Heroica RPG - Quest #115: The Tale of One Bleach Too Many

[Endgame]

Round Three:

>Vindsval VS Pestilence (back): Critical Hit (7x2=14+7=21x2=42 damage)

>Salt Upon Wounds uses a potion on himself (back)

>The Steed VS Vindsval (back): 10/2=5-3=2 damage

Vindsval deals a crushing blow to Pestilence, while Salt Upon Wounds mends the damage he had received.

"The regeneration, it's gone..."

Pestilence, Horseman Of The Apocalypse. Level ?? Ancient

HP: 71/113

Specials:

Plague: Pestilence inflicts Poison 2 to both heroes.

Fatal Cut: Pestilence swings his scythe, reducing the hero who rolled Special damage to 2 HP.

Specials alternate.

Passive Specials:

Rosalia Resurrection: Poison heals Pestilence!

Rage: When his steed his alive, Pestilence's level is equal to the attacking hero's level x3. If his steed is dead, his level is equal to the attacking hero's level x4.

Drops:

Toxic Hood, Dire Jade (Worth 75 gold), Deadly Poison x2

Steed of Pestilence, Level 10 Ancient

HP: 20/20

Specials:

Sickly Stampede: The Steed of Pestilence mows down the hero who rolled Special Damage, inflicting the Poison 4 effect.

Passive Specials:

Rosalia Resurrection: Poison heals Pestilence's steed!

Rosalia Reincarnation: Upon being defeated, whoever slayed the steed receives the remedy it holds. It will return at the end of the next round with another remedy.

Drops:

Remedy

Vindsval Half-born (Immune to Fire) (Asphalt) *Encouraged!*

37 year old, Male, Half Giant, Cleric (immune to Sealed effect)

Level: 7

Power: 14 (6+8) (x2 VS Aquatic, Flying, and Mechanical)

Defense: 3 (Fiery Robes of the Archmagi)

Health: 11/15 (9+6)

Ether: 14/16 (6+5+5)

Gold: 32

Equipment: Broomstick (WP:7, ranged; suitable for mages, clerics, artisans and necromancers)

Fiery Robes of the Archmagi (SP:3 Bodywear +5 Ether, immunity to Sealed Effect and Fire)

Inventory:

Consumables: Remedy X3 , Potion X3, Smoke Bomb X2, Mead X2, Tonic x3, Grating Stone

Tools: Bed Roll

Weapons: Spark Hammer (WP:8, (X2 against Aquatic, Flying, and Mechanical) lightning-elemental hammer)

Artefacts: Tailored Overcoat (SP: 1; Immunity to wind-, earth-, and water- damage; suitable for rangers, rogues, hunters, and beast warriors; back wear)

Salt-Upon-Wounds (Goliath)

33 year old Male Hobgoblin Barbarian

Level: 3

Power: 6

Health: 10/10

Gold: 35

Equipment: Sturdy Spear (WP: 3)

Inventory: Mead, Potion x3, Smoke Bomb, Fire Bomb

[Yzalirk]

"Let's hit 'em again!"

Salt-Upon-Wounds attacks the Steed of Pestilence with Static Staff from Front Row

[Asphalt]

Repeat

Battle order

1. Salt upon wounds attack steed from front row with static staff.

2. Vindsval attacks pestilence with broomstick from back row.

[Endgame]

Round Three:

>Salt Upon Wounds VS The Steed (front): Critical Hit (3x4+12+3=15 damage)

>Vindsval VS Pestilence (back): Hit (7+7=14x2=28 damage)

>The Steed VS Vindsval (back): 10/2=5-3=2 damage

Pestilence nears his end, and the Seed finds himself hobbling after a heavy hit from Salt.

"Is this... Is this a good thing...? Is it?"

Pestilence, Horseman Of The Apocalypse. Level ?? Ancient

HP: 43/113

Specials:

Plague: Pestilence inflicts Poison 2 to both heroes.

Fatal Cut: Pestilence swings his scythe, reducing the hero who rolled Special damage to 2 HP.

Specials alternate.

Passive Specials:

Rosalia Resurrection: Poison heals Pestilence!

Rage: When his steed his alive, Pestilence's level is equal to the attacking hero's level x3. If his steed is dead, his level is equal to the attacking hero's level x4.

Drops:

Toxic Hood, Dire Jade (Worth 75 gold), Deadly Poison x2

Steed of Pestilence, Level 10 Ancient

HP: 5/20

Specials:

Sickly Stampede: The Steed of Pestilence mows down the hero who rolled Special Damage, inflicting the Poison 4 effect.

Passive Specials:

Rosalia Resurrection: Poison heals Pestilence's steed!

Rosalia Reincarnation: Upon being defeated, whoever slayed the steed receives the remedy it holds. It will return at the end of the next round with another remedy.

