Whirtlestaff's Wizards' Academy Revisited, IC01

[KerlanRayne]

After Kerlan, if he, indeed still has an action coming, it's the bad guys' turn, right?

OOC: Soooo, it's the enemy's turn right? I have taken my turn already.

 

[Leif]

"Yes," quoth the DM. I'll try to get us back on track Tuesday evening. You're almost finished with this part of the adventure. Or at least the above-ground section of it. I am reminded how I got involved with so many different threads at ENWorld: it was due to impatience with Scotty taking so long to advance the story in his Island Empire game. And now I'm doing the same thing here. Eeesh. Ironically, the "slowness" that I perceived in Scotley was caused by his involvement in so many other threads, so that led me to seek other threads, which, in turn led to delays in my game. It's the Dungeons & Dragons Vicious Circle of Doom and Boredom!

WHAT HAVE I DONE??? I'm sorry, guys, I never intended to let it go this long. I'll advance things right now.

 

[Leif]

Thugler's sore toe is plaguing him at the moment, so all he was able to do this round was shift his weight to the other foot and curse his tight boots! The critter Tylara summoned makes a snack of the second hobgoblin facing it. The hobs running northward from elsewhere in the keep are still coming, but there was a time-warp or something evidently, because they seem to be in the same place they were in last round! Hmmm. Same map still applies. Go ahead and proceed to let them have it!

OOC: Things should get a lot more interesting once this battle is behind us, and that shouldn't be very far off now.

Same map applies. Did I already say that? Oh, well, it bears repeating.

 

[Lou]

Xavier AC 14 24/24 HP

Xavier again reloads his crossbow and fires at Thugler, again with limited success. Xavier thinks to himself I need to take some lessons with this thing.

[sblock=rolls]
2d atk on Thugler (1d20+3=16, 1d8=2)

[/sblock]

 

[Leif]

Lou, just in case you need them, here are links to

OOC: http://www.enworld.org/forum/talking-talk/214600-whirtlestaffs-wizards-academy-revisited-ooc.html

RG: http://www.enworld.org/forum/plots-...wizards-academy-revisited-rogues-gallery.html

You've seen the map haven't you, Lou? It's posted in this thread on one of these first few pages.
(Post #803)

 

[KerlanRayne]

Kerlan casts another spell targeting the Hobgoblin. Acid shoots forth and strikes his enemy. Damage to Thugler from Lesser Orb of Acid (2d8=9).

 

[Scotley]

Tylara tries another swing of her sword (1d20+4=23) and this time gets it right. The blade slices (2d8+1=17) deep into the Thugler's chest.

OOC: [sblock]crit check (1d20+4=19) Damage should have been 18, I forgot to double str. If 19 wasn't good enough for a crit then damage is still 9. Not too shabby a bit of swordplay for a wizard...[/sblock]

 

[Leif]

[OOC: we'll go ahead and advance in Mowgli's absence -- he wasn't in the thick of the fight anyway, and the opponents who were in range have now been dispatched.]

The Half-Orc having previously succumbed to the attacks of the wizards, leaving Thugler all alone, he was trying to hold out until reinforcements from the southern end of the keep arrived. He didn't count on such fierce resistance, however. Kerlan's Orb of Acid strikes his chest and does irreparable damage to Thugler. Tylara, acting just a shade slower draws her trusty elven longsword, steps up to Thugler and proceeds to carve out his foul hobgoblin liver. He dies on the spot (whether from the acid or from the blade is not immediately apparent).

[sblock=KerlanRayne]Sorry man, I somehow missed your spell before![/sblock]

The creature Tylara had summoned, finishes off the two hobgoblins it was facing, and then disappears when the spell ends. The last two hobgoblins are still moving northward toward the wizards. They do not know yet of their "noble" leader's fate and the swordpoint of the elf maiden.

 

[Scotley]

Tylara

A little shocked at her own success, Tylara whirls and readies her sword for the approaching Hobgoblins. As soon as one comes into reach her blade darts (1d20+4=6) forward, but this time she is not so lucky and misses the foe.

 

[Leif]

OOC: Unless Ty moves down to meet the remaining hobgoblins, they are not in her reach this turn. The most recent map reflects the extent of their movement so far. If you want her to move down to meet them, please edit your post and give me her coordinates. If she's just "whirling" to face them and prepare for them, then the attack roll is premature, and I won't hold you to the result.