I'm going to bow out of this campaign. I don't think I'm a good fit. Apologies for the abrupt notice.
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Surprised that they were able to get this close to the tower without being seen, Thorjo kicks his mount into action. The worg surges forward to attack the closer of the two guards.
Thorjo dismounts and casts his remaining spell for the day, trying to get both guards in the flames' area, if possible.
"Let's go." Thorjo descends the tower and heads to where they left their mounts. He mounts up and rides in the direction of the next tower.
If the next tower is only five minutes away, then that's fine. I have no problem with this; I apologize if I gave the impression that I do. I'm ready to stroll over there. I'm going to recommend to my fellow players that we don't destroy this tower, yet, in case it alerts our next target. Let's clear the second tower, and then decide how to destroy each tower, and then head back to be hailed as
I don't mind if they're closer together or miles apart. From a gameplay perspective, it doesn't matter at all. I was just trying to figure out the purpose of having two border watchtowers so close together. They take a lot of resources to build, and being on a hostile border, it's possibly dangerous work. What's the benefit of a second tower right next to the other?
Why are the two watchtowers so close together? They're both just freestanding towers, right? I was envisioning them being miles apart, because they're both monitoring different parts of the border for a larger fort or civilization, itself also miles away. What's the point in having two towers so close to one another, when they'd both be signalling the same threat?
"We should make haste back to the war camp. The war chief will want to hear of this." "We have the other watchtower to take care of, first." Thorjo states without emotion.
Before they leave, Thorjo checks to see if he can see the their next target from the top of this tower, just to make sure that it isn't lit, for any reason.
If the boxes aren't locked, Thorjo uses mage hand to lift the lid from each box from a distance and casually tosses the lids aside.
Thorjo grunts in consternation. "I was expecting the humans to be more difficult." Thorjo does his best to lift the brazier off of the tower to crash on the ground below, hopefully rendering it unusable.
"We've just killed all of your brethren. You're the last wretch left," Thorjo says, lazily spinning his flail as he watches the man. When he sees an opening, Thorjo rushes in and swings at the human.
"We've just killed all of your brethren. You're the last wretch left," Thorjo says, lazily spinning his flail as he watches the man.
When Thorjo arrives at the top floor, he sees Rauuskakodlgoth fighting the human, and assess the situation. He rushes over to the brazier and tries to tip it over, spilling its fuel so that it cannot burn.
There's some killin' needs doing.
But not by Thorjo, apparently.
Thorjo attempts to brain the human standing in front of him. If he downs the soldier, he'll step back to take his place next to Gorthug.
Thorjo resolves to do better with his next swing:
Inside the tower, Thorjo focuses on controlling the tight swings of his flail as he attacks again in the enclosed space.
Thorjo suddenly realizes the humans in the tower in front of him. "Oh." He takes a step to the side to put a human in between himself and Gorthug and attacks.
Yeah, Thorjo, Ak'iss, and Gorthug ran past the humans that saw Grumbar. I think we three are in the tower. That's our intent. We aren't in combat, but I also don't see us just standing at the door of the tower watching the others fight; we're heading up. Grumbar, Rauusk, and Agatha are in combat, not in the tower. It looks like Rauusk got in a hit before round 1, so I'm assuming Agatha's hex did also? After that, it looks like the battle went like this: Round 1: Humans:20 -- one attacked and hit Grumbar; the other attacked and missed Rauusk
Thorjo slips past Grumbar and into the tower.
Disgruntled at not being chosen to lead the charge, Thorjo waits for Grumbar and Gorthug to head for the door before he follows.
"As a group, we will not sneak well. Let's be cautious going in, but once the alarm is raised, we should reach the top as soon as possible, while also making sure that none of the humans can escape to warn the other towers. Look out for where they stable their mounts."
"I only have one idea. And that is to run at it and chop that door down. Does anyone have a better plan?" "We should spread kindling around the base of the tower, and set it alight. As the tower is consumed in flames, the humans will come rushing out--"
"Oh."
Thorjo watches impassively as they execute the human, and then gathers any worgs that have wandered off.
