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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JoeNotCharles" data-source="post: 5878601" data-attributes="member: 79945">[sblock=OOC]The Great Success (1 tengwar) means you do double damage, so 10 Endurance.  That takes it down to 1 Endurance left.[/sblock][sblock=OOC]This is just a regular hit.  Your mattock does 8 damage, and has an Edge of 10 - so your 8 on the d12 doesn't have a chance for Piercing Blow.  But that's fine, since the 8 takes it down to 0 experience immediately.[/sblock]Kurin's mattock catches the wolf as it hurtles past him and it falls at Vardolas' feet, stone dead.Orin and Borin draw their axes in unison and move to shield Vardolas from the creature, but find themselves too late to make a difference.Hob approaches cautiously and confirms that the beast is dead.[sblock=OOC]So, that was easy.What happened here is that the adventure as written presented a wounded Troll which is supposed to be a challenge for an average party of 4 or so people, but with twice that number I beefed up the encounter by adding its pet wolf.  But since it still started as "Wounded", you had the chance to one-shot it with a lucky roll, and after that, one wolf was just nowhere near a challenge.So, lesson learned - starting a creature at "Wounded" makes it really easy to take down.  I'll probably add another combat encounter later to make up for the ease of this one.[/sblock]Vardolas pulls himself out of the hole and surveys the aftermath of the battle. "Thank you," he says grudgingly to Kurin.  He pokes at the axe head protruding from the troll's belly. "A fine shot," he says to Authiel, more warmly.Vardolas pulls himself out of the hole and surveys the aftermath of the battle.</blockquote>

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