ic - Underdogs
Round 2
The gnoll howls fill the forest.
Washi slows to a halt some fifteen feet in front of the party. She still holds her short sword, but does not take a fighting stance. She glances around the faces of the four grell in the party. "We still have time to grab the witch. Listen to the howls - they are coming. If we have nothing to bargain with, we are dead. By the spirits, they are gnolls!"
Borthi snarls as he watches Assaq cast his spell over Washi and the others. Borthi reloads, but pauses, glancing over at Washi, as if uncertain what to do. He keeps his bow loosely pointed in the direction of the party and the gnolls behind them, however.
Assaq readies his bow to shoot Borthi, but holds the action as Borthi pauses.
Urthe and her two guards watch the exchange carefully. Occasionally growled comments pass between them, but Urthe seems to be keeping her companions in check for the moment. But they maintain their wary, defensive stances.
Meanwhile, in the area of Assaq's spell Wormis struggles mightily to free himself. He is unsuccessful. Kornah successfully remains free, but is only able to move a short way towards the edge of the spell area.
"Assaq!" screams Kornah. "Release us from this infernal spell or I will make you regret it. Spirits help me I will." Beneath the bravado there is an undercurrent of fear in the big grell's voice.
Adokul finishes loading his bow. He draws and aims at Washi.
Borthi swings his bow to bear on Adokul. "Don't do it you little runt. Or I will stick you!"
Assaq, bow still at the ready, brings it up to bear on Borthi.
Washi glances around her, peering intently into the forest surrounding the meeting site. She freezes then turns back to the party.
"See, now you are dead!" she hisses. "You deserve to be slaughtered for your stupidity!"
[sblock=Perception DC 12]Approaching through the forest on the left and right of the party can be seen a number of gnolls. About 5. They could not have got there from the gnoll camp this fast - they much have been circling around as the party talked to Urthe. They are about 100 feet or so away. It will take them about a round to get within charge range. Close enough to charge in Round 4, in other words.[/sblock]
[sblock=ooc]I usually write up the round summaries as I go, posting when everyone has posted, or a couple of days have passed. I don't usually interrupt round posts mid sequence. PbP games are slow enough. But in this situation (the stand off) it seemed the best thing to do.
Adokul's shot will trigger Borthi's readied action, which will trigger Assaq's.
Mogro's and Ershe's turns are still to come in the initiative sequence.
As for the last bit (the gnolls in the forest), I was going to give that to you at the end of the round. But seeing as we have a moment, I thought I would throw it in there now.[/sblock]
