Heroica RPG - Quest#154: Confidence Game

[Waterbrick Down]

"Good to know. We need to find Samantha," Boris hefts the makeshift weapon to clear the path ahead to the torture chamber.

[Mencot]

The obstacle in their way breaks easily and the heroes move swiftly forwards towards the torturechamber.  They get to the door leading to the chamber, they open it up and walk inside...

 

The heroes enter a big, dark chamber, it is builded up by two floors. The upperfloor seems to consist of a alter of somesort, surrounded by lit torches and a hallway leading in both directions. The bottom floor is full with all kinds of cruel instruments and weapons used in tormenting prisoners.
Some familiar weapons, bags and a chest can be seen in one of the corners of the chamber.

Also in the other corner Lady Samantha is hanging from a pair of steelchains, over a firepit.

"Samantha..."

"Uh, who... Blaine, heroes, is that really you... help me... please"

Edited January 10, 2017 by Mencot

[wiz]

"Be careful, it's almost certainly a trap..." Cedric drinks a moonshine, and motions to the party to do the same. He also applies two venoms on his halberd.

Edited January 10, 2017 by wiz

[Waterbrick Down]

"Trap? I doubt they were expecting a prison breakout. We need to find a winch or something to get her out of there." Boris looks about the room for a winch mechanism by which Samantha's chains can be moved or alternatively a grate to cover the fire pit.

[wiz]

"Even if it isn't a trap, I doubt there's not someone hostile nearby."

[Waterbrick Down]

"All the more reason to do this quickly, wouldn't you agree?"

[Yzalirk]

Addok-Zo vomits again.  "Enough chatter, certainly the torturers are not too far if they left her hanging."  He vomits again.  "At least two us of us need to be on guard so they don't stab us from behind.  I'll keep an eye on an entrance, who will watch the other?"

[Waterbrick Down]

"Blaine watch the door. The rest of us can keep an eye on the hallway while we're helping Samantha."

[Mencot]

1 hour ago, Waterbrick Down said:

"Blaine watch the door. The rest of us can keep an eye on the hallway while we're helping Samantha."

"Yes, I will... be quick. Samantha dear, hang in there. We will help you..."

"Yes... be careful... he is probably still here." She whipsers

3 hours ago, Waterbrick Down said:

"Trap? I doubt they were expecting a prison breakout. We need to find a winch or something to get her out of there." Boris looks about the room for a winch mechanism by which Samantha's chains can be moved or alternatively a grate to cover the fire pit.

There seems to be a chain mechanism, near the staircase. Will Boris pull it?

 

[Waterbrick Down]

"Can one of you hold on to her while I work this thing?" Boris points at the mechanism.

[Yzalirk]

"Yeah, I'll hold her."

[wiz]

"Very well then. I'll watch the door."

[Mencot]

The queasy wakorian gets up on the side of the firepit and takes a hold of Samantha . As at the same time Boris pulls the chain mechanism. There is a sound of chains working around up, above them and the chains holding Samantha starts moving up fast from the pit, lifting her up with it... but as she moves up with the chains it starts inflicting major pressure, pulling on her arms. There is also coming more pressure because Addok is holding her down. She screams out in agony

"Aaaaggggghg...."

"You have to move her now to the side..."

 

 

[Waterbrick Down]

"Addok, don't go ripping the poor girl in half. Swing her off to one side." Boris waits for Samantha to be shifted before lowering her to the ground.

[Yzalirk]

Addok-Zo grumbles.  "Wonder who's brilliant idea this was."  He mumbles sarcastically before shifting Samantha to the side.

[Mencot]

9 hours ago, Goliath said:

Addok-Zo grumbles.  "Wonder who's brilliant idea this was."  He mumbles sarcastically before shifting Samantha to the side.

"Let me help you out with that also..."

Blaine moves over to shift Samantha quickly to the side, so that Boris can manage the chain mechanism again.

[Waterbrick Down]

Boris lowers Samantha.

[Mencot]

Boris moves the mechanism that Samantha moves down to the floor. Blaine and Addok-zo quickly gets the chains off her wrists and exhausted she falls into their hands.

"uh, th...  ank you..."

"We will get you out off here... okay heroes, I am ready to get the hell out... what do you think?"

But as the heroes had been busy with the rescuing Samantha a figure had appeared on the upperfloor and he was standing in front of the altar structure watching them. Somehow he had gone unnoticed by everyone, also Lord Cedric, who was watching the door.

