Leira sighs as the leader resists the arrow, but is then cheered up from the dwarven song.
She picks one of the orc bane arrows and shots at the leader.
Haskyll begins to sing a battle song.
Round Two
The Orcs mostly did a lot of dying in the Round.
Kaos becomes a bit overconfident after his brutal first strike. He missed his jab against the third Orc.
As Ulfgard sings the Anthem of the Brothers of the Ninth, he bashes the fourth Orc with Agrimmosh. The fourth Orc falls down dead. He then turns on the third and nearly gets a critical crush. But either way, the blow was sufficient to kill the third Orc. Ulfgard then finds himself in the comfortable position of being surrounded by dead Orcs.
Ingrahild continues to fight through the despair and hacks through the leather armor of the fifth Orc. The fifth Orc falls down dead.
Leira sighs that the first arrow did not fell the Orc Leader. She knocks another arrow. This one is an Orc Bane arrow. A Dwarf songs rings in her ear. It gives her a boost of adrenaline. Her arrow sails above the big Orc.
Anga fires two Scorching Rays at the Orc Leader. Both strike the spell casting Orc. This Orc is really tough and survives the firey spell.
With the despair heavy, Ragnir is unable to join in song. He stays focused on the Orc in front of him. He cuts into Orc flesh.
Haskyll stays in tune, but he misses his thrust with his spear.
Round Three
The Orc Leader becomes ferocious,
The big Orc screams aloud and moves out of sight.
The despair on the sixth Orc becomes overwhelming. It swings its Falchion half-heartedly.
The seventy, eight and tenth Orcs pull and launch Javelins at Ulfgard who is temporarily not engaged, as all his surrounding foes are dead. But these Orcs couldn't hit the back side of a barn from inside it.
Other Orcs are moving about.
Ingrahild tries her axe on the sixth Orc, and draws back a little green blood.
"He sent some orcs to the walls! He personally wants to engage you Anga!" warns Leira.
Letting herself go with the dwarven song, Leira turns to her left and shots a new orc bane arrow but this time at the new orc approaching from that side.
Ragnir advances on the orc again with grim determination, raising his voice so the two orcs near him can hear. "Ye should just be giving up. There's nae sense in any o' this." Then with mechanical efficiency, and no joy in the battle, Ragnir proceeds to continue to cleave through the orc facing him.
ah heard. Well if he comes here, I'll spell him to within an inch of his life, then burn the rest of the way. she looks at leira. Speaking quietly she says I'm going to save mah spells for him. I can evade if worse comes ta worse, but can you?
Conjuring up power in her hand, she force missiles orc 7, the bolt slamming into him, with a sickening thud.
Moving forward and stepping on a dead orc Ulfgard guards with his shield and delivers just one smash with his mighty hammer.
Round Three
The Orc Leader becomes ferocious and moves out of sight.
Several Orc's effort at going toe-to-toe with our heroes, Ruby's Champions, are futile. These Orcs are the remnant. The more capable Orcs are dead in Trunau.
Kaos steps over a dead Orc and attacks the tenth Orc. Gorum's Thorn cuts deep into Orc flesh. The Orc staggers but does not fall.
Ulfgard step upon a dead Orc and moves up next to the big human. With a thud, the Dwarf Ranger Barbarian hits the eighth Orc.
Ingrahild strikes with both an upward and downward slice. The sixth Orc also staggers.
As an Orc from the upper moat area opens the door to the upper wall, Leira pops it with an arrow.
The seventh Orc becomes staggered by Anga's Force Missile.
Ragnir, fights through the despair, but misses the Orc in front of him.
Haskyll and Round Four
The sixth Orc becomes ferocious and takes a hack at the Dwarf Warpriest. The blow glances off the well-armored Ragnir.
The seventh Orc also becomes ferocious and draws its Falchion. It takes a step hacking at Ragnir. It simply misses the Dwarf Warpriest.
The eighth Orc, not yet ferocious, draws its Falchion and goes after Ulfgard. Its attack was hapless.
The tenth Orc also goes ferocious, looks at Kaos eye-to-eye and hacks with its heavy, crude, and yet effective blade. It missed.
A wave of despair engulfs the ninth Orc. It moves around the tent near the party and engages Ulfgard.
Another group of Orcs arrive. One is actually unaffected by the despair.
After taking an arrow, the first Orc from the upper Moat area attacks Leira. A wave of despair flows over the green menace. It stills hacks at the Rogue Arcanist, barely missing the nimble Orc looking creature.
Two other Orcs move onto the upper wall.
Out of the corners of their eyes, Anga and Leira see an Orc leave a central building, followed by a large Hill Giant wearing a bloody apron and wielding a massive meat cleaver.
The Orc Leader moves mostly out of sight.
Anga's eyes widens at the sight of another hill giant.
boys, beware. A hill giant is on tha way. she yells.
Ingrahild hacks again into the sixth Orc. As the Orc falls, she gets another hack in with her handaxe for good measure.
