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The Battle of Nightstone - Bottom of the Fifth - {Happy, Meiva, Sleepy, Njorman, Toruun, Fiddles, Devin, Xolkin, Gurrash, Gentle, Orcs, Tiny & Kella} - Update 1) At the beginning of this Phase of Action (Xolkin - Kella inclusive) there is one remaining Orc on the bridge, however five more Orcs climb up onto the bridge. 2) Xolkin takes his time until the huge Orc is in position and successfully attacks (see Post #567) with the big Orc leading the charge
Xolkin uses Bandit Captain stats and adds +3 damage to his successful attacks
3) As he reaches the Bridge the big Orc yells out to the other Orcs "Teper' my zdes', davayte voz'mem derevnyu!"Upon hearing the huge Orc yell out, Gentle mutters to anybody within earshot "that's not good!" 4)The huge Orc then attacks Xolkin with his Great Axe three times: First (Attack: 17 Damage: 8 plus 8), Second (Attack: 24 Damage: 15 plus 7) & Third (Attack: 21 Damage: 11 plus 5) 5) Gentle charges into the back of one of the Orcs swinging his Great Axe wildly (see post #569) but perhaps worried about the huge Orc's Battle Cry misses his target badly. 6) The other five orcs swarm onto the bridge and there is now a single orc on Meiva which attacks (Attack: 18 Damage: 6), one on Kella which attacks (Attack: 7 Damage: 7) and two on Gentle which both attack - First (Attack: 22 Damage: 4) & Second (Attack: 15 Damage: 5) plus the one remaining Orc on Happy which also attacks (Attack: 20 Damage: 8). 7) As a result of the two Orcs attacking him, Gentle goes to one knee bleeding profusely from a deep slash across his chest but somehow he struggles to his feet with one (1) hitpoint left. 8) Tiny and Kella - you're up!
The Battle of Nightstone - Top of the Sixth - {Happy, Meiva, Sleepy, Njorman, Toruun, Fiddles, Devin, Xolkin, Gurrash, Gentle, Orcs, Tiny & Kella} 1) At the end of the last round as Kella dropped hers and Tiny missed there were five (5) Orcs, one (1) Player Character (Meiva) and five (5) Non-player Characters (Happy, Xolkin, Gentle, Tiny & Kella) frantically battling on the bridge - see Map. 2) Happy and Meiva you're up, and then Toruun, followed by Xolkin. 3) Sleepy, Fiddles and Devin have pre-posted (see Post #571) and all hits are successful which will be used in the initiative Order. 4) Are Vaek, Beedo and Grumpy all continuing to Dash towards the Southwestern Tower which is the point closest to where the other Orc Horde will try and access the Village? 5) Unable to see the Orcs on the bridge from his point on wall standing on the remains of the collapsed tower, Njorman climbs down from his somewhat precarious perch, picks his way through the tower's rubble and runs up to the top of the hill where Devin and Fiddles are standing. Looking down at the melee on the bridge he pants "we outnumber 'em but not sure we've got the upper hand just yet."
(Assuming the damage didn't drop him): Happy staggers a bit from the orc's blow, but keeps fighting, swinging his warhammer hard at his opponent's side.
Attack: 16 Damage: 9
Meiva gasps in pain as the orc's axe slashes across her side. She spins and reaches out her hand towards it, fingers clawing as dark energy covers them.
"Rot and return to the earth," she intones, casting Inflict Wounds.
Torunn moves closer to the fight, finding another boulder just SE of his position. As he gets to his new position, he realizes that he can't actually see any of the Orcs, grumbling to himself about trying to be too clever, he decides he Ready his crossbow, so if any Orcs break through or become available targets he will fire a shot.
