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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JDJblatherings" data-source="post: 3950316" data-attributes="member: 52044">20 rounds?  How is that goign to happen with 3 orcs and a fighter? Depending on how i felt about it  and how dedicated to the fight the orcs are I might let the player get an intimidation roll there or simply have the remaing two orcs flee. now with a whoel bunch of orcs and a whole bunch of PCs it might tedious but if everyoen tries to have fun it really shouldn't be. We are all there to play a fantasy game after all and descriptions of flashing blades and related mayhem should certainly be part of the fun.the poor DM is certainly the person on the spot here but it isn't too hard to come up with a couple of dozen combat descriptions and run with that. all of these work better then "you kill the orc" and didn't take more then a moment to think up-Your sword bites deep.The orc looks at you with surprise and slumps to the ground.the orc crumples under the mace blow. You lop the orcs head off.  Your blow splits the orcs helmet and skull  it's dead.The orcs stumbles to the floro and desperately tries to shove it's intestines back into place.A great gout of black blood washed over yuo, the orc is clearyl finished.You get that donald-duck woogilie sort of feeling while you spaltter the orcs against the wall. pull that off for 20 rounds and players shoudln't get bored in a long fight.</blockquote>