Academy of Drell, Part 5

[Lichtenhart]

As he smiles seeing Sildarin finally opening up a little and Charlotte trying to understand him, Victor's soul is very weighed down. He tried to find a way out for Sh'ar, but only managed to put his friends in trouble, while on the surface the Academy was pillaged by orcs.

And what have I done? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. I am useless, as my brother said. Even that young boy is worth more than me.

He leaves the others, and goes to a secluded place where he plays a haunting and desperately sad melody on his flute, recharging his magical energies.

I can't stand it. I'll go out there, and help people, or avenge them, or die trying. I'll show him how a true von Adlerstein behaves.

Victor goes to where T'or rests, and trying not to awake him, he casts a Cure Light Wounds on him, whistling his life song. "You are a brave boy." he whispers to him, than goes to the pool and ventures to the surface.

Once he's taken back everything he left there the day before, he notices he's only a few minutes behind the others, so while he tries to catch up with them, he stops closing the eyes of the dead students he find, murmuring a prayer for each of them.

Then he sees the others acting cautiosly and he notices several dead orcs there. Who could have the strenght to prevail against so many of them? he thinks while he silently walks towards the others.

Listen 7+8=15 Spot 12+1=13 Move Silently 9+1=10 Hide 14+1=15; Bardic lore on orc corpses to know anything about them 18+6=24

OOC: sorry for the delay

 

[Jeremy]

Rallyn sees an opportunity to jump the snipers and nearly charges to make them pay, but realizes he'll likely get jumped from behind by the other orcs.

I sure hope it's Serbanas they are all hiding from...

Rallyn tries to find a hiding place about 150 ft away from the snipers with good solid cover.

Hide 20 (16 roll + 4 size)

Maybe I can....

 

[Dalamar]

Wha...?
I saw it! It moved, didn't it? I saw it! Didn't I...?"
Could you go check at the cottage if Serbanas is there?
Why me? I'm the smallest of the group, the orcs'll kill me!
Because you are the smallest. The orcs aren't going to notice you.
*grumple, grumple*

Slith starts sneaking to the cottage with his spidery legs.
Hide 22 (19 roll +8 Size -5 Dex), Move Silently 5 (10 roll -5 Dex)I wouldn't mind Slith getting a Size bonus or something to Move Silently, I really don't see something that small making that much noise

 

[Argent Silvermage]

Lyrique is horror struck at the devistation. He is not really a fighter and doesn't like the amount of dead here. (especialy after seeing the dead try to eat him not long ago.) He will whisper "What do we do now? I could try to make them sleep."
Hide 10+3= 13, Move silently 19+3= 22, Spot= 11+2=13

 

[Jeremy]

Rallyn tries to create a distraction to cause some confusion and give the others a chance to conceal themselves.

Let's see how well these orcs get along...

Rallyn reaches out with his mind and tries to solidify the air around one of the snipers. I hope you can figure out what this means Serbanas...

Rallyn pokes his eyes around his cover and manifests control body which causes the affected sniper to feel the air grab him and manipulate him.

He tries to force the sniper to shoot at his closest fellow sniper. Fortitude Save (DC 20) to resist the control.

That oughtta stir up some tempers.. I hope.....

 

[Jarval]

Nervously, Mortimer does his best to stay out of sight. (Hide 11)

"What should we do? I don't like the looks of those lads around the hut." he whispers to whoever is closest.

 

[GnomeWorks]

There are quite a few bodies here... someone was definitely busy...

"There are a few orcs down this path here," Charlotte says quietly, pointing to the copse of trees where she saw the orcs. "They don't look dangerous."

 

[Zhure]

Welcome back, Lichtenhart, it's ok, delay's happen. No new information from bardic lore except what was gained prior about the orc tribes being from the north.

The group takes cover, some watching the snipers, some watching the other orcs in the copse.

Sildarin sends Slith toward the cottage. The animated crystal moves quietly and nimbly, adeptly avoiding the black-clad snipers. A size bonus certainly seems in order. +4?

After making certain he won't be seen, Rallyn manifests on one of the orc snipers, causing it to flail about. What did you want the orc to do?

 

[Jeremy]

Rallyn struggles to pull the orc to his feet, then force him to fire an arrow at the closest sniper to him.

 

[Zhure]

Go ahead and make an attack and damage roll.
"You can force the subject to engage in combat, but its
attack roll and AC are not its own. The controlled subject's
attack bonus is equal to your base attack bonus + the subject's
Strength modifier (or Dexterity modifier if a ranged attack)
with a -4 circumstance penalty applied. The controlled
subject cannot make attacks of opportunity against creatures
the subject threatens. The controlled subject's AC gains no
benefit from his Dexterity score, but he does gain a positive
benefit, if any, equal to half your own Dexterity modifier. of
course, you could also hold the subject immobile, rendering
it helpless.