Scary monsters (and super creeps)

[Sierra]

<El-Cideon> Night passes uneventfully (well, apart from some noise in the bathroom) and everyone rises to a dreary morning: the sky is overcast, foreboding, looking like it could break into rain at any moment.
<El-Cideon> It's humid and oppressive outside, and the last wisps of a lingering fog drift about as you head out to pick up Paula. You find her at the church, sweeping up the place, light candles and so on.
<El-Cideon> *lighting
<Erin> "Paula, we need to talk," says Erin, wandering inside the church under her normal guise. "We've discovered what manner of being Nicolas is- that is, a vampire- so we've changed our plans a little."
<El-Cideon> "A what? ...Well, I suppose that shouldn't surprise me of all people. I knew he was a parasite in deed, it's no shock to learn he's one in fact as well. No one else is here right now, so you can speak plainly. What do you have in mind?"
<Yomi> "To have you take my place as we demand to be compensated for our services," Yomi picks up the explanation here.
<Erin> "A creature like that needs to be put down as quickly as possible," replies Erin, with her hands on her hips. "Thankfully, the powers of a vampire are not so hard to determine, unlike those of a demon. They need not be feared during the daylit hours. We've resolved to act today, and, well..."
<El-Cideon> Paula looks at Yomi and toys with a long strand of her own very pale, very blonde hair. "That will take some effort, won't it?"
<Yomi> "So one would think. That's why we doubt anyone would realize the deception before it's too late. And since I've remained mostly silent and in the background, as long as you do the same it shouldn't be caught before we're ready to act."
<Erin> "I can provide a method, if you would consent to having a tattoo placed on your arm," replies Erin, tapping her bag.
<Nadia_Chekova> "Does the tattoo go away after the magic is used or does it stay forever?" Nadia asks, somewhat curious herself about this since there may be a time when she'd need the help of Erin's magic.
<El-Cideon> "I don't care for such marks, but it's a minor sacrifice to rid the city of this filth."
<Erin> "Oh, the ink fades away. But I could give you a real one someday, if you like. I've heard they're quite fetching in the right places."
<Nadia_Chekova> "If you're a sailor, maybe," Nadia gives the concept a haughty dismissal.
<El-Cideon> "Perhaps, perhaps not. I would have to live with it for a very long time." She smiles wryly. "Well, unless things go very poorly today. Do what you must." Paula sits and offers an arm for you to work on.
<Erin> Erin produces a fearsome array of needles and inks, and soon gets to work inscribing a transformation on the spirit's arm!
<El-Cideon> And soon enough, it's done. "And this will make me look like her? how long does it last?"
* Yomi doesn't have an opinion on permanent tattoos either way, though she does pause briefly as Erin works and takes out her communication orb, fiddling with it.
<Erin> "About twenty minutes, which will have to be sufficient," replies Erin, putting away her tools. The tattoo itself appears as a set of indecipherable heiroglyphics.
<El-Cideon> "I hope so," Paula says, examining the mark. "I hope you're all ready for this. Nicolas surrounds himself with a heavy compliment of security at all times."
* Yomi shrugs. "We're as prepared as we could be. It does seem like our best chance to stop him."
<El-Cideon> Paula nods. "I've been ready for a long time. If there's nothing else you need to do, then let's go put an end to him."
* Nadia_Chekova nods resolutely and slips into the lower toned masculine voice that more aptly suits her current disguise, "Let us show him that Doctor Ivo is not one to be trifled with, ja?"
<Erin> "His wrath is both terrible and righteous," declares Erin, moving to head into the cold.
<El-Cideon> A brief walk through the slums sees you in the center of Nicolas's territory. A pause in an alley to activate Paula's disguise and then you're walking down the street to Nicolas's house itself. The pair of goons loitering out front recognize you all; they look surprised to see you again, but wave you inside nonetheless. (more)
<El-Cideon> The brief greetings exchanged here give Yomi a chance to slip into the nearby alley unnoticed; at the head of the alleyway, she's about twenty feet from the men at the front door. (more)
<El-Cideon> As usual, there are four men hanging around in the front room, looking imposing. After some minor browbeating, they acquiesce and send you further in (thinking on their own is apparently not something the management encourages), again take what weapons you have and open the far door. (more)
<El-Cideon> You pass through a short hallway with four closed doors before arriving again in the audience chamber. Roza is here, in front of the mirror, flanked by two men with pistols. She looks irritated. "What is it that you want this time? Our business was not to be concluded until tomorrow night."
<Erin> "Urgent business has called us at once back to the Fatherland. We've no longer time to dally about in this godforsaken city, least of all with such danger on the streets!" states Ivo, staring wildly at Roza. "So we've come for the Aurora now."
<El-Cideon> "There *is* no danger on the streets as long as you remain in Nicolas's good graces--and you won't be any longer if you continue to make demands. Go back to your hotel and wait, or you will receive nothing at all."
<Nadia_Chekova> "Did you not hear the good Doctor?" Nadia asks, glaring at Roza. "We have other business to attend to. We have done as you asked to solve whatever petty squabbles you have with other denizens of this city, but we will not be delayed further. Honour your end of the bargain!"
<El-Cideon> Roza draws her gun. The men next to her follow suit. "You will walk out now, or you will leave on a stretcher. Your choice."
<Erin> "You see, my good lady, the blindness of your group to the danger on your own streets is first-rate," responds Ivo, irritably. "Put away your guns, unless you truly wish to know futility. If I cannot reason with you, I will do so with Nicolas myself." He furrows his brow. "In person, this time!"
<El-Cideon> "Nicolas is not currently receiving visitors." Roza presses a button in the scrollwork surrounding the mirror. You can hear several doors open in the hallway behind you. "Especially not you."
<Nadia_Chekova> "Then we will just have to see him!" Nadia declares, surging forward and batting the gun from Roza's hand!
<El-Cideon> OOC: roll init, yes
<Nadia_Chekova> roll 1d20+7
* Hatbot --> "Nadia_Chekova rolls 1d20+7 and gets 22."12 [1d20=15]
<Erin> roll 1d20+7
* Hatbot --> "Erin rolls 1d20+7 and gets 16."12 [1d20=9]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+7 Roza
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+7 Roza and gets 23."12 [1d20=16]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+2 pistol goons
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+2 pistol goons and gets 20."12 [1d20=18]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20 Rena
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20 Rena and gets 14."12 [1d20=14]
<Yomi> roll 1d20+1
* Hatbot --> "Yomi rolls 1d20+1 and gets 10."12 [1d20=9]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+3 Paula
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+3 Paula and gets 23."12 [1d20=20]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+2 goons out front
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+2 goons out front and gets 4."12 [1d20=2]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+2 ???
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+2 ??? and gets 21."12 [1d20=19]
* Retrieving #HometownHeroes modes...
* El-Cideon changes topic to '6Yomi: 53/53, Nadia: 48/48, Erin: 47/47, Rena: 53/53 Roza = Paula (23) > Nadia (22) > ??? (21) > Roza's goons x2 (20) > Erin (16) > Rena (14) > Yomi (10) > Door goons x2 (4)'
* El-Cideon changes topic to '6Yomi: 53/53, Nadia: 48/48, Erin: 47/47, Rena: 53/53 Roza = Paula (23) > Nadia (22) > ??? (21) > Roza's goons x2 (20) > Erin (16, MA, 40 PfB) > Rena (14) > Yomi (10) > Door goons x2 (4)'
* El-Cideon changes topic to '6Yomi: 53/53, Nadia: 48/48, Erin: 47/47, Rena: 53/53 Roza = Paula (23) > Nadia (22, MA) > ??? (21) > Roza's goons x2 (20) > Erin (16, MA, 40 PfB) > Rena (14) > Yomi (10, PfB 40) > Door goons x2 (4)'
<El-Cideon> "I warned you!" Roza cries as she opens fire on "Ivo." "This is what happens to those who don't know their place!"
