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...and, back again. Sorry for the delay again, it was a really busy week at work. I never got around to saying, "I won't have time to post for a while," because I kept thinking, "This is the last day I'll have to work late!" and then something else would come up.
So, where were we? First, I've gone through to do all the bookkeeping since I got back from vacation:
In this post:
Authiel gains her second AP in Vocation for invoking Mirkwood Lore
And in this post:
Authiel does not gain an AP despite her success at Stealth, because she already has 2 in Movement and needs to do something extraordinary to get the 3rd
She gets her first AP in Perception for succeeding at Awareness.
Does using the Keen-eyed trait with a successful Awareness roll give an AP?
It would, but you don't even need it since this is your first AP in that category.
And here:
Hob gets no AP's for his Stealth success, because he already has 1 in Movement and didn't invoke any Traits or do anything special
But here:
Hob gets his first AP in Vocation for succeeding at Lore. Invoking the Rhymes of Lore trait wasn't necessary. (If you prefer, I can say you used Rhymes of Lore for an auto-success and get your point of Hope back instead of earning an AP. Let me know.)
Ok, having done that, I'm going to post what I have for everyone's character sheets to make sure we're all up to date. The
online character sheet's been updated a bit too.
[sblock=Authiel]
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[sblock=Borin]
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(Walking Dad dropped out so I'll keep playing Borin as an NPC.)
[sblock=Hobnob]
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[sblock=Kurin]
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[sblock=Orin]
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[sblock=Riggins]
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[sblock=Vardolas]
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[sblock=Combat!]
Authiel got a great success on her Battle roll (one 6) so she gets 2 extra d6's to add to any roll during the combat, called "bonus dice". (She can only use 1 per round, though.) She can also give one of these d6's to another character (again, once per round) but they have to use it in their next action or it's lost. You have to declare you're using a bonus die before rolling.
This represents Authiel finding some tactical advantage when setting up the fight: maybe she found a good vantage point to shoot from, or noticed some especially sucking muck that she could lure an enemy into. Or maybe she was able to set up so that the setting sun is to her back, and at some point its last ray will pierce the clouds unexpectedly right in the opponent's eyes. Giving a die to an ally to use can be described as using the terrain feature you spotted as a distraction (lobbing mud at the enemy or something) or just yelling advice so that your ally can see the same thing you spotted.
Kurin failed so he just sets himself up to receive the enemy's attack without being to gain the high ground or anything.
Nobody else rolled, so I'll do it now...
Damn. Borin will spend a point of Hope, adding his Favoured Heart of 5 for a total of 17 - one bonus die. Orin and Riggins would both come to 13 if they spent Hope, so they can't even do that to succeed. And Vardolas rolled an 11, which is the Eye of Sauron and counts 0 - his total is actually 9. (Which means he also would get 13 if he spent Hope. Creepy!) Because of this critical failure, Vardolas has a problem. More on that below.
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The party scrambles to ready themselves for battle. Only Authiel is able to find a truly advantageous position, and Vardolas sinks to one knee in the swamp while crossing a patch of ground that seemed solid. While the others let their arrows fly he is struggling to free himself.
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To make a ranged attack, roll your Bow skill against a TN of 17. Yes, 17. (That's 12+the opponent's Parry skill. These two beasts happen to both have 5.) This is where Hope and those Bonus Dice come in handy! Hand-to-hand attacks usually have a lower TN than ranged attacks, BTW.
If you hit, you take your weapon's Damage rating off the foe's Endurance. If you hit, AND rolled higher than your weapon's Edge rating on d12, you have a chance to do a Piercing Blow, which I'll explain if it happens. All your bows have the same stats, so that means everybody does 5 Endurance damage on a hit, and Pierces if they roll 10 or higher on the d12.
You can also try for a Called Shot. If you want to do something like shoot the weapon out of an enemy's hand, or put an arrow through their eye, you can say so before you fire. Then, you will succeed if you hit the TN and roll at least one 6 on your d6's. If you hit the TN but roll no 6's, you'll miss. Each shot may either target the hound or the hulking humanoid figure behind it.
Authiel: I have you down as having Stinging Arrow, same as Vardolas. Do I have that wrong? If you actually have a woodland bow, then yes, you can make 2 attacks. You can only use one bonus die though, since it's one per round.
Borin has no missile weapon, so he can't fire.
Hobnob can get 1 attack with his bow (and will still have time to switch to sword before they arrive if he wishes). Or if you wish you can use Art of Disappearing instead, to make yourself unseen until you do something to draw attention to yourself.
Riggins can get 1 attack with his Bow of the North Downs as well. Neither of these are carrying shields so the bow's ability won't come into play.
Vardolas is stuck in the mud. Until he takes an action to free himself, he can't move around (so he can only make ranged attacks, unless one of the enemies comes close enough to get hit) and his Parry value is halved (so it'll be easier to hit him.) He can take that action now instead of attacking, or he can shoot now and then have to spend an action during combat to get free. (Or stay there and just keep shooting...)
If he attacks, he can use the Stinging Arrow spell: spend a point of Hope after a hit to get an automatic Piercing blow. (If you hit, I'll tell you what this does so you can make your decision.)
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