S2: War in Vastermarch - Completed

[Manzanita]

2:05:30 am. Cool, clear, partial moonlight
Orc count:
Razh: 2
Ogrin: 1
Nodis: 2
Talbin: 1

Round 4
Razh hurls his alchemist fire to little effect, then moves up to aid Talbin, drawing his axe as he moves.

Ogin's flask does more damage, causing several orcs to burn and shout. The delightful smell of seared orc wafts towards the party's nostrils.

Unable to see the battle, Nodis moves back to the door. The woman follows him.

Talbin retreats to relative safety behind Ogrin.

The orcs all move into attack, all now weilding their crude falcions. 4 attack Razh, 1 attacks Ogrin. Though these attacks would fell lesser warriors, Ogrin and razh evade the clumsy blows without damage.


Init order, round 5:
Razh <--
Ogrin
Nodis
Talbin (11/18 HPs)
Orcs (several wounded)

 

[Rae ArdGaoth]

Rasereit laughs as the orcs surround him. He spins and hops by their clumsy swings, blocking orc steel with his spiked shield. He tries to swing his shield into the face of an orc, but proves a little too slow for the pig-faced creature. Then his axe comes up from behind the shield and cuts into the unfortunate orc, felling it immediately. "Three!" he shouts. (7 damage)

He hears footsteps and warriors approaching and he taunts the orcs, "Uh-oh, are the li'l piggies scared? Don't run, chaps, fun's jus' gettin' started!"

 

[Someone]

Nodis, male human shaper 5, AC 16, HP 31/31, PP 21/35

"Ogrin, make a way for me!" says Nodis in the Halfling language, pointing at one of the orcs. He then runs for a better position and showers the orcs with sharp shards of crystal.

[sblock=ooc]Nodis points at #4. Hopefully Ogrin (or anyone else) can kill him so Nodis can move two squares west of orc #9 (where the horse is) and manifest Swarm of crystals, spending 4 power points to deal 4d4 damage without save in a 15 feet cone (that should swallow the whole western subgroup). Total damage is 7

Edit: If orc #4 doesn't die, Nodis does the moves anyway, provoking an AoO from the orc[/sblock]

 

[rln]

Ogrin does his best to comply with Nodis request. His sword is however easily parried by the orc's falchion. Ogrin takes a few cautious steps towards the orc pack (north) to give Nodis some more space to do whatever it is he's doing, and to keep them from swarming Talbin.

Meanwhile, the orc hit by the alchemists fire (#9) continues to burn. The liquid substance finally consumed, the flames die out. The orc is still standing, though grieviously burnt, and he's not happy.

OOC: Is that a wagon to the left of Ogrins position?

 

[Manzanita]

2:05:36 am. Cool, clear, partial moonlight
Orc count:
Razh: 3
Ogrin: 1
Nodis: 6
Talbin: 1

Round 5:
Razh cuts down another orc. Ogrin isn't as lucky. The burned orcs continue to fight.

Nodis bravely charges forward, ducking a wild swing from one of the orcs. Acheiving a good position he releases a swarm of tiny crystal shards, ripping apart 4 orcs.

I don't see how Nodis could catch #4 & #7 in the same 15' cone - they're 20 feet apart.

Init order, round 6:
Razh
Ogrin
Nodis
Talbin (11/18 HPs)<--
Orcs (several wounded)

 

[B4cchus]

Talbin launches a sling bullet at a wounded orc.

ooc: attack 18, damage 2. Rolls are here

 

[Someone]

I don't see how Nodis could catch #4 & #7 in the same 15' cone - they're 20 feet apart.

ooc: In 3.0 cones were as wide as they were long, but IIRC in 3.5 cones are quarter circles: their width at the base is double the length

"I did my part" thinks Nodis, who scurries back to safety. He moves back into the backsmith shop, or behind the buiding if the door is held.

 

[rln]

Aaaadriaaan!

Ogrin moves to help Razh out, charging into #5 and skewering its leg.[sblock=Rolls]Attack roll 17, damage 7[/sblock]

 

[Manzanita]

ooc: In 3.0 cones were as wide as they were long, but IIRC in 3.5 cones are quarter circles: their width at the base is double the length

"I did my part" thinks Nodis, who scurries back to safety. He moves back into the backsmith shop, or behind the buiding if the door is held.

Would that then be a circle (a quarter of it anyway) with a 15 foot radius? I'm going to basically trust you here, but I am curious. I'll repost the map with #s/letters so you can tell me which square Nodis would occupy & which orcs he could hit from there. I put in a circle. It looks like he could hit all four with it. Let's assume then, that Nodis did take out orc #4 with his shard attack as well.

 

[Manzanita]

2:05:42 am. Cool, clear, partial moonlight

Round 5 (con't)
Talbin slings a stone into a wounded orc, bringing it down, despite its being in combat.

The three remaining orcs, seeing their comrades decimated, flee. (withdraw action)

Round 6

Map above correct, except the three surviving orcs (#1,2 & 3), have moved 40 feet East

Init order, round 6:
Razh (61/61 HPs; orc count 3)<--
Ogrin (40/40 HPs; orc count 1.5)
Nodis (31/31 HPs; orc count 7)
Talbin (11/18 HPs; orc count 1.5)
Orcs (several wounded))