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<blockquote data-quote="Insight" data-source="post: 5493207" data-attributes="member: 11437"><p>[ooc]The combat continues...[/ooc]</p><p></p><p>[sblock=Initiative Order]</p><p>27 - Goblin Bowmen</p><p>25 - Ettins</p><p>17 - Dergrenche</p><p>14 - Zindra</p><p>11 - Keldok</p><p>10 - Grimgal</p><p>10 - Ettins</p><p>6 - Billy</p><p>6 - Jordi</p><p>6 - Goblin Skullcleavers</p><p>[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>[sblock=The Situation at Present]: Jordi and Grimgal are about done crossing the pond. Billy has moved off by himself to get a better shot at some Goblin Bowmen. Keldok has been surrounded by some Bowmen and Skullcleavers. Zindra has a pesky Skullcleaver trying to engage her in melee. The Goblin Bowmen are pretty spread out. Dergrenche and the Ettins wait to see what comes up to them.[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>The goblin archers farthest away from their leader saw the gnome move into an easy position to target and let arrows fly. One of these arrows struck Billy, but caused little real injury. The archers next to Keldok drew short swords and paired up with the axe-wielding goblins to give the half-orc a major headache. Distracted by all of the swords and axes lunging at him, Keldok let out a growl. Despite this, one of goblins tagged Keldok quite squarely in the side, causing blood to spill. </p><p></p><p>At the sight of his own blood, Keldok drew upon his innate nastiness and, targeting a pair of goblins, swung his mace in quite a fury. The erstwhile archer stepped out of the fray, but Keldok struck the axe-wielder squarely in the chest. The axe-wielding goblin stumbled back a step or two, unsure what to do next. </p><p></p><p>But Keldok was quite wounded now. Zindra looked to the ridge and saw the dwarf cleric scrambling atop it. <span style="color: lightgreen">"Grim! Please, hurry!"</span> Seeing that the dwarf was not going to arrive in time to help Keldok, Zindra sprinted closer to the half-orc and the enemies surrounding him. As she did, Zindra took her eyes off the goblin at her back and the axe-wielding enemy took the opportunity to slash the elf across the back. Zindra was unwilling to stop her advance. She drew a pair of magic arrows to her bowstring and, concentrating on the axe-wielders plaguing Keldok, struck both with well-placed shots. Zindra quickly reloaded and finished off one of the more-injured goblins. <span style="color: lightgreen">"Now, you owe me one, half-orc."</span> </p><p></p><p>Grimgal, having finished climbing the face of the ridge, looked down at Jordi, who had just started his own climb. <span style="color: slategray">"Get on up here, Jordi!"</span> The dwarf drew his mordenkrad and moved adjacent to a goblin archer who wasn't paying much attention.</p><p></p><p>But Grimgal didn't realize that a pair of ettins was coming for him. The two-headed giants sped forward and closed in on the cleric. Both ettins swung their massive clubs at Grimgal, who was able to sidestep one attack, but not the other. <span style="color: slategray">"It's gettin' serious up here!"</span></p><p></p><p>Hearing what was going on across the set of trees between himself and the rest of his allies, Billy Silvertongue laughed a bit. <span style="color: lightblue">"Oh my. I guess I'd best stop fooling around with these louts and help the rather foolhardy half-orc."</span> The illusionist turned his gaze to four goblin archers that had broken off from the rest of the gnome's enemies. He moved a bit closer and let loose with a gout of magical flame, which was enough to engulf the four archers.</p><p></p><p>Billy then turned to the forested part of the ridge, where Keldok had found himself surrounded. Billy engaged his illusion magic to confound the goblins near the wounded half-orc. The psychic onslaught was enough to overcome a pair of archers slashing at Keldok with their swords and confused the axe-wielding goblin near Keldok.</p><p></p><p>Jordi finished his own climb. He crossed the top of the ridge and, drawing his warhammer and adjusting his shield, moved next to an unsuspecting axe-wielding goblin.</p><p></p><p>Dergrenche, who until the point hadn't seen his enemy, smiled. He looked at Jordi. <span style="color: gold">"And now, the main event!"