The larger portion of the pack surges forward, brimming with anticipation. They charge at the group, slavering jaws open wide.
Most of them, grown soft from picking at corpses, underestimate their enemy. Only one even nipping Yuriel's thigh, just under his shield.
"Filthy carrion eater!"
The hound yips as it is struck by Roedd's javelin, intent on it's quarry, this does not stop it from going after Yuriel.
Sensing the elf's apprehension, Jacen offers Yuriel advice on squad tactics by way of a sporting metaphor,
"Think of it like a game of fútbol, the most popular pastime in Evo Pezar…"
Yuriel OOC
Except with a very fast group (and some exist), my experience is that pbp is slow enough without going strictly turn-by-turn. Of course, Aardvark may override this, but my impression is that you and Tulgeikh are both up (think of it as the second one to post is delaying until after the first).
That said, since I inferred a question mark in your post . . . I'm a fan of concentrating attacks. Since Tulgeikh is also up now, something like a Cleave targeting M4 sets up a chance to get one of these hyenas down in a hurry. Free advice, worth what you paid!
Booj Jacen OOC
Yriel grunts as one of the hyenas penetrates his defense. He strikes out, spear point first at one enemy then flowing back to attack the beast behind him.
Yuriel stabs one hyena, only for another trying to take advantage of the opening to get hit by a well placed spear butt.
Aardvark
There's not a whole lot you can do about that, and I speak as someone who tries hard to keep games moving along as briskly as possible - the 24 hour cap being the basic. I try to learn player routines and make what effort I can to move things along so the overnighters (from my perspective) can get a look in before I make the morning rounds. It isn't always possible and doesn't always work, but I do try :) There's no perfect answer.
Mark Hyenas 1 and 4 with nature’s wraith then attack H1 with Tempest assault.
Attack vs ac, , damage = if I hit H4 takes 4HP lighting damage.
Electricity sparks between Tulgeikh's horns and H4 as he smashes his hammer down on the H1's head.
When Tulgeikh strikes the beast between him and Yuriel, a loud yip can be heard just over the crack of the warhammer. It appears to be favoring its side.
The last two hyenas, reluctant at first, are bolstered by their packmates attacks. They rush forward to join the fray.
With the mob press of Hyenas, the last two are really able to sink their teeth into the front line. The one manages to get a good bite on Yuriel, and causes him to bleed more.
Maybe they weren't reluctant at all, and just waited until the rest of the pack to give them an advantage.
Roedd thrusts downward at the hyena's neck
and voilently stabs the surrounding air.
Armand spins his dagger in the air in a gesture that would draw guffaws from any swordsman. The results however, are more spectacular than seem likely. A miniature whirlwind appears in the midst of the hyenas surrounding Yuriel and knocks them flat.
"Foul mammals. Fall and be eaten as you feed on the fallen. You disgust me."
He shifts prudently behind Jacen.
The force of the wind summoned via Armand's fury knocks the hyenas together, the result sending them tumbling to the ground, while finishing off the more wounded hound.
Booj -
Seljak -
Roedd -
H4 - Marked by Tulgeikh
H3 -
H2 - Marked by Yuriel
Yuriel - Has H2 marked, Bloodied
Tulgeikh - Has H4 and H1 marked
H5 -
H6 -
Armand -
H1 - Dead
Booj gives a low whistle at the wind magic, greatly impressed.
Jacen shifts to O4 to stand shoulder to shoulder with Yuriel. He brings his sword down on Hyena 5.
The cleric whispers a prayer to Kavast.
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"Timely..." Yuriel thanks Jacen briefly as Kavast's healing power washes through him. Then his full attention is back to the mangy carrion eaters.
The goblin, leaning forward to look at the destruction by Armand and the others, seems to overbalance and stumbles toward the front line. He falls into one of the beasts, which in turn acts confused by the small slave's erratic motion.
Booj's strike to the hyena's head disorents it enough that it lashes at the nearest thing, thinking it was the goblin.
It was too disoriented to even see straight, missing its packmate. A trickle of blood can be seen coming from its ears.
Roedd -
H4 - Marked by Tulgeikh
H3 -
H2 - Bloodied, Marked by Yuriel
Yuriel - Has H2 marked
Tulgeikh - Has H4 and H1 marked
H5 -
H6 -
Armand -
Jacen -
Booj -
H1 - Dead
Seljak moves into the fray, muttering under his breath that this motley crew of slaves and misfits may not have deserved the disparaging remarks he was making about them back at camp.
Bringing his longspear to bear on the hounds adjacent to Yuriel, Seljak cautiously jabs at the hyenas, seeking to split their focus so no one person is overwhelmed.
Seeing an opening, Seljak strikes at the nearest Hyena.
vs Fort for damage to H5 and an additional 5 damage to H3, H4, H5, H6 if that attack hits.
Seljak's spear strike digs a furrow into the ground, causing a wash of clods and rock and earthen hail to spray into the hyena ranks. The wash also serves to force the hyenas back, protecting the rest of Seljak's companions.
My OOC Tactical notes
Seljak's furrow scatters earth at the group of hounds, just peppering the mangy hide of the nearest one with mere sprinkles of the flung dirt. The full effect of the blast flying just over their backs.
H4 - Marked by Tulgeikh
H3 - Marked by Seljak
H2 - Bloodied, Marked by Yuriel
Yuriel -
Tulgeikh -
H5 - Marked by Seljak
H6 -
Armand -
Jacen -
Booj -
Seljak -
H1 - Dead
Roedd skips back and launches his javelin, calling the possessing spirits of madness.
