Nate steps forward... and disappears. From his former position, a hail of thorns savages two of the lesser skeletons and distract the big one.
*Hunzu stands quietly as the cool breeze idly passes by the sea vessel. He contemplates each and every possible outcome. Eventually coming down to the most idle for there situation. His eyes flash with power as he concentrates. Suddenly every member of united heroes gets slammed with overwhelming amount of information as Hunzu's mind connects with all the others. Complex equations, formulas, and tactics flood there minds. It is troublesome at first through after a quick moment or two the thoughts begin to settle and make sense to even the slowest minded of the lot. Eventually Hunzu pulls his mind back to his own body and regrasps his polearm. Giving it a quick twirl, he slams the blunt end of it down into the ships deck. His eyes once more glow with power, as he sends out a barrage of missiles towards the nearby skeletons.*
"Kamotz, now!" shouts Eloan. Kamotz try the tactic suggested by Eloan on the boat, but he seems to clumsy at his first try without any practice. He then slowly walk forward, hiding behind his shield, hoping to spot the girl and take her out.
7 Rabbit finishes his speech and realizes that Hellsing - an all his creations - are staring openmouthed at him. Without further hesitation, he leaps into action! He throws out his war club towards the nearest giant skeleton an a wave of starry blackness, cold as the depths of space, envelopes it. The darkness fades quickly, however, leaving only a single star orbiting its head. Rabbit curses and bolts across the deck, out of the way of any of his companions attacks, ending up on the steps to the forecastle. He begins making arcane passes an muttering strange formulas, and his armor begins to glow with a cold light that somehow twists the eye away from him.
Illarion moves to get a clear line of sight along the ship. He's too far away to affect Helsing, but can open the path toward him. Shiny star falls through the mist and blasts over three skeletons in the middle of the ship, throwing them every which way.
Kruor is startled by the huge skeleton and leaps backwards before scurrying away a few steps. As he sees it smash down onto his comrade, he flies into a rage.
"NO HIT BLIND MAN. YOU BULLY!" Kruor charges at it, emitting a huge burst of white light as he swiped madly at it with his clawed fingers. The bones of the skeleton crack under the pressure. Blood sprays out from the exposed marrows and Kruor instinctively shoves his huge syringe into it.
"HIGH QUALITY BLOOD SPECIMEN DETECTED: ATTEMPTING FURTHER BLOOD RETRIEVAL" Kruor body flies into a frenzy and lashes out once more, but this time more wildly.
The shifter glazes over for most of the philosophy, creeping forward toward Helsing, until something Rabbit says catches his ear
Can Stars Die? asks Kamotz, looking up for a moment, into the overcast sky.
I'd like to see that...
Eloan stirs Kamotz from his pondering, calling for action on the field of battle, and Kamotz was not one to miss an opportunity to kill something. His inattention cost him, and the behemoth that was once a mast, batted at his flail allowing only one head of three to strike true.
Whiggins on the otherhand, had never lost sight of the real target, and had continued to creep toward Helsing whilst Kamotz daydreamed of dead stars. The Skeletons swung at Kamotz as he moved shrugging off the strikes. Whiggins began the howl of battle this time, and Kamotz joined moments later, the vocal threat settled over Helsing and his minions compelling them to silence the shifter. Kamotz takes an ineffective swipe at the Bonecrusher Skeleton, winding up for the real enemy.
**
Helsing looks over his ship, clearly annoyed that his precious skeletons are being blown apart by the heroes.
The giant skeleton that used to be the main mast has its tibia pulverized by Kuror. The tibia breaks in half as the skeleton staggers backwards, now balancing awkwardly on three quarters of a leg. The jagged pieces cause large rents in the deck. In response, the skeleton slams its bone club into Kruor, knocking the vampire backwards and off its feet.
After Ilarion's star blast damages his giant skeleton, Helsing comments,
"No, that won't do at all."
He looks to the ghoul and commands it,
"Silence him." Like a trained dog, the ghoul lopes along the deck toward the sorcerer. Ferociously, the ghoul closes the distance and strikes down the blind elf. Lauto's vengence bites the ghoul for ignoring his warrior's command.
