Skirmish at the Steading - Round 11

[Eclecticon]

Situation: The Company brought a raiding party of orcs to bay inside the longhouse in an isolated steading, but their attack has gone disastrously awry and escape is now being hard-won. 

Combat Advantage dice:
• Grimbeorn 0
• Hathcyn 0/1

Situation Modifiers:
• The company has the initiative, as the orcs have had to scramble to arm themselves

Physical Modifiers (complications):
• none
 

PC/NPC		PARRY		ARMOUR		HOPE		END		STANCE
Grimbeorn Hathcyn		4 (shield +4) 4 (shield n/a)	• •	2d (helm n/a) 2d (helm n/a)	• •	4/12 13/13	• •	18/31 18/29 WOUNDED	• •	Defensive Open

ENEMY		PARRY		ARMOUR		HATE		END		NOTES
Orcish Chieftain Orc Soldier Goblin Archer Orc Soldier Orc Soldier Orc Soldier Orc Soldier Goblin Archer Goblin Archer Goblin Archer Goblin Archer Goblin Archer Goblin Archer Goblin Archer Goblin Archer Goblin Archer	• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •	7 4 2 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2	• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •	3d 3d 2d 3d 3d 3d 3d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d	• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •	5/5 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1	• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •	0/20 0/12 0/8 0/12 3/12 12/12 12/12 0/8 0/8 0/8 0/8 0/8 0/8 0/8 8/8 8/8	• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •	DEAD DEAD DEAD DEAD fighting Grimbeorn fighting Grimbeorn fighting Grimbeorn DEAD DEAD DEAD DEAD DEAD DEAD DEAD pursuing Hathcyn pursuing Hathcyn

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]

Tom, Hathcyn can attempt a Hunting roll (to represent familiarity with beasts of various kinds) each round to calm the horses down enough to mount. 

[Telcontar]

Rolled 1d12 : 12, total 12

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

[Eclecticon]

Like. A. Boss.

[Telcontar]

Hathcyn quickly jerked the reigns to get the attention of the beasts and then calmed them enough to mount the beasts. Boosting Harhold on to one of the mounts. He quickly followed suit.

"Grimbeorn! We must go, there are too many and all others are lost."

[GandalfOfBorg]

 
 

TN 14 Athletics -  1d12 : 4, total 4
Rolled 3d6 : 1, 2, 5, total 8

[GandalfOfBorg]

  oh brother...

Stance: Defensive


Grimbeorn continues to fend off the orc troop as he tries to get to the horses and escape.

[Telcontar]

The darkness fell like pitch upon the field of slaughter. The night time sounds of a farm at night had been transformed into the groans of the dying and the screech of horses being butchered on the hoof. The field had been completely and utterly lost by the folk of Beorn. Two only of the men that followed the scion of the house into battle still lived and each bore wounds of honor that they had not shirked their duty even in defeat. So many lost men on the first foray of Grimbeorn Wolfslayer would wear heavy in the thegns. His personal courage was never in doubt, but now his ability to lead would be called in to question. So long as he survived the night.

"Grimbeorn! The field is lost leave us not defeated and lordless both. Quit the field! Tarry not for us or for the sake of the dead. Come, even the bear knows when the sting of the bees is too great."

The steed bearing the disfigured, but living, body of Harhold moved into the gathering darkness. While Hathcyn upon his mount danced upon the outer ring of the raiders just out of reach. He was loathe to leave should his lord be surrounded and hoped instead to join him in flight.

[Eclecticon]

A disparity is becoming evident among the orcs that continue to harry Grimbeorn.  The larger creatures, thinking perhaps of the still-warm meat that awaits them when the fighting is over, appear to be losing their enthusiasm for further violence.  The smaller goblins, however, seem to be enjoying their pursuit in the darkness, and it is their continuing hoots and barks that draw their larger cousins on. 


The orcs continue trying to bring Grimbeorn down. 

Orc soldier

1d12 : 9, total 9
Rolled 2d6 : 6, 1, total 7

Goblin

1d12 : 9, total 9
Rolled 1d6 : 6, total 6

Goblin

1d12 : 8, total 8
Rolled 1d6 : 1, total 1

[Eclecticon]

A cast spear thuds into the ground not far from where Grimbeorn's foot was a moment ago, and he feels the impact of an iron blade on his shield, but the son of Beorn is still hale and whole.