Moffdust gasps when Bully drops Oopses. "Dats not sposed ter happens." She moves quickly to the door that Riza came in through and holds it open after Riza comes through and calls outside. "Dis ways Oopses, quickses!" She will bolt the door after Oopses.

Minmorc will now offer his hand to hoist Oopses through the window, roaring with laughter at the groups antics. "Oi, Ghasties, comeer so eyes can hit yer in der Goolies!"

Dregz follows Moffa, hastily but reverently unwrapping his Holy Book, ready to call on Bargrivyek's power to command the Ghoulies to cease and desist, should they be in pursuit of poor Oopses.

"Hurry !" he urges his kinsman, peeking out the door.

Oopses has scooped up the victim's shortsword and shudded leather armour and Riza grabs the 4 potion vials dumped out of the victim's backpack. When the ghouls start to rush in Riza beats a hasty retreat back into the temple through the northern door with Slipsnotz and Moffdust helping him back inside and guarding the door.

Raven sticks the closest ghoul (g3) with a crossbow bolt but the shot doesn't slow the ghoul at all. Bulldust is overexcited at the chance to finally use his javelin. He lets go of the rope, dropping Oopses on the ground. Bully hurls the javelin much too far. It misses everything and disappears over the boundary wall of the graveyard.

Minmorc reaches out the window for Oopses to grab his hand but the little goblin is too scared to act, so Minmorc grabs him by the hair and hauls him straight in through the broken window wailing in pain and fear.

Minmorc braces his greatspear out the window and the leading ghoul (g3) rushes straight toward it, impaling itself on the greatspear. The ghoul thrashes once then collapses lifelessly to the ground.

Another ghoul (g2) rushes in right behind it and attempts to grab the greatspear sticking out of the window but Minmorc easily pulls the greatspear out of the ghoul's reach.

Two other ghouls veer after Riza and arrive at the door moments after Slipsnotz and Moffdust slam it shut and turn the key to relock the door.

A fifth ghoul (g4) is rushing in from further away and suddenly finds its path blocked by a pony that materialises out of thin air. The pony lashes out at the ghoul with its hoof but misses.

OOC: Main Game Map updated.
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With Oopses inside the temple and the Ghoul inside his spears reach Minmorc will hop back off the alter into the space behind it. He'll bellow "FOR PONY!" And will have a stab at the Ghoul outside the window.

"Stop dat !" Dregz demands of the two ghoulies outside the locked door.  "Go away !"

Riza braces herself against the door glad to be inside again. She will have her spear prepped incase she needs it but doesn't see much space for her to do anything just yet

Bulldust throws another javelin at g4, hits for 7HP.  Then he moves 20' to the corner above the doorway where the ghouls are gathering.

Moffdust readies a Magic Missile spell to use against any undead that manages to get into the church.

In reply to Moffdust (msg # 59):

Oopses drops the goods at paws at the grasshopper trying to eat his nose.

Irritated that the pony only seems to have stopped one ghoulie, Jurz pulls out a bottle of Tree Wee and throws it at the nearest ghoul.  "We's got more of dis stuff." he shouts as he gets the rest of the Holy Water out.

Minmorc stops momentarily to ponder the cosmic significance and irony of throwing wee at goolies...

As the second ghoul (g2) closes in below the southern window Minmorc steps back off the side altar to give himself room to jab at the ghoul with his greatspear. He skewers it cleanly, snapping its spine and dropping it dead on the ground beneath the window.

Oopses drops the armour and shortsword on the floor in the temple and frantically brushes the grasshopper off his nose. Arlein watches it all with her usual look of feline disdain.

Riza and Slipsnotz brace themselves against the door that Riza had returned through. Dregz shouts at the ghouls to go away and Moffa readies her magic in case the ghouls should break through the door.

Jurz readies a flask of the green holy water to throw at the ghouls but finds none left outside the window now. His summoned pony lashes out at the closest ghoul (g4) but misses with both hooves.

