The Battle of Hollin Gate, Part 2

 Here is Part 2 of the Battle of Hollin Gate!

 

Kipper squares off against the Night Gaunt and is wounded by its claws. Suddenly the Night Gaunt takes off and flies away.

Kipper: Im grateful its gone... but I wonder where its gone off to? I think those Azers need help. Maybe I will go there? I hope the Baron doesnt waste time looting the treasure in the Mausoleum until after the battle is won.

Suddenly, a Beastman appears. It makes some sonar pings and attacks Kipper!

Kipper: Its some sort of bat. Do you know what they call bats in Rohan? Bats? No. Chicken of the cave. Have at thee, fiend!

Bat Beastman: Ping!

The Azers on the right are attacked by fast moving Beastmen who use their Stampede ability to get into melee combat. One of the Azers takes the high ground.The Azer Chief slays a reptillian beastman.

On the right side, Beastmen stampede into the Azer lines as well. A walrus beastmen slays one of the Azers. Instead of dying, the fallen Azer is auto-teleported back to the Elemental Plane of Fire - banished for a set amount of time from entering our world. Those Dimensional Port Authority agents really enjoy deporting our Azer buddies dont they? Azers are just dreamers. Dreaming of a world where tropical fruity drinks can be had by all...

Deported Azer: Im ok, buddies! Continue on without me. Message me the outcome of the battle, wont you?

Azers: *shaka handsigns* See ya, brother. Tell em back home that our mercenary gig is doing well! Keep the Pina Coladas ready when we get back...

The bat beastman slays Kipper the Squire as Baron Orson is too late to help him.

Baron Orson: Just rest easy there, Kipper. Just hold on, buddy boy. You're gonna be ok.  I will deal with this batman and get you some help. 

Kipper: I'm gonna die! This blood's scaring the shit outta me, Baron! I'm gonna die, I know it!

Baron Orson: Oh, excuse me, I didn't realise you had a degree in medicine! Uh... ah... are you a doctor? Are you a doctor? Answer me please! Are you a doctor? Huh?

Kipper: No, I'm not.

Baron Orson: Ok! So you admit you don't know what you're talking about! So, when you're through giving me your amateur opinion, just lie back and listen to the news! I'm taking you back to the rendezvous, Mortimer's gonna get you a doctor... Poppy! Poppy's gonna fix you up, and you're gonna be ok! Now say it! You're gonna be ok! SAY IT! [sings] You're gonna be ok! Say the goddamn words, you're gonna be ok!

The Night Gaunt that flew away from Kipper is perched at the top of Stunties Bar & Grill. What is that thing up to?

Lord Mysterio and his Chaos gang are at the gate.

Lord Mysterio: Ok, fellas. Make sure no one gets past us trying to damage our gate.

At the center, its battle time! Cosette and Anais are engaged with Chaos warriors. Shrub Beard charges in from the other side and helps out.

Cosette the Paladin squares off with a Chaos warrior with a giant crab claw.

Anais attacks Lord Obscuro. She has her shiny new magic weapon. Lord Obscuro does have a nasty ability - Nullify. Its going to be a battle of magic weapon vs anti-magic power.

Tuddle leads his new pet and points at the Chaos Warriors near the gate.

Tuddle: Sick em, boy. Go get em!

Elerina and Mortimer pat Tuddle on the back.

Elerina: Like they say... "Speak softly and have a bigger pet monster."

Mortimer: Well done, lad. That'll show them to try to move in on our territory. And let me add my two cents...

Mortimer uses his Chain Lightning spell. He fires it off and it hits the Gate of Hollin damaging it, then it ricochets back and hits a Chaos warrior and incinerates it, then it ricochets one more time back at the gate and damages it again! The heroes cheer! The gate has now taken 2 Damage Points out of 10. Chain Lightning is a one use per game spell. But he also has a regular Lightning spell, not as powerful, but he will continue blasting that gate every turn with it.

But Lord Obscuro is still alive at the Summoning Circle which means the "big bad" has arrived and will be accompanied by some yet to be disclosed company.

Its Nyarlathotep the Crawling Chaos! Not only is he beastly in melee combat, he can Mass Siphon at range - damaging targets and sucking their life force and healing his own wounds. But also he is Omniscient! An ability that takes any one successful roll on the Hero turn and forces it to be rerolled but this time with a -1. Then on the Villain turn, it takes any one failed roll, and allows it to be rolled with a +1. 

Nyarlathotep: Pain has a face. Allow me to show it to you.  We'll tear your soul apart! Your suffering will be legendary, even in hell. 

Poppy: Eh... kind of wordy. Villainous threats are scarier when theyre more to the point. Just sayin'...

Tuddles: Oh noes?! Its him! I saw him in a dream. He has followed me into the real world! (see http://mars-miniatures.blogspot.com/2021/12/mythos-nightmare-creatures-and-hobbit.html) He has alot of friends on the other side. If they all come through the gate... our world is in trouble like we havent seen since the days of Sauron and Morgoth. We gotta destroy that gate at all costs!

We take you to the sky-cam brought to you by Bugman's Brew. 

Overview of the battle. 

"For relaxing times, make it Suntory time."

Now we take you back to the action...

Clash of the Titans. 

Suddenly these beasts with their big Health scores dont seem so big. Since they got lots of attacks and score double damage! And they both have Armor Piercing attacks so -1 To-Saves. This fight wont take long at all... Nyarlathotep has Omniscience though. The Watcher in the Water has... the power of love! For its new friends and its Hobbit master which he aims to make proud. Still Nyarlathotep has wounded the Watcher and seems to be winning this fight.

Shrub Beard batters his way through the Chaos warriors.

Anais makes good use of her magic weapon and slays Chaos Lord Obscuro who instead of using his power on Anais, turned off Mortimer's Lightning spell. But now with Obscuro slain, Mortimer's spell is back again!

Lord Obscuro: Well done. Continued success with your gang.

Cosette the Paladin slays her Chaos warrior enemy. Things are looking up for the Fellowship!

The Watcher in the Water, Anais and her magic weapon, and Shrub Beard gang up on Nyarlathotep! But will it be enough?

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Next post: The finale of The Battle of Hollin Gate!