Storms of Change, Part 2

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--Surprise Round--

Devan spurs Bullseye and rides off to the side, finding cover behind the sloping ground. He dismounts, peeking his head slightly up over the low hill to see what's coming.

Bert and Rowyn dismount where they are, concealing themselves in the tall grass. They kneel down for even greater cover, and command their mounts to lie down also. Both Braveheart and Sabala obey, sinking into the tall grass next to their masters. They hide, effectively gaining total concealment.

Dunathar stays hidden in the grass and raises his crossbow, readying a shot at the robed rider if they appear hostile.

Alyssa (autopilot) and Adromon follow Devan to the side. Reaching cover, Adromon dismounts from Narthail.

Zanock remains mounted and draws his falchion, readying himself for whatever comes.

Manzanita spurs Busephelous and follows the others to the side, finding cover behind the sloping ground, and dismounts. Mirena follows, and brings Dunathar’s horse Stupid with her.

The horsemen approach at a gallop, coming within twenty feet of Dunathar, but failing to spot him. The horsemen pull up as they see Zanock, mounted with falchion drawn. They seem momentarily unsure what to do upon seeing the lone orc. Then one of the humans in front spots Devan peering down at them! He points at the human archer, shouting “Ambush!”

The riders spur their horses to attack, some heading towards Zanock, the rest heading towards Devan.

Zanock is 100 feet southeast of the riders, with Bert and Rowyn hidden in the grass nearby. Dunathar is right by the riders, just twenty feet off to the side. The rest of the party is 80 feet from the riders, and about 50 feet from Zanock.

--Round 1--

As the horsemen charge, Dunathar takes his readied shot at the robed human, hitting him solidly [with sneak attack damage!]. The robed human goes down. The rest of the horsemen spot Dunathar, who finds himself suddenly alone, with hostile humans and half-orcs within striking distance.

Dunathar, Zanock and Devan have been spotted, and see what has happened. The rest are hidden and can't see, though they can hear.

Initiative
Dunathar
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Devan
Bert
Half-orc horsemen (3)
Rowyn
Alyssa
Human in robes - down
Adromon
Zanock
Manzanita
Half-orc in scalemail
Human horsemen (2)
Human in scalemail
Mirena

Dunathar notices that several of the riders are covered in blood.

 

[Seonaid]

"This is ridiculous!" Rowyn mutters to herself. "If it wasn't for us, we probably wouldn't be in this battle." She will nonetheless start singing. During the song, she commands Sabala to stay and attack only if threatened.

 

[Manzanita]

Manzanita

Manzanita will prepare the materials for her sleep spell, then raise herself up slowly. When she can see the enemy, she will cast her spell, attempting to catch as many as possible in the radius, preferably, the half-orc horsemen.

 

[Hurricain]

I have to help Dunathar. Devan quickly surveys the situation and shoots at the nearest person from Dunathar.

 

[Verbatim]

As the robed man falls, Dunathar does not allow himself the luxury of thinking that he might have shot in err.

~There will be time to atone with the Maker if I did later...~

Knowing he will never get another shot in time, Dunathar draws his blade and places his back against any cover he can.

"Ye may take me, but by the Maker, more will go before me..."

 

[mpickett81]

Adromon human psychic warrior 1

Adromon isn't sure what to make of this. Do we even know if they are really enemies?
Not one to back down from a fight, Adromon draws his glaive and moves toward the attackers.
[Adromon's general tactic will be to use his weapon's reach in conjunction with the Stand Still feat to keep enemies at bay.]

 

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--Round 1 (cont)--

Devan wonders if the horsemen would be attacking if they hadn’t spotted him peeking out at them. But seeing Dunathar in danger, he pushes the thought from his mind and focuses on helping his friend. Devan remains where he is, at the crest of the hill where he has cover from the sloping ground. He sights the horseman closest to Dunathar. It’s a human in scale mail, who is just 20 feet from the dwarf. Devan’s arrow flies true, striking the rider square in the chest. The human grimaces in pain but remains on his horse.

Initiative
Dunathar
Devan
--pause--
Bert
Half-orc horsemen (3)
Rowyn
Alyssa
Human in robes - down
Adromon
Zanock
Manzanita
Half-orc in scalemail
Human horsemen (2)
Human in scalemail
Mirena

OOC: Just a small update. Feel free to change/update your actions if you haven't acted yet (although I don't think this post changes anything).

 

[mpickett81]

[small update]
Before moving forward, Adromon turns to Rowyn, "Perhaps your silver tongue would serve us best in finding out just why these warriors attacked us. We did appear to be waiting in ambush."

 

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I was going to say Adromon looks around but can't see Rowyn, but maybe by the time he acts he can.

Rowyn (and Bert) are hiding in the grass near Zanock, about 50 feet away from Adromon and the others.

 

[Seonaid]

[I'm changing my post, so disregard my previous.]

Hearing sounds of combat, Rowyn begins singing. I wonder who called the ambush, she thinks to herself. She commands Sabala to protect any in the party (herself included) who is threatened, but remains crouched and concealed in the grass in hopes that she will not be drawn into combat.