Drawing two daggers, Roxana moves to attack the gray-haired man (Gh) (Dagger Attack: 13, Damage: 7) (Dagger Attack: 26, Damage: 2) (Sneak Attack Damage: 4 if either attack hits)
Roxana is all over the gray haired man before anyone even notices her existence. The first dagger finds with disturbing simplicity a point not protected by the target's simple leather armor and sinks into the flesh, under the armpit.
The Zhentarim screams, turns around surprised ... but he doesn't even have time to see who hit him, who collapses lifeless to the ground.
His companions, caught off guard, initially don't seem to know how to react: the closest ones turn to look at what happened, the furthest curse and ask what happened... They were going hunting for an insectoid in front of them... they didn't expect blades in the shadows from behind!
The girl from Longsaddle takes advantage of this and with the second dagger attacks the neck of the woman with a mole on her cheek, who only thanks to reflexes hightened by fear avoids death and gets away with a graze wound.
Come on people, take your turn, any order, regardless of initiative! You have surprise this round!
Following Roxana's move to attack, the white-haired warrior springs forth from hiding and sends his blade in an arc over his head as he lets out his rage in a roar of fury, done with the skulking now, only the relieving blood red haze of the battle now.
Bonus action: Rage Move one square to the southeast Attack Mole Cheek Greatsword: 20 Slashing: 10
If the attack drops Mole Cheek he continues into her square, wading into the midst of battle.
Mole Cheek turns to Roxana feeling the hit. She has a funny surprised expression on her face. Then Obadiah's heavy blades come down from the other side, hitting between neck and shoulder in a fountain of blood.
With a loud cry, down goes the woman and Obadiah walks on her still warm and bleeding corpse, ready to bring more slaughter in the middle of the enemies!
(Our of home at the moment, can't update map right now - but please go on with your turns all the same)
Hearing the sounds of battle Aidwyn swallows and charge forward, coming put of the corner and attacking and unaware Bone Chips. Her swing is good but she feel a weakness in the legs and her arm. This is the very first time she raise her weapons against other human. The edge of her sword manages to find a spot we’re the armor doesn’t cover the flesh but she doesn’t put it behind it and what should have been a mortal wound ends in a flesh one. She tries to shove Pony Tail to the ground with her shield, but yet again she holds back and doesn’t really hit him.
Bone Clips was busy taunting Aidwyn: "You'll need to do better than that, honey!" as Rash comes out of nowhere and lands a square blow on top of her head with his quarterstaff.
The woman staggers as at least two of her bone clips break and fall. She seems about to pass out, but then she grits her teeth and somehow manages to keep fighting.
"Stinking brute!"she yells at Rash "Hitting me like that! You half-orcs don't understand much about courtesy..." and after a quick glance at the broken bones fallen to the ground "or about fashion either!"
(OOC: Taking Spira's Turn, since OisinmacCameron did not post yet and hasn't even posted elsewhere in the past few days...maybe he's busy)
Spira leans out of the corner and aims Bone Clips with her crossbow, hoping to finish her off: while the she-Zhentarim is distracted shouting at Rash, the tiefling gently pulls the trigger...
Bone Clips notices the tiefling at the last moment and tries to dodge, but the blows already received have slowed her reflexes too much: the crossbow bolt hits her head - not squarely, but it still causes a bleeding wound. It's too much! The woman falls first to her knees, then backwards, never to get up again.
Spira takes back cover.
Now we go for Round 2!
We'll act in what I call 'almost-strict' initiative order. This is the only (conscious) deviation from RAW I adopt (and I adopt it only because I found out that in PbP it helps a lot in lowering the lag). We act in initiative order but if 2 or more creatures of the same faction get all to act before the next creature of an opposing faction, said creatures can act in any order.
Example: by strict initiative order we'd have Obadiah, Aidwyn and Bjorn. But both Obadiah and Aidwyn belong to the same faction (the party) so they may act in any order (Obadiah before Aidwyn, or Aidwyn before Obadiah) - the first that can post is free to do so.
Remember that this time you do not have Advantage (unless someone attacks poor Pt in melee before she gets up), so, please, don't roll too low!
This post has potentially manipulated dice roll results.
The evil zhentarim, they all had to die. In his rage the white-haired warrior continues his assault, swinging his already blooded blade in a sweeping arc, the strength of his fury guiding it through the ranks of the enemy.
