"Understood." the warforged replies, immediately turning around and wandering back the way they came.

As it meets the rest of the group it quickly explains: "12 persons, guarding a trek. Randal looks out. We meet where we parted. I get you there, but keep quiet. ... Now even more"

Randal

do I see a good place to cross that would be hidden from sight?

Randal

Edit will get ya a map up tonight if ya need it

Might help...I can imagine it, but my imagination may differ from yours ;)

Lost my first map had to do a fast one

Randal your the red one. Each space is 50' at this rang

*chuckle* Ill have to wait til I get home from work to see it...damn firewalls

Heh sorry, don't know any other way to post it

no worries Keeper, you didnt design the work network ;)

Garroth follows Scouty to the rendevous point, moving as quietly as possible. He keeps his crossbow at the ready.
stealth check (1d20+12=17)

Nomric will follow Garroth.MKII in hand and keeping an eye out as well.
stealth,perception and smell;) (1d20+11=19, 1d20+6=8, 1d20+8=13)

As the group assembles in the tall grass, The six forms stand as the other six close toward them, soon all twelve make there was west. Leaving the Squad with a choice to make as just how they want to try and cross.

Ok guys how ya want to do this> 1. Try and sneak past em while they are away you have 3 diff times to do this.

a. will all 12 head west.
B. as 6 stand on the mond and 6 walk est
. as they start back est

or ya could try and go around.

" OK fellers, I'll leave this one to you. I don't move fast or sneak very well.Come on I'm Artillery!Anyway none of my scrolls or Infusions will help here, so...."Nomric will hunker down, after whispering,and wait to see what the others want to do.
Knew I should have brought that scroll of silence

Jax Lays flat on his belly in the tall grass, raising an eye at the steadily lightening horizon. " It is nearly daylight." he says"...It'd be best for us to get some rest during the day and move again at dusk...in the best interest of not being seen and all." He suggests.

"We're somewhere around 1,000 feet from that patrol, so i propose we fall back a safe distance, find a securable position and get some rest for a few hours...We're no good if we're all running on empty besides scouty.." He declares in a hushed whisper.

So theres my suggestion, these things will be easier to sneak around at night and we have been going all night so we all need to rest. I think it'd be best to find a place off the beaten path( maybe Valyn the ranger can make a survival check to find such a place) and Half the group rests, and half the group is on watch, that way it wont be so disasterous if someone makes a horrible perception roll. What do you guys think?

Garroth stares at the patrol, his rage at the invaders of his land clearly visible on his face. Every ounce of his being is screaming to kill these men, and his hands tighten around his crossbow. But after a moment, the rage and hatred (mostly) leave him, and he relaxes a bit.

"Very well," he says to Jax. "You make a good case. We should rest, and then worry about overcoming this obstacle after dusk."

By our reckoning, how much further away is the camp?

*Shrug* "works for me."mumble, mumble...darn, shoulda come with some magical silence and invisibility...fargin fraggle..mumble mumble...

The squad moves back away from the patrol to the tall dying grass. As the day gives into the coming of evening and the setting of the sun. The patrol never changes there march seems untiring and unending.

Finely dusk settles and it is time for the unit to make it's move

It's dusk now night is upon you. It should be noted with more then 1 moon the nights in ebrron are almost allways as light as a full moon. So whats the plan.

all creep up on the east side of the hill, then cross on the east side after they all head west....thats my suggestion.

*We will need to secure the other side first*. so it would work like this...

A)Scouty and I creep forward together as a team,
B)wait 2 moves off the road in stealth until the group reaches us.
C)Wait til the patrol head west...
D)scouty and I cross quickly as the others begin to creep forward.
E)I go left, scouty goes right and we 'box' the far side. {1/2 move left and right, 2 moves in, half a move back towards center}
F)Scouty stops where we join (2 moves off the road),
G)I head back wave the party across...
H)I wait as the party heads to scouty.
I)I move back to them,
J)Scouty and I wait as the party creeps 1000 yeards away from the hill.
K)Then we join them....clear as mud?

"A sound plan, Randall. Let us proceed with that." Garroth looks back toward the patrol. "It would seem our enemies continue their abuse of the natural order. I believe the patrol may be undead."

This last comment is based on Keeper's description of them being untiring and an unending march, and also the implication that we didn't see a "shift change". If that wasn't the case, then disregard.

