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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 4871690" data-attributes="member: 7006"><p>SURPRISE ROUND - PART II</p><p></p><p>23 <span style="color: Yellow">Henry</span></p><p>22 <span style="color: DarkRed">Gala</span></p><p>16 <span style="color: SandyBrown">Tregar</span></p><p>14 <span style="color: Lime">Wendigo</span></p><p>13 <span style="color: Plum">Dorn</span></p><p>11 <span style="color: PaleGreen">Gloomblade</span></p><p>9 <span style="color: DarkOrange">Orc Drudge Minions</span> [6]</p><p>9 <span style="color: RoyalBlue">Orog Militants</span> [3]</p><p>9 <span style="color: Green">Orc Berserker</span></p><p></p><p>With everyone skipping down the stairs ahead of him, <span style="color: Plum">Dorn</span> chooses to waste less time by just dropping over the side of the staircase platform and landing on the ground. <span style="color: dimgray"><span style="font-size: 9px">(Move to P5, O5, dropping from ledge)</span></span> His intention is to just roll back to his feet and continue on moving, but it isn’t until he is falling that he discovers just a wee bit too late that there’s a body lying right at the base of this platform… and he is just not acrobatically inclined enough to avoid it without effect. He manages to not crush the dwarven corpse, but instead lands awkwardly and hard on the stone floor. He feels a slight pop in his left knee, and he immediately drops to the ground prone and in a bit of pain. <span style="color: DimGray"><span style="font-size: 9px">(Falling damage 3d10 = [13] / Dorn Acrobatics check: [13] + 5 = 18 x 1/2 = 9 damage avoided / 4 damage received, target falls prone)</span></span> <span style="color: Plum"><em>That didn't go as planned...</em></span> he thinks to himself as he slowly gets back to his feet, <span style="color: DimGray"><span style="font-size: 9px">(Minor action to stand from prone)</span></span> and he then continues moving between the column and the dwarven statue <span style="color: DimGray"><span style="font-size: 9px">(Standard action move to J8)</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: PaleGreen">Gloomblade</span> hears the cry from the bard as he lands hard, and makes the wise choice to run down the stairs with everyone else. The halfork watches most of the other peel off to the right, so he follows Gala straight south, drawing his sword from his scabbard. <span style="color: DimGray"><span style="font-size: 9px">(Move action to O10 / Standard action move to O15 / Minor action to draw sword)</span></span></p><p></p><p>ROUND 1 - Part I</p><p></p><p>As orcs are falling all around him, <span style="color: Yellow">Henry</span> spies another one standing next to the huge hydra statue in the center of the room. He takes off at a good clip in his direction <span style="color: dimgray"><span style="font-size: 9px">(Move action to J13)</span></span> and brings his halberd to bear… charging at the bastard at full speed! The orc cries out as the warrior barrels down upon him and tries his best to dodge the blow… but Henry’s timing is just good enough to clip the greenskin in the neck, sending blood spurting out of his throat and dropping him to the ground. <span style="color: DimGray"><span style="font-size: 9px">(Charge to H16: Melee basic attack vs G17 AC 16: [16] *hit* / [8] damage *dead*)</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">Gala</span> leaps off the bloody form underneath her and springs forward, looking for new prey. As she sees Henry take on the foe in front of them, her jackal ears pick up the sounds of another one off to her leftt, away from the main force. Knowing that leaving an enemy alone to take shots at them from a hiding spot is a good way to be dead, she circles around the large pillar, and with her great speed, bounds up the stairs into the small cell ahead… where indeed, she finds an orog crouching within the room. <span style="color: dimgray"><span style="font-size: 9px">(Move action to Q17)</span></span> A low growl vibrates from within her, and with a roar, her front paws come up to rake the orc with her sharpened claws! However, before they can find purchase, the orog brings his bastardsword up to parry her attack away. <span style="color: DimGray"><span style="font-size: 9px">(Grasping Claws attack vs Q18 Ref 13: [2] + 8 = 10 *miss*)</span></span></p><p></p><p>Still smarting from his lightning bolt going wide, <span style="color: SandyBrown">Tregar</span> steps up to act! </p><p></p><p><img src="http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/4421/round1a.