Warhammer Quest: Cursed City - Session Seventeen (Part Two) - Decapitation Journey

Wednesday evening - our usual Warhammer Quest night we finished off The Captain of the Damned - the Decapitation Journey to permanently removed Watch Captain Halgrim! We played the first half of the Journey the evening before! 

I was very concerned that this could go VERY BADLY - it was already AFTER nightfall by the time they arrived at Watch Captain Halgrim's lair... after nightfall seletons start rolling d12 for attacks, dealing 2/2 damage... and with Watch Captain Halgrim anywhere on the table (which he will be until destroyed!) that increases by +1/+2 - so three damage on a regular hit and FOUR damage on a critical hit! 

With the Banner Bearer on the table, all skeletons of the Ulfenwatch re-roll any missed attacks! 

As with PART ONE, Finnegan was playing Brutogg Corpse-Eater and Octren Glimscry. Amanda was playing Cleona Zietengale and Glaurio ven Alten III. Luckily, all were fully recovered to full strength and all had managed to get inspired during their rush through the city streets to escape the Suffocation Gravetide! 

Cleona was the first out of the Dropzon and encountered a group of five Ulfenwatch - INCLUDING a sergeant and THE BANNER BEARER.... 

She did her ske-DOOOSH! thing... 

And blew them ALL up!? 

Glaurio raced past her and met Watch Captain Halgrim in the room with the first Phylactery! They both froze and stared each other down... then Glaurio began to taunt Halgrim, asking him "oh... what's this...?" giving the Phylactery a little shove... "is it something important..?" giving it another little shove... "it would be a shame if it..." then he shoved it off the plinth where it shattered on the cold hard ground. 

Halgrim flinched.. 

Then Glaurio shot half his face off with one of his pistols! 

Brutogg charged in and bashed on Halgrim pretty good!

In the distance they could hear another of his Phylacteries shatter! 

Before Octren Glimscry could leave the landing zone, he and Cleona were assailed by the Ulfenwatch!

Other Ulfenwatch joined their captain! 

Brutogg just pounded on Halgrim (and in the distance, the THIRD Phylactery shattered!!) 

Cleona stepped away from her attackers... 

ske-DOOOSH!! blew them up too! 

Halgrim got in a pretty good blow on Brutogg with his magically charged Halberd... and as Brutogg was winding up to just finish off Halgrim.... 

- a sneaky Ulfenwatch Skelton snuck up behind him shanked him, bringing the Ogor low..... 

By some INSANE luck, they rolled a 9 on the event table which allows the heroes to bring. back a fallen hero - oh, he still had all his wounds and could only use destiny dice unit some were recovered... but ALL the destiny dice were kept that round... and Brutogg has some incredible vigour (d13) and when he recovers vigour he has a special ability that allows him to put an activation die on the now empty space (at 1) 

So the skeleton stabbed him and he stumbled and fell and for a moment Glaurio despaired and through this might be his end and the skeletons all rejoiced (as much as undead can rejoice...) and then the freaking Ogor got back up and SMASHED Watch Captain Halgrim into tiny little bits... 

Then he and Glaurio finished off the last of Halgrims guards... 

Octren found himslef in a bit of a spot of bother... and started taking some damage... 

But Cleona came to his aid and Octren snorted som amethyst dust and put grave-sand droplets in his eyes and felt much better... then he started staring down skeletons with his deathly glare! 

Brutogg started to make his way to the extraction point... but once again found himself surrounded by Ulfenwatch - who had heard the summons and came running from all over the city... alas, they were too late! 

everyone heading for the Extraction Zone. Brutogg just smashing through ALL the skeletons... 

Octren had one last Ulfenwatch to put down... 

Then he lit the beackons in the Extraction Zone! 

Glaurio cut down one more Ulfenwatch that came running up. 

Then He and Cleona made it to the Extraction Zone! 

Amanda started to do a little happy dance... 

But reinforcements just kept arriving and swarming Brutogg!!

We were honestly worried he might just try killing them ALL!!

Eventually he used his Shoulder Barge ability to just bully his way through and made it to the Extraction Zone with the others!

And that was it - Decapitation Journey was a SUCCESS!!! Watch Captain Halgrim is no more... (and unfortunately, he's being written out in the new Soulblight Gravelords codex and won't be available for official play in Age of Sigmar anymore!) 

Also the Extraction event was a positive one that would have reduced the influence... to a minimum of five... as it was already at four, it had no effect... but, better than having to start the next game with a wound or a disease token or after nightfall!!

Also with both Gorslav and Halgrim out of the way, the heroes can now start gaining experience from successful Journeys (INCLUDING THIS ONE!)

I guess I really, REALLY NEED to finish up Torgilius the Chamberlain now!!

Warhammer Quest: Cursed City - Session Seventeen (Part One) - Decapitation Journey

This week our Soulbound role-playing game was cancelled, so we started playing the next journey for our Warhammer Quest campaign on Tuesday. This was handy as the next journey was a decapitation journey and those can be a bit long - so we played the first part - running through the city trying to escape the Suffocating Gravetide! 

This week Finnegan was playing Brutogg Corpse-Eater and Octren Glimscry. Amanda was playing Cleona Zietengale and Glaurio ven Alten III. 

Starting off, they encountered a group of Ulfenwatch... 

Octren stepped forward and absolutely destroyed the Banner Bearer... and did little else... 

They were quickly dealt with by the others, however, and the group moved on! 

and encountered a Kosargi Nightguard. 

Ogor on Ogor violence. 

Just everyone beating on the undead ogor, while the zombies in the next room slowly shuffle their way... 

Brutogg smashed a few and had a little snack.

He was joined by the others and the zombies were taken care of... 

But Glaurio, perhaps, lingered a bit too long... 

Things got worse when the next room was a small one and there were TWO Vykros Blood-Born vampires blocking the way - with the Suffocating Gravetide only a room behind! 

Brutogg bullied his way past them, stunning one, and made his way to the Corpse Rat Smorgasbord in the next room! 

Kind of down to the wire! The Vampire WERE dealt with and the Heroes escaped the suffocating gravetide just in time! 

The next two rooms offered up ANOTHER Vykros Blood-Born... and some more Ulfenwatch! 

The vampire was dealt with quickly.

Everyone caught up with Brutogg who was dealing with some Ulfenwatch! 

Last two rooms were inhabited by a swarm of bats and another Kosargi...

Brutogg gorged himself on bats... 

And then all prepared to fight one more undead ogor. 

Amanda got very excited and was demonstrating what she'd do with her staff... 

and Cleona moved up and... did something with her staff...? 

Brutogg got in there and smashed on the Kosargi Nightguard. 

And everyone safely made it to the end... NOT the Extraction Zone, though... they made it to the front door of Watch Captain Halgrim's Lair... 

Afterwards I set up the next stage of the Journey - where they confront Watch Captain Halgrim in his own lair... they must kill Halgrim and destroy all his Phylacteries! 

Everyone made it there with full health and they are all now inspired... but it is after dark - when Skeletons deal more damage... and Watch Captain Halgrim is always there and is mere presence make them ALL deal MORE damage... AND his activations often make the Skeletons move (and attack) 

There is also a Banner Bearer on the table that allows all Ulfenwatch to re-roll failed attack dice!! This could be BRUTAL!! 

I guess we'll find out tonight!!