[IC1] Pool of Radiance
Branding Opportunity
Explorer
Seemingly out of nowhere, an enormous bass voice booms out from behind the graveyard wall. "Well, well, well," it proclaims in heavily Damarran-accented Common, "what do we have here? It group of little people out for picnic, hmmm?"
Before you have a chance to react, what can only be a minor giant of some kind steps out from behind a nearby tree. Standing close to eight feet tall, the stranger has unkempt jet-black hair and an enormous black beard which reaches down to his chest. On his head he wears a half-helm adorned with what look to be the horns of an enormous wooly aurochs. He is clad in dyed-black leathers with much fringe and is armored in a black chain shirt. He carries a large, black-colored wooden shield strapped to his left arm. It seems obvious that a design or sigil of some kind once decorated this shield, but it has been scratched out. Attached to his right arm is a black, metal gauntlet covered in wicked spikes and blades, which reaches all the way up to his elbow. Two black axes hang from a belt, and four barbed javelins are strapped to his back.
"Did you bring something delicious for Thunder with you? Wine, hmmmm?"
Before you have a chance to react, what can only be a minor giant of some kind steps out from behind a nearby tree. Standing close to eight feet tall, the stranger has unkempt jet-black hair and an enormous black beard which reaches down to his chest. On his head he wears a half-helm adorned with what look to be the horns of an enormous wooly aurochs. He is clad in dyed-black leathers with much fringe and is armored in a black chain shirt. He carries a large, black-colored wooden shield strapped to his left arm. It seems obvious that a design or sigil of some kind once decorated this shield, but it has been scratched out. Attached to his right arm is a black, metal gauntlet covered in wicked spikes and blades, which reaches all the way up to his elbow. Two black axes hang from a belt, and four barbed javelins are strapped to his back.
"Did you bring something delicious for Thunder with you? Wine, hmmmm?"
Voadam
Legend
Instinctively Kordunn's polearm swings around towards the oncoming . . . giant.
Seeing the man is not charging and his weapons hang at his belt, the dwarf raises his polearm into a neutral ready position and observes the large bearded fellow.
"Hail and well met. I am Kordunn Asteroth, champion of Azuth. We hail from the New City. There are reports of undead walking the graves and are here to investigate. Have you seen any of the walking dead here?"
Seeing the man is not charging and his weapons hang at his belt, the dwarf raises his polearm into a neutral ready position and observes the large bearded fellow.
"Hail and well met. I am Kordunn Asteroth, champion of Azuth. We hail from the New City. There are reports of undead walking the graves and are here to investigate. Have you seen any of the walking dead here?"
Mista Collins
First Post
Turning at the sounds of the booming voice, Selvaggio is taken back by the man's size. A low growl comes from Intrepido, but Selvaggio is quick to calm his companion. "My name is Selvaggio and my friend here calls himself Intrepido. I do not have any wine on me, but there are a few places where some can be bought back in the New City."
Selvaggio's eyes scan his companions and then falls back on the mammoth of a man. "What brings you to the graveyard all alone when many have told stories of horrors coming from within these gates?"
Selvaggio's eyes scan his companions and then falls back on the mammoth of a man. "What brings you to the graveyard all alone when many have told stories of horrors coming from within these gates?"
Thanee
First Post
As Thunder is about to reply, Intrepido begins to howl and Elmus and Selvaggio point to the graveyard gate almost isochronal. Three creatures emerge from the shadows beyond the fence, maybe fourty feet away from the group, and slowly moving through the gate and towards them.
The leader is a weird-looking creature with haggard, greyish skin, wild, black hair and ragged clothing, armed only with elongated fingernails on its twisted claws. Following behind is a walking corpse with a deformed head, the rotten flesh shows several wounds, crusted with some dark fluid. There is almost nothing left of its former clothing, but the undead corpse is holding a heavy warhammer in both hands. The third abomination is nothing but a skeleton, animated by some dark power and grasping a short sword in one of its claws.
Intrepido seems reluctant to engage the undead and slowly moves away from them. Likewise Eldwyn's riding dog appears uneasy in their presence.
Eldwyn:
[SBLOCK]Eldwyn can identify the creatures as a very dangerous wight, who can drain part of the life force of a living being by a mere touch and thereby slowly transform the unfortunate victim into one of its own kind, a zombie and a skeleton, which is quite resilient to non-bludgeoning weapons.[/SBLOCK]
Selvaggio:
[SBLOCK]The leader of the undead has a leathery scroll case attached to the belt.[/SBLOCK]
The leader is a weird-looking creature with haggard, greyish skin, wild, black hair and ragged clothing, armed only with elongated fingernails on its twisted claws. Following behind is a walking corpse with a deformed head, the rotten flesh shows several wounds, crusted with some dark fluid. There is almost nothing left of its former clothing, but the undead corpse is holding a heavy warhammer in both hands. The third abomination is nothing but a skeleton, animated by some dark power and grasping a short sword in one of its claws.
Intrepido seems reluctant to engage the undead and slowly moves away from them. Likewise Eldwyn's riding dog appears uneasy in their presence.
