"Actually I have a pony, but we kinda had an agreement I would not ride him and he would not ride me. How do you ride so much not able to feel the ground beneath your feet?"
Whistles and a brown pony with a white patch on his forehead comes out of the trees......
Initiative
Perception
Not caught by surprise the Kender hopes to get a sneak attack in on one of the opponents....
Shortbow attack , Damage
Sneak attack
Alessa, about to make a few more jokes, is cut off before the first word is out. She looks over, shocked that foes could come so close to the peaceful town.
Perception:
Initiative: 18 (rolled in the discussion thread as requested)
Perception:
The interlopers caught her completely by surprise, shocking her for a moment and it was all that Asliath could do to plan out how she was going to get her quarterstaff from her horse. She hadn't thought to bring it down with her when she had dismounted, and knew in that moment that she had made a grievous and potentially fatal error. Panic gripped her and paralyzed her for a few precious seconds with fear...
Sorry I forgot to repost your initiative rolls:
23- Trapdodger
21- Geryn
20- Durom
18- Asiath
16- Brand
13-Sir Janos
12 - Ruma
10- Josiah
8- Alessa, Yockum
Oh and a perception roll of 12 counts as 12 and up.
Something that he can't articulate, born from his years of experience as a caravan guard, warns Geryn of the impending attack. With a shout of warning, he draws his sword and charges forward, hoping that at least some of his allies will charge with him. Best to bring combat to the enemy, rather than let them take the lead.
As he approaches the lead goblin, Geryn turns his horse and takes a swipe at him, hoping to disarm the creature. He then yells, "Huma, attack!" and the horse lashes out with its hooves, trying to strike the warg.
Although I forgot to tweak the statblock to reflect this, can I assume that Huma is battle-trained? I'll be writing things to reflect this assumption.
Ride Check to guide with needs:
Move Action: From I8 to K8, then diagonally to M6
Standard Action: Disarm attempt on the goblin in N5/N6
Geryn has Improved Disarm, so the opponent doesn't get an AoO
Ride check for Huma to attack (DC 10):
Huma: Attacks the Warg (note: Modifiers are assuming that the hoof attack is primary, due to Huma being combat trained. This gives him a +5 to the attack over what it currently shows in his stat sheet.)
Attack Roll:
Damage Roll:
"Geryn why did you put your guard down! By Reorx's hammer, let's build up a hunger!"
Durom moves next to Trap as he pulls out his Repeating crossbow and fires a shot at one of the crossbow wielders.
Brand follows Geryn's lead, swearing something about filthy goblins ruining his party. He grabs his heavy flail in two hands and positions himself between his friends and the charging enemy. Bellowing over his shoulder he says, "I'll buy anyone an ale for every goblin ear they can give me and a plate of spiced potatoes for every wolf ear!" Turning to the enemy, "Come on you slimy bastards!"
Perception:
Brand will take both move actions to move to K5 placing himself between the goblins and the rest of the party. Holding his heavy flail waiting to attack.
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<Prior> "You may certainly ride with me sir", politely ignoring any insinuations or friendly mischief that might have been implied.
Leaving the arrow stuck in his chest, Janos instantly leaps up and takes a defensive fighting stance in front of the ladies. "Lady Synran, are you injured badly, milady?!?!"
With a ceremonial gesture, Janos both removes his family's sword and offers a formal Knightly Salute. "Thou shalt fall and be smitten for this couwardly assualt, villians! For . . . Solomnia!!!"
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<Prior to Brand> With a look of pure embarassment, Janos flushes at the statement about the girl, "I didn't, . . . she was. . ., As I told you then, I swear, my intentions where completely honorable with Miss Shiahnna. She was not, "sweet" on me,", with an innocent look, "and I hadn't held anything against thee for it".
Perched on Joey's saddle Gammy, his pet raven, gives a squack as the enemy approches, making Joey tense and look around, spotting them approch.
"Shit!" he curses and melts into the shadows along with Gammy.
Perception:
Josiah's morningstar is in his hand as he sets his shield, ready for an attack. He'll charge at the nearest wolf if he can.
Attack:
Damage:
Rumal, wobbling towards his mule, is irritated to see wolf mounted goblins approach just as he was ready to go get some of Otik's ale. "Damn foul creeshures, yuwer roonin my night, I WANT MY ALE!" At this last he grabs one of the mysterious vials from his belt, sprinkles something into it and throws it at one of the goblins. His fit of rage piqued, the vial he throws smashes and bursts into flame when it hits the open air, creating a small ball of fire engulfing one of the riders.