Drops:

Remedy

Vindsval Half-born (Immune to Fire) (Asphalt) *Encouraged!*

37 year old, Male, Half Giant, Cleric (immune to Sealed effect)

Level: 7

Power: 14 (6+8) (x2 VS Aquatic, Flying, and Mechanical)

Defense: 3 (Fiery Robes of the Archmagi)

Health: 11/15 (9+6)

Ether: 14/16 (6+5+5)

Gold: 32

Equipment: Broomstick (WP:7, ranged; suitable for mages, clerics, artisans and necromancers)

Fiery Robes of the Archmagi (SP:3 Bodywear +5 Ether, immunity to Sealed Effect and Fire)

Inventory:

Consumables: Remedy X3 , Potion X3, Smoke Bomb X2, Mead X2, Tonic x3, Grating Stone

Tools: Bed Roll

Weapons: Spark Hammer (WP:8, (X2 against Aquatic, Flying, and Mechanical) lightning-elemental hammer)

Artefacts: Tailored Overcoat (SP: 1; Immunity to wind-, earth-, and water- damage; suitable for rangers, rogues, hunters, and beast warriors; back wear)

Salt-Upon-Wounds (Goliath)

33 year old Male Hobgoblin Barbarian

Level: 3

Power: 6

Health: 10/10

Gold: 35

Equipment: Sturdy Spear (WP: 3)

Inventory: Mead, Potion x3, Smoke Bomb, Fire Bomb

[Asphalt]

Do not back off Earthbound.

Vindsval repeats his attack against the embodiment of disease. He marvels slightly at the efficacy of the tiny throwing stick in his hand.

Vindsval attacks the Pestilence from the Back row with his Broomstick.

[Yzalirk]

"They're almost done for! Let's finish this."

Salt-Upon-Wounds attacks the Steed of Pestilence with Static Staff from Front Row

[Asphalt]

Battle order

1, salt-upon-wounds, attacks steed, from front row with static staff.

2. Vindsval attacks pestilence from back row with broomstick.

[Endgame]

Round Four:

>Salt Upon Wounds VS The Steed (front): Critical Hit (3x4+12+3=15 damage)

>Vindsval VS Pestilence (back): Special Damage (Plague: Poison 2 to both heroes!)

​The Steed collapses with a mighty blow from Salt Upon Wounds, but Vindsval missteps when attacking Pestilence. The specter evades, the destruction of his steed not affecting him in the slightest, before cleaving his chest open with his own scythe. A burst of poisonous air rushes the heroes, filling their lungs and blood with a quick moving poison.

"It spreads, it grows, it spreads, it grows... Just like the Rosalia in Mommy... Soon, it'll be... Incurable, unstoppable..."

Pestilence, Horseman Of The Apocalypse. Level ?? Ancient

HP: 43/113

Specials:

Plague: Pestilence inflicts Poison 2 to both heroes.

Fatal Cut: Pestilence swings his scythe, reducing the hero who rolled Special damage to 2 HP.

Specials alternate.

Passive Specials:

Rosalia Resurrection: Poison heals Pestilence!

Rage: When his steed his alive, Pestilence's level is equal to the attacking hero's level x3. If his steed is dead, his level is equal to the attacking hero's level x4.

Drops:

Toxic Hood, Dire Jade (Worth 75 gold), Deadly Poison x2

Vindsval Half-born (Immune to Fire) (Asphalt) *Encouraged!* *Poison 2!*

37 year old, Male, Half Giant, Cleric (immune to Sealed effect)

Level: 7

Power: 14 (6+8) (x2 VS Aquatic, Flying, and Mechanical)

Defense: 3 (Fiery Robes of the Archmagi)

Health: 9/15 (9+6)

Ether: 14/16 (6+5+5)

Gold: 32

Equipment: Broomstick (WP:7, ranged; suitable for mages, clerics, artisans and necromancers)

Fiery Robes of the Archmagi (SP:3 Bodywear +5 Ether, immunity to Sealed Effect and Fire)

Inventory:

Consumables: Remedy X3 , Potion X3, Smoke Bomb X2, Mead X2, Tonic x3, Grating Stone

Tools: Bed Roll

Weapons: Spark Hammer (WP:8, (X2 against Aquatic, Flying, and Mechanical) lightning-elemental hammer)

Artefacts: Tailored Overcoat (SP: 1; Immunity to wind-, earth-, and water- damage; suitable for rangers, rogues, hunters, and beast warriors; back wear)

Salt-Upon-Wounds (Goliath)

33 year old Male Hobgoblin Barbarian *Poison 2!*

Level: 3

Power: 6

Health: 8/10

Gold: 35

Equipment: Sturdy Spear (WP: 3)

Inventory: Mead, Potion x3, Smoke Bomb, Fire Bomb, Remedy

Edited January 2, 2015 by Endgame

[Yzalirk]

"I can feel the poison flow though my veins. Vindsval, he's almost dead, let's put him down!"

