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<blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 5679789" data-attributes="member: 16069"><p><strong>The Fire Engine</strong></p><p></p><p>There’s an Ogre outside! But that’s not all…</p><p></p><p>The adventurers dash out of the Inn whilst issuing instructions for Thurmina and the Guardsmen to be taken care of. Outside, a good forty or so feet away, is an ten foot tall humanoid beast, an Ogre dressed in the scorched remains of a suit of leather armour, and with a massive greatclub strapped to its back. The great brute staggers forward, it’s hitched to a cart. The cart has a burning torch wedged in to the driver’s seat, while in the back are four or five large casks – stood on end. Behind the casks is a pair of gruff-looking Hobgoblin Archers – sighting down their bows at the rabble exiting the Inn. The Ogre leans back, grabs a cask, it has a black-tinged length of what looks like rope sticking out of it. The Ogre drapes the fuse in the flaming torch – it fizzles for a moment and then ignites.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, scurrying towards the adventurers, come five Goblin Grunts clad in leather armour with ‘Red Hand’ insignia – three of the five already have short swords drawn.</p><p></p><p><strong>Encounter #2 – 775 XP – Level 2 Encounter</strong></p><p>5 Goblin Grunts (Level 1 Minions)</p><p>2 Hobgoblin Archers (Level 3 Artillery)</p><p>1 Ogre Savage (Level 8 Brute)</p><p> </p><p><strong>PCs</strong></p><p>Ah-shahran, Male Deva, Hybrid Shaman-Warlord, Level 1</p><p>Freggo, Male Human, Swordmage, Level 1</p><p>Kalimaru, Male Razorclaw Shifter, Ranger (Scout), Level 1</p><p>Kyalia, Female Elf, Ranger, Level 1</p><p>Magnus, Male Dwarf, Fighter, Level 1</p><p>Viator, Male Eladrin, Psion, Level 1</p><p></p><p></p><p>Magnus is first in to the action,</p><p></p><p><em>So they brought an Ogre with ’em this time.</em></p><p></p><p>The Dwarf barrels out of the Inn and Charges, screaming something unintelligible at the closest Grunt, who looks startled, but still manages to parry Magnus’ blow. Kali follows Magnus’ line – Charging at the same target. En-route the Shifter looks to see exactly how the Ogre is attached to the cart, then he swings his battleaxe with glorious fury… and the Goblin parries again – clearly a veteran warrior the Goblin Grunt (Minion).</p><p></p><p>Gorm, the Spirit Hound, suddenly appears beside Kali – the Shifter feels good – big and strong. Gorm, as suddenly, disappears – Kali is Infused by the Spirit, he cuts with his battleaxe once more, and… the Goblin Grunt parries his attack. Gorm blinks back in to existence next to Magnus – the Dwarf is buoyed by the Hound’s presence – although neither of the adventurers, it appears, can hit a barn door from two paces away.</p><p></p><p>While directing Gorm’s action, Ah-shahran shouts to inform his companions of the various merits, and demerits, of the beasts they face. The sum of which is – get close to the archers, keep out of the way of the Ogre, and smush the Goblins, a fair precis of the situation.</p><p></p><p>The Savage Ogre drags the cart a little closer, then, tongue out, flings the flask in his hands, alas his aim is out – the barrel bursts on contact with the ground – splashing pitch, which very soon after becomes flaming pitch, in a ten foot radius. Kyalia and Freggo are caught in the blast, but only just – a few very minor burns is all they have to show for the brute’s attack.</p><p></p><p><em>Ouch!</em></p><p></p><p>Kyalia scampers away from the flames – selects her Quarry en-route, and then Twin Strike, two arrows fly, a Goblin Grunt takes an arrow to the chest – keels over, dead. Alas the other arrow flies wide of its target.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile the Hobgoblin Archers in the back of the cart grunt and point, the pair seem to be having a heated conversation, eventually a target is selected. The pair draw back and loose their arrows, both at Kali ,who is locked in combat with the hardcore Goblin Grunt. Both missiles hit, one of the arrows only an inch or so above the Shifter’s heart, Kali is left bloodied and staggering (Full-ish to 2 HP).</p><p></p><p>Not to be out-done, the Grunts get in to the action – one of them slices at Magnus with its short sword, screams-</p><p></p><p><em>For Sinruth!