to add 2 to Filios's next attack against the zombie in L8.
Filios's swing meets the same fate as Petvar's, bouncing off the tough hide. Tripe takes a 5 foot step back, pulls out a vial, and after drinking from it, starts to double in size (Enlarge Person). Darren distracts one of the zombies in order to give Filios a better opening for his next swing.
Dropping his spear where he stod, Solomon moves towards the closer zombie, flanking it if possible, draws his axe, and attacks.
Initiative order with pertinent status information, bold still to go this round
Tripe; bomber's eye, enlarged
Darren; entangled
Solomon
Petvar
Zombie 2(J8): 6 damage, Zombie 1(L8)
Filios
Morthos
Solomon's swing takes a chunk out of one of the zombies as it only barely avoids a much more lethal blow. Zombie 2 continues to beat on Petvar, but Zombie 1 is ordered to turn on Filios. They both get nothing but air with their attempts.
Petvar swings hard with both weapons at the Zombie in front of him. Filios or Morthos, can you get behind Tripe? We can flank him if we hurry.
Zombie 2 takes a good solid hit from Petvar's morningstar, but does not drop as it seems to absorb some of the damage. Still, it looks moderately damaged from the two hits. The light hammer bounces off the tough armor like hide of the zombies once again.
Filios attacks Zombie 1 from a FLANKING position with both weapons.
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Round 2:
Unperturbed by the suddenly much enlarged Tripe, Morthos 5' steps closer to the man, defensively casts a spell, and then grips his axe tightly, determined to keep him busy!
With the Darren's and Petvar's help, Filios finally connects with the zombie in front of him, almost taking it out with one swing.
Tripe looks down at the dwarf and swings hard at him with his spiked gauntlet, but his fist bounces off the magical energy surrounding his shorter foe as he draws a long spear with his other hand.
Again, Darren reaches past the corner with a swing of his longsword, intended to disrupt the skeleton's defense, rather than injure him.
Solomon takes a step back from the zombie he was attacking. Pointing his axe at the enlarged alchemist, Solomon barks, "LAY DOWN! NOW!", in a very Commanding tone.
Tripe just mocks your command. "Come and make me if you dare, you puny little earth eater."
Petvar takes another swing at the zombie between him and Tripe. This is only delaying the inevitable. I shall end you!
The morningstar gets another good solid blow, but once again the zombie absorbs enough of it to remain standing.
Tripe orders both zombies to lay into Petvar, and despite the holy aid from Solomon's god, one of them does break through Petvar's defenses dealing 10 damage.
Zombie status: Zombie 2: 16 damage, severely hurt; Zombie 1:18, hanging together by a handful of muscles.
Round 3:
Morthos attempts to bring his axe down on Tripe with a mighty blow, hewing away at him as a lumberjack would at a tree!
The axe strikes true, but can't quite penetrate Tripe's defenses.
Filios lays into the zombie in L8 from a flanking position with only his Long Sword.
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After finishing off the zombie, Filios moves to H7, under the table, in an attempt to work his way around the back of Tripe.
The remaining zombie tries to club Filios as he dives under table, but only succeeds in sending a book that Tripe had set down when he returned to the lab flying, narrowly missing Solomon with it as it bounces off the wall.
"Tripe, these pathetic things you call 'zombies' are more likely to hurt us on accident than from their prowess in combat!"
Tripe simply answers the last jibe by jabbing his spear at Solomon, though the only positive effect is the he knocks some more books and equipment on the floor, making it harder for the party to get to him. Darren can feel the glue holding him down start to weaken a bit, and things that probably a few more seconds of exposure to the air is all that is needed to be free of it.
The area inside the green outline is difficult terrain.
Initiative order with pertinent status information, bold still to go this round
Tripe; bomber's eye, enlarged
Darren; entangled
Solomon
Petvar: 10 damage
Zombie 2(J8): 11 damage
Filios
Morthos
Realizing that the entangling goo is weakening on its own, Darren drops his sword and draws a javelin. He flings the javelin at the enlarged necromancer.
The javelin bounces off Tripe's toughened skin. Apparently the zombies weren't the only thing that he practiced his art on.
If Solomon destroys zombie, Petvar will move up next to Tripe and attack with his morningstar.
If not, Petvar will lay into the zombie with all his might.
Solomon steps within range of the zombie, and takes a swing at the vile thing, missing horribly.
Filios Five foot slides out from under the table to a flanking position with Morthos at G8. He lets loose on Tripe!
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You will pay in blood Tripe!
Round 4:
Nodding to Filios, Morthos does his best to 'distract' Tripe!
The zombie is still standing as the morningstar's damage is once again not what you would have expected, but it is definitely starting to look hurt. It attacks Petvar again, and though it almost breaks through the armor, a lucky stud stops it from doing any damage.
The zombie is still standing as the morningstar's damage is once again not what you would have expected, but it is definitely starting to look hurt. It attacks Petvar again, and though it almost breaks through the armor, a lucky stud stops it from doing any damage.
Top of thr Round - Bad Guy up!
Despite coming within a razor's edge of taking out a chunk of lung, Morthos' blow is deflected at the last minute by a tough rib, but still does a respectable amount of damage. While not enough to deal a near mortal blow, it is enough to regain his attention. Deciding he didn't care for the little dwarf standing there any more, in his insanity he devices a new plan to deal with the trouble maker. Instead of attacking the dwarf with his fist again, he puts his weight on the empty vat by the dwarf, trying to use his size to push it over onto the dwarf. All he succeeds in doing though is almost throwing out his own back, which simply enrages him even more than he already was.
start of round 5
The area inside the green outline is difficult terrain.
Initiative order with pertinent status information, bold still to go this round
Tripe; bomber's eye, enlarged; 9 damage
Darren
Solomon
Petvar: 10 damage
Zombie 2(J8): 14 damage
Filios
Morthos
Solomon takes another swing with his axe, trying to lay the remaining zombie low, but nearly drops the axe in the process.
Feeling the entangling goop weaken enough to move, Darren picks up his sword and waits for an opportune moment to join the fray.
Petvar screams in rage against the remaining zombie, ABONOMATION! and attacks with full fury.
Filios attacks again from a flanking position with Morthos.
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I just cannot hit this joker!
This time it is the light hammer that slams into the zombie, but once again, the damage is less impressive than it would normally be. The zombie tries once more to maul Petvar, having recieved no new instructions from Tripe. He lands a clean hit, dealing 10 more damage. Tripe laughs as Petvar reels from the slam.