Lost Mines of Phandelver 2014 rules

The way I see this is we a the following options;

One - sneak up and gut him and take our chances with whatever is in the cave, or set an ambush. Maybe with cover from Lucius and his bow.

Two - hurt him, badly with arrows. And let him get his mates out. We still have range and can thin them out. 

I like option one but then I’m absolutely amped for cracking some Ork skulls.

Actually……. Brand……. Those bombs. Tell me about the fuses. Can we kill them in a cluster at the cave mouth?

Brand looks at the cave mouth and boulder, thinks and then says, "The bombs are basically made if, oil flasks, rope fuses and ball bearings. You light them and toss them. They basically explode and do initial damage (1d6), the oil spreads on the floor and then sets a small area of 3 metres on fire for a short period of time of around 1 minute. Unfortunately, I am not adept enough to make them kill outright. I havent figured out what fuel and material will accomplish a more powerful bomb."

Brand rolls his shoulders, looks at Ol and Lucian, "I'm up for some exercise and slaughtering orcs."

‘The old soften up and charge it is then’ laughs Ol over the sound of stretching from his bow.

‘Lets see if this gets his attention’

Attack

18

Damage

 7

‘That’s got to sting’

Ol looks at the others waiting to launch his attack.

The arrow hits home

Lucius tries to seize the opening and moves forward enough to get into blasting range

Eldritch Blast - Attack: 17 Damage: 4 

The orc stumbles from the 1-2 combo but is still standing

Brand Casts Sacred Flame

3

6 

The scorching radiance is enough to finish the orc off and he slumps to his knees and falls softly on his side

Brand tries to sneak up to the entrance.

Stealth check 14

While moving towards the entrance Brand looks for traps

Perception check 23

‘You weren’t lying when you said you wanted to crack some skulls’ whispers Ol as he follows for a peak into the cave

perception

18

stealth

8

Brand chuckles, "I just finished it off. You did great with that  snipe shot you took."

For all the grandeur in the name of the area and the hill itself, the cave in the ravine is wholly uremarkable. It is a cave like any other, opening up and out quite sharply from the cave mouth. The roof is high enough for the smoke from a sputtering campfire in the centre to disperse enough not to become choking. 

There are 5 normal orcs around the sputtering campfire, one bigger orc just behind them cleaning between his teeth with a knife and the promised ogre is asleep in what passes for a corner in a cave with no corners

‘This looks like a great time for your Bombs on that Ogre Brand, if you do that and while they’re confused I’ll take aim for the biggest Ork - he’ll be the boss’ whispers Ol.

‘Lucian you then send the zombies in - operation zombie shield’  

Lucius nods silently

Brand takes out a bomb, lights it, tosses it all at the ogre and says a small prayer as as it soars through the air.

The bomb sails through the air soundlessly and clinks as it hits the ground and comes to rest behind the ogre's thigh. Just as the orcs look over at the noise, the detonation reverberates around the cave as it covers the ogre in flaming oil

66 

Lucian 8