The City Of The Dead (CWMGQ Spin-Off)

[darkoda]

The Major swears loudly. "Get ready ladies! Sounds like we got ourselves a horde. Scavenger, find every other hole to outside you can and block it. I don't care how small it is. Swarm, anything that approaches this building dies, you understand? Champion, keep an eye on Amalgam. Huntress, you have a spell that shreds groups right? Well keep it trained on the fault Amalgam fell in through. Sunshower, keep us posted on whats going on outside."

Click to shrink...

Swarm was already on it, her EverSwarm living up to its name as the cloud of insects grew bigger still, an expanding dome of chitin and hunger ready to fight numbers with even more still. The hunger was rising again but not yet. Wait till all was in place for one endless feast instead of patchwork meals.

 

[Crystalwatcher]

Huntress, you have a spell that shreds groups right?

Click to shrink...

"More like Deletes everything in front of me, but if you're sure!"

Liliana pulled on her magic, drawing her Brand towards the surface.

"Whatever you do, don't get in front of me because once I start firing I'm not hearing shit!"

 

[Fpkfor]

The Major swears loudly. "Get ready ladies! Sounds like we got ourselves a horde. Scavenger, find every other hole to outside you can and block it. I don't care how small it is. Swarm, anything that approaches this building dies, you understand? Champion, keep an eye on Amalgam. Huntress, you have a spell that shreds groups right? Well keep it trained on the fault Amalgam fell in through. Sunshower, keep us posted on what's going on outside."

Click to shrink...

Right, okay, first, help secure position.

"Shelter"

Shelter: Cast By Modifier: 4
Area around Sunshower now has an extra 400 Damage Cut (Total 500)

Closed umbrellas appear nearby, tips secured firmly into the ground, the raindrops necessary for their appearance, few as they are, brought inside the building from the now strong storm.

"Alright, just relay what's outside right? I can do that"

 

[Xenon Reav]

You're out of time. The horde falls upon you like a sea of flesh, full of snarling teeth of empty eyes. If it wasn't for Scavenger sealing the holes, the building likely would've collapsed. Even Swarm's miniature biblical plague could only weaken the endless tide. You try to calm your nerves, but you find it incredibly difficult under the circumstances.

The Major's voice breaks the tension. "Hold steady. You are magical girls. This is the minimum required to pose a threat to you. As long you hold steady, we will make it through this". The Major is a bastion of peace in the screeching hellscape around you, helping to steel yourself for the battle ahead.

As the first zombie peeks through the largest hole, Huntress releases her spell.

Spoiler

(Purifier Brand: +350 Base Damage, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel = 33,060 Total Damage
Purifier Brand: +350 Base Damage, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel = 33,060 Total Damage
Purifier Brand: +350 Base Damage, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel = 33,060 Total Damage
Purifier Brand: +350 Base Damage, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel, +350 Ray Trigger, +4 Magic Modifier, +1750 A Hunter Must Hunt, +100 Fish In A Barrel = 33,060 Total Damage

132,240 Total Damage

Rotting Corpse xAlot: +35 Base Resilience, no dice, +12 Fueled By Evil, -5 Pouring Rain, -100 lmao no = 58 Extra Damage

132,298 Final End Damage

Rotting Corpse Healt (A-lot): 500-132,298= -131,798)

Everything in front of Huntress ceases to exist. A thunderous roar eclipses your hearing, drowning out the horde outside. When you look to Huntress, she has manifested a mechanical suit firing round after round through the hole. Blood and gore cover the area.

There isn't any time to admire the carnage. As quick as it arrives, the weapon disappears, and the dead flood through the hole to enact their revenge.

Roll initiative!

 

[catDreaming]

The sounds of machinery and countless bullets being fired drew Scavenger's attention as much as the sound of the horde rushing towards them. Amidst the roar of Purifier Brand doing what it does best, one could easily miss Scavenger's eyes going wide as she turns and looks at Bloody Huntress hovering there amongst her conjured power suit.
"I WANT THAT!"

Initiative Roll: 1

If anyone was able to hear it, Scavenger's squeal would probably not be a comforting thought. Of course, the oncoming horde yanks her back to reality and she strikes the floor once more with Respite to try and patch up more holes.
Shelter: Cast By Modifier: 1 dice
One hole patched.
While the single paltry umbrella spawns from rainwater to cover another nearby hole and reinforce another part of the building, Respite is replaced by her Anti-Demon Rifle as she tries to fire around Bloody Huntress into the oncoming crowd of zombies.
Scavenged Anti-Demon Rifle: 250 base damage, 14 dice, +50 Full Auto, +50 Full Auto, +50 Full Auto, +50 Full Auto, +50 Full Auto, +40 Holy, ??? modifier for firing through the hole around Bloody Huntress = 554+??? Total Damage
Yet more of her EverSwarm flow over the Scavenged Anti-Demon Rifle and her Respite, sacrificing yet more of their limitless numbers to replenish the uses of the scavenged arms.

catDreaming threw 1 10-faced dice. Reason: Initiative Roll Total: 1

 

[darkoda]

Swarm via her growing army had a very cinematic view of Huntress going full dakka and shifting this zombie horror back towards an action shounen. This right here made the trip worth it.