From here everything when fast forwards, before they could react, the man throwed two fireballs at them. One just behind Boris and the other one hit the floor besides Addok, Blaine and Samantha. Also the door back to the maze slammed shut.

"Ah heroes, welcome. I was expecting you, I knew you would escape. I was counting on it and now you are here... good good."

Samantha watched in horror at the man

"Don't... don't let him hurt me anymore..."

"You... bastard. I know you..."

"Yes effendi Blaine, leader of the brotherhood of the Ylsid. You have been hunting me and us for years."

"Dagolar...it was you behind this all, here. In a old temple of Zoot... how did I miss it, how did I not feel it, see it."

"Hahaha, no and yes effendi. This all has actually been a great charade to work my out my own plans... this temple it holds many secrets and lots of dark energy to be absorbed. AND, the bandits plans gave me also many prisoners I could do my "research" on." The man smiles.

"I could think that you are intrested to see what I have accomplished... it is not yey perfect but enough for now."

"You are just being confusing, you mad man.. but You are not getting away this time..."

Dagolar laughs

"You are wrong..."

Will the heroes respond or act in anyway?

 

 

 

Edited January 13, 2017 by Mencot

[wiz]

"Told you so." Cedric drinks a Mulled Wine. "You're not getting out of here alive, you mad man!"

[Waterbrick Down]

3 hours ago, Mencot said:

"Ah heroes, welcome. I was expecting you, I knew you would escape. I was counting on it and now you are here... good good."

"You could have simply paid us a nice little visit in prison, of course." Boris tries to determine how close the party's equipment is.

"And Zoot, really? Aren't you aware of the good book, "One who puts coals in his lap shall surely be burned." Sayings of Monsolo stanza six line twenty seven."

[Mencot]

23 hours ago, wiz said:

"Told you so." Cedric drinks a Mulled Wine. "You're not getting out of here alive, you mad man!"

Maybe this is why Cedric didn´t see Dagolar observing them, because he has to be getting wasted of all the booze

21 hours ago, Waterbrick Down said:

"You could have simply paid us a nice little visit in prison, of course."

"And Zoot, really? Aren't you aware of the good book, "One who puts coals in his lap shall surely be burned." Sayings of Monsolo stanza six line twenty seven."

"But I did... many times." the man smiles and looks at Boris. "Hmm, how does "your puny god" actually feel about your kind, hu?" and laughs. "Join us and you will have unlimited strenght."

21 hours ago, Waterbrick Down said:

Boris tries to determine how close the party's equipment is.

 

It is close but is it close enough, considering they are threatened by a man who throws fireballs.

Blaine gets closer to Boris,

"That man is the mage that was visiting you with the banditboss, while you where in the cell... I did just not see that the dastan magi was the same person!" He turns back to Dagolar

"You have killed many innocent people, some where my friends... you won´t get awa..."

Dagolar interrupts him

"But it was just needed sacrifice to advance my work and for what will be a greater good... You have probably heard of necromancy, dead becoming alive by dark magic and under the command of a master. But the dead are dead and they will remain as that, mindless followers, until the master dismisses them or dies..."

"I have the knowledge to wake up the dead again and make them living again and not just living but better, superhumans... superhumans like you, heroes from heroica."

"You heroes, your strenght and that thing that keeps you alive, no matter what... That is a threat for everyone in this world... I am working on something that will stop you and after that my work will stop every other being, uprising against my master."

"But your mission, I am not the one you are looking for. The bandits are upstairs... just go back out the way you came and move to the stairs up to the upperfloor."

They can hear the door unlock and open.

"I would gladly stay to talk some more but I have work to do and my work is finished here at this acient temple... goodbye heroes, Blaine, until we meet another day."

Then he moves out into one of the corridors but before he goes he then turns around and says,

"Oh, before I go. So that you wouldn´t get the idea of following me... I will give you a sample of my experiments. Good luck."

And the he dissapears and the porticullis open near the heroes and zombies start running out.

And if not that wouldn´t been bad enough, the heroes hear some noices behind them from the dark tunnel.

"Me first... me speical... me destroy you for my master."

 

PREPARE FOR BATTLE!!