</em></p><p></p><p>and misses. A second cuts hard at Gorm, with the same result. The last two swiftly calculate the odds of their survival, they back up a way and fetch out their shortbows. Arrows fly, one misses Kali – thank Erathis, the other skims Kyalia’s shoulder; the Elf is already injured but still not yet bloodied.</p><p></p><p>Freggo cries,</p><p></p><p><em>Time to go to work!</em></p><p></p><p>The Swordmage rushes forward – skirting the Grunts, and then Charges straight at the nearest Hobgoblin in the back of the cart. He covers the distance with ease, alas when he gets there his attack is half-hearted – hampered severely by the Archers’ position kept safe by the sides of the cart – his blade gets nowhere near its intended target.</p><p></p><p>Viator, however, sees his opening. He moves forward, gripped by certainty – his mind is ablaze with an idea,</p><p></p><p><em>Freggo?! Get the hell out of there! Now!!</em></p><p></p><p>The Psion screams at his heroic new companion. Viator shapes and signals with one hand, miming the actions of his Forceful Push – suddenly the Ogre staggers a little further away from Freggo specifically, and the rest of the adventurers in general. The lumbering Ogre, of course, drags the cart behind him still. With his other hand Viator makes a grasping motion, then mimes throwing the grasped item. Simultaneously – as if manipulated by some Far away Hand - the torch on the cart is grabbed up, and then flung in to the nest of barrels in the back…</p><p></p><p>Instinctively Viator crouches and rams his fingers in his ears.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 26px">BOOM!</span></p><p></p><p>Flinders of broken wood, and pieces of scorched flesh rain down…</p><p></p><p>The result of which is Freggo is deaf, and bloodied, as is one of the Hobgoblin Archers, the other alas is nowhere to be seen, although it can actually be seen everywhere; in point of fact one of the Hobgoblin Archer’s arms seem to wave from a chimney pot on the roof of the Inn. Needless to say, the brute is Dead. The Ogre Savage fares slightly better – it staggers away from the incinerated million piece jigsaw puzzle (missing a fair percentage of the pieces). The Ogre is scorched, not yet bloodied, and… well, enraged – certainly not very happy with the situation.</p><p></p><p><strong><u>End of Round 1</u></strong></p><p> </p><p>Three PCs wounded – Kali (25/2 HP), Freggo (27/12 HP) and Kyalia (26/15 HP).</p><p>One Goblin Grunt killed.</p><p>One Hobgoblin Archer killed, the other bloodied (39/9 HP).</p><p>Savage Ogre wounded – and pissed (111/81 HP).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goonalan, post: 5679789, member: 16069"] [B]The Fire Engine[/B] There’s an Ogre outside! But that’s not all… The adventurers dash out of the Inn whilst issuing instructions for Thurmina and the Guardsmen to be taken care of. Outside, a good forty or so feet away, is an ten foot tall humanoid beast, an Ogre dressed in the scorched remains of a suit of leather armour, and with a massive greatclub strapped to its back. The great brute staggers forward, it’s hitched to a cart. The cart has a burning torch wedged in to the driver’s seat, while in the back are four or five large casks – stood on end. Behind the casks is a pair of gruff-looking Hobgoblin Archers – sighting down their bows at the rabble exiting the Inn. The Ogre leans back, grabs a cask, it has a black-tinged length of what looks like rope sticking out of it. The Ogre drapes the fuse in the flaming torch – it fizzles for a moment and then ignites. Meanwhile, scurrying towards the adventurers, come five Goblin Grunts clad in leather armour with ‘Red Hand’ insignia – three of the five already have short swords drawn. [B]Encounter #2 – 775 XP – Level 2 Encounter[/B] 5 Goblin Grunts (Level 1 Minions) 2 Hobgoblin Archers (Level 3 Artillery) 1 Ogre Savage (Level 8 Brute) [B]PCs[/B] Ah-shahran, Male Deva, Hybrid Shaman-Warlord, Level 1 Freggo, Male Human, Swordmage, Level 1 Kalimaru, Male Razorclaw Shifter, Ranger (Scout), Level 1 Kyalia, Female Elf, Ranger, Level 1 Magnus, Male Dwarf, Fighter, Level 1 Viator, Male Eladrin, Psion, Level 1 Magnus is first in to the action, [I]So they brought an Ogre with ’em this time.