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Message: <blockquote data-quote="diaglo" data-source="post: 536218" data-attributes="member: 2885">Ambush Phase II"What did you do that for?" Erik asked Bartol at the new campsite."Well, I only saw the 4 of them," Bartol replied. "I thought we could take them. Besides I didn't want them reinforcing the Clanhold.""I suppose they know we are here now," Bernedette added. "We sent up a pretty good signal fire.""Good idea," Thane said. "We will setup another ambush, in case, they come looking for their clanmates."The party rested. Along about midnight the following day, they heard activity near their old campsite. Another patrol passed by.When everyone was healthy again. The party setup their trap. Thane paced out a series of flasks of oil alongside a narrow section of the path. Erik and Bernedette staked out a good spot to fire missles. And Bartol made a large pile for a bonfire.Bartol was to be the advanced scout. He would hike ahead down the trail and then act as bait to bring the patrol back to the trap. He noticed worg tracks both coming and going. Some showed signs of loadbearing.After waiting most of the night, Bartol wandered back to camp. The bonfire had gone out."I guess they won't be coming tonight." Bartol said to the others as he sat in his designated ambush spot. Hours passed.Thane and Amy were across the way on a small ridgeline. Amy suddenly perked up. She told Bernedette, who in turn let Erik know. Erik hit Thane with a stone. Bartol saw the stone. But too late. A very large rider mounted on a very large worg had passed the trap and a second rider was almost out of the danger zone.Erik reacted first. He fired an arrow down the path. But he couldn't see well. It struck a tree. Thane tossed a sunrod over the ridge behind the riders. Another rider was trailing. Bernedette began a calling. The riders turned and charged up the hillside. Bartol drew his sword and let his blood take him. He struck the first worg. The rider sunk his lance into Bartol's side. The second rider and worg charged Erik's position. The last rider dismounted and moved to Bartol and the worg closed with Thane. Two arrows sailed out of the night, striking the cover near Bernedette. Two archers were further down the trail. No one could see them. But they were making enough noise to discern their whereabouts.Erik engaged his worg and rider. Thane fought his worg. Bernedette's summons was answered by a glowing eagle. The bird swooped down on Erik's rider. Bernedette began another calling. Amy leapt to Thane's defense. The little familiar weaved underneath the worg and latched on. Bartol repaid the rider with a massive strike. The hobgoblin was a strong warrior, probably a leader among his clan. He dismounted and drew his sword. The worg and flunkie couldn't break through Bartol's defense. Erik's rider was also ineffectual. But the worg found a weakness in the armor. Erik bled freely. Thane felt the bite of an arrow from behind. The worg pulled him from his feet. The archers were inside the danger zone now. And they were both visible.Erik continued to battle the worg and rider. Thane stood and hurled a flask of fire into the danger zone. The hobgoblin archers lit up. Bernedette's second summons was also answered by an eagle. This one attacked the Hobgoblin Hero. Amy attacked Thane's worg again. Bernedette fired her crossbow. She downed Erik's hobgoblin. The other eagle went to help Bartol. The quarters were tight. Bartol, Bernedette, and Erik plus the 2 glowing eagles where very near each other. The Hobgoblin Hero, his flunkie, and 2 worgs were part of the mix. A few yards away and slightly elevated Thane fought a worg with Amy. Bartol adjusted his position and his attention. He chopped the flunkie in half. The worg bit Bartol. And the Hero scored another hit. The far worg tried for Amy. Erik was getting very weak. Another injury and he would be out of the combat. Bartol with his increased anger was still in shape to take some punishment. Thane was hurt. Only Bernedette and Amy were healthy. Maybe the caller was finally learning.Erik landed a blow and finished the worg. He moved to Bartol's aid. Thane abandoned Amy and healed Erik. Bernedette used her tried and true spell of grease on the Hobgoblin Hero and worg. They didn't fall. The eagles attacked the Hero. One vanished afterwards. Amy stayed with her worg. Bartol manuvered again. He drew the Hero closer to  the party. His feint worked. The Hero charged into Bartol's sword ending his life. The 2 worgs fought on. Neither hit their respective targets.Erik and Bartol downed the larger worg. Thane, Bernedette, Amy and the eagle before it left attacked the last one. The beast tucked its tail and ran.Erik gave chase. He buried an arrow in its skull.</blockquote>

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