Dundin begins the healing process.
After five charges he is almost healed.
Dundin looks at those that arrive at the barricade and check them to see if they are injured. He is concerned for Omast too.
"Omast, are you hurt??"
Brampton does a quick search of Bronk's body for potions and grabs his fallen axe.
He moves over the barricade to check the other two dead orcs for potions.
"What is the situation here Sergent Omast? Do you have a plan?"
Omast is indeed hurt, he has been holding the line for a bit, and has taken a few hits while dealing out his own.
The normal orcs have no masterwork weapons or armor, no potions, and no unusual gear beyond the description given during their battle texts. There were two tanglefoot bags recoverable from the fallen orcs.
On Kragak's body Adir and Songan find an unidentified potion(m), three divine scrolls(m), five arcane scrolls(m), a bleached radius bone wand carved with orcish symbols of blood and glory(m), a thunderstone, a suit of masterwork chainmail, a masterwork light steel shield, a masterwork battleaxe, five throwing axes, a smelly jar of greasy ointment, and a large carved wooden war drum covered with a stretched hide of human skin, tattooed with orcish runes.
Also, the heroes spy off in the distance can make out the forms of mounted Trunauan guards, most likely Kurst and his companions, charging into and past a group of orcs outside the city to the north who are accompanying a monstrous giant hurling boulders at Trunau’s palisade.
Omast gathers with everyone at the barricade, accepting any healing which may be offered. He is tired, haggard, and very much sober. He relates to you the story of what has transpired at the gate since the attack began.
When the orc raid began, your half-orc saboteurs sabotaged the outer and western gates to Trunau, allowing the orcs’ vanguard into the city. Kurst and his troops disrupted the orcs holding the main gate, allowing the militia to close them once more, trapping a sizeable force inside while the bulk of the army yet remains outside the walls. He points to the gate before you, leading down to the Lower Quarter. My militia team managed to close one of the gate’s two portcullises following the initial attack, and were able to construct these two barricades behind the gates in preparation for another assault, but now all of the guards in the gate towers, the streets and at the barricades have either fled or been killed by these bastich raiders.
Beyond the gate, you can see more orc raiders gathering, now in the process of breaking through the portcullis, about to pour through the gate, not a matter of if, but of when. The other gate remains raised from sabotage, undamaged, yet stuck in place, unable to prevent the rush soon to occur.
Observing the fallen tower to the west, you notice the impressive tower once connected Trunau’s western inner wall to the side of Bloodmarch Hill, but smoldering wreckage is all that remains of the fallen tower. The tower fell when it was struck by one of the raiders’ flaming boulders. With at least one of the gates here closed, the fallen wreckage may be one of the only ways out of the inner quarter. If you were to take this route, you might be able of scaling the rubble to reach the lower section of Trunau and move off for the Hopespring beacon.
Omast has managed to stockpile an arsenal of weapons and supplies at the two barricades facing the gate. He offers you anything you can utilize to lay waste to the orc hordes soon coming through the gate. The sergeant has gathered a glaive, a guisarme, a halberd, two longspears, and a ranseur. The weapons are standing upright in a barrel near the westernmost barricade.
Brampton looks at the gate and says, "We need to get the other gate closed before they break through. I will try to keep them busy if someone can fix it."
He climbs over the barricade and heads for the right gatehouse. He staying out of line-of-sight of the gate to avoid any orc archers. Once at the gatehouse door he pulls out two Alchemist Fire and prepares to throw them.
Leira profits the relative temporary calm to help the party, Omast and herself to heal up.
While Dundin keeps the wand in use, the girl tries to identify the 3 potions by taste or detect magic.
If one of the potions it is a healing one, she drinks it, otherwise she waits for Dundin to tab her with the wand.
She tries then to help Omast "Are you ok? Please, let us to heal you" when she sees Brampton heading to the front out of the barricade protection "Brampton! It is not the time to suicide in payment for your lose! Help us hold the barricade! We have to range attack them before they reach our line"
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Dundin heals Omast until his wounds are gone.
Dundin smiles and yells to the young fighter. "We can hold here if we stick together. They have to come through this ten foot gap, and we got logs we can roll if they move to either side. We also got a flaming boulder we can roll down the middle that can hurt them."
He hands the wand back to Delia and motions to the boulder. "Leira can use her magic from the back and roll the boulder when the time is right and we have shifted out of its way. Delia can pick them off from the rear. Brampton, Omast, and I can take the middle of the line where they will be the strongest and we can fill the flanks with others with the pole arms and release the logs when things get desperate."
He looks in his bags. "I have no caltrops, anyone have any to scatter in the path?"
