The Undying Dragons - Campaign Thread

Avaria doesn't contest the grab of her chicken and lets it go

Orc 2, the one with the chicken who's about to deposit it into the orc cage, pauses when he hears Ula's command. He looks down at his sleeping chicken and then back across the arena at Ula's dead chicken. He shrugs and nods agreement at the idea of a swap.

 When Avaria lets the chicken go from her grasp, rather than risk it being pulled in two, Haguur turns and runs back across the arena towards the orc cage.

Opportunity Attack available to Avaria against Haguur.

Orc 3 snores peacefully next to one of the sleeping chickens along the south wall of the arena.

Orc 4, realizing that Ula's chicken is solidly, all dead, pushes her away, disengages, and runs down to the sleeping chicken on the south wall, ready to scoop it up on his next turn.

"The chickens are, um, on the move," Gertrude says. "But, er, still, um, no chickens in the coops. Thirty seconds left."

Gertrude waves at the crowd.

"If, um, no chickens get counted, two for one drinks in the Amorous Octopus after this."

The crowd cheers.

Jan and Marrin are up.

((Holding to see what Jan does))

((Are there any live, un-grabbed chickens? There's a sleeping one about to get grabbed, but doubt that Jan can beat him to it.))

((Wasn't there one cornered by Jan and Mar? Where'd it get off to?))

(There are two near Jan and Marrin - Orc 5 face planted trying to grab one of them and Jan and Marrin weren’t able to grab the other but they do have it loosely corralled between them and the wall).

"Grab this chicken and I will take care of the chicken Haguur has."

 ((D6 of Bardic to Jan!

Rest of action depends on if Jan agrees.))

"Sure. We want to win enough to try killing those the orcs have?", Jan hisses as she goes for the chicken they've collectively cornered.

Medium Grab (finesse): 12
Athletics: 16

"Good point, we get nothing if we win except pissed of orcs. I guess we still should make it look good."

Moves to block the chicken's escape route while also trying to ease Jan's scooping.

((Rolls if needed for the helping:

Finesse grab: 25

Athletics: 17))

((Jan might as well use the inspiration to help grab the chicken as Marrin head after the orc's bird.))

5

Jan scoops up the chicken but before she can get a firm grip on it, the bird flaps its wings wildly, taking momentary flight.

The crowd cheers as loudly as it has all morning at what they see as another chicken escaping.

But even before the bird starts to feel the effects of gravity, Marrin's arm shoots out and she catches the chicken. It squawks loudly, causing another hoot of cheers from the audience but no matter how much it struggles, Marrin has it in a firm, though careful grip.

The 5th orc scrambles to his knees and looks around wildly. He sees the other chicken along the northern wall running towards the orc cage and races after it. He scoops it up roughly but despite the orc-handling, the chicken only appears to have ruffled feathers.

"Ooh, um, this is so exciting," Gertrude says. "Don't you think so? Dad, Mum?"

The crowd cheers.William Hargrove remains in animated conversation with the two lizard-folk, and Gillian Hargrove nods politely. Godrick Hargrove watches the melee below impassively .

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As a recap of where we are so far:

Ula has a dead chicken in hand and is no longer grappled.

Avaria is no longer grappled.

Jan and Marrin have a chicken firmly under control on the north wall - they each have movement available to them to finish their turns.

Haguur has a chicken in hand near the orc cage.

Orc 2 has a sleeping chicken in hand near the orc cage, but he looks like he really wants to swap it for Ula's dead chicken. 

Orc 3 still sleeps peaceful down by the southern wall of the arena, one chicken sleeping next to him. 

Orc 4 is ready to scoop up that second sleeping chicken but doesn't have it yet.

Orc 5 has a chicken in hand, near the orc cage.

Ethel is up next (and Jan and Marrin can post a move as well - they're approx 25-30' from their own cage).

