[4e] [ePoL] Heroic Souls IC (R6 Heian > Monsters > Eldan&Champy > Quinn > Silvi > )

[Redclaw]

Eldan does his best to calm Silvi down, knowing how upset she must be at the sight of the dead wolves. He turns to the others, "Can anyone tell what might have happened to them?" he asks. "I would hate to run into the same thing, whatever it is."

 

[Voda Vosa]

"I shall examine them. One of you come with me" Quinn diligently ask. He approach the corpses watching the area for possible dangers. He kneels next to the corpses and examines them.

Arcana: 28

 

[Graf]

No danger appears as Quinn kneels in the soft earth to get a closer look at the creatures. They are not creatures of arcana, but Quinn's broad knowledge serves him well. They probably died several days ago, while several died outright of combat wounds and the others seem to have been held down while they were exsanguinated.

[sblock=Knowledge Nature:28]This, naturally, is consistent with the attacks of a vampire. Vampires were rare in your day; heroic souls and religious crusaders tended to purge "nests" whenever the opportunity arose.

As undead vampires are resistant to necrotic damage, and vulnerable to radiant damage.

Vampires often tend to appear in caste structures, with a more powerful leader and a number of weaker creatures, usually called "vampire spawn".

A "typical" spawn causes necrotic damage upon touch, increasing as a foe is weakened (i.e. bloodied). They are so vulnerable to radiance that even exposure to natural sunlight can destroy them very rapidly.
Interestingly, several of the wolves look like they were downed by weapon attacks.
Even Spawn would be a threat to you at your current level of abilities.

The master castes are quite varied. At the apex are lords, who possess a veritable laundry list of abilities often including skill with weaponry (Deft Strike, Imperiling Strike) , the ability to take advantage of an opponent's weakened position to actually drink blood and replenish themselves (Blood Drain -> require combat advantage), control minds through gaze (Dominating Gaze) and transform into mist (Mist Form).
A "true" vampire lord would be an almost insurmountable challenge for your group at your current power level.
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[Atanatotatos]

This is... strange. What do you know, champy? What is this? asks Heian to Champy, kneeling before him and trying to communicate again like before...

[sblock=ooc] diplomacy 23; insight 23

 

[Voda Vosa]

OOC: What do I get with a 25?

 

[Graf]

ooc: vv I just "shifted" your roll to a nature roll. Since you have the same nature and arcana you still got a 28. I don't require you to guess what the skill would be, that would be a bit perverse; you roll, I tell you what you know, which, in this case, is basically everything.

 

[Graf]

Heian manages to confirm that Champy thinks these are "wolves, died oddly".

 

[Atanatotatos]

I don't think Champy knows anything about this... I used to hunt small preys in the surroundings of the village, but I've never seen a corpse like this.

 

[Voda Vosa]

"To me it seems that these creatures were attacked by vampires. For the wounds, they seem to have been killed by some sort of weapons. Although some of them are just dry. If there are vampires in the area, we better get to safety as quick as possible. We must make haste, we should not spend the night here, come, move on, quickly!" Quinn says, as he hasty starts marching. He seems scared.

 

[Atanatotatos]

Vampires...? repeats Heian as he hastily follows after Quinn. Those thing actually exist?then he continues, after a brief pause: I wonder what exactly is Champy's idea of "people"...