Attack Skinny Boy Greatsword: 23 Slashing: 12
If attack is crit or kills Skinny Boy use Great Weapon Master Feat for another attack on Plump Girl. Greatsword: 23 Slashing: 12
He then lets out another mighty challenging roar to make the remaining zhents fight him.
Skinny Boy's eyes widen in terror as he sees the great blade leap towards him!
"What's wrong with you!?" the young yells, squatting down with lightning speed while he futilely brings his arms over his head, as if they could protect it "What did I do to you!?"
The boy's fear and the white-haired warrior's rage confront each other... and fear narrowly wins: Skinny Boy is just fast enough to feel the wind from the blade brushing against his head and arms; he narrowly evades the blow.
Aidwyn keeps pressing on, trying not to think about the now bleeding woman at her side. Taking advantage that Ponytail is on her four trying to catch her breath, Aidwyn hits her in the temple with the pommel of her sword. "She is just a child"he thoughts to herself "probably here 'cos they gave her foo..." then he hears the cry of the other boy terrified by the presence of the white haried warrior that brings death and doom over them.
With no time to lose if she wants to save the boy's life, she pushes Bjorn wiht her shield trying to knock him down too.
Action attack Pony Tail: 10 and 21 to hit thanks to advantage. Damage: 8 non-lethal.
The girl with the ponytail, although on the ground, shields herself with her mace, holding it with two hands, one on the hilt and one on the handle, to try to deflect Aidwyn's blow. PonyTail, however, was expecting a blow from the blade and remains disoriented when the opponent attacks her with the pommel of her sword; her blow, therefore, even if partially intercepted and slowed down, painfully hits the mark: "Ouch! You, stinking pile of cow dung!" the girl tries to get back on her feet "Now I'll show you..."
But Aidwyn in the meantime has already charged Bjorn, placing the shield on his shoulder and using it as a battering ram...
...And like a battering ram the young heroine takes the boy down! He loses footing and balance and falls to the ground, protesting: "Cursed girl! I won't be beaten that easily! Do you have any idea who I am?! I am a Zhentarim! You'd better surrender, while you have the chance..."
Less stoned than PonyTail (after all, he wasn't hit in the temple), Bjorn is quick to get up and, while doing so, looking at Aidwyn with a mixture of fear and hatred, tries to surprise her with a mace blow to the knee.
(Roxana Initiative: 14)
Drawing two daggers, Roxana moves to attack the gray-haired man (Gh)
(Dagger Attack: 13, Damage: 7)
(Dagger Attack: 26, Damage: 2)
(Sneak Attack Damage: 4 if either attack hits)
She holds her position after making the strikes.
Rabbit Sebrica, Sorcerer || Skarai, Monk || Lokilia Vaelphin, Druid || Vanizi, Warlock || Britari / Halila Talgeta / Jesa Gumovi || Neital Rhessil, Wizard ||
Iromae Quinaea, Cleric || Meira Dheran, Rogue || Qirynna Thadri, Wizard || Crisaryn Melkial, Sorcerer || Bronnryn Hethgar, Cleric
Round 1
Roxana is all over the gray haired man before anyone even notices her existence. The first dagger finds with disturbing simplicity a point not protected by the target's simple leather armor and sinks into the flesh, under the armpit.
The Zhentarim screams, turns around surprised ... but he doesn't even have time to see who hit him, who collapses lifeless to the ground.
His companions, caught off guard, initially don't seem to know how to react: the closest ones turn to look at what happened, the furthest curse and ask what happened... They were going hunting for an insectoid in front of them... they didn't expect blades in the shadows from behind!
The girl from Longsaddle takes advantage of this and with the second dagger attacks the neck of the woman with a mole on her cheek, who only thanks to reflexes hightened by fear avoids death and gets away with a graze wound.
Come on people, take your turn, any order, regardless of initiative! You have surprise this round!
Combat Stats (those interested can peek):
Initiative Name Status
22 Obadiah Undamaged
21 Aidwyn Undamaged
21 Bjorn Undamaged
21 Bone Clips Undamaged
20 Rash Undamaged
18 Skinny Boy Undamaged
16 PonyTail Undamaged
14 Roxana Undamaged
9 Pedro Undamaged
6 Mole Cheek 2 Damage
5 Gray Haired Dead3 Plump Girl Undamaged
? Spira Undamaged
Following Roxana's move to attack, the white-haired warrior springs forth from hiding and sends his blade in an arc over his head as he lets out his rage in a roar of fury, done with the skulking now, only the relieving blood red haze of the battle now.
