Orcs, Wargs and Stones - Round 7

[Eclecticon]

Situation: The Fellowship has run a raiding party of orcish warg-riders to ground, only to find that they have Beorning captives in their midst. 

Combat Advantage dice:
• Esgalwen 0/1
• Gwaithlim 0/0
• Hathcyn 0/2
• Luindîs 0/0

Situation Modifiers:
• The enemy has the initiative.

Physical Modifiers (complications):
• The stony ground rises up to the orcs' position several score paces away.  Ranged attacks against the orcs are at +2 difficulty. 
• The orcs are shooting from amid their captives.  Any on a ranged attack against them will hit a captive.

PC/NPC

PARRY

ARMOUR

HOPE

END

STANCE

STATUS

Esgalwen Gwaithlim Hathcyn Luindîs

• 6 ( n/a) • 7 ( n/a) • 7 ( n/a) • 5 ( n/a)

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

• 14/15 • 10/13 • 9/14 • 8/12

• 17/27 • 26/30 • 15/29 • 20/27

Defensive Forward Forward Forward

WOUNDED DISARMED

ENEMY		PARRY		ARMOUR		HATE		END		NOTES
Sprinting warg Scar-nosed warg Large-eared warg Silent warg Gnashing warg Slope-shouldered warg Whooping orc Torn-mouthed orc Black-helmed orc Thick-muscled orc		• 5 • 5 • 5 • 5 • 5 • 5 • 4 • 4 • 4 • 4		• 2d • 2d • 2d • 2d • 2d • 2d • 2d+4 • 2d+4 • 2d+4 • 2d+4		• 0 • 0 • 0 • 0 • 0 • 0 • 1 • 1 • 1 • 3		• 12 • 0 • 0 • 0 • 5 • 0 • 11 • 16 • 16 • 16		FLED DEAD DEAD DEAD FLED DEAD vs Hathcyn vs Hathcyn vs Hathcyn vs Gwaithlim

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]

Hardly less bestial than the wolves they so recently rode, the orcs fight back, those who are not close enough to swing swords nocking heavy, black-fletched arrows and taking aim. 


The orcs nearest to Hathcyn attack him (all TN 13 as he hasn't moved out of Forward stance):
Whooping orc

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

 
Torn-mouthed orc

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

 
Black-helmed orc

1d12 : 4, total 4
Rolled 3d6 : 6, 1, 3, total 10

The thick-muscled orc will take aim at Gwaithlim, because why not shoot an Elf when you have the chance?
 
Thick-muscled orc (also TN13)

1d12 : 10, total 10
Rolled 3d6 : 5, 5, 3, total 13

[Eclecticon]

Like a surge of foulness erupting from some fetid and ill-covered hole, the orcs crash against Hathcyn.  One creature, its cheeks flapping loose from some grievous injury not long past, brings its blade down where Hathcyn grips the haft of his spear so that the Longspear is forced to abandon his grip on it or lose his hand, and another takes advantage of his distraction while he dodges three swords at once to land a brutal kick in his stomach. 

The ever-advancing companions can only watch as the Foresthelm doubles over.  Then the hammer-blow sound of arrows burying themselves in shields announces the arrival of orcish arrows. 


A better round for the orcs means a much worse time for Hathcyn.  The Torn-mouthed orc will spend a to disarm him, and he loses a total of 12 Endurance.  Gwaithlim takes a hit for four Endurance loss and a Protection roll (TN 12):

1d12 : 8, total 8
Rolled 3d6 : 4, 6, 6, total 16

[Eclecticon]

One of these finds its mark upon Gwaithlim's body but the mail wrought by the wrights of Imladris is strong indeed, and he shrugs off what might have felled one of lesser stature. 

[Telcontar]

  mechanically speaking what are my options?

[GandalfOfBorg]

Gwaithlim grunts as the arrow finds its mark, its impact only serves to embolden his rage and he continues with on a bee-line towards the archer.

[Eclecticon]

mechanically speaking what are my options?

The obvious thing is to grab your spear again.  Based on our list of manoeuvres, you'll need to make a Battle roll (TN 14) to pick the spear up despite the three enemies trying to stop Hathycn from doing that.  It will take up your whole round, so you won't have the option of fighting defensively or escaping. 

Bear in mind, also, that Gwaithlim will arrive next round (though Hathcyn probably isn't aware of that at the moment).

[Telcontar]

  ok lets see how this goes.

Rolled 1d12 : 3, total 3

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

[Eclecticon]

Bent over as he is, it is scant effort for Hathcyn to drop lower and take up his spear once again.  Once in his hands, it seems to thrash about like a wounded serpent, forcing the orcs back and giving the Longspear enough room to rise as war cries of the folk of Beorn sound nearby.