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Rhen looks at his fellow dwarves. "Well, do we trust these lion-folk?"

Round 3: Rhen

Rhen moves to the female giant to kill her as well.

Attack: 1d20 + 13 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 13 + 3 = 33
Damage: 1d10 + 6 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 + 6 = 19

Rhen presses the attack after the giant's miss. "Great insipring words, Uldruk!"
Attack: 1d20 + 13 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 13 + 3 = 27
Damage: 1d10 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 6 + 6 + 6 + 3 = 31
Attack: 1d20 + 8 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 8 + 3 = 27
Damage: 1d10 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 6 + 6 + 6 + 3 = 22

AC: 27 vs. male giant/25 vs. female.

Round 1: Rhen

The dwarf moves into the room, "Hope we didn't interrupt giant on giant sex..ewwww! I challenge you, lard-ass, to the death!"

Swift action: Challenge male giant.
Rhen moves in nimbly and thrusts his waraxe into the male giant's knee.
Attack: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (18) + 13 = 31
Damage: 1d10 + 6 + 6 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 + 6 + 6 = 22
AC: 27 vs. male giant/25 vs. female.

Rhen happily leads the charge into the giants' chamber!

Odd: S/Even: E. 1d2 ⇒ 1...south it is with Rhen in the lead.

"Bah, giants, that's what we're trained to kill. Let's go into the keep." That's my vote.

"Good job all. Moira's on the right track. Let's clear the western side before we switch over."

Round 2: Grymm

Rhen winces as the hook cuts into his skin. With determination he spins his dwarven waraxe and tries to bury it in in the half ogre's torso.

Attack with flank: 1d20 + 13 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 13 + 3 + 2 = 38
Damage: 1d10 + 6 + 6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 6 + 6 + 3 = 21
Attack with flank: 1d20 + 13 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 13 + 3 + 2 = 33
Damage: 1d10 + 6 + 6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 6 + 6 + 3 = 18

Confirmation: 1d20 + 13 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 13 + 3 + 2 = 24
Extra damage: 2d10 + 12 + 6 ⇒ (2, 6) + 12 + 6 = 26

Rhen rushes forward and engages them with a charge!

Round 1: Rhen
Charge Attack with Inspire Courage: 1d20 + 13 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 13 + 2 + 3 = 25
Damage: 1d10 + 6 + 6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 6 + 6 + 3 = 18
AC 21 until my next turn.

Scouting would be my vote to take out more enemies, but will go with majority.

Round 2: Rhen

Attack: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (8) + 13 = 21
Damage: 1d10 + 6 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 + 6 = 14

Attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26
Damage: 1d10 + 6 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 + 6 = 21

Surprise Round

Rhen aims at the green ogrekin, "Ya disgustin' inbred!"

Attack vs. FF AC: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (17) + 13 = 30
Damage: 1d10 + 6 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 + 6 = 19

Round 1:

Attack vs. FF AC: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (6) + 13 = 19
Damage: 1d10 + 6 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 + 6 = 21

2nd Attack vs. FF AC: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24
Damage: 1d10 + 6 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 + 6 = 19

If he kills the green one, he aims at yellow one next.

"Let's move on. Moira, you have potion of invisibility as do I and Uldruk can turn invisible. Stigmar, stay in the barbican so you don't get noticed while we deal with the half-ogres on the roof of the gatehouse."

When the party is ready, Rhen borrows Moira's rope, gulps his potion, and moves quickly to the gatehouse, his axe slinging from his side as he spider climbs up the building (20 feet climb speed). When he reaches the top, if he is unnoticed, he secures the rope to the side of the roof and drops it down for the others to use.

Rhen grunts sarcastically as he tends to his wound, "Forget the orcs down there, Stigmar. That was just 5 orcs in here and we had surprise on them and they still managed to wound us. And you want us to take on 25 of them?! Our dwarf brother is safe for the moment and he is not in mortal danger. Let's continue to use the cover of the spectacle to move on and kill more guards without alerting the whole camp. We still have 2 potions of invisibility left. My magic to climb walls as a spider is still in effect. Moira and I could take the potions, I can climb up the gate house, drop a rope, and Moira can climb up. Then invisibly, we can take out the 3 half-ogre guards on top, while you two focus on ranged attacks. Udruk, you can pick up one of the 5 bows on the ground. Hopefully, that will give us access to rest of the keep past the gatehouse. What do you think?"

