Cyz turns to help Starhl.
Erunve, are you all right? Her eyes scan Starhl's ugly wound. Starhl merely grunts as he pushes past her, his sword piercing the back of the orc attacking the wolf. The orc's back arches as it screams a dying curse to the sky.
OOC: Starhl killed the orc fighting the wolf. No orcs are attacking Starhl, the wolf, or Cyz.
Mardo's stomach rises in his throat as the orc screams a curse at the hiding gnome. Mardo grins sheepishly as his next bullet glances off the orc's helm, raising the orc's ire.
OOC: Mardo's bullet missed the orc now attacking Valurel!
Valurel, backed into a corner against a stone menhir, finally loses control. Flinging himself on the nearest orc, one fist buries its sharp talons in the orc's neck. The orc gurgles its last breath as it drops. The second orc brings the vardatch down on Valurel's back and neck. The Ghost crumples in a heap in a widening pool of blood as the orc screams a victory challenge.
OOC: Valurel killed one orc, the other took out Valurel.
Herger sees the carnage inflicted on Valurel out of the corner of his eye. Panic rising in him, he swings his axe with unstoppable fury. His axe connects with the orc, knocking the bestial warrior across the clearing. Rolling to a stop, the orc rises to a knee, snarls, and launches itself back at Herger. Its vardatch rips across Herger's chest.
OOC: Herger hurt the orc badly, but the orc inflicts 9 points of damage to Herger.
Lodric again plays it cautious, lashing out with a brutal kick to the midsection of the armor ogre. His kick merely glances off the thick armor of the huge beast. Overstretched and off-balance, Lodric cannot avoid the warbar that slams into his midsection with superhuman force.
OOC: Lodric again missed the ogre and takes 15 points of damage.
Another volley of arrows sing from the trees above. An orc and oruk are hit, the rest of the arrows clattering off the heavy armor of the warband.
OOC: The oruk hitting the tree takes one arrow in the shoulder, the orc that downed Valurel takes one as well.
The oruk standing over her, Kaela's calm eldritch blanket belies the fear in her heart. The arcane sleep settles over the massive oruk and the ogre, both crashing to the ground as metal rings on stone.
OOC: The
oruk falls asleep. The
ogre also falls asleep.
The remaining oruk smiles at his work on the massive maudrial, the mighty gash on the tree leaking its life blood on the leaf-strewn stone forest floor. Where the red sap has flowed on the forest floor, a crack in the stone has formed as if the forest itself felt the maudrial's pain. Above, the tree shivers, showering the Heroes with leaves. Seeing the other oruk and ogre crash to the ground, the oruk snarls and takes a huge stride to Kaela. As it raises its axe, Ladrial motions with her wrist and the oruk is struck with a concussive force, as if a powerful blast of wind had struck it. Shaking its head, its axe descends in a dreadful arc into Kaela's frail body. Ladriel cries out in horror. The forest floor is stained red with the blood of the innocent.
OOC: Kaela takes 17 points of damage.
OOC: End of round three. Post character actions, attack bonuses, damage, and any feats you would like to use.