10:35:00 am. Soft wind from the West. Overcast.
Ogrin has climbed upon the wagon and handed his haversack to the children with instructions. Banion has finished helping Torvin put on his armor.
Ogrin opens hostilities, sensing the futility of further negotiations. He hurls a ceramic bottle high over the heads of the ogres, and into the ranks of orcs behind them. The battle thus begins with an explosion in the rear. One orc (7) is hit directly, and comsumed by flame. Others scream with rage and pain as the volatile liquid splashes on them.
Banion is next to act, arcing his mindblade like a disk into the looming ettin, leaving a small mark on its arm.
The orcs are primed to fight, but seem to wait for action on the part of their leaders.
Beamer casts his glitterdust on Validus and the orc negotiator. He is able to catch 3 other orcs and a zombie in his range as well. (
saves). They all now flicker with colorful light, though how many are blinded will have to be seen. Beamer then moves East to avoid the skelletons.
Nodis, surrounded by the near-panicing villagers, concentrates, bringing forth astral creations to do his bidding.
The ettin steps forward, shouldering the orc negotiator and his horse aside in its haste to engage the closest foe, Juliana. Upon getting closer to the battle, he'd put away his javelin, and now holds a battle axe in one hand, and a mace in the other. Somehow, he's gotten a suit of chainmail big enough to cover his body. In a flurry of blows, he manages to strike her with both axe & mace,
pummeling the warrior even through her heavy armor
(18 dmg).
The skeletons move out from the woods, mindlessly and ruthlessly savaging any living thing the encounter. They ignore the constructs and slash at horses or men. Several horses are panicked and wounded by their attacks, fleeing into the woods or up the road. They also cut deeply into the two soldiers, who manage to stand their ground and stay on their feet.
The zombies advance, also spooking horses. The horses pulling Torvin's cart panic and rush forward, knocking 2 zombies aside and fleeing up the road towards Braeholl. One zombie gets with Juliana's range, and she takes a bite out of it with her guisarme(8 dmg)
One of the soldiers had taken Razh's warhammer (S2), and swings it at the skeleton, but seems spooked and misses.
Sangster seems to have figured out the battle to some extent, and flees due East into the woods. (The woods are light undergrowth and halve movement rates) He is soon out of sight of the party.
Torvin moves down next to Eusebius and smacks an advancing skelleton with is mace. He shatters it with a solid blow.
The ogres advance. One targets the dwarf, the other the halfling atop the wagon. Despite the power of their blows and their reach, they
don't come close to injuring the dynamic duo.
The orcs leap into action behind their larger cousins. The ones to the south surge forward, some pushing into the forest, though none going very close to the skeletons. One reaches Hugh and swings his falchion. The big blade goes wide though, smacking into the wagon.
The orc negotiator's horse rears and kicks. The old orc loses his grip and falls to the ground. His horse doesn't bolt, though. It kicks and brays. Three of the other glowing orcs stumble uselessly into the trees.
Several of the women and men villagers simply flee into the woods. the ones on the front lines fight back, ineffectively, against the skeletons. Three of the bigger kids on the wagon hurl their flasks at the ogre attacking Ogrin. Two hit, splattering themselves and Ogrin himself. The ogre screams as the fire burns into its face. (10 pts to ogre - 2 to ogrin)
Character Status in initiative order:
Ogrin (38/40 HPs orc count 2.5)
Banion (50/50 HPs)
Beamer (21/21 HPs, mage armor, protection from evil)
Validus
Nodis (31/31 HPs 23/35 PP orc count 9) - readied action to cast control sound - if someone helps him w/orc language)
Skeletons(7)
Zombies(6)
Soldiers(2) (1&2/8 HPs; AC 15; longswords)
Sangster (fled)
Torvin (?/? HPs. full plate, heavy shield, MW heavy mace)
Ogres(2) (10 pts to solid one; still on fire)
Orcs (29)
Commoners
Talbin (23/23 HPs orc count 1.5; sling)<---
Juliana (37/55 HPs 11/15 PP guisarme, thicken skin - AC 21)
Eusebius (44/44 HPs, mage armor,bulls strength, spiked chain)
Razh (55/61 HPs orc count 6)
Lothar
Tharok
Hugh (10/10 HPs; AC 15; longsword)
Spells cast
Beamer: Mage armor on self & on Eusebius (@ approx 10:34 am)
Eusebius: Protection from evil on Beamer at 10:34:48)
-Bulls Strength on self @10:34:54
Juliana: Thicken skin @10:34
