Round one
(this is followed by round two)
The flickering of the firelight glints off of metal bits - weapons, bits of armor, metal studs in shields - half-seen through the foliage. The only sound is the rustling of leaves, and the party is struck by how horrifying animated corpses are - not just from the stench of rot, but of the complete silence with which they move. There is no speech, no breath, no communication of any kind: just dead flesh and bone moving beyond all reason.
There are
five humanoid figures silently approaching the campfire that you can see.
OOC:
Manthis and Rosemary can take their turns, then it will be the monsters' turn, followed by Arya and Jonel.
[ +- ] Living versus the Dead, round one
OOC:
Note: you can declare your actions and post your rolls at any time, but they will be resolved in turn order. If, however, you think you might want to wait to see what the situation is by the time your turn comes around, Arya and Jonel can wait to post their turns until after the enemies' turn, which I'll post as soon as Rosemary and Manthis' turns are resolved.
As the foul, silent figures approach,
Manthis moves protectively in front of
Arya and prepares an attack on the first monster to move in range...
"Don't worry, sir. I've got your back," Rosemary assures
Jonel, stepping up next to the newcomer, and prepares to paddle the first undead to move close enough as her blood begins to boil with the battle madness (
Rosemary Rages)...
Stepping into the firelight,
five dead humanoids in various states of decay come into the clearing. Each bears a weapon it carried in life: one has a falchion, two has a dagger, three has a club, four has a short sword, and five has a staff. Each wears the tattered remains of their clothing, the attire rotting just as their flesh is. They also each clutch something in their other hands defensively: a rotted log, a mossy shield, a broken branch, a small wooden wheel, and part of a picket fence (each is wielded as a shield). Their eyes have been plucked out by scavengers, and insects crawl across their exposed flesh, eating the animated corpses. Unseeing, silent, the
five grotesque monsters move to attack.
Four is the first to move within
Manthis' reach. The warrior slashes at the corpse, but the rotting thing deflects the blow with its wheel (the prepared attack misses).
One creeps up to
Jonel, bringing it within reach of
Rosemary, triggering her prepared attack.
Rosemary wallops
Undead One; the baker's paddle smashes part of the corpse with a satisfying crunch.
Undead One takes 12 bludgeoning damage.
"LEAVE. HIM. ALONE." She feels her blood boil with fury as her rage intensifies.
Arya lashes out with her warhammer, smashing aside the picket fence the animated corpse is using as a shield, and brings the hammer down on its shoulder with a crunch.
Undead Five takes 8 bludgeoning damage.
Jonel grunts and hits
One with a Firebolt, flame jetting from his hand into the chest of the foul monster. If anything, the smell gets even worse.
Undead One takes 4 fire damage.
Jonel then steps behind
Rosemary.
"If you don't mind, I'm going to stand back here." (Neither
One or
Two use their reactions to attack him as he goes).
[ +- ] Battling the undead, round one
20 - Manthis (11/11)
9 - Rosemary (8/13)
9-
Undead One (-16)
Two, Three, Four, Five (-8)
6 - Arya (10/10)
1 - Jonel (2/7)