The prisoner is more intimidated by Gorthug than he is of Rauusk. "I don't have anything to say. I've been sent to scout out positions, that's all," he says. "Who sent you to scout? What is their name and where are they now? How many others scouting?"
Thorjo stands behind Rauusk and growls at the prisoner.
Thorjo closes in on the final human, swinging his flail above his head in a tightly controlled circle before trying to slam it down onto the man's head.
Thorjo casts burning hands at the cowering men, moving after his attacker, if necessary. If he can get more than one human in the cone of fire that he releases, he will. And this has the added benefit of catching the trees that they hide behind on fire, maybe even providing cover from their arrows.
Somewhat aware of the prisoner Rauusk has taken, but much more aware of the human still in front of him, Thorjo attacks, again, this time only focusing on hitting with his flail, rather than also trying to bring a spell to bear.
But his flail catches on the branch of a tree, foiling his attack.
Thorjo: charge 60 ft. & attack? Yes, you're right, but since I missed the off-hand attack and since I presumably still hit with the main hand attack (even with the now unnecessary -2 penalty), it wouldn't have changed the amount of damage done in the first round, so I didn't see the need to bring it up. However, I missed that a full charge was needed to reach the target; I thought it was just a standard move and an attack. I don't thik that changes the outcome, but if it does, EltonJ can just negate the attack.
If the last guy Thorjo hit is still up, Thorjo attacks him, again. If not, he'll move to a new target (that's not the human leader).
With his other hand he tries to cast a spell at the same target (assuming it's still alive)...
...and this time he manages to cast the spell.
But his aim is completely off. Thorjo snarls in annoyance.
Yeah, I thought we had a surprise round when we first spotted the humans.
Thorjo swings the spiked ball on his flail swiftly above his head before bringing it down on on solidly on one of the humans' head.
With his other hand he tries to cast a spell at the same target, but his spell fizzles.
Thorjo pauses his warg while he casts shield and spends one arcane point to enchant his flail, then moves forward towards the humans.
Thanks.
EltonJ, would you allow me to reallocate 1 skill point into Ride? It just didn't occur to me to do so during character creation, but Thorjo would absolutely be trained in basic orc combat methods.
Thorjo mounts up. "Beast, know that in the unlikely event that we are stranded in a mountainous valley with no way out, that I will feel no qualms about eating you for survival, just as I suspect you would do the same to me. However, I possess the skills and opposable thumbs to set up a roasting spit over an open flame, so I expect you to recognize that it would be far better for me to eat you." Thorjo tugs once on his warg's reins and then nods to the others that he is ready.
Having already announced that he was ready, Thorjo waited patiently for the others to realize that they are also ready. Then, being in a state of readiness, the party moves out. Assuming they're ready.
"We can disguise the burning of the towers by also burning the land for miles surrounding these towers," Thorjo rationales. "This is a good plan. We are ready, I think."
Thorjo puffs out his chest at Agatha's praise of his boasting prowess.
"The only one that looks worth anything is the one grey one over there and he's barely carrying a weapon." "I am worth any thing, brother. I am worth many things!" Thorjo pounds his chest. "If you were to put a number to the many things I am worth, it would be a large number. Larger, even, then the number of humans that will die by orc hands in the days to come." Thorjo points an accusatory finger at Grumbar. "I hope you make sure your worth is that of a large number of things, also! I do not wish to suffer meaningless boasting."
Trying not to think about how easily the wooden parts of this church could burn, Thorjo checks his equipment, weapons, and spellbook to make sure they are secured, available, and protected, respectively. He looks askance at his warg, which he considers a necessary evil. He doesn't trust a beast that would instinctively flee from an open flame, but that's what the warg trainers were for, supposedly. "Are we prepared to deliver death today, brothers and sisters?" he asks the warriors standing nearby.
Hi, all! Thanks for selecting me, Elton, and I look forward to playing!They need someone to burn the crops and the fields. Humans make the best kindling.
Hi, all! Thanks for selecting me, Elton, and I look forward to playing! |