The skeleton's descend upon the heroes. However, the skeletons miss Rabbit, Eloan and (amazingly, as the blades and bone club come at him from all sides) Kamotz.
Helsing himself ignores the paladin and creates a blast of cold and necrotic energy at the far end of the ship, sucking the life from Nathantiel and Hunzu.
[sblock= Round Summary]
Nathantiel: Hits BS1 for 10 damage and -5 all defenses TENT, destroys skeletons N-11, L-14
Illarion: His BS2 for 13 + vuln, destroys decrepit skeleton (N-19)
Hunzu: Magic Missile destroys 2 decrepit skeletons (M-6, N-17)
Eloan: 10 damage to BS2
Kamotz: Miss
Kruor: Hit BS1 for 16 + vuln, 4 damage, 16 + vuln
7 Rabbit: Miss
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[sblock=Map Details]
Illumination: Dim, from various lanterns hung around the ship
Water: Deep water, requires swimming check.
DC to climb back into boat is only 10 (athletics or acrobatics).
North end of boat is captain's quarters and the quarter deck above that (10 feet up. Door to captain's quarters is K7-L7.
Stairs to quarter deck and down to galley: N-O 8-9.
Map
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[sblock=Stats]
Nathantiel (D-10): 35/56 hp; HS 8/9; AP 2; Second Wind; Status:
Berry (D-9): 28/28 hp; Status:
Illarion (F-7): -3/39 hp; HS 6/7; AP 2; Second Wind; Status: +1 AC TENT,
prone, unconscious, dying, immobilized (save ends)
Kamotz (G-H, 10-11): 34/45 hp; HS 7/9; AP 1; Second Wind; Status:
(Whiggins 64/67 hp; AC 19; Fortitude 18, Reflex 17, Will 16)
Hunzu (G-9): 12/32 hp; HS 6/8; AP 1; Second Wind; Status:
7 Rabbit (H-8): 47/51 hp
+13 THP; HS 9/10; AP 1; Second Wind; Status: Armor or Agathis, concealment
Eloan (E-8): 51/51 hp; HS 9/10; AP 1; Second Wind; Status:
Kruor (F-10): 6/27 hp ; HS 3/2; AP 0; Second Wind; Status: prone
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[sblock=Enemy Actions]
OA from skeleton 3 (H-16):
miss even with Speed of the Dead bonus
OA from BS2:
miss
DS: move to G-13.
S1: Move to N7. Attack vs. 7 Rabbit:
miss due to concealment. Take
7 damage.
S2: Charge to I-13, attack Eloan:
miss
S3: Move to J-17, attack Kamotz:
miss
S4: Attack Kamotz:
miss
BS1: Attack versus Kruor: Hit AC 25 for
26 damage. Kruor is pushed one and knocked prone. (typo in damage 26, not 36)
BS2: Attack versus Kamotz:
miss
Ghoul: Move to N-14. Charge Ilarion:
Crit. Hit Ilarion for 18 damage, and he is immobilized (save ends). Take 5 damage from divine challenge.
Helsing: Frostburn at J-8, area burst 2 vs Nathantiel, Berry, Huzu (fort): Hit Nathantiel and Hunzu, missed Berry:
roll for
20 damage(cold/necrotic). Frostburn creates a zone that is considered difficulty terrain. Any creature that ends its turn in the zone takes 10 cold/necrotic damage. Take 5 damage from Divine Challenge.
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[sblock=Enemies]
Helsing: (K-22): Damage taken: 5, Divine Challenge, Used: Frostburn
Ghoul: (N-10): Damage taken: 5, Divine Challenge
Skeletons (S):
1 (N-7) Damage taken: 7 (on quarter deck)
2 (I-13)
3 (J-17): Divine Challenge
4 (J-20): Divine Challenge
Decrepit Skeletons (ds):
3 (G-13)
Bonecrusher Skeletons (BS):
1 (K-L 11-12) Damage taken -56,
bloodied, cursed by 7 Rabbit, used Crushing Blow
2 (K-L 16-17) Damage taken -28, Divine Challenge, Used Crushing Blow
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