This was the first of the Decapitation Journeys to take out NAMED CHARACTERS in Warhammer Quest: Cursed City. They didn't HAVE to do this one, at Level Two there is a choice of Captain of the Damned (taking out Watch Captain Halgrim) or Suffling Horrors (taking out Gorslav the Gravekeeper_. Amanda and Finnegan chose this one as Gorslav is just nasty... If he's on the board, every zombie on the board almost alway acts twice each round... OR he burries someone - which, if they're already wounded, can be DEVASTATING!?
Ready to go! Buckle in, this is going to be a LONG one!
When arriving in the landing zone, our heroes found a trio of Deadwalker Zombies waiting for them... and a Kosargi Nightguard lumbering in the distance.
Octren Glimscry was the first out of the landing zone... and failed to make any appreciable mark on the Zombies...
So Brutogg stepped out and just smashed the all to bits...
The Ogor came charging up and Cleona started throwing daggers and darts and stuff at him... which he seemed incredibly unfazed by!
So Glaurio ven Alten III had to step out and finish him off - just as the Suffocating Gravetide roared into the Landing Zone!
Others pushed past while Glaurio finished off the Ogor.
When they opened the next door...
They encountered Gorslav the Gravekeeper!! Their ultimate quarry in this hunt!
Brutogg shouldered past him..
And smashed apart the zombies and Glario moved in to take down Gorslav! They knew this would not be the last they saw of him - thanks to the phylacteries in his lair... but if all went well, those would be destroyed and Gorslav with them!
Then there were the skeletons of the Ulfenwatch to face...
and destroy before the Suffocating Gravetide caught up with them!
Cleona charged past and opened the next door, revealing a swarm of Corpse Rats... and Watch Captain Halgrim and MORE Ulfenwatch!
Glimscry started destroy9ing the swarm and pushed into the room to keep the rats from swarming into the bottleneck and blocking his compatriots from moving forward!
Despite Corpse Rats being one of his fanourite treats, Brotogg charged past them to attack Watch Captain Halgrim (and block them from moving into the room!)
GLAURIO! DON'T LOOK BEHIND YOU! JUST RUN!!
Rats dealt with, Brutogg smashed Watch Captain Halgrim apart.
Other dealt with the last of the Ulfenwatch.
The Suffocating Gravetide always on their heels!
Bats... and another Kosargi... and MORE Ulfenwatch!?
Brutogg decided to have a little snack and Octren helped him keep the bats pinned in the corner
So Glaurio could dash past and deal with the giant undead ogor.
Cleona was the first to move in and attack the Ulfenwatch.
She was also the one to open the next door... and found a Vyrkos Blood-Born waiting there for here - and two more in the next room!!
She backed away and stunned the first vampire. Others finished it off.
Glaurio pushed into the next room to face the other vampires, shooting at them with his pistol (possibly relatives of his!)
Brutogg pushed past and charged in laying a beating down on them!
Glaurio finished off the last zombie...
and that was it... they'd made it to the entrance to Gorslav's Lair....
At this point we took a break and ordered out for a late birthday meal. We ordered a few things from Seasoned Fusion Tastes and I got my usual - vegan "chicken" balls... mmmmm...
While waiting for the food, I set up Gorslav's Lair... ALL the Zombies start on the table, along with Gorslav and three swarms of Corpse Rats and three Swarms of Bats... and they just keep coming back like a bad case of herpes...
Gorslav and his three phylacteries. If these can be reached, they can be searched like regular Mysterious Objects (a 4+ action) and SMASHED... If Gorslav recieves injuries that would kill him, one of the phylacteries disappears and so do all his wounds...
Finnegan had made a comment about how almost all the times I dealt out initiative cards in the first half of the Journey, it was always the Heroes going first!
He should have kept his damned mouth shut... because this time three of the hostile activation groups went first and almost penned them in the Start Area!
They fought their way out, but there was some confusion about THE PLAN. One moment they'd suggested going one way, and then realized that probably wasn't the best way to go... but Cleona had already charged off in that direction... and then Cleona was burried (by a round end event - wasnt' even Gorslav!).
Glaurio about to be swarmed by Bats and Zombies... this looks DIRE... but with some planing and a cool head, he blasted the one zombie in front of him, by the door... then stepped into that space and blasted the one in the next room blocking his way...
Then he sprinted away from the rest of the horde and WRECKED THE FIRST PHYLACTERY!? BOOM! ONE DOWN!!
