The ford - round 2

[tomcat]

Situation: The company crosses the ford to confront the slavers that wait there

The Ford Guard

Combat Advantage dice:
• Arbogast 1 die
• Rorin 3 dice

Situation Modifiers:
• Gaushnol and Todar have initiative

Physical Modifiers (complications):
The ford has  a great deal of large stones with algae covering them making 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

END

STANCE

ENEMY

PARRY

ARMOUR

HATE

END

NOTES

Arbogast Bandy Esgalwen Grimbeorn Rorin

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6 (shield +3) 9 (shield n/a) 6/9 [skirmisher] (shield n/a) 6/9 [giant strength] (shield +4) 4 (shield n/a)

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2d (headgear +1) 1d (headgear n/a) 1d (headgear n/a) none (headgear +1) 5d (headgear n/a)

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10/16 13/18 10/12 10/12 10/10

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12/26 WEARY 22/22 24/27 WOUNDED 8/31 WOUNDED, WEARY 27/34

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Forward Forward Defensive Defensive Open

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Gaushnol Todar -- -- --

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5 6 # # #

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3d+1 3d #d #d #d

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5/8 5/7 #/# #/# #/#

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27/48 WOUNDED 84/84 #/# #/# #/#

• in melee • in melee • in melee • in melee • in melee

STANCES

Forward - action order 1 Close combat TN 6+ parry Forward Stance maneuvers

Open - action order 2 Close combat TN 9+ parry Open Stance maneuvers

Defensive - action order 3 Close combat TN 12+ parry 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+ parry Rearward Stance maneuvers

From any Stance Escape combat Must start in Rearward or roll TN 10 + highest attribute level of opponents Athletics roll. On success, may safely flee from the scene of combat

[tomcat]

Gaushnol could see his weapon had opened up a previous wound on the Grimbeorn, and he smiled, "You crossed the wrong river, Viglunding!"

The Beorning knew the orc was right. His arm labored at holding his shield and the strength was leaving his weapon hand. Beside him, Esgalwen took up a stance to defend her friend.

With a snarl, the orc attacked, all the while yelling, "TODAR - THERE IS ONE ABOVE YOU!"


• Esgalwen moves to Defensive and will Protect Companion - I am calling this stance change for round 1

Bad Guys...

• Gaushnol (pronounced like Gowsh-Null) spends 1 HATE point to activate Wicked Cunning this round

• Gaushnol attacks (second attack is only realized on a great or extraordinary result)

• Todar makes an Awareness (Perception) test against Bandy TN 16 to see if he can smell the Hobbit. He also heaves a stone at Arbogast...

Todar
TN 16 awareness 2d

1d12 : 11, total 11
Rolled 2d6 : 6, 3, total 9

TN 21 stone throw 2d+7

1d12 : 11, total 11
Rolled 2d6+7 : 6, 3 + 7, total 16

7   edge:     injury: 14

Gaushnol attacks Grimbeorn
TN 22 broad-bladed sword 3d6+6

1d12 : 12, total 12
Rolled 3d6+6 : 2, 2, 3 + 6, total 13

6   edge: 10   injury: 14

Savage assault...(on great or extraordinary - 1 Hate)
TN 22 orc-axe 3d

1d12 : 6, total 6
Rolled 3d6 : 3, 2, 2, total 7

6   edge:     injury: 16

[tomcat]

RESULTS

• Todar knows exactly where Bandy is above him.

• Todar hits Argbogast with an great success for 14 END loss and a piercing wound TN 14

• Gaushnol misses wtih a

Arbogast protection test
TN 14 armour 2d+1

1d12 : 4, total 4
Rolled 2d6+1 : 6, 2 + 1, total 9

[disench4nted]

Gaushnol's swing was cut short as the pain from his shattered ribs shot through his body causing him to nearly double over in pain. The orc growled a dark curse in a tongue that Rorin could not understand and did not care to. Rorin swung for his opponent's head to finish the fight.

 

Rorin will shift into Open stance and use Targeted strike.

TN 23 Targeted Strike

Rolled 1d12 : 11, total 11
Rolled 3d6 : 3, 4, 3, total 10

[disench4nted]

 
I was gunna use my combat dice here, but looks like that won't help!!

Athletics to avoid falling prone.