Bonus action: Rage
Move one square to the southeast
Attack Mole Cheek
Greatsword: 20 Slashing: 10
If the attack drops Mole Cheek he continues into her square, wading into the midst of battle.
Round 1
Mole Cheek turns to Roxana feeling the hit. She has a funny surprised expression on her face. Then Obadiah's heavy blades come down from the other side, hitting between neck and shoulder in a fountain of blood.
With a loud cry, down goes the woman and Obadiah walks on her still warm and bleeding corpse, ready to bring more slaughter in the middle of the enemies!
(Our of home at the moment, can't update map right now - but please go on with your turns all the same)
Round 1
Hearing the sounds of battle Aidwyn swallows and charge forward, coming put of the corner and attacking and unaware Bone Chips.
Her swing is good but she feel a weakness in the legs and her arm. This is the very first time she raise her weapons against other human. The edge of her sword manages to find a spot we’re the armor doesn’t cover the flesh but she doesn’t put it behind it and what should have been a mortal wound ends in a flesh one.
She tries to shove Pony Tail to the ground with her shield, but yet again she holds back and doesn’t really hit him.
(Attack: 19 & 20 thanks to advantage. Damage: 5
BA Shove with the shield, Athletics 10 )
PbP Character: A few ;)
Let's see how PonyTail fares: 12
Swert-hearted Aidwyn holds back... but the girl with the ponytail trips on Bone Clips right leg and falls!
(OOC: She is now prone!)
(OOC: Oh, finally with my fingers on my PC's keyboard!)
Updated map:
Combat Stats (those interested can peek):
Initiative Name Status
22 Obadiah Undamaged
21 Aidwyn Undamaged
21 Bjorn Undamaged
21 Bone Clips 5 Damage
20 Rash Undamaged
18 Skinny Boy Undamaged
16 PonyTail Undamaged (Prone)
14 Roxana Undamaged
9 Pedro Undamaged
6 Mole Cheek Dead5 Gray Haired Dead3 Plump Girl Undamaged
? Spira Undamaged
Rash lets out a war cry and charges! Holding his staff in both hands, he takes a swing at Bone Clips.
Attack: 22 Damage: 4
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Round 1
Bone Clips was busy taunting Aidwyn: "You'll need to do better than that, honey!" as Rash comes out of nowhere and lands a square blow on top of her head with his quarterstaff.
The woman staggers as at least two of her bone clips break and fall. She seems about to pass out, but then she grits her teeth and somehow manages to keep fighting.
"Stinking brute!" she yells at Rash "Hitting me like that! You half-orcs don't understand much about courtesy..." and after a quick glance at the broken bones fallen to the ground "or about fashion either!"
Combat Stats (those interested can peek):
Initiative Name Status
22 Obadiah Undamaged
21 Aidwyn Undamaged
21 Bjorn Undamaged
21 Bone Clips 9 Damage
20 Rash Undamaged
18 Skinny Boy Undamaged
16 PonyTail Undamaged (Prone)
14 Roxana Undamaged
9 Pedro Undamaged
6 Mole Cheek Dead5 Gray Haired Dead3 Plump Girl Undamaged
? Spira Undamaged
Round 1
(OOC: Taking Spira's Turn, since OisinmacCameron did not post yet and hasn't even posted elsewhere in the past few days...maybe he's busy)
Spira leans out of the corner and aims Bone Clips with her crossbow, hoping to finish her off: while the she-Zhentarim is distracted shouting at Rash, the tiefling gently pulls the trigger...
Spira's crossbow attack: 14 Damage: 3
Round 1
Bone Clips notices the tiefling at the last moment and tries to dodge, but the blows already received have slowed her reflexes too much: the crossbow bolt hits her head - not squarely, but it still causes a bleeding wound. It's too much! The woman falls first to her knees, then backwards, never to get up again.
Spira takes back cover.
Now we go for Round 2!
We'll act in what I call 'almost-strict' initiative order. This is the only (conscious) deviation from RAW I adopt (and I adopt it only because I found out that in PbP it helps a lot in lowering the lag). We act in initiative order but if 2 or more creatures of the same faction get all to act before the next creature of an opposing faction, said creatures can act in any order.