Salt-Upon-Wounds attacks Pestilence with Static Staff from Front Row

[Asphalt]

Vindsval coughs and gags as he takes a deep death of the poison gas.

Foul

He stumbles back a step and takes a Remedy from his pouch. Seeing Salt-upon-wounds has the Pestilence busy for the moment he drinks it down.

.

Vindsval drink a Remedy from the back row.

Battle Order

1. Salt_upon-Wounds, Attacks Pestilence with Static Staff from front row.

2. Vindsval Consumes Remedy from the Back Row.

OOC: I'm back on the road again. See everyone tonight after dinner.

[Endgame]

Round Five:

>Salt Upon Wounds VS Pestilence (front): Critical Hit (4x3=12+3=15 damage)

>Vindsval remedies himself (back)

The battle rages on!

"It hurts..."

Pestilence, Horseman Of The Apocalypse. Level ?? Ancient

HP: 28/113

Specials:

Plague: Pestilence inflicts Poison 2 to both heroes.

Fatal Cut: Pestilence swings his scythe, reducing the hero who rolled Special damage to 2 HP.

Specials alternate.

Passive Specials:

Rosalia Resurrection: Poison heals Pestilence!

Rage: When his steed his alive, Pestilence's level is equal to the attacking hero's level x3. If his steed is dead, his level is equal to the attacking hero's level x4.

Drops:

Toxic Hood, Dire Jade (Worth 75 gold), Deadly Poison x2

Vindsval Half-born (Immune to Fire) (Asphalt) *Encouraged!*

37 year old, Male, Half Giant, Cleric (immune to Sealed effect)

Level: 7

Power: 14 (6+8) (x2 VS Aquatic, Flying, and Mechanical)

Defense: 3 (Fiery Robes of the Archmagi)

Health: 9/15 (9+6)

Ether: 14/16 (6+5+5)

Gold: 32

Equipment: Broomstick (WP:7, ranged; suitable for mages, clerics, artisans and necromancers)

Fiery Robes of the Archmagi (SP:3 Bodywear +5 Ether, immunity to Sealed Effect and Fire)

Inventory:

Consumables: Remedy X2 , Potion X3, Smoke Bomb X2, Mead X2, Tonic x3, Grating Stone

Tools: Bed Roll

Weapons: Spark Hammer (WP:8, (X2 against Aquatic, Flying, and Mechanical) lightning-elemental hammer)

Artefacts: Tailored Overcoat (SP: 1; Immunity to wind-, earth-, and water- damage; suitable for rangers, rogues, hunters, and beast warriors; back wear)

Salt-Upon-Wounds (Goliath)

33 year old Male Hobgoblin Barbarian *Poison 2!*

Level: 3

Power: 6

Health: 6/10

Gold: 35

Equipment: Sturdy Spear (WP: 3)

Inventory: Mead, Potion x3, Smoke Bomb, Fire Bomb, Remedy

[Asphalt]

If nothing else, I will try to make the pain stop Isaac. You have my word.

The poison in his lungs nullified, Vindsval re-enters the fray. He lashes out once again with his broom stick. He thinks to himself, suck a weapon as this, an unassuming stick, needs a better name.

Vindsval Attacks the Pestilence, From the Back Row, with his Broom Stick.

[Yzalirk]

"This poison is starting to get to me, I need to use a Remedy."

Salt-Upon-Wounds consumes a Remedy in Back Row

[Asphalt]

ROUND 6

Battle Order

1. Vindsval Attacks Pestilence from Back row with Broom Stick

2. Salt-Upon-Wounds uses a remedy on Himself from the Back Row.

If this attack does not kill the Pestilence and neither of us are in danger of being eliminated please Autoroll Round Seven for us to speed up the ending

Battle Order Round 7

1. Vindsval Attacks Pestilence from Back row with Broom Stick

2. Salt-upon-wounds Attacks Pestilence from Front row with Static Staff

[Endgame]

Round 6

>Vindsval VS Pestilence (back): Critical Hit (7x2=14+7=21x2=42 damage)

Vindsval sends his Broomstick out one last time. The weapon flies through the diseased quarantine chamber, piercing the skeletal being through the chest before he can react. Its eyes widen and its bony jaw hangs open before he falls to his knees, his body condensing into a horrid liquid as he topples. He hits the floor, dissolving into nothing but a pile of diseased sludge and splatters of sickly green blood on the wall. The party knows that the struggle was, at long last, over.

From the corpse of Pestilence rings the sorry voice of Isaac, his tantrums quelled. His turmoil subsides, leaving only the sadness of a child.