"That is. SO. COOL!"

Really, Scavenger was right, who wouldn't want to ride in a mecha with that much guns on it? The Major was right.

"These zombies aren't the horror, we're the horror! I'm the one who eats!"

And unlike the first clash, she'd had a lot of time to get her army nicely gigantic beforehand before telling them to crush down on the horde like chitinous rain and show them a real feeding frenzy.

The Devouring Maw: 100 Base Damage, 5 Magic Modifier, 20 Full-Auto, 20 Full-Auto, 20 Full-Auto, 20 Full-Auto, 20 Full-Auto, ??? Insects, ??? massive army = 205+?? damage

darkoda threw 1 10-faced dice. Reason: Initiative Total: 1

darkoda threw 1 100-faced dice. Reason: Magic Modifier Total: 5

 

[Cmd. Frost]

Chimera bounds into the bar immediately after Huntress fires, missing the claws of multiple zombies missing him by mere inches. The hound's jaws drip with rancid blood as it drops the gnawed-on leg of the one who dared attack his mistress beside Morgan. With a quick inspection revealing the worst of her wounds had closed, Chimera licks Morgan's face before joining the others at the breach, a short bark announces his entrance to the battle before Chimera picks a target and charges. One, ten, a thousand, it matters not how many monsters threaten his mistress, he will bite, and scratch, and rip, and tear, and die as many times as it takes to keep his mistresses safe. So let the hunt begin.


(Chimera attack 1: 225 base damage + 23MM = 248 total damage)
(Chimera attack 2: 225 base damage + 3MM = 228 total damage)

Cmd. Frost threw 1 10-faced dice. Reason: Initiative Total: 9

Cmd. Frost threw 2 25-faced dice. Reason: Magic Modifier Total: 26

 

[Fpkfor]

Ah, I still don't like those tremors but...

Bringing her umbrella tip down onto the ground, she says the word she will surely get annoyed by one day.

"Shelter"
Shelter: Cast By Modifier: 5
Five holes patched.

While the holes were patched, the majority of her attention was on the senses, making sure no unwanted intruder would enter through a vulnerability to ambush them and hoping to find a spot to break through if necessary, although not nearly as worried about both with her preparations and the earlier display.

Fpkfor threw 1 10-faced dice. Reason: Initiative Total: 10

 

[Crystalwatcher]

Light, thunder, sound.

When Huntress said she wouldn't be able to hear or see shit, she hadn't been kidding.

Firing the Purifier Brand was akin to giving herself full-body synesthesia. She could feel the rattle of it's guns straight down to the core of her bones. Had someone tried to get her attention at all during the firing of her weapon, then she didn't have a clue; all she was aware of, was the total siege of her senses until her mechanical shell of murder ran out of ammunition and faded from the world to reload.

She flopped bonelessly to the ground.

"Uhg... I'm okay..." Driven by her Magical instinct, Huntress forces a hand to grip one of her Jaegers, and pulls it out from beneath her coat. "Using that consecutively is going to take a while."

Jaeger: 50 Base Damage, +6 Dice, Full Auto Disabled Temporarily = 56 Total Damage

 

[Xenon Reav]

Scavenger and Swarm act simultaneously. One looses a hail of lead, while the other sweeps forward with writhing mass of chitin.

(Scavenged Anti-Demon Rifle: 250 base damage, 14 dice, +50 Full Auto, +50 Full Auto, +50 Full Auto, +50 Full Auto, +50 Full Auto, +40 Holy, -100 avoiding friendly fire = 454 Total Damage
The Devouring Maw: +100 Base Damage, +5 dice, +20 Full-Auto, +20 Full-Auto, +20 Full-Auto, +20 Full-Auto, +20 Full-Auto, +200 massive army = 405 damage

859 Total Damage)

Unfortunately, the zombies bursting through the hole act as the same time as the two magical girls, and prepare to feast upon Huntress' flesh.