TN 12 Athletics

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

[disench4nted]

Just as Rorin swung his hammer downward, his foot slipped on a wet stone and sent the dwarf tumbling to the ground. With both his hands holding onto his weapon he could not control his fall and landed heavily on his back underneath the ensuing melee.

[tomcat]

Great posts, Steve, and awesome keeping track of the conditions! I had forgotten them.  

I need to check the previous round to see if anyone else needs to make a check.

[tomcat]

I actually need to roll one for the orc, who rolled a which is essentially their

Gaushnol to stay on feet
TN 12 Athletics 2d

1d12 : 9, total 9
Rolled 2d6 : 2, 5, total 7

[disench4nted]

 

Can you remind me what happens while prone and what it takes to stand back up?

[tomcat]

Dude, I can't find anything on being prone - so I am going to go with the Knock-back effects.

A character who is knocked back cannot change his stance and will spend his following round recovering his fighting position, unable to take any further action that turn. If an adversary attacks while a hero is recovering from knock-back, the attack is resolved normally.

I am not going to make it that you can't take any other action, though. My ruling on recovering from prone will be:

• no stance change in that round
• -2d to any action that is taken, once standing
• adversary attacks while a hero is recovering from prone will be resolved normally

[Telcontar]

Bandy, though no great warrior could tell that the battle was turning against him and his friends. There were times he knew that it was not strength alone that would carry the day. They had been saved by the eagles once, they had been delivered from Dol Guldor by the will of Radagast the Brown. There was no great strength of arms in the Hobbit, but he was desperate to help his friends.

The Hobbit slung his bow and gripped the stone of Ardillon in his hand raising it above his head.

"Work of Aule and light of Elbereth our hour is dire!"

The Gem was held aloft in the hand of the Hobbit and it suddenly blazed in a great light that made the regular light of the drab day seem dim and dark. With a great leap the Hobbit sprung from the roof of the cabin to land by the orc in order to bath their foe and the doorway in the bright light of the pure stars.

Athletics if its needed.

Rolled 1d12 : 7, total 7

Rolled 2d6 : 1, 2, total 3

OOC: Going for a HATE point suck on this guy.
By spending a point of Hope, Bandy may cause the light in the stone to burn with the pure light of the stars. This light flares for a limited time - a number of rounds equal to Bandy's Wisdom rating (4) and a radius equal to 5' plus the number of feet equal to Bandy's Wisdom rating (9feet). While it burns, creatures of the Enemy cannot engage the bearer in close combat unless they spend 3 Hate Points, nor any around him within the radius of light, unless they spend 1 Hate point. Once the Light of the Stars goes out, the stone can be lit up again only after a number of minutes equal to Bandy's Wisdom, and at the cost of one point of Hope.

[GandalfOfBorg]

Grimbeorn is so very worn from the recent fighting and hard travel.  "How will we ever overcome this?" he thinks desperately.  He keeps his weapon and shield upright to fend off attacks but he takes a moment to gather himself.

  Second Wind
 

TN 14 Athletics -  1d12 : 6, total 6
Rolled 3d6 : 3, 4, 6, total 13

[tomcat]

Bathed in the light of the Stone of Ardillon, Esgalwen feels a sudden rush of hope and courage. She raises her sword on high and brings it down on Gaushnol.


TN 29 longsword 4d

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

7   edge: 9   injury: 18

[tomcat]

Annnd misses

[Eclecticon]

At first, Arbogast thinks that the troll's rock has blinded him, but then Bandy's words ring out, and he realises that it is the magic of the gem - and that he has just barely deflected the stone with his shield.

Quickly, he considers entering the but to do battle with the dark thing, but decides it would be folly of the worst kind - not least because the boy within could easily be harmed. He also sees no way to open the roof and let the troll petrify in the sunlight - but he is no craftsman.

What he is, is a warrior - not mighty of arm perhaps, but among the most cunning of a cunning folk.  He will keep the creature focused on him and spare his friends the cast stones.  He will sap is resolve and will to fight. Sooner or later, their numbers must tell against the orc.



First things first - I'm using my bonus die on my protection test. I only need one more point to make it, but I'll roll for form's sake:

Rolled 1d6 : 4, total 4

Next, I'm shifting into Forward stance and intimidating the troll (hopefully) using Battle:

Rolled 1d12 : 10, total 10
Rolled 3d6 : 2, 5, 4, total 11