Mri'Thas: "Useless primates... " Sheng Zim: "Your existence brings the world out of balance. The chaos I bring shall revert it; unfortunately, your soul will be destroyed in the process."
-------------------------------------- Tuk Heavy Hands Apeldan: "Trolls are afraid to cats. Good to know" (Yttermayn's "Saga of the Dragon Cult") Cnosos: "I bet there's plenty of wonderful devices in that ship. Let's scavenge them at once!" (Blackrat's "After Earth") Metliz: Sounds like fun! (Arkandus's "The First") Thok: "Thok eats a lot, Thok big. Thok not good at first impressions." (MnL's "Valley of the Dead")
Having sprang their surprise, the kobolds busy themselves readying their crossbows for another barrage. (10 kobolds are now apparent in the brush to the right side of the trail, frantically trying to reload) Thrindar
Not being the direct target of an attack and having Toby's warning, Thrindar gets a better look at the attackers than his companions. They are kobolds, for sure, but not like any he is used to seeing. These have rough, red scales on thier hands and faces, and the teeth and claws seem larger and more plentiful than thier ordinary brethren.
OOC: Forgot to announce inititative, but you guys get it. :-)
"Ahh!" Jakobee cries out in pain and clutches at the deep wound in his side with one hand, his face twisted in agony. His other hand closes into a fist that erupts in hellfire. With a thrust of the hand he releases the ball of raw infernal magic out at the nearest kobold he has a clear shot at. The pain of the wound completely throws off his aim however.
Casting defensively:
(from the srd: Casting on the Defensive: Casting a spell while on the defensive does not provoke an attack of opportunity. It does, however, require a Concentration check (DC 15 + spell level) to pull off. Failure means that you lose the spell.) 1d20+3=6
casting mage armor: +4 to a/c (failure)
the excitement of the ambush has left John a bit off in his ability to meditate and focus, as he mispeaks and verbally fumbles , spoiling the spell of protection.
Rosalia heard the first clack quite clearly but then other "clacks" were heard, followed by the whistling and impact sound of the arrows!
She spotted them. Little creatures. Someone - maybe Tuk - mentioned Kobolds. She had heard of the creatures.
Rosalia is very quick to react. Raising her arm and placing the arrow on her shortbow, she chooses one of them and fires. The aim is true but the kobolds are behind trees and bushes.
She then moves behind any available cover after her shot.
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Grok had been concentrating too much on the oppressive feeling surrounding him to notice the ambush. Now the group was in a pickle. A hail of bolts slammed into the group, hurting some more than others.
Upon getting hit by the bolt, Grok instinctively pulled his mace and moved in the direction of the attackers. While moving towards the little beasties, he notices that Scrag has been wounded badly. He begins to make his way to the troll.
Mri'Thas: "Useless primates... " Sheng Zim: "Your existence brings the world out of balance. The chaos I bring shall revert it; unfortunately, your soul will be destroyed in the process."
-------------------------------------- Tuk Heavy Hands Apeldan: "Trolls are afraid to cats. Good to know" (Yttermayn's "Saga of the Dragon Cult") Cnosos: "I bet there's plenty of wonderful devices in that ship. Let's scavenge them at once!" (Blackrat's "After Earth") Metliz: Sounds like fun! (Arkandus's "The First") Thok: "Thok eats a lot, Thok big. Thok not good at first impressions." (MnL's "Valley of the Dead")
OOC: if kobolds are on 21 it's up to them, right? we were surprised in R0 correct?
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OOC: if kobolds are on 21 it's up to them, right? we were surprised in R0 correct?
Yes, you were surprised, and yes, they are next on the initiative, but I still haven't got Thrindar's initiative. He could potentially go before them, and I was running late for work this morning anyways, so I gave him the benefit of the doubt. Since we are in combat, I'll wait till later this evening to see if he gets his initiative in before moving on instead of a couple days.
OOC: Gosh, you know, I looked at his init bonus and it's at +0, so he can't go before them. I guess I'll go ahead and have them 'balds puncture you guys some more, then resolve Jakobee's action at least, since his dex is higher than Thrindar's if Thrindar rolls a 20.
Edit again: Ghah, I'm an ass, sorry folks, I didn't see Thrindar already rolled his init! Ok, I'll be a good little GM and get back to work now...
OOC: The kobolds already got their surprise round (thus most of us getting crossbow bolted). Now we're going into the first full round of combat, which will work normally.
Targeting Tuk: 2 Bolts 1d20+3=12, 1d20+3=4, 1d8=4, 1d8=4
Two more bolts fly at Tuk, one ricochetes off of his armor, the other falls weakly to the ground a few feet short, shortly after a snapping sound is heard from the attackers crossbow.
Targetting Roderic: 2 Bolts 1d20+3=5, 1d20+3=15, 1d8=4, 1d8=7
A missile slams into a scale and bends it, but does not penetrate, the other flies wide.
Targetting Scrag: 2 Bolts 1d20+3=21, 1d20+3=4, 1d8=3, 1d8=6
Scrag takes another bolts and goes down. The other attacker screaches as the shot is fouled when the string rips of scales from it's misplaced thumb.
Targetting Jakobee: 1 Bolt 1d20+3=4, 1d8=3
The kobold attacking Jakobee fumbles it's shot, and Jakobee sees the reflection of his own balefull arcane energy building in the kobolds fear-filled eyes.
Thrindar still hasn't been targetted, but it occurs to him that may change now that Scrag is scragged...
Jakobee unleashes a torrent of hellish destructive energy at the kobold, but the twitch of his damaged hip skews his aim and causes the burst to fry some nearby foliage instead of the lucky little bolt-chucking SOB.
John's mage armor spell fizzles as dodging crossbow bolts and casting at the same time proves to difficult to do at the moment.
Grok rushes to Scrag's side and pumps healing energy into his body, partially restoring him. (+8pts)
Roderic closes the short distance and slashes one creature almost in half.
OOC: Waiting on actions from:
Thirndar
Tuk
Scrag (Help me out here, can he go this same round he was unconcious and then healed in?)
As far as maps go, I'm looking into finding an easy, effective way to include them. Anybody have suggestions? Please post in the OOC thread. For now, the trail is single file wide (ie. 5 feet). The kobolds are all within point blank range to the right, slightly uphill side of the trail. They are all within a move action, generally.
Tuk advances, stomping and crushing the bushes beneath his heavy boots (to L12) and twists his body, catapulting his chains in the air, describing a wide arch. The spiked chains coils around the kobold's leg, just a moment before Heavy Hands pulls it, to trip the reptilian creature.
OOC: Move to L 12 and trip First Kobold. attack 15 Str. check for trip 21. I wrongly add +5 instead of +3. Roll
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Mri'Thas: "Useless primates... " Sheng Zim: "Your existence brings the world out of balance. The chaos I bring shall revert it; unfortunately, your soul will be destroyed in the process."
-------------------------------------- Tuk Heavy Hands Apeldan: "Trolls are afraid to cats. Good to know" (Yttermayn's "Saga of the Dragon Cult") Cnosos: "I bet there's plenty of wonderful devices in that ship. Let's scavenge them at once!" (Blackrat's "After Earth") Metliz: Sounds like fun! (Arkandus's "The First") Thok: "Thok eats a lot, Thok big. Thok not good at first impressions." (MnL's "Valley of the Dead")
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