Post by David on Jul 7, 2009 18:34:55 GMT -5
The heroes (Ichi, Maedhros, Torr, Idky, Squattingbeaver, Lowdog, and Yavin) joined by François, Christien, Narrissa, Dani, and Turquoiserain come up with a plan to tackle the runestone in the center of Calvados. The party makes its way to the center of town without incident, despite a 30 minute walk -- truly, this is a ghost town where even the undead are slain!
Making camp in the elegantly appointed l'hôtel across the street from the large street from the solidly built, brick banc, Yavin uses a nap spell to restore the group to full strength and spells. Once they awaken, the group crosses the wide Boulevard St Germain de Près and enters the building containing the runestone.
It's with only mild surprise that the party reacts to the gnoll gun-slingers shooting at them from behind the guiches of the "tellers" facing the main entrance. François drops from the first shot and Ichi is winged. Ghouls pour in, but Maedhros turns them...until one of Dani's shots miss and he nails one, unturning the lot! The heroes suddenly find themselves in an unexpectedly fierce melee and it is then that the vrock appears and attacks!
Christien, already invisible slips away from the rest of the group and starts slaughtering gnolls, including several gunmen. Meanwhile, the ghouls are proving troublesome although they do give cover from the gnolls with firearms. Lowdog goes toe-to-toe with vrock, much to the demon's chagrin when the totemic warrior dispatches it! Turquoiserain proves quite fierce for such a young woman, battling undead and going back-to-back with Squattingbeaver after Dani is paralyzed by a ghoul's claws. Torr, meanwhile, slaughters several ghouls before charging one of the "tellers", his enchanted armor and shield deflecting the "bullets".
By the end of the fight, the heroes are a bit tattered, but in decent shape. Ichi was shot three times while Torr, Maedhros, and François were each nailed once. The group then hurries on to the chambre forte. In their haste, the heroes forget their own plan, although they do prepare with defensive spells...
Someone has closed all the doors and even barracaded the first from the outside. The heroes gain entry to the "vault" only to find 11 zombies within. Enlarged, Lowdog (who quaffed a potion of speed too!) and Ichi take point followed by Torr. The three massive warriors smash into the undead while Maedhros and Yavin come up behind. The half-elf spies a group of spooks beyond, but for some reason the runestone isn't glowing nor are the rhion stones circling it. Shrugging, Maedhros unleashes a lightning bolt into the ghostly undead, damaging them but nothing more. In response, they charge!
Three touch Maedhros, draining him back to 1st level! François moves to help, but is also drained back to 1st level. Most of the rest of the party is protected by Squattingbeaver's protection from spirits which effectively prevents the spooks from initiating combat. Lowdog and Torr turn to take on the spooks while Yavin and Christien do the same, keeping Maedhros and François from losing their souls. It's about this time that the heroes realize that there are actually eight spooks instead of six...and that two of the zombies look like they were recently gnolls...!
Lowdog kills first one and then another spook while Ichi continues to make progress with the zombies, helped slightly by Dani. That's when François and Maedhros collapse, their stolen life-energy flooding them back too suddenly. Christien kills another as does Torr, but Narrissa drops, also overwhelmed by the sudden return of her full soul. Lowdog handles the remaining spooks outside the "vault" while Torr charges those within.
With effort, the heroes vanquish all the undead, only to discover that the runestone is surrounded by a haze of dull, rubble-like rhion chunks lacking color or glow. Torr, having battled near the runestone, notes that after each spook was killed the orbitting mass of stone fragments slowed down appreciably. Meanwhile, 'Beaver and Turquoiserain gathered the fallen and tended the wounded.
Current status:
Idky: 50 (full), has 18 STR, invis to spirits, war paint, prot evil 10'r, cast light, neg plane prot and stoneshape, prot evil 10'r
Ichi: 61+3 of 66, has 18 STR, resist fire, invis to spirits, neg plane prot, prot evil 10'r, fly, enlarge, aid and has used his heal-self and three bullet holes
Torr: 76 (full!), has 18/00 STR, resist fire, LL, neg plane prot, enlarge, prot from spirits and one bullet hole
'Beaver: 50 (full), has 18 STR, war paint, resist fire, used his lion shape, cast 1st x4, 2nd x4, 3rd x1, 4th x2 and down to 16 PSPs of 20
Maedhros: 2 of 43, in a coma, has resist fire and fly plus a bullet hole
Lowdog: 85 of 88, has 18/00 STR, resist fire, LL, neg plane prot, enlarge, prot from spirits, warpaint and has used his CLW
Yavin: 37 of 39, has 18/00 STR gloves, fly, resist fire, neg plane prot, prot from spirits, warpaint and prot evil 10'r plus has cast 1st x3 and 2nd x4 with 98 PSPs of 110
François: 0 of 30, in a coma, has bullet hole
Christien: 34 of 36, has warpaint and neg plane prot, in a coma
Narrissa: 21 (full), in a coma and out of spells
Dani: 36 of 37, only fired two shots!, prot from spirits, warpaint, neg plane prot, Torr's flaming mace
Turquoisrain: 26 (full), invis to spirits and warpaint, case 1st x2 and 2nd x1
Running eep total is 92,255 xps
Making camp in the elegantly appointed l'hôtel across the street from the large street from the solidly built, brick banc, Yavin uses a nap spell to restore the group to full strength and spells. Once they awaken, the group crosses the wide Boulevard St Germain de Près and enters the building containing the runestone.
