Yes, at any cost
Victor grits his teeth and attacks back, hoping for what seems like will have to be a miracle...
Victor continues his attacks.
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Constitution save - Ugh... Victor draws his Longsword and Gladius and rushes at the Hags. Longsword - Damage Gladius - Damage
"I've torches, flint and steel, and oil flasks. Shall we light it up from the outside?"
Victor nods and heads towards the house of horrors with his allies, sword in hand.
Victor grins, "I thought we should have burned them out before, why not try it again?"
Victor grins, "The Mayor's visit was less of a welcome and more of a suicide run".
Maybe one last battle against what I believe is the evil mayor? :-)
"Well it depends, who else is on the guest list? Anyone from out of the village?"
Victor shrugs, "The title warms the heart. What would you bid us do? Spread the word of this festival or do you need guards to keep the peace to ensure the populace is safe?" It takes a great deal of self restraint on the part of Victor to reply with less fiery retorts.
"Yes, we should visit the Mayor but be on guard. If he is in league with our enemy there is no telling what may await us at his residence".
"Forget rest, what we need is a strategy to combat these creatures. Perhaps this time we burn the house down? Force them to fight us outside?"
"Indeed, tell us more, knowledge would be most helpful". "This time..." he mutters.
Just to ensure you realize Victor, the light sword is incapable of harming living beings. OK, thanks for the clarification, we've got plenty of foes to use it on regardless :-)
I'll take the Gladius.
"This light sword is... incredible".
I'll check IC tomorrow, RL been crazy lately and I have not had much energy or time for posting. On vacation this week so I should be able to get up to speed once more.
Victor gives a non-committal shrug at the response of his comrades to his plan. As the group heads into the basement, Victor moves to the swords for closer inspection.
Victor leans into Galador whispering, "Or we take the Mayor unawares today and free the people, rally them behind us. They are all clearly terrified of the man. What "good" man endears such reactions from his people?"
Vasilios keeps eating while he asks. "Who is this other guy you're talking about?" Nom."And weren't we supposed to be given some rewards or whatever?" He doesn't seem to be concerned by yesterday's episode with the wolf bite, seeing that he has awaken perfectly fine and rested. Victor points without trying to point, badly, "Yon fellow over here with us Vas. As far as meeting with the Mayor, is it really a good idea? I'd suspect he's in league with the very villain who haunts these lands. How else would he gain such a title? I say we collect our reward and head out to meet with that ahhh, old knight we encountered on the road. An ally we've battled with and it seems we could trust".
"Oatmeal and eggs are fine for me". Victor nods at the man that is in the Inn, "Who is yon older man?"
Victor seems even more baffled, "How the hell did such an unpopular man get elected to a position such as that?"
Victor looks to the barkeep, "My good man, my friend asks a valid question. Who is that one who's very presence dampens the spirit of this place?"
Victor nods to Galador, "Aye, After that perhaps we look for this Undead Knight and his allies? If we are to defeat the evils of this place we will need allies and the townsfolk'll not be the ones riding out to aid us anytime soon..."
Victor sits down at the bar and orders a glass of wine. Well, I almost died for it, may as well drink some hey? He looks around the room and wonders how these people can be so merry in such a dreadful place. Perhaps they've known nothing else? I would never, didn't ever stay to my station. Look where it got me... He sits in the present but his mind dwells in the past.
Before Victor can get his sword out the attack has happened and is over. "What the hell!?" His sword is out now and he is looking at the woods for further signs of foes. Perception
While injured Victor stays quiet, he'd prefer that Casdin save his energy in case something worse comes this night. He stays awake and alert for further threats. As the day does begin to dawn, then he will approach Casdin for aid but not before.
Victor grimaces at the wound he received but shrugs it off, the victory acting as a salve in and of itself. "Yes, this place seems to have endless foes and I do not wish to find any others this night".