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+11-4
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+11-4 and gets 27."12 [1d20=20]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+11-4
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+11-4 and gets 23."12 [1d20=16]
<El-Cideon> roll 5d6+1 (double tap adds a d6)
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 5d6+1 (double tap adds a d6) and gets 22."12 [5d6=3, 4, 6, 5, 3]
* El-Cideon changes topic to '6Yomi: 53/53, Nadia: 48/48, Erin: 35/47, Rena: 53/53 Roza = Paula (23) > Nadia (22, MA) > ??? (21) > Roza's goons x2 (20) > Erin (16, MA, 30 PfB) > Rena (14) > Yomi (10, PfB 40) > Door goons x2 (4)'
<El-Cideon> Roza fires off two bullets that pierce through Erin's magical protection and tear bloody chunks out of her arm! At the same time, Paula rushes forward, scythe suddenly in hand, swinging at the woman!
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+12
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+12 and gets 14."12 [1d20=2]
<El-Cideon> But Paula swings wide in her haste! OOC: Nadia
<Nadia_Chekova> With Roza's gun still smoking from its discharge, Nadia grabs the Polish gangster moll's wrist and gives it a sharp twist, her other hand attempting to snatch the gun from Roza's hopefully broken grip!
<Nadia_Chekova> OOC: if she has improved unarmed strike she can AoO me, otherwise...
<El-Cideon> OOC: Nooope.
<Nadia_Chekova> roll 1d20+9 to disarm, AC would be 9 + her dex I think
* Hatbot --> "Nadia_Chekova rolls 1d20+9 to disarm, AC would be 9 + her dex I think and gets 19."12 [1d20=10]
<El-Cideon> OOC: dex, class mod, size mod +5 when attacking an object. the first two are faily badass in her case, so whiff
<El-Cideon> But Roza squirms away from Nadia's greedy paws! The door to the audience room opens suddenly--four men with Tommy guns are inside, jostling to shove their way into the audience room. Only one can get through the door in this short moment, though, and he immediately opens fire on the nearest target--
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+9, autofiring at Erin
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+9, autofiring at Erin and gets Error: Numeric values only."12 [1d20=19]
<El-Cideon> OOC: malformed or no, that gets through. Ref save vs. 15, Erin?
<Erin> roll 1d20+5
* Hatbot --> "Erin rolls 1d20+5 and gets 13."12 [1d20=8]
<Erin> roll 1d6+2 ACTION
* Hatbot --> "Erin rolls 1d6+2 ACTION and gets 4."12 [1d6=2]
<El-Cideon> Erin ducks the spray of bullets just in time! Meanwhile, Paula's bodyguards back up and both open fire on Paula!
<El-Cideon> roll 2#1d20+9
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 2#1d20+9 and gets 35."12 [2#1d20+9 = 25, 10]
<El-Cideon> *Roza's goons, yes. blah.
<El-Cideon> roll 2d6+1
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 2d6+1 and gets 7."12 [2d6=4, 2]
<El-Cideon> A bullet lodges itself in Paul's thigh; she might not technically be human, but she still bleeds red! OOC: Erin
<El-Cideon> *Paula's
<Erin> Erin lunges for her pocket, and flings a ball of sticky webbing at the group of machinegun-toting men, aiming to rpevent any further reinforcements!
<Erin> OOC: Reflex... 15 or.. stuck... man they're not getting through though, total cover to us!
<El-Cideon> roll 4#1d20+3
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 4#1d20+3 and gets 54."12 [4#1d20+3 = 23, 12, 15, 4]
<El-Cideon> The man just inside the audience chamber ducks the sticky strands, but those in the hallway find themselves entangled or stuck in an impossible situation!
* El-Cideon changes topic to '6Yomi: 53/53, Nadia: 48/48, Erin: 35/47, Rena: 53/53 Roza = Paula (23) > Nadia (22, MA) > Tommygunners (21, 2 entangled) > Roza's goons x2 (20) > Erin (16, MA, 30 PfB) > Rena (14) > Yomi (10, PfB 40) > Door goons x2 (4)'
<El-Cideon> Rena turns for the man with the machine gun, trying to grab it from his hands! Clearly she's learned more than one thing from Nadia!
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+8+1d6 action point, sure
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+8+1d6 action point, sure and gets 24."12 [1d20=12][1d6=4]
* El-Cideon changes topic to '6Yomi: 53/53, Nadia: 48/48, Erin: 35/47, Rena: 53/53 Roza = Paula (23) > Nadia (22, MA) > Tommygunners (21, 1 disarmed, 2 entangled) > Roza's goons x2 (20) > Erin (16, MA, 30 PfB) > Rena (14) > Yomi (10, PfB 40) > Door goons x2 (4)'
<El-Cideon> OOC: yomi
<Yomi> Letting the communications orb drop back into her pocket, Yomi rushes out of cover to mount an assault on the front door! Upon approach, she triggers the latch holding her sword sheathed and releases the blade towards the gun held by one of the guards!
<Yomi> roll 1d20+18 not a charge~
* Hatbot --> "Yomi rolls 1d20+18 not a charge~ and gets 25."12 [1d20=7]
<El-Cideon> OOC: hits, they're not much for AC
<Yomi> Leaping up, she tugs on the chain keeping her sword attached to the sheath, and twirls it a few times before redirecting her blessed sword towards the other man's gun, seeking to take both out!
<Yomi> roll 1d20+18 surge!
* Hatbot --> "Yomi rolls 1d20+18 surge! and gets 19."12 [1d20=1]
<Yomi> She lands in their midst afterwards, sword in hand, and menacingly hisses, "Flee!"
<El-Cideon> OOC: still hits, flatfooted and all
<Yomi> roll 2d6+10 damage?
* Hatbot --> "Yomi rolls 2d6+10 damage? and gets 12."12 [2d6=1, 1]
<Yomi> roll 2d6+10 damage x2
* Hatbot --> "Yomi rolls 2d6+10 damage x2 and gets 20."12 [2d6=5, 5]
<El-Cideon> One of the men's weapons shatters in his hand, while the other yanks the gun away just in time, edging back a few feet and opening fire on Yomi!
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+9
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+9 and gets 13."12 [1d20=4]
<Yomi> OOC: AC17!
<Yomi> "So you choose death," Yomi declares, pointing her glowing blade at the man as his shot goes wild.
<El-Cideon> The shot goes wide in his panic, though. Inside, Roza turns from her attacks and tries to somersault away, heading for the door through the partition!
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+10+1d6 tumble to avoid AoOs, AP spam continues
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+10+1d6 tumble to avoid AoOs, AP spam continues and gets 16."12 [1d20=5][1d6=1]
<El-Cideon> OOC: ahaha, Paula and Nadia can AoO her
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+12 Paula
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+12 Paula and gets 22."12 [1d20=10]
<El-Cideon> roll 2d4+4 damage, fort save incoming
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 2d4+4 damage, fort save incoming and gets 12."12 [2d4=4, 4]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+2 Roza sucks at these
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+2 Roza sucks at these and gets 11."12 [1d20=9]
<Nadia_Chekova> roll 1d20+9
* Hatbot --> "Nadia_Chekova rolls 1d20+9 and gets 18."12 [1d20=9]
<El-Cideon> OOC: whiff
<El-Cideon> OOC: dur, flanking. Connects with +2.
<Nadia_Chekova> roll 1d8+2 didn't think of that
* Hatbot --> "Nadia_Chekova rolls 1d8+2 didn't think of that and gets 8."12 [1d8=6]
* El-Cideon changes topic to '6Yomi: 53/53, Nadia: 48/48, Erin: 35/47, Rena: 53/53 Roza (blinded, 1 round) = Paula (23) > Nadia (22, MA) > Tommygunners (21, 1 disarmed, 2 entangled) > Roza's goons x2 (20) > Erin (16, MA, 30 PfB) > Rena (14) > Yomi (10, PfB 40) > Door goons x2 (4)'
<El-Cideon> Paula's scythe slashes a bloody gash into Roza's side as the woman turns, the glare of light blinding her as she's struck. Nadia fist slams into her face, sending her reeling, but she still just manages to open the door and slip through to the other side! Paula pursues, slashing at the nearby guard as she does so.