THE ENEMIES

"First"
*Encouraged* *Inspired* *Immune to sudden death*
Type: Dark/Humanoid
Level: 5 10
Health: 100/100 200/200
Defence: 5
Special: Slam and dunk – The brute uses all his power and slams the floor so that all the opponets get fraglie for one turn.
Drops: Blackstone mace (WP:20, earth- and darkness-elemental mace),Leather armor,mead, smelling salt

Tweed solider zombie 1

*Immune to sudden death*

Type: Undead/Humanoid
Level: 15
Health: 100/100
Special: Bone Gnaw – Causes 13 damage and fragile-effect to the target, and restores 13 health to self.
Drops: Spear (wp: 5),Smelling salt, 10 gold

Tweed solider zombie 2

*Immune to sudden death*

Type: Undead/Humanoid
Level: 15
Health: 100/100
Special: Bone Gnaw – Causes 15 damage and fragile-effect to the target, and restores 13 health to self.
Drops: Orc sword (wp:5)

Zombie 1

*Immune to sudden death*

Type: Undead/Humanoid
Level: 10
Health: 50/50
Special: Bone Gnaw – Causes 10 damage and restores 10 health to self.
Drops: Shovel, potion

Zombie 2

*Immune to sudden death*

Type: Undead/Humanoid
Level: 5
Health: 30/30
Special: Bone Gnaw – Causes 5 damage and restores 5 health to self.
Drops (varies by roll):
1: Peasant’s Hood (Max. Health +1; headwear.)
2-6: Bone

Skeleton 1

*Immune to bleeding, poisoned and sudden death*
Type: Undead
Level: 10
Health: 50/50
Drops: Skeleton decoy, potion

Skeleton 2

*Immune to bleeding, poisoned and sudden death*
Type: Undead
Level: 10
Health: 50/50
Drops: 2xbones, potion

Heroparty:

Addok-Zo Obbex (Goliath)
135 year old Male Wakorian Ranger  Poisoned for one battle. Lucky for one battle.
Level 6
Power: 6 (6 + 3 + 2)
Defense: 0
Health: 11/11 *
Gold: 115
Equipment: Bandits crossbow (WP.5, Crossbow), Scavenger's Toolkit  (Replaces the user's '4' roll with ENHANCEMENT (see Artisan); accessory, suitable to Addok-Zo only)

Jury-Rigged Long Hand Cannon (WP:3), Pugilist’s Gloves (Power +2, protects from weakened-effect; handwear.)
Inventory: 4 Potion, 1 Smoke Bomb, 2 Venom,  1 Fire Bomb, Mead, 2 lightningbombs, 1 Phoenix Essence, 1 Carrion beetle horn (The horn can be attached to any blunt weapon to permanently deal Bleeding 2 effect) (but also including spears, polearms, handcannons etc. Only swordlike weapons are excluded)

* Additinal +1 health from eating a moldy sausage. (Quest 154)


Boris Bruhalv (Waterbrick Down) Partyleader
38 year old male vampire Cleric *Immune to Light,  Stunned and Poisoned*
Level 13
Power: 15 (13 +10+2)
Defense: 2 (2)
Health: 21/21 (21)
Ether: 17/17 (17)
Gold:  98
Equipment:  Not so Ancient Bone (WP:2 Club) Dark Shades  (grants immunity to Light and WP+2 when worn. Accessory suitable for Boris only.)

Honeydrop Staff (WP:10, 1/3 to cause slowed; staff), Rusty Chainmail (SP: 2, Immune to Stunned and Poison)

Inventory: 2 Bones.

2 Potions, 5 Remedies, 1 Phoenix Essence, 7 Tonics, Scroll of Sleep (Enables casting the asleep-effect to the target, forcing them to miss its turn for three rounds or until woken up by an attack. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.), 1 stunbomb, 1 Icebomb, 1 Sleep Bomb, 3x Blind Bomb, Military Grade Fire Bomb (Deals 10 Fire damage to all opponents when used), Military Grade Holy Bomb (Deals 10 Holy damage to all opponents when used), Military Grade Lightning Bomb (Deals 10 Lightning damage to all opponents when used), Floral Bomb, Defender's Ring (Accessory, Rolls of "Heal Less" become "Heal"), Bone, Grating Stone, Sword of the Vampir (WP:17, user is Jinxed; longsword), Simple Mace (WP: 3, mace),  Staff of Ennon - (WP: 5, staff, Restores 2 ether on a roll of 2, 3, or 4)Banana, 1 Ruby

 Lord Cedric (wiz)

34-year-old Male Human Knight *Hastened* *Encouraged* *Inspired*

Level 8

Power: 15 (5+8+2*) *30*

Defense: 8

Health: 18/18 (10+6+1**) *36*

Gold: 20

Equipment: Halberd (WP 5, poison +2), Hinckwell shield (SP:5, Can block one free hit every round.

