Strahd's "RttToEE" CLOSED

[Voadam]

Miltiades strikes again with his spear from the height advantage of horseback. The cleric is glad for the protection of his heavy armor and knows he is merely tying down the gnoll leader until the true warriors can come.

ooc 33/33 Attack +5 (is it +1 more for being on horseback against a foe on the ground?)spear 1d8+1 x3

 

[Strahd_Von_Zarovich]

Round 4.

As the gnoll leader begins his furious assault on Miltiades, Ithiken notices that there is a perfect shot for him straight between the two horses. The sounds of casting start once again although he cannot be seen, then suddenly two bolts of force spring out and Ithiken reappears to everyone back against the tower wall. The two missiles fly across the courtyard and slam into the gnoll leader.
Miltiades strikes again with his spear from the height advantage of horseback. The cleric is glad for the protection of his heavy armor and knows he is merely tying down the gnoll leader until the true warriors can come. (yes, +1 bonus higher ground), the spear's tip graze the gnoll shoulder, leaving the gnoll to twitch with pain.
The leader turns to flee, Miltiades reacts quickly and sinks his spear again, now into the gnoll's back, the leader limps to Ithiken on his way out and tries to slice the wizard, the longsowrd slams on an invisible barrier, leaving the gnoll to stare in awe at the wizard.
Hearing Mitiades cry, Korbryn ignores the gnoll that injured him for the moment, and chase the gnoll leader, coming out from behind a horse, Korbrin catches the gnoll leader unprepared and decapitate his head, the head rolls to the gate slams into the wooden door, the body falls like a noodle into the mud.
Crying in panic the remaining gnoll drop his weapon, runs to the ruined wall and begin to climb the crumpled battlements, with intention of jumping the moat,
Turning his horse towards the fleeing Gnoll, Thandis throws a dagger, but the dagger falls short and disappear between the many bricks and stones (lost for ever).
*splash* can be heard from behind the wall as the gnoll jumps into the filled moat and out of view.

[sblock=Actions]
Ithiken (Blessed)– Wand of magic missile on Gnoll leader, dmg 8
Miltiades (Blessed)– Ride check [Success], Attack Garrik 16, dmg 5. AoO Garrik 17, dmg 5.
Garrik (Gnoll leader) – move to S21, attack Ithiken 17, dead.
Korbryn (Blessed)– move to S20, Attack Garrik 25, dmg 11.
Lenuran (Blessed)– Ready action.
Gnoll 3 –Flee to W14, jump to X14 and out of sight
Thandis the Kid (Blessed) – Ride [Success], Skirmish (S14) Gnoll 11.

Bless – 37 rounds, +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects.
Shield – 37 rounds.
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XP Updated in the RG.
[sblock=note about Lenuran]
Now that I'm NPCing the historian, I transferred him to a non combat unit unless he is in great danger he will wield a sword. During battles he will mainly sing to encourage your spirit and cure fatal wounds after battle. As an NPC he will share a low amount of XP, so I'll not divide the entire XP to 5 but only to 4.25
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[Rhun]

Korbryn, HP 29/42

The dwarf, not being one to show mercy to an enemy or to let one escape, drops his blade to the broken flagstones with a clatter, and moves after the gnoll, pulling his bow and knocking arrow as he moves. Gaining the rubble, Korbryn quickly sights in on the escaping gnoll and let's arrow fly.



Drop sword (FA), Move and draw longbow (MA), Attack +6 (1d8+4/x3)
If he can't move into position this round, the gnoll should not be able to flee fast enough to get out of range before next round.

 

[stonegod]

The Kid move his mount as close as possible to get a beat on the gnoll, then tosses another of his daggers at the creature. "Just die, already!"

OOC: Guide w/ knees, move 10' forward and throw if that is clear enough for skirmish damage. Looks to be w/in 30' for point-blank bonus.

 

[DEFCON 1]

'Hey! Get back here!' Ithiken shouts, as he sees the gnoll scurry up the rocks and over into the moat. He immediately sprints out the door of the moathouse and circles around to the right so he can see when the gnoll climbs out of the water. (Double move action to W28)

 

[Voadam]

Miltiades looks at the decapitated head of the gnoll and then at the dagger sticking out of the temple of the half-orc. Too bad. He can't detect the thoughts of the dead and did not prepare the chant for interrogating the soul imprints in the dead. He turns back and considers using his magic to paralyze the last gnoll, but remembers the treasure seeker is still alive and may be here still. Better to heal the dwarf now.

Miltiades will move up to Korbryn and cast a cure light upon him.

 

[Strahd_Von_Zarovich]

End Of battle

'Hey! Get back here!' Ithiken shouts, as he sees the gnoll scurry up the rocks and over into the moat. He immediately sprints out the door of the moathouse and circles around to the right so he can see when the gnoll climbs out of the water.
The dwarf, not being one to show mercy to an enemy or to let one escape, drops his blade to the broken flagstones with a clatter, and moves after the gnoll, pulling his bow and knocking arrow as he moves. Gaining the rubble, Korbryn quickly sights in on the escaping gnoll, he climbs up quickly on the ruined wall and finds the gnoll battling with the thick flora in the water, he let's an arrow fly, the arrow penetrates the gnoll in the back of his head and send the gnoll drowning, soon to be disappeared under the murky water.

then all is quite again, no sign of the dragon. a bunch of dead bodies lies in the court yard and two snorting horses graze besides the stairs.

 

[stonegod]

The Kid dismounts his horse and begins recollecting his dagger, taking time to spit on some of the corpses as he does so. After that is done, he helps find anything of value on their corpses.

 

[Rhun]

Korbryn nods with grim satisfaction as the gnoll sinks beneath the muddy waters of the moat. He slings his longbow over and walks back to collect his blade. Without a word, the dwarf cleans his greatsword upon the half-orc's clothing, and then sheaths the weapon. Drawing a dagger from his boot, the dwarf slices an ear from the half-orc and then moves to collect and ear from the gnoll leader. They would make a good addition to the collection of ears that the dwarven warrior wore as a necklace.

 

[DEFCON 1]

Ithiken clears the edge of the moathouse, just in time to see the gnoll down by the water take an arrow to the back of the skull. The *thwack* sends blood spurting everywhere, and the elf pouts a bit as the dogman collapses forward and then sinks beneath the water... the red stain growing larger. "Well fine!" he says.

He re-enters the moathouse and watches the others begins cleaning themselves up and foraging for useful items on the deceased. If anything appears as though it might be valuable enough to be magical, Ithiken casts a Detect Magic as needed.