Goblin Feast Hall - Round 3

[tomcat]

Situation: Now out of their shock from the presence of Men and an Elf, the goblins reach for their weapons and shields and cry out in anger.

Combat Advantage dice:
• Arbogast 1/3 [automatic]
• Grimbeorn 1/3 [automatic]
• Hathcyn 3/3 [automatic]
• Laeral 3/3 [automatic]

Situation Modifiers:
• The companions have the initiative.

Physical Modifiers (complications):
• The Feast Hall chamber is well lit.

PC/NPC		PARRY		ARMOUR		HOPE		END		STANCE
Arbogast Grimbeorn Hathcyn Laeral		6 (Shield +3) 4 (Shield +4) 7 8	• • • •	2d (helm +3) 2d (helm n/a) 2d (helm n/a) 3d	• • • •	15/16 8/12 10/13 12/12	• • • •	6/26 8/31 17/29 0/28	• • • •	open defensive open Unconscious

ENEMY		PARRY		ARMOUR		HATE		END		NOTES
Goblin Chief Goblin 1 Goblin 2 Goblin 3 Goblin 4 Goblin 5 Goblin 6 Goblin 7 Goblin 8 Goblin 9 Goblin 10 Goblin 11 Goblin 12 Goblin 13 Uruk leader Uruk Soldier	• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •	4+3 (great shield) 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3+1 (buckler) 3+1 (buckler) 3+1 (buckler) 3+1 (buckler) 3+1 (buckler) 3+1 (buckler) 5+2+6 (shield & WC) 5+2 (shield)	• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •	3d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 3d 2d	• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •	5/5 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 3/3 3/3 3/3 2/3 2/3 3/3 7/8 4/4	• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •	0/20 8/8 0/8 0/8 0/8 8/8 8/8 8/8 0/16 0/16 16/16 0/16 6/16 0/16 48/48 21/26	• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •	DEAD DEAD DEAD DEAD DEAD archer archer archer DEAD DEAD v Hathcyn DEAD v Arbogast DEAD v Grimbeorn v Arbogast

*Laeral's owl's affect on harrying foes

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

[Telcontar]

The Longspear was one with his spear, he fought and he slew and he nothing of time or fear. Only the new cry of the Beornings escaped him. "Carrock, carrock." He knew not how loudly he said it, sometimes a whisper like a lovers caress and sometimes in a warcry. Either way this new shout of the Beornings was a cry to the heavens for revenge against these foul and loathsome creatures.

Once more into the fray.

Rolled 1d12 : 7, total 7

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

[GandalfOfBorg]

Grimbeorn presses against those engaging him, slashing at the goblin and blocking the uruk... mosquitoes need to be squashed.

 
Stance: Defensive (2d)
 

Axes -  1d12 : 2, total 2
Rolled 3d6 : 4, 4, 6, total 14

[Eclecticon]

Ever-fickle fortune has cast its lot for neither side, and the Fire-watcher knows that the battle hangs in the balance.  He fights on, looking to place his own thumb upon the scale.


Arbogast will remain in Open stance and attack the uruk soldier.
 

:00 1d12 : 11, total 11
Rolled 4d6 : 3, 1, 2, 5, total 11

[Eclecticon]

Shiiiiit.  I'm going to feed some bonus dice in - maybe this can still count for something...

1d6 : 4, total 4

[Eclecticon]

... and another...

1d6 : 5, total 5

[AlyC]

In a series of quick but fluid movements that make it appear to all that the elf-warrior is engaging in more of a bloody dance than a fight, Laeral disengages her spear from her 2 now bloodless foes, spins out of the path of the arrows aimed at her person, and swings her spear in a wide arch across her person to slash at the throat of her new opponent (13).

Rolled 1d12 : 6, total 6
Rolled 4d6 : 3, 6, 2, 1, total 12

-ooc- Laeral remains in defensive stance

[Eclecticon]

So, to sum up:

• Hathcyn hits goblin #2 with a 22 for a total of 14 lost - a neat kill.
• Arbogast hits the uruk soldier for an uninspiring 5 loss, and goblin #12 gets cloven for the same amount of damage. 
• Grimbeorn barely hits goblin #11 with a 16 for 14 - another handy kill. 
• Laeral gets a nice hit in on goblin #13 with an 18 for 15 . 

