Round 4 —> 5
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Vitalis (-9) {Fast Healing 4: Round 3 of 4; prone; wounded 1}
Asmodean (-17)
Red (-12) {Blinded: Round 2 of 10}
Stargazer
Chance (-17)
Jisara (-12)
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"Alright, round two! Let's see how you do without that pesky weapon."
Vitalis moves up next to the cleric and grabs at the mace.
Stargazer takes a step away into the shadows, and releases another bolt of entropy at the priest.
Jisara staggers back a step from the blow, but quickly finds her footing and grins back at him with blood-flecked teeth. "Is that really the best you can do?"
"Come on, sell-soul! Which fiend did you have to promise to serve to graduate from the fiend-lover academy? How many centuries will you have to suffer in Hell for the brief, pathetic scrap of power you have here and now? I can tell you one thing, you murdering dung explosion!"
Chance hums a quick tune, then chants:
"It just won't be enough!
No, it just won't be enough!"
"But it will be a good start! Flugantaj rokoj por ĵokeoj!"
One of the heavy tomes rises from the floor and flies at the blue-garbed zombie . "Flugantaj rokoj por ĵokeoj!"