</span></p><p></p><p>The axe-wielding goblin Zindra left behind took off after her. As the goblin neared, the elf turned and fired off an arrow, striking the advancing goblin. </p><p></p><p>[sblock=Round Three]<strong>Goblin Bowmen (9)</strong>: 4 of the Bowmen move 4 squares to take advantage of their <em>Great Position</em> trait and fire their arrows at Billy. 1 of them hits Billy for 8 damage. 1 of the Bowmen adjacent to Keldok shifts 1 square to get into a flank with one of the Goblin Skullcleavers (now both Skullcleavers on Keldok are in flanks with 2 Bowmen). 1 Bowman near Keldok moves 4 squares back to get <em>Great Position</em> and fires an arrow at Keldok. He misses. The 2 Bowmen adjacent to Keldok attack with their shortswords and both hit for a total of 8 damage. Keldok is now <span style="color: red"><em>bloodied</em></span>. The two remaining Bowmen move 4 squares (for <em>Great Position</em>) and fire one shot each at Jordi and Grimgal. Grimgal is hit for 8 damage.</p><p><strong>Ettins</strong>: Delay</p><p><strong>Dergrenche</strong>: Readies <span style="color: green">Commander's Strike</span> if an enemy moves to within melee range.</p><p><strong>Zindra</strong>: Moves 5 squares, provoking an opportunity attack from the Goblin Skullcleaver adjacent to her at the start of the move. He hits Zindra for 14 damage. As a minor action, Zindra enters the <span style="color: slategray">Spitting Cobra Stance</span>. She uses <span style="color: red">Biting Volley</span> against the two Skullcleavers in melee with Keldok. She will use 2 <span style="color: sienna">Onslaught Arrows</span> for this attack. Both attacks hit. Taking a gamble, she uses <span style="color: red">Elven Accuracy</span> to re-roll one of the attacks and gets a critical hit instead! One of the Skullcleavers takes 7 damage and the crit does 22 damage to the other. The <span style="color: sienna">Onslaught Arrows</span> give Zindra's allies a +1 bonus to attack rolls against these enemies. Zindra spends an <strong>action point</strong> and uses <span style="color: red">Two-Fanged Strike</span> on the Skullcleaver she just critted. Both attack rolls hit and she does 39 damage, killing the Skullcleaver!</p><p><strong>Keldok</strong>: Uses <span style="color: red">One-Two Punch</span> on the Bowman and Skullcleaver that have him in a flank. He hits the Skullcleaver, but unfortunately, misses the Bowman, and so does not apply his Sneak Attack damage to them. He will also use <span style="color: red">Furious Assault</span> against the Skullcleaver. He does a total of 20 damage and the Skullcleaver is <span style="color: red"><em>bloodied</em></span> and <em>rattled</em>. Keldok spends a move action to shift out of the flank.</p><p><strong>Grimgal</strong>: Moves to the base of the ridge. This uses 2 squares of movement. He must now attempt an Athletics check to climb. It is fairly easy to climb (DC 15), and he easily succeeds. Moving up the face of the ridge uses up the rest of Grimgal's first move action, so he spends another (his standard action) to get to the top. He has 3 squares of movement left, so he moves adjacent to a Bowman. </p><p><strong>Ettins</strong>: The Ettins see Grimgal climb over the ridge and use a move action to get closer to him. Because of their reach, both Ettins get close enough to make Club attacks against the dwarf. One hits Grimgal for 15 damage, making the dwarf <span style="color: red"><em>bloodied</em></span>.</p><p><strong>Billy</strong>: Moves 3 squares closer to the Bowmen he's been targeting. He uses <span style="color: red">Burning Hands</span> against all 4 of them, hitting 2 and critting 2. All 4 are very dead. 5 Bowmen left. Billy spends an <strong>action point</strong> to use <span style="color: red">Enemies Abound</span> on a square that targets 2 Bowmen and 1 Skullcleaver adjacent to Keldok. It hits the Skullcleaver for 15 damage and Billy's allies treat the Skullcleaver as an ally for the purposes of flanking until the end of Billy's next turn. Both Bowmen are hit, killing them. Down to 3 Bowmen.</p><p><strong>Jordi</strong>: Spends 2 squares of movement getting out of the pond and then moves adjacent to the ridge face. He makes an Athletics check (against DC 15) and succeeds. He finishes his climb adjacent to a Skullcleaver. He is also a 2 squares from Dergrenche.