The Battle of Nightstone - Middle of the Sixth - {Happy, Meiva, Sleepy, Njorman, Toruun, Fiddles, Devin, Xolkin, Gurrash, Gentle, Orcs, Tiny & Kella} 1) In order to keep the combat flowing and given he is an NPC anyway, I've decided to roll Xolkin's attacks on Gurash. He makes two attacks with his Rapier - First (Attack: 18 Damage: 6) & Second (Attack: 16 Damage: 5) and a single Attack with his Dagger (Attack: 25 Damage: 5) 2) Gurrash looks at the Rapier as Xolkin withdraws it from his side where he has just managed to stab through Orc's armour at the same time as slashing him across the face with his dagger and laughs "you call those kitchen knives weapons, now this is a weapon" brandishing his Great Axe as he slashes at the nimble Half-elf - First (Attack: 26 Damage: Unable to parse dice roll. plus 3) & Second (Attack: 7 Damage: 15 plus 7). Fortunately for Xolkin the huge Orc thinks he is better than he really is - as is often the case - and Xolkin easily ducks under the return swing. 3) Gentle struggles to his feet, snarls at the full blooded Orc and swings his Great Axe with all of his might (see Post #578) 4) The Orc on Meiva and Kella chooses (1) Meiva as their target and swings it Great Axe (Attack: 19 Damage: 14) and she goes down with a groan (and pitches into the Moat?) 5) The Orc on Happy swings its Great Axe at him (Attack: 14 Damage: 8) and cuts deeply into his leg dropping him to the ground. 6) The Orc on Gentle and Tiny chooses (3) Gentle as his target and despite swinging its Great Axe (Attack: 8 Damage: 10) energetically, Gentle simply sways out of the way. 7) Tiny and Kella - hit and miss respectively (see Posts #579 & 580 respectively) 8) Beedo, Vark and Grumpy continue their run through the village, Beedo will be at the Southeastern tower - if he continues to dash - at the end of the next round.
The Battle of Nightstone - Top of the Seventh - {Happy, Meiva, Sleepy, Njorman, Toruun, Fiddles, Devin, Xolkin, Gurrash, Gentle, Orcs, Tiny & Kella} 1) Happy and Meiva make death saves please. 2) Missile troops on the hill or in the air (Sleepy, Njorman, Fiddles and Devin) can shoot or do something different - see Post #583. Sleepy kills the Orc threatening Tiny with a well placed bolt through its eye yelling out to Tiny and Gentle "you can thank me later, lads!" 3) Having found a vantage point on the hill next to Devin and Fiddles, Njorman fires into the melee aiming (3) for the Orc Chief (Attack: 9 Damage: 3) but doing no more than sending a crossbow bolt thudding into the bridge at its feet. 4) Toruun aims at the Orc chief (see Post #582) and with the blessing of Gond in full force guiding the bolt it pierces the Orc Chiefs upper arm and embeds itself in his humerus. 5) Fiddles (see Post #583) aims at the same target as Sleepy and unable to correct to a new target in time as the Orc drops misses all other Orcs in the melee. Meanwhile Devin sends a bolt of flame towards the Orc Chief which miraculously hits Toruun's bolt lodged in the Orc's arm and sets fire to it. The hit of burning bolt sears the Orc's arm but it still manages to threaten Xolkin with its Great Axe. 6) Xolkin continues to demonstrate his martial prowess to Kella by striking the Orc chief in quick succession - see Post #584 - with his Rapier and Dagger. 7) In response, the Orc Chief slashes back with his Great Axe - First (Attack: 13 Damage: 15 plus 6) & Second (Attack: 8 Damage: 10 plus 1). Xolkin sways out of the way of the Orc Chief's first swing and its second is not even close. 8) Gentle what do you want to do?
Torunn thinks for a moment, then mutters to Gond, "Oh Great Creator, protect me when these boulders no longer can." with that he leaves his cover and moves to the crossroad just north of the bridge and fires his crossbow at one of the Orcs
Never let them see you sweat ... especially when you're trying to impress a lady. Xolkin laughs as he lunges three more times at the orc threatening him.
Gentle grins as he eyes in the next Orc, probably a little crazy from his blood loss combined with blood lust to hunt Orcs. He swings his Great-axe at the Target.
