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Orcs, Wargs and Stones - Round 10

Started by Eclecticon, Mar 01, 2024, 04:05 AM

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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):
• Nil

PC/NPC  :+~:PARRY  :<>:ARMOUR  :vv:HOPE  :<3:END  :-X-:STANCE  :##:STATUS
Esgalwen
Gwaithlim
Hathcyn
Luindîs
• 6 (:<|: n/a)
• 7 (:<|: n/a)
• 7 (:<|: n/a)
• 5 (:<|: n/a)
• 2d+1 (:C|: n/a)
• 3d (:C|: n/a)
• 3d (:C|: +4)
• 1d
• 14/15
• 9/13
• 9/14
• 8/12
• 17/27
• 6/30
• 3/29
• 20/27
Defensive
Defensive
Forward
Rearward
WOUNDED
WEARY
WEARY

ENEMY  :+~:PARRY  :<>:ARMOUR  :@:HATE  :<3:END  :csu: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
• 0
• 0
• 0
• 0
• 12
• 0
• 0
• 0
• 5
• 0
• 0
• 0
• 16
• 0
FLED
DEAD
DEAD
DEAD
FLED
DEAD
DEAD
DEAD
vs Gwaithlim, WEARY
DEAD

STANCES
:-X-: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
Reason is a tool.  Try to remember where you left it.  - John Clarke

The Warden's Axe: :dmg: 5/7, Edge 9, Injury 18/20
Woodcrafty - In wooded areas, Parry is based on favoured Wits score.
Character sheet

Eclecticon

His hands almost numb with fatigue, Hathcyn raises his gaze from the spitted body of the orc before him.  Few of the once-fearsome warg riders still stand, though much Mannish blood has been shed to bring them down.  The largest of the remaining orcs, its iron helm now blood-spattered, bares its teeth in a show of hateful defiance as it lashes out once again, its sword thirsty for Elven blood.


:ooc: The Black-helmed orc will attack, quite possibly for the very last time (TN 19):
:00: 1d12 : 9, total 9
Rolled 3d6 : 6, 2, 1, total 9
Reason is a tool.  Try to remember where you left it.  - John Clarke

The Warden's Axe: :dmg: 5/7, Edge 9, Injury 18/20
Woodcrafty - In wooded areas, Parry is based on favoured Wits score.
Character sheet

Eclecticon

The orc's attack is frenzied, but too weak at the last to break through Gwaithlim's guard.  The foetor of its breath is hot in the Elf's face as it locks eyes with him, its gaze rage-filled.
Reason is a tool.  Try to remember where you left it.  - John Clarke

The Warden's Axe: :dmg: 5/7, Edge 9, Injury 18/20
Woodcrafty - In wooded areas, Parry is based on favoured Wits score.
Character sheet

Eclecticon

:ooc: Anyone can start us off.  Don't be shy!  We're so close to finishing the story!
Reason is a tool.  Try to remember where you left it.  - John Clarke

The Warden's Axe: :dmg: 5/7, Edge 9, Injury 18/20
Woodcrafty - In wooded areas, Parry is based on favoured Wits score.
Character sheet

tomcat

The orcs rash attack was futile against the Elf, but it opened an opportunity for Esgalwen to step in and stab. Nimronyn extended out towards the orc's lower back, where its defenses were weak; the Ranger putting what strength she had left into her effort.

TN 16 longsword 5d
:00: 1d12 : 11, total 11
Rolled 5d6 : 2, 1, 6, 2, 5, total 16

:dmg: 10  edge: 8   injury: 16
Esgalwen [♦♦♦♦♦○]     :<3: 10/12       :+~: 8       :<>: 16/18
Nimronyn [Sindarin Pale gleam] superior keen, superior grievous longsword - orc bane
Foe-slaying - when attacking a bane creature, reduce Edge of weapon by value of bearer's Valour

Shadow bane [when in Forward stance, add 1 success die to each attack]
Skirmisher [if carried encumbrance is 12 or less, increase Parry by +3 when in close combat stance]

tomcat

:ooc: another :~~: ! If you are using the EYE Awareness rules, Paul - Esgalwen just contributed two markers to the mix in her last two attacks. Maybe the dice are reflecting her anger or her struggle with feeling alone?

