Heroica RPG- Quest # 37: Princess Panic

[Capt.JohnPaul]

You have made 2 catapults! Each has a range of 5 squares. And each is operated by two farmers.

"Benji, Sorrow, Lycan, I regret to inform you, but those catapults required the last of our trees in this area. We have no cover. One of the bandits on patrol is starting to run away to report. And an enemy archer to the north is circling around the tower."

"If you want these things to work, we need some ammo, NOW! The two of these things took awhile. It's past 6 o'clock. If you hurry, we can get everyone into position by 7 or 8 o'clock."

[TheBoyWonder]

"Benji, you still regret them choosing me?" Lycan said, with a smug expression on his face.

[Endgame]

"NNrk. Why does stuff like this happen only to us?

Okay, here is the plan. Lycan, take 40 of my gold. i want you to dash on over to the marketplace and buy 4 bombs, preferably fire. We can also use the dark croise helmets as ammo. Next, guards 3 and 4? Run behind that circular building Enemy A is near and hide until Enemy A passes it. (he is the one reporting, right? ) Jump him, pull him bheind the building, and then me and benji will either interrogate him or semar him all over the floor. Or both."

[TheBoyWonder]

" Okay, I will go right away."

Lycan breaks into a sprint, dashing past the guards, though the area and into the town. He then heads to the market.

"4 Fire Bombs please, ASAP. Here is your gold."Lycan then hands over the 40 gold sorrow gave to him..

[Capt.JohnPaul]

You catch the bandit just in time. He resists, causing damage to both your guards. They bring him back and prep him in the square building under Benji.

"Aha, stupid rebels. You'll never get anything out of me! I have been tortured before, burning, cutting, beating, you name it! I can take more amounts of pain then you can inflict. Also, the more time you spend with me, the more time you waste. I just have to hold out until midnight."

Party:

Benji Carvenhall, Level 19.5 Warden *Party Leader*

Power: 30 (29 for ranged attacks) Health: 34/34 Gold: 34

Inventory: Wave Sword (WP:11, cursed effect), Crossbow of the Pongcanis (WP: 10) (Darkness Elemental, Ice Elemental, Light Elemental), Armor of the Draugr (max health +2), Pickaxe, Bedroll, Shovel, Potion x6, Venom x3, Mead x3, Smoke Bomb x2, Remedy x1, Lightning Bomb x1, Smelling Salts x1, Nostrum x1, Grand Potion x1

Lycan Dean, 25 year old Level 4 Rogue Power:12 Health: : 10/10 Ether: 0 SP 0 Gold:17(95 gold owed to Thormanil) Inventory: Sabre (WP8) , Throwing Knife (WP: 5) Venom, Fruit Bomb, Fire Bomb x4, Attractive Woman

Sorrow, Level 8 Rogue - HP: 14/14 Gold: 97 Power: 27

Inventory: ) Steel Fan (WP = 12) Longsword (WP = 5) Scythe (WP = 3) Potion x2, Venom, Pheonix Essence, Ice Bomb, Bedroll

Farmer A, Level 2 Worker

Health: 1 round/1 round

*Can operate siege engines*

Farmer B, Level 2 Worker

Health: 1 round/1 round

*Can operate siege engines*

Farmer C, Level 2 Worker

Health: 1 round/1 round

*Can operate siege engines*

Farmer D, Level 2 Worker

Health: 1 round/1 round

*Can operate siege engines*

Farmer E, Level 2 Worker

Health: 1 round/1 round

*Can operate siege engines*

Farmer F, Level 2 Worker

Health: 1 round/1 round

*Can operate siege engines*

Farmer G, Level 2 Worker

Health: 1 round/1 round

*Can operate siege engines*

Charis Guard A, level 5 Soldier

Health: 3 rounds/4 rounds

Charis Guard B, level 5 Soldier

Health: 3 rounds/4 rounds

Charis Guard C, level 5 Soldier

Health: 3 rounds/4 rounds

Charis Guard D, level 5 Soldier

Health: 3 rounds/4 rounds

Charis Guard E, level 5 Soldier

Health: 2 rounds/4 rounds

Charis Guard F, level 5 Soldier

Health: 2 rounds/4 rounds

Edited July 28, 2012 by Capt.JohnPaul

[TheBoyWonder]

" Sorrow, you want these bombs?"

