The ability to roll a 20 when needed is way better than any bonus to Diplomacy! :P
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"Freedom in exchange for info and non-aggression pact. I'm ok with it" Uldruk agrees. He knows, though, that he's not the one to cause the best first impression, so he expects any other to strike the deal.
Uldruck asks for a second to check Moira's wounds, and offers to do the same with whoever seems wounded as well.
When they find the cage, he looks at the pair with suspicion.
Uldruk is about to say something, but Stigmar states out loud just what he was thinking.
"See, one of them just stumbled! Press on, my friends!" Uldruk advances and lets go a powerful blow with his hammer, trying to finish the female one.
As soon as the door is opened, Uldruk starts speaking. "Don't falter! Give them Hell! Fight hard and kill them well!"
Uldruk nods, clearing his throat silently to start his speech as soon as the door opens.
"You have a point" Uldruk says to Stigmar. "Let's do it, then, while our cousin has them all distracted."
"Okay... Those might be a little too much for a group like ours, yeah?" Uldruk looks nervous. "We should be sure that we fulfill our mission, but without altering the big guys yet."
"We're slowly eating up through their ranks. We need to keep on scratching!"
Uldruck mocks with his hammer again before stepping forward into range and discharging a powerful blow on the ogre.
Round 1 "Dis lil' runt's gonna wreck yo momma's c@#&!" Uldruk exclaims while he moves his longhammer up and down, trying to get a laughter from his companions that would instill them some courage.
Uldruk could go invisible once more but, since none of the others can anyway, it would be a waste, or so he thinks. Better to be all stealthy or all noisy.
He follows, hoping Moira gets a good glimpse of a potential target they can quickly take down without being noticed.
While using the wand, Uldruk catches a glimpse of the loot. "Those bows are two big for us to use, but the thunderstones could help us when we need to create confusion." He keeps one or two of them, just in case, or more if his comrades don't want them.
Round 1 Feeling the ogrekin is about to perish, Uldruk stops talking and puts his hammer to work.
Surprise Round From where he is, Uldruk plants his big hammer on the ground and starts talking. "Strange they are, brothers, but don't falter... See our cousin there at the fighting pit! See how he stands, and feel yourselves proud. Put these three to rest quick with strength and steadiness as the rock we came from!"
Uldruk growls quietly and recites an old rhyme, typical from the dwarven taverns and full of references to dwarven barmaids and big breasts, then he turns invisible. He waits for a bit until he sees a rope appear hanging from atop the guardhouse, then starts to climb.
Uldruk nods to Rhen asking for some healing, using the wound on him. He picks the bow and arrows, though with no real intention or hope to use them. "I can turn invisible myself" he says, believing a good idea to capitalise from it and keep on wrecking havoc between the enemy lines. "When the time for stealth is over, we will blow the horn and let death descend on them. Now, onwards with the plan!"
Hey! Sorry guys. I've been on a trip for 5 days. I thought I posted in all my games, but it's obvious I didn't... Sorry once again! I'll catch up with you and post in a small while.
Uldruk gets near one of the orcs, stealthily.
Just before swinging his big hammer, he lets his knife slip down to the pit from as close to the org as possible, so that it looks like he did drop it instead of Uldruk. Then he quickly moves a step aside and his at a different one.
Yeah! Maybe we come back... as ghosts! XD
Typing here to avoid ooc clogging in the gameplay thread. Re: 20-25 orcs, well, I think we'll have to deal with them the old way. Could there be a place where we can use a doorstep to our advantage, à la Diablo 1? So we appear, we will what we can kill and then we regroup to reduce number advantage. Or, as Michael Caine would say in Zulu, "gentlemen, they are about ten thousand and we're about a hundred. But since every British soldier is worth like a thousand of them, the numbers give us advantage".
If the possibility of sneaking in without being discovered exists, Uldruk would like to capitalize. When confident that they're not being directly looked at, he makes a small sign in the ground for Rhen to see and read, indicating to keep on the exploration. Then he walks deeper in the fort, hoping this comrade follows.
Uldruk walks beside Rhen on their frontal 'assault'. He changes the grip of his hammer from left to right hand, containing the adrenaline until the right time.
Just before drinking the potion, Uldruk recites some lines from an old epic. No fancy language, just two lines, only for himself. They're among his favourite quotes, and they instill some braveness in the young dwarf. Then he's finally ready.
So I've been reading a bit and it doesn't really say you need one specific Performance. Nor any specific skill ranks and, damn, not even Performance at all. Just this: "Every bard spell has a verbal component (song, recitation, or music)." So I guess I can just... recite? Use Performance: Oratory as long as I have some ranks? I don't know. I'm just going to assume you have to use a Verbal component. There's even more weirdness when you think about the Chronicler of Worlds. His star ability is Linguistics, but he still has to have a Performance and we don't know that he can handwave the Verbal component requirement anyway, so I can't help thinking of Tolkien doing the Conga.
Uldruk rises his thumb. "Got it. No horn." He checks that all his equipment is well tightened in order to not make unnecessary sounds. "I'll join the frontal assault. I think I'll be more helpful." Once the order is given, he drinks the potion and advances asking the rest.
Uldruk, a stout dwarf with red hair and beard, nods as the rest start making the plan. His blue eyes gleam at the perspective of rescuing some fellow dwarves fallen into dirty orcs' hands. He picks his long hammer with both hands, weighing it. Not the best of frontline fighters, but most fierce warriors he's fought with have shaked hands with him after combat, appreciating his contribution. He tightens his cloak so that it covers the shine of his mithral armor - they don't want to be detected... yet. Thinking about that, he makes sure his horn is well tied to his back and asks his companions "Eh... how sneaky do we wanna be in this fight? I wanna be sure we're playing the no-horn kind of sneakyness."
Sorry guys! Yesterday night I was doing a lot of calculations to check which option was best - also consulting with my heart, since I really wanted to know which was the most appealing. The initial idea was to area demoralise to allow casters a bonus to stick in their spells. But that can wait one more level, I think. However, sleep caught me while in the middle of all this research :( So I'll make the changes today, put the lines for quick reference and jump in. Thank you for your patience, folks! Edit: I'm making these changes with the idea of retraining Incredible Healer to Skill Unlock later on (by level 10). If the GM won't allow retraining, or think it won't be feasible, I would ask to be told in advance so as to leave skill ranks as they are. Thank you!
As for the feats, you can't use any of them in combat Well, difficult, yeah, but they could be used. It's a full round after all. But as you wish.
In combat healing is nice but two feats is a lot. Is grabbing a cure spell at your next Bard level an alternative? Well, I could do that if you prefer. I have to say, however, that picking a cure spell at these lower levels is usually meh at the beginning and totally terrible at the end because of the lack of scaling. The other option has a steep cost but will be better when we reach the high game (even better if retraining is allowed and I can pick Heal skill unlock). Also, my idea of the Bard is giving support, so I wouldn't mind. What I would do is remove Dazzling Display (and leave it for the 7th level choice), then pick Heal instead of Intimidate for Scrivener's Versatility choice (and pick Intimidate at 6th level). If you rather have me cast a spell, I can remove Mirror Image, for example, and pick it later on. That would mean a 2d8+5 cure thrice per day if I don't cast any other spell of that level.
Okay, so I get to choose an extra feat. So here's the thing: I could just choose any feat according to my plan, that's option A. Or, for option B, I could change one of my 1st level feats for Healer's Hands, then with the extra one pick Incredible Healer. I've read that the group has some lacking of raw healing, and this adaptation would help relieve that pain. That, of course, would depend on GM's approval, and only if you think it's a good move. What do you guys think?
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