romania ♔ in the end of the night i can feel you breathe

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♬ Night - Zola Jesus

WHO || Willow, Paige, Nathan, Henry, Aurelius, Dovan [Closed]
WHAT || The Knights travel to Romania to investigate a mysterious, magical fog
WHERE || Romania
WHEN || April 11th [back dated]
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread, don't worry about maintaining tagging order.

February in Romania isn't very comfortable, so hopefully everyone bundled up for this little trip into the countryside.  The appearance of a mysterious bank of fog into which several locals have gone inexplicably missing upon entering, has caused Wynn to speculate that it might be connected to the mist that appears when the Veil brings people from other worlds.  Could this be the first instance of a door going the other way?  If so, here's hoping it's a round trip...

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[pickyourbattles]

As long as we can prevent it from spreading through the city.

[somepagesturn]

[paige looks distressed.] I can't believe I'm saying this, but... Nathan, do you still have your grenades?

[wanttobeahero]

[ Not something he thought he would be saying on this mission, either, but when the situation calls for it... ] Whatever it takes. [ Even if that means grenades or something similar. ]

[autorevive]

[he looks SO EXCITED with this prospect] Sure do!

[olreliable]

Maybe the rest of us should... get back. [Nathan apparently lives forever. The rest of them are soft and squishy.]

[autorevive]

Step aside, bitches, and let the master work!

[ after waiting for his teammates to get out of the way, he pulls out a frag grenade, throws it inside through the window, and with an action point ... nat 20s the attack????? so i guess it goes off in a 20 ft radius which is probably contained within that entire room??? and does 22 slashing damage to anything within the room. ref save 15 to half.]

[count_strahd_von_zarovich]

[Nathan's Grenade seems unusually effective. Like, what you might expect if there were a gas leak in the building. There's a very good chance at least a few of them are thrown to the ground by the blast. In the ringing following the explosion, the structural damage to the building seems extreme. Maybe it was some special reagent he had on hand for the ritual? Whatever the case, the building shudders, and half-collapses in on itself. There's an eerie silence, accompanied only by the low hum following a huge explosion. It's one of those jarring experiences, where time can seem to move all-too fast, as they seek to regain their footing and their composure.]

[Suddenly, something begins to smash it's way from the wreckage of the house. Something powerful. A creature erupts from the ruins - a corpse seemingly surgically modified by the lunatic priest. Skeletally thin, the arms are too-long, and it's head is wide and wedge-shaped, with a mouth that swings open to inhuman levels, revealing teeth that glitter like shards of black, steaming ice. While the explosion likely killed the mad priest Danovich, it would seem whatever is left of his Son won't be returned to the earth so easily.]

[To compound matters, the low din of moans and groans begins to drown out the buzzing in their ears. That huge explosion has drawn the attention of most of the walking dead in the town, now shambling their way towards the remains of the old church. As the dust is still settling, the Blaspheme stands over the remains of the church, glaring at them. Their blood runs cold, as it somehow chokes out broken speech:] Pa... pa... [Then it utters an inhuman wail, and rushes towards them;]


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[ aurelius moves up beside nathan, worried about leaving him alone up there, but he's also... out of spells from earlier. womp womp. reluctantly, he draws his excalibur, but he won't be able to fire it this time. ] I... think we found his son.

[somepagesturn]

[Well, Paige is just gonna back up a bit to where the undead are headed so she can try to turn them as they get closer, but since they're not in range yet, she'll cast Eagle's Splendor on herself to give her a +4 boost to her charisma for six minutes.]

[autorevive]

Ya think?! [this isn't why he brought the holy water ... but this demon child seems pretty unholy right now. more unholy than gypsies. which is why he reaches into his bag for his bottle of holy water and aggressively throws it at doru for a ranged atk 26! and ... 4 dmg. AT LEAST HE'S TRYING, OKAY.]

[count_strahd_von_zarovich]

[The holy water burns on the skin of the undead horror, mingling with the shrapnel damage, and the damage caused by debris. The thing moves with preternatural speed - all the more horrifying considering it's undead nature. It's not slow and plodding like most undead. In fact, it seems faster than any of them, as it erratically charges forward, twisting it's bizarre anatomy as it sprints for Nathan.] HURT! IT HURT! IT HURT! [It abruptly comes to a stop adjacent to Nathan, and it's mouth snaps wide, yawning like the maw of a shark, and clamps down on him hard, with an Atk of 23. If that hits: It's 18 damage, it will Daze Nathan for 1 round (1/2 Actions) and might pas the necromantic infection along, if Nathan fails a DC22 Fortitude save.]