[Endgame]

I let the fool gloat in his gigantic ego before beginning the torture session. A take out a venom, and signal the guards to restrain him even tighter. I grab his nose until he is forced to breathe out of his mouth, and that is when i insert the vneom in his mouth. I tilt his head backward so only a few drops goes in.

"Now, you sick little child. That venom will burn through your insides slowly. You won't have until midnight. The more you resist or stay silent, the more venom goes down your gullet. My friend here has a remedy. Spill those infected little guts of yours and you may get a sip. Or I just shove the entire bottle, glass and all, down your throat, watch you squirm for a few seconds, then slice you into bite-sized pieces."

[Capt.JohnPaul]

I let the fool gloat in his gigantic ego before beginning the torture session. A take out a venom, and signal the guards to restrain him even tighter. I grab his nose until he is forced to breathe out of his mouth, and that is when i insert the vneom in his mouth. I tilt his head backward so only a few drops goes in.

"Now, you sick little child. That venom will burn through your insides slowly. You won't have until midnight. The more you resist or stay silent, the more venom goes down your gullet. My friend here has a remedy. Spill those infected little guts of yours and you may get a sip. Or I just shove the entire bottle, glass and all, down your throat, watch you squirm for a few seconds, then slice you into bite-sized pieces."

"Death! I welcome it. You obviously have no clue how much worse the Fantome Croise is. Nothing will work. Hear me? Nothing. "

[Endgame]

"Your logic has severals flaws. I could write a novel with all the reasons, but i'll give you the general gist: You dislike fantome croise. you have poeple trying to overthrow fantome Croise. And then you delibrately deny to help the people trying to kill the person you hate."

[Capt.JohnPaul]

"Your logic has severals flaws. I could write a novel with all the reasons, but i'll give you the general gist: You dislike fantome croise. you have poeple trying to overthrow fantome Croise. And then you delibrately deny to help the people trying to kill the person you hate."

"Hate him? He is the only one to bring good to the world!"

This obviously wasn't working. The heroes need a different approach.

[TheBoyWonder]

"WAIT!" Lycan Bellows, "I can make him talk." Lycan pictures everything he's seen. The unjust city of Eubric, the execution of friends, his son and finally the oppression of the the region he was standing in. As he pictures it, he gets angrier. His previously mellow restrained self turns from calm to annoyance to cold blooded fury. He grows larger, and bulkier, before reaching 7 foot tall. His muscles, ripped. His face changed. His mind. Changed. This was the gift of his parents. The so called curse of Lycanthropy, where he got is nickname.

" Finally it's time. NOW YOU SHALL TALK YOU INSOLENT SCUM. IF YOU HAVE A FAMILY, EXPECT THEM MAULED TO DEATH. I CAN MAKE YOUR DEATH PAINFUL, FAR WORSE THAN EVEN THE CROISE CAN. TALK OR YOU WILL LOSE ONE LIMB AT A TIME. YOUR DEATH WILL BE WORSE THAN EVEN TORTURE IN THE REALM OF ZOOT. SO CALLED RIGHTOUS PEOPLE LIKE YOU ARE MY FAVOURITE PREY. EVER SEEN SOMEONE LIKE ME? A WEREWOLF. THE GIFT OF LYCANTHROPY IS MINE. I CAN EASILY GIVE IT TO YOU. WE SHALL LEAVE YOU ALIVE, SUFFERING WITH YOUR CONDITION UNTIL THE CROISE FALLS. THEN YOU HAVE MY PERMISSION TO DIE."

Edited July 28, 2012 by TheBoyWonder

[Endgame]

"Hate him? He is the only one to bring good to the world!"