This is bad.  Even with one asleep, the Orcs somehow have most of the chickens surrounded.  She could try to cast Sleep again.  It is early today, and dangerous to expend another precious spell.  

How critical is it that we win?  Do I spend a spell now, to win a meaningless game, only to die in a bloodsport later for want of a shield spell?  There was absolutely no explanation of any consequences for losing this, or rewards for winning.

She briefly considers murdering all the chickens... didn't the woman say 1/2 price drinks if no chickens are scored?  Maybe that's the play.  Get the crowd happy for cheap booze?

A decision made, she moves within range of Haguur and targets the chicken he is holding.  She makes a claw with her hand and brings it to her mouth, whispering the incantation to cast chill touch.  Attack: 12 Damage: 4

[Is the chicken restrained or just grappled?  If there should be advantage on that attack, here is another roll.  9 ]

"You get it to the cage, I'll run interference." Jan will head in the direction to cut off the orc who looks about to scoop up the sleeping chicken. If she can't get it away from him, she may be able to at least make things more difficult.

An incorporeal hand, it's bones showing clearly though an almost translucent ghostly skin, appears in the air next to Haguur. Before the big orc can react, the hand squeezes the chicken. Before it can even cluck or flap a wing, gross lesions consisting of dark reddish purple weepy areas of the skin appear on the chicken where there are no feathers and the hand has touched it.

A collective gasp goes up from around the arena at the sight of this deathly magic.

"Oh my," Gertrude says. "Oh, um, that's, er, really unpleasant."

For any that look up, you notice Godrick Hargrove paying Ethel much more attention that he had before.

Haguur throws the dead chicken to the ground.

Jan gets about two thirds of the way across the arena towards Orc 4 and the sleeping chicken. She's about 10' away from them now.

Two of the remaining four chickens cluck and flap wings. Two sleep peacefully. And two have moved on from this existence.

((Will wait on Marrin's movement if any before moving on to the next round but Avaria is up after that))

Marrin will head for their teams chicken goal with all her movement to deposit it next turn. Preferably she will put the cage between her and the orcs.

Avaria sees Ethel's interesting tactic and Jan running for the same sleeping chicken orc 4 is after.  Not wanting the same thing to happen again if she is able to grab that chicken, she runs for orc 4 and attempts to grapple him so that Jan can get the chicken.

Athletics for grapple  13

(if orc 4 is out of her range, she will go for the chicken instead)

Chicken Attack (advantage since it's asleep): 26 Damage: 0 - medium grab still

Avaria trots across the arena. A buzz of anticipation from the crowd follows her movement. But Orc 4 is too focused on the sleeping chicken to notice Avaria coming.

Avaria slips her arms around the orc, quickly locking a solid hold on the orc. He struggles briefly but can't find any leverage to break free. He roars in anger but it doesn't help.

The crowd cheers to see more wrestling.

Haguur looks down at the festering boil of a dead chicken at his feet and growls loudly. 

The wiry orc turns to see where he'll go next but he pauses just briefly enough to see Orc 2 holding his chicken up to Ula across the arena with a slightly glazed appearance over his eyes.

Haguur doesn't hesitate. He lashes out with a fist and catches Orc 2 on the jaw, disorienting him just enough that Haguur plucks the chicken neatly from Orc 2. The chicken remains sleeping through the whole encounter.

Orc 2 is confused. He starts towards Ula to make the swap, rubbing his jaw as he does. But halfway he realizes he doesn't have anything to swap and turns around and heads back to Haguur. But he's equally confused here now as Haguur has dropped the chicken in to the Orc cage. But there is a dead chicken at Haguur's feet. Is that the chicken Ula wants? He looks back at Ula confused.

Ula's up.

(One chicken dead in Ula's hand, one dead chicken on the ground near the orc pen, one in the orc pen, one in Orc 5's hand by the orc pen, one asleep near Orc 4 - and the sleeping Orc 3, and the last chicken in Marrin's hand near your pen).