I need stealth checks at
A)Scouty and I creep forward together as a team, [you 2 here]
B)wait 2 moves off the road in stealth until the group reaches us.[everyone]
D)scouty and I cross quickly as the others begin to creep forward. [you 2 here]
E)I go left, scouty goes right and we 'box' the far side. {1/2 move left and right, 2 moves in, half a move back towards center}[you 2 here]
F)Scouty stops where we join (2 moves off the road),
G)I head back wave the party across...[just you]
H)I wait as the party heads to scouty.[group]
I)I move back to them, [you]
J)Scouty and I wait as the party creeps 1000 yeards away from the hill.
K)Then we join them....clear as mud?
also I need to know just what grid on the map each happens

stealth and perception for b and h stealth and perception (1d20+11=30, 1d20+6=11, 1d20+11=16, 1d20+6=17)
as for placement on the map I'll just follow Garroth as I have been doing.

Ill get em to you tonight when I get home ;)

Ill get em to you tonight when I get home ;)

Slowly and carefully Randall crept through the high grass near the hill and road they had to cross, nearby his comrade Scouty did the same. He kept an eye on the gathering of figures on the hill waiting for them to turn west...

at A (1d20+9=10)---wow nice roll huh. Total roll with cloak (+5)- 14 Itll be a miracle we're not spotted.

He stepped on a twig, and paused unsure if hed been heard...softly cuursing to himself and readying the MKII.....

*if he hadnt been heard then he wanted to wait just off the road by about 12 seconds until the group joined him...* At B (1d20+9=29) Total roll with cloak (+5) 34 quiet as can be sat in the high grass, not sure if hed been heard or not....The others joined him and if they hadnt been spotted he wanted to...

Cross the road as one with Scouty by his side once the patrol turned off the hill and started west...At D (1d20+9=12) Total Roll with cloak (+5) 17 His feet striking the hardpacked trail much harder than he wanted until he quickly crossed the road and paused just long enough for an acknowledgement from Scouty, then if he didnt end up in a firefight, he wanted to...

Turn left moving as quick as he could in a stealthy crouch through the high grass about 2 paces off the road....paralleling the road for about a 3 count at E (1d20+9=15) total roll with cloak (+5) 19 He still felt he was making far too much noise moving through the brush until he felt he could turn if he hadnt been spotted he wanted to...

then quick like a fox he turned right making his way directly in for a 6 count, then he turned back into the box looking for Scouty quickly..once found he motioned for Scouty to drop and watch, then made a straight line back to the road....the whole box taking under 15 seconds at G (1d20+9=24) total roll with cloak (+5) 29 Once back to road..if he hadnt been spotted and now faced a fight...he wanted to

Wait as the others crossed the road at his urgings...as one they came while he stood watch....he crouched watching back towards the hill and the otherside where the patrol would be...at H (1d20+9=17) total roll with cloak (+5) 22...he waited as the others headed across the 60 feet to where Scouty kept watch.....if there was no alert I wanted to...

head back to join them and then begin the trek out of the danger area...at I (1d20+9=24) total roll with cloak: 29 Joining the others we left quickly...

some pretty bad rolls mixed in there...ugh----this all takes place at H22 for the crossing, if noone has any other ideas.

Stealth checks for Garroth as he follows the plan laid out by Randall

Stealth checks (1d20+12=22, 1d20+12=31)

Finally with his senses on full alert, Garroth is very quiet as he proceeds.

As scoutys and Randall move forward there is a loud snap, Up head the patrol seems to not notice but then they stop. 4 of the patrol seems to move toward the noises spot 1
whats the plane here 8 stand 300 feet away and 4 more toward spot a

Ok trouble squares are 5' each

map

Jax moves steadily with the group, following Randall's plan, at least until the 4 gaurds turn. Jax shook his head and clinched his Crossbow a bit tighter, ready for anything.

Stealth checks. 1d20+14=32, 1d20+14=18

Vayln folows randals plan.

stealth 1d20+8=27, 1d20+8=19

I need what squires your all in . And actions

L26 is fine for starters.Question, Are we using action points? It's relevant for artificers as the infusions they cast can take 10rnds (1 minute),or 1 stnd action with the expenditure of an action point.
If using action points...Nomric will hunch down and quietly cast personal weapon aug.(lvl1 infusion)undead bane(+2 to hit n dmg and +2d6 dmg)on his MKII using 1 action point.
If not...Nomric will hunker down and search for 3 rocks perception/search for 3 rocks (1d20+6=10).

Yes we are I will have them in my sig later on tonight

L28 is good for me to start, too. Making the assumption that these are undead, Garroth quietly shakes off his pack and draws his dagger. He then crouches down in the grass and waits for the patrol.

stealth check (1d20+12=18)

G28 is okay.
Stealth (with +5 from cloak) (1d20+17=32)
Scouty will move up to Randall and whisper: "Warforged. I'm pretty sure. Any plan? Distract them?"

