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Kaos will take his axe back and start checking the body's for anything useful. @Anga After you catch will you see if any of the stuff from these orcs is magic He will pile everything he finds in one spot to help make it easier for her.
That dog lady real know how to use that double axe. He will say as he winces from the pain while trying to loot the bodies.
Looks like we are climbing down. Which way looks the easiest to you?
Kaos will determine that the collapsed tower provided a relatively easy way down to the lower quarter. Repelling down the walls and cliff face would be far more difficult without the proper equipment.
You notice the Leaping Lizard is fleeing the town and heading towards the wild.
Taking a quick breather, Haskyll quickly looks over the pile that Kaos stacked up.
He then casts a cure light wounds on Kaos, and then uses the pearl of power to recall that spell.
The Orcs were magic poor. You will find four vials that radiated magic. And the Beast-Tamer had a Pidgeon feather than glowed with magic. Besides weapons and armor you will find, 4 vials of Alchemical Fire and 2 smokesticks.
Anga looks at her Spellbook and recovers somewhat.
Kaos, can you grab those, we will sort them out later
Pointing at the unknown vials, the alchemical fire, Pigeon feather, and smokesticks.
Mordea thanks Haskyll for the healing. She pats him on his bald head.
"Yes! Thanks for the healing," Omast says. "But I am not patting you on your head."
This 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.
Wasnt expecting pats, but you are welcome. Kaos that looks like the best approach.
Haskyll will then slowly make his way down the rope after throwing the longspear down first.
Falling from rage, Ulfgard nods to the others.
Using his weapon he helps Kaos climb up first before taking the second up.
The party will make their way down to the lower quarter. It is surprisingly peaceful, though you can hear fighting coming from other parts of the town.
You see the pile of wood in place for the Hopespring Beacon.
I don't think standing near this will be good when we light it.
Haskyll looks around for something that they can use to light it at a distance.
ah have a spell that'll do the trick
Cast spark. Lights fires, that's it
The party stands back at the maximum range of Anga's Spark spell. The pile of logs explodes. If you had been within about 15 feet you would have been injured. Instead you see green flames briefly, then the logs catch fire and the Hopespring Beacon is lit.
Shortly thereafter a pair of young Trunauan Guards show up. And moments after that a flaming boulder lands on a nearby house. One of the Guards looks at the party, "I have orders to Guard the beacon once it was lighted. It appears that the Orcs are still maintaining a siege weapon behind the Barterstones. Could you go and take it out?"
"Defeat the orc marauders, defend the fallin' gate, light all the beacons... Sure'n we may as well be addin' destroy the siege weapon to the list." He casts a glance at the guards, "Good thing a group o' adventurers was around, aye? Seems ye be needin' em ta defend yer town."
Well, as long as we teach those orcs to regret ever coming here. I'm game.
The open-air market is usually held atop the flat rocks of the Barterstones, but the stalls and shops have now been destroyed in the orc raid, and the stones now shield an orc siege engine.
The Barterstones obscures your approach.
Round Zero
"You head left. I will sneak up around on the right," Mordea takes off running.
Haskyll grimaces as the young human woman runs off.
Ah lass, don't be running so fast into trouble and then trails off when he realizes that Mordea is long out of hearing.
He then heads towards the stones.
Preparing shield and axe Ulfgard leads the charge towards the siege engine.
Surprise Round
Passed by both the kaos and ulfgard, haskyll draws his crossbow and when he pauses, quickly loads it.
"I'll help the lass cover t'other flank" Ragnir sets off in the direction Mordea ran in.
Anga holds her action, to let things develop.
Round One
Mordea so stumbles over some loose rocks. Three of the four Orcs notice her advance.
"Troll turds!" Mordea curses as she is noticed trying to sneak around to the right.
Haskyll moves left and lines up a shot on the first Orc that he can see.
How about you all just leave
Moving forward and intrudicing his axe to the nearest orc, Ulfgard smilingly bangs his axe on his shield afterwards to gain attention
just to have a piece of splinter hook into the axe and nearly disarm him with the swing.
Ragnir continues running after the human rogue, trying to make as much noise as possible to cover her trying to be stealthy.
"C'mon ye green skinned, sons o' sea hags! Or mebbe yer bein' the children o' toads. Yer skins warty enow f'r it! We jus' beat on yer friend with the dogs. Truth be told, I was a mite surprised to see that dogs would e'en be seen with ye, an' those were some o' the mangiest dogs I e'er be layin' eyes on. No wonder ye be needin' whips te keep em in line. I wouldn't want te be anywhere near ye either, ye smell worse'n an Otyugh's lair!"
Anga advances, pulling out her crossbow
Round One
Mordea totally stumbles her way forward. Three of the four Orcs notice her advance.
Kaos moves up and cuts deep into the flat-footed first Orc. But this is a strong Orc and survives the blow.
Anga advances, readying her Crossbow.
Ragnir, seeing Mordea stumble, moves up and intimidates the Orcs.
Haskyll moves up and nicks one of the Orcs.
The first Orc clumsily pulls out a Falchion and feebly swings at the big human.
The other three Orcs look at Ragnir. Then look back at each other. They otherwise do nothing else.
Ulfgard almost looses his axe when he swings at the first Orc.
Round Two
Mordea see Ragnir making a seen and hesitates.
Haskyll moves north and then quickly reloads his crossbow.