Wednesday 26 September 2018

GURPS DF Free Cities Season 2 Session 8: Wyvern Ambush

Argua - Half-Orc Barbarian (271 points)
Elana - Human Holy Warrior of Melora, goddess of the wilderness and sea (254 points)
Masha Deathfoot - Human Martial Artist (250 points)
Puddin' Noddington - Gnome Thief (252 points)
        Mahk Strawngmussle - Human Labourer (62 points)
Vaelcor Treehippie - Human Druid (258 points)
        Jahn the Bear - Bear (193 points)
Zephyra - Half-Elf Wizard (250 points)

Amothius 24th, 2546, Swamp
Masha woke everybody else up as the mounds of vegetation shambled towards the shack, and picked up Argua's Lantern of Continual Light before opening the door.  Everybody else managed to stand up and Puddin' Disappeared just as the mounds split up; one went towards the door, while the other started trying to batter the shack's walls down.  Masha stepped out the front door and landed a kick, finding that their bodies did have some sort of central mass under the piles of rotting vegetation.

Zephyra readied a Flame Jet, and Argua charged out to help Masha while Elana got ready to attack the one bashing the walls if it broke through.  Vaelcor was able to confirm that these were shambling mounds, sentient plants that are homogenous, immune to body control spells (Zephyra: "Damn it"), resistant to cold and fire (Zephyra: "GOD DAMN IT"), and healed by lightning.  He also informed the others of its central mass, which was vulnerable to impaling attacks.

A pair of crits from Masha and Argua, as well as a claw and bite from Jahn the bear, dispatched the mound at the door without further issue.  The other one finished smashing its way through the wall, and Elana speared it for minimal damage.  Masha, Argua, and Jahn all rushed to flank, but were beat there by Puddin' who had been there the whole time!  Unfortunately, her katar just kind of "schlorped" into the plant mass covering it.

Monday 10 September 2018

GURPS DF Free Cities Season 2 Session 7: The Plot Thickens

Argua - Half-Orc Barbarian (251 points)
Elana - Human Holy Warrior of Melora, goddess of the wilderness and sea (250 points)
Masha Deathfoot - Human Martial Artist (250 points)
Puddin' Noddington - Gnome Thief (252 points)
Vaelcor Treehippie - Human Druid (250 points)
        Jahn the Bear - Bear (187 points)
Zephyra - Half-Elf Wizard (250 points)

NPCs:
Emrich "The Lawbringer" - Human Cleric of Erathis, goddess of law and civilization (??? points)
Isabelle of Thrace - Human Holy Warrior of Erathis, goddess of law and civilization (??? points)

Amothius 9th, 2546
Masha ran at the necromancer, but missed a flying kick, and the spider-fiend biting Emrich's now unconscious body let go to get a mouthful of Puddin' "for dessert", while the other one continued to rip and tear at Jahn.  Puddin', now well below 0, decided to Do Nothing rather than risk passing out, while Zephyra lightly toasted the spider biting her with a 3d Flame Jet.

The rat ogre ("It has HT14, there's no way it will pass out!") raised a fist to squash Argua, but then succumbed to its wounds and passed out, so she just re-readied her great axe with her remaining, un-crippled hand.  Elana stabbed Puddin's spider in the vitals, and Vaelcor cast Major Healing on Jahn again, just as the bear broke free from the spider's fangs and tore it up some more with his own.

Isabelle used her boosted DX from Holy Might to make an AoA (Double), with the first as a feint; she won the quick contest by 14 degrees and then landed a savage blow (16 damage) to the skull with her flail, mashing his head into red paste.  The zombie behind Jahn continued to carve out some bear steaks with its hatchet, and Masha landed a pair of All-Out Attack kicks on the spider wrasslin' with Jahn.

Thursday 6 September 2018

GURPS DF Free Cities Season 2 Session 6: The Necromancer

Argua - Half-Orc Barbarian (251 points)
Elana - Human Holy Warrior of Melora, goddess of the wilderness and sea (250 points)
Masha Deathfoot - Human Unarmed Martial Artist (250 points)
Puddin' Noddington - Gnome Thief (252 points)
Vaelcor Treehippie - Human Druid (250 points)
        Jahn the Bear - Bear (187 points)
Zephyra - Half-Elf  Wizard (250 points)

NPCs:
Emrich "The Lawbringer" - Human Cleric of Erathis, goddess of law and civilization (??? points)
Isabelle of Thrace - Human Holy Warrior of Erathis, goddess of law and civilization (??? points)

New Characters
While in Isserno, Elana heard about the wolf-headed men cropping up in the wilderness, and ran into GrΓΌkuk and Lucas during her investigations.  The pair told her that the likely source was in Shadowmantle Manor, and that she could join up with their compatriots there.  Along the way, she met Vaelcor and his bear companion, Jahn, who decided to join her.

Amothius 9th, 2546
The party decided to rest in the altar room after finishing off the golem, and while they did, Elana, Vaelcor, and Jahn showed up.  Both sides introduced themselves, and Elana and Vaelcor were brought up to speed on the situation and cut in on any profits from here on.  Once they were done resting, Puddin' was sent to scout the blasted out hole (using her Dark Vision to maintain stealth) ahead of the rest of the party, who followed far behind.

The hole was roughly cut, but mostly straight, and even from extreme distance, Puddin' could see the party's Continual Lights clearly.  Further down the tunnel, Puddin' noticed a dull green light, and continued on to find that it was emitting from the cracks on all sides of the blasted stone tunnel; she also noticed that there was a large group of wolf-headed zombies wielding hatchets and sickles, and a pair of rat ogres standing at the end of the tunnel, beside a crude wooden door built into the rock on their left, with a half-dozen fleshy "doors" on either side leading up to them.