Rhen asks Uldruk to heal him with the Wand of Cure Moderate Wounds. One charge is sufficient to get him back to full under the max healing rule when we're out of combat.

Uldruk also picks up one of the orcs' bows and arrows as he has no ranged weapons.

Rhen slashes at the orc as he turns to run away.

Rhen's AoO: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (5) + 13 = 18
Damage: 1d10 + 6 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 + 6 = 21

Rhen Round 3:

Rhen grunts as the orc's falchion bits into his shoulder. "Flesh wound." Seeing Moira attack the white orc, Rhen focuses his attacks on the orange orc.

Attack: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20
Damage: 1d10 + 6 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 + 6 = 13
Attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13
Damage: 1d10 + 6 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 + 6 = 14

40/52 hps.

Rhen Round 2:

Rhen will stay next to the green orc to give Moira the flank. After Moira's attack, Rhen will move 5' and attack each the magenta orc and the gray orc once.

Attack on magenta: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (12) + 13 = 25
Damage: 1d10 + 6 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 + 6 = 17
Attack on gray: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26
Damage: 1d10 + 6 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 + 6 = 20

AC: 23
Udruk has a longhammer, which is a reach weapon. He can 5' step back on the green one, attack, and give Moira the chance to step in and flank.

Round 1: Rhen

Rhen continues his surprise attacks. First attack on the magenta orc and second attack on the gray orc SE of him, trying to funnel any survivors toward the party outside.

Attack: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (16) + 13 = 29
Damage: 1d10 + 6 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 + 6 = 15
2nd Attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27
Damage: 1d10 + 6 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 + 6 = 21

Ok, let's start whittling down the orc forces. If the odds get too much, we run and come back later.

Realizing that his dwarven brother is in danger, Rhen heads back into the barbican to get out of range of the half-ogres, whispering to Uldruk in Dwarven, "Get ready to attack...." He then positions himself invisibly near the greatest concentration of orcs armed with bows. After waiting for a few seconds, he brings his waraxe down on the nearest orc on his surprise round.

Attack: 1d20 + 13 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 13 + 1 = 25
Damage: 1d10 + 6 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 + 6 = 13

if there's no-one near the guardhouse to hear combat or alarm, we should take them out asap.

There's 3 guards on the roof of the gatehouse. I can spider climb up there and engage them. If we're trying to save the dwarf fighting the bear, how do we handle the 20-25 orcs in the moat watching the spectacle without fireball, assuming you can handle the 6 orcs in the barbican?

I am good with scouting as well..for now.

There are 4 other guards in the barbican that we've seen. Stigmar & Moira should wait outside while Uldruk and I scout invisibly inside.

Rhen will get as close to the entrance through stealth with Uldruk as possible. "Let's go." He will then drink both his potion of invisibility and spider climb and then walk up to the entrance to see if the distracted guards have dogs or other animals that can smell them.

3 minute timer is on. Rhen and Uldruk will not use stealth and will rely on +20 bonus while running/moving.

The military tactician of the party gathers the group after he and Stigmar did their initial scouting, before initiating the assault. "Uldruk, when we're sneaking up the fort to start the assault, we need sneakyness. Once the dung hits the fan, be as loud as you want. If we're going to assault the fort, we have to account for the guards on the towers and catwalks bombarding us with arrows or bolts. I think either Moira or myself have to get up there to engage them as soon as the assault starts. We have a potion of invisibility each and I have a potion of spider climb. So Moira, you want the frontal assault with the rest or go up on your own? I am fine doing either job, but one of us has to engage the archers. Let me know."