Eldwyn:
[SBLOCK]Eldwyn can identify the creatures as a very dangerous wight, who can drain part of the life force of a living being by a mere touch and thereby slowly transform the unfortunate victim into one of its own kind, a zombie and a skeleton, which is quite resilient to non-bludgeoning weapons.[/SBLOCK]
Selvaggio:
[SBLOCK]The leader of the undead has a leathery scroll case attached to the belt.[/SBLOCK]
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Thanee
First Post
1348 DR, Day 5 of Mirtul (spring) - forenoon
Battle Map - Round 0
[smallcaps]Combat Declarations[/smallcaps]
Battle Map - Round 0
[smallcaps]Combat Declarations[/smallcaps]
Thanee
First Post
Round 1
Battle Map - Round 1
Oog shivers at the sight of the undead, but is not overly surprised. He brings to his hands the eldritch energy swirling around the city, feeling it enter his body, while he moves a few steps away and into a position to better see his intended target. He then propels an eldritch blast towards the leader, hitting the undead solidly, but doing only minimal damage as it seems.
Once the fighting is initiated, the skeleton quickly sprints ahead of the group and engages Kylest, who is holding his greatsword ready.
"Heel!" Selvaggio shouts as he commands Intrepido to follow as he takes a few steps back to put more distance between him and the undead, drawing his cudgel at the same time. His eyes seem to be focused between the undead and a patch of grass some twenty to thirty feet from where he stands.
"Azuth's noble beard! Behind you man! Lookout!" Kordunn shouts to the tall mountain of a fellow. With a quick gesture the dwarf sends out a shining bolt of eldritch power that streaks towards the leading undead figure to strike it unerringly in the chest. The dwarf then sets his polearm and awaits the slow undead. "Let them come to us. They appear not to have ranged attacks."
The leader of the undead lets out a horrifying scream as the creature charges towards Kylest, but the steady dwarf can easily avoid the clumsy attack.
Thunder strides towards the frontline and past Kordunn with large steps while drawing the bigger of his two axes and takes a swing at the ugly creature. The blackened steel comes crashing down into the undead's shoulder and bites deeply into the flesh. With a satisfied grin, the black-clad giant rips his axe free.
Slow and lacking any kind of agility, the walking corpse stumbles forward towards the group, but is unable to reach anyone yet.
Finally, it's Kylest's turn to put his sword to use. With a wide swing the dwarven fighter hits the undead leader and the heavy sword digs deeply into the side. The wight will not sustain these ferocious attacks much longer.
Softly to his mount Eldwyn says, "Steady boy, you're okay." Then more loudly to the others, "Watch that leader I fear it is a Wight and can drain the very life from you with a touch. The bone one is best fought with hammers or maces." Having sling in hand, Eldwyn directs his riding dog around the combat into a better firing position and looses a stone at the leader, but the stone misses its mark and scatters into the grass.
Status:
Eldwyn - unscathed
Riding Dog - unscathed
Kordunn - unscathed
Kylest - unscathed
Oog/Elmus - unscathed
Selvaggio - unscathed
Intrepido - unscathed
Thunder - unscathed
Undead Leader - critically wounded
Walking Corpse - unscathed
Skeleton - unscathed
[smallcaps]Combat Declarations[/smallcaps]
Battle Map - Round 1
Oog shivers at the sight of the undead, but is not overly surprised. He brings to his hands the eldritch energy swirling around the city, feeling it enter his body, while he moves a few steps away and into a position to better see his intended target. He then propels an eldritch blast towards the leader, hitting the undead solidly, but doing only minimal damage as it seems.
Once the fighting is initiated, the skeleton quickly sprints ahead of the group and engages Kylest, who is holding his greatsword ready.
"Heel!" Selvaggio shouts as he commands Intrepido to follow as he takes a few steps back to put more distance between him and the undead, drawing his cudgel at the same time. His eyes seem to be focused between the undead and a patch of grass some twenty to thirty feet from where he stands.
"Azuth's noble beard! Behind you man! Lookout!" Kordunn shouts to the tall mountain of a fellow. With a quick gesture the dwarf sends out a shining bolt of eldritch power that streaks towards the leading undead figure to strike it unerringly in the chest. The dwarf then sets his polearm and awaits the slow undead. "Let them come to us. They appear not to have ranged attacks."
The leader of the undead lets out a horrifying scream as the creature charges towards Kylest, but the steady dwarf can easily avoid the clumsy attack.
Thunder strides towards the frontline and past Kordunn with large steps while drawing the bigger of his two axes and takes a swing at the ugly creature. The blackened steel comes crashing down into the undead's shoulder and bites deeply into the flesh. With a satisfied grin, the black-clad giant rips his axe free.
Slow and lacking any kind of agility, the walking corpse stumbles forward towards the group, but is unable to reach anyone yet.
Finally, it's Kylest's turn to put his sword to use. With a wide swing the dwarven fighter hits the undead leader and the heavy sword digs deeply into the side. The wight will not sustain these ferocious attacks much longer.
