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"Serg,... erm, Magenta, has you there big guy. Church records show It DOES seem to be generally preferred, by those misguided enough to try and extend their time on this world by undeath, to continue existence as a physical being. With one's original body. More or less. Remaining behind as a ghost seems so,..."

The cleric's hands make vague, circling motions, as if randomly reaching for the right word. He finally shrugs.

",... So,... Incomplete. ??"

Throwing up his hands and making 'quote' signs in the air, Cole sighs exasperatedly.

"Did I not just say a minute ago that, 'They're accidents of fate and their own stupid need not to die!' Ghosts don't plan on being ghosts! Everything they do once they are ghosts usually revolves around trying to live again...somehow! That's not planning...that's just ectoplasmic survival instinct."

With that Cole turns on his heel and heads for his bunk.

"I need to sleep before I burn this town down just to make myself feel better."

"Ghosts always have plans."

Shaking his head, Cole waves away the man's words.

"You just made my point! The ONLY plan a ghost usually has is to survive and avoid the Spiral! Anything to prevent moving on! That's not a 'plan', that is a desperate attempt to survive in the real world! Anything else that occurs is merely moving around that singular point."

Cole scoffs and shakes his head.

"Plans? What kind of plans can a ghost have? We aren't talking about a lich or vampire lord or whatever...its a ghost! Their not even supposed to be here! They're accidents of fate and their own stupid need not to die! Your talking nonsense. Your talking fantasy...this is the real world!"

Irony. Got to love it!

Raising an eyebrow, Cole smiles at Sterling then points modestly at the priest and nods at him.

"Sterling...that was ALMOST sacrilegious, but DEFINITELY a bit creepy. Bravo! Welcome to OUR side of the Spiral."

Cole again states the obvious question.

”So if a Psychopomp runs into you now…will they kill you by removing all the souls back to the spiral?”

Cole glances at the pretty tiefling and shrugs a little petulantly, his arms crossed over his chest.

"I'm used to straight forward fights: Zombies, skeletons, ghouls, and similar stuff. This wandering straight into ghost after weird ghost is getting a little depressing. Burning things is OK...burning a true MONSTER to ashes...that's a priceless memory to be cherished like a beautifully carved diamond."

With his last sentence, the look on Cole's face leaves a bit of a disturbed impression.

Sighing heavily again, Cole puts away his sword and turns to follow the others out...

Jar bashing again!
+1 Falcata: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22
Slashing Damage, Magic, Cold Iron: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Using his sword with both hands, Cole attacks the glass jar again!

+1 Falcata: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20
Slashing Damage, Magic, Cold Iron: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Sergei threw the corpse too far for you to move and utilize this power or the Blast power on the Corpse, plus the corpse pretty much stayed intact. The corpse currently sits outside of this prison block about 100' away from you and around the corner. Do you want to attack the Jar instead as it's right next to you?

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Sure, Cole will has attack the jar whatever way makes the most sense.

Cole keeps focusing on the body, switching from a simple fire blast to a cone of flames! Since the body is now in pieces and partially scattered!

Jesus...1 more level and I can get 2d6+2 damage with each blast! Come on level 3! Papa's got a brand new bag of tricks coming!

Cole blasts the corpse again seeing Zek doing well against the hound…

Blast(Burn 0) RTA Range 30ft.: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
Magic(Fire)Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Cole aims fire on the body in the cage, hoping burning the body again will accomplish more than it appears!

Blast(Burn 0) RTA Range 30ft.: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14
Magic(Fire)Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

Cole sees that his fire won’t help much now, so he applies his mind to the problem…of getting into the cage! He’s escaped from local jails enough to at least look for weak points.

Knowledge (Engineering): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14

Escape Artist(Get behind the bars!): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

With the age of the building, the fire damage, and…I’ve got a crowbar if that gives me a bonus of any sort?

Will: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 1 = 13
Nope.

