Surprise Round
Skane moves to face the oncoming foes and bellows his challenge;
"Koma andlit a sonur af the Norður þú huglaus elskhugi af svínsleður hver bardagi í skuggi!"
Come face a son of the North you craven lovers of pigs who fight in shadow!
Randall... could Bjorn use his Woodland Stride ability to move through the undergrowth and flank the oncoming foes?
Wesh will draw his moringstar.
Bjorn(hildr) invokes the power of the bear and moves quickly off through the undergrowth, mighty warscythe glinting menacingly with the moonlight;
Betony giggles a bit and waves her fingers and Fairy Lights appear, small dancing figments of fey light dance and scamper along the blockade. Thistledown sniffs about trying to locate a target.
The sound of running and twigs snapping from the rear gives just enough time for some of the party to ready themselves against the approaching sound.
Betony winks in a quadruplet of glowing lights, shining forth a small party of savage orcs. They look eager to add to the current collection of assorted ears which dangle about in crude necklaces around their thick necks, some very fresh indeed. A scarred orc looks on from the rear, appearing to dictate the assault.
Wesh pulls out his newly acquired morning-star, readying it for battle.
Bjornhildr skirts around the thick underbrush, the foliage parting way to allow the large man unheeded.
The orcs shrouded in half shadows to the humans hurl a barrage of javelins, beginning the assault.
Orc 1 javelin throw: vs Rianna FF
Orc 2 javelin throw: vs Rianna FF
Orc 3 javelin throw: vs Rianna FF
Orc 4 javelin throw: vs Silar FF
Orc 5 javelin throw: vs Silar FF
Orc 6 javelin throw: vs Silar FF
Orc Pot Leader javelin throw: vs Bjorn +2AC cover
Confirm Orc 2:
Damage vs Rianna
Orc 1
Orc 2
Damage vs Silar
Orc 4
Orc 5
Surprise Round
Skane bellows the same challenge but moves to engage one of the orcs, swinging his axe hard at the brute's scarred head whilst hunkering behind his own trusty shield;
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Wesh after seeing the barrage of javelins chanels energy from Desna and then moves next to the at orc at -c13 moving around the difficult the underbrush in his armor with grace
"What! No! Stupid, stupid..."
Rosslyn dives back into the underbrush, looking for a good place to snipe from.
Round 1
The Great She Bear of the North bursts forth from the thicket, war scythe arcing towards the nearest orc with a feral growl;
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Entranced by her lights, Betony does not notice anything till the screaming starts. "Behind us, Boy!"
She wheels around on Thistledown and charges up the road (to -A13). She lowers Nettle against one Orc and lets him have it.
Silar can barely scream Not again before the arrows drop him to the ground.
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Dieredon double moves through difficult terrain to D4 while drawing his Elven Curveblade!
Surprise Round
Skane's moves in to engage the orcs just as the javelins arc over his head to embed themselves in the torsos of his comrades. His axe swinging arch catches his target in the midriff, wounding it, despite the dim conditions.
Round 1
The scouts beyond the barricade move back to aid their engaged companions, only to find movement slow and restricive.
Silar falls after being skewered by a couple of crude but effective javelins.
The Brambleknight wheels and prods her mount towards the rear, lance couched. The shaft pierces through as if a hot knife through butter, but miraculously the orc still stands, fury in its eyes.
Wesh expands positive energy in a healing burst around him before advancing to the front.
Rianna revived after Wesh's healing burst, stands and retreats to the rear before collapsing after the exertion, wand in hand.
Bjornhildr, heightened with animal senses comes at her foe from an unexpected direction, scythe hacking without mercy. Grievously wounded, the orc refuses to fall before exacting his retribution.
==Minions==
The wounded orcs bellow cries of fury before each lunges at their attacker, determined to bring them down to the floor.
