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by waysoftheearth » Wed Oct 26, 2022 11:51 am
Ding!
The second bout begins!
The zombies lurch forward with terrible moans and groans.
Kitelark drops his oils flasks, then steps left to hurl his lantern, which shatters into a fiery conflagration in the west side of the room.
Albert and Bertram form up behind Ghillana who, with her enormous sword, occupies a wide arc.
Spinderella grabs Kitelark's oil flasks, and begins to ignite them with her magic zippo finger.
Elan steps right and fires a
silver arrow past Albert, drilling it right into a zombie forehead,
but it keeps coming!
At this point we have:
- Code:
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
| | | | #| | # | | | |
|___|__#########|___|___#########___|___|
| | #| | | | | | # | |
|___|__#|___|___|___|___|___|___#___|___|
| | #| | | | | | # | |
|___|__#|___|___XX__|___|___|___#___|___|
| | #| | XX | | | # | |
|___|__#|___|___|__Z7___|___|___#___|___|
| #####| | Z2| | Z8 | ##### |
|__#|___|___|Z1_|__Z3_Z4_Z5_Z6__|___#___|
| #| | | | | | | | # |
|__#####|\\\\___|___|___|___|___#####___|
| | #| //// | | | | # | |
|___|__#|___|___|___|__XX___|___#___|___|
| | #| | Il -Gh-XX | # | |
|___|__#|___|___|Br_|___|Al_|___#___|___|
| | #| | | |Sp | | # | |
|___|__#|___|___Kl__|___|__El___|___|___|
| | #########| | ######### | |
|___|___|___|__#|___|___#___|___|___|___|
And then the zombies crash right into the players, in an awful wave of flailing, snapping, and tearing, desperate to get their black teeth into those soft braaaaains.
Illithur faces two of them on the left flank, and elegantly cuts one down.
Ghilana and Bertram are hard-pressed in the center; Bertram takes an evil blow and staggers back as more of them push for the gap!
Out on the right, Albert drops a scrawny one with his axe, but immediately finds himself dealing with another (with an arrow in it).
And the situation report looks like this:
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
| | | | #| | # | | | |
|___|__#########|___|___#########___|___|
| | #| | | | | | # | |
|___|__#|___|___|___|___|___|___#___|___|
| | #| | | | | | # | |
|___|__#|___|___XX__|___|___|___#___|___|
| | #| | XX | | | # | |
|___|__#|___|___|___|___|___|___#___|___|
| #####| | | | | | ##### |
|__#|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___#___|
| #| | | | | | | | # |
|__#####|\\\\___|___|___|___|___#####___|
| | #| //// | Z7Z8 | | # | |
|___|__#|___|_xxZ2__|Z4XX___|___#___|___|
| | #| | IlZ3-Gh-XX xZ6 # | |
|___|__#|___|___|Br_|___|Al_|___#___|___|
| | #| | | |Sp | | # | |
|___|__#|___|___Kl__|___|__El___|___|___|
| | #########| | ######### | |
|___|___|___|__#|___|___#___|___|___|___|
Round One
Missiles/Spells
Kitelark tosses his lantern relatively easily (something any normal man could do).
Elan fires the first silver arrow at Z6. d20=13; it's a hit. d6=5 hp damage. Z6 has 2d6=10 hp; Z6 is down to 5/10.
(Ref notes that Ghillana could also have hurled her handaxe...)
(Ref notes that Illithur could have used his protection from evil spell...)
Melee
There are no fantastic opponents, so this is normal combat. Despite having 2 HD the zombies have FC of 1 man each.
While the zombies are the nominal attackers, they have only rocks, bones, and claws for weapons. The players are equipped with longer reach weapons and so gain the (crucial) first blow position.
First blow
Illithur (FC 2 men) faces down Z1 and Z2 with sword and shield: 2d20=18,2. Z1 is hit for d6=6! Z1 has 2d6=4 hp. First kill to Illithur.
Ghillana faces Z3 and Z4 with her two-handed sword (FC man+1). d20=3+1, a miss.
Bertram (FC man+1) supports Ghilana with axe and shield. d20=5+1, a miss.
Albert (FC man+1) faces Z5 and Z6 with axe and shield. d20=11+1 (versus AC 9) a hit. Z5 takes d6=6 (again!). Z5 has 2d6=5 hp and is slain.
Return blow
Z2 attacks Illithur (AC2) d20=14, miss. Illithur retains the first blow position next round.
Z3 attacks Bertram (AC4) d20=15, hit! d6=4. Bertram has 1+1 HD and 5 hp. Down to 1/5. Z3 gains the first blow position next round.
Z4 attacks Ghilana (AC3) d20=15, miss. Ghilana retains the first blow position.
Z6 attacks Albert (AC4) d20=9, miss. Albert retains the first blow position.
Morale
The zombies lost 2 of 8, under the 33% morale trigger. Besides, zombies need never check morale!
On the other hand, Bertram took an awful hit. Will he stick around for more?
2d6=8-1, so uncertain. He'll check again next time...
@mgtremaine what do you wish the Grey Council to do?
Kitelark, Spinderella, and Elan are unengaged, so they can move (more or less) freely. The others are already in toe to toe.