"wHy... wHY... Ii'M soRRy, i goT neRvous, aNd scared, and I... I thought daddy would get mad, and... I'm sorry. I shouldn't have done all of this to you... I shouldn't have..."

This was the party's greatest chance to quell the child's fear.

Vindsval Half-born (Immune to Fire) (Asphalt)

37 year old, Male, Half Giant, Cleric (immune to Sealed effect)

Level: 8

Power: 15 (7+8) (x2 VS Aquatic, Flying, and Mechanical)

Defense: 3 (Fiery Robes of the Archmagi)

Health: 15/15 (9+6)

Ether: 16/16 (6+5+5)

Gold: 32

Equipment: Broomstick (WP:7, ranged; suitable for mages, clerics, artisans and necromancers)

Fiery Robes of the Archmagi (SP:3 Bodywear +5 Ether, immunity to Sealed Effect and Fire)

Inventory:

Consumables: Remedy X2 , Potion X3, Smoke Bomb X2, Mead X2, Tonic x3, Grating Stone

Tools: Bed Roll

Weapons: Spark Hammer (WP:8, (X2 against Aquatic, Flying, and Mechanical) lightning-elemental hammer)

Artefacts: Tailored Overcoat (SP: 1; Immunity to wind-, earth-, and water- damage; suitable for rangers, rogues, hunters, and beast warriors; back wear)

Salt-Upon-Wounds (Goliath)

33 year old Male Hobgoblin Barbarian

Level: 4

Power: 7

Health: 11/11

Gold: 35

Equipment: Sturdy Spear (WP: 3)

Inventory: Mead, Potion x3, Smoke Bomb, Fire Bomb, Remedy , Static Staff (WP: 4, Electric)

Please Distribute The Loot:

Dire Jade: Worth 75 gold.

Toxic Hood: Headwear. The green hood worn by the Rosalia Pestilence. Not only makes the wearer immune to being poisoned, but also makes the wearer Blessed if poisoned while donning the hood. (Blessed heroes recover 3 HP per round.)

Deadly Poison x2 (Can be used on a weapon so it inflicts the Poison 10 effect for one battle.)

Edited January 5, 2015 by Endgame

[Asphalt]

Vindsval drops to his knees as he hears the pitiful wails of the doomed child. It would seem that yet again, to do what was right, he must cause a youngling pain. He reaches into a long tube slung at his waist and removes a carved rod. A prayer rod similar to the one he gave another child. He recited a muffled prayer, the words rumbling deep in his chest. The runes carved into the surface of the miniature staff glow with a pale golden light. He places the rod into the pile of goo, it flares with an intense brilliance, and the putrefaction is scoured away by the holy light.

Be at rest Isaac, and know that you are remembered, and that answers shall be sought on your behalf.

He clenches his jaw and speaks through his teeth.

And Vengeance if those answers ring falsely.

Vindsval scoops up the items dropped by the Pestilence. He Places the Toxic Hood, and 1 Deadly poison among his own belongings and holds the Jade and Other poison out the Salt-Upon-Wounds.

Would you be interested in either of these my Friend.

Vindsval asks using the term friend for the first time when speaking on one of Salt-Upon-Wounds' kind.

.

[Yzalirk]

"That was quite the fight, wouldn't you say Vindsval? As much as I'd like to take those items of you're hand, you keep them. I won't be sticking around too much, buddy."

[Asphalt]

As you wish Earthbound, as you wish.

Vindsval Pockets the Dire jade and Deadly Poison

I believe it is time we find our way back to the good doctor.

[Yzalirk]

"Let's find the doctor and tell him his project has been dealt with."

[Asphalt]

Vindsval turns and begins to backtrack his way to the entrance of the mansion.

[Yzalirk]

Salt-Upon-Wounds follows Vindsval.

[Asphalt]

Vindsval continues to move through the decrepit areas of the mansion. The whole time contemplating what he will do when he sees the doctor again. Is there any explanation that could excuse what his experiments turned his young son into?

[Yzalirk]

"I wonder how the doctor is going to react to us. Should we be honest and let him know about Isaac?"

OoC: I hate to sound needy but when will the quest be finished?

[Asphalt]

I will not simply tell him of his son, I will demand an explanation.

OOC: Endgame said he would wrap it up this weekend.

[Endgame]

QM Note: A power outage delayed the ending, but it should be over by Sunday night!

The party treks back through the dank manor, Isaac's voice whispering and dwindling away to nothing as the party leaves.

"Tell doc... Tell Dad... I'm sorry..."

They reach the door to his new, barricaded lab, the doctor hearing the party's footsteps.

"The deed is done, I hope." says the voice of Dr. Gryphinn. "...You two carry an awful stench."