The Battle of Nightstone - Bottom of the Seventh - {Happy, Meiva, Sleepy, Njorman, Toruun, Fiddles, Devin, Xolkin, Gurrash, Gentle, Orcs, Tiny & Kella} 1) Gentle swings his Great Axe and not only does the blow bite deep into the Orc Chief's side but its momentum knocks his dying body off the Bridge and into the Moat. 2) The one remaining Orc on the Bridge swings its Great Axe at Kella (Attack: 18 Damage: Unable to parse dice roll.) chopping deeply into her leg. 3) Tiny - you can't reach the Orc on Kella, as Kella and Xolkin are blocking your way unless you want to push through them. 4) Kella - what do you want to do? 5) At the end of the round, the Orcs on the west bank have started to enter the Moat, D.O.R.K. has emerged - literally walked up the bank - I forgot she didn't need to breath so lets say she walked along the Moat's bottom. Beedo will have climbed to the top of the Southwestern Watch Tower where he will be able to shoot at the second wave of Orcs in the Moat.
The Battle of Nightstone - Bottom of the Fifth - {Happy, Meiva, Sleepy, Njorman, Toruun, Fiddles, Devin, Xolkin, Gurrash, Gentle, Orcs, Tiny & Kella} - Update
1) At the beginning of this Phase of Action (Xolkin - Kella inclusive) there is one remaining Orc on the bridge, however five more Orcs climb up onto the bridge.
2) Xolkin takes his time until the huge Orc is in position and successfully attacks (see Post #567) with the big Orc leading the charge
Xolkin uses Bandit Captain stats and adds +3 damage to his successful attacks
3) As he reaches the Bridge the big Orc yells out to the other Orcs "Teper' my zdes', davayte voz'mem derevnyu!" Upon hearing the huge Orc yell out, Gentle mutters to anybody within earshot "that's not good!"
4) The huge Orc then attacks Xolkin with his Great Axe three times: First (Attack: 17 Damage: 8 plus 8), Second (Attack: 24 Damage: 15 plus 7) & Third (Attack: 21 Damage: 11 plus 5)
5) Gentle charges into the back of one of the Orcs swinging his Great Axe wildly (see post #569) but perhaps worried about the huge Orc's Battle Cry misses his target badly.
6) The other five orcs swarm onto the bridge and there is now a single orc on Meiva which attacks (Attack: 18 Damage: 6), one on Kella which attacks (Attack: 7 Damage: 7) and two on Gentle which both attack - First (Attack: 22 Damage: 4) & Second (Attack: 15 Damage: 5) plus the one remaining Orc on Happy which also attacks (Attack: 20 Damage: 8).
7) As a result of the two Orcs attacking him, Gentle goes to one knee bleeding profusely from a deep slash across his chest but somehow he struggles to his feet with one (1) hitpoint left.
8) Tiny and Kella - you're up!
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*Pre-Post
Gentle charges one of the Orcs on the Orcs on the bridge, swinging his Great-axe.
Attack: 10 Damage: 12
Seeing Gentle almost get Killed, Tiny rushes to help and engages the Orcs, swinging his Greatsword.
Attack: 7 Damage: 6
Devin Fiddles and Sleepy continue their attacks on the orcs.
Devin Fire Bolt
Attack: 14 Damage: 1
Fiddles Crossbow
Attack: 13 Damage: 12
Sleepy Crossbow
Attack: 23 Damage: 12
Dropping her crossbow and drawing a shortsword, Kella stabs at the orc who attacked her.
Attack: 23 Damage: 4
Attack: 6 Damage: 6
(Does she get sneak attack?)
And that's all I have to say about that.
The Battle of Nightstone - Top of the Sixth - {Happy, Meiva, Sleepy, Njorman, Toruun, Fiddles, Devin, Xolkin, Gurrash, Gentle, Orcs, Tiny & Kella}
1) At the end of the last round as Kella dropped hers and Tiny missed there were five (5) Orcs, one (1) Player Character (Meiva) and five (5) Non-player Characters (Happy, Xolkin, Gentle, Tiny & Kella) frantically battling on the bridge - see Map.