The sixth Orc falls down dead.
Anga, seeing orcs on the wall, casts a defensive spell
Five images appear near her, and start dancing about.
Leira, ware the orcs
In a desperate attempt to defend their position, Leira draws her hopeknife while she keeps hold of her bow in the other hand. "Anga! I can teleport myself, but do you have a mean of joining the others or escape this position?"
She then attempts to finish the first and most damaged orc while making the knife to crackle with arcane magic.
The resounding clang of the weapon on Ragnir's armor focuses the dwarf just a bit, "Tha' tears it. I was tryin' tae give ye green skinned lumoxes a chance ta be surrenderin', ta show ye there's no point in all this, but now ye gone an' marred me armor, AGAIN!!"
The warpriest roars out a warcry to Torag and swings his waraxe at the orc still left standing.
With his hammer leading Ulfgard repays the orcs for their attention.
Haskyll attempts to spear another standing orc, while carrying on the song.
Haskyll will quickly observe the front rank, and then move to attack an orc where it is needed.
He also repeats the warning from Anga so everyone was aware.
Round Three Finish
Haskyll steps up and attacks the seventh Orc. He drives his magic spear into the Orc. It slumps over dead.
Round Four
The Orcs continue the futility in their attacks. The melancholy begins to take its affect on the hapless malevolent humanoids.
Even in the darkness of night, Anga and Leira sees a Hill Giant come from the dining hall area of the Fort.
Kaos does indeed get another kill, as the tenth Orc doesn't become ferocious. Instead, it becomes dead.
Ulfgard's first blow with Agrimmosh kills the eighth Orc. He then turns and clobbers the ninth. His shield bash staggers but does not kill the ninth Orc.
Ingrahild finishes off the sixth Orc with an extra slice with her handaxe.
Leira pulls her hopeknife and slashes at the first of the upper moat Orcs. She cuts the Orc.
Six Angas suddenly 1appear on the wall.
Ragnir steps up and completes what Ulfgard started. All ten of the lower moat Orcs lay dead around the party.
Haskyll gives the seventh Orc an extra poke, just to make sure. The Dwarf Cleric then maintains his position behind the lines.
Round Five
The fifth and sixth upper moat Orcs move around the north side of the tent to attack the Dwarf Warpriest. But a spirit of melancholy drapes them like a shroud over a freshly dead corpse.
The seventh and eighth upper moat Orcs move up and ready their falchions.
Other Orcs move about unseen.
The Hill Giant moves through the front gate, toward the barbican, and out of sight. Another Orc leads the way.
The first upper moat Orc takes a step and hacks at Leira. A second one joins the melancholic fun. The first misses the Orc looking Rogue. The second just missed a critical strike.
The Orc Leader is out of sight.
Unrelated, a clunking sound can be heard by Anga and Leira. It appears to be coming from the bell tower. The bell is not ringing very well.
Leira does his best to hold but still the line starts to be swarmed "Let's move back Anga! If you have a weapon you might help me now flank them while you keep casting spells"
The orc disguised girl attempts to hack at the first orc, the most damaged one, enchanting her hopeknife with magic once more.
aye, i have something that'll help, both now and if we need ta bolt
Anga casts a speĺl on the orc leira just attacked
"Keep comin' ye cross between toads, an' goblins. I'll do ye the mercy o' not havin' tae live this life any longer." Ragnir swings his axe with enough force to carry his attack through to the second orc near him.
Hakyll sticks his spear at the face of one of the remaining Orcs on the bottom.
As soon as she can
time ta go Anga waves at the orcs
Bye bye
and casts vanish. Then she slips over the side with the fighters on, and climbs down.
Walking carefully over the next corpse Ulfgard attacks the next orc.
Ingrahild moves over a dead Orc to get at the sixth Orc. She swings only her Dwarven Waraxe against the green humanoid.
She will cut into the sixth Orc.
Round Five
The Orc Leader is moving out of sight.
All the Lower Moat Orcs remain dead.
Only the second Upper Moat Orc strikes, hitting Leira with its Falchion.
Kaos negotiates a dead Orc to get at the eighth Upper Moat Orc.
The eight Upper Moat Orc sees an opportunity to strike the big human as Kaos negotiates the dead Orc. But it seems that these Orcs aren't very good at fighting.
Kaos on the other hand, is very good at fighting. He brings Gorum's Thorn down heavy on the hapless Orc.
As Ulfgard works to get at the Seventh Upper Moat Orc, the Seventh Orc, not feeling particularly melancholy, gets at Ulfgard. It just misses the Dwarf Ranger Barbarian.
The Dwarf Ranger Barbarian doesn't miss the Seventh Upper Moat Orc. Ulfgard pounds the worthless excuse of a humanoid with his special blacksmith's hammer.
Ingrahild has to do a little negotiating as well. The sixth Upper Moat Orc is not in a negotiating mood. It strikes at the female Dwarf Ranger. But its negotiation technique is lacking in its effectiveness.
