Surprised as he is, Jason gives no thought to attack, only defense.

09:17, Today: Jason Damien rolled 24 using 1d20+11.
09:17, Today: Jason Damien rolled 25 using 1d20+11.
09:17, Today: Jason Damien rolled 15 using 1d20+11.  Roll with it.
09:17, Today: Jason Damien rolled 9 using 1d20+7.  Automatic Parry.
09:17, Today: Jason Damien rolled 10 using 1d20+7.  Automatic Parry.
09:17, Today: Jason Damien rolled 12 using 1d20+7.  Automatic Parry.

Lucas curses under his breath before giving a few hasty words as the two vampires drop down from above. "I thought we'd only face vampires. Mr. Ugly is a D-Ghoul. Supernatural predator. Pretty tough." Having given his warning, he turns his attention to the two closer threats.

Okay, I have stats now for all the monsters.

First Melee Round, 1st Round of Initiatives
Lucas strikes the first blow. Expecting the unexpected to the Nth degree, he managed to smack one of the vampire sisters as she fell towards him. His wooden cudgel slapped her right across her rotting face. 7 points of wooden damage

These vampires claw at Lucas and Na-Wa. The nightmare girls slash with their claws. Lucas rebuffs one with a parry of his wood knife like a soldier who has drilled that move hundreds of hours. Na-Wa has a chance to dodge or parry here. If he doesn't tie or beat a 21, he takes 4 points of mega-damage.

The ghoul has no ranged attacks, so it charges Jason. Jason hesitates.

Na-Wa then gets his turn.

...and that ends everyones first melee action.

Na-Wa rushes at the female bloodsucker attacking him, and tries to parry the slashing claws coming at him. As the claws rake across his armor, Na-Wa tries to plunge the wooden knife into the place the other told him to: the heart.

As the thing charges at him, Jason reaches out in attempt to catch the creature's arm and slam him into the nearest wall using an arm-bar.


01:17, Today: Jason Damien rolled 14 using 4d6.  MD.
01:02, Today: Jason Damien rolled 12 using 1d20+7.  Automatic Parry.
01:02, Today: Jason Damien rolled 7 using 1d20+4.  Bodyflip/Throw.

Aside: While this fight rages, the guys can hear a lot of noise outside the ship. They can hear an even larger explosion coming from one side. From the other, the high pitched noise of tearing metal is heard.

Lucas circles with his dance partner, the the corpse-bride-looking fiend who dropped down onto him. Lucas lands another strike with his wooden weapon and deflects another slashing claw strike.

Retroactively resolving Na-Wa's actions: The Psi-Stalker receives a blow to his side from a vampire's claws, but the damage is not substantial. He counters with a stab at the monster's heart. He misses the heart, but he does pierce flesh with his wooden "knife." (Yes, WP Knife does apply here.)

Na-Wa tries to stab the bloodsucker woman again and drops the stake in his hand. With no weapon the Wild Psi Stalker resorts to grabbing and trying to pin the blood sucker to the ground. Pulling out another stake, Na-Wa drops it....

Wow, Na-Wa seems to have his hands full with his vampiress opponent. That's the only thing filling his hands. He is able to parry the next claw attack at least.

The ghoul makes a lunging claw attack against Jason. The strike goes wide, not ever being a threat to Atlantean.

Then, Na-Wa drops his first wooden stake. Plunk, it smacks against the steel floor.

Jason takes advantage of the ghoul's overreach. Grabbing the monster's arm, he swings the ghoul into a steel bunkhead and rings the entire ship like a bell with the monster's skull as it's clapper. After the impact, he has the monster's arm in a classic arm bar hold.

With the dimensional ghoul pinned in an arm bar up against the bulkhead, Jason slams his free hand into the back of the creature's skull witha palm strike in an attempt to ring the bell again.  Meanwhile, should anyone attempt an attack against his person, Jason will attempt to use his opponent as a meat shield.