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 4871690, member: 7006"] SURPRISE ROUND - PART II 23 [COLOR="Yellow"]Henry[/COLOR] 22 [COLOR="DarkRed"]Gala[/COLOR] 16 [COLOR="SandyBrown"]Tregar[/COLOR] 14 [COLOR="Lime"]Wendigo[/COLOR] 13 [COLOR="Plum"]Dorn[/COLOR] 11 [COLOR="PaleGreen"]Gloomblade[/COLOR] 9 [COLOR="DarkOrange"]Orc Drudge Minions[/COLOR] [6] 9 [COLOR="RoyalBlue"]Orog Militants[/COLOR] [3] 9 [COLOR="Green"]Orc Berserker[/COLOR] With everyone skipping down the stairs ahead of him, [COLOR="Plum"]Dorn[/COLOR] chooses to waste less time by just dropping over the side of the staircase platform and landing on the ground. [COLOR="dimgray"][SIZE="1"](Move to P5, O5, dropping from ledge)[/SIZE][/COLOR] His intention is to just roll back to his feet and continue on moving, but it isn’t until he is falling that he discovers just a wee bit too late that there’s a body lying right at the base of this platform… and he is just not acrobatically inclined enough to avoid it without effect. He manages to not crush the dwarven corpse, but instead lands awkwardly and hard on the stone floor. He feels a slight pop in his left knee, and he immediately drops to the ground prone and in a bit of pain. [COLOR="DimGray"][SIZE="1"](Falling damage 3d10 = [13] / Dorn Acrobatics check: [13] + 5 = 18 x 1/2 = 9 damage avoided / 4 damage received, target falls prone)[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR="Plum"][I]That didn't go as planned...[/I][/COLOR] he thinks to himself as he slowly gets back to his feet, [COLOR="DimGray"][SIZE="1"](Minor action to stand from prone)[/SIZE][/COLOR] and he then continues moving between the column and the dwarven statue [COLOR="DimGray"][SIZE="1"](Standard action move to J8)[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR="PaleGreen"]Gloomblade[/COLOR] hears the cry from the bard as he lands hard, and makes the wise choice to run down the stairs with everyone else. The halfork watches most of the other peel off to the right, so he follows Gala straight south, drawing his sword from his scabbard. [COLOR="DimGray"][SIZE="1"](Move action to O10 / Standard action move to O15 / Minor action to draw sword)[/SIZE][/COLOR] ROUND 1 - Part I As orcs are falling all around him, [COLOR="Yellow"]Henry[/COLOR] spies another one standing next to the huge hydra statue in the center of the room. He takes off at a good clip in his direction [COLOR="dimgray"][SIZE="1"](Move action to J13)[/SIZE][/COLOR] and brings his halberd to bear… charging at the bastard at full speed! The orc cries out as the warrior barrels down upon him and tries his best to dodge the blow… but Henry’s timing is just good enough to clip the greenskin in the neck, sending blood spurting out of his throat and dropping him to the ground. [COLOR="DimGray"][SIZE="1"](Charge to H16: Melee basic attack vs G17 AC 16: [16] *hit* / [8] damage *dead*)[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR="DarkRed"]Gala[/COLOR] leaps off the bloody form underneath her and springs forward, looking for new prey. As she sees Henry take on the foe in front of them, her jackal ears pick up the sounds of another one off to her leftt, away from the main force. Knowing that leaving an enemy alone to take shots at them from a hiding spot is a good way to be dead, she circles around the large pillar, and with her great speed, bounds up the stairs into the small cell ahead… where indeed, she finds an orog crouching within the room. [COLOR="dimgray"][SIZE="1"](Move action to Q17)[/SIZE][/COLOR] A low growl vibrates from within her, and with a roar, her front paws come up to rake the orc with her sharpened claws! However, before they can find purchase, the orog brings his bastardsword up to parry her attack away. [COLOR="DimGray"][SIZE="1"](Grasping Claws attack vs Q18 Ref 13: [2] + 8 = 10 *miss*)[/SIZE][/COLOR] Still smarting from his lightning bolt going wide, [COLOR="SandyBrown"]Tregar[/COLOR] steps up to act! [IMG]http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/4421/round1a.png[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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