Kryinor having rested the night and having time to settle himself about what happened to Titus with the orcs.
Emotions Check: 19
DC 10:
Fail - he will freeze up if he is in his elven form when combat starts, if he is in his wolf form he will break cover too early and will attack savagely.
Pass - He will act as he feels the situation requires.
"Let us see how the hunter's feel when they become the hunted, I will follow your lead Titus and Kargan." He stays in his half-elf form when we move out.
To Titus " If you wish me to inspect that green liquid Titus I believe I have a spell that may help me identify what it is. It has proven life saving in the past when i dwelt deep in the woods."
OOC - When appropriate Kryinor will cast Detect poison and disease on the green vial as a ritual casting.
"You can study the vitriol whenever you wish my hairy friend. Its poison no doubt, but any other information is always welcome. I'd suggest that if one them carried it, there's a good chance the other scouts are also carrying such viciousness. Have a care of their arrows friends. Let's see about these three shall we. What say gents that, our diminutive and oppositely large framed fellows in league with our dwimmerer, concentrate on the two large Orcs when find them and you my wolven brother, work with me to eliminate the scout as quick as possible? Perhaps we should steal a march on them and duck around the far side of the feature and spring our trap there. that should be far enough away to eliminate any chance our trap is heard by the others. They look like they are traveling on a known path so it should be easy to find yonder."
Titus then shoulders his gear and awaits the rest of the party
Kryinor smirks "He will never know what hit him. I will shift when we get closer" Kryinor will follow close to Titus and when we get close to our quarry he will shift into his Dire wolf form.
"Wait, why am I against one of the large brutes? It would seem tha-oh, he's gone."
Zaxx readies himself.
"Well, my short and very tall yet both burly friends, what's the plan? I can soften our targets up from a distance. And when I say 'soften' I mean 'burn horribly'."
Zaxx strikes the ground with his staff again, casting mage armour on himself.
Kryinor takes the vial of green liquid from Titus and preforms a quick ritual to study and identify substance. He determines that it is poison that causes weakness and sleep. It is quite thick enough to be applied to a weapon and would most likely be useful for one attack, as it look to oxidise fast in open air.
OOC: Shargaas' Tears: Con save DC 13. Success, no effect and immune to poison for 24 hrs. Fail, Disadvantage to all actions second Con save in 1d6 rounds. Success, full recovery immune to poison for 24 hours. Fail, Unconscious for 1d12 hours.
After Kryinor's quick ritual the companions move off around the Tor in a counter maneuver tot he patrolling Orcs.
Titus in the lead scouts out the terrain trying to find the path takes by previous scouting groups form the cave above, while looking for a suitable spot of an ambush. Kargan hands creaking on the leather haft of his mighty axe follows close behind, eager to hew the green flesh of his ancestral enemies. Breccha and Kryinor move along behind the fuming Dwarf. Zaxx follows close behind the barbarian and druid the faint shimmer of his arcane protection visible now and then. Eedim last in his customary rear guard rolls moves with skill eyes moving this way and that looking for threats.
Everyone moves with care, the dry rocky terrain is littered with scree from the crumbling heights of the old mountain. The skies remain clear and the sun rises high and throws down hot rays as the day reaches its zenith.
OOC: Can I get stealth and perception rolls from everyone and a Survival roll form Titus. Anyone else can give Titus a hand in finding the ambush site, just roll survival as well.
[I'll be treating this a a group challenge so if some of you fail some rolls all will not be lost. We just need a number of successes to bring you over the challenge threshold. :)]
After he finds what he thinks is an appropriate ambush site, Titus will wait til the party has hidden and then check their positions, any he thinks are situated wrong he will approach and help hide by assisting with some added brushes, foliage etc to conceal them to his satisfaction. Has he settles each member he will tell them "strike on my mark". Happy with every bodies positions he takes his own slightly down the path away from the others so he has a clear view of the approaching orcs and has will have a clear shot at the pathfinder with the other two squarely between the rest of ambush. Then the wait begins.
The trek around the Tor to find a suitable ambush site went well. Some of the company were only in possession of skills barely adequate to accomplish the task, but others wise in the way of bush-craft and stealth were able to aid and guide their companions.
The whole plan went marvelously well after Titus and Kryinor picked a spot for Zaxx and Mr Skittles to sit and told them both not to move until signaled.
The ambush was set and the wait short. The approaching Orcs had lost almost all of their interest in the scouting duty assigned to them, caution and vigilance giving way to boredom and insubordination. The Two large Orcs teased and jostled the smaller one. It in turn complained loudly about the noise they made and the quality of their parentage and intellect.
As Titus planned the scouting group walked blindly into the trap!
OOC: Oki doki, it all goes off as you had hoped. Adventurer's ATTACK!
My thoughts exactly! Let’s skirt around and give them a welcome party.
"Ha! It's been far too long since mae axe hewed a Grobbi neck, let's be aboot it!"
Kryinor having rested the night and having time to settle himself about what happened to Titus with the orcs.
Emotions Check: 19
DC 10:
Fail - he will freeze up if he is in his elven form when combat starts, if he is in his wolf form he will break cover too early and will attack savagely.
Pass - He will act as he feels the situation requires.
"Let us see how the hunter's feel when they become the hunted, I will follow your lead Titus and Kargan." He stays in his half-elf form when we move out.