Round One summary:
The revised map Apparently the NPC numbers are not showing through- Follow in the clo
23- Trapdodger
21- Geryn & Hobgoblin 1-5, Dire Wolves 1-5
20- Durom
18- Asiath
16- Brand
14 - Ruma
13-Sir Janos
10- Josiah
8- Alessa, Yockum
Trapdoger
Geryn wheels on Huma and meets the largest hobgoblin head on.
Big Hobgoblin (NPC4) Spear attack on Geryn-
Potential damage
Direwolf attack on Huma-bite
Bite damage
[/crunch] With a sickening crunch, the two riders meet. Geryn seems to whirl impossibly in his saddle, trying to turn aside a spear thrust. The hobgoblin roars as his spear catches on his shield and both are stripped from his hand. The wolf lunges at the throat of Huma, Geryn's mount.
Two crossbow bolts are launched from the crouching hobgoblins. One strays; the other finds it's mark striking Sir Janos in the shoulder. [spoiler=Janos's crunch]7 damage after the crit
Durom pulls the trigger, attempting to reach one of the firing hobgoblins, but misses.
Brand stands firm waiting for his foe to reach him.
Ruma lets fly a his arcane chemicals in an attempt to strike both wolves and riders. The ball of flame strikes home on one of the hobgoblins, rolling off of it's shield and into his face. Blobs of flame splatter the wolf beneath him.
Josiah's charge takes him along side of Geryn, and his swing lands on the shield-less hobgoblin leader.
Wolf save .
Full damage taken by the wolf.
Round two actions:
Wolves will advance and bite . Hobgoblin leader draws a battle and hand ax to engage Geryn.
The bomb damaged wolf and rider will attack Josiah.
The undamaged, unattacked wolf and rider will advance and attack.
The archers will continue to fire at any PC in the open.
Geryn grunts in pain as the spear cuts through his armor and scratches him deeply on the side. He manages to stay in the saddle, though, and grunts as he feels Huma weakening beneath him. The horse manages to remain standing though, despite the ragged wound torn into its chest. "We need some backup here!" he yells as he desperately tries to disarm the goblin leader again, trying to maintain an active defense as he does so. Huma, whinnying in pain, lashes out against the warg once more, but cannot get an angle on it.
Ride Check to stay in saddle, DC: - Success
Ride Check to guide with knees, DC: - Success
Ride Check to have Huma attack, DC10: - Failure
Geryn:
Standard Action: Disarm attampt against the goblin leader with Combat Expertise. Armor bumped up to 19, attack bonus stays the same due to Threatening Defender.
Move Action: 5-ft. step to L6.
Seeing the goblinoids hurting his friends he lets loose two bolts on the hobgoblin(direwolf 3 one), and yells at the creature, "TRY THAT ON ME, YOU UPRIGHT PIG!!"
"Geryn stop your whining about help its throwing off my aim!"
I'm guessing my mount is to the north, let me know if this is otherwise.
If this is so, I will attempt to charge the nearest unhurt NPC, probably that riding Dire Wolf 5. Power Attacking; she's mad.
I'll use ride-by attack to have Summer keep moving past at our current diagonal, no AoO from the target. Wolf gets one, though. I'll wheel around when I'm able to charge again, probably only move 30ft past.
"Summer, to me! We're going to be last again! There's no glory in watching"
She mounts up on Summer Storm and sets herself forward in a saddle, riding forth with skill gained in countless tourneys. A pennant flutters in the wind on her lance's deadly end, but its sight is lost as she lowers her lance to drive it through armor, and likely flesh.
She rides at the nearest wolf rider open for such an attack.
Asliath bolted like a rabbit rushing through tall grasses, headed for Hasana and her quarterstaff. Her horse was stepping away from danger, but Asliath reached her quickly and yanked her weapon off the horse's saddle and whirled around to face her foes, crouching low to present a smaller target to the vicious goblins.
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Without touching the arrows still sticking out of him painfully, "We need to form a defensive front and draw these "creatures" out towards us, lest it be a trap to seperate and conquere. Duram, Josiah, and Asliath, take the left flank and guard Rumal and "Joey", never carring for the nickname. "Geryn, Alessa, and I will take the right side, bring them towards us. Rumal and Joey, once in position, . . . bring thine rain.".
Josiah nods tersely at Janos' orders. He's had enough of orders the last few years.
He sets his shield against the wolf and hob's attacks, swinging his morningstar when the moment presents itself.