2) Happy and Meiva you're up, and then Toruun, followed by Xolkin.
3) Sleepy, Fiddles and Devin have pre-posted (see Post #571) and all hits are successful which will be used in the initiative Order.
4) Are Vaek, Beedo and Grumpy all continuing to Dash towards the Southwestern Tower which is the point closest to where the other Orc Horde will try and access the Village?
5) Unable to see the Orcs on the bridge from his point on wall standing on the remains of the collapsed tower, Njorman climbs down from his somewhat precarious perch, picks his way through the tower's rubble and runs up to the top of the hill where Devin and Fiddles are standing. Looking down at the melee on the bridge he pants "we outnumber 'em but not sure we've got the upper hand just yet."
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(Assuming the damage didn't drop him): Happy staggers a bit from the orc's blow, but keeps fighting, swinging his warhammer hard at his opponent's side.
Attack: 16 Damage: 9
Meiva gasps in pain as the orc's axe slashes across her side. She spins and reaches out her hand towards it, fingers clawing as dark energy covers them.
"Rot and return to the earth," she intones, casting Inflict Wounds.
Attack: 7 Damage: 13 necrotic
And that's all I have to say about that.
Yes, Grumpy is running. Also, I'll continue to let you add extra damage since you know better what it all should be.
Torunn moves closer to the fight, finding another boulder just SE of his position. As he gets to his new position, he realizes that he can't actually see any of the Orcs, grumbling to himself about trying to be too clever, he decides he Ready his crossbow, so if any Orcs break through or become available targets he will fire a shot.
The Battle of Nightstone - Middle of the Sixth - {Happy, Meiva, Sleepy, Njorman, Toruun, Fiddles, Devin, Xolkin, Gurrash, Gentle, Orcs, Tiny & Kella}
1) In order to keep the combat flowing and given he is an NPC anyway, I've decided to roll Xolkin's attacks on Gurash. He makes two attacks with his Rapier - First (Attack: 18 Damage: 6) & Second (Attack: 16 Damage: 5) and a single Attack with his Dagger (Attack: 25 Damage: 5)
2) Gurrash looks at the Rapier as Xolkin withdraws it from his side where he has just managed to stab through Orc's armour at the same time as slashing him across the face with his dagger and laughs "you call those kitchen knives weapons, now this is a weapon" brandishing his Great Axe as he slashes at the nimble Half-elf - First (Attack: 26 Damage: Unable to parse dice roll. plus 3) & Second (Attack: 7 Damage: 15 plus 7). Fortunately for Xolkin the huge Orc thinks he is better than he really is - as is often the case - and Xolkin easily ducks under the return swing.
3) Gentle struggles to his feet, snarls at the full blooded Orc and swings his Great Axe with all of his might (see Post #578)
4) The Orc on Meiva and Kella chooses (1) Meiva as their target and swings it Great Axe (Attack: 19 Damage: 14) and she goes down with a groan (and pitches into the Moat?)
5) The Orc on Happy swings its Great Axe at him (Attack: 14 Damage: 8) and cuts deeply into his leg dropping him to the ground.
6) The Orc on Gentle and Tiny chooses (3) Gentle as his target and despite swinging its Great Axe (Attack: 8 Damage: 10) energetically, Gentle simply sways out of the way.
7) Tiny and Kella - hit and miss respectively (see Posts #579 & 580 respectively)
8) Beedo, Vark and Grumpy continue their run through the village, Beedo will be at the Southeastern tower - if he continues to dash - at the end of the next round.
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Gentle struggles to both feet, giving a snarl at the full blooded orc and swings his great Axe with all his might.
Attack: 24 Damage: 6
Tiny, annoyance showing on his face from missing his previous swing tries again by swinging his Great-sword at the orc in front of him.
Attack: 14 Damage: 13
Kella stabs viciously at the orc that just hit Meiva.
Attack: 6 Damage: 8
Attack: 9 Damage: 8
And that's all I have to say about that.
