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Message: <blockquote data-quote="silentspace" data-source="post: 1175649" data-attributes="member: 14316">Round 2Ooh, this one is nasty...Everyone feels Rowyn’s inspiring song take effect.The boar had spent the last round refocusing, glaring at Zanock and glancing at Bert and Dunathar as they approached.  Then it charges.  But not at the group led by the big orc, it turns and charges at Bert!  The boar grunts loudly as it charges, looking at Bert, then his riding dog, then at Bert, back and forth as it charges.  Then, it’s animal brain seeming to make a decision, it attacks Bert.  The force of its charge overcomes Bert’s Shield of Faith, and his quickness, and his armor.  The boar lands a solid attack on Bert, goring him very deeply (maximum damage, not a critical or threat).  Bert gapes in shock as he stares at his huge wound.  Then the world dims as he loses consciousness.  The angry boar, the tops of the trees, the peaceful clouds floating above, then nothing.  You see Bert’s small body fly backwards from the force of the blow, falling from his saddle.  He lands prone on the ground, unconscious and bleeding, behind his riding dog.Zanock roars in frustrated rage as he sees the boar turn to attack the halfling instead of him.  Then he sees the halfling go down.  He turns and chases the boar, pulling his horse up at the last moment and swinging his falchion at the boar with both hands.  He misses badly.  Seeing the force of the swing, you shudder to think how much damage Zanock would have inflicted if he had hit.Rowyn grips her sword tightly as she continues her song.  OOC let’s say Rowyn is refocusingEtherial turns and raises his arms uttering arcane words of power (Cause Fear). Invisible streams of arcane energy fly from his fingertips, swirling around the boar.  The boar’s eyes widen for a moment, but then the arcane magic dissipates, leaving the boar unaffected.Bert’s dog, seeing the boar attack his rider, growls and snaps its powerful jaws at the boar, but misses.  (Bert’s dog gets a flanking bonus – the front end of Zanock’s horse threatens even though it is not attacking)Alan rides up to the boar.  Turning his horse to get within striking range, Alan swings his sword down on the boar one handed, holding his shield in the other.  His bastard sword slices into the boar’s shoulder!  The boar squeals loudly, baring its ugly teeth at Alan.Bert lies on the ground, dying, his crossbow just inches from his hand.Dunathar chases after the boar, and finds a good spot to flank attack.  He dismounts and prepares to attack the boar on foot.Bert looks like he’ll be dead in maybe a minute.  The boar is hurt.  It looks like it will take two more gashes like Alan gave it to kill it.In the heat of battle you are dimly aware of gasps and shouts from the caravan after Bert goes down, and the sounds of whinnying horses preparing to charge.  You hear Darien’s voice “Hold, let them handle this themselves.”Initiative at end of round22 Rowyn20 Boar15 Zanock13 Etherial11 Bert’s dog12 Alan5 Bert (unconscious)5 DunatharOOC This is damn frustrating with the attachments.  Every time I try it logs me out.  Its not really necessary since there's only one opponent, but it would be really helpful!OOC The boar had a 90% chance to attack Zanock and 5% each for Bert and Dunathar.  Greatfrito - yes, mounted characters have +1 attack bonus.  Your mounts can be ordered by their masters to attack as a free action (Handle Animal Check DC10), since they are trained war animals.  Bert’s dog is attacking because his rider was attacked, and it was practically attacked itself.  Edit:  I mean mounts that are not currently being ridden <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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