To Titus " If you wish me to inspect that green liquid Titus I believe I have a spell that may help me identify what it is. It has proven life saving in the past when i dwelt deep in the woods."
OOC - When appropriate Kryinor will cast Detect poison and disease on the green vial as a ritual casting.
"You can study the vitriol whenever you wish my hairy friend. Its poison no doubt, but any other information is always welcome. I'd suggest that if one them carried it, there's a good chance the other scouts are also carrying such viciousness. Have a care of their arrows friends. Let's see about these three shall we. What say gents that, our diminutive and oppositely large framed fellows in league with our dwimmerer, concentrate on the two large Orcs when find them and you my wolven brother, work with me to eliminate the scout as quick as possible? Perhaps we should steal a march on them and duck around the far side of the feature and spring our trap there. that should be far enough away to eliminate any chance our trap is heard by the others. They look like they are traveling on a known path so it should be easy to find yonder."
Titus then shoulders his gear and awaits the rest of the party
Kryinor smirks "He will never know what hit him. I will shift when we get closer" Kryinor will follow close to Titus and when we get close to our quarry he will shift into his Dire wolf form.
"Wait, why am I against one of the large brutes? It would seem tha-oh, he's gone."
Zaxx readies himself.
"Well, my short and very tall yet both burly friends, what's the plan? I can soften our targets up from a distance. And when I say 'soften' I mean 'burn horribly'."
Zaxx strikes the ground with his staff again, casting mage armour on himself.
[OOC: Zaxx casts mage armour as above]
Preparing himself for the ambush Breccha singles out the biggest meanest looking orc warrior for him to charge when the ambush is sprung.
Kryinor takes the vial of green liquid from Titus and preforms a quick ritual to study and identify substance. He determines that it is poison that causes weakness and sleep. It is quite thick enough to be applied to a weapon and would most likely be useful for one attack, as it look to oxidise fast in open air.
OOC: Shargaas' Tears: Con save DC 13. Success, no effect and immune to poison for 24 hrs. Fail, Disadvantage to all actions second Con save in 1d6 rounds. Success, full recovery immune to poison for 24 hours. Fail, Unconscious for 1d12 hours.
After Kryinor's quick ritual the companions move off around the Tor in a counter maneuver tot he patrolling Orcs.
Titus in the lead scouts out the terrain trying to find the path takes by previous scouting groups form the cave above, while looking for a suitable spot of an ambush. Kargan hands creaking on the leather haft of his mighty axe follows close behind, eager to hew the green flesh of his ancestral enemies. Breccha and Kryinor move along behind the fuming Dwarf. Zaxx follows close behind the barbarian and druid the faint shimmer of his arcane protection visible now and then. Eedim last in his customary rear guard rolls moves with skill eyes moving this way and that looking for threats.
Everyone moves with care, the dry rocky terrain is littered with scree from the crumbling heights of the old mountain. The skies remain clear and the sun rises high and throws down hot rays as the day reaches its zenith.
OOC: Can I get stealth and perception rolls from everyone and a Survival roll form Titus. Anyone else can give Titus a hand in finding the ambush site, just roll survival as well.
[I'll be treating this a a group challenge so if some of you fail some rolls all will not be lost. We just need a number of successes to bring you over the challenge threshold. :)]
Eedim: Stealth: 10 Perception: 18 Survival: 15
Perception: 18
survival : 10
stealth: 5
Kryinor follows the ranger and keep his eyes and ears keen for a good ambush spot
Stealth: 11
Perception: 5
Stealth: 20
Perception: 20
Survival: 19
I get advantage to tracking orcs but I assume that wouldn't count to selecting an ambush site?
stealth: 13
perception: 22
survival: 15
Stealth: 3
Perception: 4
Survival: 2
After he finds what he thinks is an appropriate ambush site, Titus will wait til the party has hidden and then check their positions, any he thinks are situated wrong he will approach and help hide by assisting with some added brushes, foliage etc to conceal them to his satisfaction. Has he settles each member he will tell them "strike on my mark". Happy with every bodies positions he takes his own slightly down the path away from the others so he has a clear view of the approaching orcs and has will have a clear shot at the pathfinder with the other two squarely between the rest of ambush. Then the wait begins.
Kryinor plans to stay in his half elven form until he has the orc scout insight.
OOC: For ease of reference I'll put Titus' ambush plan here;
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The trek around the Tor to find a suitable ambush site went well. Some of the company were only in possession of skills barely adequate to accomplish the task, but others wise in the way of bush-craft and stealth were able to aid and guide their companions.
The whole plan went marvelously well after Titus and Kryinor picked a spot for Zaxx and Mr Skittles to sit and told them both not to move until signaled.
The ambush was set and the wait short. The approaching Orcs had lost almost all of their interest in the scouting duty assigned to them, caution and vigilance giving way to boredom and insubordination. The Two large Orcs teased and jostled the smaller one. It in turn complained loudly about the noise they made and the quality of their parentage and intellect.
As Titus planned the scouting group walked blindly into the trap!
OOC: Oki doki, it all goes off as you had hoped. Adventurer's ATTACK!
I charge the middle orc
"Die ye potato faced rat spawned scabshyte !"
att: 21
dmg: 6
Titus raises his longbow, silent blessings to Corellon and looses
Attack: 21 Damage: Unable to parse dice roll.
He then steps out onto the track "I say chaps, we'll have your money, your weapons and your lives!"