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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guilt Puppy" data-source="post: 1973014" data-attributes="member: 6521">(Edit: Welcome back Uriel! It's good to have you here again... Short version of the situation is, some orcs have the mayor's daughter hostage in a town you're passing through, and you're heroically going to kill them all. And try to not get the girl killed. That should cover things for now.)Nurthk heads down the stairs, managing to step aside just in time to let the other Orc up the stairs, to investigate. As he reaches the top, he looks out: "Ranzic?" You can hear footsteps from the room on top of the stairs, but they go silent before any response is given. Between two stacks of crates, you can see the girl you've come here for: Bound, gagged, and  wearing miscellaneous minor wounds, she lies on the ground, apparently unconscious.As Hiritus dives behind a chair, Fendric can hear those same footsteps -- after some chatter, it sounds as if only one of them has come out to investigate. Meanwhile, the front door opens, as the front orcs head in to investigate...(Surprise Roundish thing) Fendric drops his silence upon the frontmost orc, as Hiritus attempts to remain hidden. (The others are collectively out of range to react to the same thing Fendric is reacting to; they become aware of the situation about the same time the orcs do, effectively at the start of regular combat.)(Roll initiatives... Orc initiative is 21, so I'll assume they come first... If anyone rolls higher, feel free to backtrack.)Both orcs attempt to call out something, seeming a bit surprised at the silence, but not so much that they don't attack... One steps past his silenced ally, taking a shot at Fendric with his longbow (Attack 19, Damage 8), while the other simply drops his bow, and steps forward to attack -- perhaps still too startled by the silence to judge properly, as his attack is placed several feet short of his actual target. (Fumble.)Meanwhile, the orc from the back room comes in the side door, and surveys the situation.Nurthk can see that the orc at the top of the cellar stairs is attempting to call something down to his leader, but he is utterly silenced. The stair orc's gestures don't indicate too much concern, but still wary, the large orc stands and grabs for his double-axe.(Initiative order:<s>21 Orcs</s>20 Oliver14 Shavah11 Raven11 Hiritus9 Aerda8 Tatlock1 Fendric? Niccolo? NurthkMap attached.)</blockquote>

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