Rhen looks at the wizard, "We need to rush into their ranks immediately, to prevent calls from reinforcement and with these short legs, none of us are that fast. We need some magic to speed us up and then possibly announce our presence with ball of fire taking out the initial six guards on the bridge and anyone below them. Thoughts?"

Welcome aboard Uldruk and Moira. As for the feats, you can't use any of them in combat. We have the GM's house rule on max hit points from healing out of combat (see post above of 06/27), so stick to Plan A and don't waste 2 feats.

I agree with Stigmar. I like Rhen and his wizard, so would like to continue.

Other than the potion of invisibility and spider climb, which can be used for scouting purposes to determine how many enemies we're dealing with, Rhen has no other buffs.

I agree with Barad - maybe the new pc could be one of the dwarves we're trying to save.

Kaz is MIA.

Rhen whispers back, "Sounds like our kin is sport to these bastard orcs and their giant allies! I'm ready to kill them one by one, if need be, to avenge our brothers."

I'm down with Stigmar's plan. Are we going to run a fort ambush with only 3 players? Just curious.

"Stigmar, I like your plan. Let's wait until dark to move up closer. I know they have darkvision too, but perhaps they let their guards down to eat or some other form of celebration that may distract them. In the meantime, we will observe and note guard shifts and troop movement in and out."

From a military perspective, Rhen would also suggest to scope out the fort for 24 hours, to gather intelligence, determine troop movements, guard shifts, etc. to determine when the fort would be most vulnerable to penetrate or attack. Hope we did not lose Barad or Kaz.

We were provided with 4 potions of invisibility so we could walk in and snoop around and take the fort from the inside, assuming they don’t have pets with scent. Or wait until they gather up for a meeting and have Stigmar hit them with a fireball.

I didn't see the orcs running option, so completely flummoxed. I can't catch them, and while I do have a crossbow, I would have to drop my weapon, pull out the crossbow, and load it. Then next round would have to shoot, if they were still in range. I got nothing. Maybe we simply follow them and let them lead us to their base, though I was looking forward to capturing one alive and interrogating him.

Surprise Round:
According to the rules, you can charge during a surprise round (a standard action) but only your movement speed's distance.

Rhen will move 2 squares diagonally (15') and attack the giant, thrusting his waraxe into the giant's knee. "Have at it!"
Attack: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (20) + 13 = 33
Damage: 1d10 + 6 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 + 6 = 21
Confirmation: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (18) + 13 = 31
Extra damage: 2d10 + 12 ⇒ (4, 3) + 12 = 19

Rhen agrees with Stigmar's idea to strike from stealth! He hides behind some rocks to let the patrol get in melee range.

Add +2 if in hilly or rocky areas: Stealth check: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (4) + 15 = 19

Perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29

Rhen and Barad lead the party forth, trying to look out for dangers, certain that they will reach their destination in a couple of hours.

Sorry, GM. 20, 15, and 16 were really good rolls in one round. :)

"Good to see that skull disappear forever. That talking in my head was creepy."

After we find the treasure, Rhen sighs, "Guess we're back to hunting orcs for the artifact. Kazidorr, you're gonna love those arrows. Nothing really calls my attention so I'm good with my equipment."

"Creepy little skull, aren't ya?"
Round 1:

Rhen challenges the creature and then takes a 5' step and proceeds to thrust his dwarven axe into it!
Swift action to challenge the floating skull
Hasted Attack: 1d20 + 13 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 13 + 1 = 34
Damage: 1d10 + 6 + 6 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 6 + 6 + 9 = 28
Regular attack: 1d20 + 13 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 13 + 1 = 29
Damage: 1d10 + 6 + 6 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 6 + 6 + 9 = 24
2nd Attack: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 8 + 1 = 25
Damage: 1d10 + 6 + 6 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 6 + 6 + 9 = 23

Critical confirmation: 1d20 + 13 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 13 + 1 = 19
Extra damage if crits: 2d10 + 12 + 6 + 18 ⇒ (4, 4) + 12 + 6 + 18 = 44
AC: 24 with Haste
Allies get +2 hit the creature.

Well said, Barad. We ain't budging. Bring it on!

