(036) The Remains of the Day

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:12 pm

rleduc wrote:
Guntrum grabs Olaf's scepter and makes a beeline for the the northwest corner of the room, hoping to draw the fiends while providing a statue to shelter him and to give Ulric a clear shot.

{ETA - "northwest" meaning upper left hand corner per the last MUD map}

{ETA - sarcophagus, not statue}

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:51 pm

tonneau wrote:
Observing Josiane is otherwise occupied in fleeing for her life, Gustave takes it upon himself to drag the fallen man back to the door, just as Guntram leaps past him and whips the scepter from the ground.

"Now...", he grunts as, still holding sword and shield, he struggles with Olafs shoulders, "...is most definitely not the time for a nap, my friend."

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 1:38 am

eris wrote:

tonneau wrote:Observing Josiane is otherwise occupied in fleeing for her life, Gustave takes it upon himself to drag the fallen man back to the door, just as Guntram leaps past him and whips the scepter from the ground.

"Now...", he grunts as, still holding sword and shield, he struggles with Olafs shoulders, "...is most definitely not the time for a nap, my friend."

"Groan!" mumbles Olaf, dead to the world.

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:46 am

coffee wrote:
"In a second!" Dieter barks, wrestling with the door.

Do Dieter and his crowbar have any effect on getting the door open?

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 9:37 pm

sulldawga wrote:
Having made it only halfway to the door and seeing the carnage being wreaked by the undead fiends, Dorgan will change tactics.

He will stop where he is, draw his one remaining flask of holy water, and throw it at the fiend closest to the fallen Olaf.

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 11:28 am

waysoftheearth wrote:
"Keep falling back!" shouts Ulric as he does so.

Desmond/Mondes does likewise, fumbling for his silver whistle and hastily sticking it into his mouth to blow a shrill note (fortunately this doesn't stop Mondes breathing for the pair of them).

"The scepter!!!" shouts Highbough as he leaps onto the pressure plate.

"In a second!" growls Dieter in reply, reaching the door with his crowbar ready to wrest it from its stubborn hinges if necessary. But just as he is about to apply his might the heavy stone door flies upward which remarkable ease to vanish into the top of the door arch -- the vault beyond is apparently vacant.

"Go! Go! Go! I'll try to blink through the door before it closes!" commands the aged Elf, gripping the Ire Spear so tightly that it sizzles with harnessed power.

Meanwhile, Josiane flies ahead of the pale terror that pursues, breathing coldly down her neck; making headway now.

Gustave grabs Olaf by the scruff of his mail shirt and attempts to drag him away from the loathsome dead as Dorgan flings his remaining flask of holy water at them from the flank (1d20=12). The fiends hiss and slash with their deadly cold blades, but right before they would fall upon the pair of vulnerable men Dorgan's flask smashes over one's back (2dd=6,5) causing an eruption of burning steam and an Unholy squealing from the dead as they suffer 6 hit points each!

At that very moment Guntrum leaps past them both and tries for the scepter (1d6=4! exactly the roll required with his 13 dexterity) and snatches it from the ground without pausing.

The undead are livid with rage; one of them slashes at Guntrum as he tumbles by (1d20=9) but its deadly slash goes awry, and the other lunges at Gustave, who cannot make any pace with his burden (1d20=16) and this strike would be true but for Gustave's shield, which clatters the blow aside as it is dashed from his grasp (assuming Gustave will sacrifice his shield here).

"Now... is most definitely not the time for a nap, my friend." grunts Gustave as he heaves Olaf away from the looming foe.

By now Ulric, Desmond/Mondes and Dieter have all made a few paces back into the second vault, which is cold and dark and filled still with the litter of charnel corpses.

Josiane is almost upon Highbough at the pressure plate, with the chief enemy 30ft behind her now... scarcely behind Guntrum, Dorgan, Gustave/Olaf and the pair of livid undead trailing them.

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 11:28 am

waysoftheearth wrote:
What now gentlemen?

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 11:42 am

doctorx wrote:
If I'm reading this right and Josiane's put distance between herself and her opponent...

Josiane turns and lets fly with her vial of holy water at the fiends Dorgan just scorched.

But if I've got it wrong and the horror is still bearing down on her she keeps running...

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 12:01 pm

waysoftheearth wrote:

doctorx wrote:If I'm reading this right and Josiane's put distance between herself and her opponent...

Josiane turns and lets fly with her vial of holy water at the fiends Dorgan just scorched.

But if I've got it wrong and the horror is still bearing down on her she keeps running...

If she keeps running, she'll get clear. If she turns to fight... it will close the gap easily.

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 1:23 pm

mushgnome wrote:
(OOC: Anyone not through the door by the time the fiends reach Highbough's position at the pressure plate will be trapped inside, so...)

"Keep running!" shouts Highbough.

When the fiends are upon him, he'll blink through the door, a look of Ire upon his face.