Your unit occupies the same space as your characters.
"Move and hold the line!" Aglondier commands.
While Lady Adriana Barad's men engage the nearest spider, the Golden Plumes move forward to guard her flank and engage the other spiders, concentrating their volley on a single beast...
In the meantime, Aglondier incants a spell and waves his hand, firing a small orb of acid at the third spider in order to draw it into attacking the shield wall.
The shieldmen ready their swords...
You're not supposed to move his token. I used Photoshop to put that together. :) So he moves his Golden Plumes to protect Lady Barad's flank, alright.
Four of the range attacks has hit their mark. Killing one of the spiders.
These aren't ordinary giant spiders, however. One of them goes in to steal another of Lady Barad's men.
Ok, so down one man.
A 16 and a
16 on the one attempting to confirm. 14 if not a confirmation.
The six crossbowmen turn and rank fire upon the far spider.
An 18 a 14
And a to confirm
Adjust for range.
Lady Barad just killed the far spider. Rogr killed the spider that got Lady Barad's man. There's one spider left, and he's got cover.
Yes, the last spider is disengaging and is hiding in the forest, however. You're going to have to fish him out.
"Be ready," he commands his men and suggests to his allies. The Golden Plumes draw their bows.
Seeing the last of the spiders fleeing into the forest and reluctant to place his men further into harm's way, Aglondier finds a scroll in a sturdy case and incants a spell. When the words fade, a soldier appears within the ranks of the men of Ilien. The illusory soldier makes his way deeper into the woods as Aglondier concentrates, hoping that the figment will suffice to draw the spider from hiding...
The ruse worked, and the spider comes out of hiding to attack the silent image. The attack was perfect, except when the spider got ahold of him, it disappears.
Ready to strike, the Golden Plumes fire a volley of arrows...
The spider was all killed by the Golden Plumes. Alright that's 6 giant spiders in the Errebannen that were killed, for a total of 2,400 xp. You each get 1,200 XP for defeating the spiders.
"Ilien will call you heroes!" Aglondier congratulates his men.
"And let us always remember this day, when two nations joined hands to defeat the evils that threatened the Erebannien!" he continues, turning to Lady Barad and her brave warriors.
hunters yes, unicorn, no. It's not anywhere near the spiders' lair. So you spot hunters not the Unicorn. And yes, you can gather webbing for future use and also the venom.
While carefully gathering venom and webbing, Aglondier addresses Lady Barad: "I have heard rumours of a legendary unicorn in the Erebannien. Such a wonderous creature has an extraordinary bond to nature and must be safeguarded. Hunters have been pursuing the creature for obvious reasons, and some were spotted nearby. How do you feel about bringing poachers to justice?"
Just injured, thank goodness.
"It is your land, but I will happily join with you in dispensing low justice upon those you deem deserving of it."
That will be good.
Rogr, the stage is yours.
When all the venom and webbing has been gathered and stored and when the soldiers are rested and ready to move, Aglondier looks to his guide to lead the way to where the poachers were last seen and to find signs of their passage.
Seeing his guide hesitate, Aglondier calls upon the knowledge and wisdom of his ancestors to guide their way through the woods...
Some scions are blessed (or cursed) with the memories of their ancestors. With concentration, they can call upon the memories of all direct ancestors. A character gains these memories at the time of his birth; therefore, the character will have none of his parent's memories of events later than the character's birth. A sibling born two years later,
however, would gain two years of memories that the older sibling would not have. Likewise, the character would gain his grandfather's memories up to the time of the character's father's birth; from that point on, the character would gain the memories of his father, not the memories of his grandfather.
Places, people, and information long forgotten elsewhere may be available to the scion as the DM allows.
Looks like I'll have to make a ruling on Blood History. Right now, you remember the Aglondiers chasing the unicorn in the past and know where they camped. Perhaps the camp site is still there and the hunters are using it.
Aglondier leads the way forward, along with his guide and the Golden Plumes...
Lady Adriana Barad follows closely with her retinue.
Anyhow, it takes a while before you reach the campsite. The campsite looks like its been used. While the Unicorn is no where in sight, the hunters have been here.
The Golden Plume guide searches for recent tracks while the others keep an eye out for danger...
The Golden Plume guide does find some recent tracks. They lead deeper into the Erebannen. Looks like the hunters have moved on and left fresh tracks.
"We've come this far," Aglondier contends before commanding his guide to lead the way deeper into the forest. "These hunters cannot be allowed to continue in these hallowed woods. The unicorn is a sacred creature and it must be safeguarded."
His tone bespeaks a deep love for the forest and its secrets.
With that you are on the trail of the poachers. Finding them should be easy. Even if you have to cross the Spider river to do it.
Let your guide roll another survival check.
[dice=Survival]1d20+8
With that, you're on the trail and on your way.
In a few hours, you find a campfire with the hunters standing around it and talking in Brecht.
"Seems we have finally found your quarry."
Lady Ariana quickly casts Clarion call as they gain sight of the hunters.
Rogr raises high the Staff of the Aglondiers and calls upon its ancient magic.
Motioning to his men to stand in formation, he addresses the poachers in Brecht: "Drop your weapons and submit yourself to justice, and you shall be judged fairly and justly."
The hunters look at you, and said, "We've been had." And with that they pick up what they can carry and run.
Some of them are fascinated by your hypnotism spell.
I'll do a map. I know you said there's no need, but a map may be essential right now.
Edit: Map done now. And yes, its cinematic.
The three closest to you.
Seeing some of the poachers fascinated by the power of the Staff of the Aglondiers and hoping to avoid bloodshed entirely, Rogr calls upon the power of his ancestors once more...
"Carefully," he warns the Golden Plumes as they move forward to wrangle the fascinated poachers.
All of the poachers are fascinated by the Staff. They are at your mercy.