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+12
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+12 and gets 26."12 [1d20=14]
<El-Cideon> roll 2d4+4
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 2d4+4 and gets 6."12 [2d4=1, 1]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+4 fort
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+4 fort and gets 18."12 [1d20=14]
<El-Cideon> OOC: Nadia's up. Guard was bloodied but not blinded, Roza's retreating into the building.
* El-Cideon changes topic to '6Yomi: 53/53, Nadia: 48/48, Erin: 35/47, Rena: 53/53 Roza (blinded, 1 round) = Paula (23) > Nadia (22, MA) > Tommygunners (21, 1 disarmed, 2 entangled) > Roza's goons x2 (20) > Erin (16, MA, 30 PfB) > Rena (14) > Yomi (10, PfB 40) > Door goons x2 (1 sundered 4)'
* Nadia_Chekova follows Paula, dashing through and bringing a booted foot up to kick Roza just below the breastbone!
<Nadia_Chekova> roll 1d20+9
* Hatbot --> "Nadia_Chekova rolls 1d20+9 and gets 26."12 [1d20=17]
<El-Cideon> OOC: hit
<Nadia_Chekova> roll 1d8+2
* Hatbot --> "Nadia_Chekova rolls 1d8+2 and gets 9."12 [1d8=7]
<El-Cideon> Roza grunts in pain--you think you can feel bone crack with that one!
<El-Cideon> roll 2#1d20+3 STR check to break web
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 2#1d20+3 STR check to break web and gets 33."12 [2#1d20+3 = 19, 14]
<El-Cideon> One of the men in the hallway manages to tear off the threads surrounding him, though he still has a lot of work ahead if he wants to leave the hallway. The one in the audience room tries to swipe his gun back from Rena!
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+8
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+8 and gets 12."12 [1d20=4]
<El-Cideon> The men in the hallway struggle in vain to break their bonds. The one in the audience room tries to swipe his gun back from Rena!
<El-Cideon> Roza's bodyguards focus their fire on Paula!
<El-Cideon> roll 2#1d20+9
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 2#1d20+9 and gets 56."12 [2#1d20+9 = 27, 29]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+9 what's with the crits, Hatbot
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+9 what's with the crits, Hatbot and gets 13."12 [1d20=4]
<El-Cideon> roll 4d6+2 ow
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 4d6+2 ow and gets 13."12 [4d6=5, 2, 2, 2]
<El-Cideon> More bullets slam into Paula, but this hardly seems to affect her mood at all. "Vermin! You do a monster's bidding and you will fall with him!" OOC: Erin
<Erin> Roza doesn't look like she's going to be going anywhere anytime soon, so Erin turns her attention to the bodyguards before her, casting upon them a slumbering spell with a wave of sand!
<Erin> roll 2d4 max HD!11
* Hatbot --> "Erin rolls 2d4 max HD!11 and gets 3."12 [2d4=1, 2]
<Erin> OOC: DC.. 14... if any of them only have 3 HD fuck it I'm taking an action surge.
<El-Cideon> OOC: they have 5.
<Erin> If one bag of the stuff isn't enough, the only two will suffice!
<Erin> roll 2d4 I'll do it again! Geez.
* Hatbot --> "Erin rolls 2d4 I'll do it again! Geez. and gets 8."12 [2d4=4, 4]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+2 haha
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+2 haha and gets 17."12 [1d20=15]
<El-Cideon> He looks woozy for a moment, but quickly shakes it off! Rena turns to the disarmed machinegunner and tries to club him with his own weapon!
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+8
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+8 and gets 21."12 [1d20=13]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d4+3
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d4+3 and gets 4."12 [1d4=1]
<El-Cideon> OOC: Yomi.
<Yomi> A flick of her sword attempts to ruin the gun she had unluckily missed with her approach!
<Yomi> roll 1d20+18 sunder!
* Hatbot --> "Yomi rolls 1d20+18 sunder! and gets 21."12 [1d20=3]
<El-Cideon> OOC: it's not a 1, so!
<Yomi> roll 2d6+10
* Hatbot --> "Yomi rolls 2d6+10 and gets 19."12 [2d6=5, 4]
<El-Cideon> Yomi's blade slices the pistol clean in two! Unarmed, both of the men bolt in fear!
<Yomi> With a look of pure contempt at the guards, Yomi then kicks the door leading into the building open, seeking to proceed inside while ignoring the fleeing men.
* El-Cideon changes topic to '6Yomi: 53/53, Nadia: 48/48, Erin: 35/47, Rena: 53/53 Roza (blinded, 1 round) = Paula (23) > Nadia (22, MA) > Tommygunners (21, 1 disarmed, 2 entangled) > Roza's goons x2 (20) > Erin (16, MA, 30 PfB) > Rena (14) > Yomi (10, PfB 40) '
<El-Cideon> Yomi sees a tangle of men in the front room, all of them looking aghast as they stare down a hallway filled with sticky green webbing. There's no way for them to get down there--but they can do something about *this* intruder!
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+2 front goons
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+2 front goons and gets 21."12 [1d20=19]
* El-Cideon changes topic to '6Yomi: 53/53, Nadia: 48/48, Erin: 35/47, Rena: 53/53 Roza (blinded, 1 round) = Paula (23) > Nadia (22, MA) > Tommygunners (21, 1 disarmed, 2 entangled) = front goons x4 (21) > Roza's goons x2 (20) > Erin (16, MA, 30 PfB) > Rena (14) > Yomi (10, PfB 40) '
* Yomi beckons them towards her, shifting her stance ever so slightly so that she only shows her profile to the guards in the foyer.
<El-Cideon> Roza makes another attempt to roll away from Nadia, though it's extremely clumsy in her blinded state! In the audience room, Paula continues hacking at the guard in the corner.
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+10-7+1d6 she's probably fucked
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+10-7+1d6 she's probably fucked and gets 25."12 [1d20=17][1d6=5]
<El-Cideon> Roza manages to roll away from Nadia without being struck this time, making her way by feel to a metal spiral staircase in the corner of the room and descending!
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+12 Paula 1
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+12 Paula 1 and gets 29."12 [1d20=17]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+7 Paula 2
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+7 Paula 2 and gets 14."12 [1d20=7]
<El-Cideon> roll 2d4+4
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 2d4+4 and gets 9."12 [2d4=4, 1]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+4 fort
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+4 fort and gets 18."12 [1d20=14]
<El-Cideon> OOC: Nadia's up
* El-Cideon changes topic to '6Yomi: 53/53, Nadia: 48/48, Erin: 35/47, Rena: 53/53 Roza = Paula (23) > Nadia (22, MA) > Tommygunners (21, 1 disarmed, 2 entangled) = front goons x4 (21) > Roza's goons x2 (20) > Erin (16, MA, 30 PfB) > Rena (14) > Yomi (10, PfB 40) '
* Nadia_Chekova follows after Paula and kicks her backside to send her tumbling painfully down the metal stairway!
<Nadia_Chekova> roll 1d20+4 bull rush
* Hatbot --> "Nadia_Chekova rolls 1d20+4 bull rush and gets 5."12 [1d20=1]
<El-Cideon> Nadia's rush is poorly coordinated though, and her kick flies right past the other woman!
<El-Cideon> roll 2#1d20+3 STR yeaaah, they're stuck there for a while
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 2#1d20+3 STR yeaaah, they're stuck there for a while and gets 24."12 [2#1d20+3 = 14, 10]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20-1 Roza STR
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20-1 Roza STR and gets 19."12 [1d20=20]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+8 this guy really wants his gun back
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+8 this guy really wants his gun back and gets 12."12 [1d20=4]
<El-Cideon> The machinegunner makes another failed grope at Rena while Roza's bodyguards continue to snipe at Paula--probably a bad idea for the one she's maneuvered into a corner.
