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Game Master Dinuci

Fish rushes out of his hiding place swinging his sword. "FISH FOUND YOU!" He shouts as he brings his blade down on the closest bandit.

Charge vs FF: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 5 + 2 = 26
damage: 1d10 ⇒ 8
Confirm: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 5 + 2 = 19
Extra damage: 1d10 ⇒ 6

As Idris looks up at Fish everyone in the group hears Fish yelling. He charges and immediately kills one of the bandits. The other two immediately start running away from him.

Distance to first 65 feet
Distance to second 70 feet

Seeing the kobold strike down one of the bandits, Idris jumped up and ran up the hill towards the fleeing bandits. He called over his shoulder, "Oh, ho! It seems our lizard friend has found us a challenge today. Make sure that there are no others using this as a distraction to sneak up on the camp while Fish and I take care of these rogues!"

Run action to chase down the fleeing bandits...and hope that they weren't just farmers that the lizard cut down ;)

At the shout, Nagbur's head snaps up from the rock he's lifting into his backpack. Seeing Fish attacking the bandits, he drops the rock and immediately focuses his mind.

Manifesting Biofeedback over the link. Fish, you have DR 2/- for 3 minutes. Go get 'em!

"Call Fish 'lizard' make him angry!" he shouts in warning to Idris. "Fish say he be dragon kin!"

Almalik groans and takes off after Idris in a run.

Almalik will just run towards the bandits until he's within some sort of reasonable range. Don't know how far away Fish and the bandits are from the work site.

I thought 65 and 70 feet for los banditos?

Fish laughs, "You no can run from Fish" The kobold charges the closest fleeing bandit 80 ft charge.

Melee: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 5 + 2 = 12
Damage: 1d10 ⇒ 7

In reaction to what Idris says Ama, for once, decides something wise: she'll stay with the workers, to protect them if the need arises.

"Don't worry," Ama says as she parks her backpack next to the workers and holds her nodachi ready to strike. "Just stay close to miss Ama and you'll be fine."

The bandits are 65 and 70 feet away from Fish. You are still farther away. The distance between you and the enemies is about twice that distance.

Fish charges at the closest bandit and catches up to him, but missing his attack. The bandit screams and keeps running.
"RUN RUN RUN!!! GET TO THE BASE!"
Almalik and Idris both start running to help fish, getting roughly to where Fish started his chase. As the bandits are running they keep the gap between them and their pursuit the same.

Thanks for the clarification! I thought the distance comment was to the group, not to Fish specifically. Since he took one of the bandits out immediately, I thought he was right on top of them. My bad!

Wasn't really clear on the subject... The lack of a map doesn't help either. Will keep it in mind :)

Once in range with Fish, Almalik hurriedly grabs his spellbook and begins flipping through pages.

"Klatu... verata... come on, come one!"

Swapping enlarge person for silent image, one round action. Let me know the range between Almalik and the bandits after that one round and if they're still in sight.

"... necktie... nectarine... nickle... it's an 'n' word... definitely an 'n' word..."

Surely one of the greatest scenes of all time. :o)

Everyone except for Almalik is still up!

Round 3:
- Almalik
- Fish
- Idris
- Ama
- Nagbur
- Bandits

In bold may act!

Ama stays with the workers, hoping to earn some more of their trust by making them feel protected. To prove to the workers they're safe, Ama lets out a series of fierce battle-cries to scare possible evil-doers away. "WOOF! WOOF! RAWRRR!! MEOW!"

Intimidate: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18

Somehow, despite the cries being silly, there's actually something fierce about them.

Idris continues the pursuit, hoping the bandits will lead them right to the main camp.

*Fzzt*

"Uh oh..."

Nagbur frowns as his mental link to Fish wavers and then drops. Looking around and realizing he and Ama need to stay to protect the workers, he closes his eyes and reaches a hand towards Almalik before he gets out of range too.

Manifesting Biofeedback over the link. Almalik, you have DR 2/- for 3 minutes.

Collective range is currently 130'. If the distance was 65'/70' from the bandits to Fish and double that to us, then Fish would be out of range when reaching them and Almalik's probably near the limit.

Fish charges again.

Melee: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 5 + 2 = 14
Damage: 1d10 ⇒ 9

"Fish do this all day. You stop or Fish cut you down!"

The workers drop their tools and move to the supply cart, all of them grab a hammer. They look a little bit tougher after Ama's fierce warcry. Fish charges another time when one of the bandits stumble, he manages to get up in time to dodge the attack.