(Decrepit Claws: +225 Base Damage, no dice, +5 Living Flesh, -5 Pouring Rain, -500 Respite = 0 Total Damage
Decrepit Claws: +225 Base Damage, no dice, +5 Living Flesh, -5 Pouring Rain, -500 Respite = 0 Total Damage
Decrepit Claws: +225 Base Damage, no dice, +5 Living Flesh, -5 Pouring Rain, -500 Respite = 0 Total Damage
Rotted Body: +170 Base Damage, no dice, +5 Living Flesh, -5 Pouring Rain, -500 Respite = 0 Total Damage
Rotted Body: +170 Base Damage, no dice, +5 Living Flesh, -5 Pouring Rain, -500 Respite = 0 Total Damage
Rotted Body: +170 Base Damage, no dice, +5 Living Flesh, -5 Pouring Rain, -500 Respite = 0 Total Damage
Bone Spike: +240 Base Damage, no dice, +5 Living Flesh, -5 Pouring Rain, -500 Respite = 0 Total Damage
Bloody Huntress: +40 Base Resilience, +5 dice, -10 Armor Pierce = 27 Damage Reduction

0 Total Damage

Rotting Corpse (x6): +35 Base Resilience, no dice, +12 Fueled By Evil, -5 Pouring Rain, -15 Can't stop an insect = 27 Damage Reduction
Feral Corpse (x3): +60 Base Resilience, no dice, +20 Fueled By Evil, -5 Pouring Rain, -15 Can't stop an insect = 60 Damage Reduction
(Very dead).

The respites Sunshower formed save Huntress' life, as they turn aside the claws and teeth of the dead and deflect the shard of bone launched between a gap in the horde. The interlopers are summarily torn apart for their offense.

The thudding from above gets louder as the hunters increase their manic drive to bring down the roof.

(Slam: 200 Base Damage, no dice, -5 Pouring Rain, -50 Respite = 145 Total Damage
Slam: 200 Base Damage, no dice, -5 Pouring Rain, -50 Respite = 145 Total Damage

290 Total Damage

Roof: 175 Base Resilience, no dice = 175 Damage Reduction
Roof Health: 600-115= 485)

Cracks appear in the roof, spreading throughout the structure. For now, the roof holds.

Chimera does not sit still, sprinting at monsters crawling into the bar at the same time as the Major lets his gun do the talking.

(Chimera: 225 base damage, +23 dice = 248 total damage
Rotting Corpse A: 35 Base Resilience, no dice, +12 Fueled By Evil = 47 Damage Reduction
Rotting Corpse A Health: 500-201= 299)

Anti-Demon Rifle: 250 base damage, no dice, +50 Full Auto, +50 Full Auto, +50 Full Auto, +50 Full Auto, +50 Full Auto, +60 Holy, +500 Bane Of Walking Dead, -50 avoiding friendly fire = 950 Total Damage
Rotting Corpse B: 35 Base Resilience, no dice, +12 Fueled By Evil = 47 Damage Reduction
Rotting Corpse B Health: 500-903= -403)

Chimera begins its takedown of a zombie wandering too close to its mistress, as Jordan eliminates another corpse targeting Huntress.

(Chimera: 225 base damage, +3 dice, + 100 Locked On = 328 total damage
Rotting Corpse A: 35 Base Resilience, no dice, +12 Fueled By Evil, -15 Prone = 32 Damage Reduction
Rotting Corpse A Health: 299-296= 3)

Huntress, still recovering from her spell, can only shakily raise a single weapon towards one of the horrors staring into her eyes.

Jaeger: 50 Base Damage, +6 Dice, Full Auto Disabled Temporarily, +250 A Hunter Must Hunt = 306 Total Damage
Feral Corpse 1: +60 Base Resilience, no dice, +20 Fueled By Evil = 80 Damage Reduction
Feral Corpse 1 Health: 700-226=474)

It is not enough.

---

Sunshower notices more hunters moving in.

As well as a change in how the horde is moving. How, she cannot tell, aside from it seems smoother.

 

[catDreaming]

The increasing volume of the hunter's above them and the clawing held at bay by Sunshower's Respite join into a cacophony without the sound of Bloody Huntress' spell, and with the oncoming rush of zombies, Scavenger's mind reaches through her EverSwarm as it seeks out the new holes and cracks made by the Hunter zombies. She plants her copy of Respite into the ground, raindrops fallen into the cracks sprouting new umbrellas to strike into a hunter as it slams down.
Shelter: Cast By Modifier: 3 dice
Respite: 100 base damage, 1 dice, ??? striking from below as the hunter's slam on top of them = 101+??? Total Damage
Respite: 100 base damage, 11 dice, ??? striking from below as the hunter's slam on top of them = 111+??? Total Damage
Respite: 100 base damage, 6 dice, ??? striking from below as the hunter's slam on top of them = 106+??? Total Damage
318+3*??? Total Damage
Her Anti-Demon Rifle drops into her hands as she lets Respite vanish, approaching the entry point in the wall to try and minimize friendly fire as she unloads into the zombie that Bloody Huntress had shot at.
Scavenged Anti-Demon Rifle: 250 base damage, 26 dice, +50 full-auto, +50 full-auto, +50 full-auto, +50 full-auto, +50 full-auto, +40 holy, ??? Approaching and avoiding friendly fire = 566-??? Total Damage
Her EverSwarm continues it's repair work on her Respite and Scavenged Anti-Demon Rifle as she tries to be heard over the horde's noise: "Sunshower! They're trying to break through the roof!"
2 actions spent replenishing Magazine on weapons used this turn.

