Storms of Change IC Part 4

Manzanita

Manzanita raises her readied bow. If she can get a clear shot at one of the beetles, she will do so. (+4 1d8 +0) Otherwise she will try to find a better vantage point. Perhaps behind a low wall, or atop a rock.
 

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"Ah, so that wasn´t the sound of a crossbow being cocked!" thinks dunathar in relief. Then, he realizes that it may be not so good news after all, and shoots the crossbow before moving back.

[Shoot (+5 to hit, damage 1d8 and possibly 1d6 sneak) and move towards the main group 20 feet]
 

Goven readies his axe and shield. He positions himself in front of the beetle on his left and waits until the last possible moment before attempting to step out of its path and strike it from the side as it passes, hoping to disable or destroy it in one powerful attack (full power attack).
 

-- Round 1 --

Goven moves to face the beetle on his left, raising his shield and readying his axe.

Lucan moves in front of Manzanita and Zook and crouches in a defensive pose, his kama ready to strike.

Dunathar fires his crossbow at the first approaching beetle. His bolt hits, striking at a soft spot between its carapace plates. The bolt sinks deep into the body of the beetle. As Dunathar retreats behind Lucan, he sees the beetle stumble, clearly injured.

Manzanita's arrow flies, hitting the same beetle. Her arrow pierces the beetle's armor, but not deeply. The beetle's legs collapse under it, but it regains its feet.

Zook clutches his holy symbol with one hand. "Laughter and love, gold locked safe, surround me with a shield of faith!" Zook calls, glittering gold motes surrounding him.

As Beetle 2 charges Goven, the ranger makes a powerful swing with his axe. Black ichor spurts from the beetle's side as Goven's axe cuts deep.

Lucan stands his ground and faces the Beetle 3 head on. His kama glances off the beetle's carapace.

The injured Beetle 1 stumbles forward, towards Manzanita.

Beetle 2 snaps with its jaws at Goven, barely slipping past the ranger's shield and biting deep into his shoulder.

Lucan fares no better, and is bitten by Beetle 3.

Initiative
Goven: 4 damage
Lucan: 3 damage
Dunathar
Manzanita
Zook: shield of faith
Giant Beetle 1: 12 damage, disabled
Giant Beetle 2: 11 damage
Giant Beetle 3: unharmed

OOC:
Dunathar hits for 7+6=12 points of damage.
Manzanita hits for 1. The beetle is disabled.
Goven hits for 7+2+2=11 damage.
Goven is bitten for 4 damage.
Lucan is bitten for 3 damage.
 

[7+6 is 13, by the way. The beetle should be dying, unless the rolls are a typo and they were something like 7+5 or 6+6]

Dunathar smiles under his beard when his opportunistic shot finds the mark and (prudently moves towards the group. He stops now that the beetles are distracted, and runs in a circle around them.

[Move around the beetles to get a flanking attack the next round. I´ll probably have to use the Run action.]
 

*Zook dashes in quickly to try to bash one of the beetles to paste, hopefully before it can hurt anyone else.*

OOC - Charge, total of +4 to hit, 1d6 damage (morningstar), AC 20 with shield of faith and -2 to charge taken into account.
 

Manzanita

Taking a step to the side, Manzanita will try to sink another arrow into the injured Beetle (#1: +3 1d8)

If it seems dead, she will sling her bow over her shoulder and draw her sword.
 

Gritting his teeth in pain, Goven takes another swing at the same beetle, hoping to finish it off (applying Dodge bonus against this beetle).
 

-- Round 2 --

Beetle 1, leaking vermin blood, collapses on the ground, dead.

Dunathar circles around the Beetle 3, keeping out of range of its bite.

Manzanita seeing the beetle drop, slings her bow over her shoulder and draws her sword.

Zook charges in swinging his morningstar. His spiked weapon crunches against the vermin's head, cracking its armored skull.

Goven grips his teeth and swings his axe again, but the blade just glances off its hide.

Lucan flurries with his kama, the blade chopping twice into Beetle 3's neck, the second chop slicing its head half off.

Beetle 2 lunges at Goven, but the ranger dodges nimbly to the side.

Initiative
Dunathar
Manzanita
Zook: shield of faith
Goven: 4 damage
Lucan: 3 damage
Giant Beetle 1: 13 damage, dead
Giant Beetle 2: 11 damage
Giant Beetle 3: 13 damage, dead

OOC:
Zook hits Beetle 3 for 5.
Lucan hits Beetle 3 for 8 damage.
Goven is off to the side fighting Beetle 2 by himself. Dunathar is close, and can flank and attack next round.
 

Manzanita

Manzanita hurries over the the beetle Goven is fighting. Steering clear of it's mouth, she comes around to flank it, swinging her longsword down overhand.

OOC: Foolish, perhaps, but her spells and arrows are even less effective, and she's never used her fine sword before. Hopefully Dunathor will have finished it off by then anyway. +2 1d8 +0
 

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