[/I] The Dwarf barrels out of the Inn and Charges, screaming something unintelligible at the closest Grunt, who looks startled, but still manages to parry Magnus’ blow. Kali follows Magnus’ line – Charging at the same target. En-route the Shifter looks to see exactly how the Ogre is attached to the cart, then he swings his battleaxe with glorious fury… and the Goblin parries again – clearly a veteran warrior the Goblin Grunt (Minion). Gorm, the Spirit Hound, suddenly appears beside Kali – the Shifter feels good – big and strong. Gorm, as suddenly, disappears – Kali is Infused by the Spirit, he cuts with his battleaxe once more, and… the Goblin Grunt parries his attack. Gorm blinks back in to existence next to Magnus – the Dwarf is buoyed by the Hound’s presence – although neither of the adventurers, it appears, can hit a barn door from two paces away. While directing Gorm’s action, Ah-shahran shouts to inform his companions of the various merits, and demerits, of the beasts they face. The sum of which is – get close to the archers, keep out of the way of the Ogre, and smush the Goblins, a fair precis of the situation. The Savage Ogre drags the cart a little closer, then, tongue out, flings the flask in his hands, alas his aim is out – the barrel bursts on contact with the ground – splashing pitch, which very soon after becomes flaming pitch, in a ten foot radius. Kyalia and Freggo are caught in the blast, but only just – a few very minor burns is all they have to show for the brute’s attack. [I]Ouch![/I] Kyalia scampers away from the flames – selects her Quarry en-route, and then Twin Strike, two arrows fly, a Goblin Grunt takes an arrow to the chest – keels over, dead. Alas the other arrow flies wide of its target. Meanwhile the Hobgoblin Archers in the back of the cart grunt and point, the pair seem to be having a heated conversation, eventually a target is selected. The pair draw back and loose their arrows, both at Kali ,who is locked in combat with the hardcore Goblin Grunt. Both missiles hit, one of the arrows only an inch or so above the Shifter’s heart, Kali is left bloodied and staggering (Full-ish to 2 HP). Not to be out-done, the Grunts get in to the action – one of them slices at Magnus with its short sword, screams- [I]For Sinruth![/I] and misses. A second cuts hard at Gorm, with the same result. The last two swiftly calculate the odds of their survival, they back up a way and fetch out their shortbows. Arrows fly, one misses Kali – thank Erathis, the other skims Kyalia’s shoulder; the Elf is already injured but still not yet bloodied. Freggo cries, [I]Time to go to work![/I] The Swordmage rushes forward – skirting the Grunts, and then Charges straight at the nearest Hobgoblin in the back of the cart. He covers the distance with ease, alas when he gets there his attack is half-hearted – hampered severely by the Archers’ position kept safe by the sides of the cart – his blade gets nowhere near its intended target. Viator, however, sees his opening. He moves forward, gripped by certainty – his mind is ablaze with an idea, [I]Freggo?! Get the hell out of there! Now!![/I] The Psion screams at his heroic new companion. Viator shapes and signals with one hand, miming the actions of his Forceful Push – suddenly the Ogre staggers a little further away from Freggo specifically, and the rest of the adventurers in general. The lumbering Ogre, of course, drags the cart behind him still. With his other hand Viator makes a grasping motion, then mimes throwing the grasped item. Simultaneously – as if manipulated by some Far away Hand - the torch on the cart is grabbed up, and then flung in to the nest of barrels in the back… Instinctively Viator crouches and rams his fingers in his ears. [SIZE="7"]BOOM![/SIZE] Flinders of broken wood, and pieces of scorched flesh rain down… The result of which is Freggo is deaf, and bloodied, as is one of the Hobgoblin Archers, the other alas is nowhere to be seen, although it can actually be seen everywhere; in point of fact one of the Hobgoblin Archer’s arms seem to wave from a chimney pot on the roof of the Inn. Needless to say, the brute is Dead. The Ogre Savage fares slightly better – it staggers away from the incinerated million piece jigsaw puzzle (missing a fair percentage of the pieces). The Ogre is scorched, not yet bloodied, and… well, enraged – certainly not very happy with the situation. [B][U]End of Round 1[/U][/B] Three PCs wounded – Kali (25/2 HP), Freggo (27/12 HP) and Kyalia (26/15 HP). One Goblin Grunt killed. One Hobgoblin Archer killed, the other bloodied (39/9 HP). Savage Ogre wounded – and pissed (111/81 HP). [/QUOTE]
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