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+12 Paula AoO
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+12 Paula AoO and gets 15."12 [1d20=3]
<El-Cideon> roll 2d4+4 they don't do dodging
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 2d4+4 they don't do dodging and gets 9."12 [2d4=3, 2]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+4 fort
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+4 fort and gets 20."12 [1d20=16]
<El-Cideon> roll 2#1d20+9
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 2#1d20+9 and gets 38."12 [2#1d20+9 = 23, 15]
<El-Cideon> roll 2d6+1
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 2d6+1 and gets 5."12 [2d6=1, 3]
<El-Cideon> Paula takes a grazing shot this time, badly mauling the guard in return--he looks barely alive by this point. Paula's not exactly looking her best either--dress is stained all over with blood--but she remains standing strong.
<El-Cideon> The guards in the front room advance on Yomi, two striding forward with spiked clubs, the other two levelling pistols!
<El-Cideon> roll 2#1d20+9 clubbing
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 2#1d20+9 clubbing and gets 35."12 [2#1d20+9 = 17, 18]
<El-Cideon> roll 2#1d20+9 shooting
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 2#1d20+9 shooting and gets 30."12 [2#1d20+9 = 12, 18]
<El-Cideon> roll 2#1d8+3 clubbers
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 2#1d8+3 clubbers and gets 21."12 [2#1d8+3 = 10, 11]
<El-Cideon> roll 2d6+1 gunner
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 2d6+1 gunner and gets 13."12 [2d6=6, 6]
* El-Cideon changes topic to '6Yomi: 29/53, Nadia: 48/48, Erin: 35/47, Rena: 53/53 Roza = Paula (23) > Nadia (22, MA) > Tommygunners (21, 1 disarmed, 2 entangled) = front goons x4 (21) > Roza's goons x2 (20) > Erin (16, MA, 30 PfB) > Rena (14) > Yomi (10, PfB 30) '
<El-Cideon> Yomi is struck repeatedly, clubs leaving bruises and bleeding gashes from the spikes! Her magical protection takes the bite out of the bullet, at least. OOC: erin.
<Erin> "The gun, give it to me!" states Ivo, reaching for Rena's machinegun! Displaying previously unseen ability in handling this sort of weapon, Erin fires a lone bullet at Rosa's knee!
<Erin> OOC: Ex that
<Erin> "The gun, give it to me!" states Ivo, reaching for Rena's machinegun! Displaying previously unseen ability in handling this sort of weapon, Erin fires a bullet towards the unhindered gunman's knee!
<Erin> roll 1d20+7
* Hatbot --> "Erin rolls 1d20+7 and gets 24."12 [1d20=17]
<Erin> roll 2d6 I think?
<El-Cideon> OOC: hit. Their defense is only 15, so.
* Hatbot --> "Erin rolls 2d6 I think? and gets 4."12 [2d6=1, 3]
<El-Cideon> It's a glancing shot, but enough to get his attention! He bleeds from a shallow wound on his arm.
<El-Cideon> "I wish I had my sword," Rena says. "This would be much faster that way." Ignoring the disarmed man who has utterly failed to harm anyone, she moves to the man Erin shot and tries to steal his weapon too!
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+8
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+8 and gets 12."12 [1d20=4]
<El-Cideon> OOC: Alas. Yomi's up now.
<Yomi> "You did your worst," Yomi sneers, lowering her bleeding left arm from where it shielded her head from an assured hit. "Now it's my turn." Unsheathing her sword, she moves with the motion, completing a full turn as her weapon carves through the embellished sticks these miscreants hold!
<Yomi> roll 1d20+18 sunder
* Hatbot --> "Yomi rolls 1d20+18 sunder and gets 24."12 [1d20=6]
<Yomi> roll 1d20+13 sunder
* Hatbot --> "Yomi rolls 1d20+13 sunder and gets 19."12 [1d20=6]
<Yomi> roll 1d6 dammit
* Hatbot --> "Yomi rolls 1d6 dammit and gets 2."12 [1d6=2]
<El-Cideon> OOC: easily hits either way. Clubs are largeish and it's established their defense fails.
<Yomi> roll 2d6+10
<Yomi> roll 2d6+10
* Hatbot --> "Yomi rolls 2d6+10 and gets 19."12 [2d6=3, 6]
* Hatbot --> "Yomi rolls 2d6+10 and gets 17."12 [2d6=1, 6]
<El-Cideon> the men gasp in surprise as their weapons turn to so many wood chips in their hands!
<Yomi> With the melee weapons out of the way, Yomi suddenly leaps towards the gunmen!
<Yomi> roll 1d20+20 surge, charge~
* Hatbot --> "Yomi rolls 1d20+20 surge, charge~ and gets 40."12 [1d20=20]
<El-Cideon> OOC: confirmify!
<Yomi> roll 1d20+20
* Hatbot --> "Yomi rolls 1d20+20 and gets 31."12 [1d20=11]
<El-Cideon> OOC: so yeah, roll your damage
<Yomi> roll 4d6+20 what, critical pistol death?
* Hatbot --> "Yomi rolls 4d6+20 what, critical pistol death? and gets 29."12 [4d6=1, 4, 2, 2]
* El-Cideon changes topic to '6Yomi: 29/53, Nadia: 48/48, Erin: 35/47, Rena: 53/53 Roza = Paula (23) > Nadia (22, MA) > Tommygunners (21, 1 disarmed, 2 entangled) = front goons x4 (21, 3 sundered) > Roza's goons x2 (20) > Erin (16, MA, 30 PfB) > Rena (14) > Yomi (10, PfB 30) '
<Yomi> "What now, little guards?" Yomi asks the two with a disturbing grin, covered in bleeding scratches.
<El-Cideon> "A few more steps, that's all I need," Roza pants as she tries to slip away from Nadia once again!
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+10+1d6 she's gonna bunr all of these on tumble, isn't she
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+10+1d6 she's gonna bunr all of these on tumble, isn't she and gets 22."12 [1d20=6][1d6=6]
<Nadia_Chekova> Nadia kicks out at the back of Roza's knee to send her crumpling to the ground as she tries to flee!
<Nadia_Chekova> roll 1d20+9 melee touch
* Hatbot --> "Nadia_Chekova rolls 1d20+9 melee touch and gets 14."12 [1d20=5]
<Nadia_Chekova> roll 1d6 action!
* Hatbot --> "Nadia_Chekova rolls 1d6 action! and gets 6."12 [1d6=6]
<El-Cideon> OOC: Hahaha, you just hit her defense with the AP
<Nadia_Chekova> roll 1d20+2+1d6 action opposed strength
* Hatbot --> "Nadia_Chekova rolls 1d20+2+1d6 action opposed strength and gets 21."12 [1d20=14][1d6=5]
<El-Cideon> OOC: autosuccees, she has negative STr mod
<El-Cideon> Roza collapses and rolls down the stairs ungracefully, the metal echoing with every bump and bang of her limbs against it!
<El-Cideon> roll 1d6 falling damage!
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d6 falling damage! and gets 6."12 [1d6=6]
* El-Cideon changes topic to '6Yomi: 29/53, Nadia: 48/48, Erin: 35/47, Rena: 53/53 Roza (dying) = Paula (23) > Nadia (22, MA) > Tommygunners (21, 1 disarmed, 2 entangled) = front goons x4 (21, 3 sundered) > Roza's goons x2 (20) > Erin (16, MA, 30 PfB) > Rena (14) > Yomi (10, PfB 30) '
<El-Cideon> Paula aims to finish with her opponent before moving on to another!
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+12
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+12 and gets 32."12 [1d20=20]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+12 oh god scythe crit
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+12 oh god scythe crit and gets 15."12 [1d20=3]
<El-Cideon> roll 8d4+16 Paula overkill first
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 8d4+16 Paula overkill first and gets 35."12 [8d4=3, 3, 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 1]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20-1 retroactive Roza STr
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20-1 retroactive Roza STr and gets 7."12 [1d20=8]
<El-Cideon> With a devastating whirlwind of slashes, Paula reduces the guard to a bloody mess on the wall, then advances on the remaining armed man in the room!