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[wanttobeahero]

[ With how fast the creature is moving, Henry's not sure it will matter if he rushes forward, and Aurelius and Nathan seem to be handling things at the moment. He pulls his dagger out so he's ready, but stays where he is for the moment, looking behind him and to both sides to see how fast the undead are closing in. ]

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[ aurelius staggers back five feet in horror, unloading a shot at the creature, but he's disturbed by it eating nathan right in front of them and surely misses (atk 12) ]

[somepagesturn]

[Paige whips around, gasping.] Nathan! [She holds up her harp pin and casts turn undead (turning check of 26 with 21 turning damage)]

[autorevive]

I'm immortal, you cunt! [basically his battlecry at this point. although it sounds less enthused than usual because he's dazed. screaming he's immortal is just a reflex. like when the doctors kicks your knee with that thing. anyway, he uses his half-action to draw his shortsword.]

[wanttobeahero]

[ Watching everything unfold, he's trying to make a quick decision and just hope it actually helps a little. Brave, maybe, or just plain dumb. But he doesn't want anyone else to get hurt, so he calls out to the creature, taking a few steps forward... ]

Hey! Over here!

[count_strahd_von_zarovich]

[The wave of holy energy cascading from Paige is quite powerful, but the Blaspheme seems completely unaffected. Hopefully it will do some good in deterring any lesser undead crawling around the edges of the battlefield. The zombies of the town seem to be at least a minute away, moaning and wailing as they slowly plod around, so they've got some time yet.]

[Luckily (or unluckily) for Henry, Doru is intelligent enough to comprehend that taunt.] "DORU EAT! EAT THIS ONE!" [And he careens away from Nathan towards Henry with another erratic charge.]

[This provokes an Attack of Opportunity from Nathan, you can resolve that when we get back around to Nathan's turn.]

[Lunging at Henry, with an attack of 34, for 16 damage. Henry will be dazed. (No save, 1/2 action next turn). Henry will need to make a fortitude save vs DC22 to avoid becoming Sickened by the Necromantic Infection. (Sickened = –2 penalty on all attack rolls, weapon damage rolls, saving throws, skill checks, and ability checks.)]

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[olreliable]

[Willow is so NOT OKAY with what's happening. But she's so not combat savvy and her spells are crap. But she might know something about the creature and what sort of weaknesses it might have??? (know arcane lore 25? maybe). While she's wracking her brain, she will also try to use that info she may remember to study the thing to use her "exploit weakness" talent in future rounds.]

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[ aurelius wheels around, trying to follow it with his weapon and firing off a single shot (atk 17, dmg 7) ]

[somepagesturn]

NO! [HENRY THAT IS STUPID. Paige pulls her silver dagger out, now figuring she better save her spells for healing and rushes to Henry so she can yank him to safety like a tiny mama bear.]

[autorevive]

[um of course nathan is going to take his attack of opportunity!! doru took a chunk out of his shoulder. that shit's personal. attack 20 total; 3 dmg if it hits.

and then he goes after it and takes his normal attack, striking with the short sword again and critting on 19 (and 26 total)! foooorrr 20 dmg with penetration. nathan is getting shit done tonight son.]

FREEDOM!!!!!

[yes he is quoting braveheart. that happened.]

[count_strahd_von_zarovich]

[Willow would know (And be able to freely share) that a Blaspheme's bite dazes and spreads disease - as they've all seen all too well. Sadly, the damn thing really doesn't have weaknesses to speak of. It's one mean bastard, with one desire: to spread it's infection. There is one more special ability it has, which it spins about to demonstrate to Nathan, in response to that massive blow he dealt.]

["BURY! BURY BURY BURY!" as it whirls around, and begins smashing Nathan over and over and over and over. Nathan needs to make a Reflex save DC 18. If he succeeds, he only takes 5 damage. If he fails - He takes 11 damage, and is also pounded bodily into a shallow grave, entombed and treated as Pinned, until he succeeds on two grapple checks to free himself.]

[wanttobeahero]

[ It was stupid and not very effective, but he'd been hoping to help in some way. With a fort save of 15, Henry falls back willingly when Paige grabs him. He still has his dagger out although at the moment, he just keeps it tucked at his side. He's still alert enough to be worried about Nathan and everyone else, but just waits and catches his breath a moment, his face a mask of concern. ]

[olreliable]

Oh my god Nathan!

[Willow rattles off the facts about the monster in a hurry, but she's a little too freaked out about it going after Nathan like that. She's going to cast magic missile to try to help out, but she's still such a baby so it's only one missile... 4 damage.]

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[ aurelius takes another shot, afraid to stop firing at this point, but he only got a 16, because that shit is disturbing. 3 dmg if it happens to hit :( ]