(OOC: As actions previous to a PC's turn may have resulted in targets being eliminated, I took the liberty of changing certain movement and target choices to best recapture the spirit of what the PC wanted to do, while maintaining speed of the game. Hopefully this does not bother anybody. For subsequent rounds, if you'd prefer to list secondary or tertiary moves/targets in case PCs previous to you eliminate your first selections, I am okay with that. And you can probably already guess, but the change of a monster's diamond icon to a cross just means they are dead.)
SURPRISE ROUND - PART I
As Gala and Wendigo relay the scene, Henry begins talking tactics and strategy, like the true warrior he is.
"I think we need to get stuck in quickly. I suggest I charge out at the nearest--" But before he can get anything further out, he sees the eyes of Tregar the dwarf flare in an absolutely manical rage, his knuckles going white around the stave in his hand, and Henry realizes that a few minutes of strategy just isn't going to happen.
Screw it... he thinks.
Let's just see how things go. He then immediately charges down the corridor, into the small cell, then barrels down the stairs. And not a half-second following the fighter, the rest of the group charges after him.
23
Henry
22
Gala
16
Tregar
14
Wendigo
13
Dorn
11
Gloomblade
9
Orc Drudge Minions [6]
9
Orog Militants [3]
9
Orc Berserker
Henry rushes down the stairs, pulling a javelin out of the quiver on his back.
(Move to M8) As he comes around the giant column, he gives the weapon a heave... and it embeds itself square in the orc's chest. As blood spurts from the wound, the creature gurgles slightly and then drops.
(Attack H9: AC 16: [19] *hit* / [8] damage *dead*)
Remaining in her jackal form,
Gala bounds down the stairs after Henry, but moves southernly alongside the pillars.
(Move to O12) She then sees the orc standing there, taking a piss against the giant column, and she rushes up and pounces upon him, knocking the greenskin down and ripping his throat out with a ferocity that the others would be surprised about.
(Charge to M13: Pounce basic attack vs L14 Ref 12: [8] + 8 = 16 *hit* / [2] + 6 = 8 damage *dead*)
Tregar rushes down the stairs as well, but his plan to get the high ground disappears as he sees Henry take out his planned target. Tregar decides instead to move down next to the fighter to try and take a long cross-hall shot with his bolts of divine lightning.
(Move to M13) "THERE'S STILL ONE DWARF WHO DRAWS BREATH HERE, COME AND TASTE MORADIN'S WRATH!" he exclaims in his fury, however, as he comes down the stairs, his eyes are inexorably drawn to the two dead dwarven forms lying at the base of the column. That pang of regret is just enough to throw off his aim as the bolt barely misses the orc and it slams into the column next to him, breaking off a piece of stone.
(Divine Bolts vs E13 Ref 12: [11] *miss*)
As the invoker curses his momentary lapse,
Wendigo hurries down the stairs after him, pulling a shuriken from his belt.
(Move to L10) To protect his compatriot, he steps in front of the dwarf and then hurls the throwing star at the orc that Tregar just missed. Wendigo's aim is true, and the shuriken slams itself directly between the orc's eyes.
(Ranged basic attack vs E13 AC 16: [11] + 8 - 2 long range = 18 *hit* / [2] + 4 = 6 *dead*)
Dorn and
Gloomblade are up next in the surprise round.