As the group finds its way back together behind the barricades, Adir downs the potion that he is carrying. His expression is grim, and he is frustrated by his lack of competence in the previous battle.
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"That sounds as a great plan" says Leira healed up. She moves just behind the barricade area behind the top lodges readying her crossbow "Do you want me to enlarge you again? With the aid of a pole weapon you will cover such a great area the orcs will have little opportunity to approach our position without you reaching them with it"
Brampton comes back behind the barricade and starts passing out gear to the group.
"Sergeant Omast would you like to take the center while Mr. Dundin and I take the flanks?"
He then leans his bec de corbin up against the barricade and loads his crossbow. "I think an opening volley thru the gate should get their attention."
Leira nods satisfied at the clear ideas of Brampton "I will set myself behind the first barricade to avoid cover penalties. That should keep me also at range of my close magical tricks. I will move along that position to avoid combatants closing by, and retreat to the second barricade line if we are too pressed. Call me if you need help with the logs or the boulder."
She gladly accepts the alchemical products. And makes a signal to Dundin "If they break through, I will enlarge you. If you have the spear with you, it will also become large, that way you can switch from spear to axe if you need it"
As the group gathers together, readying themselves to face the orcish onslaught, the guttural calls and crash of the orcs at the portcullis ring out over the courtyard. Bir, iki, vira and the crashing at the gate. Bir, iki, vira then crash. Bir, iki, vira and the cracking of stone, the clatter of steel and wood, the resounding crash of the portcullis coming free of the gatehouse. Hoots and hollers rise up from the gathered orcs, Onları onları oldurmek acele.
The orcs drop their battering ram, taking up their weapons. The oil has not begun pouring from the overhead structure, indeed the warriors inside may not be ready to attack, focused as they may be on repairing the inner portcullis. Backlight by house fires and flaming shot from beyond the walls, the orcs move to rush you line, eager to finish off everyone alive in Inner Trunau. With feral gleams they set their eyes upon you, moving forward with a surge.
Initiatives
First Group: Brampton, Jace, Songan, Orc Warriors E & F
Second Group: Adir, Delia, Leira, Omast, Orc Warriors A, B, C, & D
Third Group: Tuzak
Staggered: None
is up, 36 hour timer counting
Dundin nods, and uses his wand to make his weapon deadlier as he grows to giant size.
"Here they come!"
With a mock toast to the orcs Brampton drinks his potion and then extends his bec de corbin to brace for the charge.
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Weapon Damage (Dice + Damage Modifiers) is Z.
Weapon Multiplier is W
Extra Dice Damage (Flaming, Sneak Attack, Vital Strike) is Y.
Special Rules Multiplier (Brace, Charge, Feat, Ability) is T, S, etc
Normal Critical Damage is (Z*W)+Y
Special Rules Multiplier without Critical Damage is (Z*T)+Y
Critical Damage with Special Rules Multiplier is (Z*{W+[T-1]+[S-1]})+Y
So your Bec de corbin with Critical Damage(X3) Braced(X2) Enlarged is (Z*(3+[2-1])+Y equals (Z*4)+Y. I believe this calculates to 8d8+24 if the target is charging, 6d8+18 if not.
Base stats for Masterwork Bec de Corbin is +7 to hit, Damage 1d10+4
Enlarged would become +7 to hit, Damage 2d8+6
Does this appear correct to everyone?
Initiatives
First Group: Brampton, Jace, Songan, Orc Warriors E & F
Second Group: Adir, Delia, Dundin, Leira, Omast, Orc Warriors A, B, C, & D
Third Group: Tuzak
Staggered: None
is up, 33 hours remaining
Songan's arrow strikes Orc E in the shoulder, wounding the creature as it rushes towards the barricade. The creature makes it a few more steps before Brampton's bec de corbin lances out, punching through the orc's neck, a gout of blood spraying out across the rough ground.
Orc F rushes forwards as well, stepping past the falling E and reaching the barricade, hacking at it with his double axe.
Omast moves up next to the barricade, swinging powerfully (power attack) his , cleaving into Orc F for , staggering the creature and nearly taking it's arm from the shoulder, the double axe dropping to the ground at it's side.
Initiatives
First Group: Brampton, Jace, Songan, Orc Warriors E & F
Second Group: Adir, Delia, Dundin, Leira, Omast, Orc Warriors A, B, C, & D
Third Group: Tuzak
Staggered: Orc F
is up, 36 hour timer counting
Dundin steps back, and lets the growth magic take him.
Dundin readies and braces his now 20' spear for the charge of others. The staggered orc he ignores for now.
As the orcs break through Leira exclaim "For all Trunians! They are here!" and she triggers her readied action starting to cast an enlarge person spell on Dundin.
