(IC) A Hard Time in Harrowdale

[Rhun]

Fayne shakes his head and frowns, but he finds himself quite infatuated with the beautiful elven girl. He takes a deep breath. "Very well," he says after several moments. "Storn, Tarvin, Merrick...with me, if you please? The rest of you...cover us."

With that, he grips his glaive tight in his hands and begins to walk slowly toward the clearing, making no threatening gestures as he approaches, but wary of whatever lies ahead.

 

[Arkhandus]

[sblock=ooc]So are you folks walking closer to the clearing together, or just some of you? Whoever is going with Fayne to get a closer look, say so. Also, Fayne and those going with him should state if they're trying to approach quietly (roll Move Silently or state your total for 'taking 10' if so).

Those going closer, roll another Spot check as well.[/sblock]

 

[Myth and Legend]

Abrielle smiled at the human lad and nodded. She let the men take to the front, and followed some ten feet behind them, bow at the ready. She tried not to make too much noise and looked around, wary of an ambush.

The heavy backpack on the girl's slender shoulders, however, made it impossible for her to avoid stepping on twigs and pebbles along the path. "Not the sneakiest of Bards... But at least I'm pretty." The girl would have giggled, were she not just chewed upon by an undead bat.

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Abby stays behind the melee characters, ready to back them up with spells/music/archery. If the situation calls for eloquence in stead, she will come forth and talk. Move Silently: 2-1=1 Spot: 7+1=8 [/sblock]

 

[crazy_monkey1956]

Selua frowns at the seeming foolishness of the current plan and whispers, mostly to Fayne, "Approach quietly, observe and if it is a gnoll, do not hesitate. Kill it."

She stands with her bow at the ready, watching the clearing.

 

[Rhun]

Fayne moves forward cautiously and slowly, all too aware of the noise of his armor and weapons as he makes his way closer to the clearing. Of course, he could hear the elf lass following behind him...she was making even more noise than he was! The duskblade tries to spot the humanoid that Selua had mentioned as he gets closer, but the wind-rustled foliage seems to keep getting in his line of sight.


[sblock=Move Silently/Spot]
Move Silently (Take 10) = 9

Spot = 3 - Fayne definitely needs more skill points! LOL.
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[Voda Vosa]

The calishite remained where he was standing, holding his staff tight in case the lumberjack was not such.

 

[Arkhandus]

Gnoll charge!

Merrick and Abrielle follow Fayne in approaching the clearing, but Tarven, Storn, Evanar, Selua, and Abde'ragman stay behind for now, weapons ready just in case. Merrick creeps along quietly, but is too focused on not breaking twigs or brushing against bushes, to where he doesn't notice the threat until the others do.

The trio approaching the clearing apparently make too much noise, as the patrolling gnoll perks up its ears on one pass around the clearing, snapping its head your way, and lets out a low howl as it charges through the brush towards you!

Merrick gasps, looking up from where he had been trying to sneak along, and raises his crossbow, but he pulls the trigger too soon and the bolt flies down into the brush a dozen feet away. Merrick looks back and calls out "Gnoll!"
[sblock=ooc]Roll initiatives, everyone! And your 1st round actions, if you beat the gnoll's initiative of 6.

I rolled an 18 and 19 for the gnoll's Listen and Spot checks, so it noticed your approach from about 90 feet away. You can clearly see it as a gnoll now that it rushes towards you through the forest, and the gnoll gets a surprise round, moving 30 feet towards you with its partial action, leaving 60 feet between Fayne and the gnoll (65 feet between it and Merrick, 70 between it and Abrielle). It carries a battleaxe and a big wooden shield, wearing leather armor.

Rolled a 22 for Merrick's initiative, an 8 for his attack roll.
Rolled 4 for Tarven's initiative.
Rolled a 6 for Storn's initiative, and tiebreaker rolls leave him acting just barely after the gnoll.[/sblock]

 

[Scott DeWar]

Ev's inititive
1d20+4=11

Move and standard action:

double move through the forest (what kind of speed would that be in this terrrain?

 

[Myth and Legend]

Abrielle frowned at the charging beast. She felt like an idiot more than anything else. "Fayne, stand in front and be ready for the beast's approach, alongside Storn. Myself, Merrick and Tarven can fire on it with arrows and bolts. When it comes within your reach i will daze it with a spell so that it can't strike at you." She then readied an arrow and fired at the beast, but released it to soon, and the weak shot missed by a dozen feet or so.

[sblock] Initaitive: 13+2=15 (put +4 in stead, my bad) Shortbow: 4+2=6, Damage: 1[/sblock]

 

[Rhun]

Fayne stands his ground and readies his glaive to strike as soon as the gnoll comes near enough.


[sblock=Combat Info]
AC: 15, Hit Points 10/10

Ready Action to attack when the gnoll gets within reach, but it is likely a miss. Of course, depending on Ev's action, the gnoll may not even come close and I'll have to change things up next round.

Intitiative: 19
Attack: 11
Damage: 8
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