 

[darkoda]

Too many, far too many holes to plug and letting the roof get broken would just be bad.

She needed to pick priorities. Her own swarm slammed down in front of the biggest hole, Swarm splitting her army into two groups; one to ram through the horde and eat that zombie that was smart enough to shoot from a distance, and another to scour the rooftop of jumping zombies. A thought releases the extra biomass gained from the first wave, strengthening her soldiers to do a proper zerg rush right back.

Autophagy: 404 to base damage
EverSwarm: 50+404=+454 Base Damage, 19 Magic Modifier, ??? Insects, ??? half a massive army = 473+?? damage

darkoda threw 1 40-faced dice. Reason: Magic Modifier Total: 19

 

[Cmd. Frost]

The sound of fighting drags Morgan back to consciousness, gunfire and howling guide her back to the waking world as she opens her eyes to the siege of the bar.

"Wha- kid I- CHIMERA KILL!!" Morgan jumps to her feet and orders her hound to action while charging the Feral Corpse that managed to break into the building.

"Essence Theft!" Power and unlife are leeched from the zombie's form in sickly green strands as it shrivels up and rots. Morgan for her part takes on an even more hideous appearance as her veins darken and sores appear across her body, Morgan's dress is likewise further decayed as seams split and sections are worn threadbare. None of this is noticed by Morgan though as she swipes at the zombie with her stolen claws.

Spoiler: Morgan combat Math

Feral corpse A statline reduced:
Health: 474 -> 299
Base Damage: 225 -> 168
Base Resilience: 60 -> 45
Magic Modifier: N/A -> N/A

Feral Corpse A is Grappled!

Chimera attack 1: 225 base damage + 17MM = 242 total damage
Chimera attack 2: 225 base damage + 18MM = 243 total damage

Cmd. Frost threw 2 25-faced dice. Reason: Chimera attacks Total: 35

 

[Tarro]

The pattering of rain mixed with the stamping of something else, a heavy drone that reverberated in Alice's ears almost as loudly as the pounding of her heart. There was— There was too much noise. Even as Bloody Huntress collapses, even as Amalgam jumps up, knocking Alice aside, she felt weighed down. Pinned by her own weakness of will.

"Please," She pleads to Endless Swarm, the one leading the charge, "Light Up The Stage."

Light Up the Stage: Base Boost: 50, + 20 MM, +106 Spell Boost = 176 Total Boost

Perfect Pitch: Celestial Champion set to Initiative 1.

Potential End of Turn Effects:
Karaoke: All allies gain 8 Health, all enemies take 8 damage.

Tarro threw 2 40-faced dice. Reason: Magic Modifier Total: 31

 

[Fpkfor]

"Sunshower! They're trying to break through the roof!"

Click to shrink...

I noticed.

Biting down the need to do a sarcastic comment and taking a deep breath, both to calm her heart and to be heard as she shouts.

"More leapers incoming, Horde doesn't seem as affected by my rain as before! Shelter"
Shelter: Cast By Modifier: 2
Respite: 100 Base Damage, +61 Magic Modifier, ??? No-LoS, ??? Unexpected Angle.
Respite: 100 Base Damage, +74 Magic Modifier, ??? No-LoS, ??? Unexpected Angle.
Total: 335 +- ???

Through feeling, she directs her umbrellas to come from above towards one of the jumping blobs on the roof.
I didn't think it would take so much out of Huntress to cast her spell, but it thinned the horde and bought time for our advantage to start compounding.
But I really don't like how they seem to be adapting.

 

[Crystalwatcher]

Inhale.

"Get off me!"

A tiny part of Huntress revels in the slaughter. The rest of her on the other hand is more preoccupied with the half dozen zombies that've dog piled her. Water and magic helping her coat ward away the fangs and claws of the things on top of her as she scrambles against them.

Eventually though, her feet manage to find purchase against the ground enough she can push, and her magic clicks into place.

"Purifier Brand!" With the very obvious threat to her life literally right on top of her, she manages to push through the remains of the synesthesia to drag her mechanism of murder back into the world, and uses it's manifestation to force the zombies off of her. "I'm firing again!"

Crystalwatcher threw 1 50-faced dice. Total: 38

 

[Xenon Reav]

Bodies rush through the opening, hoping to consume the living flesh within the bar. The snarling and growling is almost omnipresent, demanding your attention. The smell quickly becomes indescribable.

They are here for you.

---

Swarm and Scavenger turn their attention to the roof, and the rabid beasts landing upon it. With a flourish, Scavenger releases umbrellas launched upwards into the falling monsters as Endless Swarm reaches out to consume them and the ranged attackers.