"Gwallgofrwydd!, consume this beast!"
Unaware of his own actions, the hyena possessed by madness strikes at the exposed neck of his packmate.
He sinks his teeth into the soft neck and holds him in his grip, blood oozing from between his teeth.
Start of ROUND 2
The hyena focused on Tulgeikh, bites at him, and manages to strike true, drawing blood from Tulgeikh's meaty leg.
While the one that has Yuriel's attention can't reach him, and attacks Seljak instead, but is uncertain about his new quarry.
The prone hyena, however, merely manages to get his feet under him, and work on trying to break out of the other's grip.
Tulgeikh - Bloodied
H5 - Dazed,Marked by Seljak
H6 -
Armand -
Jacen -
Booj -
Seljak -
Roedd -
H4 - Marked by Tulgeikh
H3 - Dazed,Bloodied,Marked by Seljak
H2 - Bloodied, Marked by Yuriel
H1 - Dead
"These canaille shall fall," hisses Armand from behind his wall of allies.
"Watch yourself there, sir." Yuriel steps up beside the injured officer, making sure the prone hyena has plenty to worry about. Almost casually the haft of his spear swirls behind him, seeking another target.
Notes
With Yuriel's thrusting advance he is able to spear the prone hyena, slipping into a vital area between the ribs. When drawing his spear out, he cracks the hyena beside him with the haft of his spear.
- Bloodied
H5 - Dazed, Marked by Seljak
H6 - Bloodied, Marked by Yuriel
Armand -
Jacen -
Booj -
Seljak -
Roedd -
H4 - Marked by Tulgeikh
H3 - Dazed, Bloodied, Marked by Seljak
H2 - Bloodied
Yuriel -
H1 - Dead
Attacking H6 with Strength of Stone,
attack vs ac, , damage = if hit I gain 4 temp HP.
Tulgeikh smashes his hammer down on the Hyena and temporally steals some of it vitality. "Mess with the bull and you get the horns mongrel."
With the weight of stone behind his swing, Tulgeikh crushes what is left of the floundering animal, and is invigorated for his efforts.
The hyena that had turned on its packmate regains its senses just long enough to bite at Seljak, giving him a good nip on the arm.
Jacen -
Booj -
Seljak -
Roedd -
H4 - Marked by Tulgeikh
H3 - Dazed, Bloodied, Marked by Seljak
H2 - Bloodied
Yuriel -
Tulgeikh - Bloodied
H5 - Dazed, Marked by Seljak
H1 - Dead
H6 - Dead
Armand holds his dagger in the air and backs cautiously away.
"Do not come near me, vermin."
Jacen , and while chanting to Kavast, continues to attack Hyena 5.
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30(34)/35
13/14
1 AP
"Ahhh...feild medics and cooks, you can never have enough of them."
Armand zaps the hyena with a blast that drops it to the ground, steam coming from its open wounds. Jacen steps forward to help his wounded comrades, striking the nearby hyena with more of swing to keep it at bay, so he can render aid, than a power strike.
Seljak -
Roedd -
H4 -
H2 - Bloodied
Yuriel -
Tulgeikh -
H5 - Dazed, Marked by Seljak
Armand -
Jacen -
H1 - Dead A
H6 - Dead T
H3 - Dead A
Booj, perhaps drunk on his and his party's success, slips past the veteran soldier between two of the hyenas and lashes out, kicking and biting.
Seljak continues to hold the southern edge of the line, waving his longspear in wide arcs to protect the others in the formation.
Booj's wildly flailing and whirling limbs do more than one would expect by looking at him. He manages to kick the seriously injured hyena in the jaw, dropping it, and takes a big chunk out of the ear of the other nearby hyena.
Seljak follows up by slipping over to spear the newly bitten hyena up under its ribs, causing it to let out loud yelps of pain as blood gushes from its wound.
H4 -
Yuriel -
Tulgeikh -
H5 - Bloodied, Dazed, Marked by Seljak
Armand -
Jacen -
Booj -
Seljak -
H1 - Dead A
H6 - Dead T
H3 - Dead A
H2 - Dead B
Roedd howls long and high, and hurls his javelin at Hy5, the point sinking deep into its hindquarters as fog like wisps begin to coalesce around the hyena.
Roedd's javelin into the hyena's flank was all it took to bring the beast down at last.
Start of ROUND 3
The remaining hyena, being a generally cowardly beast, reassesses his situation and decides that he no longer has any pack advantage. Backing up, he turns and darts away from this group that turned out to be stronger than they looked.
Tulgeikh -
Armand -
Jacen -
Booj -
Seljak -
Roedd -
H4 -
H1 - Dead A
H6 - Dead T
H3 - Dead A
H2 - Dead B
H5 - Dead R
Perception. =
Yuriel talks to Tulgeikh out of the side of his mouth, eyes still forward and watchful. "So where now? We headed to that pile of wreckage? The path seems clear enough, but there may be more dogs lurking so let's stay in good formation."
Perception =
For DM:
As the hyena darts past the wreckage the carrion birds scatter, having taken advantage of the hounds' absence. The flapping being the only thing breaking the eerie silence after the action dies down.
With everything back to normal, you guys are free to continue onward.
Jacen scans the battlefield for more foes.
Armand remains unconvinced that the battle is won.
"These canaille follow always in the wake of a stronger. I will not rein in my temper just yet, I think."
Booj was ready to preen in the wake of the fight, but sees the larger folk being wary. Instead, he reaches into his filthy smock and pulls out a shaped strip of leather and starts fidgeting with it.