[Taocow PBEM] Chapter XVIII - Into The Heart Of Darkness

[Troy Imlach]

[Talas]
Talas gets out of the ATV and walks over to the demon. Aprone seeing that its arm is growing back Talas pulls out his Rail gun and at point blank rang fires a bust into the demons chest. (The gun has depleted uranium rounds. Stops all regeneration, as long as the rounds are in the creatures body.) If the demon is still moving he will take out his Katana and prsead to decapotate the abomination.
Talas then turns his attention to the overturned ATV and asks if every one is safe. And if he is needed to turn it right side up?
[/Talas]

--- On Tue, 2/24/09, Aaron Clausen <mightymartianca at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Aaron Clausen <mightymartianca at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Taocow PBEM] Chapter XVIII - Into The Heart Of Darkness
> To: "The Tao of Cow Rifts PBEM" <taocowpbem at zork.net>
> Received: Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 4:07 PM
> > > [GM]
> > > Talas's spell is mostly successful.  Two of
> the demons (including the damaged
> > > one) stop their assault, and suddenly leave at
> incredible speed.  The third
> > > seems to have resisted Talas's spell, and now
> leaps on to the overturned
> > > vehicle, trying to crush the metal with its
> hands.
> > >
> > > Inside the ATV is chaos.  Ted and Sia are okay
> [each received 6 SDC from
> > > blunt impact], but Koba is trapped partway out
> the window, and feels a lot
> > > worse [18 SDC].  There's some pain coming
> from his right side and his
> > > right arm, both of which are partially out of the
> vehicle.
> > >
> > > As they come to their senses, they feel the
> vehicle violently shift and hear
> > > pummeling.  Koba, through his pain, can clearly
> see one of the demons
> > > trying to tear the his side's door off the
> ATV.
> > > [/GM]
> 
> > > [Alister]
> > > "Holy crap!" Alister shouts.  Now
> driving the other the ATV, he hits the
> > > brakes and, in reverse, races back to the other
> ATV.
> > > [/Alister]
> 
> OOC: Going to finish up this melee round, starting with
> Carlos (even though his
> player has been very quietly lately).
> 
> [Carlos]
> Carlos fires his L-20 pulse rifle at the demon [Strike:
> 21].  The shot
> strikes the
> demon in its head [Damage: 19MD], blasting some of its
> stony flesh away.
> [/Carlos]
> 
> > [Sia]
> > Suddenly finding the ceiling as her floor, Sialillion
> takes a rough hit to
> > her un-helmeted head against the riveted metal of the
> ATV, earning her a
> > black eye.  Regaining her composure, she pulls Koba
> back inside the ATV,
> > then fires her Wilk's laser rifle out the window
> at the rock creature as
> > many times as she can. [Strike: 16].
> > [/Sia]
> 
> [GM]
> Sia's shot hits the demon in its abdomen [Damage:
> 39MD].  It doesn't quite
> punch a hole through it, but certainly leaves a big gouge.
> 
> The demon, in turn, now seems confused (suggesting, perhaps
> incredible
> physical strength and endurance, but less-than-supernatural
> intellect).
> Abandoning the overturned ATV, it suddenly starts running
> towards the
> other one, waving one of its arms in a throwing motion and
> actually detaching
> a piece of it which flies like a missile at the ATV
> [Strike: 4].  The rocky
> appendage misses the ATV by a considerable amount, but
> leaves an
> ominously large crater.
> 
> The demon then turns back towards the overturned ATV.
> [/GM]
> 
> > [Owen]
> > Seeing the overturned ATV, Owen drives his cycle
> towards the ATV as
> > fast as he can, and uses Telekinetic Forcefield over
> the portion of the
> > vehicle containing those trapped inside.
> > [/Owen]
> 
> [GM]
> Owen makes his move at the last possible moment, as the
> demon crashes
> into the vehicle.  While the vehicle is pushed a good
> fifteen feet, the demon
> is unable to pierce the force field.  Even as the demon is
> doing this, his
> missing arm can be seen reforming.
> [/GM]
> 
> [Round #2]
> 
> [Louissa]
> Louissa again fires at the demon, but misses by a wide mark
> [Strike: 4].
> [/Louissa]
> 
> OOC: Koba's player hasn't posted yet, so...
> 
> [Koba]
> Koba is filling considerably dazed, and isn't up to
> attack yet.
> [/Koba]
> 
> [Alister]
> Alister is disconcerted by the size of the crater, but
> thinks perhaps this
> beast is sufficiently stupid that perhaps it can be kept
> from doing much
> real harm if it is confused.  He intentionally drives the
> ATV at high speed
> as close as he dares beside the demon and starts honking
> the horn to
> get its attention.
> [/Alister]
> 
> > [Ted]
> > "Koba, are you all right?" the lizard man
> asks, reaching for his rifle.
> > He climbs through the vehicle, sticking out through
> one of the windows,
> > to fire on the attacking monsters [Strike: 12].
> > [/Ted]
> 
> [GM]
> Ted's shot strikes the demon clear in the chest
> [Damage: 24MD].  The
> gouge in the demon seems to be getting bigger, and whatever
> supernatural
> healing it has seems to be more concentrated on the new arm
> rather than
> on the growing hole in its body.
> [/GM]
> 
> > [Talas]
> > As soon as the ATV gets close enough Talas calls out
> to the demon.
> > In the hope that Talas's own Horror Factor will
> scare off the demon.
> > If the demon does not run away then Talas will cast
> Magic net, to
> > restrain and stop the demons attack on the other ATV.
> > [/Talas]
> 
> [GM]
> The demon seems not to be too intimidated by the Demon
> Queller.
> The magic net is much more successful [Demon's dodge:
> 11].  The
> demon flops to the ground as it tries to pull the magic net
> apart, roaring in
> frustration and anger.
> [/GM]
> 
> OOC: I think that ends combat :-)
> 
> [Alister]
> Alister pulls back around and stops the ATV.  Without even
> asking
> if everyone's okay, Alister immediately begins
> inspecting the rolled-over
> ATV checking to see if the damage is too much for the
> vehicle to go on,
> and to see if any repairs can be made quickly.
> [/Alister]
> 
> [Louissa]
> Louissa jumps out of the ATV and races towards the
> overturned one.
> "Is everyone okay?" she asks.  "That was a
> really bad looking accident!"
> [/Louissa]
> 
> -- 
> Aaron Clausen
> mightymartianca at gmail.com
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