Bully hurls a javelin at the pony's ghoul (g4), hitting and seriously damaging it. Then he scrambles across the roof to get closer to the ghouls assaulting the door. Raven follows his example by shooting the same ghoul with her crossbow. Her bolt flies true and the ghoul falls to the ground, no longer moving.

The remaining pair of ghouls abandon the closed door and rush off to attack the only living creature in sight – the pony. They rush in and both try to bite the poor pony but the frantic animal rears and evades their initial attacks.

OOC: Main Game Map updated. The other ghouls are either entangled or blocked from reaching the combat area and most can only hear what is going on, not see the battle.

"Dat's a good pony! Jurz says as he admires his own handiwork.

In reply to Jurz (msg # 64):


Oopses brushes off the grasshopper and its pokey legs to find. Minorc standing above him holding the tree-pee and a thoughtful face. Miinorc thoughtful.

"Helps he's enchantesd again!".

Seeing that the black rod is still outside Minmorc will vault the alter and leap out the window. He'll flick the rod into the church and will set his spear against the charge in case the ghouls are quick to finish the pony.

Bulldust laughs as the ghoul falls over with raven's shot.  "Good shootin Birdie Girl!"  He moves to the eastern corner and throws away his last javelin (rolled a 2! Look out pony!).

Riza keeps herself braced against the door until they are sure that the ghouls are not going to try and get in. She leans over to slipnnotz for a moment and then re shifts her position against the door i hope you are ready if the ghouls get in moffa

Moffdust's eyes are wide as saucers as she replies to Riza "I tink deys eatin de ponys, but if dey comes in heres wid us den I's all ready." She moves to the centre of the church to get a view of all doors and looses cat to fly up to the rafters to watch.

The little goblin priest is perturbed by the second rod, and if Minmorc succeeds in hurling into the church, will rush over, Holy Book in hands, to rescue it and reunite it with its fellow.

Raven reloaded and aimed her light crossbow at the ghouls attacking the pony. She squawked in frustration as her bolt hit its target but hardly damaged the ghoul at all.

OOC: Scored 18 to hit but only 1hp damage on ghoul g11.

In reply to Raven (msg # 71):

Arlein decides it is too noise to keep sleeping with all the shouting, jumping, window vaulting, roof stomping, and howling going on. Streching out, she the sits up and wraps her tail around her paws.

Jurz cheers his pony on and it kicks with both hind legs at one of the ghouls (g11) but the ghoul easily dodges. Bully tries to hit one of the ghouls with his last javelin but the weapon sails over them all and hits a mausoleum in the southeast corner of the graveyard instead. Raven manages to hit one of the ghouls with a crossbow bolt but it just sticks in the ghoul's backside and goes virtually unnoticed by the ghoul.

Riza, Slipsnotz and Moffdust are ready to defend against anything that comes through the door(s) into the temple, but there is no sign of that happening yet.

Oopses becomes increasingly worried about Minmorc – not about his health, just about his sanity – and Arlein finally gives up on trying to sleep through this commotion.

Minmorc takes his greatspear, scrambles back up onto the side altar and leaps out the southern window. He quickly picks up the black rod dropped by the ghouls' victim and throws the rod through the window into the temple. Then he readies his greatspear in case the ghouls decide he looks more appetising than the pony.

Dregz scrambles to grab the 11-inch-long black rod and holds it up alongside the shorter (6-inch) black rod he already had. The two black rods definitely look very similar and the 1-inch long tang on the end of one looks like it would fit perfectly into the 1-inch deep hole drilled in one end of the other rod.

Outside in the graveyard the two ghouls continue to attack the unfortunate pony. One manages to bite the pony and the other tears the pony’s flank with its claws. The pony is grievously wounded but still fighting back at the ghouls.

OOC: Main Game Map updated.

"Dey's still gonna be hungry when dat pony disappears in   fives ...  fours  ...  frees ..." jurz warns Minmorc.

"Err... So I gots like seven missasippis til der pony goes ter pony heaven? Prolly a better place den ere an it seems right dat he went der from a graveyard." As Minmorc thinks he has a lot of time he'll unhurriedly scramble back into the church then set his spear out of the window against pursuit.