Additionally If the user has Hinckwell rep. rolls of DAMAGE has a 1/2 chance to be blocked and SPECIAL DAMAGED has a 1/4 chance to be blocked. ), Boots (SP 2 Footwear)

Inventory:

Armor and Shields: Shield (SP 5), Scary Black Cloak (grants the Intimidate [see Black Knight] and "Diplomacy" [see Infiltraitor] job traits; backwear)

Consumables: 2x Potion, 2x Mead, smelling salts, 2 x Remedy

Tools: Bedroll

Treasure: 1 Small Crown (Worth 35 gold)

 

*Permanent Power boosts: +2 from Zane in 153

**Permanent Health boosts: +1 from drumstick in 153

Master Blaine (Takes suggestions by WBD) 

55 year old, Human Vindicator Badly crippled.

Level 40 20

Health: 75/75 20

Power: 53 26

SP: 7

Equipment: Old shortsword (WP: 3),  Brotherhood of Ylsid Armor ( Heavy Armor (SP: 7, Immune to all magic and fragile, suitable for barbarians, knights, dragoons, skirmishers, regulators and vindicators; bodywear.)

Inventory: -

 

Lady Samantha Tweed

19 year old, "Novice Swashbuckler" *Hastened if put first in Battle. Immune to Blinded and all elemental magic* Wounded, out of battles.

 

Party leader, please create a battle order. Everyone, please choose an action.

 

The hero weapons are available to be picked up in the corner of the room but it will take one turn to do. The hero can choose to attack or use the turn to fetch his weapons.

 

 

 

 

Edited January 14, 2017 by Mencot

[Waterbrick Down]

OoC: Does Boris still have the Not so Ancient Bone (WP:2 Club)?

1 hour ago, Mencot said:

"But I did... many times." the man smiles and looks at Boris. "Hmm, how does "your puny god" actually feel about your kind, hu?" and laughs. "Join us and you will have unlimited strenght."

Boris waivers for a moment before standing resolutely. "I'd rather take a chance with Ennoc than the foolishness of the Forsaken One."

1 hour ago, Mencot said:

"But it was just needed sacrifice to advance my work and for what will be a greater good... You have probably heard of necromancy, dead becoming alive by dark magic and under the command of a master. But the dead are dead and they will remain as that, mindless followers, until the master dismisses them or dies..."

"I have the knowledge to wake up the dead again and make them living again and not just living but better, superhumans... superhumans like you, heroes from heroica."

"You heroes, your strenght and that thing that keeps you alive, no matter what... That is a threat for everyone in this world... I am working on something that will stop you and after that my work will stop every other being, uprising against my master."

"But your mission, I am not the one you are looking for. The bandits are upstairs... just go back out the way you came and move to the stairs up to the upperfloor."

"Your knowledge of the Forsaken One fails you, if you think he shall consider you worthy of any consideration. You'll merely serve as his pawn." Boris prepares to follow but notes the encroaching swathe of undead clawing toward the Party.

"I'm going to need my stuff if we're going to pull this off." Boris makes a dash for his equipment trying to stay back. "Blaine keep that first tweed zombie back and keep your distance."

Battle Order:
Cedric
>Blaine vs. Tweed Soldier Zombie 1
Addok-Zo
>Boris retrieves equipment

 

[Mencot]

3 minutes ago, Waterbrick Down said:

OoC: Does Boris still have the Not so Ancient Bone (WP:2 Club)?

 

 

*Yes, ofcourse. Fixed.

[wiz]

OoC: I seem to be missing a smelling salt. I took a moonshine, not a salt.

 

Cedric attacks Soldier Zombie 2 from the back row, then uses a smelling salt on Boris.

"Boris, I advise you to throw a sleep bomb. The free hits will almost kill us."

 

OOC: Alternate plan, Cedric hastens Boris, Boris gets his stuff, throws a sleep bomb, then Addock gets his stuff, and Blaine does nothing, but it's all up to WBD.

 

 

[Mencot]

8 minutes ago, wiz said:

OoC: I seem to be missing a smelling salt. I took a moonshine, not a salt.

 

 

*Fixed