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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ilium" data-source="post: 3020650" data-attributes="member: 40124">Ery attempts to move surreptitiously among some tumbled boulders while the rest of the team rushes ahead on horseback.  The fathach seem momentarily taken aback by the sudden appearance of this motley collection of riders and stand dumbstruck for a moment.  Then one of them shouts fiercely to someone behind him.  The riders all see a third ogre dart out from behind the rocks, running further up the trail.  Another hundred feet or so in the direction he is running, the trail goes around a bend and is hidden from view.  Meanwhile both remaining ogres lift wicked-looking spears and let fly.  Apparently they've judged Sirius the greatest threat (or the easiest target) since they both shoot at him.  One spear goes wide, sailing out into the rock field.  The other strikes true, though, rocking the doughty dwarf in his saddle.[SBLOCK=Sirius' numbers]The spear (a Large javelin, actually) does 11 damage, but 10 of those go away due to Lucas' spell, so Sirius takes just 1 point.[/SBLOCK]Ok, on the surprise round the main party covers 50 feet on horseback.  150 feet to go to reach the fathach.  Ery moves 30 feet (normal move speed imposing a -5 on Hide checks) but she can't tell if she's been spotted yet. In the first regular round, I've assumed everybody is just full-moving to close distance.  The party covers another 100 feet (50 feet from the standing ogres now) while the fathach throw their spears.  Initiatives are:Girble: 15 + 5 = 20Ogre 1 (running up the trail): 19Sirius: 10 + 1 = 11 (arbitrarily bumped to 12 to break tie with Lucas)Lucas: 5 + 6 = 11Ogre 2 (Attacking): 10Viktor: 9Ery: 4 + 4 = 8Ogre 3 (Attacking): 3Ery covers another 60 feet, but she's falling behind.  The fleeing ogre covers 40 feet.  So it looks like this:Bend in the trail---60 feet---Fleeing Ogre---40 feet---Standing ogres (They are blocking the trail, by the way)---50 feet---Main party---60 feet---Ery---90 feet---Ery's lonely horseRemember that you can fast-dismount with a DC 20 Ride check and if you fail the only consequence is that it takes a Move action.  I note that Lucas is actually a pretty good rider, but anybody can try it.</blockquote>

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