Swamp Spiders - Round 2

[Eclecticon]

Situation: Can the Fellowship survive an ambush in the swampy lowlands of Mirkwood, or will they perish far from home and their loved ones? 

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

Situation Modifiers:
• The spiders have the initiative. 
• Arbogast has fallen, and until he rises (taking a round) he receives no bonus to his Parry score from his stance. 

Physical Modifiers (complications):
• N/A 

PC/NPC

PARRY

ARMOUR

HOPE

END

STANCE

STATUS

Arbogast Esgalwen Grimbeorn Hathcyn

• 9 ( +3) • 9 • 4 ( +4) • 4 (Great Strength +3)

• 2d ( +4) • 1d ( n/a) • 2d ( n/a) • 3d ( n/a)

• 7/16 • 9/14 • 8/12 • 10/13

• 14/26 • 27/27 • 20/31 • 17/29

N/A Forward Defensive Forward

WEARY WEARY WEARY WEARY, WOUNDED

ENEMY		PARRY		ARMOUR		HATE		END		NOTES
Greenish spider Hairier spider Russet spider Spider with a missing leg Mud-coloured spider Larger spider		• 4 • 4 • 4 • 4 • 4 • 4		• 2d • 2d • 2d • 2d • 2d • 2d		• 0/2 • 0/2 • 2/2 • 0/2 • 2/2 • 2/2		• 0/12 • 0/12 • 12/12 • 0/12 • 3/12 • 12/12		• • • vs Esgalwen • • vs Grimbeorn • vs Arbogast

STANCES

Forward - action order 1 Close combat TN 6+ parry Forward Maneuvers

Open - action order 2 Close combat TN 9+ parry Open Maneuvers

Defensive - action order 3 Close combat TN 12+ parry Defensive Maneuvers

Rearward - action order 4 Ranged combat TN 12+ parry Must be 2 other PC's in Close Combat; May not use if outnumbered 2:1 Rearward 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]

Scuttling briefly away from Esgalwen's blade, the greenish spider launches itself bodily at the Ranger, the impact knocking her sideways as she struggles both to keep her face and throat from the thing's dreadful mouth-parts and to pull Nimronyn into a position where its length might aid her.  The spiders facing Grimbeorn and Hathcyn are more circumspect, skittering to high positions before turning their spinnerets upon the two Beornings, clearly hoping to bring them down as they have done their cousin. 

Arbogast, meanwhile, has ceased to fashion intelligible words but gives only grunts and growls as he thrashes his body too and fro beneath the assailing of the greenish spider's two compatriots, and a third, larger specimen that leaps gladly into the opening presented by its momentary distraction. 


A bunch of attack rolls!  I'm going to group these according to who they're directed against:
Greenish spider (vs Esgalwen)

1d12 : 9, total 9
Rolled 2d6+3 : 1, 1 + 3, total 5

Spider with a missing leg (vs Hathcyn)

1d12 : 12, total 12
Rolled 2d6+3 : 6, 2 + 3, total 11

Mud-coloured spider (vs Grimbeorn)

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

Hairier, Russet and Larger spiders (vs Arbogast)

1d12 : 11, total 11
Rolled 2d6+3 : 1, 6 + 3, total 10

1d12 : 2, total 2
Rolled 2d6+3 : 3, 2 + 3, total 8

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

[Eclecticon]

Esgalwen loses three Endurance points, mostly from the thump of a pig-sized spider into her body, but Hathcyn and Grimbeorn escape being entangled.  Arbogast loses 12 Endurance from a series of stings, and has to make a Protection roll vs TN 14:

1d12 : 2, total 2
Rolled 2d6+4 : 6, 3 + 4, total 13

[Eclecticon]

Just made it!

[GandalfOfBorg]

Grimbeorn gets a little more brave with his tactics, moving in such a fashion to take down the spider he previously attacked and hairy one against Arbogast.

  Stance: Open Stance, Action: Twin Strike, Advantage die
 

Axes (Mud) -  1d12 : 3, total 3
Rolled 2d6 : 2, 5, total 7

 

Axes (Hairy) -  1d12 : 4, total 4
Rolled 2d6 : 4, 6, total 10

[GandalfOfBorg]

  Would a Hope take down Mud?

[Eclecticon]

It certainly would - you're only two off the TN. 

EDIT: I'll hold off spending the point unless you explicitly say that's what you want to do. 

[Telcontar]

The spider skittered away into the trees   but Hathcyn was not called the Longspear in jest.

Standing in the mire he growled and attempted to strike again.

Rolled 1d12 : 6, total 6

Rolled 4d6 : 2, 2, 5, 5, total 14

  where did we land on weary affecting protection tests or not? I seem to remember this came up. Since its based on the armor itself and not an attribute I dont see how it should.

[Eclecticon]

I don't recall when we last talked about it, or what the conclusion was, but I agree with Tom. 

[Eclecticon]

Not fast enough can the spider flee before Hathcyn's spear pierces it through and it dies, legs and mandibles still twitching, spitted upon the shaft.  Nearby, Bear Claw splits the head of a long- and thick-haired spider as it looks up - too late! - from Arbogast's struggling form, and then is lifted by Grimbeorn once more as he considers the mud-coloured beast he has already knocked clear. 

Arbogast, his body stuck and stung and his helm still ringing with repeated blows, kicks and thrashes mightily, hoping against hope to wriggle his way free of the still-sticky threads that bind him. 


Arbogast is going to try an Athletics roll (TN 17) to free himself, 'cause yeah that's likely to work:

1d12 : 7, total 7
Rolled 2d6 : 6, 4, total 10

 

[Eclecticon]

Holy crap I did not expect that!

[tomcat]

Per the Core rules:

As long as a hero is Weary, all the Success dice he rolls for any test that end up giving a result of 1, 2 or 3 (the outlined numbers) are considered to have rolled a 0 instead.

I think I agree it is about armor and it should not be affected, but then again, is it about armor or being able to also dodge?

[tomcat]

Esgalwen swings Nimronyn down again.

Esgalwen's Parry should be 9 in  Stance. I don't think she lost any .

TN 10 longsword 4d

1d12 : 11, total 11
Rolled 4d6 : 1, 1, 6, 3, total 11

12   edge: 8   injury: 18

[tomcat]

Fuck me!

[Eclecticon]

Esgalwen's Parry should be 9 in  Stance. I don't think she lost any .

Wasn't the Parry bonus from her Skirmisher ability, which you suggested shouldn't apply?

Also - Matt?  Got an opinion on the Hope thing?