Last Stand of the Dorinthians (Chapter 4- The Second Invasion)

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Dartis and Barok
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Dartis moves Swift forward while firing two arrows at the orc down the road. The first hits the orc adept's leg, although the second barely misses. The creature barks an order to his comrades and they duck into a close alley and disappear for now. Dartis bring the horse forward to flank the orc Barok is fighting and Swift strikes out next, driving a hoof into the orc's back.

The creature turns around and swings at Dartis, but misses both rider and horse badly with his axe. His companions charge, one missing, but the other leaving a bloody trail along the noble's leg with his weapon (-5 hps to Dartis).

Barok, who was holding his action once more, attacks next, using a flanking attack and catching the wounded orc in the neck, killing him.

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Nikolos, Danica, and Ventus

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Danica fires at the nearest orc, hitting once with a hard shot more but not felling the creature. The orcs then move to take on Ventus, with two hitting and both bloodying the man's shoulders (-14 hps to Ventus). The man counters with an enhanced strike of his own, finishing the barbarian that Danica injured. Nikolos casts his spell, and Ventus feels as if he is protected against the remaining opponents.

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Silas and Caramip
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Silas' snake squeezes the orc in its coils, causing it to scream loudly. Caramip casts a spell at the orc, and suddenly it looks at the bard as if he was his best friend. However, when the bard tries to get him to kill his ally, the orc seems to break out of the enchantment, picks up his axe once more, and charges the gnome. (Rolled a natural 20 on second save, otherwise results would have been different). He doesn't get far. Silas' ray stops him, and the children scream as the scorched orc takes two more steps before falling into a charred heap.

Another orc runs forward and chops at the snake constricting his friend, injuring it further.
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[hafrogman]

Ventus 28/42

Ventus winces as he feels the orcish weapons bite into his flesh, but smiles with satisfaction as another orc falls. As he is slowly surrounded by the orcs, he focuses more of his efforts on staying alive. He keeps his shield between himself and his foes and chooses his moment to strike.

[sblock=ooc]full (+4) Combat expertise, AC: 21 (23 v. evil creatures)
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[Blarkon Dragonslayer]

Nikolos will mutter something in Craecean, seeing the injuries to Ventus, before calling upon the Seeker again, feeling the prayer for Endure Elements fading, replaced by a small portion of the deity's power, casting a Cure Light Wounds on the soldier.

OOC: AC:20, CLW does 1d8+4, casting defensively (+14 concentration)

 

[Nephtys]

ooc: Ok.

Barok keeps moving, flanking and attacking while keeping an eye at the surroundings.

 

[Bloodweaver1]

Catamip Ashhearth

“See that is what happens when you don’t follow the rules. No one likes a cheater.” She scolds to the smoldering Orc. “I believe that calls for a five minute silence penalty to the contesting team.”

“Sshhh. There is no need to scream little one.” She says soothingly to the little girl.

OOC: Round 3
Standard Action: Cast Silence (20’ radius) on (left) Orc Shaman, DC 17 vs Will.
Move Action: Move up 10ft or just outside the spells radius, which ever is less. Taking care to be away from the axe wielding Orcs.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

OOC: The dots are not an accurate representation, but think of them as more like 10 feet... so the caster's are roughly 60 feet away from Caramip and 30 feet away from assisting their orc friend who I have now dubbed "Snake Fodder".

 

[GlassEye]

Silas inwardly curses as the orc hacks at the python. How much damage can that thing take? he wonders. And he worries about the three orcs advancing towards them. Nevertheless, he (finally) casts Extended Mage Armor, dashes forward unslinging his crossbow as he goes, and drops a bolt onto the guides cranking back the string. "Catch me if you can!" he calls out to the orcs.

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Standard Action: cast Extended Mage Armor (now AC 14)
Move Action: advance 20 feet (towards the python), draw crossbow
Free Action: load crossbow (Rapid Reload feat)[/sblock]

 

[Deuce Traveler]

Dartis and Barok
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Barok moves first to flank an orc focused on Dartis, and hits him from behind with a critically successful slash, separating the creature's meaty head from his body. Dartis put away his bow and switches to a sword and shield as he urges Swift to attack the remaining orc, but the hoof misses. The orc responds with another savage strike at Dartis, but the noble is able to block with his now-held shield.

Barok
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Another bolt is fire by Danica at the far orc, who she had a clear shot at, but it goes wide. The orcs close in on Ventus, the three of them surrounding him to get a better chance at striking at him. Amazingly, they all miss though the Imperial feels as if a holy presence turned two of the evil creatures' blades at the last minute. His return strike barely hits, and although it wounds the enraged orc badly, it does not drop him. Ventus feels Nikolos touch his shoulder after a brief prayer and senses his wounds mending themselves somewhat (+7 hit points to Ventus).

The orc that Danica injured before disappears into a side street.

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Silas and Caramip
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Kerastes squeezes once more, killing the orc in its coils. Caramip does not need to step forward to cast her magic, and does so instead from where she is standing. Both the shamans looks confused, as if something had just gone wrong for them (One critically failed and will not recover for the duration of an hour). The other orc still moves forward to strike, one injuring the constrictor snake, while the second one hits with such savagery (critical hit) that the snake's head is caved in. In that next second, the snake transforms back into Silas' rod.

The orc's look of satisfaction soon turns into worry as he looks down the top of Silas' drawn crossbow...

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[GlassEye]

Silas curses yet again. "If you can't play with my toys without breaking them, then you should just go home!" Mother, aid me in the defense of these children, he inwardly prays. Aiming the crossbow at the orc he squeezes the trigger...

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standard action: fire crossbow
move action: 'sheath' crossbow in its normal spot at his left shoulder
They broke my pet snake![/sblock]

 

[Nephtys]

Dartis and Barok

Barok
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A few feet behind you, in an alley, you hear someone casting a spell.
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Barok turns towards the sound and smiling hides himself in the shadows of the corner outside the alleymouth before rounding the corner, crouching low with his weapons at the ready.
ooc: He only tries to hide from whoever is in that alley, he cares little if the other orcs in the square see him.