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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shadowdancer" data-source="post: 46389" data-attributes="member: 515">Our group just started the Forge of Fury module on Friday night. We started out pretty good, found the right mountain and all. We crept up the path leading to the dwarven stronghold. We caught the two orcs standing guard on the path by surprise.Our party has three 2nd level fighter/2nd level rogue characters. And all can shoot a bow pretty well, although two are better than the other. My character is one of the fighter/rogues who is good with a bow. So the three of us decide we will sneak to within 30 feet of the orcs so we can get a sneak attack. We all make our move silent and hide roles with no problem.My character, a male elf, and the one played by my friend Georgette, a female elf, are the best ones with a bow. With all of our bonuses for feats, mighty composite longbows, masterwork arrows, etc, each character has a +10 to hit with a bow. With the sneak attack, that's +14. Patty's character, a human, is only a +8 to hit normally, +12 on sneak attacks.So we decide that Georgette's character will take the orc on the left -- she has quick draw, so the DM said she can get off two shots. My character, also with quick draw, will take two shots at the orc on the right. The second shot for each of us will be without the sneak attack bonus, however. If either of us miss, Patty's character -- no quick draw, so only one shot -- will shoot.Georgette hits her orc and kills it with one arrow. I roll -- a 1! I missed. My next shot, I roll a 2! Another miss. Georgette shoots at this orc, but doesn't hit -- I think she rolled a 5. Patty shoots, and she misses with a 4.So we roll for iniative now, and we all roll higher than the orc. Georgette goes first. Since the orc is still flat-footed, she gets a sneak attack. And kills it with a single arrow.I cannot believe how badly we all rolled trying to hit that second orc. Thankfully, Georgette got two good shots that killed them before they could raise the alarm. I hope our rolling gets better when we get inside the mountain, or I have a feeling our characters won't last long.</blockquote>

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