11:05, Today: Jason Damien rolled 11 using 1d20+7.  Parry with D-Ghoul
11:04, Today: Jason Damien rolled 12 using 4d6.  MD.
11:04, Today: Jason Damien rolled 5 using 1d20+4.  Called strike to the head.

Lucas spins and brings his cudgel down on the vampiress again with more force than before. The vampiress finally gets lucky enough to block a blow. She takes advantage of her only opening to lean in and bite at Lucas. Shifting his weight and hers, he sort of hug-parries her fangs away.

The other vampire continues her attacks against Na-Wa. Distracted, the Psi-Stalker is not able to parry the blow. Fortunately for him, the vampire girl still hits like a light breeze as supernatural predators go. Na-Wa has taken only 9 points of mega-damage so far.

The ghoul struggles to break free from the hold but is simply out-muscled by Jason.

Na-Wa tackles and pins his vampiress to the ground.

Jason brings an arm down aiming for the ghoul's head. He misses the head but pounds into the creature's shoulder in a way and makes it writhe in pain. Jason still has two attacks left after this, but the ghoul is entirely immobilized both because of the pin and because it is out of attacks.
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Lucas pushes away the vampire at his neck at follows up with an underhand swing of his club. She deflects the blow. The vampiress follows with a high swipe of her claws, and the soldier slaps her arm away in a move that sends her spinning.

The other vampiress attempts to break free of the hold that Na-Wa has on her. This party does a lot of hug-fighting. Although the vampiress is stronger, Na-Wa is far more determined and practiced. Na-Wa grabs his second wooden stake from his belt.

Jason continues to hold the strugging monster immobilized.

Lucas swings for the fences. The fiendish vampiress fails to parry this time (should have dodged) and catches a club right to her ribs. She seems to be running out of steam.

The vampiress fighting Na-Wa is doing only slightly better. Unable to break free, she attempts to kick at her foe. She strikes Na-Wa's knee. 7 more mega-damage, you may apply this to your armor's leg is you like.

Jason still has the ghoul in an arm lock.

The superior training of the men really comes into play at this point. They press their advantages and find opens that lesser warriors would have missed. In more clear terms, the PCs have attacks per melee left, and the monsters do not.

Lucas brings his club down on the monster's head with a satisfying crack. The vampiress looks dazed and merely half awake at this point. She has one hit point left. Makes a clumsy stabbing motion with one claw, a blow easily deflected by Lucas.

Na-Wa brings up his wooden stake for dramatic end to his duel. The stake catches on a metal bulkhead and slips out of his hand. His grip must be weak from him long chained confinement -- maybe?

With the ghoul held in his arm lock, Jason presses his advantage.  He pulls the creature back from the wall, then uses all the strength he can muster to try to smash the thing's skull into the bulkhead.
11:47, Today: Jason Damien rolled 2 using 1d4.  ×10, for 20 MD.
11:47, Today: Jason Damien rolled 21 using 1d20+4.  Power Attack-2 actions.

Bang! The ghoul is very very upset but still awake and struggling.

Time to start a fresh melee round! I am just going to keep using the same initiative rolls if that is okay with everybody.

Seeing the vampiress on the ropes right in front of him, Lucas redoubles his efforts in hopes of taking her down and helping his companions. The cramped quarters and close combat is not his favorite, but against such monsters as these, and without his silver bullets, what choice did he have? He raises the cudgel again and swings away.

Na-Wa head butt's the female bloodsucker in an effort to distract it before trying to get a hold/pin. If Na-wa is successfully in pinning the female bloodsucker he'll draw another stake and try to repeatedly stab the bloodsucker in the heart.

While defending himself with his free hand, Jason stomps at the back of the ghoul's knee and calf to try to pin the leg under his foot.

20:29, Today: Jason Damien rolled 26 using 1d20+7.  Automatic Parry.
20:29, Today: Jason Damien rolled 16 using 4d6.  MD.
20:29, Today: Jason Damien rolled 6 using 1d20+4.  Kick to back of knee.