Ingrahild has a better negotiating technique. She hacks into the sixth Upper Moat Orc with her Dwarven Waraxe. Now that is diplomacy!
Leira barely gets a cut in with her Hopeknife against the first Upper Moat Orc. The first Upper Moat Orc seems to get especially PO'd.
Seeing the first Orc get PO'd, Anga hits the First Upper Moat Orc with a Magic Missile. The first Upper Moat Orc was not PO'd for long, it falls over dead.
Ragnir hacks into the fifth Upper Moat Orc, but was unable to cleave into the sixth one.
Haskyll moves in behind Kaos and nearly sticks the green pig in a critical location. The Dwarf Cleric just missed a vital organ.
Round Six
The Orc Leader appears on the upper wall.
The third Upper Moat Orc attacks the Orc looking Rogue/Arcanist. But the Orc missed.
The fourth Upper Moat Orc is unable to move in and attacks.
The fifth goes after Ragnir. It hits nothing but air.
The sixth goes after Ingrahild. It too hits air.
The seventh one goes after Ulfgard. The only engaged Upper Moat Orc that is not affected by the melancholy, drops its Falchion. Melancholy overwhelms the Orc, but not because of some cursed skull.
The eighth Orc goes after Kaos. Nothing but air.
The second Upper Moat Orc appears. Despair comes over it. Not surprising!
Haskyll, Kaos and Ulfgard can see a Hill Giant approaching. Its presence towers over the tents in the moat.
A dull clanking sound can be heard throughout the Fort area.
Anga continues the actions above but says
leira, time ta go
Leira sinks into the stone battlements when she receives the greatsword of the leader "Curse you!"
"Quick Anga! You leave first!" shouts Leira as she tells her friend to move. The girl waits until Anga is ready to leave.
Then she withdraws from combat using her an arcane point and his dimensional slide to teleport next to Kaos bellow the walls.
[B]language
Haskyll grins at Anga and Kaos.
While you two bicker about language, there still seems to be a minor problem of a horde of Orcs and that giant over there.
He then taps Leira on the shoulder.
Torag has not forgotten you yet lass
Ingrahild fights through the despair, and goes all Ninja with axes on the sixth Upper Moat Orc. She hits with her Dwarven Waraxe and gets a critical strike with her handaxe.
Why don't ye jus' be dyin'? Is no worth livin' fer anyway."
Ragnir again swings at the two orc standing beside and in front of him.
[ooc]AC is 22 when cleaving]
Round Six
The Orc Leader intent on getting to the Dwarf Wizard, comes up first against Leira. This Orc wields a gleaming Greatsword. The powerful Orc slices deep into the Orc-looking Rogue Arcanist.
The other Orcs continue their clumsy attempts at striking the party. Most simply were unable to make contact with their weapons. One even dropped its Falchion.
A vicious looking Hill Giant appears.
The eighth Orc in front of Kaos is having a bad day. It dies. The big human cusses.
Ulfgard will likely hit and kill the seventh Orc. We will move on as though that happened.
Ingrahild goes all ninja with axes on the sixth Orc. The sixth Orc goes all wild back.
Leira calls back to Anga to leave first.
Anga vanishes. She goes over the wall, and begins to climb down its 15 foot height. About halfway down, Anga slips. She clings to the wall to steady herself.
With Anga over the wall, Leira takes a step back and opens a crease in the fabric of time and space. She moves instantly to a spot behind both Ingrahild and Ulfgard. Her left foot squishes on the green Orc blood pooling beneath.
Ragnir with his trusty waraxe slices deep into the fifth Orc. A grimaced expression fills the Orc's face as it stumbles back against the Fort's wall and dies. Ragnir's powerful slice continues on cutting into the sixth Orc. It too dies.
Once again the party is surrounded by a growing heap of dead Orcs.
Haskyll, suddenly seeing a badly injured Leira appear next to him, takes the opportunity to call forth divine healing upon the daring Rogue Arcanist.
Round Seven
If that drops the orc Ulfgard moves forward and calls the giant names.
"Arragh!" The Orc Leader screams when his prey vanishes off the wall. The powerful green humanoid begins to grows to the size of a Giant. It hovers high over the party in the Moat below.
The other Orcs on the wall turn and move off the wall.
The Hill Giant lumbers ever closer to the party.
The thud of something trying to ring the tower bell continues.
Other creatures move about unseen by the party.
Charging towards the giant, finally close enough Ulfgard falls into rage and flicks the shield away to better 2hand his hammer.
Still badly breathing from her numerous wounds Leira suddenly gashes on pleasure upon Haskyll's relieve "Oh... yes... you, how to thank you Haskyll?"
The young and reckless girl, feeling reassured by the protection of her friends steps over the fallen orc bodies and peers past the tent. Storing back the hopeknife, she holds back the bow with two hands and shots an orcish arrow at the leader.