Almalik changes one of his spells on the fly, increasing his range to the bandits to around 200 feet. Idris keeps running and manages to stay at around 130 feet. Nagbur buffs Almalik before he runs into combat.

The bandit who got attacked yells, both of them still trying to escape Fish. They are now at the entrance of a mountain pass.

Round 4:
- Almalik
- Fish
- Idris
- Ama
- Nagbur
- Bandits

In bold may act!

Why are the workers hammering-up? The fight's nowhere nearby, is there some other threat?

I can't see anything useful Stinky can do, so he'll Delay from a melee standpoint, and go back to hauling rocks while keeping a careful eye out.

Idris runs, trying to catchup to Fish, while yelling "Fish! Don't enter the pass without backup!"

Almalik roars out a spell, raising his hand and calling out to the fleeing bandits.

"YOUR DOOM IS AT HAND!

Almalik raises his hand into the air, and a wall of stone rises up before them to block their way!

Illusion of a wall of stone. I've got seven 10' cubes, hoping that's enough to block the pass, or at least slow them the hell down.

@Nagbur They armed themselves because of all the chaos around them. Wouldn't you want to have a weapon in your hand when a couple of bandits are running around? ;)
@Almalik It's enough!

You hear the bandits gasp at the wall.
"No no no no no... Please no..."
The other one starts begging.
"We are only scouts! Please spare us! We will do anything!!!"

Round 4:
- Almalik
- Fish
- Idris
- Ama
- Nagbur
- Bandits

In bold may act!

Fairy nuff, I just wanted to be sure I hadn't misunderstood/overlooked something about to pounce on us. :o)

"Then surrender and we shall be merciful!" calls out Almalik ominously as he keeps his hand raised, maintaining the illusion.

Fish catches up and theatens with his blade. "Weapons! Ground!" He barks at them.

The first of the bandits unbuckles his bent and his sword comes down with it. The second unsheathes his sword and drops it halfway between Fish and himself. They both start talking at once.
"We were sent..."

"... not hurt us!"

"Looking for people..."

"... he sent us!"

He gestures back toward his approaching companions. "March! Go!" he barks.

If they head back toward the others, Fish will pick up their weapons before following them.

Idris managed to catch up just as Fish was disarming the bandits. "Did they surrender, or so I get to break some faces?" His look of fierce joy faltered as he saw the kobold collecting weapons.

"Are these the ones who have been stealing your supplies and skulking about at night? Not very good at their jobs, are they? Who in their right minds scouts out the enemy from the top of a hill, while standing fully silhouetted against the sky?"

Idris will help Fish disarm the bandits and collect their weapons and gear.

The bandits surrender their gear before slowly making their way towards the wall. They had little of value on them, studded leather, buckler and a rapier. On spear point they keep walking forwards after the wall 'drops'. You carefully make your way through the pass and end up on the other side of the mountain. There you see a large sprawling valley before you. In the middle of the valley you see this, in total about 20 bandits are working or on lookout in the camp.

Almalik casts mage armour on himself as they march the bandits to find the lookout.

"Well well, this will be an interesting situation to solve. Ideas?"

"Not sure. Last time I tried to take on something that was so well defended, I took an arrow in the knee."

"Seems the danger's not here," Ama tells the workers as she sheaths her nodachi, picks up her backpack, and moves toward the others inside the pass that leads to the valley.

Ama joins the main party when Idris mentions an arrow in the knee, and she gets what she thinks is a great idea. "I'm going to give them some too! Stay here please, let me try to snipe some. And keep these two quiet."

Quick to act on her impulse, Ama pushes her backpack in Idris's arms and heads into the valley. She uses the cover of the trees in the valley to sneak up to the encampment, and stops when she's at a distance of 110 feet.

Stealth: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19 Bonus for cover from trees?

Behind a big, sturdy tree Ama takes out her longbow and notches an arrow. She then aims past the tree, at one of the look-outs, and releases her arrow.

Arrow: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26 Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11
Crit confirm: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15 Damage: 2d8 + 6 ⇒ (8, 8) + 6 = 22

Spending a mote on the crit confirmation, if necessary:
Mote: 1d4 ⇒ 4

Ama then quickly moves back behind the tree, to give herself full cover.

Nagbur frowns as Ama moves off but doesn't say anything. Instead, he narrows his eyes and gestures at her. Manifesting Biofeedback over the link. Ama, you have DR 2/- for 3 minutes.

Stinky's going to stay with the workers just in case, and will continue to load rocks.