(Shelter: Cast By Modifier: 3 dice
Respite: 100 base damage, +1 dice, +75 Hi-Speed Collision = 176 Total Damage
Respite: 100 base damage, 11 dice, +75 Hi-Speed Collision = 186 Total Damage
Respite: 100 base damage, 6 dice, +75 Hi-Speed Collision = 181 Total Damage
543 Total Damage
Hunting Corpse A: +60 Base Resilience, no dice, +20 Fueled by Evil, -5 Pouring Rain = 75 Damage Reduction

468 Total Damage
???(15%): 397 Total Damage

Hunting Corpse A Health: 550-397 = 153)

EverSwarm: 50454 Base Damage, 19 Magic Modifier, +125 Half A Massive Army = 598 damage
Hunting Corpse B: +60 Base Resilience, no dice, +20 Fueled by Evil, -5 Pouring Rain, -10 Can't Stop An Insect = 65 Damage Reduction
Hunting Corpse C: +60 Base Resilience, no dice, +20 Fueled by Evil, -5 Pouring Rain, -10 Can't Stop An Insect = 65 Damage Reduction
533 Total Damage To Each

???(15%): 453 Total Damage

Hunting Corpse Health (x2): 550-453 = 97)

Scavenger's Respites turn one of the hunters into a pincushion, while the swarm meets two more in the air.

But something is wrong.

The hunter meets the Respites by minimizing its profile, covering its vital parts while turning as though to dodge the worst possible outcomes. The two beset by the swarm cover their mouths and ears and eyes, to slow the swarm.

Something has changed.

Scavenger, while the hunters are being dealt with, summons her rifle and unloads on the zombie that dares to attack her companion.

Scavenged Anti-Demon Rifle: 250 base damage, 26 dice, +50 full-auto, +50 full-auto, +50 full-auto, +50 full-auto, +50 full-auto, +40 holy, -100 Avoiding Friendly Fire = 466 Total Damage
Feral Corpse 1: +60 Base Resilience, no dice, +20 Fueled By Evil = 80 Damage Reduction
386 Total Damage

???(15%): 328 Total Damage

Feral Corpse 1 Health: 474-328=146)

The gunfire leaves wounds along its body, but again, something is different. The feral leans out of the way and covers its face with its arm, reducing the damage it takes from Scavenger. It bares its teeth at her, clearly having switched targets.

(Decrepit Claws: +225 Base Damage, no dice, +113 ???, +5 Living Flesh, -5 Pouring Rain, -500 Respite = 0 Total Damage
Battlefield Scavenger: +100 Base Resilience, +15 dice, -5 Life Decays = 110 Damage Reduction

0 Total Damage

It strikes swiftly, aiming for the vital organs of Scavengers body. But the Respites interfere, blocking its path through metal and cloth, leaving Tourne unharmed.

The horde strikes Huntress once more.

(Decrepit Claws: +225 Base Damage, no dice, +113 ???, +5 Living Flesh, -5 Pouring Rain, -500 Respite = 0 Total Damage
Decrepit Claws: +225 Base Damage, no dice, +113 ???, +5 Living Flesh, -5 Pouring Rain, -500 Respite = 0 Total Damage
Decrepit Claws: +225 Base Damage, no dice, +113 ???, +5 Living Flesh, -5 Pouring Rain, -500 Respite = 0 Total Damage
Rotted Body: +170 Base Damage, no dice, +85 ???, +5 Living Flesh, -5 Pouring Rain, -500 Respite = 0 Total Damage
Rotted Body: +170 Base Damage, no dice, +85 ???, +5 Living Flesh, -5 Pouring Rain, -500 Respite = 0 Total Damage
Rotted Body: +170 Base Damage, no dice, +85 ???, +5 Living Flesh, -5 Pouring Rain, -500 Respite = 0 Total Damage
Bone Spike: +240 Base Damage, no dice, +120 ???, +5 Living Flesh, -5 Pouring Rain, -500 Respite = 0 Total Damage
Bone Spike: +240 Base Damage, no dice, +120 ???, +5 Living Flesh, -5 Pouring Rain, -500 Respite = 0 Total Damage
Bloody Huntress: +40 Base Resilience, +6 dice, -10 Armor Pierce = 36 Damage Reduction

0 Total Damage

And once more, it is turned aside by umbrellas, as Huntress watches her death be denied.

(Slam: 200 Base Damage, no dice, +100 ???, -5 Pouring Rain, -200 Respite = 95 Total Damage
Slam: 200 Base Damage, no dice, +100 ???, -5 Pouring Rain, -50 Swarmed, -200 Respite = 45 Total Damage
Slam: 200 Base Damage, no dice, +100 ???, -5 Pouring Rain, -50 Swarmed, -200 Respite = 45 Total Damage
Slam: 200 Base Damage, no dice, +100 ???, -5 Pouring Rain, -200 Respite = 95 Total Damage

280 Total Damage

Roof: 175 Base Resilience, no dice = 175 Damage Reduction
Roof Health: 485-105= 380)

The roofs cracks more, and creaks ominously.