<El-Cideon> OOC: Nadia
* El-Cideon changes topic to '6Yomi: 29/53, Nadia: 48/48, Erin: 35/47, Rena: 53/53 Roza (dying) = Paula (23) > Nadia (22, MA) > Tommygunners (21, 1 disarmed, 2 entangled) = front goons x4 (21, 3 sundered) > Roza's goon (20) > Erin (16, MA, 30 PfB) > Rena (14) > Yomi (10, PfB 30) '
<Nadia_Chekova> Wanting to make sure Roza doesn't get those few steps she was talking about, Nadia hurries down the stairs after her!
<El-Cideon> Nadia finds herself in something like a basement storage room. Old crates and tables lie about along the walls, mostly broken up and useless. Roza lies in a broken heap at the bottom of the stairs, breathing, but barely. The room is lit only barely, by candlelight. It's perhaps twenty feet square. There's only one door, right across from her--and half a dozen shambling parodies of humanity stand in front of it!
<El-Cideon> OOC: I roll more init if you stay down there, FYI, but you can get back with another move action.
<Nadia_Chekova> Well... Roza isn't likely to be doing much, and Nadia would rather face these shamblers with Yomi nearby, so she gives them a smile and hurries back up the stairs!
<El-Cideon> roll 2#1d20+3 more STR failure?
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 2#1d20+3 more STR failure? and gets 25."12 [2#1d20+3 = 11, 14]
<El-Cideon> The disarmed machinegunner doesn't seem to think much of his chances by this point; he bolts through the partition to the back of the audience chamber, looking for a way out! Most of Yomi's foes likewise flee in terror--only one remains to shoot at her, backing away with panic on his face as he does so!
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+9
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+9 and gets 24."12 [1d20=15]
<El-Cideon> roll 2d6+1
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 2d6+1 and gets 7."12 [2d6=4, 2]
* El-Cideon changes topic to '6Yomi: 29/53, Nadia: 48/48, Erin: 35/47, Rena: 53/53 Roza (dying) = Paula (23) > Nadia (22, MA) > Tommygunners (21, 1 disarmed, 2 entangled) = front goons x4 (21, 3 sundered) > Roza's goon (20) > Erin (16, MA, 30 PfB) > Rena (14) > Yomi (10, PfB 23) '
* Yomi bats the bullet aside, continuing to smile at her assailant.
<El-Cideon> but the bullets are wholly absorbed by Yomi's magical aura! The one remaining man in the audience chamber, set upon by Rena and Paula, desperately tries to bring down Paula!
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+12 Paula AoO
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+12 Paula AoO and gets 27."12 [1d20=15]
<El-Cideon> roll 2d4+4
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 2d4+4 and gets 11."12 [2d4=3, 4]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+4 fort
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+4 fort and gets 22."12 [1d20=18]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+8 Rena AoO
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+8 Rena AoO and gets 17."12 [1d20=9]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d3+3
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d3+3 and gets 5."12 [1d3=2]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+9 now he can try and hit her!
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+9 now he can try and hit her! and gets 12."12 [1d20=3]
<El-Cideon> Bashed and torn by his attackers, he can barely aim at all! OOC: Erin
<Erin> "Give it up!" states Erin, marching towards the man and levelling her gun at his head. "Don't you worry about not pleasing your evil master. He's going to have other concerns."
<El-Cideon> Alone, just clinging to life, and surrounded by hostile intruders, he's quick to comply, dropping his gun, going to his knees and raising his hands!
<El-Cideon> OOC: Rena's turn, but pretty much only Yomi is threatened right now. Go ahead and wrap up with your attackers?
* Yomi dissuages any further attempts to shoot at her by cleaving through the gun the remaining guard she is facing is holding, as that appears to be the only thing keeping him from fleeing.
<Yomi> roll 1d20+18
* Hatbot --> "Yomi rolls 1d20+18 and gets 38."12 [1d20=20]
<Yomi> roll 1d20+18 critical gun death x2
* Hatbot --> "Yomi rolls 1d20+18 critical gun death x2 and gets 32."12 [1d20=14]
<Yomi> roll 4d6+20 it is a very dead gun
* Hatbot --> "Yomi rolls 4d6+20 it is a very dead gun and gets 38."12 [4d6=6, 6, 1, 5]
<El-Cideon> Metal shards fly everywhere, the gun utterly pulverized by the attack! Like his friends, the man seems utterly helpless without a weapon and looks ready to run! OOC: basically free act, no one who's left can do anything.
<Erin> "Still, someone like you could be useful to us," notes Erin, chewing her lip. "You must know where the Aurora and Nicolas are. Perhaps you could inform us."
* Nadia_Chekova pokes her head back in from the passage behind the mirror. "Theer's lots of ghouls downstairs," she tells the others, gesturing behind her.
<Yomi> "Have you surrendered?" Yomi asks the entangled guard with the machinegun that she can just see, the tip of her sword making contact with his neck. "Or do you need further encouragement?"
<El-Cideon> The men at the front of the building have bolted; the machinegunners in the hallway can only struggle to move, and the nearest to Yomi quickly throws down his weapon rather than face her immobile.
* Yomi raises her voice. "The same goes to the rest of you!"
<El-Cideon> The one machinegunner that got free seems to have disappeared. On the other side of the partition is an ornate (but rather small) high-backed chair, the spiral staircase going up and down, and open door to the right. You can hear someone banging on something from this room.
<El-Cideon> The other trapped men, also surrender, unable to do much else in their current state.
<El-Cideon> "He must be on other side of the wall," the cornered guard stammers. "None of us ever see him! Only Roza goes back there!"
<Erin> When the men have realised the futility of further struggle, the physical webs binding them spontaneously wither away and vanish. Only their mental chains will hold them back from now on.
<El-Cideon> "No more trouble out of any of you!" Paula calls down the hallway at the men. She's quite a gruesome sight right now, gore hanging off her scythe. "Just line up against the wall here and be quiet."
* Yomi advances past the disarmed, surrendered guards, handing Rena her sword. "Sorry I'm late," she announces. "The guards needed more encouragement than expected to see reason."
* Erin manages to look just about everywhere but Paula, and reaches for a blue-tinged vial. "Rena, can you give this to Paula?" she asks, handing over the jar to someone with less hangups.
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+2 Roza fort save for stabilization
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+2 Roza fort save for stabilization and gets 14."12 [1d20=12]
* Erin then heads for where Nadia came from, intent on taking a look at these so-called ghouls for herself!
<El-Cideon> Rena nods and does so. "I think you're supposed to drink this," she says, handing it over.
* Yomi is more than happy to tag along, trusting in Paula to keep the guards busy.
<El-Cideon> Paula looks skeptical, but uncorks it and gives it a swig.
<El-Cideon> roll 1d8+1 healz
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d8+1 healz and gets 8."12 [1d8=7]
<El-Cideon> Rena is obviously also glad to have her sword back. "Thank you, Yomi."
<Yomi> "I heard someone mention ghouls?" she says in response, runes appearing over her blade once more. "Sounds like a job for us!"
<El-Cideon> Erin and Yomi head down the stairway! The cluster of...things...is about fifteen feet from the landing. They were obviously once people, but they now look on you without emotion or intelligence. They take no immediate action. Behind them is a closed metal door
* Nadia_Chekova follows Yomi, reassured by her presence.
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+2
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+2 and gets 19."12 [1d20=17]
<Yomi> Her first instinct is to charge into their midst, but she pauses, looking over the once-people with her scrutinizing eyes!
<El-Cideon> OOC: K:A, detecting shadows, or what?
<Yomi> OOC: Are they the demons?!
<Erin> OOC: 24!
<Yomi> "Ghouls who spread the taint of death to our world," Yomi intones, descending the rest of the way to face the animated cadavers. "You shall be cleansed here today!"