Dundin waits by the barricade with his 10' spear braced.
Delia leaves the orc to the others for a moment and quickly casts a spell to grant her an endless supply of arrows for the duration of the magic. She then looks at Jace. "Steady boy!"
Jace lashes out at the orc with claw and tooth as it makes its approach to the barricade!
Jace lunges up onto the barricade, snapping out at the approaching orc as the scent of spilled blood and bile fills the air. The young warcat tears a chunk of flesh from the warrior's outstretched arm, spilling what life remains to the creature upon the ground as the bicep tears free in the feline's maw. Satisfied, the warcat hastily chews down the meaty mouthful then roars loudly in challenge, the taste of flesh exciting the cat, stirring it's desire for more. A near feral gleam sparkles in it's eye, no doubt only the reflected firelights of the town burning below.
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Adir braces the barrier in front of himself.
Adir readies himself as the remaining orcs begin rushing through the portcullis. Orcs A & B rush to the north, eager to take on the large druid and his sloth companion. They hoot and growl as they approach, calling out Sen buyuk simdi olmek.
A second pair of particularly eager warriors are the first to reach the middle line, Orcs C & D, howling as they Charge, swept up in bloodlust. Orc C swings a spiked chain as it reaches the barricade, . The warcat ducked back down, allowing the wooden logs to shield it as the blow misses overhead.
As Orc D reaches the line, Dundin's growing spear lances out at it. Dundin catches Orc D squarely through the breast bone, the dwarf still increasing in size as Leira's magic flows over him. The orc pushes itself fully onto the wooden haft, forcing the dwarf to jerk back forcibly with the weapon, ribs cracking and blood splattering across the rough log palisade as the creature dies within inches of it's goal.
Initiatives
First Group: Adir, Brampton, Delia, Dundin, Jace, Leira, Omast, Songan, Tuzak
Second Group: Orc Warriors A, B, & C
Staggered: None
is up, 36 hour timer counting
Brampton sees the two headed for Adir and shifts over to stop them.
He swings at the first orc but overreaches and misses the second one.
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Songan, taking a quick glance at his quiver, thankfully sees that despite not being replenished from the adventures thus far, he's fired fewer arrows than he was afraid he had. Still looked to be about 40 in his arsenal. Well, one less now, as he nocked another to his bowstring and fired, aiming at the orc at the back of the rushing line (B).
Dundin waits, giving his allies a chance to act. Then he draws and throws a light hammer at the orc (A) in a fluid motion. The extra range makes his flow off.
As Dundin suddenly increases in size, Leira shows astonishment on her own powers.
She closes by the barricade and attempts to drop the next orc after Branpton strong display "You killed my father, but you will never take Trunau! Uaaaah!"
After the shot she closes by the woods looking for the barricade protection and loads another bolt in her crossbow.
Brampton, eager to prove himself, thrusts outwards with his polearm and catches the lead orc B rushing the far line. The strike punches deep into the orc's armor just beneath the armpit, smashing through the creature's ribcage before bursting a lung and rupturing it's heart. The orc stumbles, tumbles, and collapses in a heap, dead before the barricade.
Songan launches an arrow at Orc A, catching him high in the shoulder and knocking him slightly off balance. The orc rights himself and continues his run, directly into a bolt from Leira. Her shot catches him on the opposite shoulder, punching through cleanly to leave the bolt protruding from both sides of the warrior, Staggering it in the process.
Dundin, feeling the enlarging energy of Leira's spell, starts to throw a hammer at the distant orc A, but at the last minute instead holds to it and lunges at Orc C charging Omast and Jace. His hammer, larger and heavier due to his magicks, hits for and Staggers the orc as it swings it's spiked chain about seeking a target.
Omast swings his own , cleaving down into it's shoulder for , killing it as he finishes what Dundin started.
Orc A steps closer within range of the northeastern edge of the barricade, watching the large druid as he spins and tosses a at Tuzak, missing far wide as his concerns regarding the giant human distract him.
A trio of additional orcs rush through the open gates, pausing momentarily as they assess the situation before giving great war cries and preparing to advance.
Initiatives
First Group: Adir, Brampton, Delia, Dundin, Jace, Leira, Omast, Songan, Tuzak
Second Group: Orc Warriors A, G, H, I
Staggered: A
is up, 36 hour timer counting
Dundin again readies his now large, heavier spear.
Leira observes how Omast finishes the orc glad they have the Sargent to their side.
Hoping to see the bolas orc not doing anything before falling from current wounds, Leira casts daze on the creature.
Brampton lashes out with his bec de corbin.
With the bravado of youth Brampton yells out."That takes care of the first wave! I could do this all night."
Turning to the gate he yells at the orc. "Come on pigs!