(036) The Remains of the Day

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waysoftheearth wrote:
The Second Vault

(4d6)

The fighting is swift and brutal. The Men in front are hard pressed enough to hold the vile enemy back with lunge and slash, but to their horror and dismay they see some of the burned and cut down corpses that were gutted, dismembered or beheaded jerk awkwardly upon the ground and begin to rise again!

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ehiker133 wrote:
"Wha...? Noooo!"

In sheer terror, Desmond grips Mads' Cold Iron Axe tightly and charges over to help Dieter, Olaf, and Pelenwin as best he can, first trying to hack at undead who are already down but attempting to rise.

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doctorx wrote:
Josiane gives all her focus to maintaining the Sacrosanct Soliloquy, praying fervently to her White Lady that someone's remembering to watch the rear...

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rleduc wrote:
Guntrum, in the second rank, holding torch and sword, still watches front and rear alternatingly.

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coffee wrote:

The Second Vault

(4d6)

The fighting is swift and brutal. The Men in front are hard pressed enough to hold the vile enemy back with lunge and slash, but to their horror and dismay they see some of the burned and cut down corpses that were gutted, dismembered or beheaded jerk awkwardly upon the ground and begin to rise again!

This sort of thing makes Dieter really angry.

He continues the fight, but with even more anger-fueled ferocity.

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eris wrote:
Olaf stabs and hacks holding his ground as best he can. Between whacks he shouts, "Pellenwin, have you no clerical magic to use against these monstrous creatures?"

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heartless wrote:

The Second Vault

Meanwhile, Ulric hurries to investigate one of the two passages to his left, while Wibert scurries off to those on the right.
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Wibert takes the right passage nearer to the strange edifice, but there is little light to be had beyond the blue glare in the Second Vault. He has the impression that there is another vault 50 or 60 feet down the dark, narrow passage. Boy, is it ever cold in here!

Drawn to the strange stone edifice (with Wibert still handling his torch he just lit), Wibert decides to dart over and investigate, for any thing that may turn help stop the undead or a secert door to escape by maybe.

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sulldawga wrote:
Dorgan will hold steady for now, attacking any undead in range with his axe. Should Josiane's chant cause the horde to fall back out of reach of melee attacks, he'll stick his axe in his belt, grab a vial of holy water from his bandoleer, and toss it at their foes.

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coffee wrote:
Dieter will continue to attack any of the undead that are standing. When he runs out, he'll stop on the ones on the ground. (A 17 Strength stomp ought to do something.)

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waysoftheearth wrote:
The First Vault
(Dorgan, Gustave, Highbough, Guntram, Josiane)

Josiane's mantra rings fair and true in the otherwise fell vault. And like a cleansing wave of it causes the dead to stagger and twitch, and to come no closer. But nor do they retreat. In fact they simply pause exactly where they are upon the stair almost as if suspended in time.

Gustave and Highbough hold, but Dorgan takes full advantage of the bizarre delay and puts his trusty axe into the foul thing before him (2dd=6,2) for a staggering 7 hit points, dashing apart its rotten chest cavity and throwing it from the ledge, so that it falls 30ft it darkness and is broken upon the floor below.

This seems to trigger a reaction, and the horrible dead retaliate momentarily (1d20; versus Gustave=4, versus Dorgan=10) but their unsteady claws only ring upon mail and shield. Then they revert to their awkward, jerking stasis...

Meanwhile, Guntram keeps a steady eye upon the black passage behind, down which he can see the yellow glow on the torch light in the ante-chamber. For now it appears all quiet...