---

Sunshower sees through her rain something curious. A small blob separates from the larger mass, only to be replaced by another small blob. This repeats across the blob, shifting and reforming for some arcane purpose.

---

Celestial Champion places a blessing upon Swarm, enhancing her ability.

Light Up the Stage: 50 Base Boost, +20 dice, +106 Spell Boost = 176 Total Boost

Amalgam steals the essence of the lone feral, causing it to keel over, as Chimera finishes off the one beneath it.
Feral 1 is dead!
Rotting Corpse A is dead!
Chimera leaps into the nearest corpse, bowling it and its buddies over.

(Chimera: 225 base damage, +18 dice, +25 Running Start = 268 total damage
Rotting Corpse A: 35 Base Resilience, no dice, +12 Fueled By Evil, -10 STRIKE! = 37 Damage Reduction
231 Total Damage

??? (15%): 196 Final Damage

Rotting Corpse A Health: 500-196= 304)

Once more the target acts to minimize damage, leaving it with only moderate wounds.

Anti-Demon Rifle: 250 base damage, no dice, +50 Full Auto, +50 Full Auto, +50 Full Auto, +50 Full Auto, +50 Full Auto, +60 Holy, +500 Bane Of Walking Dead, -50 avoiding friendly fire = 1,010 Total Damage
Feral Corpse B: +60 Base Resilience, no dice, +20 Fueled By Evil, -5 Pouring Rain = 75 Damage Reduction
935 Total Damage

??? (15%): 794 Final Damage
Feral B is dead!

The Major targets a feral creeping up to Huntress, blasting past its attempts to protect itself.

The second half of Endless Swarm's Everswarm finally reach the one who launched the first spike.

EverSwarm: 50454 Base Damage, 19 Magic Modifier, +125 Half A Massive Army = 598 damage
Spiker Corpse A: +45 Base Resilience, no dice, +15 Fueled by Evil, +30 Saw It Coming, -5 Pouring Rain, -10 Can't Stop An Insect = 75 Damage Reduction
523 Total Damage

???(15%): 444 Total Damage

Spiker Corpse A Health: 425-444 = -19)

Its attempts fail, and it is devoured.

Sunshower repeats the actions of Scavenger, impaling one of the hunters.

(Shelter: Cast By Modifier: 2 dice
Respite: 100 base damage, +61 dice, +25 Hi-Speed Collision = 186 Total Damage
Respite: 100 base damage, 74 dice, +25 Hi-Speed Collision = 199 Total Damage
385 Total Damage
Hunting Corpse A: +60 Base Resilience, no dice, +20 Fueled by Evil, -5 Pouring Rain = 75 Damage Reduction

310 Total Damage
???(15%): 263 Total Damage

Hunting Corpse A Health: 153-263 = dead)

Sunshower's additions to its fashion leaving dead upon the roof.

Huntress stands up, spell forming around her, as the entryway is cleared and a moment of breath is gained.

(Purifier Brand: Lol
Corpse xAlot: Lmao even

enough Final End Damage

Rotting Corpse Healt (A-lot): dead)

---

The blob splits into two, each side separating and moving away from the other.

 

[Xenon Reav]

Rotting Corpse

The Restless Dead
​

Stats

Health: 500
Base Damage: 170
Base Resilience: 35
Magic Modifier: N/A
Affinity: Decay

Weapon

Rotted Body
Level 2
ApT: 1
Affinity: Decay
Ability: Poison

Abilities

Like A Plague
-Beings killed by Rotting Corpses rise as a Rotting Corpse thirty minutes after dying.

The Walking Dead
-Immune to Poison and body modifiers.

Fueled By Evil
-???. Add one third Base Resilience to defensive string. ???.

Feral Corpse

The Bestial Dead
​

Stats

Health: 700
Base Damage: 225
Base Resilience: 60
Magic Modifier: N/A
Affinity: Decay

Weapon

Decrepit Claws
Level 3
ApT: 1
Affinity: Decay
Ability: Bleed

Abilities

Feral Cunning
-???.

Like A Plague
-Beings killed by Feral Corpses rise as a Rotting Corpse thirty minutes after dying.

The Walking Dead
-Immune to Poison and body modifiers.

Fueled By Evil
-???. Add one third Base Resilience to defensive string. ???.

Hunting Corpse

The Screeching Dead
​

Stats

Health: 550
Base Damage: 200
Base Resilience: 60
Magic Modifier: N/A
Affinity: Decay

Weapon

Slam
Level 2
ApT: 1
Affinity: Decay
Ability: Pin

Abilities

Carrion Screech
-Deal 100% more damage to unaware targets.

Urban Hunter
-Able to leap 150 ft. in any direction.

Like A Plague
-Beings killed by Hunting Corpses rise as a Rotting Corpse thirty minutes after dying.

The Walking Dead
-Immune to Poison and body modifiers.