The Battle of Nightstone - Top of the Seventh - {Happy, Meiva, Sleepy, Njorman, Toruun, Fiddles, Devin, Xolkin, Gurrash, Gentle, Orcs, Tiny & Kella}
1) Happy and Meiva make death saves please.
2) Missile troops on the hill or in the air (Sleepy, Njorman, Fiddles and Devin) can shoot or do something different - see Post #583. Sleepy kills the Orc threatening Tiny with a well placed bolt through its eye yelling out to Tiny and Gentle "you can thank me later, lads!"
3) Having found a vantage point on the hill next to Devin and Fiddles, Njorman fires into the melee aiming (3) for the Orc Chief (Attack: 9 Damage: 3) but doing no more than sending a crossbow bolt thudding into the bridge at its feet.
4) Toruun aims at the Orc chief (see Post #582) and with the blessing of Gond in full force guiding the bolt it pierces the Orc Chiefs upper arm and embeds itself in his humerus.
5) Fiddles (see Post #583) aims at the same target as Sleepy and unable to correct to a new target in time as the Orc drops misses all other Orcs in the melee. Meanwhile Devin sends a bolt of flame towards the Orc Chief which miraculously hits Toruun's bolt lodged in the Orc's arm and sets fire to it. The hit of burning bolt sears the Orc's arm but it still manages to threaten Xolkin with its Great Axe.
6) Xolkin continues to demonstrate his martial prowess to Kella by striking the Orc chief in quick succession - see Post #584 - with his Rapier and Dagger.
7) In response, the Orc Chief slashes back with his Great Axe - First (Attack: 13 Damage: 15 plus 6) & Second (Attack: 8 Damage: 10 plus 1). Xolkin sways out of the way of the Orc Chief's first swing and its second is not even close.
8) Gentle what do you want to do?
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Torunn thinks for a moment, then mutters to Gond, "Oh Great Creator, protect me when these boulders no longer can." with that he leaves his cover and moves to the crossroad just north of the bridge and fires his crossbow at one of the Orcs
Attack: 26 Damage: 18
Devin was pleased with their work so far. "Let's concentrate our fire on the leader and then pick of the rest."
Devin Fiddles and Sleepy continue their attacks on the orcs.
Devin Fire Bolt
Attack: 25 Damage: 4
Fiddles Crossbow
Attack: 6 Damage: 10
Sleepy Crossbow
Attack: 19 Damage: 12
Never let them see you sweat ... especially when you're trying to impress a lady. Xolkin laughs as he lunges three more times at the orc threatening him.
Scimitar attack one: 9; Damage: 4 slashing damage
Scimitar attack two: 10; Damage: 2 slashing damage
Dagger attack: 18; Damage: 3 piercing damage
Happy Death Save: 14
Meiva Death Save: 3
And that's all I have to say about that.
Gentle grins as he eyes in the next Orc, probably a little crazy from his blood loss combined with blood lust to hunt Orcs. He swings his Great-axe at the Target.
Attack: 22 Damage: 9
The Battle of Nightstone - Bottom of the Seventh - {Happy, Meiva, Sleepy, Njorman, Toruun, Fiddles, Devin, Xolkin, Gurrash, Gentle, Orcs, Tiny & Kella}
1) Gentle swings his Great Axe and not only does the blow bite deep into the Orc Chief's side but its momentum knocks his dying body off the Bridge and into the Moat.
2) The one remaining Orc on the Bridge swings its Great Axe at Kella (Attack: 18 Damage: Unable to parse dice roll.) chopping deeply into her leg.
3) Tiny - you can't reach the Orc on Kella, as Kella and Xolkin are blocking your way unless you want to push through them.
4) Kella - what do you want to do?
5) At the end of the round, the Orcs on the west bank have started to enter the Moat, D.O.R.K. has emerged - literally walked up the bank - I forgot she didn't need to breath so lets say she walked along the Moat's bottom. Beedo will have climbed to the top of the Southwestern Watch Tower where he will be able to shoot at the second wave of Orcs in the Moat.
DM - Stopping a god in his tracks