Victor slides to Galador's side and attacks the Giant Zombie as it is the biggest threat remaining. Melee Attack #1 - Damage
Victor is shocked by the creature's ability to lunge at him even from his spot upon the carriage. "Arrghhh". The claw hurt like the dickens, the fighter ditches his bow for his blade and strikes back! Melee Attack #1 - Damage
With his accuracy he surges and strikes yet again!
Melee Attack #3 - Damage But his over swing does not allow for him to gain the proper footing for a third successful slash of his blade.
"That's not good". Victor continues to slay the lesser horde to thin out their ranks or tries to anyway as both of his arrows are off of the mark. Ranged Attack #1 - - Damage .
Victor curses as the oil does not bring as many down as he would have liked. He climbs the wagon and takes shots at the Zombies who look more dead than others, assuming one can tell such conditions in Zombies apart! He chuckles at the thought despite the danger looming so near.
Can't get to Roll20 at work, will assume you've placed me in the best spot DM. Hope my idea at least gets each of them at little bit damaged. :-)
Victor will remove some oil from his pack and hand it to Vasilios, "Spread this among their ranks if you can". He then pulls part of sleeve off and wraps it around one of his arrows, using his flint and steel to light it up...
Victor lowers his bow as quickly as he raised it without firing a shot. "At this rate, I'll have plenty of arrows to hunt with when I finally return home!" After he hears the piercing scream once more Victor calls out, "Let's get back on the road, if we see them, we'll deal with them but we should not waste resources hunting them down, not when greater dangers lurk".
Victor shrugs at Galador's commentary, "As long as you can swing a sword you're never too drunk..." As Casdin and Galador approach, Victor slings his bow getting ready for trouble. Perception .
Victor sighs with relief as the creature stalks off, "I am with Casdin, we can rest an extra day at the Inn if necessary but I do not want a repeat of the night the wolves kept us on the run..."
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Victor looks flabbergasted at the suggestion, "I have to disagree here. Our nameless friend would stick out like a sore thumb in that village. If the locals did not try to burn him with torches, whatever spies this Strahd has will know we have aligned ourselves with an organization he must know is his enemy. I will wait here with our friend and we can become more acquainted while the rest of you make the delivery and meet us back here. That is the more sensible solution, perhaps not a sensible decision, nut more sensible than what is being proposed now".
Victor relaxes but is curious about the symbol on the helm, "Where did you hail from? That symbol on your helm means you belonged to some organization of some kind once long ago does it not?"
"We have no quarrel with you, speak to us and we shall speak back".
Victor nods in agreement, "This would not be the first guard duty I've pulled".
"Agreed, another sleepless night would not do any of us any good".
Victor eats the meal as well hungry from the exertion and listens to the talk bandied back and forth, "We need to retrieve whatever weapon will harm this foe. That should be our main task. We should retrieve it before he knows that we seek it else it may be the last thing we do." His countenance is grim and his lips do not hold the loose smile that generally adorns them.
Victor nods at Casdin's statement, "T'was the same for me".
"Now there must be some way out of this place... This is not the first land I have been a prisoner to and I got out of that at least we can fight our way out of this one. Right?"
Victor heads in and hands the staff to Sheva. Having not read the book or met the Master of these lands Victor remains uncharacteristically silent and just listens.
Victor approaches Galador and Sheva, "My apologies for interrupting your ahh... tender moment but I think you should know Sheva that the staff of the Druid who died upon the roof had a staff of perhaps some value. Shall I retrieve it for your inspection?"
Victor steps over to inspect the bodies of the Druids, after all, they don't need their belongings any longer.
Victor steps in front of Sheva to block further arrows from striking her and returns fire with two more arrows, both aimed at the first of her attackers.
Ranged Attack #1 Longbow
Ranged Attack #2 Longbow
Victor attempts to roll out of the ice storm and is happy to see the wall vanish as he dives near it. Dexterity Battered and frozen despite his efforts to avoid the spell, Victor rolls to one knee and fires off another pair of shots at the Druid on the roof. "You are the Scourge on the land pal!" Ranged Attack #1 Longbow
Ranged Attack #2 Longbow Longbow
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