<Erin> "These are mere zombies. Without orders from their master, they will do nothing," states Erin, peering at them disgustedly. She kneels next to Rosa, briefly checking the woman's pulse.
<Erin> OOC: I need to retcon that line, says I!
<El-Cideon> Roza's hanging on, barely. The scarf around her neck is loosened somewhat now. In the flickering candlelight, you can see a ring of scabbed-over punctures on her skin, in pairs.
<El-Cideon> OOC: attacking, Yomi? Init, then, they'll move whebn you advance.
<Erin> "These are mere zombies. Without orders from their master, they will do nothing," states Erin, peering at them disgustedly. "They've likely been given orders to guard this area against intrusion. I wonder..." she murmurs, firing a shot into one of the shambling figures.
<Yomi> roll 1d20+1 death to undead!
* Hatbot --> "Yomi rolls 1d20+1 death to undead! and gets 8."12 [1d20=7]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20-1 zombie init is fail
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20-1 zombie init is fail and gets 6."12 [1d20=7]
<Erin> roll 1d20+7 and I'm nothing if not one who tries
* Hatbot --> "Erin rolls 1d20+7 and I'm nothing if not one who tries and gets 17."12 [1d20=10]
<El-Cideon> OOC: Erin can take an attack first if she wants to shoot before trying anything else?
<El-Cideon> OOC: or shhe could go first anyways.
<Erin> roll 1d20+7 bang!
* Hatbot --> "Erin rolls 1d20+7 bang! and gets 15."12 [1d20=8]
* El-Cideon changes topic to '6Yomi: 29/53, Nadia: 48/48, Erin: 35/47, Rena: 53/53 Roza (dying) > Erin (17) > Yomi (8) > Zombies (6)'
<El-Cideon> OOC: hits
<Erin> roll 2d6
* Hatbot --> "Erin rolls 2d6 and gets 6."12 [2d6=4, 2]
<El-Cideon> A bullet takes one of the abominations in the chest. With a groan, it and the rest of the mass begin to shamble forward!
<Nadia_Chekova> roll 1d20+7 I'll init
* Hatbot --> "Nadia_Chekova rolls 1d20+7 I'll init and gets 10."12 [1d20=3]
<Erin> "Damn!... I'd been hoping they weren't able to defend themselves," mutters Erin.
<El-Cideon> OOC: right, technically Erin's turn again. First attack was free, they only move in reaction.
* El-Cideon changes topic to '6Yomi: 29/53, Nadia: 48/48, Erin: 35/47, Rena: 53/53 Roza (dying) > Erin (17) > Nadia (10) > Yomi (8) > Zombies (6)'
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20 Rena, yeah
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20 Rena, yeah and gets 13."12 [1d20=13]
* El-Cideon changes topic to '6Yomi: 29/53, Nadia: 48/48, Erin: 35/47, Rena: 53/53 Roza (dying) > Erin (17) > Rena (13) > Nadia (10) > Yomi (8) > Zombies (6)'
* Erin jams her finger on the trigger and sprays the zombies with a wave of bullets!
<Erin> roll 1d20+3 autofire
* Hatbot --> "Erin rolls 1d20+3 autofire and gets 15."12 [1d20=12]
<El-Cideon> OOC: good enough, roll damage
<Erin> roll 2d6
* Hatbot --> "Erin rolls 2d6 and gets 6."12 [2d6=2, 4]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20-1 epic undead ref save
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20-1 epic undead ref save and gets 15."12 [1d20=16]
<El-Cideon> Erin manages a stirring display of shooting, peppering the concrete walls with bullets and totally missing her targets! Rena makes her way down the stairs and lunges at the nearest zombie, sword in hand!
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+1
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+1 and gets 6."12 [1d20=5]
<El-Cideon> OOC er, +9
<El-Cideon> roll 1d10+4
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d10+4 and gets 7."12 [1d10=3]
<El-Cideon> roll 3#1d20-1 other ref saves herp derp
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 3#1d20-1 other ref saves herp derp and gets 17."12 [3#1d20-1 = 15, 1, 1]
<El-Cideon> Erin manages a stirring display of shooting, peppering the undead with bullets and tearing limbs off of two! These are not the best-made undead around, apparently; Rena cuts down one of her own.
<El-Cideon> OOC: Nadia. One is down, two are injured.
* Nadia_Chekova isn't going to touch them if she can help it, so hangs back and lets the more violently inclined members of their troupe handle business.
<El-Cideon> OOC: Yomi, then!
<Yomi> The stench of undead must be eradicated as swiftly as possible! Yomi crosses the distance and seeks to put down another of these abominations!
<Yomi> roll 1d20+13 unwounded zombie?
* Hatbot --> "Yomi rolls 1d20+13 unwounded zombie? and gets 26."12 [1d20=13]
<El-Cideon> OOC: you hit on everything but a 1, so.
<Yomi> roll 2d6+10 should've been +1
* Hatbot --> "Yomi rolls 2d6+10 should've been +1 and gets 20."12 [2d6=6, 4]
<El-Cideon> Another of the monsters falls, but now the rest group around Yomi and beat at her with their fists!
<El-Cideon> roll 4#1d20+5 they suck but at least they have flanking~
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 4#1d20+5 they suck but at least they have flanking~ and gets 78."12 [4#1d20+5 = 19, 18, 25, 16]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+5 zombie crit? Seriously, Hatbot?
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+5 zombie crit? Seriously, Hatbot? and gets 10."12 [1d20=5]
<Yomi> roll 1d20+14 AoO of pure rage!
* Hatbot --> "Yomi rolls 1d20+14 AoO of pure rage! and gets 31."12 [1d20=17]
<Yomi> roll 2d6+10 too many zombies dammit
* Hatbot --> "Yomi rolls 2d6+10 too many zombies dammit and gets 16."12 [2d6=5, 1]
<El-Cideon> roll 3#1d6+4 slam (Yomi's Dr should cut some of this, each hit)
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 3#1d6+4 slam (Yomi's Dr should cut some of this, each hit) and gets 27."12 [3#1d6+4 = 10, 9, 8]
* El-Cideon changes topic to '6Yomi: 8/53, Nadia: 48/48, Erin: 35/47, Rena: 53/53 Roza (dying) > Erin (17) > Rena (13) > Nadia (10) > Yomi (8) > Zombies (6)'
<Nadia_Chekova> As Yomi's skills with violence fail her, Nadia realises she must act after all! Jumping off the last few stairs past Erin, she delivers a roundhouse kick to the back of the nearest zombie!
<Nadia_Chekova> roll 1d20+11 charge~
* Hatbot --> "Nadia_Chekova rolls 1d20+11 charge~ and gets 21."12 [1d20=10]
<Nadia_Chekova> roll 1d8+2
* Hatbot --> "Nadia_Chekova rolls 1d8+2 and gets 6."12 [1d8=4]
<El-Cideon> One of the monsters is bisected by Yomi's blade in retribution, but the others beat at her terribly with their reeking fists! Fortunately, Nadia manages to knock down another before it can attack again! All the while, Roza continues her journey towards the other side.
<El-Cideon> *Two of them
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+2 Roza
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+2 Roza and gets 21."12 [1d20=19]
* El-Cideon changes topic to '6Yomi: 8/53, Nadia: 48/48, Erin: 35/47, Rena: 53/53 Roza (stabilized) > Erin (17) > Rena (13) > Yomi (8) > Zombies x3 (6) > Nadia'
<El-Cideon> OOC: Erin. 3 of them still up.
<Yomi> OOC: Not 2?
<El-Cideon> OOC Dur, 2.
<Erin> Erin fires another shot at one of the zombies, realising that she must act quickly! No more time for taking chances!