Example: by strict initiative order we'd have Obadiah, Aidwyn and Bjorn. But both Obadiah and Aidwyn belong to the same faction (the party) so they may act in any order (Obadiah before Aidwyn, or Aidwyn before Obadiah) - the first that can post is free to do so.
Remember that this time you do not have Advantage (unless someone attacks poor Pt in melee before she gets up), so, please, don't roll too low!
Obadiah and Aidwyn up, any order!
Combat Stats (those interested can peek):
Initiative Name Status
22 Obadiah Undamaged
21 Aidwyn Undamaged
21 Bjorn Undamaged
21 Bone Clips Dead20 Rash Undamaged
18 Skinny Boy Undamaged
16 PonyTail Undamaged (Prone)
14 Roxana Undamaged
9 Pedro Undamaged
6 Mole Cheek Dead5 Gray Haired Dead3 Plump Girl Undamaged
? Spira Undamaged
The evil zhentarim, they all had to die.
In his rage the white-haired warrior continues his assault, swinging his already blooded blade in a sweeping arc, the strength of his fury guiding it through the ranks of the enemy.
Attack Skinny Boy
Greatsword: 23 Slashing: 12
If attack is crit or kills Skinny Boy use Great Weapon Master Feat for another attack on Plump Girl.
Greatsword: 23 Slashing: 12
He then lets out another mighty challenging roar to make the remaining zhents fight him.
Skinny Boy's eyes widen in terror as he sees the great blade leap towards him!
"What's wrong with you!?" the young yells, squatting down with lightning speed while he futilely brings his arms over his head, as if they could protect it "What did I do to you!?"
The boy's fear and the white-haired warrior's rage confront each other... and fear narrowly wins: Skinny Boy is just fast enough to feel the wind from the blade brushing against his head and arms; he narrowly evades the blow.
Aidwyn is up!
Combat Stats (those interested can peek):
Initiative Name Status
22 Obadiah Undamaged
21 Aidwyn Undamaged
21 Bjorn Undamaged
21 Bone Clips Dead20 Rash Undamaged
18 Skinny Boy Undamaged
16 PonyTail Undamaged (Prone)
14 Roxana Undamaged
9 Pedro Undamaged
6 Mole Cheek Dead5 Gray Haired Dead3 Plump Girl Undamaged
? Spira Undamaged
Aidwyn keeps pressing on, trying not to think about the now bleeding woman at her side. Taking advantage that Ponytail is on her four trying to catch her breath, Aidwyn hits her in the temple with the pommel of her sword. "She is just a child" he thoughts to herself "probably here 'cos they gave her foo..." then he hears the cry of the other boy terrified by the presence of the white haried warrior that brings death and doom over them.
With no time to lose if she wants to save the boy's life, she pushes Bjorn wiht her shield trying to knock him down too.
Action attack Pony Tail: 10 and 21 to hit thanks to advantage. Damage: 8 non-lethal.
BA: Athletics 10 trying to make Bjorn prone too...
Movement: 5 ft forward
All rolls in the game log.
PbP Character: A few ;)
Round 2
The girl with the ponytail, although on the ground, shields herself with her mace, holding it with two hands, one on the hilt and one on the handle, to try to deflect Aidwyn's blow. PonyTail, however, was expecting a blow from the blade and remains disoriented when the opponent attacks her with the pommel of her sword; her blow, therefore, even if partially intercepted and slowed down, painfully hits the mark: "Ouch! You, stinking pile of cow dung!" the girl tries to get back on her feet "Now I'll show you..."
But Aidwyn in the meantime has already charged Bjorn, placing the shield on his shoulder and using it as a battering ram...
Bjorn's Athletics to resist the shove: 2
...And like a battering ram the young heroine takes the boy down! He loses footing and balance and falls to the ground, protesting: "Cursed girl! I won't be beaten that easily! Do you have any idea who I am?! I am a Zhentarim! You'd better surrender, while you have the chance..."
Less stoned than PonyTail (after all, he wasn't hit in the temple), Bjorn is quick to get up and, while doing so, looking at Aidwyn with a mixture of fear and hatred, tries to surprise her with a mace blow to the knee.
Bjorn's mace attack to Aidwyn's knee: 17 Damage: 6 (bludgeoning)