The Lair - round 1

[tomcat]

Situation: The Company has come at last to the Lair of the Werewolf, and must combat their way in

Combat Advantage dice:
• Arbogast 1/1
• Esgalwen 2/2

Situation Modifiers:
• The wargs have Initiative, as they are defending

Physical Modifiers (complications):
• none

PC/NPC		PARRY		ARMOUR		HOPE		END		STANCE
Arbogast Esgalwen Grimbeorn Morirúsë	• • • •	6 (shield +3) 6/9 [skirmisher] (shield n/a) 6/9 [giant strength] (shield +4) 6 (shield +3)	• • • •	2d (helm +1) 1d (helm n/a) 2d (helm n/a) 2d (helm n/a)	• • • •	10/16 11/12 7/12 9/10	• • • •	26/26 27/27 31/31 28/28	• • • •	Open Forward Defensive Open

ENEMY		PARRY		ARMOUR		HATE		END		NOTES
Warg 1 Warg 2 Warg 3 Wats 4	• • • •	6 6 6 6	• • • •	3d 3d 3d 3d	• • • •	2/3 2/3 2/3 3/3	• • • •	5/18 8/18 3/18 13/18	• • • •	tbd tbd tbd tbd

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

[Eclecticon]

Arbogast holds himself easily, his back to his companions.  He feels Esgalwen and Morirúsë readying themselves to spring forward, as if to meet the wargs in mid-air, and Grimbeorn's waxing fury as he slides Bear Claw loose.  Come blood, he thinks.  Come wrath and ruin.  We of the Free Peoples are ready for you!



He's starting off in Open stance, as usual. 

[tomcat]

The large wargs were close to the ground, as if ready to spring. They maneuvered around trying to flank and drag down their opponents. With an unheard command,the four wargs attacked.


Warg 2 attacks Arbogast
TN 18 bite 3d

1d12 : 8, total 8
Rolled 3d6 : 1, 5, 3, total 9

Warg 3 attacks Esgalwen
TN 15 bite 3d

1d12 : 4, total 4
Rolled 3d6 : 5, 1, 2, total 8

Wargs 3 & 4 attacks Morirúsë
TN 18 bite 3d

1d12 : 11, total 11
Rolled 3d6 : 6, 2, 6, total 14

1d12 : 10, total 10
Rolled 3d6 : 6, 6, 1, total 13

8   edge: 10   injury: 14

[tomcat]

good lord...that poor Elf.

Not sure how this keeps happening to him.

I will resolve the damages next.

[Telcontar]

  standing by to be mauled.....leather corslet should be 2d vice 1d.

[GandalfOfBorg]

  Grimbeorn is in Defensive Stance.  Protect Companion: Moriruse.

Can I use this to protect him right now from warg 4?

[tomcat]

you may, Matt.

[GandalfOfBorg]

  alright, we'll do that and then turn around to beat it down some.

 

Axes -  1d12 : 1, total 1
Rolled 4d6 : 4, 1, 2, 6, total 13

[tomcat]

The monstrous wolves snarled and snapped, lunging as they did, at the companions.

Arbogast moved his shield and axe to the fore knocking away his antagonist's unbalanced bite. Esgalwen, too, needed only to shift her position so as not to be tore by the snapping teeth.

It was Morirúsë that was overwhelmed by the two wargs that set upon him. The Noldo reeled backwards when the white-furred monster lunged upward at his neck. The huge maw was there and about to close on his flesh when Grimbeorn's shield edge appeared, smashing into its mouth. The warg yelped and fell to the ground, scrambling to recover itself. The Beorning's axe smashed into the ground next to it, but the animal was back on its feet.

Off balance, Morirúsë moved to regain his feet when he felt a tremendous weight latch on to his chest. There was a great pulling and the sound of ripping cloth, all the while the flesh around his neck burnt with hot fire from the rope that was torn from around him. The warg shook its head left and right, flinging the Elven lamp as it did, which smashed to pieces on the stony cliff face.

The Noldo was alive, but their light was now destroyed.

Not waiting for her target to right itself from its awkward attack, Esgalwen swung her sword arcing it down into an upward sweep.

[tomcat]

it was a great attack roll by that warg, but I opted to destroy your lamp instead of doing harm to Morirúsë. Now for Esgalwen's attack:

[tomcat]

TN 12 longsword 4d

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

11  edge: 8   injury: 18

[tomcat]

Well, she hits for 11 loss on Warg 3

[Telcontar]

  SOP dictates that Morirúsë is in an open stance.

[Eclecticon]

As soon as Arbogast feels the warg's weight shift away from him, he follows through with axe-blade and war-cries.  Behind him, he marks the smashing of glass as the fight descends into a chaos of fury and fang, but there is no time yet to see what has happened. 


Attacking warg 2, the cur! 

1d12 : 3, total 3
Rolled 4d6 : 4, 5, 5, 5, total 19

[Eclecticon]

A solid, but unexceptional, hit.