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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mikeawmids1" data-source="post: 9779440" data-attributes="member: 7030604">WOLFENSTRAHDSession 2The monsters' first night in Barovia passes uneventfully, but no-one gets much sleep - least of all the injured diabolist Dhrall Blood-Drinker, who moans fitfully on Ireena's couch. The stump of his severed arm hurts like a sonovabitch. Peeking through the curtains onto the street, Vex sees the Germans are going door-to-door in search of suspicious newcomers linked to the train attack. The soldiers bang on Ireena's door, but the monsters stay quiet and out of sight until the squad moves on to the next house.Cassius slips out to find Doctor Donnavich, the town sawbones. He convinces the good doctor to accompany him to Ireena's house to treat Dhrall. While the doc is initially shocked by Taskforce M's monstrous countenance, Ireena quickly vouches for their good intentions. Donnavich needs medcine to ease Dhrall's suffering, but the Nazis confiscated his stock of antibiotics. He suggests ambushing a German convoy along the road between Barovia Village and Vallaki to steal back the medical supplies.Vex casts Disguise to alter his horrifying skeletal visage to something more agreeable to Aryan sensibilities; blonde hair, blue eyes and a jawline chiseled from granite, then heads to the tavern to rendezous with Vatican agent Doru. The informant is not present, and a quick chat with the bartender reveals Doru got himself 'disappeared' by the Nazis. The barman does not know where Doru was taken, or even if the man is still alive.Denied the "additional intel" their contact was to provide, Taskforce M ponder their next move. They decide to raid a German convoy for medical supplies as Doc Donnavich recommended (doctor's orders being the closest thing they have to actual orders at present). The road out of Barovia passes through a wood, before climbing into the mountains, where military checkpoints bookend the bridge over Tser Falls. Guy Hades uproots a tree with his bare hands and blocks the road.Several hours pass before the monsters hear the rumble of the approaching convoy; the truck bearing medical supplies and a single escort car. The vehicles stop before the obstruction. The soldiers eye the trees warily, expecting trouble. Cassius calls upon his dark bretheren, summoning a swarm of vampire bats to feed upon their Nazi blood. Guy targets the escort vehicle with his laser weapon and blows it up. Multiple soldiers die in the blast (as do most of Cassius' bats). The panicked driver throws the truck into reverse, overshoots the bend and rolls over among the trees. Cassius punches through the cracked windscreen, drags the driver out and bites down on his jugular. The monsters ransack the overturned truck and find the promised medical supplies, plus a sword for Cassius and two crates of weapons and ammo the monsters plan on gifting to the resistance.Doc Donnavich uses the medcine to stabilize Dhrall. Ireena thinks her brother Ismark is in Vallaki working with the resistance cell there to depose Baron Vargas. Taskforce M want to hook up with the resistance and recruit fighters for the inevitable assault on Castle Ravenloft. Vex and Cassius enjoy a leisurely drive along the picturesque mountain road to Vallaki, trusting their forged travel documents to get them passed any German checkpoints.Guy Hades is left to lug the two crates of stolen munitions cross-country. The crates are heavy as F, and Guy abandons one in the foothills. He successfully carries the other crate over the mountains, then stops for a well deserved rest in a conspicuous cave mouth. Momma Bear doesn't take kindly to the intrusion and attacks! Guy swings at the charging beast, but somehow the bear deflects his blow!BEAR "I know kung-fu."GUY "Show me."They fight! Guy's coat is torn to shreds, but he gets the bear into a headlock and manages to choke it out. Exhausted, Guy collapses beside the unconcious bear and sleeps like a demon baby.Reunited outside Vallaki, Taskforce M infiltrate the town via the sewer system. Vex scouts ahead and hears about a religious ceremony being held near the Baron's manse. He follows the crowd and watches a half-dozen sacrifices being herded into a huge wicker sphere. Red robed cultists begin dousing the sphere with flammable oil, as Baron Vargas lights a torch and rants about the purifying fire of the blazing sun.Vex decides to hang back and see how this plays out....A shot rings out from a rooftop overlooking the scene, covering fire for the plucky band of resistance fighters heading for the stage. Ismark Kolyanovich leads the charge! Baron Vargas retreats into his mansion - pausing only to toss the torch into the pool of oil around the wicker sphere! WHOOSH - flames consume the shrieking prisoners!Taskforce M rush to aid the outnumbered resistance fighters (well, Cassius and Guy rush, Vex kinda' saunters). The skeleton detective explodes a food vendor's cart with Blast, killing the guards using it as cover. Cassius summons a swarm of rats from the sewer, flooding from the drains in a torrent of gnashing teeth. Guy's laser weapon lances out and kills more men. Ismark pushes forward toward the blazing sphere, but the intense heat forces him back. Cassius unsheaths his new sword and slashes at the wicker ball. It pops open like a goddamn Kinder Surprise, the surviving prisoners staggering clear of the flames."I dont know who - or what - you are, strangers," says Ismark, "But you have my thanks! We aren't safe here. Follow me to our safehouse and we can discuss how to rid Vallaki of those fire-worshipping zealots once and for all."TBC</blockquote>

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