Sneering at Zek’s comments, Cole moves off a bit to sulk in silence, leaving a smell of thick smoke and metal in his wake.

Cole could care less normally at this point but is in the mood for killing something…anything. It might as well be some tired-assed undead that need to die ASAP!

Thank you.

Cole is a more of a do'er than a talker when he can be. And yes...that was the best apology anyone was going to get from him.

Cole, getting his senses back again realizes what is going on finally.

Throwing the vile hammer into a corner of the room, Cole's face twists into a rictus of pure hate and blasts the hammer with elemental fire until nothing is left!

Blast(Burn 0) RTA Range 30ft.: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15
Magic(Fire)Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7
Magic(Fire)Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
Magic(Fire)Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
Magic(Fire)Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8
Magic(Fire)Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
Magic(Fire)Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
Magic(Fire)Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
Magic(Fire)Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
Magic(Fire)Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
Magic(Fire)Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
Magic(Fire)Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8
Magic(Fire)Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8
Magic(Fire)Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
Magic(Fire)Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
Magic(Fire)Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
Magic(Fire)Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8
Magic(Fire)Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Oops. Messed up my last post.

Will: 1d1d20 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

With a crazed look in his eye, the air around Cole shimmers with heat and he lifts the creepy hammer and swings it at the nearest person!

Hammer Time!: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20
No idea on damage with it. I have +2 Str bonus.

Seeing enough of the spectre to take a shot, Cole attempts the hit the appartion!

Blast(Burn 0) RTA Range 30ft.: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10
Magic(Fire)Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Can Cole get into the area to help? Or is it too crowded yet?

Frowning, Cole quickly works his way over to the indicated entrance and glances inside…

Rolling his eyes again, Cole turns back to exit the room to see the others rushing around and shouting…

”What is going on! Where are you…what is everyone charging around about?”

Frowning at the interruption of his search, Cole replies loudly and with little cause for concern as far as he can understand…

”What are you blathering on about ‘oh-so-sneaky-and-scaled’ one? My ghost? I don’t have a ghost…! Damn, the dust in this place is really bad!”

He then proceeds to sneeze semi-violently, causing his light to flare slightly from the tip of his sword.

In my defense Teo and I have been playing together on the boards here for several years now, and I have also had some people disappear from a game or two that I was informed later would not be coming back for ‘end of life’ reasons. This is just me being happy to hear from her again! Now, I also know how busy Teo’s work can be, so I wasn’t horribly worried at her absence yet…

Disgusted at what he finds, Cole scatters the skull fragments with a sweep of his blade and searches for the secret passage!

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

Hey everyone. Sorry for the long hiatus. 4th quarter 2025 was fairly awful, but things seem better now.

Hey! Good to see that you still live!

Cole goes to examine the room the skulls flew out of...

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9

Stay warm! Are you in one of the areas that's expecting to lose power?

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I’m in Dallas. So it’s probably a good chance we might in the next day or so. Hopefully not…

No worries GM! I’m stuck at home in a frozen landscape. You do you! =)

I’m good to go. I always have my fire available. And YES he has a single track mind for it. He’s not just a Pyrokenetic who likes fire…he’s a serial arsonist that chooses to focus his abilities for the greater good. The ‘greater good’ part helps keep him out of jail…

Cole shakes his head in bewilderment.

"You are missing the distinction: They died IN a traumatic fire inside a sanitarium/jail. Not by being completely incinerated. Otherwise we would find nothing left of their corpses. I would make sure NOTHING but ash is left. I can't speak to their spirits of course, but we have already dealt with those I think."

Cole makes a point.

”I could just burn the bodies outside. It would only take few minutes.”

Embarrassed by his loss of self control, short-lived as it was, Cole keeps his mouth shut for the next while.

Turning back to the hovering specter Cole ignores Sterling, finds his nerve again, and reaches out with fire!