Trip attack Orc -C14 vs Skane:
Trip attack Orc -B15 vs Bjornhildr:
Both of them collapse after the attempt, not seeing the fruit of their actions.
Wesh gets scrummed by a trio of orcs, each hefting a heavy waraxe, drawn during the closing.
Orc -D11 attack Wesh:
Orc -D12 attack Wesh:
Orc -D13 attack Wesh:
As heavy as the blows come, Wesh evades and ducks, not even coming close.
An orc closes in with Skane, charging from the rear.
Orc -B14 attack Skane:
Skane keeps the attacks at bay, deflecting them off with his shield.
The Pot Leader looks enraged after watching his warriors fall meekly, moving with his falchion aloft to lop an appendage off the She-Bear.
Pot Leader -C15 power attack Bjornhildr:
Pot Leader Damage:
Sprayed blood from the She-Bear's flank scatters on the forest floor as the Orc Leader maneuvers for another strike.
Rosslyn shifts her position slightly to find an opening from the underbrush, braces herself against the barricade, and lets an arow fly at an orc.
Attack:
Wesh takes a five foot step to -c11 and then swings with his newly aquired morning star at the orc in -c12
Skane resists the orcs crude trip and replies with a swipe;
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As he dispatches one foe, the next launches a furious assault against the Northman. Wearing a grim smile, Skane calmly turns aside the orcs blows with his trusty shield, then replies with a brutal backswipe with his axe:
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Skane is adjacent to Wesh and the BrambleKnight - so can help either out with his shield (+2 AC) as an immediate action.
Effortlessly Skane brings down adjacent orc with a swing and follow through.
Dieredon moves to A10 and brandishes his Elven Curveblade readying himself to attack.
Round 2
Enraged, the She-Bear brings her long claw to bear, aiming a brutal swing at the leading orc;
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Gotcha :)
"We got to help Wesh, Thist!"
Showing off their agility, the Brambleknight wheels around Skane and bears down on another Orc.
Init:
20 Rianna
17 Rosslyn
13 Silar
12 Dieredon
11 Betony
08 Wesh
07 Bjornhildr
07 DM's Minions
03 Skane
The crude trip attempt is obliterated by the combined blows of the Brambleknight and Northman before ot became a worry.
Round 2
Rianna and Silar remains prone, out of the fight.
Rosslyn looses an arrow but it misses the mark as she avoids to hit her allies.
Fighting through the undergrowth, Dieredon makes progress and readies to close in.
Betony wheels with Thistledown before springing to plunge her lance through and through orcish flesh. It stands gasping but intent to leave a mark before dying.
Wesh buries his new morning star through some orc cranium, jarring the beastial humanoid.
The She-Bear gives a good as she receives as she strikes a telling blow on the Pot Leader.
-ORCs-
The gasping, dying orc collects the last vestiges of strength before unleashing it at Wesh. The unfocused attack fails to connect and it falls dying.
power attack Wesh:
The wounded orc, seeks to repay Wesh of his courtesy as it drives his greataxe with all of his might.
power attack Wesh:
power damage:
Hoping to impress its leader, the orc charges in to engage the She-Bear. The clumsy attack fall short and does little harm.
charge attack Bjorn:
The Pot Leader looks to set an example as he swings at the She-Bear. He savagely wounds her and the Pot Leader smirks to find another.
power attack Bjornhildr:
power damage:
Round 2
Seeing his fellow North(wo)man fall under the orc leader's cleaver, Skane rushes in seeking red vengence;
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stabilize
Skane tears a chunk off the orc's hide. Still in a rage, the orc leader greets this new attacker with a snarl.
Round 3
Dieredon moves to -C12 next to Wesh and attacks the orc, staying adjacent to Skane.
Here I come Wesh!
Curvblade ATT:
Curveblade DAM:
Rosslyn leaps around the legs of the barricade and lets a straight shot off at the leader!
As Wesh goes down, Betony thrusts Nettle at his opponent.
but has little effect.
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