Balic fades ever distant behind the caravan, soon the caravan will be beyond the tenant farms and military outposts, beyond the relative safety of civilization.
Hunger, thirst and death await you as crawl your way from village to town to city bringing the trade that will support life for another few months under the burning sun.
Every year's journey there are deaths among the caravan, disease, accidents are as much to blame as raiders and wasteland predators.
Unfortunately this year’s first death is caused by a small band of elven scouts. The caravan’s outriders were ambushed and one was killed before they were able to escape and report back to Qaqalil. Furiously Qaqalil orders a contingent of guards to track down the elves and extract revenge upon them. Preventing the elves from reporting back to their camp was also mentioned in Qaqalil's curse ridden orders.
Gather your weapons and wits and begin tracking because life on the trail getting interesting again.
Give me tracking checks everybody DC15. Perception or nature are the primary skills, dungeoneering can be used as a secondary skill.
"I am not sure which way they went."
Perception
"Looks like I found something, appears to me they weren't as careful as they should have been..."
"I am still too angry to look for tracks. An attack on our pack deserves a fast response, but I can't help find any trace of our enemy"
The band heads to the ambush site and try to find tracks showing where the elves have headed. Paxs and Th'Kal can't make out much more than a fight took place within 2 hours. Gorad on the other hand easily follows the iron tang smell of fresh blood to a concealed pathway leading off to the northeast. It also appears to Gorad that the elves carried off the body of Farquid, the out-rider killed in the attack.
You need one more tracking success, DC15, to find where the elves went and two successes to sneak up on them.
Now that Gorad has gotten us here my senses are awakened. "We shouldn't be too far off now... this way."
1d20+5
Now that Gorad has gotten us here my senses are awakened. "We shouldn't be too far off now... this way."
Percep
"I agree Th'Kal, I think we may be able to sneak up on them to exact a measure of revenge."
With clever eyes and alert ears Th’Kal and Gorad guide the band up a shallow wadi to where it joins with a larger. The elves have set up cover in the shallow of the wadi. Sounds of soft spoken conversation and the smell of grilled meat wafts in the dry air, they have concealed themselves from sight but not sound and smell.
You can position yourselves anywhere on the south bank of the wadi as you get a surprise attack.
Initiative:
Elf scout 1
Elf scout 2
Elf scout 3
Elf Archer 1
Elf Archer 2
init K15 if you please
I'll take J14. Is there anything special about the terrain?
I didn't post the map with the elf raiders positions, here it is.
Reposition yourselves if you want to.
Combat will start as soon as the other players log in.
I will take N15.
I'm still good at J14
You were able to sneak up on the elves so you get a suprise attack.
Initiative:
Gorad
Th’Kal
Cerric
Paxs
Scout 1
Scout 2
Scout 3
Scout 4
Archer 1
Archer 2
Gorad is up.
Gorand makes a gesture and next to him a silent apparition that looks curiously like a medium sized Bulette appears and orients on the bandits.
Knowing we have the drop on them, Th'Kal charges the first elf on the dunes hoping to take his head off before the others notice our presence. He know it's a strong swing, but Th'Kal wonders at the last moment if it's aimed correctly...
Carric reaches out and batters his foes with a cold wind..
Gerad, who was scouting a little bit away from the main band finaly catches up and will join the combat after the surprise attack.
Gorad shouts out an ancient chant calling forth his spirit guide to assist in the combat. A small bulette burrows up from the sand in front of Gorad and looks menacingly at the elves.
Th’Kal leaps at scout 3 and buries his axe deep in the scouts shoulder blooding the elf.
Carric reaches out and grabs the wind throwing it at the elves. All the elves barley avoid the unnatural winds chilling effects.
Initiative:
Gorad
Th’Kal
Cerric
Paxs
Scout 1
Scout 2
Scout 3 (bloodied)
Scout 4
Archer 1
Archer 2
Gerad
Paxs is up.
Paxs subtlety tries to lure elf 2 away from the others but the elf ignores the pull and stays where he is.
Initiative:
Gorad
Th’Kal
Cerric
Paxs
Scout 1
Scout 2
Scout 3 (bloodied)
Scout 4
Archer 1
Archer 2
Gerad
Andar
Gorad is up.
My spirit moves to M12, meanwhile I move my fingers to make them look like Eagle Claws.
Claws of the Eagle, giving Th'kal a melee basic attack on S3 On hit S3 will give combat advg until the end of my next turn.
vs AC
Claws of the Eagle, giving Th'kal a melee basic attack on S3 On hit S3 will give combat advg until the end of my next turn.
Hit:
Th'Kal responds to Gorad primal spirit's call and slams his axe into the scout.
Carric reaches out for the cold wind again and commands it to strike his foes...
@ Xabulba and Th'kal
@ Xabulba and Th'kal ** spoiler omitted **
@ Xabulba and Gorad
@ Gorad & everybody else - I usually have the recipient of an extra attack roll for the extra attack. If the power is some kind of domination effect then the caster would roll for the attack.
@Andar – I’m putting you at the end of the Init. List because you came into the combat late.
Gorad guides his spirit to advance on scout 3 opening up an attack for Th’Kal.
Th’Kal takes advantage of the extra attack and plunges his axe deep into the scout again. The elven scout is mortally wounded but somehow manages to keep standing.
Carric pulls the chill breeze through the battlefield again, this catching and dragging scout 1 & 3 a few feet from where they were.
Th’Kal is up.
Not letting his enemy get away from him, Th'Kal slides closer. Rumbling a growl from deep in his abdomen, he lashes out with his lower arm's claws while at the same time swinging his greataxe to force his new oppenent to back up.
HP: 29 (Temp: +2), Surges: 10, AP: 1
Used: Kreen Claws
Th’Kal pursues the smell of sweet sweet elven flesh and in a frenzy of claws and axe rips apart scout 3 and bloodies scout 2.
Initiative:
Gorad
Th’Kal
Cerric
Paxs
Scout 1
Scout 2 (bloodied)
Scout 4
Archer 1
Archer 2
Gerad
Andar
Cerric is up.
Scout 3 is dead you can't push him anywhere, but if you meant scout 2 that’s a bit different.
Alright... I'll push Scout 2 instead :)
Nice catch.
A blaze of light sheds forth for an instant around Paxs sword as he slashes at the two nearby elves, he then turns his attention to the elf a few steps away.
Paxs weaves an exploding magic light that damages both archer and scout, he them follows up placing a compulsion on the scout to focus on him alone.
The surprised elves finally manage to rally and fight back against the band.
Archer 1 and scout 2 attack Paxs wile archer 2 and scout 1 focus on Th’Kal.
Paxs:
Scout attack vs ac, , damage =
Archer attack vs ac, , damage =
Th’Kal:
Scout attack vs ac, , damage =
Archer attack vs ac, , damage =
Everybody give me a perception test.
Initiative:
Gorad
Th’Kal
Cerric
Paxs
Scout 1
Scout 2 (bloodied)
Archer 1
Archer 2
Gerad
Andar
Gerad is up.
Gerad looks around. Something's odd.. Shrugging, he narrows his eyes at the nearest elf, and sends some arrows at him.