You can see the emery as they near. Four skeletons dressed in breast plate. Two in front carry dual scimitars as the two in the rear crossbows. They seem to scan the field with intelligence as there glowing read eyes seem to find you. Crossbows come up and the two in front ready to charge forward time for stealth is at an end

MAP

Init
Randal=9
Scouty=7
Garroth=6
Jax=4
Valyn=3
uNDEAD 3
Nomric=2

Against what appear to be skeletal undead, Garroth's preference is to engage them in melee, as his fists and feet will be far more effective than his other weapons. He will signal his intentions to his teammates: "Will hold action until you've all fired or moved up. Then will engage foes in hand-to-hand combat."

In game terms, I'm delaying my action to go last (after Nomric). Assuming the patrol has gotten closer, I will charge the closest one and attack with an unarmed strike. Unless someone has a different suggestion, that is ...

Ill get my post in tonight when Im home...Been a rough two days ;)

Realizing they had been spotted, Randal whispers to Scouty "We need to lure them into a kill zone, follow my lead..." guaging the distance quickly and how fast they can move, Randal moves away from the hill, parrallel to the road move action to G31, he turns and fires his crossbow at one of the Skeletons bearing a crossbow, MK II Repeating Crossbow +6 d8 19-20/X2 120 ft-Light- Piercing Shots per clip: 10. 3 clips. fire at a skeleton (1d20+6=25) if it hit...damage (1d8=8) He watched as his aim was true and the bolt sped from the MKII straight towards the heavily Armored Skeleton....knowing, this wasnt the best weapon to use, but he wanted to bait them closer...

Scouty shoots at the other crossbow-wielder, then following Randal to H31.
Attack and damage with small crossbow against undead, round 1 (1d20+5=6, 1d6=6)

Great. A fumble with full damage.

Jax Materializes his Warhammer formed Mindblade, the psychic energy materializing into his hand from pure force of will.

"What'ya say we bring the fight to em Garroth?"

With that, Jax charges and attacks the first skeloton he reaches with a smile about his face.attack 1d20+7=26

Damage 1d8+5=11

Stupid undead being immune to crits =(

Garroth's attack and damage rolls for his charge

Charge and unarmed strike (1d20+8=18, 1d6+3=4)

Guys one thing If ya don't know the repeating grants a 2nd attack at your highest BAB with a full round action

Init
Randal=9
Scouty=7
Garroth=6
Jax=4
Valyn=3[action pending]
uNDEAD 3
Nomric=2[action pending]

Randal's bolt digs into the front right undead seeming to have little effect as jax and gorrath charge the other one. Jax's energy hammer seems to hit hard as flacks and bone rip from the decaying skeleton. Gorrath steps up but the skeleton is far more nimble then it seems and easy turns aside his blow. Scouty fires her crossbow only to have it jam move action to clear it

The skeletons attack back at Jax and gorrath both easily avoiding the four scimitars the sliced at them. The crossbowmen at the rear take aim and fire a full volley at the two evading squad members. Each is laced with pain as bolts drives into their flesh

Ok jax is at18HP, Gorrath is at 25 hp. Nomrik I over looked it but yeah you found the peoples last round. Post up guys, i'll update when ya post. on to round 2.

Map for this round

sorry was waiting for the skellies to go
Nomric will move to M22 and then fire at the skelly in H13.
to hit,dmg, bane dmg (1d20+6=18, 1d6+2=4, 2d6=9)
Not sure if bane dmg bypasses DR, belive it should, it is magic and energy ignores DR(like fire),but it's your call.8)
actually used the action point to cast personal weapon aug instead. thx tho.

BAne does indeed bypass DR, however you did not hit them

valyn shoots the first crossbowman with his crossbow.1d20+5=9

Everyone has gone know we really are onto round 2

Garroth reels from the pain of the crossbow bolt. "ARRRGGHH!!" He returns the favor with a flurry of blows against the nearest skeleton.

Flurry of Blows (1d20+4=20, 1d20+4=23)
unarmed strike damage (1d6+3=5, 1d6+3=7)

On his initiative (last I think) Nomric will fire twice at the same skeleton.to hit , dmg, bane dmg x2 (1d20+6=25, 1d6+2=8, 2d6=4, 1d20+6=25, 1d6+2=5, 2d6=6)

valyn fires twice at the first crossbowman.
1st atk 1d20+5=23

damage 1d8=8

2nd atk 1d20+5=25
damage 1d8=2