Huddling up with the other dwarves, Rhen comments in a low whsiper full of anger, "First, I'm with Barad, don't like voices in my head other than my own. Second, where the hell is this evil thing? I didn't see it. Third, since it admitted it killed the orcs, we know it did so with fire, very hot fire. Do we have any protection against that? I'm down to kill it, if we can."

Heal check: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 1 = 17

"Then we need to group up and protect the flanks. Barad and I ahead in front, Stigmar in the middle, and Kaz covering our backs with his bow. Since we know there is danger ahead, we should be looking for anything suspicious." You kind of think that Rhen is reveling in the danger.

I vote east, but will go with the majority. My logic: we're behind the orcs and with our 20' of movement, don't think we will catch up to them, so we should grab some intel from some live orcs now.

Rhen seems lost, mumbling, "Looks like just a plant to me...." He looks around to make sure no one is watching or preparing to ambush them. "Interesting that a few orcs headed east....wherever these orcs are headed to, we need some intel. May be good to capture some of them alive so I may persuade them to reveal some details of their base, plans, etc."

Rhen curses when the rangers alert him to the scene. "Our poor brothers...at least they didn't go down with a fight, and took down a few orcs with them! Buy why'd the bastards behead them? Savages! When we find them, they will feel our vengeance!" Rhen lets his anger and frustration by chopping down on one of the orc corpses with his waraxe and cursing in Dwarvish, before calming down. He then ponders seriously, "Anyone else concerned that there were some 30+ orcs prancing around? Bottom line: can we track them?" Rhen looks to the rangers hopeful.

Rhen immediately stands at attention when Commander Silverhammer walks in, saluting him. He then lowers his hand, while he stands rigid listening to the mission. Ingrahild and Umlo? Damn! He knew of them. Good dwarves. Rhen manages to keep his control and his anger from boiling over when he learns the artifact is missing as well.

When the Commander concludes, Rhen salutes him, "Ready to go at once, sir! We will find the artifact and the fate of the missing dwarves, sir! You have my word. The Sentinels will not let you down....and when we find the parties responsible, my axe blade will run red with their blood, sir!"

Barad and Rhen, you're both good to go!

Barad, remember in game that your AC drops to 20 when you wield the 2-handed reach weapon.
Rhen, add your 2 points of panache to your stats line so it is visible to me without clicking on your profile. Thanks!

Done, it's on the stats line!

Rhen smiles and ponders the wizard’s question, ”No idea, but wherever it is, I hope it’s above ground. The last 2 weeks of Darklands patrols are too monotonous for my taste. Need to breathe some fresh air.” Rhen takes another sip of his ale, careful to keep his alcohol intake in moderation. He needed his senses sharp.

Rhen marched uniformly through the halls on his way to the All-Seeing Chamber, his footsteps striking the stone every few seconds. He couldn’t help it, he had been a soldier all his life, even training with renowned giantslayers. He saluted each member of the guard as he passed by, the military tradition ingrained in him. He stopped at the double doors, smoothed out the creases of the tunic covering his armor, checked the shine of his boots, and the weight of the waraxe on his hip. Confident that he was as spotless as he could be, he took a deep breath to relax and motioned with his head for the guards to open the double doors. He smiled at the mention of his name for a second, before replacing it with his usual serious demeanor. Then hand on weapon, he marched into the Chamber.

”On time is where I am Kaz, but I thank you for your concern.” a small smirk comes over the blonde dwarf’s face but instantly vanishes. ”Good to see you all again and without mention of any scandals. That’s a bonus!” Rhen chuckles as he walks over to the table and takes a seat, serving himself some ale and separating some nuts and fruit for himself. Typical of his OCD nature, the cup and plate are exactly 4 inches from each other. He is dressed in full combat gear, his immaculate chain shirt showing off his slim yet toned tattooed arms. Rhen was no muscle bulging dwarf a la Barad, but he got the job done. He raises a toast to his companions once they each had an ale in hand, ”Continued glory to the Sentinels! It’s an honor serving with you all.”