Chapter 1.1 - The Alamo Remembers

A natural 1 provokes a GM intrusion without the xp award. In this case, Diego's gun misfires and will require an action to free the failed bullet from the weapon before it can be fired again.

Time to finish these varmints off...

The wolf-man standing rushes forward, takes a slug from Eli, and then falls to the ground unconscious after passing through the invisible wall. The second wolf-man, who had been gunned down, lies where he fell and twitches on the ground. There is no one currently threatening you.

You think that all three creatures are still alive. Three of them are in wolf-monster form, the other is still human. Lastly, one of the wolf-men, the one that was gunned down, was not rendered unconscious by Eli's cypher, and his wounds are healing.

As to the effect of Eli's cypher, you cannot see it. (Eli can remember where he set it, if he shares that info.)

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As an aside: I'm not sure if any of you were using silver rounds, so I have assumed not.

OOC: Actually I had assumed my default WAS using silver rounds, since we had acquired a large number of rounds earlier. But that's fine, I'll be explicit next time.

IC: Eli puts down the healing wolf-man with a silver bullet to the head. He looks to his companions, motions ahead of him and says, "Here is the invisible barrier I made to knock out these three. Be careful not to cross it yourself. Now, these beasts have never been ones to reason with, and are filled with bloodlust. I have no problem putting each to their death with a silver bullet, but I don't want to deny you the pleasure of getting into the action." (OOC: He will put down one other, and leave the other two for his companions).

Diego clears his jam easily.

As you approach Eli's invisible wall, you can hear a faint crying noise coming from the chapel, which is off to your right. You're near the garrison doors (the garrison is mostly to your left) that these 'soldiers' exited from. The soldiers are wearing uniforms that don't fit very well, and you can see that their weapons are well cared for but not exceptional. One thing that does draw the eye is that one of the male soldiers is wearing a necklace that looks like a snowflake.

After a brief series of very messy coup-de-gras you find some odd trinkets on the soldiers, but before you get too far into their pockets, you hear the sounds of heavy boots on planks. The sound comes from inside the garrison.

Carefully pushing past the door, you find a long mess hall and to the right, stairs going down. The mess hall is empty, with only a couple of plates set even though there is room for maybe a 100 soldiers too eat at once. From the cellar is where the heavy foot falls sound. From inside, the sound is ominous, and you envision that whoever is making those noises must be huge.

A quick peek down the stairs and you see only darkness.

Eli tries to determine the source of the footsteps, cautiously moving down the stairs, gun in hand

Diego looks around and quickly spots a cupboard near the door and the stairs, and inside are a couple lanterns (nice and full) along with [period appropriate] matches. There is also some assorted rain ponchos, shovels, buckets and other assorted things.

[O.O a critical skill check. So with a 19, I'll give you a success on the perception, and also a minor effect.]. Eli gets the impression that there is one person downstairs moving things about. That person is really heavy, wearing sturdy leather boots, and they're in a deliberate sorta hurry, but they dont shuffle their feet. You're darn near certain they're moving furniture around carefully, tipping tables over and the like. not making much noise at that, but some.
"Any suggestions on the minor effect? We could say you get an asset on initiative (should you decide to draw down on 'em) or your next action towards them, or something similar.

I'm assuming AJ is trailing behind, maybe watching the door, just trying to keep us moving along. Jump in when you want.

"Someone down there is either about to do something bad, or is waiting to ambush us. We should strike now before he gets too fortified!" He leaps down the stairs and prepares to shoot if a clear hostile.

At the bottom of the stairs, the dirt floored passage leads to the left, past some shelves. The passage goes 3 or 4 yards to an archway, beyond which is a dirt walled and floored room the room is lit by some dim, flickering unnatural source that you can't yet see. You see two heavy, wooden tables have been overturned to form a defensive barricade, but it isn't really enough to contain the bulk of the monstrosity behind. The demon is basically man-shaped, but it's skin is covered in short bluish fur. It's head is wolf-like, and you can see its head, shoulders and about half of its chest over the table as it adjusts one of the tables. A brief estimate puts the torso on this thing about the right size for a bull. It's eyes turn toward you, and in them you see a mixture of intelligence and fury.

Eli fires from the bottom of the stairs, and his round hits the creature in the shoulder. Unfortunately, you're not sure that it noticed all that much.

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Anyone else who wants to join in should probably roll initiative..

Diego can act before the foe, but he's at the top of the stairs. Normally, you can only move an immediate distance (up to 3 yards) as part of an action, and the stairs will interfere. However, Diego has the Fast descriptor, so he can run a short distance (up to 50 feet) and still attack.

AJ has the Fleet of Foot Move, so he can run the distance with a Speed check diffculty 2. Since he is also Trained in Running, that means he will make it and still act on a 3 or higher. With a failure, AJ would make it most of the way, but wouldn't be able to act until next round.

AJ's action will occur after the beasts, and yup, the 18 gets +2 damage.