” I have pushed this darkness back to its source deep below. For a moment the vampires are held by the bonds of time so we can speak. Below you the ships to take the 3000 rangers to Ixotic are nearing. You must press on if you have any chance. Above you will not like what has happened either. But to confront it you must have those rangers below.” A warmth passes from him into each and everyone one of you, ” There you have been refreshed and made whole.” He glances the way the heroes had come with trepidation and he cries out his face cracking like it had been shattered with a great hammer, ” YOU MUST GO NOW!” The god vanishes as he whispers almost sadly, If I can I will find those to aid you. A great red shape looked through the protcullus the heroes had stepped through. A demonic looking creature if there ever was one. Those with a strong knowledge background in the things arcane would assume it was a greater demon. But that could not be further than the truth, for it was a creature none had encountered before. Like a playful child the creature roared, ” Peakaboo! I see you.” It cackled laughing at its own joke instilling a dreadful fear accross all the heroes. ” Get them I was more dead friends...” Upon hearing those words countless wild vampires, and more coherent secondaries, and even a beedy eye’d master appeared out of no where as if teleported in by some shadow magic. They and those whom survived the resolute vampire hunter’s onslaught join together in vast numbers and flood the caves with their haunting howls.
Karl raises his sword now enchanted with a holy silver aura of his own making and starts towards the horde of vampires as if the brazen apok fledling was going to kill them all. A the 1st of the horde decend Karl swings his blade cutting one in half. The imp’s celestial phone beeps with a message chime and he pauses ducking under a vampire’s swing pulling the phone out with his free hand. After glancing at it he chortles and slices into another wayward vampire, ”Not a demon, haha. I got this popa!”
The daughter of del rio seems nervous and backs away her dagger clattering to the ground. She yells clearly frightened, ” What is this creature? I know it from my dreams!!!”
Blanca, Ash’s white dog yipps towards the way down deeper into the catacombs as if urging the heroes to go. She bits the but of a vampire out ahead of the pack and smashes it into a rocky column.
Rod puts a voice to those yips and raises a point of his own, ” The dog is right we need to leave. If the god like creature is to beleived the enemy is simply stalling us. We have the chance to move now, and we should take it if we have any chance to save those 3000 rangers. Time is not on our side, and while we could no doubt kill these approximately 323 vampires and their greater demon we could end up arriving too late.”
Player notes: everyone is Full up on ppts, no wounds or fatigue. Quad resets along with bennies and once a quad effects. Thanks Asnir!
Directions: fear check -2 ( not pen, Karl, Rod, Blanca made their check. Daughter of Del Rio did not, but is holding it together best she can)
React to the scene hit me up with questions and then choose to fight the vampires that just appeared or rush headlong deeper into the catacombs trying to get to the rangers before the boats destined to take them away arrive. Either way it will result in the next GM post being a Quick combat.
+1 benny for the new quad if your post includes a bit of naration about killing a few vampires as the battle starts to resume.
- I did offer vampire kingdoms as a refuge for the players whose groups disbanded so some folks might get ported in by Asnir as they make their decisions.
Perhaps talk in hangouts about this decision or if someone wants to put up a poll fine with me.