Wolves at twilight - round 1

[tomcat]

Situation: While exiting Mirkwood, the companions have been set upon by a pack of wargs (3) and their wolf allies (5)

Wargs and Wolves

Combat Advantage dice:
• Grimbeorn 2 dice
• Rorin 1 dice


Situation Modifiers:
• the Company has initiative as the defenders
• Grimbeorn and Arbogast, along with the mass combat roll for the farmers, may not engage until round 4


Physical Modifiers (complications):
The rainy day has made things slippery. If a character rolls an    in combat, they must roll a TN 12 Athletics roll or fall prone

PC/NPC		PARRY		ARMOUR		HOPE		ENDURANCE
Arbogast Bandy Esgalwen Grimbeorn Rorin	• • • • •	6 (shield +3) 9 (shield n/a) 6/9 [skirmisher] (shield n/a) 6/9 [giant strength] (shield +4) 4 (shield n/a)	• • • • •	2d (headgear +1) 1d (headgear n/a) 1d (headgear n/a) none (headgear +1) 5d (headgear n/a)	• • • • •	12/16 16/18 10/12 10/12 9/10	• • • • •	26/26 22/22 22/27 WOUNDED 31/31 29/34

COMBAT STATUS by PC

PC	ENEMY	PARRY	ARMOUR	END	HATE	NOTES
Arbogast	tbd	tbd	tbd	tbd	tbd	• running to hill, may attack in round 4
Bandy	none	tbd	tbd	tbd	tbd	• on hilltop, fighting from Rearward
Esgalwen	Wolf 1 Wolf 2	5 5	2d 2d	DEAD 12/12	1/1	• on hilltop in melee
Grimbeorn	tbd	tbd	tbd	tbd	tbd	• running to hill, may attack in round 4
Rorin	Wolf 3 Wolf 4 Wolf 5	5 5 5	2d 2d 2d	02/12 12/12 DEAD	1/1 1/1 1/1	• on hilltop in melee

STANCE	TN (+parry)	PC / LMC	Options...
Forward - action order 1 Close combat	TN 6+	Esgalwen	Forward Stance maneuvers
Open - action order 2 Close combat	TN 9+	none	Open Stance maneuvers
Defensive - action order 3 Close combat	TN 12+	Rorin	Defensive Stance maneuvers
Rearward - action order 4 Ranged combat Must be 2 other PC's in Close Combat May not use if outnumbered 2:1	TN 12+	Bandy	Rearward Stance maneuvers
Any Escape combat Must start in Rearward or roll TN 10 + highest attribute level of opponents Athletics roll		none	May safely flee from the scene of combat

MASS COMBAT
	One of the Viglundings is slain. If rolled again in the following round, Argil is gravely wounded.
1, 2	The allies are hard-pressed to hold the enemy back. One of the Viglundings is wounded – or, if any are already wounded, then one of them is slain.
3	The Viglundings hold their line and keep fighting.
4, 5	The allies fight bravely, pushing the enemy back. Warg and Wolf blood spills across the hilltop. If this result is rolled twice in a row, then the allies slay one of the wolves!
6, 7	One of the wolves is slain.
8, 9	Two of the wolves are slain.
10	A warg is slain.
	Saradag is gravely wounded.

[tomcat]

Bandy's arrow drove into the chest of the furthest wolf and sank near to the feathers. The animal tumbled and rolled to a stop, never to move again. The remaining four wolves were then on them.

Nimronyn held in her characteristic two-handed approach, Esgalwen brought it down on the animal lunging towards her.
Esgalwen attacks wolf 1
TN 11 Long sword 4d

1d12 : 8, total 8
Rolled 4d6 : 2, 5, 1, 2, total 10

7   edge: 9   injury: 18

[tomcat]

Results...

• Esgalwen hits wolf 1 with an 18 success for 7 END Loss

[Telcontar]

  Rorin is before me but I'm gonna go now.

Bandy watched the wolf fall as it rushed towards Rorin and then pivoted to lend the aid of his biw to Esgalwen. He saw her blow fall upon on of the wolves and hoped to drive him from the fight with an arrow.

Rolled 1d12 : 9, total 9

Rolled 1d12 : 3, total 3

Rolled 4d6 : 6, 1, 5, 3, total 15

[Telcontar]

Ooc: my action wouldnt affect Rorin so I just went so Im not holding up the turn. Man typing on my phone sucks. I'll fix it later so the rolls dont get flagged.

[tomcat]

The wolf yelped and then fell dead, feathered deep by the Hobbit.
that's two kills for Bandy! He is becoming notorious!

I will wait for Steve to perform Rorin's action. I hope there are enough wolves left in the pack for Grimbeorn and Arbogast - they will have run all that way for nothing! 

[Telcontar]

  I hedged my bet and shot at the wounded one so it wouldnt get a combat roll. It took a while but i figured out the advantage of being in the rearward stance.

[Eclecticon]

Your ruthless manipulation of the game engine warms my black heart. 

[tomcat]

not sure where Steve is, but I will post for him shortly and get the combat moving on.

[tomcat]

"I will take your coats for my own!" growled the Dwarf as the two wolves set into him.
Rorin is in Defensive stance

Attacks wolf 3
TN 17 war hammer 5d

1d12 : 5, total 5
Rolled 5d6 : 4, 5, 2, 1, 3, total 15

10   edge: 9   injury: 18

[tomcat]

The wolf cried in pain, but then steadied itself on its four feet, snarled and leapt into the attack.
Wolf 2 attacks Esgalwen
TN 15 bite 3d

1d12 : 11, total 11
Rolled 3d6 : 3, 1, 3, total 7

Wolves 3 and 4 attack Rorin
TN 16 bite 3d

wolf 3 1d12 : 5, total 5
Rolled 3d6 : 1, 1, 2, total 4

wolf 3 1d12 : 10, total 10
Rolled 3d6 : 2, 3, 4, total 9

5   edge: 10   injury: 14

[tomcat]

Results

• Esgalwen is hit with an    result for 5 END loss and a piercing attack

• Rorin is hit with a 19 success  result for 5 END loss and a piercing attack

TN 14 protection tests by PC

Esgalwen 1d12 : 1, total 1
Rolled 1d6 : 3, total 3

Rorin 1d12 : 9, total 9
Rolled 5d6 : 1, 4, 1, 4, 2, total 12

[tomcat]

Esgalwen cried out when the wolf's strong jaws clamped onto her leg and teeth sank deep. Tissue and muscle were torn as the animal violently shook its head, yanking and pulling the woman off her balance.

Next to her, Rorin was hard pressed and fretted for his friend. Fortunately for the Dwarf, the wolf found the hard steel of his armoured plate.