"Throw down your blade knave, the Thegn of the Green Stone land has come for his war-chief!"

The Beorning quickly scanned the room. Now sure that they had indeed captured Ætheldreám and they were men of his rival by deed and oath he set into them.

As Gwaithlim motions toward the farmhouse door, cries come from the fields and the figures working there begin to run, most for the safety of the tree line but two, a man and a woman, toward the house from which, with a banging of the door, two more guards emerge.  The first is helmed and clad in a bright scarlet cloak that he shoves to one side to draw a keen-edged sword.  The second is a beardless youth who nocks an arrow with the sureness of one long-accustomed to the act. 

In the smoky dimness within the hut, Esgawlen, still bound and gagged, watches as terrified hands grip a knife and hopes that, whatever else happens, it will prove to be sharp...

Situation: The companions have been discovered before their ambush on the guards outside the farmhouse could be sprung. 

Combat Advantage dice:
• Gwaithlim 0/0
• Hathcyn 0/0
• Luindîs 0/0

Situation Modifiers:
• The Fellowship has the initiative.

Physical Modifiers (complications):
• None

PC/NPC

PARRY

ARMOUR

HOPE

END

STANCE

STATUS

Gwaithlim Hathcyn Luindîs

• 7 ( n/a) • 7 ( n/a) • 5 ( n/a)

• 3d ( n/a) • 3d ( +4) • 1d

• 12/13 • 14/14 • 12/12

• 30/30 • 29/29 • 27/27

Rearward Open Rearward

normal normal normal

ENEMY		PARRY		ARMOUR		HATE		END		NOTES
Taller guard Knot-bearded guard Red-cloaked guard Beardless guard		• 5 • 5 • 6 • 5		• 2d+2 • 2d+2 • 3d+2 • 1d		• 0 • 0 • 3 • 1		• 0/17 • 0/17 • 10/19 • 16/16		DEAD DEAD

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

The other guard slumps noiselessly to the ground. A quiet call from Gwaithlim urges them into the building while he remains on-guard for others.

From the trees, the elvish arrow flies at the taller guard.
 

The hard, narrow tip of the she-Elf's arrow bursts through the guard's mail and, finding a gap between his ribs sinks deep into his side.  His cries of warning abruptly silenced he falls, never again to rise. 

And that's a Piercing Blow (shot?) with a TN of 16:

As the unlucky guard loses his footing, Luindîs takes aim and shoots...


She's trying to finish off the knot-bearded man.

Hathcyn feints high with his spear-tip.  As the guard raises his shield to deflect the blow, he instead plunges the shaft into the man's leg, drawing forth a scream of pain and fear. 


You didn't specify which guard you were engaging, so I'm going to assign you the knot-bearded man (who loses 14 Endurance).

Light footed and gliding across the ground Hathcyn closed with the guards.
 Spear leveled he engaged.