Lucas pushes his headlamp back into position with his free hand. The cross of shadow catches his opponent directly in her red eyes. She shields her burning face with her claws. That is when Lucas brings his cudgel down with a tremendous crack on the top of her head. The fiend collapses and drops face first to the ground next to his feet.

The remaining vampire scampers backward under the press of Na-Wa. She scoots backwards to the wall and then up it. Climbing the bulkhead as if she were a lizard, She maneuvers out of his grip and attempts to kick him again. The Psi-Stalker blocks her blow classic boxing defense stance. He pulls her back down towards him and attempts to head butt her. The blow connected and broke her half-rotted nose. How about I treat this like a supernatural punch for determining damage? 4 mega-damage

Jason still has the ghoul pinned. He delivers a swift coyote-killing kick to the monster. The feral beast takes the blow, but before the leg can be pulled back it catches the leg in its oversized jaw. Simultaneous Counter-Attack tactic; Jason delivered 16 points but suffered 4 points of mega-damage to his leg.

Lucas takes his time to carefully line up a wooden stake on against the heart of the vampire that he just knocked unconscious. He has been trained in this process several times, but he has never done it himself before. Memories of tales of hunters who missed the heart and the bad consequences rattle around in his head and cloud his concentration. Holding his breath, he drives his cudgel down onto the wedge of pine.

The vampire screams less through their mouth than through her body as the air escapes from her chest when her flesh turns to ask and falls away.

Her sister-vampire is not pleased by this sequence of events. She moves in towards Na-Wa and grapples with him, her mouth snapping like a viper. She attempts to pin him in a type of sleeper-hold, but the psi-stalker slips out before she can secure him.

The ghoul howls in rage within the grip of Jason. The monster which was so bold less than a minute ago is now moaning pathetically.

Na-Wa turns the attack on the remaining vampiress and pins her against a bulkhead, his forearm holding her at her throat and with her feet off the floor. She kicks wildly. It doesn't work, and he soon has her right where he wants her.

Keeping the ghoul pinned to the wall and floor, he defends himself if needed, by catching a hold od the attacking limb.  Then he speaks to the undead creature.
You will not find a meal here, today, he growls, unless you wish it to be staked vampire.  If you surrender, I will allow you to leave this place so you may find a nice cemetery to inhabit.  Or you may continue fighting and be destroyed.  Of that, you have my word as a True Atlantean Undead Slayer.


True Atlantean Undead Slayer Horror/Awe Factor of 14.
15:06, Today: Jason Damien rolled 13 using 1d20+4.  Pin/Incapacitate 18+.
15:06, Today: Jason Damien rolled 18 using 1d20+7.  Automatic Parry.
15:05, Today: Jason Damien rolled 80 using 1d100.  Trust/Intimidate @ 60%.
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Lucas moves to aid Na-Wa. He grabs one of the flailing arms of the vampire who is fighting this Psi-Stalker.

Na-Wa stabs at the fiend with the stake in his one free arm. It's a direct hit. The vampiress, however, will not go down without inflicting some pain. She knocks up his pinning arm with her one hand and bites into the forearm. Simultaneous attack, 18 mega-damage Even as her fangs sink into him, her flesh turns to dust and crumbles off her skeleton onto the floor.

Jason makes his demand. The ghoul does not trust him, but he has no choice but to capitulate. Let's say that the ghoul responds in whatever language Jason is addressing it. American?

"Eater of live things, give me mercy. I have killed none of your kind. I eat only the dry bodies left by these blood drinks."

Jason lets go of his grip on the ghoul and steps back.  Then GO!  Do not stop!  Just RUN!
Though in a ready stance and prepared to fight once again, should the ghoul turn treacherous, he waves the creature off.  He turns to his companions, seeing that they have the two vampires well under control.
Are you injured, Na-Wa?  Lucus?