</p><p><strong>Goblin Skullcleavers (3)</strong>: The <em>rattled</em> Skullcleaver adjacent to Keldok attacks with his Battleaxe and hits for 12 damage. The one chasing Zindra around moves 2 squares to a space adjacent to the ranger and makes a melee attack, but misses. As a result of her <span style="color: slategray">Spitting Cobra Stance</span>, Zindra gets to make an immediate ranged basic attack on the Skullsplitter and hits, doing 12 damage to him. The remaining Skullcleaver attacks Jordi and misses.[/sblock]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Insight, post: 5493207, member: 11437"] [ooc]The combat continues...[/ooc] [sblock=Initiative Order] 27 - Goblin Bowmen 25 - Ettins 17 - Dergrenche 14 - Zindra 11 - Keldok 10 - Grimgal 10 - Ettins 6 - Billy 6 - Jordi 6 - Goblin Skullcleavers [/sblock] [sblock=The Situation at Present]: Jordi and Grimgal are about done crossing the pond. Billy has moved off by himself to get a better shot at some Goblin Bowmen. Keldok has been surrounded by some Bowmen and Skullcleavers. Zindra has a pesky Skullcleaver trying to engage her in melee. The Goblin Bowmen are pretty spread out. Dergrenche and the Ettins wait to see what comes up to them.[/sblock] The goblin archers farthest away from their leader saw the gnome move into an easy position to target and let arrows fly. One of these arrows struck Billy, but caused little real injury. The archers next to Keldok drew short swords and paired up with the axe-wielding goblins to give the half-orc a major headache. Distracted by all of the swords and axes lunging at him, Keldok let out a growl. Despite this, one of goblins tagged Keldok quite squarely in the side, causing blood to spill. At the sight of his own blood, Keldok drew upon his innate nastiness and, targeting a pair of goblins, swung his mace in quite a fury. The erstwhile archer stepped out of the fray, but Keldok struck the axe-wielder squarely in the chest. The axe-wielding goblin stumbled back a step or two, unsure what to do next. But Keldok was quite wounded now. Zindra looked to the ridge and saw the dwarf cleric scrambling atop it. [color=lightgreen]"Grim! Please, hurry!"[/color] Seeing that the dwarf was not going to arrive in time to help Keldok, Zindra sprinted closer to the half-orc and the enemies surrounding him. As she did, Zindra took her eyes off the goblin at her back and the axe-wielding enemy took the opportunity to slash the elf across the back. Zindra was unwilling to stop her advance. She drew a pair of magic arrows to her bowstring and, concentrating on the axe-wielders plaguing Keldok, struck both with well-placed shots. Zindra quickly reloaded and finished off one of the more-injured goblins. [color=lightgreen]"Now, you owe me one, half-orc."[/color] Grimgal, having finished climbing the face of the ridge, looked down at Jordi, who had just started his own climb. [color=slategray]"Get on up here, Jordi!"[/color] The dwarf drew his mordenkrad and moved adjacent to a goblin archer who wasn't paying much attention. But Grimgal didn't realize that a pair of ettins was coming for him. The two-headed giants sped forward and closed in on the cleric. Both ettins swung their massive clubs at Grimgal, who was able to sidestep one attack, but not the other. [color=slategray]"It's gettin' serious up here!"[/color] Hearing what was going on across the set of trees between himself and the rest of his allies, Billy Silvertongue laughed a bit. [color=lightblue]"Oh my. I guess I'd best stop fooling around with these louts and help the rather foolhardy half-orc."[/color] The illusionist turned his gaze to four goblin archers that had broken off from the rest of the gnome's enemies. He moved a bit closer and let loose with a gout of magical flame, which was enough to engulf the four archers. Billy then turned to the forested part of the ridge, where Keldok had found himself surrounded. Billy engaged his illusion magic to confound the goblins near the wounded half-orc. The psychic onslaught was enough to overcome a pair of archers slashing at Keldok with their swords and confused the axe-wielding goblin near Keldok. Jordi finished his own climb. He crossed the top of the ridge and, drawing his warhammer and adjusting his shield, moved next to an unsuspecting axe-wielding goblin. Dergrenche, who until the point hadn't seen his enemy, smiled. He looked at Jordi. [color=gold]"And now, the main event!"