Fueled By Evil
-???. Add one third Base Resilience to defensive string. ???.

Spiker Corpse

???

​

Stats

Health: 425
Base Damage: 240
Base Resilience: 45
Magic Modifier: N/A
Affinity: Decay

Weapon

Bone Spike
Level 3
ApT: 1
Affinity: Decay
Ability: Armor Pierce

Abilities

Like A Plague
-Beings killed by the Spiker Corpse rise as a Rotting Corpse thirty minutes after dying.

The Walking Dead
-Immune to Poison and body modifiers.

Fueled By Evil
-???. Add one third Base Resilience to defensive string. ???.

Hounding Corpse

The Dogged Dead


​

Stats

Health: 400
Base Damage: 160
Base Resilience: 40
Magic Modifier: N/A
Affinity: Decay

Weapon

Rotted Teeth
Level 2
ApT: 1
Affinity: Decay
Ability: ???

Abilities

Sprint
Level ?
-The Hounding Corpse has a footspeed of ?? mph.

Like A Plague
-Beings killed by the Hounding Corpse rise as a Rotting Corpse thirty minutes after dying.

The Walking Dead
-Immune to Poison and body modifiers.

Fueled By Evil
-???. Add one third Base Resilience to defensive string. ???.

Drooling Corpse

The Slobbering Dead


​

Stats

Health: 450
Base Damage: 220
Base Resilience: 30
Magic Modifier: N/A
Affinity: Decay

Weapon

Acidic Spit
Level 2
ApT: 1
Affinity: Decay
Ability: ???

Abilities

Lingering Death
-???

???
-???

Like A Plague
-Beings killed by ??? rise as a Rotting Corpse thirty minutes after dying.

The Walking Dead
-Immune to Poison and body modifiers.

Fueled By Evil
-???. Add one third Base Resilience to defensive string. ???.

Directing Corpse

The Leading Dead


​

Stats

Health: ???
Base Damage: ???
Base Resilience: ???
Magic Modifier: ???
Affinity: Decay

Weapon

???
Level 3
ApT: 2
Affinity: Decay
Ability: ???

Abilities

Form Up
-Allied undead in the battle zone take 15% less damage from all sources.

Break Through
-Allied undead in the battle zone deal 50% more damage.

???
-???

???
-???

Like A Plague
-Beings killed by the Directing Corpse rise as a Rotting Corpse thirty minutes after dying.

The Walking Dead
-Immune to Poison and body modifiers.

Fueled By Cruelty
-???

???

The Thirsting Dead


​

Stats

Health: 1,000
Base Damage: ???
Base Resilience: ???
Magic Modifier: ???
Affinity: Decay

Weapon

???
Level 2
ApT: 1
Affinity: Decay
Ability: ???

Abilities

???
-???

???
-???

???
-???

Like A Plague
-Beings killed by ??? rise as a Rotting Corpse thirty minutes after dying.

The Walking Dead
-Immune to Poison and body modifiers.

Fueled By Cruelty
-???

 

[Cmd. Frost]

Morgan looks to the group, quickly shaking off the last of the haze from her short bout of unconsciousness.

"We need a new plan, everyone get to the roof!"

 

[Xenon Reav]

As Thema's swarm devours the zombie that attacked Huntress, she witnesses an oddity through its multitude of eyes.

Spoiler: ???

A corpse standing perfectly upright with proper posture, dressed in a police officer's uniform. It watches the building with an unwavering gaze.

It moves to another position, as though to reach a better perspective. It raises its hand and points left, as a group of desiccated hounds move left to circle around the block. It raises its head to the swarm, staring into them with empty eyes. It points at them, and suddenly the swarm is pain. Acid racks the swarm from all directions, eating away its numbers rapidly. The odd zombie returns its gaze to the building, before looking to its side.

Spoiler: ???

It is a wretched thing. Flesh receding, gaunt and withered. Crouching, it visibly restrains itself from launching itself into the bloodbath before it as it awaits release.

 

[catDreaming]

Morgan looks to the group, quickly shaking off the last of the haze from her short bout of unconsciousness.

"We need a new plan, everyone get to the roof!"

Click to shrink...

Scavenger unloads her Anti-Demon Rifle into one of the zombies charging to fill the gap that Huntress had blasted for them. "Swarm, Champion, could one of you help Huntress to the roof? We don't have a lot of time to get out of here!"
Scavenged Anti-Demon Rifle: 250 base damage, 26 dice, +50 Full Auto, +50 Full Auto, +50 Full Auto, +50 Full Auto, +50 Full Auto, +40 Holy, -100 Avoiding Friendly Fire = 466 Total Damage
The emptied Anti-Demon Rifle drop to the ground as she pulls out Respite, striking the floor to strike the knees of more zombies leading the charge and slow them down.
Respite: 4 Cast By Modifier
Shelter: 100 base damage, 1 dice, ??? in the knees = 101+??? Total Damage
Shelter: 100 base damage, 30 dice, ??? in the knees = 130+??? Total Damage
Shelter: 100 base damage, 19 dice, ??? in the knees = 119+??? Total Damage
Shelter: 100 base damage, 22 dice, ??? in the knees = 122+??? Total Damage
Front line of zombies have to break through an additional 400 damage cut
With a glance to make sure Huntress is being aided away, Scavenger makes a break for the roof. The used Respite in her hands repairs itself as the EverSwarm's limitless numbers continue to be churned, with enough to spare for a small cloud to move ahead of her towards the rooftop.
1 action spent on repairs, 1 action spent to generate an EverSwarm stack actively with her

