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Orcs, Wargs and Stones - Opening volleys

Started by Eclecticon, Feb 13, 2024, 07:13 PM

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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 1/1
• Gwaithlim 0/0
• Hathcyn 2/2
• 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.
• The Parry bonus of shields is doubled during opening volleys. 

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
• 10/13
• 10/14
• 9/12
• 19/27
• 30/30
• 29/29
• 19/27
Rearward
Defensive
Defensive
Rearward
WOUNDED



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
• 1
• 1
• 1
• 1
• 1
• 0
• 3
• 3
• 3
• 3
• 12
• 12
• 12
• 12
• 12
• 0
• 16
• 16
• 16
• 16
 




DEAD
vs Esgalwen
vs Gwaithlim
vs Hathcyn
vs Luindîs

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

The companions' approach is met with the howling of wild wargs as the pack descends the hillside with jaws all a-slaver.  As they close, the now-dismounted orcs bend great black bows and loose arrows high into the air. 


:ooc: The orcs shoot...

Whooping orc (TN 18)
:00: 1d12 : 10, total 10
Rolled 2d6 : 6, 3, total 9


Torn-mouthed orc (TN 19)
:00: 1d12 : 1, total 1
Rolled 2d6 : 1, 6, total 7


Black-helmed orc (TN 19)
:00: 1d12 : 3, total 3
Rolled 2d6 : 4, 4, total 8


Thick-muscled orc (TN 17)
:00: 1d12 : 9, total 9
Rolled 2d6 : 6, 3, 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

Like hammers, the broad-headed arrows fall to tear cloaks and strike sparks from stones where they fail to bite into flesh.  At Gwaithlim's left hand, a Beorning warrior falls without a sound.  Behind the company, arrows find their mark in horses and their shrieks of pain and fear are piercingly loud, for the war-arrows of the orcs are cruelly-fashioned, and the worse for being oft-treated with terrible poisoned brewed in the dark places beneath the Misty Mountains. 

Luindîs at first has no thought of the risk as she nocks her own shaft, but lets out an unwilling cry as an arrow passes close enough to slice into her ear.  There, but for chance, am I fallen! she cannot help but think.  Hands now aquiver and her own blood dripping on to her fingers, she fumbles the nock once and again before at last finding the string, then remembers to run as more arrows arc into the air toward her. 


:ooc: That's a strong start for the forces of the Shadow!  Luindîs loses nine Endurance, as does Esgalwen, who needs to make a Protection check (TN 14) into the bargain:
:00: 1d12 : 1, total 1
Rolled 2d6+1 : 3, 3 + 1, total 7
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

#3
:ooc: That's... not great for her.  Doug, do you want to tell us what befalls her? 

EDIT:  And I've miscalculated the Endurance loss, which should've been eight, not nine.  I've fixed it in the table.
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

#4
Esgalwen marked the cry of Luindis and she looked to see if her new companion was well, seeing the blood that now smeared down the elf's ear. It was this moment of distraction that left the ranger vulnerable and not paying attention to the dangers that threatened her.

The arrow struck Esgalwen above her left breast, piercing the sturdy leather corselet that she had so long relied upon. There was a terrible scraping feeling, as the arrowhead slid past her collarbone, and then a burning bloomed through her neck and chest - the deadly poison that coated the shaft.

The woman went to her knees, Nimronyn tumbling from her hand. Esgalwen struggled to breath and her sight began to darken at the edges. Only the gleam of her sword kept her focused and she scrambled to grab it, but found her left arm numb and the right needing to support her weight.
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]

Eclecticon

Arrow nocked, Luindîs draws and shoots like one in a trance, her heart hammering.  She is barely aware of Esgalwen falling or the rushing ahead of Hathcyn, for all her attention is on the onrush of the wargs and the feel of the bowstring at her lips the moment before she looses her arrow.


:ooc: Luindîs shoots:
:00: 1d12 : 8, total 8
Rolled 3d6 : 4, 6, 6, total 16
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

Long years of gleeful hunts beneath Mirkwood's dark boughs pay their dues as her arrow finds its mark, sinking down to the fletching in the chest of a great, slope-shouldered beast.  It falls like a stone, its companions leaping over it or dashing around, not even slowing in their charge.  Beyond them, their orcish allies ready themselves for another volley.


:ooc: By my count, both Esgalwen and Gwaithlim could shoot in this phase, though Doug's narration suggests that the former might not be able to.  I'll leave it up to you.   
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

:ooc: I ended the last thread with her sword in hand, and so that is how we find her here. So, no - she cannot return fire.

I do need to know what the Orc Poison does, though.
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]

Eclecticon

:ooc: We'll leave it for now as mechanically it only comes into play when the orcs get a called shot with a bow (i.e. when a player rolls a :~~: and the orc subsequently hits them). 

For what it's worth, your description fits into the effects pretty well. 
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

Quote from: Eclecticon on Feb 14, 2024, 10:45 PM:ooc: We'll leave it for now as mechanically it only comes into play when the orcs get a called shot with a bow (i.e. when a player rolls a :~~: and the orc subsequently hits them). 

For what it's worth, your description fits into the effects pretty well. 

:ooc: I forgot that about 1e. I am not a fan of the Called Shot rules in this game. As a LM, I am glad they eliminated that in 2e.
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]

Eclecticon

Gwaithlim's bow is great, and not swiftly does it leap to his hand, but far indeed will it cast a shaft.  And so, keen eyed and strong-armed, he takes aim at the orcs in the rear... 


:ooc: Matt, forgive me for grabbing Gwaithlim for a moment - just trying to keep some momentum. 
:00: 1d12 : 7, total 7
Rolled 2d6 : 4, 3, total 7
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

... but, in his efforts to spare the blameless captives, his arrow flies wide of the mark.  Bare seconds later, the wolves are upon them. 
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