MAGICDouble Lightning Imp #5
Its clobbering time, maybe golf.
Use that Magic Book: Light on Imp #4.
Slash imp #3!
Attempt to control Malleus.
Stab Malleus!
Retaliate against Claire with a pitchfork!
Shoot a wind blade at Pierre.
Divebomb Zathyran!
SCIENCESmack the last zombie with my mace!
Just shoot the damned thing.
Turn attention to last zombie, unravel whip from around hand, rush at zombie, grab it with a one handed choke and wrap whip around it, then kick it to the ground and let allies attack it. Activate Enhanced damage as well
Try to knock Frenz into the fireplace. For lulz apparently, since it's not even lit.
The remaining five imps spread out, and the battle was on! The second to appear attacked first, diving at Malleus... (7+3 vs 2+7; 8+1 Critical Success, Wax Doll) ...and somehow it slipped past his defenses, stabbing him savagely in the throat! it should have been a devastating blow but when the pitchfork was withdrawn there was no wound, thanks to the demonic artifact the paladin carried around. Malleus was quick to retaliate, swinging his warhammer at the offending imp! (8+2 vs 7; 1+3 Minor Failure) But it quickly flung itself back with a flap of its wings, and his hammer glanced off without dealing any damage.
Claire was also on the attack, and leaped into the air to slash Imp 3! (2 vs 5) The imp swooped away from her slash. As she landed, Zathyran shot a powerful bolt of lightning past her at Imp 5! (-4 MP. 4+2 vs 1; 3+2 Minor Success, 1d10+50%Weakness to Magic + 1d10+50% WtM; 6+15=21 damage. 8+2 vs 7; 5+2 Major Success, 2d10+50%WtM + 1d10+50%WtM; 15+9=24 damage. 45 total and kill) The imp was thrown back against the wall by the spell and fell in a smoking heap. Pierre, observing that, went for his own spell! (-2 MP. 5 vs 4; Major Success, 2d8; 13 damage) He was not as skilled a magician as Zathyran, but his attack greatly damaged the imp nonetheless, the force of the light beam knocking it to the ground.
The imps were made and ready to retaliate, though. Regaining its feet and then flight, Imp 4 pumped its wings once, producing a large blade of wind that was then launched at the witch! (3+3 vs 5; 4+1 Minor Success, 1d4; 3 damage) Pierre rolled aside, but the blade still nicked his exposed arm and opened up a shallow cut. He took care to keep it away from his witch dress; the last thing he needed was to get blood all over it! (8+3 vs 5+2; 1+1 Major Failure) As Claire landed, she rolled, and the imp's return strike with its pitchfork missed her entirely. (5+3 vs 7-2) The last imp, seeing its opportunity, landed on Malleus's back and stuck its pitchfork between his shoulders! (Malleus is now Controlled! While controlled, Malleus makes actions as normal, but a d6 is rolled with these results: 1. Malleus does nothing. 2: Malleus attempts a movement-based attack on an ally. 3: Malleus attempts a damaging attack on an ally. 4. Malleus attacks an enemy target other than the one he wanted. 5. Malleus acts as normal. 6. Malleus breaks free instantly. Other than instantly breaking free, Malleus or someone else can attempt to rip the imp off, which requires beating it in a movement roll. Attacking the imp has a 50% chance of hitting Malleus instead.)
In the Tower of Science, Greenmoore was rushing the remaining zombie with his mace! (5 vs 3+1; Massive Success, 2d6x2; 22 and kill. Greenmoore gains 1x heart) Swinging it sidearm, he caught the zombie in the jaw just as it turned to grab Frenz and very audibly both snapped its neck and broke its jaw completely off with the force of his strike. Frenz swept its legs out from under it and Biernat drew his gun and put a bullet in its head as it hit the ground, just to make sure it would stay down. After a few moments it seemed that this was the case, and Greenmoore led them back to the main room... where there was now an item - a cornucopia, to be exact - on the previously empty work bench. The friar approached it and picked up; a letter fell out of it.
"Desmond
We're watching out for you. This is all we can provide, but please make good use of it.
Owen Slade"
Owen was also one of the brotherhood... but he had died almost twenty years ago. The friar had been there when it happened; Owen had died fighting slavers from the eastern lands to protect a village. A big man in every sense of the word, he had been proud of this cornucopia and had carried it everywhere, joking that it always kept him well fed. It had been lost in the fight, and Greenmoore had always assumed it had been shattered since he had found a piece of it... the piece that surely matched the small notch on the lip of it. After examining it, he put it and the letter into his robes. (Greenmoore gains: Slade's Cornucopia! To use it, Greenmoore expends 1 MP and reaches inside. A d100 is then rolled and the result is what he gets.)
Zathyran Firsankh: 35/35 HP - 35/39 MP
Malleus Raulat: 40/40 HP - 11/15 MP
Pierre Dé Grasse: 40/40 HP - 8/10 MP
Claire Rosara: 35/35 HP - 18/18 MP
Imp 1: 40/40 HP - 10/10 MP
Imp 2: 40/40 HP - 10/10 MP
Imp 3: 40/40 HP - 10/10 MP
Imp 4: 25/40 HP - 10/10 MP
Friar Greenmoore: 20/20 HP - 26/30 MP
Biernat Hara: 30/40 HP - 15/15 MP
Frenz Grende: 45/45 HP - 5/5 MP
Greenmoore's Hearts: 5/5
Pierre's Current Hat: Witch
It was Dwarmin's birthday yesterday, so the cornucopia is his gift from me. ^^^
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Topic: CvRTD: End Of The Line (Read 202319 times)