This obviously wasn't working. The heroes need a different approach.

"Bring good...? Are you blind? Have you seen hw much suffering your fantome has caused?"

[Capt.JohnPaul]

"Bring good...? Are you blind? Have you seen hw much suffering your fantome has caused?"

"The ends justify the means... " The bandit gives an evil grin.

"WAIT!" Lycan Bellows, "I can make him talk." Lycan pictures everything he's seen. The unjust city of Eubric, the execution of friends, his son and finally the oppression of the the region he was standing in. As he pictures it, he gets angrier. His previously mellow restrained self turns from calm to annoyance to cold blooded fury. He grows larger, and bulkier, before reaching 7 foot tall. His muscles, ripped. His face changed. His mind. Changed. This was the gift of his parents. The so called curse of Lycanthropy, where he got is nickname.

" Finally it's time. NOW YOU SHALL TALK YOU INSOLENT SCUM. IF YOU HAVE A FAMILY, EXPECT THEM MAULED TO DEATH. I CAN MAKE YOUR DEATH PAINFUL, FAR WORSE THAN EVEN THE CROISE CAN. TALK OR YOU WILL LOSE ONE LIMB AT A TIME. YOUR DEATH WILL BE WORSE THAN EVEN TORTURE IN THE REALM OF ZOOT. SO CALLED RIGHTOUS PEOPLE LIKE YOU ARE MY FAVOURITE PREY. EVER SEEN SOMEONE LIKE ME? A WEREWOLF. THE GIFT OF LYCANTHROPY IS MINE. I CAN EASILY GIVE IT TO YOU. WE SHALL LEAVE YOU ALIVE, SUFFERING WITH YOUR CONDITION UNTIL THE CROISE FALLS. THEN YOU HAVE MY PERMISSION TO DIE.

The bandit, tied to a chair, breaks free of the guards, and slides back to the wall, his heart rate accelerating far behind healthy.

"Uh.. uhm... I'm sure we can reach an agreement! "

[TheBoyWonder]

"The ends justify the means... " The bandit gives an evil grin.

The bandit, tied to a chair, breaks free of the guards, and slides back to the wall, his heart rate accelerating far behind healthy.

"Uh.. uhm... I'm sure we can reach an agreement! "

" GOOD. NOW SPILL THE BEANS, OR HAVE YOUR GUTS SPILLED ALL OVER THE FURNITURE. ARE THERE ANY ENTERANCES TO THE TOWER THAT ARE NOT OBVIOUS? HOW POWERFUL IS THE CROISE? NEXT, HOW MANY GUARDS?"

[Endgame]

"The ends justify the means... " The bandit gives an evil grin.

The bandit, tied to a chair, breaks free of the guards, and slides back to the wall, his heart rate accelerating far behind healthy.

"Uh.. uhm... I'm sure we can reach an agreement! "

So, scare tactics are effiecent? I whip off my hood, revealing my decayed face. I take off my glove, revealing my skeletal hand. I hold it at eye level and crack it backwards, much to the bandit's horror, then grab his throat. I hold him aloft, grasping the lethal fan in my other hand

"You're surrounded. Tell us everything you know about the Fantome's plan and the Fantome himself. Or you'll be sent back to your master. Via airtravel. Catapult airtravel. Except we'll purposely aim for a stone wall and not a tower window."

[Capt.JohnPaul]

"Okay, okay. Breathe deeply. The Croise has two personal body guards. He could beat them both up with his arm behind his back. A few high rank guards, including his executioner, are also in the filthy tower. The Croise has hired two mercenary archers, who stay on the first floor. They don't like the view, but it is only the woman interrogator, also hired by the Fantome, who is able to persuade them to stay. If you knock down a secret entrance to the North, you could surprise at least one of them."