Yiiiiikes... Initially the plan was to kill as many zombies as fast as possible as reinforcements are rolled for at the end of their activation using a d12 action die to determine how many come back (33.3% none, 33.3% one, 33.3% two), and a d12 to see which lynchgate they show up at... This tactic worked really well in the first Decapitation Journey as once most of a hostile group was killed, they weren't much of a nuisance, because only one or two might come back each turn... and sometime NONE of them come back each turn... and often they'd show up nowhere near the Heroes...
Except after Nightfall, Gorslav has this first thing on his behavior table that rolled on 1-5 (42% of the time!) DEPLOY ALL SLAIN DEADWALKER ZOMBIES FROM HOSTILE GROUPS AS REINFORCEMENTS?!
FML... they'd killed six of them in the first turn... and then ALL of them came right back!?
Brutogg moved in and started beating on Gorslav... beat on him so hard, one of his Phylacteries burst on its own!
"Oh, my... there are a LOT of you!:
So many creatures were swarming Octren!
Cleona managed to dig herself out and attacked Gorslav! I suggested NOT finishing him off before Glaurio got to the last Phylactery otherwise He'll have done all that work getting there for nothing and Brutogg and Cleona will have to try and deal NINE MORE damage to him.. .
"Oh! Oh my!"
Octren got a little overwhelmed by all the creatures!
and was taken out of action!?
Glaurio made it to the final Phylactery... but reinforcement zombies swarmed towards him!
Wait for it...
Glaurio killed the one zombie in the room and stepped away from the other at the door, which gave him enough room to search the mysterious object and smash the final Phylactery!
Then Brutogg and Cleona finshed of Gorslav the Gravekeeper... FOR GOOD!!!
Unfortunately, THEY were now being swarmed by... EVERYTHING!!
They had a bit of luck and rolled a 10 on the event table which allowed them to bring back a Hero that had previously been taken out of action... but they return with all their damage, so are very fragile for the moment and need to heal, FAST! They were so concerned about Brutogg and Cleona being overwhelmed that they breifly considered bringing him back next to them... but I pointed out he'd be of no use to them as he'd have to burn destiny dice just to heal himself and not instantly die..
So he was returned to action next to Glaurio and complained that the rats had eaten his kidneys - all three of them - and now he would have to find new ones!
Such a weird little man.
(I love how Finnegan plays him!)
So Brutogg and Cleona just had to try and smash their way out!
Amanda was a little worried that they might not make it and was quite distraught at the idea of FAILING the mission after they'd taken out Gorslav!?
Brutogg punched a hold in the wall of creatures and Cleona slipped through... spending a LOT of actions just to recover and move... Luckily she had a potion that healed most of her wounds one round (when she had all her action spaces covered! One more damage would have taken her out!!) Glaurio moved towards them to kill a few rats on the periphery and draw some hostiles attention away from them... he wasn't in great health either... but with Octren back, they felt one of them should try SOMETHING!?
Octren made his way to the Extraction Zone to prepare to get out... if all the others died, and he got out, at least it wouldn't be a failed mission...
Cleona got away and ran for the extraction zone... Corpse Rats in hot pursuit.
Just as she was in sight of it, two reinforcement zombies showed up right at the lynchgate she was passing... they assaulted her...
and took her out of action!?
Glaurio had also made a run for it and just as he passed by a lynchgate, two more zombies came shambling out! he was able to duck their blows and sprint past into the Extraction Zone...
Brutogg was utterly swarmed... a few times he used his Shoulder Through action to push through them all and run away. At this point Finnegan thought about just standing and fighting - because he was pretty sure he could take them!?
But instead shouldered through one more time and sprinted off to the Extraction Zone!!
An extraction event brought the Influence Level down... and Gorslav's token was forever removed from the board...
(I like this method better... the rules say put the tokens up there (like trophies?) as they are taken out... but I like the ghostly look left after each is removed!)
Amanda rolled for Cleona's survival and she did not die! WHEW!! The two zombies must have tackled her and bowled her over and in the ensuing struggle on the ground she stabbed them both through the eye, destroying them... others nearby, mistaking the three as corpses shuffled on by... so Cleona crawled into a nearby lane and slithered away from the lair. she was spotted in the street as the others were flying off after extraction and a rope was lowered to haul her up to the Adamant!
ONE DOWN!!
Next week they are thinking of going on a Scavenge Journey to TOOL UP before taking on Halgrim - and maybe get Dagnai and Qulathis up to Second Level as well! One Watch Captain Halgrim is taken out they can start earning experience gain - towards Level Three!!
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