Special Delivery IC thread

[Animus]

Round 0 (surprise)

Box Text:

You first day starts off without much incident. Most of it you spend in idle chit chat with each other and various passers by. During the twilight hours. though, some of you notice thugs hiding in the trees. Others of you are too distracted to notice though.

[sblock=Notice checks]
Void, Hashkavak, Khashana, Norros, Flintlock, Myel (1d20+3=4, 1d20+1=18, 1d20+3=9, 1d20+1=19, 1d20+0=17, 1d20+3=17)
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Hashkavak, Norros, Flint and Myel can act in the surprise round:
[sblock=Inits]
Void (surprised)
Thugs (#1-3)
Hashkavak
Myel
Norros
Flint
Orc Brute (#4)
Khashana (surprised)
Dera (#5)
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[sblock=Map]
Legend:
V Void
H Hashkavak
K Khashana
N Norros
F Flint
M Myel
#1-3 Thugs
#4 Orc Brute
#5 Dera
- Tree or Cliff line

   | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |10 |11 |12 |13 |14 |15 |16 |17 |18 |19 |20 |
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A  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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B  |   | T |   | R |   | E |   | E |   | L |   | I |   | N |   | E |   |   |   |   |	
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C  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |#5-| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |	
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D  |   |   |   |   | 2 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |	
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E  |   | N |   | M |   | F |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |	
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F  |   |   |   |   |   |   | 1 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |	
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G  | V |   |   | K |   | H |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |	
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H  |   |   |   |   | 3 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |	
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I  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |	
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J  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |#4-| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |	
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K  | C | L | I | F | F | S |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |	
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L  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |	
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M  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |	
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[Velmont]

[SBLOCK=OOC]As void cannot act, it is the thugs to act. Could be interesting to know what the thugs will do before opening the hostilities.[/SBLOCK]

 

[Animus]

[SBLOCK=OOC]As void cannot act, it is the thugs to act. Could be interesting to know what the thugs will do before opening the hostilities.[/SBLOCK]

OOC: You have a good point. I'll post their actions today.

 

[sukael]

Despite her shyness, Khashana finds herself drawn in by Myel's energetic speech, riding closer to listen in on the young woman's conversation. During a briefly quiet moment, Khashana, ever worried about the welfare of others, feels compelled to say something. "Oh, my! You look awfully uncomfortable, Miss Myel. Is your horse giving you any trouble? We can switch, if you like. This young mare I'm riding is quite gentle, and very friendly." The horse whinnies at Kashana's words, almost as if it understood her.

Myel shakes her head a little. "No, no... I'm just not used to such creatures, that's all." Her angular face crinkles into a smile, though it's hard to read any emotion in her deep, all-black eyes.

 

[Animus]

OOC: Thugs have made their surprise round actions now .

 

[mcnathan80]

"Curse the darkness! Oh well Khashana, I suppose we'll have to continue our conversation at another time." As Hashkavak jumps off his startled mount while eyeing his flanking opponents very carefully.

OOC:
[sblock]I'm fighting defensively which grants me +3 to AC thanks to my synergy with tumble. [/sblock]

Die Roll:
[sblock] Ride check = 4 guess that's all I'm doing :\ . [/sblock]

Animus:
Are we on riding horses, or war horses? If we're not on war horses everyones first action will have be succeeding on a DC 20 ride check to calm their mounts down to actually be able to do anything, for those of us in the surprise round that's all we can do .

 

[sukael]

Myel is nearly taken by surprise by the enemies, startled out of her conversation; trying to keep her unfamiliar horse under control, she scrabbles for the bit of water-warped wood at her throat that she uses to focus spells through.

[sblock=Roll]Ride check, if needed (1d20+1=15)
Concentration check, if applicable (defensive casting) (1d20+7=14)[/sblock]
[sblock=Actions]If she still has an action to use, Myel will defensively cast doom at thug #3 (save DC 14).[/sblock]

 

[Animus]

Animus:
Are we on riding horses, or war horses? If we're not on war horses everyones first action will have be succeeding on a DC 20 ride check to calm their mounts down to actually be able to do anything, for those of us in the surprise round that's all we can do .

OOC:
[sblock] They are light horses. You can dismount as a move action with no problem. The Control Mount in Battle action is only needed if you plan to stay on the horse. At least that's the way I read the rule. and since I'm the DM, there you go .
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[sukael]

[sblock=OOC]Except that... "combatants who started the battle aware of their opponents each take a standard action during the surprise round." ._.[/sblock]

 

[Velmont]

[SBLOCK=OOC]You can always try a fast dismount, and if you fail, you simply end by taking a move action instead of a free action.[/SBLOCK]