The OP is updated accordingly.

[tomcat]

The atmosphere in the room was changing. The goblins had watched their leader perish in a most fearful way, and now their comrades were dwindling. They looked to each other in fear - fear of the invaders in their warren and fear of the Uruks who now commanded them.

The thought of flight began to enter the minds of those that survived. It would not be hard. There were many tunnels and they could simply disappear deeper into their subterranean world. It would take just one to break and the rest would follow.

A bellowed command came from Kurgak to push his minions on - to kill or be killed - and the orcs answered.

[tomcat]

ENEMY ATTACKS

Goblin 10 attacks Hathcyn
TN 16 bent sword 3d

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

Goblin 20 attacks Laeral
TN 16 bent sword 3d

1d12 : 4, total 4
Rolled 3d6 : 6, 6, 1, total 13

Goblin 12 and Uruk soldier attack Arbogast
TN 18 by goblin

Goblin 12 1d12 : 2, total 2
Rolled 3d6 : 1, 2, 4, total 7

Black Uruk 1d12 : 11, total 11
Rolled 2d6+5 : 5, 6 + 5, total 16

Kurgak attacks Grimbeorn
TN 27 scimitar 3d

1d12 : 7, total 7
Rolled 3d6 : 4, 2, 3, total 9

Archers fire on Hathcyn, Laeral and Grimbeorn (each get a +2 to defense)

Archer 4 v Hathcyn TN 18 1d12 : 5, total 5
Rolled 2d6+2 : 3, 3 + 2, total 8

Archer 5 v Laeral TN 22 1d12 : 7, total 7
Rolled 2d6+2 : 6, 5 + 2, total 13

Archer 6 v Grimbeorn TN 29 1d12 : 6, total 6
Rolled 2d6+2 : 5, 5 + 2, total 12

Bent Sword
4    edge: 10   injury: 12 (disarm)
Bow of Horn
4    edge: 10   injury: 12 (poison)
Broad-bladed sword
5    edge: 10   injury: 14 (poison)
Heavy scimitar
7    edge: 10   injury: 14 (break shield)

*Kurgak will spend a point to activate Wicked Cunning for next round

[Eclecticon]

Yikes!  Arbogast has taken the Uruk's called shot and is (I think) poisoned! 

Protection roll:

1d12 : 5, total 5
Rolled 2d6+3 : 1, 6 + 3, total 10

[tomcat]

RESULTS

• Goblin 10 attacks Hathcyn with a 21 success for 4 loss and he must make a TN 10 test
• Goblin 20 attacks Laeral with a 16 success for 12 loss which renders her Unconscious
• Goblin 12 attacks Arbogast and misses
• Black Uruk attacks Arbogast with a 27 success for 10 and he must make a TN 10 test (this is the second success against Arbogast! Though it does meet the criteria of a Called Shot, if I had called it, it does not fulfill the auto-Called Shot which would have required you failing at your last attack. I am not going to put that on the party, too, right now)
• Kurgak attacks Grimbeorn and misses.
• All three archers miss.

[tomcat]

Hathcyn test

TN 10 2d

1d12 : 7, total 7
Rolled 2d6 : 5, 3, total 8

[tomcat]

Her spear embedded deep in the goblin, the repugnant creature pushed itself further up the shaft to try to make its own killing blow. Laeral understood its vile purpose and tried to push away with her weapon, dodging as she did, but still the goblin's sword struck even as it died.

Laeral felt the flat of the bent blade strike the side of her head and then there was darkness.

Arbogast, struggling as he was with both of his attackers, saw as the Elf crumpled to the ground and fear began to rise in his mind. Was his charge into the goblin-nest folly and had he led his friends to their deaths?
Since Goblin 20 only has 1 point left, I am making it sacrifice itself for its tremendous success.