Blast(Burn 0) RTA Range 30ft.: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
Magic(Fire)Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

I doubt his AC is that bad, even with a Ranged Touch Attack!

Will + Trait Bonus vs Fear: 1d20 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 1 + 2 = 12

If the Will save DC is 15, and I get the +1 Bless (Morale bonus) and +2 Protection from Evil bonus (Resistance Bonus), then it is possible I made the second save?

High or Low good? He'd run anywhere he could to get away from the ghost I guess.

Drop it!: 1d100 ⇒ 97

Will+Trait Bonus vs Fear: 1d20 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 2 = 4

Ouch.

Cole got away clean with some lucky rolls.

Cole sneers at Sergei, retorts angrily.

”Why? Such weakness is unbecoming of this group! Suck it up! Move on! We have work to do. Don’t forget the spirit holding these monsters back probably cannot do so forever. There is a time limit to this little quest of ours…”

Yeah, Cole's real orcish name is Viggo Brach-Nog, so there is no way I cleaned that off in time.

Wis w/Sanity Bonus: 1d20 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 1 + 4 = 19

No worse for wear in the end, Cole shakes his head to clear it of the last of the haunting laughter. Seeing some of his compatriots clutching their heads, and some even bleeding from their eyes/ears/noses, he sneers and douses his flames as he walks out and past everyone.

"We still have more to do! Monsters to silence: Stop lolly-gagging around...

Targeting the words, Cole attempts to scour them away with more fire! Blast(Burn 0) RTA Range 30ft.: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
Magic(Fire)Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Will: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 1 = 15

I get +4 vs sanity damage. Does that apply here?

Hello all,

Just FYI, I will be out of town, out of the state, and likely out of my mind for the next week at least. Possibly 2.
;P

Timing stinks for the games in the middle of combat, and I apologize.

BUT, with all going on lately,...
(I will bore you with ALL the details later. Maybe. You KNOW I like to over-share)
:)
,.. suffice to say, between my father-in-law's failing health, my sister-in-law being a royal jerk to her sister (my wife), my mother having onset of sudden health issues, etc etc etc,

I scheduled a week for myself, my wife, and even my hermit-hide-in-his-room son at Universal in Orlando. Because to me, THAT is a vacation.
(My daughter will also be in Orlando, at Disney with her boyfriend's family.) :D

And of course AFTER I booked it, my mother fell again, and ended up in the hospital, and now a therapeutic rehabilitation center so she can get her strength back and walk again.
>_<

SO I will probably be running up to see her before the new year as well.
THAT will end up taking the rest of my 2 week break.

And of course I have to be back to work early, on Jan 2, to load in a rental, because of course I do.

So I do NOT plan on having any time, to access the interwebs for almost 2 weeks straight, I will try to check in one more time on Sat before I leave Sunday, but I still have to visit father in law, (2 hours away, so a 4-hour trip just for that) pack, etc.

IF I miss you, MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR! :D

Just be careful! Don’t forget to take care of yourself as well. Holiday burnout/depression is hard on everyone.

"I don't see,... The Words. Attack the writings!"

Not needing to hear another word, Cole opens up on the weird stuff coming out of the walls!

"Step BACK!"

Harrowstone Prison

** spoiler omitted **

As Cole raises his sword, he can see that the word being written is his own name! And it is the same for each of you within the prison block, those outside the block, see no such manifestations.

Is is my given orc name or my 'fake' human name that I see?

Transferring his magical light back to his blade, he raises it up for a better view of the walls!

"To the walls! Look! Splatter man writes!"

Cole will heat up a copper coin till it glows(effectively a light spell), and tosses it into the oubliette to maybe reveal if anything is down there in the dark depths...

Cole shrugs.

”I’m stubborn. And even rocks will burn if you get them hot enough.”

South? Then we can move West and work out the rest.

Cole shakes his head gently.

"I feel it could only relay what it witnessed itself. Anything else would be speculation."