<Erin> roll 1d20+3 no precise shot, alas
* Hatbot --> "Erin rolls 1d20+3 no precise shot, alas and gets 7."12 [1d20=4]
<Erin> roll 1d20+3 no precise shot, alas HERO SURGE!!!1
* Hatbot --> "Erin rolls 1d20+3 no precise shot, alas HERO SURGE!!!1 and gets 8."12 [1d20=5]
<Erin> roll 1d6+2 actually I like the sound of action points
* Hatbot --> "Erin rolls 1d6+2 actually I like the sound of action points and gets 6."12 [1d6=4]
<Erin> roll 1d6+2 actually I like the sound of action points second attack
* Hatbot --> "Erin rolls 1d6+2 actually I like the sound of action points second attack and gets 5."12 [1d6=3]
<Erin> OOC: So I hit 13 and 13. IS IT ENOUGH
<El-Cideon> OOC: Can spend 1AP per round, so one of those hits, yeah.
<Erin> OOC: Ok
<Erin> roll 2d6
* Hatbot --> "Erin rolls 2d6 and gets 7."12 [2d6=3, 4]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d20+9 Rena hacking at the last one?
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d20+9 Rena hacking at the last one? and gets 21."12 [1d20=12]
<El-Cideon> roll 1d10+4
* Hatbot --> "El-Cideon rolls 1d10+4 and gets 11."12 [1d10=7]
<El-Cideon> Erin and Rena each take down the remaining two, the zombies finally collapsing into a heap of dead, dry, husks and stray limbs. OOC: free act again.
<Nadia_Chekova> "Yomi, are you alright?" Nadia gives the very messy asian a rather worried albeit queasy look.
<Erin> "Yomi!"
<Yomi> Angry, Yomi barely stays her hand from mutilating the bodies, flicking her sword clean and sheathing it. "No, I cannot say that I am."
<El-Cideon> Rena wrinkles her nose, looking at the carnage. "These things smell terrible. Nicolas should bathe his guards more often. ...Oh, Yomi. You don't look very good right now either."
* Yomi closes her eyes and counts to ten.
<Erin> "You should take the potion we acquired earlier," states Erin, rushing over to take a look at the no-doubt grevious wounds. "And then rest a moment. Nicolas must rest just beyond here, but he should be no threat to us now."
<El-Cideon> "It did seem to make Paula feel better," Rena notes.
<Yomi> "Sounds... fine. I might have a concussion, so let's take a moment," Yomi acceeds, drinking the potion in question.
<Yomi> roll 1d8+1
* Hatbot --> "Yomi rolls 1d8+1 and gets 5."12 [1d8=4]
* El-Cideon changes topic to '6Yomi: 13/53, Nadia: 48/48, Erin: 35/47, Rena: 53/53 Roza (stabilized) > Erin (17) > Rena (13) > Yomi (8) > Zombies x3 (6) > Nadia'
* Erin then activates her magical senses and glances around the room for any trace of mysticism!
* El-Cideon changes topic to '6Yomi: 13/53, Nadia: 48/48, Erin: 35/47, Rena: 53/53'
<Nadia_Chekova> Deciding to take the lead since their premiere violence exporter is so wounded, Nadia goes to open the door!
<El-Cideon> Rena looks down at Roza. "Is she dead? I can see why she wore a scarf. Her neck looks awful."
<Erin> Senseing nothing, Erin then moves to check the fallen Rosa, appropriating any weapons she might have and determining her odds of survival.
<El-Cideon> Roza's gun lays on the ground nearby. The pistol is of Russian make, you think. It's shiny and well-maintained; you can tell it's a quality piece of work.
* Yomi opens her eyes anew and looks around for the horrible taint of the otherworldly and demonic!
<Erin> She won't be needing it anymore! Erin takes it away, and then moves to back up Nadia!
<El-Cideon> Nadia finds the door opens easily, albeit with quite a creak. The room beyond is even gloomier than the storeroom. (mor)
* Yomi bestows another blessing upon her sword as Nadia tries the door, whispering, "Nicolas is there, to the left. And another!"
<Erin> "Two?... Yomi, if we were to go back upstairs, could you judge their position?" asks Erin, with a wicked smirk.
<Yomi> "Not impossible. Why?"
<El-Cideon> The halls beyond are rough-hewn, much cruder than the building above. Large, uneven mortared stones hold up walls that sometimes drip with moisture. There are three passages here: one leads to your left and turns around a corner. One heads directly right to another metal door. The last proceeds ahead down a dark corridor.
* Nadia_Chekova hesitates going further as Erin and Yomi plot.
* Erin glances at the roof. "I was considering asking you to destroy the floor above them, allowing sunlight to enter and saving us some trouble."
<Yomi> "Isn't it a cloudy, rainy day?"
<Erin> "As long as there is light from the sun, it wouldn't matter overmuch," replies Erin. "Do you think the roof is too thick? We did descend a ways."
<Yomi> "It will take me time to carve up through so much of the structure," Yomi admits. "If they have an escape route, we lose."
<Erin> "Never mind, then. They are likely helpless unless deliberately roused, anyway."
* Nadia_Chekova decides to head to the left as per Yomi's earlier instruction regarding Nocholas's location.
* Yomi pushes off the wall and proceeds down the corridor to the left, approaching the bend cautiously.
<El-Cideon> The passage turns at a ninety-degree angle and continues a short ways beyond. There's no light down this way, though at least nothing impedes your progress in any way.
* Erin has a torch, which she flicks on to guide their passage.
<El-Cideon> You can see another door! Heavy metal, again. Also a heavy lock.
* Yomi gestures at the door with her sword.
<Nadia_Chekova> While she could use her lockpicks, it's far easier to just go back and steal any keys from Rosa.
<El-Cideon> A thorough search of the unconscious woman does indeed turn up a set of keys.
* Nadia_Chekova then goes back and tries the keys on the lock until one works, obviously starting with the ones that look the same shape as the keyhole.
<Erin> Whilst Erin is down here, she mutters a spell under her breath and attempts to seek out the location of Nadia's Aurora!
<El-Cideon> It takes a couple tries, but the door eventually opens up with a heavy clunk.
<Nadia_Chekova> And is then shoved open!
<Erin> "The Aurora is just inside," notes Erin, moving trepidatiously into the room and shining her torch about!
<El-Cideon> Erin's light shows a gloomy, close-ceilinged room made from rough and moist stone. There are three coffins here; the two on the sides are plain hardwood, while the one in the center is white and polished. There's a lockbox of some sort set into the far wall.
* Yomi advances towards one of the plain hardwood coffins that glows to her senses.
<Nadia_Chekova> If the vampires are insensate then Yomi can easily do the coup de grace, but Nadia stays near her friend anyway in case something tries to bite her.
* Yomi motions for Rena to help her open the coffin, while she prepares to decapitate its inhabitant!
<Erin> "The sword won't kill it properly," states Erin, walking over to the coffin. "It must be staked first, or dragged into the sun."
<El-Cideon> Rena takes the other side of the lid and helps Yomi haul it off. A beautfil blond woman is inside, very pale, clad in a nightgown, hands clasp over her chest. She's sleeping, apparently.
<Yomi> "It killed the other vampire just fine," Yomi counters quietly, focusing. "Don't understimate the blessing upon my blade." And once she is prepared, she strikes down to decapitate the vampire.
<Yomi> roll 2d6+10+14
<Yomi> roll 2d6+10+14
* Hatbot --> "Yomi rolls 2d6+10+14 and gets 29."12 [2d6=3, 2]
* Hatbot --> "Yomi rolls 2d6+10+14 and gets 36."12 [2d6=6, 6]
<Erin> "The other vampire was already weakened. These ones were stronger, didn't you say?" notes Erin, grimacing as Yomi goes about her work despite her objections.
<El-Cideon> Yomi's swords slices right through the woman's neck! She has barely enough time to open her eyes and try to hiss something--curse, warning, you'll never know--before thick black ichor chokes her and the wounds soon destroy what unlife she has. The woman writhes for a moment before head and body, deteriorate into sodden muck.
* Yomi nods in satisfaction. "And then, there was only one."
* Erin glances at the other coffin for a moment. "I'm going to get a stake, but if you do stab him and he wakes up, I may not return," she notes, swiftly departing.