Softly to his mount Eldwyn says, "Steady boy, you're okay." Then more loudly to the others, "Watch that leader I fear it is a Wight and can drain the very life from you with a touch. The bone one is best fought with hammers or maces." Having sling in hand, Eldwyn directs his riding dog around the combat into a better firing position and looses a stone at the leader, but the stone misses its mark and scatters into the grass.
Status:
Eldwyn - unscathed
Riding Dog - unscathed
Kordunn - unscathed
Kylest - unscathed
Oog/Elmus - unscathed
Selvaggio - unscathed
Intrepido - unscathed
Thunder - unscathed
Undead Leader - critically wounded
Walking Corpse - unscathed
Skeleton - unscathed
[smallcaps]Combat Declarations[/smallcaps]
Thanee
First Post
Round 2
Battle Map - Round 2
Oog summons another batch of eldritch energy and hurls it at the undead leader, attempting to take him down, but the raw magical energy only strikes into a patch of grass nearby.
The skeleton deftly burrows its short sword inside Kylest's thigh, leaving a bloody spot on his cloth where the blade has wounded the dwarf.
Seeing that none of the undead seem to be approaching him, Selvaggio decides to step toward the corpse with the deformed head. Drawing his sickle into his offhand as approaches, Selvaggio swings the cudgel in his right hand hoping to connect with the undead's skull, but the attack misses its mark. Intrepido stays on Selvaggio's heels waiting for his next command, but eager to get a hold of the skeletons bones.
Kordun moves forward and between both the shambling undead and the wight to get his polearm to use. As the tip of his weapon strikes towards the wight, a faint glow outlines it. At first, the attack seems too inaccurate to hit, but guided by the divine power Kordunn is able to strike down the foe, who lets out another scream and then drops to the ground and stops moving.
Thunder looks back at the dwarven paladin in appreciation, but then strides around Kylest and to the other side of the skeleton to smash it with his axe. The mighty blow hits solidly, but most of its power is deflected by the tough bones and only some splinters fly through the air, where the axe blade scrapes over bone.
Meanwhile Selvaggio easily dodges the counter-attack of the walking corpse, which is simply too slow for the agile human.
Kylest finishes what the mountain of a man has begun by slamming his greatsword into the skeleton and breaking its ripcage and seemingly the unholy power, which held them together, since the bones scatter to the ground.
Seeing that the foes are getting the worst of it, Eldwyn decides it is best to finish them off rather than turn them. He sets his sling in motion once more and propels another stone into the direction of the last undead standing, the projectile hits, but bounces off the corpse's tough skin.
Status:
Eldwyn - unscathed
Riding Dog - unscathed
Kordunn - unscathed
Kylest - lightly wounded
Oog/Elmus - unscathed
Selvaggio - unscathed
Intrepido - unscathed
Thunder - unscathed
Undead Leader - destroyed
Walking Corpse - unscathed
Skeleton - destroyed
[smallcaps]Combat Declarations[/smallcaps]
Battle Map - Round 2
Oog summons another batch of eldritch energy and hurls it at the undead leader, attempting to take him down, but the raw magical energy only strikes into a patch of grass nearby.
The skeleton deftly burrows its short sword inside Kylest's thigh, leaving a bloody spot on his cloth where the blade has wounded the dwarf.
Seeing that none of the undead seem to be approaching him, Selvaggio decides to step toward the corpse with the deformed head. Drawing his sickle into his offhand as approaches, Selvaggio swings the cudgel in his right hand hoping to connect with the undead's skull, but the attack misses its mark. Intrepido stays on Selvaggio's heels waiting for his next command, but eager to get a hold of the skeletons bones.
Kordun moves forward and between both the shambling undead and the wight to get his polearm to use. As the tip of his weapon strikes towards the wight, a faint glow outlines it. At first, the attack seems too inaccurate to hit, but guided by the divine power Kordunn is able to strike down the foe, who lets out another scream and then drops to the ground and stops moving.
Thunder looks back at the dwarven paladin in appreciation, but then strides around Kylest and to the other side of the skeleton to smash it with his axe. The mighty blow hits solidly, but most of its power is deflected by the tough bones and only some splinters fly through the air, where the axe blade scrapes over bone.
Meanwhile Selvaggio easily dodges the counter-attack of the walking corpse, which is simply too slow for the agile human.
Kylest finishes what the mountain of a man has begun by slamming his greatsword into the skeleton and breaking its ripcage and seemingly the unholy power, which held them together, since the bones scatter to the ground.
Seeing that the foes are getting the worst of it, Eldwyn decides it is best to finish them off rather than turn them. He sets his sling in motion once more and propels another stone into the direction of the last undead standing, the projectile hits, but bounces off the corpse's tough skin.
Status:
Eldwyn - unscathed
Riding Dog - unscathed
Kordunn - unscathed
Kylest - lightly wounded
Oog/Elmus - unscathed
Selvaggio - unscathed
Intrepido - unscathed
Thunder - unscathed
Undead Leader - destroyed
Walking Corpse - unscathed
Skeleton - destroyed
[smallcaps]Combat Declarations[/smallcaps]
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