 

[darkoda]

"Ah, that's not good at all, the boss monsters are showing up!"

Swarm grabbed their major DPS and started flying up, her hiveself and troops rapidly upgrading in the face of adversity and a lot of food. "Police zombie directing! Acid spitters! Dog zombies running around the building! And a huge boss zombie hanging back!" She called out because holy shit this wasn't the kind of thing you wanted to be jumpscared by, some of her insects taking another go at the rooftop menaces while her Swarm under assault?

Those scattered and charged the police zombie because she was absolutely taking the shot at removing what counted as zombie leadership. That and she was dumping backup because she really didn't need that many bugs to finish mauling those jumpy zombies and the police zombie became top priority the moment he hurt the Swarm admittedly.


Autophagy: 306 to resilience, new total 306+120=426.
Autophagy: 600 to base damage
EverSwarm: 50+404+600=+1054 Base Damage, 5 Magic Modifier, +125 half a massive army, +176 Light up the Stage = 1360 damage

Besides, Thema had her own defences skittering under the surface, she could keep Huntress safe enough between that and her own carapace if it came to it.

darkoda threw 1 40-faced dice. Reason: Magic Modifier Total: 5

 

[Tarro]

Morgan looks to the group, quickly shaking off the last of the haze from her short bout of unconsciousness.

"We need a new plan, everyone get to the roof!"

Click to shrink...

Alice's magic flows through her like a live wire, pulling her to her feet and her eyes across the field. With Bloody Huntress already in Thema's hands, Alice's eyes locked onto the next most vulnerable member of the party.

"Major!" She called out, rocketing over to grasp the much larger man around the waist, lifting him off the ground. "We're going up!"

Hands occupied, she couldn't bring her microphone to bear. But even so, she didn't need it in the first place to bring her magic to bear.

"Sunshower, Let's Get Moving!"
Light Up the Stage: Base Boost: 50, +10 MM = 60 Total Boost
Perfect Pitch: Sunshower set to Initiative 1.

Potential End of Turn Effects:
Karaoke acquired by all at initiative 1.
Karaoke: All allies gain 8 Health, all enemies take 8 damage.

Tarro threw 1 40-faced dice. Reason: Magic Modifier Total: 10

 

[Fpkfor]

"We need a new plan, everyone get to the roof!"

Click to shrink...

I sincerely hope you have more than a relocation idea thought up!

With a mind on the back foot since the start, she stalls for a moment that seems to stretch for weeks...

"Sunshower, Let's Get Moving!"

Click to shrink...

But the surge that flows through her brings her mind to focus.
Help clear the roof.

"Relocating!"

With a flourish, she brings her umbrella at chest height in front of her with her two hands on the handle as if about to stab, and lunges forward putting her entire weight into it at nothing...
And in the next moment, her impractical spear is almost directly in contact with one of the damaged leapers on the roof.

Respite: 100 base damage, +23 Magic Modifier, +60 Light Up the Stage, ??? Full body telestrike = 183 + ???

Invoke: Shelter activates.
Shelter: Cast by Modifier: 1
Respite: 100 base damage, +91 Magic Modifier, +60 Light Up the Stage, +25? Hi-Speed Collision = 251 + ???

Not bothering to examine her damage, from one moment to another she is at the greatest aggregation of umbrellas, hoping it's enough.

 

[Crystalwatcher]

"Ah, that's not good at all, the boss monsters are showing up!"

Swarm grabbed their major DPS and started flying up, her hiveself and troops rapidly upgrading in the face of adversity and a lot of food. "Police zombie directing! Acid spitters! Dog zombies running around the building! And a huge boss zombie hanging back!" She called out because holy shit this wasn't the kind of thing you wanted to be jumpscared by, some of her insects taking another go at the rooftop menaces while her Swarm under assault?

Click to shrink...

"Thanks..." Huntress manages to gurgle through the sensation wracking her body, as she desperately tries clinging to Swam. "Who'da thunk that sending a fucking addict into a mess she'd need to space her addiction was a bad idea huh?"

Blinking, she tried to look around through the writhing masses of living dead to spot the boss zombie, but failed. "Point me at a big group and I'll delete it; just hang on through my spell. -Purifier Brand."