It's with only mild surprise that the party reacts to the gnoll gun-slingers shooting at them from behind the guiches of the "tellers" facing the main entrance. François drops from the first shot and Ichi is winged. Ghouls pour in, but Maedhros turns them...until one of Dani's shots miss and he nails one, unturning the lot! The heroes suddenly find themselves in an unexpectedly fierce melee and it is then that the vrock appears and attacks!
Christien, already invisible slips away from the rest of the group and starts slaughtering gnolls, including several gunmen. Meanwhile, the ghouls are proving troublesome although they do give cover from the gnolls with firearms. Lowdog goes toe-to-toe with vrock, much to the demon's chagrin when the totemic warrior dispatches it! Turquoiserain proves quite fierce for such a young woman, battling undead and going back-to-back with Squattingbeaver after Dani is paralyzed by a ghoul's claws. Torr, meanwhile, slaughters several ghouls before charging one of the "tellers", his enchanted armor and shield deflecting the "bullets".
By the end of the fight, the heroes are a bit tattered, but in decent shape. Ichi was shot three times while Torr, Maedhros, and François were each nailed once. The group then hurries on to the chambre forte. In their haste, the heroes forget their own plan, although they do prepare with defensive spells...
Someone has closed all the doors and even barracaded the first from the outside. The heroes gain entry to the "vault" only to find 11 zombies within. Enlarged, Lowdog (who quaffed a potion of speed too!) and Ichi take point followed by Torr. The three massive warriors smash into the undead while Maedhros and Yavin come up behind. The half-elf spies a group of spooks beyond, but for some reason the runestone isn't glowing nor are the rhion stones circling it. Shrugging, Maedhros unleashes a lightning bolt into the ghostly undead, damaging them but nothing more. In response, they charge!
Three touch Maedhros, draining him back to 1st level! François moves to help, but is also drained back to 1st level. Most of the rest of the party is protected by Squattingbeaver's protection from spirits which effectively prevents the spooks from initiating combat. Lowdog and Torr turn to take on the spooks while Yavin and Christien do the same, keeping Maedhros and François from losing their souls. It's about this time that the heroes realize that there are actually eight spooks instead of six...and that two of the zombies look like they were recently gnolls...!
Lowdog kills first one and then another spook while Ichi continues to make progress with the zombies, helped slightly by Dani. That's when François and Maedhros collapse, their stolen life-energy flooding them back too suddenly. Christien kills another as does Torr, but Narrissa drops, also overwhelmed by the sudden return of her full soul. Lowdog handles the remaining spooks outside the "vault" while Torr charges those within.
With effort, the heroes vanquish all the undead, only to discover that the runestone is surrounded by a haze of dull, rubble-like rhion chunks lacking color or glow. Torr, having battled near the runestone, notes that after each spook was killed the orbitting mass of stone fragments slowed down appreciably. Meanwhile, 'Beaver and Turquoiserain gathered the fallen and tended the wounded.
Current status:
Idky: 50 (full), has 18 STR, invis to spirits, war paint, prot evil 10'r, cast light, neg plane prot and stoneshape, prot evil 10'r
Ichi: 61+3 of 66, has 18 STR, resist fire, invis to spirits, neg plane prot, prot evil 10'r, fly, enlarge, aid and has used his heal-self and three bullet holes
Torr: 76 (full!), has 18/00 STR, resist fire, LL, neg plane prot, enlarge, prot from spirits and one bullet hole
'Beaver: 50 (full), has 18 STR, war paint, resist fire, used his lion shape, cast 1st x4, 2nd x4, 3rd x1, 4th x2 and down to 16 PSPs of 20
Maedhros: 2 of 43, in a coma, has resist fire and fly plus a bullet hole
Lowdog: 85 of 88, has 18/00 STR, resist fire, LL, neg plane prot, enlarge, prot from spirits, warpaint and has used his CLW
Yavin: 37 of 39, has 18/00 STR gloves, fly, resist fire, neg plane prot, prot from spirits, warpaint and prot evil 10'r plus has cast 1st x3 and 2nd x4 with 98 PSPs of 110
François: 0 of 30, in a coma, has bullet hole
Christien: 34 of 36, has warpaint and neg plane prot, in a coma
Narrissa: 21 (full), in a coma and out of spells
Dani: 36 of 37, only fired two shots!, prot from spirits, warpaint, neg plane prot, Torr's flaming mace
Turquoisrain: 26 (full), invis to spirits and warpaint, case 1st x2 and 2nd x1
Running eep total is 92,255 xps