* Yomi approaches the polished white coffin next, awaiting Erin's return. "Do you think she just really wanted to send a vampire to its afterlife?" she asks Nadia quietly.
<El-Cideon> Erin finds plenty of furniture than be broken up for use as in impromptu stake. Breaking off a table leg or something is only a moment's effort.
* Nadia_Chekova shrugs. "Maybe she likes the classics?"
<El-Cideon> *back on the landing or main floor, of course. Nothing convenient down in the lair itself.
<Yomi> "I can understand their appeal," Yomi readily agrees. "And if that doesn't work, let's hit him as he wakes up?"
* Nadia_Chekova nods readily to that sentiment. "No sense leaving anything to chance."
<El-Cideon> "Hitting people usually works, in my experience," Rena adds.
<Yomi> "Just in case, looking into their eyes is a bad idea, and we can't let them turn into mist."
* Erin congratulates herself for a moment for her wanton act of vandalism before returning to the cellar and handing the spiky leg to Yomi. "It is simply the most reliable method. I suppose it's best if I don't need to be proved right, however."
* Yomi opens the coffin as soon as Erin is in position, her other hand holding her sword at the ready!
<El-Cideon> With Rena's assistance again, the white coffin's lid is hauled away. Inside is a boy, perhaps ten years old from the look of him. Black hair, sleeping serenly, and dressed in a small business suit. Like the others, he is thin and incredibly pale.
<Nadia_Chekova> "Oh, he looks adorable!" Nadia can't help but gasp at the little boy all dressed up like a big man. She just wants to give him a big hug!
* Yomi accepts the stake, and runes appear along its length. "All those who spread the taint of death to the human world must be eliminated," she intones, unhindered by what she had found within the coffin, and stabs the blessed stake deeply into the boy's heart!
<El-Cideon> His eyes flutter open as the stake pierces his body, but it's too late! He squirms for a moment, clutching at the sides of the coffin as his body arches, and from his open mouth issues forth a horrible inhuman screech that echoes off the walls until his body collapses into ashes and dust.
* Yomi discards her makeshift stake, sighing.
<Nadia_Chekova> That was less adorable, and Nadia makes a face before she starts looking around for Catherine's Aurora which Erin said was in this room. Perhaps in that lockbox?
<El-Cideon> Rena winces. "I wish they didn't die so unpleasantly."
<El-Cideon> The lockbox is, of course, locked.
<Erin> "There's nothing pleasant about vampires," mutters Erin. "I wonder why he was turned at such a young age... and if his human soul escaped, or was forever blackened."
<Nadia_Chekova> She really doesn't want to root in the pockets of Nicholas's little suit for keys now that he's turned into goop, so out come the lockpicks!
<Nadia_Chekova> roll 1d20+12
* Hatbot --> "Nadia_Chekova rolls 1d20+12 and gets 21."12 [1d20=9]
<El-Cideon> This lock is a little too sturdy for Nadia's clumsy efforts, unfortunately!
<Yomi> "We should... explore the rest of the passages," Yomi says, sheathing her sword. "There might be people kept as food for these monsters, and we should make every effort to check and if so, free them."
<Nadia_Chekova> Wait! Maybe Rosa's keys will work? Nadia tries those.
<El-Cideon> One of them does eventually work! The door swings open, and inside is--yes, that's it! The aurora, it's dimaonds glittering in Erin's torchlight! Atop a pile of money in a variety of European denominations.
<Yomi> "Congratulations," Yomi tells Nadia genuinely, if with a note of tiredness.
<El-Cideon> "I would not mind leaving this room," Rena agrees with Yomi. "These remains do not smell good at all."

[Sierra]

<Nadia_Chekova> "Ahhh, finally," Nadia sighs happily as she lifts up the glittering royal necklace, studying it in the dim torchlight for a moment before it's put into her bag, along with big wads of filthy lucre. "Okay, lets finish our business here so we can go?"
<Erin> "You're right. It shouldn't take long." She gives Nadia a nod. "Today is a day I think we can all feel proud of."
<Yomi> "The right, now?" Yomi proposes.
* Nadia_Chekova takes the lead since she's the least hurt and it would be churlish otherwise, opening the other door.
<El-Cideon> As you head back down the corridor to the main hub, you hear a voice call out from the darkness. Several of them, actually. They're coming from the passage across from the entrance to the lair. "What was that noise? Is it dead? Are all of them dead?" The tone is a mix of desperate hope and fear.
<Yomi> "Who is that?" Yomi calls back in German.
<El-Cideon> Nadia's door opens onto a bare stone room. There's a heavy iron table in the center of it. Various...implements...are hung on the walls. It is not difficult to infer the room's purpose. It smells of all the human byproducts of fear, pain and panic.
* Nadia_Chekova has no further interest in this room and closes the door, starting to head towards the calling voices.
* Erin starts to head towards the voices, intent on finding the unfortunates who are surely in need of assistance!
* Yomi would not be left behind!
<El-Cideon> Further down the wider passage, the voices grow closer--and soon enough, Erin's light turns up half a dozen or so cells, most of them occupied with ragged men and women behind rusting iron bars. They look starved, filthy, and wince at the light ass though it's the first they've seen for a very long time.
<El-Cideon> *as though
<Yomi> At the sight, Yomi's sword comes out once more, and before the prisoners can even begin to panic, slashes through the nearest cell lock with a shower of sparks!
<Nadia_Chekova> "The vampires are dead," Nadia confirms as Yomi gets to work. "Nicholas Wlordzyck's reign over this city has ended."
<El-Cideon> "Let us out!" one of the men shouts in response in clumsy German. Some of them don't seem to understand it. They understand their locks being broken, though! The prisoners look positively joyful at this, or at least as much as one can look that way when they haven't bathed, eaten, or seen the light of day in god knows how long.
* Yomi moves on to the adjacent cell, and then the next and the next, not stopping until she had cut through every single one.
<Erin> "If you follow us, we can take you to a place where you'll be cared for," says Erin in English, quite certain that Paula could account for these unfortunates until they can get back to their lives- if they still had one.
<El-Cideon> The one who does understand German says something in Polish to the others; tears are shed as they realize freedom at last! Some of them even embrace their liberators in thanks, one dirty woman insisting on hugging everyone in turn.
* Nadia_Chekova squirms a little at the dirty hugging but endures with as much grace as she can muster.
<El-Cideon> Rena doesn't seem to appreciate being so close to the filthy prisoner, but puts up with it stoically.
* Erin doesn't seem to mind, giving each prisoner who hugs her a few words of encouragement.
* Yomi is sadly dirtier and more ragged than any of the prisoners. "Let's go upstairs," she says in German, realizing that they have someone able to translate for them. "You will be helped there."
<El-Cideon> They're more than glad to leave! In time, everyone shuffles up the stairs and into the audience room, where Paula still keeps watch over the cowed guards. "It is over?" she says to you. "He is destroyed?"
<Erin> "Yes. They'll not haunt this city again," replies Erin, affirmedly. "We were right to act in haste, despite the risks."
<Yomi> "Quite. And this looks like a job for you, Paula," Yomi responds, gesturing at the rescued prisoners.
<El-Cideon> "Yes." With a gesture, Paula's weapon vanishes. She's enough of a bloody mess herself that some of them initially shy away, at least until she resumes her normal form and they recognize her. Everyone goes down on their knees to thank their savior, at least until Paula insists on making them stand again. The German-speaker, tall, bearded, is the only one not openly reacting to her with limitless thanks and awe.
<Yomi> "All that remains is ensuring that those who kept this foul place running are faced with justice," Yomi states. "Can the authorities be counted on that?"
<El-Cideon> "Until someone begins paying them once again to look the other way. I will see to it that this sorry lot of fools is jailed before anyone can replace them." "All of us--" she gestures broadly, to the freed prisoners and as if to encompass the neighborhood outside, "will work together to run the rest of the criminals out!"
<El-Cideon> ~