Almalik shrugs, and watches Ama play sniper for a moment.

"Assaulting a camp with twenty people in it sounds like a poor plan, but picking one or two off from a distance is reasonable. I see us coming to blows regardless."

Ama hits the bandit in the shoulder. The bandit immediately grabs a horn and sounds it, after which the camp stirs to life. He points in your general direction. One of the guards on the other towers spots Ama and fires an arrow himself. His aim is true and he hits Ama, after which he yells her location to the others.
3 damage and mote spent.
You see several of the bandits mounting their horses in the camp. Your earlier estimate of 20 bandits has now increased to at least 30 as some of them start coming out off the buildings.

I would advise a plan to attack a camp full of bandits... Attacking head on is madness... Ama is the only one who has been spotted.

Poke hornet's nests with sticks on a regular basis do ya, Ama? :op

"Get down, you idiot!" Idris dove behind cover. "What the hell are you thinking? we need a plan other than 'I'll take the twenty on the left and you take the twenty on the right'!"

stealth: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 7 + 1 = 13

Fish looks at Idris, "Look like you get shot in other knee today." He says before hiding.

Stealth: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13

Almalik quickly ducks down, groaning.

"Please never tell anyone that I allowed that to happen. Ama, your head is like the man-eating Haddock Fishbeast of Korvosa!"

Pinching his noise, Almalik inhales a few times.

"All right, I suggest we cast a spell to hide us and then appraoch this from a different perspective. Unless we selectively assassinate small groups of bandits over the course of days we're not going to do much that is of use combat wise. I have in mind a deal we could strike, but we're not in a position to parley. Any other ideas? If not I'll hide us."

Erm... GM, did it take Ama more than three minutes to move from the road gang to where she fired? If not, it seems like she should've only taken 1 HP damage. The archer rolled 3 HP but she would've still had DR 2/-. Or if it was more than three minutes, "Never mind!"

You are at the end of the pass, Ama moved within 110 feet of the camp. There is about half a mile distance between you. The whole reason they haven't seen you yet ;P

Assuming Ama makes her way back, one way or another, eight mounted bandits ride out of the camp in couples some distance away from each other. They quickly gain distance on Ama. The rest of the camp goes on defense.

Judging by the fact my mote was spent, either the look-out has a Flat-Footed AC above 19 and my critical didn't confirm... or he had more than 33 HP... :S I really hope it's not the latter.

Ama lets out an annoyed sigh as the arrow from the other bandit scratches her arm.

It was such a good plan, but he didn't even go down!

I figured the bushes and trees should at least give me soft cover (-2 penalty on opponent's attack rolls), but they'd also make for difficult terrain and thus I'll move at half speed (not carrying backpack, so 15 feet for each move action).

Is this correct? My actions may depend on the terrain.

Mistake on the mote, no mote spent there... He does however have more than 33 hp ;) You should know by now that I like a challenge once in a while! Didn't note the bonuses and penalties on the cover, are calculated in the final though! The terrain counts as difficult, hills/forest. I assume you are still using stealth to move?

Is everyone waiting for Ama to return to the pass?

Stinky's totally unaware of what's happening over there, so you lot carry on! :o)

In what shape is the bloke I hit, does he look gravely wounded after the critical in his shoulder or is he still in decent shape?

Ama takes another look at the man she hit, then at the riders coming her way. She pouts a little.

If they weren't coming I'd go on...

"COMMANDER! RIDERS APPROACHING!" Ama yells at the top of her lungs.

She takes a double move toward the others, moving as stealthy as she can.

Stealth: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17

"WE'VE GOT THEM!" Ama then yells, changing her voice to sound heavier. "ARCHERS! READY TO INTERCEPT!"

Bluff: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19

Almost certainly revealing my location with the yelling, but Ama's not too smart and it'd be just epic if even 1 of the riders buys it! xD

Why am I even surprised by this turnaround... The man looks badly hurt.

The scouts seem to halt some distance from Ama. Unsure as what to do next. They see no one in their surroundings, but on the other hand the woods can hide most anything. They slowly back away through the forest, giving Ama the opportunity to get back to the group.

How far away are the riders from Idris?

Almalik quickly mutters a spell, and suddenly the sound of several bows creaking fills the forest, as well as the muttering of many intimidating sounding-men. He then flips open his spellbook and hurriedly begins re-memorizing silent image.

Casting ghost sound. Memorizing another copy of silent image and burning an arcane point.

The distance is still about half a mile, Ama is a little closer to you now.