Attack:
Damage:
Changes to melee and gets into the area righ behind the front....
Targeting the rider and hoping to also take something off of him at the same time.....
Shortsword attack
Damage
Sneak attack
-Stab and grab....sleight of hand
"We can take these dog riding dogs!"
DM
What looked good to take?
Rumal moves forward, but ends up angling heavily to his right until he bumps into the vallenwood. Now stabilized by the tree he angrily grabs another of his vials, and shakes it vigorously before throwing it at the group of wolves and riders. Trying to overhand throw it while up against the tree causes his toss to fly further to the left than he had planned. Luckily, it still lands right in front of the two lead wolves, splashing up at them. However, it also splashes up at Josiah.
"Consarnit, you drunken half-wit! Aim at the enemy, not the ally!"
Reflex:
HP: 18/25
Brand moves up to next to Janos and swings his heavy flail at the head of the dire wolf. EVERYONE has a mount but me! Even the goblins. This is just not fair!
Attack:
Damage:
Standing to the side half-hiding behind a vallenwood Joey watches as his friends thunder off to attack the goblins, blinking into view a pair ofglowing white bolts streak out from his pointed finger, twirling around themselves before striking a worg squarely in the chest.
"Consarnit, you drunken half-wit! Aim at the enemy, not the ally!"
"What are you talkin bout? I got like siks o them an olney two of you. If you all weren't dancin aroun eesh other, i' woonint be a prawlim." he wobbles, eyes crossing briefly.
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Trapdodger stabs the head hobgoblin, opening a gash on his side of his armor. His nimble hand plucks a string of what he originally thought were beads off of the hobgoblin's belt- only to find it's leather thong threaded through dried eyeballs.
The hobgoblins with crossbows advance 5' and fire for Durom and Rumal.
Wolf2 and Hobgoblin rider#5 advance to Trapspringer- attempting to spear him.
The hobgoblin leader draws a his axes, only to have it twisted out of his hand by Geryn's attack. The battle axe falls to the ground, his hand ax swings. He swears something in goblin
Wolf5 and Hobgoblin rider#3 attack Josiah, who's defending.
Ride check for wolf attack If greater than 10:
Dire wolf 1 runs around Trap (ignoring him and incurring an attack of opportunity) and dives at the dwarf Duram.
Wolf 4 runs for Brand, also incurring an AoO from Josiah.
Durom's shots fail to find their mark.
Asliath arms herself and turns to the battle.
Brand's wolf target comes to him; he strikes a telling blow that leaves the wolf injured and angry.
Sir Janos advances and defends the women, only to see Alessa charge past on her mount.
Ruma's next bomb splattered his targets.
Josiah slams his morningstar into the hobgoblin riders arm, weakening his hold on his shield. It's enough to throw him enough for Alessa's charge to strike true- her lance is driven through his chest. He slumps off the back of the wolf, unconscious and bleeding.
ROUND 3.
The hobgoblins are blooded but renew their attacks. The lead hobgoblin roars at the archers [b]Simpering dogs, ADVANCE![/d] as he urges his wolf to attack. You notice that a series of hand prints made with splatters of red paint decorate his chest. The same can be seen on the other mounted hobgoblin.
Dire wolf 1 lunges for Durom's throat
Hobgoblin #5 stabs for the kender and attempts to get his mount to attack.
Dire wolf 2 bites at the kender.
The hobgoblin leader (npc4) passes the handaxe to his dominant hand and swings at Geryn. His makes a guttural sound to urge his wolf to attack.
Dire wolf 3 nips at Geryn's legs.
After his attack, he pulls on the wolf's harness, urging him to fall back and make his enemies advance to him.
The archers advance to Q5 and R6 respectively, and aim at Trap (Npc1) and Josiah(Npc2)
Dire wolf 5, confused why it is covered in blood lashes out at the horse in front of it- Summer.
Dire wolf 4 sees the human (Sir Janos) and bites
Geryn grunts as the handaxe bites into his side. As the goblin leader swings for him again, Geryn twists his sword once more, trying to slam the flat of his blade into its wrist. Doing so leaves his legs unguarded, however, as the Warg tears into Geryn's unguarded leg, leaving him bleeding from another wound.
As the goblin withdraws, so does Geryn, Huma limping beneath him. Get to safety, use the bow... he things in a haze of pain.
Ride Check to stay in saddle, DC5:
Ride Check to guide with knees, DC5:
Standard action: Geryn makes another disarm attempt against the goblin leader with Combat Expertise.
Attack Roll:
Heh. I think it's safe to say that the goblin leader is unarmed right now.
