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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MacConnell" data-source="post: 7496471" data-attributes="member: 6855223">[ATTACH]101535[/ATTACH]Vik and Veera turn as quickly as they can to run along with the other three, but Quill stays in hidden in place, listening.[ooc]Reaction Time: Readiness + Impetus + Clarity + d100Nalvis: 130Mekric: 123Arbrine: 104Rekyavik: 110Renyaveer: 119Quill: 141Infantry: 57Archers: 93Speaker: 31 + 24 + 17 + 69 = 141[/ooc][gm]Reacting much more quickly than could be expected, as soon as Malvis and the others turn to run, the Speaker hollars, "Fire!"The archers, however, are not nearly so quick to respond. They are so relatively slow that their targets have moved even farther away and acquired a greater benefit of cover from the narrowing trail. The parley began at a distance of about 10 paces.[/gm][ooc]Speed of Action: Reaction Time - HindranceNalvis: 130 - 30 = 100Mekric: 123 - 60 = 63Arbrine: 104 - 60 = 44Rekyavik: 110 - 30 = 80Renyaveer: 119 - 48 = 71Quill: 141 - 60 = 81Infantry: delayedArchers: 93 - 30(armor) - 200(bows) = -137Speaker: delayed[/ooc][gm]By the time that the archers are able to fire, Nalvis has move ahead of the others and covered 4 paces of distance. Rekyavik is closest behind, having moved 3 paces. Renyaveer and Mekric have also moved 3 paces and are on the heel of Rekyavik. Arbrine, having a bit of a later start has only completed 2 paces, though at the advantage of not having reached the trail and being protected by more cover.The first volley of arrows are very poorly fired. So poorly fired that the Speaker screams at their incompetence, ordering the columns to move out. After a few seconds it becomes obvious that the soldiers will not catch their immediate quarry and the Speaker orders them to march. The columns are able to march two by two, but it is a tight shoulder to shoulder at some places.[/gm]Once the soldiers move out of sight, Quill moves back to the beach. Using an oar to assist her she frees the farthest downstream boat from its mooring, catching the lead rope as it begins to drift. She then enters the next boat, tying the first leader to the stern of the second boat. She continues this pattern. By the third boat, she no longer has to dig. The fourth boat pulls free all of it own due to the added drift weight of the other three tied to it. Quill leaves the fifth boat beached, thinking that she and her friends can use it if they survive this coming battle.Having completed her desired tasks she runs up the trail after the long departed others.[gm]Renyaveer and Arbrine begin to slow before the others, though each has outlasted any possible pursuit by the soldiers. Everyone is eventually forced back to a walk. At one particular switchback, Rekyavik who is the tallest is able to see that the soldiers have been left far behind. He also sees that much farther behind them that Quill is carefully following.By mid afternoon, the friends arrive at the wooden gate to the mountainous Orngaddrin city to find that it is closed. A sentry in the guard tower to the gate's right calls down in Orngaddrin then Eastabin, "What brings you here? We were warned of coming danger by signal fire."Mekric and Renyaveer, the thinkers of the group, realize they have about an hour before the following soldiers will arrive.[/gm]</blockquote>

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