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Post by Admin on Oct 16, 2013 23:08:42 GMT
Leath's aim is not as true this time, and the stone arcs high into the air, striking the nearby manor, going high over the zombies.
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Teo's spell sizzles a vine-covered arm off another zombie, one near his friend Orgoth.
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Azreal's weapon goes cleanly through the neck of a nearby zombie, cutting its head off as strange black ichor seeps into the ground below. The spell, meanwhile, sends Vizzini tumbling to the ground near the northern exit to the maze, while one of the remaining zombies is also knocked down in front of Aldeus, near the southern side of the garden.
[Total attack roll: 21, 10 damage to mob, and Vizzini knocked prone.]
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Orgoth swings his axe at the zombies closing in on him, but misses. Two of the zombies next to him, however, manage to have more luck than the barbarian with their flailing blows.
[Total attack roll for Orgoth: 8, Orgoth takes 8 damage from zombies flanking him]
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Three zombies remain moving, some missing limbs and other tissues from their bodies. Black bodily fluids taint the fountain in the center of the garden. One is on its back in front of Aldeus, and the other two surround Orgoth. However, movement and rustling can be heard within the maze, as rattling bones draw closer.
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Post by teodoro on Oct 17, 2013 15:40:07 GMT
With the zombies somewhat taken care of, Teo sees Vizzini falling. He quickly throws arcane energy at Vizzini [cast Magic Missile], trying to get him to cease his escaping.
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Post by orgoth on Oct 17, 2013 15:51:35 GMT
As he is hit by the zombies, Orgoth yells at Vizzini in disbelief, "These your guards? HA!"
He then shouts back to the rest of the party, "Go stop coward-nephew. I kill weak guards!"
He wildly swings at the zombie that recently struck him.
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Post by jon on Oct 17, 2013 18:50:25 GMT
Hans loads another round of non-lethal ammunition and fires it at the Vizzini as he rolls around in the grease.
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Post by henwen88 on Oct 17, 2013 23:56:31 GMT
Leath curses to himself as his shot misses and the zombies beat on Orgoth. He hurls the last stone he has at them, hoping for better results.
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Post by aldeus on Oct 18, 2013 0:46:47 GMT
Aldeus' glance fixes upon Vizzini as he falls prone. His blood begins to boil with anger that Vizzini is falling back after what he did to little Dante.
Aldeus focuses back on the zombie lying below him and expends his energy to first eliminate this foe. Vizzini's certain death will have to wait for just a few more moments.
He thrusts his arm forward and attempts to drive his short sword directly into the chest of the zombie below. He is hoping the cracking of bones will temporarily satiate his appetite for revenge. He bellows "Vizzini, you and your kin will not escape fate!"
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Post by Admin on Oct 18, 2013 23:28:13 GMT
Aldeus drives his blade into the prone zombie, finishing it in a single blow. Orgoth's axe takes revenge on the zombie that struck him earlier, splitting its head in twain. The final zombie moves away, only to be struck by an opportunistic blow from Azreal's greatsword. As his last minions fall, the necromancer struggles to recover. Teo's magic missile knocks him down like a kick to the chest, when a figure appears behind him and holds a knife at his throat. Elgeon, having flanked around the center of the maze, has grappled Dante from the rear.
[Combat has ended. All visible foes destroyed.]
"Any tricks, and you die now," Elgeon warns the deranged necromancer, before cupping his hands over his mouth. "Teo, do you still have those manacles?"
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Post by Admin on Oct 20, 2013 0:55:15 GMT
Teo and Hans detect magic on Vizzini's robes and a medallion around his neck. They cannot tell what kind at a distance, but they are likely defensive enchantments of some type.
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As the group cautiously approaches the prisoner, a disheveled man wanders into the hedge maze from the south. His gray hair is fraying and his beard is scraggly, much like the woodcut of Damien Vizzini. He is dressed in a ragged robe with patches matching the symbols of Mars flying above his manor. Not a single guard or undead creature accompanies him, but there is something unnatural about his stance. He holds a strange yellow orb in his hands, which radiates with an unearthly glow.
"Zio Damien," Elgeon hears Dante half-whisper.
The old man pays him no heed. "Lord Mars, give me guidance!" he mutters. "Ia! Ia!"
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Post by jon on Oct 20, 2013 10:52:35 GMT
Hans edges backwards towards the northern exit of the maze. "Damien Vizzini I assume? We have your nephew, so it would be best for both parties if you didn't do anything rash."
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Post by henwen88 on Oct 20, 2013 21:19:41 GMT
Leath scrutinizes the glowing yellow orb in Damien Vizzini's hands, trying to determine its properties, while preparing to attack. [Spellcraft check.]
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Post by Admin on Oct 20, 2013 23:49:26 GMT
As Damien Vizzini walks, he swags and swaggers like a drunk, as if he is under the influence of something else. Leath examines the strange orb in his hands, and realizes it is theurgic instead of thaumaturgical, divine magic instead of arcane. However, he senses the deity is none he has ever heard of before.
[Total Spellcraft roll: 12]
The clash and clanging of steel is heard outside the maze as the guards cry out.
"The militia's marching down the road and the boss vanished!" a sentry shouts.
"Who cares? He ain't worth dying for!" another brigand cries.
"I dooo nottt reeee-quire thossse foolssss," Damien's voice sounds as though something else is speaking through him. "Bring meee the eidolonnn and gnome...yess.... They lookkk...dellllicious."
He swaggers forwards as the orb begins to levitate around his head.
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Post by teodoro on Oct 21, 2013 1:16:49 GMT
Teo mindlessly hands the manacles over to Elgeon with his mouth agape while staring at Damien. "I look...delicious? Dios mio. Who, or what are you?"
Not knowing what else to do, he attempts to sense whatever power Damien is using [Detect Magic].
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Post by orgoth on Oct 21, 2013 1:27:01 GMT
Orgoth feels the party's fear but as usual, he is ready to attack regardless. He says nothing. He simply roars before flying into a rage, pulling out his axe, and charging Damien.
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Post by tengen on Oct 21, 2013 18:26:54 GMT
When the man shambles into the clearing her eyes lock onto the orb, Almost in a daze she recites the words she heard earlier.
"The radius of the Sphere is the same on all planes," her words the monotone of one lost in thought for all to hear. She shakes her head if clearing the notion from her mind.
"Just knock him out already" she says still a little distracted her eyes never really leaving that orb. The threat to her companion snaps her back into a more critical mindset at least giving her the presence of mind to aid Teo in his detection [Detect Magic/knowledge arcana on the orb]
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Post by Admin on Oct 21, 2013 23:37:23 GMT
"Yessss, theee Sphereee radiusss iiss constanttt acrosss alll planesss," Vizzini rambles nonsensically. "Ia! Ia! Feedd the gnommme and eidolon tooo Masterr Yoggg-"
The mad merchant never finishes that sentence, for Orgoth's great axe separates his head from his shoulders.
[Orgoth's attack roll: 20, crit confirmed]
The body stands erect for a long moment or two before falling down. Alicia and Teo detect an overwhelming aura of conjuration on the sphere as it levitates about 5 feet off the ground. A jolt of lightning emerges, and reduces the merchant's body to a pile of ash on the ground. Lightning arcs to the nearby bushes, and a fire begins to spread through the hedge maze.
Elgeon throws the manacles onto Dante Vizzini as a new emotion sweeps his face: complete and utter abject terror. The fear of when he was facing the party is nothing compared to what he is experiencing now.
"Let's run while we still can!" Jiao Wu grabs Vizzini by the hands, and heads for the exit of the hedge maze.
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