Move Action: As the gobbo withdraws, Geryn does the same.
5' step from M6 to L6. If it won't give the goblin an AoO, then Geryn instead moves to J6, then I7, then H7.
Having the Fleet feat and being lightly encumbered, I've got a Speed of 35, so I'm moving from G6 to G4, then diagonally to J1, and lastly, diagonally to K2 using up 30 of my 35 feet of movement and not provoking any Attacks of Opportunity. Now I'm flanking Dire Wolf #4 along with Alessa.
My attack with my staff is as follows:
My damage roll on my staff attack is:
Asliath, now armed and about as dangerous as she ever gets, runs across the clearing to come up behind one of the Dire Wolves attacking her friends, whipping her staff around in an overhand strike at the beast and bringing it down to smash against its hindquarters.
"Took yer eyes by mistake."
AoO on the new rider!
shortsword attack
Damage
Hissing at the ugly wolf as it gets to close for comfort, Joey raises both hands up from the ground, as is he's pulling on sothing heavy, muttering words in the arcane language. The result of his posturing is evident as a thin sheet of slippery oil appears under the threatening wolf, making it's footing so much more harder to find.
Rumal, knees locked together being the only thing keeping him standing, grabs another bottle of his concoctions. He winds him arm overhead two or three times beofre letting it slip and fly at his target. It flies wobbly through the air. Fed up with throwing things, Rumal manages to draw his crossbow from its sling.
Josiah bobs and weaves, keeping his shield between him and his enemy.
Attack:
Damage:
Attack:
Damage:
"Of course no one wants to help to dwarf, damn fuzz ball I'm going to make you into a pair of boots!"Shouts with pain in his voice,
Durom takes a quick back step with a wince of pain and unleashes the fury of his crossbow on to dire wolf 1.
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On Initiative Count 13: After battering away the wolfs maw with a reflexive shield parry, Janos takes a moment to focus and reevaluate the situation. "There is no chaos, there is serenity. . .", he thinks like a personal mantra. Letting the Solomnic's military training, he allows the natural instinct and practiced battle-mind take hold. "Remember the basics. Make a Decision, . . . and Do It!"
Noticing that Geryn is not doing well after that last wound, "This is going poorly. We may need to concider a tacticle retreat. If so, I shall cover our exit".
<Charging>
Assuming that the wolf he crushed with his flail is going down for good Brand turns around and heads to help Durom. "I'm coming my friend! You're not alone."
Spying the condition of Geryn as he rides by he adds "Don't you die on me again Geryn! I'm not playing nursemaid again to bring you back to life.
Brand swings his flail.
Attack
Damage
"Now you see it now you don't."
Shortsword attack , Damage
Sneak attack
-Stab and grab....sleight of hand
Alessa laughs at the suggestion of retreat.
"There's no glory in retreat! They can't hope to best us, fight on, friends!""
"You!" She points to the apparent leader, challenging him, "You're mine! You'll pay for what you did to Geryn!"
She stabs her lance foward, almost recklessly, but dispite the wildness of the stab, the blow is too fast, too powerful to avoid. She only catches him in the leg, but the force and will behind it still bring significant injury. The fire in her eyes burns brighter.
She wheels Summer Storm around.
"Summer! Show that oversized dog the quality of Synran horses!"
Summer Storm bites and stomps at the wolf that snapped at her, but the beast is too quick.
Cavalier's challenge on him (swift action, +3 damage to target (+4 if I'm the only creature threatening him, -2 AC against every other opponent. Duration: until target is unconscious or dead, or combat is over)
Attack on NPC 4:
Summer does a full attack against Dire Wolf 5
Brand strikes his wolf with a sickening crunch.
Trap does his best, but falls short of hitting his targets.
Geryn strips the hobgoblin leader of his final weapon. His howl of frustration is ended by by the pointy end of Alessa's lance and the weight of Josiah's flail.
One of Durom's bolts finds a home in the matted fur of the dire wolf harrowing him.
Joey feels the burning release of arcane power leaving his body. The result, a greyish green puddle of viscous sludge pools around Wolf 1. The wolf standing in the muck manages to keep his paws on the ground.
Asiath advances to flank and attack, striking a mortal blow to the wolf.
Brand's moves to defend Geryn, and connects with the soon-to-be riderless wolf#3. The wolf is wounded greatly, but still standing.
Ruma launches another vial,
Janos bravely steps in front of injured Geryn. His attack fails, but with Brand at this side they form a formidable wall of defense.
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