Silverymoon Campaign - IC

Post 011604 - The Battle on the Road

Seeing the merchants in disarray and obvious peril, the group moves in to lend aid. The maelstrom of battle is difficult to decipher, but you do not hesitate. Taking advantage of the fact that no one has seen you come over the rise, you move into better figthing position.

As the group on the road moves in and dismounts, it becomes obvious that you are noticed. Silestrea and Fizzi move on the archers in the rocks, while the rest of you draw weapons and prepare for battle.

Party Initiative:
18 - Silestrea
17 - Dain
14 - Fizzi
14 - Aram
8 - Willow
7 - Tsoren

Give me your actions.

OOC: OK, I added letter/number coding for clarity. Let me know what you would like to do. This part of the game gets more technical and I am sure game mechanics will be often used. If you want to add flavor, by all means I encourage it. I will do all your rolling. I could not change the colors on the minis yet, but I will get to it. Also, if you have dismounted, I did not put any horses on for sake of readability. Fizzi, I have your action already.

Good luck. /OOC

Breezly

Tsoren Gildersham - Human Rog1

(Sorry about the edit .. but I'm trying to cover things based on my init)

If the ogre is NOT in melee, Tsoren will move to N16 and attack the Ogre with his sling.

Otherwise, Tsoren will put away (or drop if time doesn't allow) his sling, draw his dagger, and move to J15. If he feels this will provoke an AoO, he will try to Tumble past. If there is time (doubtful) he will attack the Orc at K14.

Willow, female wood elf druid

OOC: Wow, nice battlemap! If you got something fitting, a picture for Ivory (Willow's wolf companion) would be good (a white wolf).

Grabbing her finely crafted longsword in both hands, Willow runs off towards the closest enemy and strikes with all her might, hoping to preserve the lives of the last remaining guards and knights at least.

Charge attack, moving to K15 and attacking the orc at K14 with a two-handed strike.

She orders Ivory to assist in her attack.

Dain - dwarven ranger

OOC: Beautiful map, Breezely

Dain, sensing that he is in range, will charge at the orc in S16, and strike at him with his axe. +7(1d10)+2 (+1 race, +1 masterwork, +2 str +2 charge +1 BAB)

Aram, half-elf monk

Briefly analyzing the situation Aram decides it is best to down the lonely orc (K14) first.

(move to L14 and attack the orc in K14 unarmed, atk +1 dam 1d6+1)

Not confident in her riding skills, Silestrea will pause where she is and load her crossbow, firing on the nearest archer.


[ooc: +4 ranged (1d8+1, 19-20/x2, 80 feet, light crossbow) - Point Blank Shot included.]

Post 011904 - Battle on the Road, Rnd 1

Post 011904 – The Battle on the Road, Rnd 1

OOC: My apologies, I will not be able to update the map until later this evening. I hope my lines noting your movements help./OOC

The battle is joined.

Combat Initiative:
18 - Silestrea
17 – Dain
15 - Goblins
14 - Fizzi
14 – Aram
12 – Orcs
12 – Merchant Guard
11 – Ogre
10 – Knights in Silver
8 - Willow
7 – Tsoren

Silestrea, excited with her first combat, brings her horse to within range of the archers taking shelter in the rocks to the east. With a quiet, coolness she brings her crossbow to bear, but fumbles with the bolt as it drops from her hand. Frustrated, Silestrea looks up and sees the goblins eye her with a sly grin.

Dain, axe in hand utters a dwarven war cry and charges at the nearest opponent. The goblin is a bit surprised at his appearance but is quick enough to bring his spear up in an unskilled block. The movement is enough to throw off Dain’s attack as his axe glances off the spear.

The goblins in the rocks turn their focus on Silestrea and Fizzi. The three take aim and fire their bows at the two mounted figures. The light of day plays tricks with their eyes and each of the shots misses, going over your heads. The goblin facing Dain returns the blow but his spear is easily dodged by dwarf.

With a chuckle Fizzi quickly retrieves a dart from his vest and lets it fly at the nearest Goblin archer. The dart seems to fly true but at the last moment it clicks off one of the rocks and lands at the goblin’s feet.

Aram takes a quick glance at the battlefield and decides to wade in with what appears to be merchant guards. With a deft maneuver, Aram quickly covers the distance and swings around with a high circle kick to the orc’s head. The back of his foot catches the orc square in the face and greenish blood spurts out its nose. The orc looks at Aram with anger and swings its huge axe across in an attempt to cut the monk in two. The move is obvious to Aram and he easily dodges past.

The merchant guard fighting with Aram takes advantage of the orc’s distraction and drives his spear into and through the skull of the beast. The orc convulses for a few seconds before dropping to his knees. The merchant pulls the spear from its head and turns to the battle.

Willow, seeing the nearest orc fall to the merchants blow, quickly charges past him to the next orc facing the Knight in Silver. Ivory follow quickly on her heels. The swing of her sword is deftly blocked by the orc, but this exposes the lower portion of his body to Ivory’s attack. The wolf takes a bite out of the orcs leg and greenish blood oozes from the wound, but it does not bring him down.

Tsoren dismounts and quickly looks around at the battle. Seeing the ogre in battle with a Knight in Silver, he decides not to risk a sling shot. Drawing a dagger, Tsoren looks for the nearest orc. Seeing the convulsing orc on the ground, Tsoren changes targets and moves to attack the orc at R14. Tsoren moves in low on the orc and drives his dagger up into the chest of the creature, as it is trying to fend off the Knight in Silver. The dagger finds a way to the creatures heart and the orcs eyes go wide before it drops its axe and falls backwards into the snow. The Knight in Silver nods his appreciation before looking to the rest of the battle.

The rest of the melee continues in earnest with sounds of battle echoing in your ears. You catch glimpses of merchants running to hide in their wagons, or move towards a nearby rock. Two orcs were taken down, but the battle is still far from in hand.

What do you do?

Tsoren Gildersham - Human Rog1

Tsoren can't pass up the sneak attack on the orc at R10, but he's keeping an eye on the goblin at U11 to make sure it doesn't get in the way. If the Goblin does get in the way where I can't avoid an AoO, I'll throw the dagger at it from where I am (or a 5' step to avoid an AoO) and draw my Rapier.

Dain

"It will be a cold day in Hell when a goblin can hold its own in a fight with a dwarven prince!" Dain swings his axe at the goblin again. +5(1d10)+2

It is never good to have enemy behind you. Aram thinks to himself before he charges the orc in J8, who is fighting a knight and Willow with Ivory.