Dreams Into Journey

When Gark hears the commotion, he hides the pup in a bush with food and tries to convey that he wants the pup to hide here.

animal handling 14 

he then moves to the front of the caravan, wondering to himself what the caravan is carrying that someone wants to stop it so badly...

 At Lia's warning, the lead guard halts the caravan with the trees crashing across the road soon after.

"Aw... You ruined the surprise..." A voice rings out from the trees to the east. "We were just thinking you weren't going to turn up after a few days of waiting. Glad you didn't disappoint."

Gark sets down the wolf pup in a safe place, and joins with the rest of the caravan.

From both sides of the road, closer to the caravan, come six human in dirty, worn leather armor emerge, as well as two slightly larger figures near the fallen trees, all with weapons drawn. Gark immediately recognizes the latter two as [Tooltip Not Found].

"Of course it's the damned Jackals!" The head guard readies himself and orders the rest to do the same. "We'll stay with the carriages, do your best to keep them at bay!"

By the looks of their formation, had the ambushed actually worked, they would have surrounded the caravan. Instead, due to Lia's timely warning, they are all in front of the caravan.

"But, surprise or no... You ain't getting through here with those wagons full." Says the nearest one on the east side (everyone's left) of the road.

"So, will you be good boys 'nd girls and let us at them goods? Or are we gonna have a problem?" He asks, already knowing the answer.

Roll for initiative

Bandits: 2

Orcs: 18

Lia initiative:  6

Oswin initiative: 4

Valentia Initiative: 15

Gark initiative 11 

(Andivus has been idle for more than 30 hours, now {The usual 24 plus the time I allowed}. According to the rules, Anidvus will be controlled by me until Woogles is able to return. I hope you can rejoin us soon)

Andivus Initiative: 21

Initiative order

1. Andivus - Trident
2. Orcs -Heads
3. Valentia -Scales
4. Gark - Bow
5. Oswin - Cog
6. Lia - Flame
7. Bandits - Daggers

Map:

Andivus' (Autopilot) turn:

"We will not stand aside! Instead, you will remove yourselves or be laid low!" Andivus yells back and lets loose an eldritch blast at the one speaking (S-17).

Attack: 17 Damage: 6

The crackling lance of energy hits him right in the chest.

 Orcs' Turn

The orcs advance and throw one javelin each at the party, one at Gark and one at Andivus

Orc #1 from Z-8 Attack: 20 Damage: 4 vs. Gark

Orc #2 from Y-14 Attack: 20 Damage: 9 vs. Andivus

Orc #1 Nat 1 save [DC10]: 18

Both javelins miss their mark and one of the orcs nearly loses his balance by throwing a little too hard.

Valentia, Gark, Lia and Oswin can all take their turns.

Gark sees the cowardly orcs hiding behind the bandits and grins.  He starts the process of fighting his way to them by moving to Q13 and hurling a javelin at the injured bandit.

Attack: 12 Damage: 7 

then he stands ready with his longsword and shield at Q13.

Oswin will move up to the edge of the nearest wagon (I8) and take a shot at one of the bandits with his crossbow (S4).

Attack: 15 Damage: 7

Valentia moves 30 ft to the front (G15) and raises her arm to cast Guiding Bolt at the nearest orc.

Attack: 26 Damage: 30 Radiant (If the attack hits, the next attack against that orc has advantage.)

Following up with Andivus' attack, Gark sends a javelin directly into the speaker's chest, felling him (10 Piercing damage and dead)

Oswin closes the distance a bit and shoot a bolt directly into another Jackal's head, instantly killing him (11 piercing damage and dead).

Valentia, in an effort to mark an orc with a lance of radiant energy. Ironically, rather than guiding another attack in its direction, it guides the orc directly into the afterlife (30 radiant damage and dead).

Lia is still up for her turn.

Lia sends a crossbow at one of the bandits (probably an orc, but any is fine.)

To hit:  8

Damage:  9

She then moves behind something for cover.

After Lia's crossbow bold goes a bit wide, she then makes a tactical retreat for some cover (.

Bandits' turn

Of the remaining bandits two of them are able to reach Gark and assault him with their scimitars.

Bandit #3 Attack: 7 Damage: 3

Bandit #4 Attack: 11 Damage: 4

One of the scimitars finds a gap in Gark's armor and bites into his arm (6 slashing damage) while the other bounces off his shield.

Two other bandits take aim at Oswin and Andivus with their crossbows.

Bandit #5 Attack: 5 Damage: 7 vs Oswin

Bandit #6 Attack: 4 Damage: 6 vs Andivus

The bolt aimed at Oswin hits its mark, striking something vital, causing large amounts of blood loss (14 piercing damage)!

End of Round

Start of round

Map:

 Andivus can post his turn.

Andivus charges straight to the two that are in range of Gark, unable to completely get within melee He casts Hexblades curse (the one straight south on map) and fires and eldritch blast.

Attack: 20 Damage: 8

(I’ve rolled at least a 19 on every attack!  That’s a crit for an extra 9 damage)

 Andivus charges forward and blasts one of the bandits accosting Gark, sending him sprawling on the ground, motionless.

Orc's turn

With a furious roar the remaining orc charges forward with its greataxe and strikes at Andivus, believing him to be the caster who killed his fellow orc (its able to make it to him due to a bonus action ability).

Attack: 14 Damage: 13

Andivus feels a shallow bite from the weaponized wedge.

Gark, Lia, Oswin and Valentia can take their turns.

Valentia casts Sacred Flame at the closest thief (R14) (DC 14 Dex save or take 5 points of radiant damage), and then, she moves behind the nearest wagon to get closer to Oswin (H9), seeing as he was the one who seemed to take the most damage.

(last round) Gark was surprised by the massive energy bolt that flew past him as he prepared to throw his javelin... and then disappointed to see that it flew into and air fried an orc.

As he threw his javelin at a bandit, he yelled out to the others "The last orc is mine!" (/last round)

Gark targets the remaining orc.  He casts Zephyr Strike and glides himself to AC5 and engages the orc.  (no opportunity attacks along the way).  He takes an angry downward swing toward the orc's neck and shoulder.

Attack: 23 Damage: 18 ZS dmg 3 

+ savage attack dmg for crit 2