Round Three
(this was preceded by round two)
Ember breathes deeply, pulls another arrow, nocks, draws, and looses at the next hungry dead in line.
The arrow sinks into the monster's shoulder.
Hungry 2 takes 6 piercing damage!
"Thanks," Myrtha grunts to
Arya, then says
"Excuse me, Miss Heatherton," to
Ember as she steps closer to the rogue for a glimpse around the corner. Then, with a warning to
Aanbo -
"Head's up, monk!" - she throws her handaxe at the monster attacking the dwarf.
Hungry 2 takes 7 slashing damage and the handaxe lodges in its chest!
The hungry undead monster with the handaxe and two arrows sticking out of it -
Hungry 2 - attacks
Aanbo with raking claws again! It telegraphs its movements far too much, however, and the monk easily avoids taking damage.
Hungry 3 remains focused on the living in the feeding chamber and crowds behind
Hungry 2, eager for its chance to taste fresh blood. It cannot reach
Aanbo past its companion, though, and the monk is blocking its access to the rest of the prey.
But
Hungry 4 turns and hisses at the source of the searing pain it felt moments ago:
Lyrel! It lunges forward to attack her, but she manages to avoid the clumsy strikes.
Sword in hand,
Aanbo runs through the basic sword katas,
block one, punch, block two, kick, block three, slice, block four, stab. Each move counters a tearing claw from the undead monster, the counter-blows landing but not fazing the undead until finally the blade cuts a little deeper.
Hungry 2 takes 3 piercing damage!
Morton's eyes begin to glow red with hellfire as he maintains the connection with his patron, but it is effective: the warlock's next blast explodes the head of the wounded undead monster.
Hungry 2 takes 7 force damage and dies headless, flopping to the floor.
Lyrel, face to face with a ravenous undead creature that is close enough for her to smell the blood of some recently-killed creature on its breath, keeps her thumbs together, concentrating on the precise movements and syllables to summon flame again. Long, long years of study pay off: the universe bends to her will once more, and fire erupts from the air to engulf both of the remaining undead monsters! Not only that, whereas before her form was a little shaky,
Lyrel performs the spell flawlessly this time, generating much more of an effect!
Hungry 3 takes 16 fire damage!
Hungry 4 takes 16 fire damage!
The bright flash of flame recedes, leaving the two undead seared and smoking. Manifesting the spectre of his past misdeeds,
Theran creates another disembodied floating hand, which he sends to grab
Hungry 3 before it can clamber of the headless body of its companion to attack
Aanbo. The hand grabs it by the face and the undead monster twitches violently, then silently collapses.
Hungry 3 takes 7 necrotic damage and dies!
One undead remains, though no one in the main party can see it. Because the undead do not breathe, all they hear is a soft rasp as someone else they can't see (
Lyrel) draws her sword.
Chase pulls another arrow and nocks it, ready to make another enemy sprout feathers the moment one appears.
Her almond eyes narrowed and perfect teeth gritted,
Arya has been trembling as revulsion and loathing warred for dominance within her since the undead first appeared. Now her hatred for the abomination that is unlife wins out, and she grips her warhammer in one tanned fist and advances gracefully down the tunnel, prepared to deliver a finishing blow to any corpse that still shows signs of life. The first two are unmistakably dead, but as she rounds the bend,
Arya gasps to see a strange elf -
Lyrel - being grabbled by another unclean monster.
Arya smashes at the
undead thing with her warhammer, and then tries to hit it again.
Hungry 4 takes 13 bludgeoning damage!
23 - Ember (9/9)
17 - Myrtha (17/18)
17 - Hungry 1, Hungry 2, Hungry 3, Hungry 4 (-31)
16 - Aanbo (27/27)
16 - Morton (9/9)
15 - Lyrel (9/9)
13 - Theran (18/18)
10 - Chase (14/14)
6 - Arya (10/10)