Either way, she holds nothing back in the attack - stabbing Nimronyn deep with all the adrenaline and anger she has coursing herself.

That is still a :%: success for 16 :<3: loss, which I believe is a kill.
Esgalwen [♦♦♦♦♦○]     :<3: 10/12       :+~: 8       :<>: 16/18
Nimronyn [Sindarin Pale gleam] superior keen, superior grievous longsword - orc bane
Foe-slaying - when attacking a bane creature, reduce Edge of weapon by value of bearer's Valour

Shadow bane [when in Forward stance, add 1 success die to each attack]
Skirmisher [if carried encumbrance is 12 or less, increase Parry by +3 when in close combat stance]

tomcat

There was a wet sound as she hauled her sword from the orc's dying body.

Esgalwen stepped back, her breath coming hard and pain visible on her face. Black blood was spattered over her leather shirt and garments, her own dark red blood mingling with the ruin of what femininity she might possess. Here eyes were wide with a battle-lust that was upon her, but it too was bleeding away - turning her face ashen, as it did.

The Ranger went to her knees, Nimronyn stabbing into the ground as a crutch that kept her from toppling. Esgalwen looked down to the broken arrow that extended from just below her collarbone, the red rawness of the wound, and her blood, coating the side of her neck and face. The woman leaned into her sword, staked as it was, and held on for fear of passing out. She closed her eyes and heard her rasping breath and the muffled sounds of her companions calling out.
Esgalwen [♦♦♦♦♦○]     :<3: 10/12       :+~: 8       :<>: 16/18
Nimronyn [Sindarin Pale gleam] superior keen, superior grievous longsword - orc bane
Foe-slaying - when attacking a bane creature, reduce Edge of weapon by value of bearer's Valour

Shadow bane [when in Forward stance, add 1 success die to each attack]
Skirmisher [if carried encumbrance is 12 or less, increase Parry by +3 when in close combat stance]

Telcontar

The Longspear too was battered and broken. The fight around him ebbing to a close as the living realized they lived and the dead knew no more.

Hathcyn saw the ranger still lived. If he could read her thoughts he would have known how battered she felt and unwoman like. The Longspear saw something else, the pure woman warrior and hearth guardian revealed.

She shone out like a vision of the stories of old. His wounds burned, but she awed him as he saw her in this light. Coming closer he took her hand and raised her up.

"Beornings, hear me speak and know my words as truth. Behold the Sword of the Vale! To long she has gone without a name among us. Her story requires one for so shinning a woman. Ætheldreám I name her!" 
THE GAME MUST GO ON!

Hathcyn
Great Spear
2h.  4d :00: 9 :dmg: Edge 8 Injury 18

Eclecticon

#8
The last living orcs finally break and run, a last one falling as it does with a spear in its back.  The hoarse cry of the Longspear is echoed by the captives now rescued and those among Gerold's men who still stand.  "Ætheldreám, Sword of the Vale!"


:ooc: 'Noble joy'.  That is really, really cool.
Reason is a tool.  Try to remember where you left it.  - John Clarke

The Warden's Axe: :dmg: 5/7, Edge 9, Injury 18/20
Woodcrafty - In wooded areas, Parry is based on favoured Wits score.
Character sheet

tomcat

Esgalwen stood with her friend's help, letting him take her sword. His words lifted her and she smiled through her pain, even as she wrapped an arm around his waist for support.

The day was theirs! A fire ignited among the Beornings that would help them slough off the shackles of any would-be invader.

The Gondorian's heart was filled and her smile grew wider, as the strength in her returned.
Esgalwen [♦♦♦♦♦○]     :<3: 10/12       :+~: 8       :<>: 16/18
Nimronyn [Sindarin Pale gleam] superior keen, superior grievous longsword - orc bane
Foe-slaying - when attacking a bane creature, reduce Edge of weapon by value of bearer's Valour

Shadow bane [when in Forward stance, add 1 success die to each attack]
Skirmisher [if carried encumbrance is 12 or less, increase Parry by +3 when in close combat stance]