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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 4997733" data-attributes="member: 13966">Wolves, Round 3 Nearly FinishedAngrboda drops to the ground as the wolf yanks on her muscular thigh, then the wolf backs away to relative safety behind a tree.  However, as Angrboda tries to stand back up, the other wolf next to her, the one Kaznak just burned but didn't drop, lunges at the giantess during her moment of vulnerability and distraction.....  The wolf clamps its jaws on Angrboda's other thigh, pulling her down and drawing more blood.  Angrboda loses consciousness from shock and blood loss.Jaegar howls out "NOOOO!!!!" in shock and rage, rising quickly with the help of his halberd as a lever, then stepping back as he hefts the polearm up, bringing it down on the wolf that just took down his mate.  The canine drops with a sickening *CRUNCH* as the halberd's axehead smashes into its back and almost comes out through its belly, before Jaegar wrenches his halberd up and shakes the dying wolf off of his blade.  Then he whirls about, looking for more wolves to kill.The wolf next to Elldar snaps at him, then backs away slightly from Forge, taking cover behind a small tree.  Elldar manages to narrowly block the wolf's jaws with his small shield while jerking back, away from the beast.  The wolf next to Falryn snaps at the elf, but a little too cautiously, then heads behind a small tree for cover.  Falryn has an easier time dodging and deflecting that wolf's bite than Elldar did with the other wolf.[sblock=OOC]I wonder if you're using a mobile device or something that's interfering with the BB code for spoiler blocks?  It's supposed to be (sblock) followed by stuff then ended with (/sblock) but with square brackets instead of parentheses in both cases.  (sblock=Title) can be used instead to name the spoiler block, as I always do, but it still always ends with just (/sblock), using square brackets again as already mentioned.Falryn didn't get an AoO, because both wolves moved through spaces that granted them cover just before they arrived next to Falryn.  He just got his one readied-action attack on wolf #4.  The black circles on the map indicate spaces with trees that provide cover.Initiatives:22 Western Wolves (w3 unconscious and dying, w4 unconscious and dying)21 Falryn19 Elldar13 Northern Wolves (w1 11 dmg, w2 12 dmg)12 Kaznak12 Angrboda (13 dmg, -5 hp now, unconscious and dying)12 Jaegar (4 dmg, 10 hp left)9 Eastern Wolves (w5 2 dmg, w6 unhurt)8 Forge4 Southern Wolf (w7 unhurt)Angrboda tries to get up from prone while still close to wolf #3, and its attack of opportunity is a natural 20 for 6 damage......she falls unconscious.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!    :eek:"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" />  The space with the tree in it isn't directly between Angrboda and the wolf, and it's not a huge tree so it doesn't take up the whole space and thus doesn't provide cover for Angrboda's position next to the wolf.....sorry GlassEye.  Total defense or a cast-defensively spell would've been safer. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />  Or maybe just delaying until after Jaegar's turn, since he has higher HP and AC (14 and 17 respectively, though down to 10 HP now).  The group will work out teamwork and tactics over time, though....Jaegar stands up without an AoO since Angrboda took wolf 3's only AoO for the round, then makes a 5-foot step backward and attacks with his halberd.  An 18 to hit, for 13 damage, dropping wolf #3.Wolf 5 attacks Elldar now that the gnome has revealed his position, while wolf 6 attacks Falryn.  Got an 18 to hit Elldar and a 13 versus Falryn, both missing, though that first wolf came awfully close.  Wolf 5 and wolf 6 each take a 5-foot step to enter a tree's space for cover.Forge may take his turn for Round 3 now.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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