Paridon: The Dark Metropolis (Ravenloft)

[InVinoVeritas]

The gnome, cradling his heads, leaps onto the windowsill, ready to make his escape. BAM! Fr. Berman's pistol fires, and Calahan's arrow flies, but all they manage to do is plink harmlessly off the gnome's torso. He turns to face the two.

* * *​

Ru and Darian rush squarely against the door. It buckles, strains, and makes a lot of noise, but holds... the rumors about gnomish workmanship must be true...

Yet, on the other side of the door, a familiar voice is heard...

"You shall feel my wrath!"

Torhan's greatsword connects with the balcony door with such force that it bursts outward and off its hinges, onto the balcony with Ru and Darian. The righteous fire in Torhan's eyes indicate that the door is not the only thing that is unhinged. With a cold calculation from years of training, Torhan steps through with his swing, barely missing a desperately ducking Darian.

* * *​

The gnome abandons the window and charges back across the bedchamber to Calahan and Fr. Berman. Its foot impales Fr. Berman, who feels a dreaded suction at the wound. (-9 hp, 14/30).

[sblock=Torhan]
Tohan crashes through the sacristy door, catching the infernal beings inside off guard. They scurry from his blade, yet something is familiar about them... He looks again. They are Ru and Darian. Something's not right...and Torhan realizes that he is in the burning mansion, on the balcony with his partners, and with a painful vibrating in his head.

OOC: Torhan is Confused. This round, he may act normally. Lucky bastard.
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[jkason]

The gnome, cradling his heads, leaps onto the windowsill, ready to make his escape. BAM! Fr. Berman's pistol fires, and Calahan's arrow flies, but all they manage to do is plink harmlessly off the gnome's torso. He turns to face the two.

* * *​

Ru and Darian rush squarely against the door. It buckles, strains, and makes a lot of noise, but holds... the rumors about gnomish workmanship must be true...

Yet, on the other side of the door, a familiar voice is heard...

"You shall feel my wrath!"

Torhan's greatsword connects with the balcony door with such force that it bursts outward and off its hinges, onto the balcony with Ru and Darian. The righteous fire in Torhan's eyes indicate that the door is not the only thing that is unhinged. With a cold calculation from years of training, Torhan steps through with his swing, barely missing a desperately ducking Darian.

* * *​

The gnome abandons the window and charges back across the bedchamber to Calahan and Fr. Berman. Its foot impales Fr. Berman, who feels a dreaded suction at the wound. (-9 hp, 14/30).

"Hells!" Ru cries out as his companion attacks. The wild look in his eyes seems to have dissipated, though, and he looks inside to see the source and remember his own bout of madness.

"Don't suppose it's worn out from all that slaughtering of innocents?" he says grimly, but rushes in despite his misgivings. With and acrobatic leap, he draws his kama even as he tries to get the creature between himself and Calahan, bringing his Kama in low and trying to take the gnome's feet out from under it.

"This thing lives on heat. Do we have a way to freeze it?" he calls out desperately.

[sblock=OOC]Obviously, the gnome is Ru's Dodge target this round (+1 AC). Ru has a +7 Tumble, and +4 to AC for avoiding AoO in threatened squares thanks to his Mobility feat, so let's try to move into a flank with Calahan, and since it can't hurt to have the thing prone, let's try a trip with that Kama (+6 for the melee touch attack, +3 on the Str check)[/sblock]

 

[Le Noir Faineant]

Calahan smiles as Ru backs off.

"Even the brightest flame burns out one day, pal..."

And with that, the bowman jumps as far back as he can and throws all the explosives he was carrying with him towards the burning monstrosity!

[sblock]Thought that if the gnome's actually burning, the explosives will speed up the process and devour the burning body quicker.[/sblock]

 

[industrygothica]

Darian draws his whip again, preparing to try to bring the thing down once more. He holds back, however, seeing that Callahan is preparing to blow them all up.

"Get back!" he screams

 

[kinem]

Damn, that shot backfired.

If the enemy is once again unaffected Father Berman again reminds the others "We need to prepare for this foe! Withdraw!" He will step back and use the healing wand on himself.

 

[Rhun]

Torhan shakes his head to clear the crazed thoughts running through his mind, and prepares to charge the enemy. He stops short, though, seeing Calahan throwing explosives toward the gnome.

 

[jkason]

Calahan smiles as Ru backs off.

"Even the brightest flame burns out one day, pal..."

And with that, the bowman jumps as far back as he can and throws all the explosives he was carrying with him towards the burning monstrosity!

[sblock]Thought that if the gnome's actually burning, the explosives will speed up the process and devour the burning body quicker.[/sblock]

OOC: I'm not sure what initiative order we're moving in. Is Ru's move (into, NOT away from) the creature before Calahan throws the boom, or after? Obviously, if he saw what was coming he wouldn't be running at the creature, but staying back instead.

 

[InVinoVeritas]

Like a coiled spring, Ru leaps into action. He pulls out his kama, and slashes at the gnome, in an attempt to push him back. Sparks fly as he interposes himself between his partners and the monster.

Fr. Berman scrambles backwards and heals himself (+3 hp) but Calahan rips off his bandolier, passes it by some nearby flames, and tosses it directly at the monster! A single scrap of paper floats off the bandolier into the fire to be consumed. It reads:

12 Vials of Alchemist's Fire
5 Powder Bombs
1 Hellsfire Gun
4 Hellsfire Charges

To be issued to the Investigators, Rose Company, under the authority of Gis.

"Even the brightest flame burns out one day, pal..."

"Get back!"

The bandolier flies, landing squarely on the monster as it falls back upon the burning bed...

The gnome lets out a primal yell and begins to glow...

BOOM​

Ru tosses himself backwards through the main door of the bedchamber, barely avoiding certain destruction as the entire room goes ablaze (-12 hp).

Calahan is wrenched and seared, partly from Ru tumbling past and partly from fire barreling through the door (-12 hp).

Fr. Berman winces in pain as the flames also catch him through the doorway (-12 hp).

Torhan and Darian watch as the fireball issues forth out of the room and towards them on the balcony! Darian leaps off the balcony, grabbing the ledge and avoiding the blast (no HP lost) while Torhan braces for impact (-8 hp).

As a small comfort, Torhan's mind clears with the blast.

The bedchamber is now completely engulfed in flames, and a sickly-sweet pink smoke pours out of the doorways.

OOC: Enjoy your speed, Ru... You barely missed 29 points of damage!


Torhan 24/40
Fr. Berman 5/30
Calahan 8/23
Darian 14/20
Ru 12/30

 

[jkason]

Ru Brike, barbaric human monk

"Run in to back you up and get a manure-pile full of explosion for my trouble? Next time, Calahan, I'm leaving your crazy butt to blow yourself up," Ru yells as he rolls on the ground to douse the flames he barely avoided being consumed by. Even as he extinguishes the last of the flames on him, he tries to peer through the fire and smoke, praying his crazy coworker managed to finish off their seemingly-immortal foe.

 

[Rhun]

"By all that is holy!" bellows Torhan, shaking off the effects of the fiery blast. Staggering a bit at first, but then more steady on his feet, Torhan moves back into the room, hoping to find their foe burned to cinders...