[Endgame]

"Okay, okay. Breathe deeply. The Croise has two personal body guards. He could beat them both up with his arm behind his back. A few high rank guards, including his executioner, are also in the filthy tower. The Croise has hired two mercenary archers, who stay on the first floor. They don't like the view, but it is only the woman interrogator, also hired by the Fantome, who is able to persuade them to stay. If you knock down a secret entrance to the North, you could surprise at least one of them."

"Many thanks. Now, are you hiding anything from us? Or I can have my friend rip out your lungs and shove them down your throat."

[TheBoyWonder]

" YOU BETTER BE TELLING THE TRUTH. GUARDS BIND HIM AND LEAVE HIM HERE. DO YOU HAVE A FAMILY, SCUM? I CAN DRIVE THEM TO INSANITY IN SECONDS. DO YOU WANT THAT?"

[Endgame]

" YOU BETTER BE TELLING THE TRUTH. GUARDS BIND HIM AND LEAVE HIM HERE. DO YOU HAVE A FAMILY, SCUM? I CAN DRIVE THEM TO INSANITY IN SECONDS. DO YOU WANT THAT?"

I whisper to Lycan.

"I was thinking we could kill him and use his corpse as catapult ammo."

Edited July 28, 2012 by Endgame

[Capt.JohnPaul]

"That's all I know about the guards and tower. You better get moving, it's about 8 o'clock."

[TheBoyWonder]

I whisper to Lycan.

"I was thinking we could kill him and use his corpse as catapult ammo."

"How many pieces?"

[Endgame]

"How many pieces?"

"Half. Allow me to do the honors."

I turn back to the bandit.

"Thank you. But now that you've spilled your guts, you really don't need to exist anymore, do you? and now, I shall literally spill your guts.

It took 3 slices, but I finally cut the bandit in half down the waist. I take off my cloak, leaving only my shirt, and hide the evidence under it for the time being.

"I have an idea for our siege plan, but I want to hear you guy's plans first."

[TheBoyWonder]

Lycan calms himself down, reverting back into his normal self.

"Sorry if I scared anyone one of you, we were getting no where. My gift comes in handy at times like that. I lack an idea for a plan. Why not spill the beans?"

Lycan thinks of that child. That child getting trained by a gang in Eubric. That gang were associates of Lycan. Apart from the Heroes here, they were the only ones who knew the extent of the gift. The boy had the gift too. But with him it was different. Less physically powerful, more mentally powerful. Lycan knew the gift was spread by the bite of one of the species or through blood. The Boy got it through blood. He was training now, so when Lycan reached Paragon, he too would join the hall. The boys name was known by Lycan and the child's mother. The gang called him Cub. His real name was Lupus Dean.

Edited July 28, 2012 by TheBoyWonder

[Flare]

"Benji, you still regret them choosing me?" Lycan said, with a smug expression on his face.

"Um, yes I do, actually."

"Half. Allow me to do the honors."

I turn back to the bandit.

"Thank you. But now that you've spilled your guts, you really don't need to exist anymore, do you? and now, I shall literally spill your guts.

It took 3 slices, but I finally cut the bandit in half down the waist. I take off my cloak, leaving only my shirt, and hide the evidence under it for the time being.

"I have an idea for our siege plan, but I want to hear you guy's plans first."

"Ew, that dead body smells terrible. You couldn't have sliced him up somewhere else? "

"So, where is this secret entrance to the north? We probably should've found out where it was before you killed him..."

[Endgame]

"I'm a dead body and I find that offensive.

I'm assuming there is a weak part in the tower's northern wall. We should have our catapults situated in the city flinging dead bodies and bombs, while we use our lovely ladies to distract the guard in the northernmost forest. Have one guard on look out when you are using the catapults. If the lookout sees an enemy, destroy the cata's, and rendevous with us to join in. From there we move the battering ram and siege ladder to the northernmost forest, knock down the northern tower wall, and split up. One group goes in the hole we create, and the other climb up to the second floor using the sige ladder. We kill the enmies on the respective floors, rendevous at the thrid, then all go up together to kill the Fantome.

...And that is my plan."