Round Two
(this is preceded by round one, followed by round three)
Amnestria rushes to the northern window, throws open the shutters, and can just see the
zombie standing at the corner of the house over
Dell, where the rogue fell after
Dashing around the building to taunt the
zombies. She whips out her wand and casts the familiar spell, sending a gout of flame down at the undead thing.
Zombie 1 takes 10 fire damage!
Fern and
Sora relax slightly, now that
Zombie 2 has been defeated.
Berthold hands his empty crossbow to
Sora, takes up his shield, runs to the back door, throws it open, and runs outside, drawing his sword in the darkness as he shouts over his shoulder:
"Guilbert! Bolt the door behind me!" Suddenly
Light blossoms in the back, as his glowing blade is revealed. He starts jogging around the house, and rounds the northeast corner. From there he can see
Dell collapsed at the opposite corner of the house, about 10 paces (25') away.
In the process of tidying Berthold's armor,
Guilbert drops what he's doing and hurries to the back door, closing it and picking up the heavy bar to lay across it.
Reynald and
Olyena pick up
Antonius' body again and carry the death cleric into the bedroom, leaving the injured monk alone with the
groomsman, the
stranger, and the two
bandits.
Morton looks at
Sora and reminds her:
"I saved his life, you know." Fern looks at the open door, clearly thinking of making a run for it again. Would the damned elf stop her again?
Ene looks at
Sora and
Morton, trying to determine which of them is the greater threat.
"He's still in danger," Sora replies to
Morton,
"As are we all, while the dead still walk. I'll not rest easy tonight." She considers the empty crossbow in her hands. She looks about for bolts for the weapon.
"Better in here than out there," Morton sighs.
"My...lady and I were almost killed traveling the Dim Forest yesternight." Wearily he rights a chair and sits down with an exhausted groan.
"I hope your friends fare better than we did. Truly." He gets a haunted, faraway look on his face, and speaks softly, more to himself than to
Sora, the
bandits, or
Guilbert.
"...I tried so hard to keep her alive, but we kept running into undead, in the forest, and then even in that damned Temple. I...I couldn't save her..." He shakes himself, and looks at
Sora again.
"I'm sure your friends will be fine."
Unbeknownst to those in the kitchen,
Dell is writhing on his back, dying several paces away outside.
Dell fails his death save.
Once started,
Morton can't seem to stop talking, he's so relieved to be in light and warmth again after hours of terrified crashing through the woods.
"They'll be fine. We just killed that one at the door, and your friends will keep their distance and hit the other one with missiles until...it's...dead..." He trails off, seeing the crossbow in the monk's hands and belatedly realizing that neither of the men who ran out into the darkness had ranged weapons.
"Uh...ah...They've already led it away. It'll be fine."
Just then, upstairs,
Kazzak looses another crossbow bolt into
Zombie 1.
Zombie 1 takes 8 piercing damage!
Kazzak yells
"Up here! Start climbing!".
Hearing the yell downstairs,
Morton nods.
"See? They're fine. They'll climb up, the zombie won't reach us, and we won't even have to unbar the doors." He looks gratefully at
Guilbert.
"I'm certainly glad to have those doors closed between us and the horrors of the night."
Ene looks sourly at the closed and barred back door; she clearly doesn't agree. She hesitated, and now she's missed her chance to escape.
Fern also realizes that they missed their chance. Trying to salvage the situation, she looks at
Sora bashfully, and says a little awkwardly,
"I...I'm glad you're alive. You...treated us fairly." Angry
Ene glowers at the other bandit.
Zombie 1, with no way of getting to the people in the windows above it and seeing the
Light of
Berthold's sword, staggers toward the knight,
Dashing to reach him.
Amnestria (9/9) and Grallaria (1/1) upstairs
Antonius (0/10) Stable downstairs
Berthold (1/11) downstairs
Dell (0/9) outside, dying one failed death save
Bandit Ene downstairs
Bandit Fern downstairs
Kazzak (12/12) upstairs
Morton (1/15, 5 temp HP) downstairs
Guilbert (4/4) downstairs
Olyena (4/4) downstairs
Reynald (4/4) downstairs
Sora (1/12) downstairs
Zombie 1 (-25)
Zombie 2 Dead