[/color] The axe-wielding goblin Zindra left behind took off after her. As the goblin neared, the elf turned and fired off an arrow, striking the advancing goblin. [sblock=Round Three][b]Goblin Bowmen (9)[/b]: 4 of the Bowmen move 4 squares to take advantage of their [i]Great Position[/i] trait and fire their arrows at Billy. 1 of them hits Billy for 8 damage. 1 of the Bowmen adjacent to Keldok shifts 1 square to get into a flank with one of the Goblin Skullcleavers (now both Skullcleavers on Keldok are in flanks with 2 Bowmen). 1 Bowman near Keldok moves 4 squares back to get [i]Great Position[/i] and fires an arrow at Keldok. He misses. The 2 Bowmen adjacent to Keldok attack with their shortswords and both hit for a total of 8 damage. Keldok is now [color=red][i]bloodied[/i][/color]. The two remaining Bowmen move 4 squares (for [i]Great Position[/i]) and fire one shot each at Jordi and Grimgal. Grimgal is hit for 8 damage. [b]Ettins[/b]: Delay [b]Dergrenche[/b]: Readies [color=green]Commander's Strike[/color] if an enemy moves to within melee range. [b]Zindra[/b]: Moves 5 squares, provoking an opportunity attack from the Goblin Skullcleaver adjacent to her at the start of the move. He hits Zindra for 14 damage. As a minor action, Zindra enters the [color=slategray]Spitting Cobra Stance[/color]. She uses [color=red]Biting Volley[/color] against the two Skullcleavers in melee with Keldok. She will use 2 [color=sienna]Onslaught Arrows[/color] for this attack. Both attacks hit. Taking a gamble, she uses [color=red]Elven Accuracy[/color] to re-roll one of the attacks and gets a critical hit instead! One of the Skullcleavers takes 7 damage and the crit does 22 damage to the other. The [color=sienna]Onslaught Arrows[/color] give Zindra's allies a +1 bonus to attack rolls against these enemies. Zindra spends an [b]action point[/b] and uses [color=red]Two-Fanged Strike[/color] on the Skullcleaver she just critted. Both attack rolls hit and she does 39 damage, killing the Skullcleaver! [b]Keldok[/b]: Uses [color=red]One-Two Punch[/color] on the Bowman and Skullcleaver that have him in a flank. He hits the Skullcleaver, but unfortunately, misses the Bowman, and so does not apply his Sneak Attack damage to them. He will also use [color=red]Furious Assault[/color] against the Skullcleaver. He does a total of 20 damage and the Skullcleaver is [color=red][i]bloodied[/i][/color] and [i]rattled[/i]. Keldok spends a move action to shift out of the flank. [b]Grimgal[/b]: Moves to the base of the ridge. This uses 2 squares of movement. He must now attempt an Athletics check to climb. It is fairly easy to climb (DC 15), and he easily succeeds. Moving up the face of the ridge uses up the rest of Grimgal's first move action, so he spends another (his standard action) to get to the top. He has 3 squares of movement left, so he moves adjacent to a Bowman. [b]Ettins[/b]: The Ettins see Grimgal climb over the ridge and use a move action to get closer to him. Because of their reach, both Ettins get close enough to make Club attacks against the dwarf. One hits Grimgal for 15 damage, making the dwarf [color=red][i]bloodied[/i][/color]. [b]Billy[/b]: Moves 3 squares closer to the Bowmen he's been targeting. He uses [color=red]Burning Hands[/color] against all 4 of them, hitting 2 and critting 2. All 4 are very dead. 5 Bowmen left. Billy spends an [b]action point[/b] to use [color=red]Enemies Abound[/color] on a square that targets 2 Bowmen and 1 Skullcleaver adjacent to Keldok. It hits the Skullcleaver for 15 damage and Billy's allies treat the Skullcleaver as an ally for the purposes of flanking until the end of Billy's next turn. Both Bowmen are hit, killing them. Down to 3 Bowmen. [b]Jordi[/b]: Spends 2 squares of movement getting out of the pond and then moves adjacent to the ridge face. He makes an Athletics check (against DC 15) and succeeds. He finishes his climb adjacent to a Skullcleaver. He is also a 2 squares from Dergrenche. [b]Goblin Skullcleavers (3)[/b]: The [i]rattled[/i] Skullcleaver adjacent to Keldok attacks with his Battleaxe and hits for 12 damage. The one chasing Zindra around moves 2 squares to a space adjacent to the ranger and makes a melee attack, but misses. As a result of her [color=slategray]Spitting Cobra Stance[/color], Zindra gets to make an immediate ranged basic attack on the Skullsplitter and hits, doing 12 damage to him. The remaining Skullcleaver attacks Jordi and misses.[/sblock] [/QUOTE]
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