Turn 28
Wrath of God, or shall I turn incorporeal? - Aaron asked Reynald.
I believe there may be a mausoleum on the keep's grounds where they are being raised. We need to seal it off or purge them from it if we want to maintain the keep as a safe harbor. I will save the wrath for it, and fight them toe-to-toe. - inquisitor said, raising his longsword.
Well enough. - wanderer replied, preparing himself.
Eigth!? Phefrf! Prepare for combat! - shouted surprised demonologist.
[3] Then the mob finally appeared - an undead knight leading five soldiers, with two undead crossbowmen securing their back.
[Reynald: 5, Undead Knight: 1] Inquisitor moved against the most dangerous of them - the undead knight. He baited it's forward stab with starting a sideways slash then parried it, and striked the undead at head three times with great force!
[Undead crossbowman: 4, Aaron: 6] Wanderer hastily assumed spirit form and got instantly shot by undead crossbowman. The bolt hit his energetical body, spraying some of his essence all around. Their crossbows must bear some kind of enchantment!
[Aaron: 3, Undead crossbowman: 1] Dark spirit instantly flied past other undead to get his revenge, slashing the crossbowman in half!
[Dennis: 4 -1, Undead soldier: 5, Undead soldier: 3] Following Reynald and Aaron, Dennis charged at corpses with a frantic flurry, making two wild swings followed by quick stabs. First undead soldier dodged out while second blocked duke's attacks with shield and before he recovered bashed his hand with a mace!
[Pguhyuh: 6, Jeremiah: 4] Demonologist took the tome he recently received and tried to read out a spell. Being unable to understand the book, he casted a completely random spell, sending a spike made of arcane energy in random direction. It flied right at Jeremiah, but he dodged it in the last second!
[4] Lysander took his time resting while others were fighting.
[5] Then, he focused on his weapon, calling upon arcane magic within it and turning it into a scythe!
[3 +1] Jeremiah set out a prayer of divine protection, praying for Dennis to get out of the encounter unscathed.
[2] Lyirah wanted to help, but fear overcame her and she hidden behind exorcist.
[Undead knight: 5, Reynald: 4] With it's last bits of strenght, the undead knight attacked inquisitor with a wide sweeping attack. Reynald dodged it however, but couldn't predict a punch that followed up previous attack and got hit in face.
[Undead soldier: 4, Dennis: 1 +2] The corpse that previously dodged his attack now counter-attacked duke who was just barely able block it, but force of the attack knocked him off his feet!
[Undead soldier: 1, Dennis: 6] Another undead from the mob charged at Dennis lying on the ground, but in last moment he raised his pitchfork and impaled it! The cadaver was still un-alive and desperately tried to kill the duke despite being stuck.
[Undead soldier: 3, Aaron: 4] One of undeads attempted to attack wanderer, but he was intangible and it's sword simply got through. Aaron repayed it by stabbing his greatsword through it's chest, then raising the undead and smacking it against a nearby wall.
[Undead soldier: 6, Reynald: 3] Club weilding undead soldier leaped forward at inquisitor. Reynald tried to stop it by extending his longsword, undead stabbing itself right through it, but still managing to strike him in the head with a club.
[Undead crossbowman: 1, Dennis: 1 +2] The other crossbowman tried to shot Dennis dead while he was an easy target, but only shot the corpse that was impaled on his pitchfork, weakening it significantly.
[Undead soldier: 4, Lysander: 2] An undead with a hatchet ran between other soldiers and their adversaries and charged at Lysander. Scythe being quite unweildy weapon, he couldn't defent himself well and corpse hacked him at chest!
[6] Alexander stopped the tea party, much to dissatisfaction of the horned demon. Hower, he became so flirty, touchy and nicey that demon blushed and started talking in gibberish common:
Ye hooman be nice an touchy, get yi leg garb off! - lustful demon demanded -
Cum to papa! - the demon said, it's cock growing what would seem half a meter long!
[Vivian: 2, Undead soldier: 4]
Still one? I guess there is nothing for it, if I wait things will get worse. - Vivian thought, preparing a cloth wrapper of explosive dust. She quickly opened wardrobe's doors and thrown the wrapped at undead's head, but it crouched just in time for it to miss, then charged at her with it's blade, stabbing through her arm!
Undead Knight: -70HP [10/80]
Undead crossbowman: Dead
Undead soldier: Dead
Undead soldier: -50HP [10/60]
Undead soldier: 4x [60/60] (counting the one attacking Vivian)
Horned Demon: Turned on
Dennis: -30 HP (25 bash, 5 fall), Divine protection - +2 to defense rolls (3 turns)
Aaron: -20 HP, killed 2 undead
Jeremiah: Divine protection on Dennis
Reynald: -10 HP
Lysander: -30 HP, Warshape now turns cleaver into any weapon, damage bonus stays the same
Vivian: -15 HP
OOC
Things start to look a little grim...
Divine protection gives +2 to defense tolls for number of turns equaling rolls and can't be used till it wears off.