Situation: The caravan of Ceawin of Sunstead has been attacked by an unknown number of giant spiders of Mirkwood...

SPIDERS

Combat Advantage dice:
Rorin 2

Situation Modifiers:
• Company has initiative [even though ambushed, more than half passed their Surprise tests -   for those that earned AP]

Physical Modifiers (complications):
• Idunn is ensnared, must make an Athletics TN 13 or be held in place and suffer Parry to be halved
• Rorin is ensnared, must make an Athletics TN 13 or be held in place and suffer Parry to be halved

Tactical Situation
• Arbogast - has one healthy spiders attacking him (1 has been slain)
• Bandy - has one spider attacking him 5/12 (1 has been slain)
• Esgalwen - has one healthy spider attacking her (1 has been slain)
• Idunn - has NO spiders attacking her (2 have been slain)
• Grimbeon - has one spider attacking him with 7/12 damage (1 has been slain)
• Rorin - has NO spiders attacking him (2 have been slain)
• East Bight Men - are currently facing 19 spiders

Mass Combat Status:
• 1 spider dead

PC/NPC	PARRY	ARMOUR	HOPE [HATE]	ENDURANCE
Arbogast Bandy Esgalwen Grimbeorn Idunn Rorin	6/9 [woodcrafty] (shield +3) 9 (shield n/a) 6/9 [skirmisher] (shield n/a) 6/9 [great strength] (shield +4) 6/9 [woodcrafty] 4 (shield n/a)	1d (headgear +1) 1d (headgear n/a) 1d (headgear n/a) none (headgear +1) 2d (headgear n/a) 5d (headgear n/a)	13/16 16/18 10/11 11/12 15/15 10/10	26/26 16/22 13/25 [WOUNDED, WEARY] 31/31 25/25 34/34
Spiders	4 for all	2d for all	2 for all	12 for all

spider1 (G) dead; spider2 (E) dead; spider3 (A) dead; spider4 (R) dead; spider5 (I) dead; spider6 (B) dead; spider7 (I) dead; spider8 (G) 7/12; spider9 (R) dead; spider 10 (B) 5/12

STANCE	TN (+parry)	PC / LMC	Options...
Forward - action order 1 Close combat	TN 6+	Esgalwen	Forward Stance maneuvers
Open - action order 2 Close combat	TN 9+	Idunn, Bandy, Arbogast	Open Stance maneuvers
Defensive - action order 3 Close combat	TN 12+	Rorin, Grimbeorn	Defensive Stance maneuvers
Rearward - action order 4 Ranged combat Must be 2 other PC's in Close Combat May not use if outnumbered 2:1	TN 12+	none	Rearward Stance maneuvers
Any Escape combat Must start in Rearward or roll TN 10 + highest attribute level of opponents		none	May safely flee from the scene of combat

MASS COMBAT
	One of the East Bight-men is slain. If rolled again in the following round, Ceawin is gravely wounded.
1, 2	The allies are hard-pressed to hold the enemy back. One of the East Bight-men is wounded – or, if any are already wounded, then one of them is slain. The defensive circle is being pressed - if this is rolled again, the spiders also slay a horse.
3, 4	The East Bight-men hold their line and keep fighting.
5, 6	The allies fight bravely, pushing the enemy back. Black spider blood spills across the forest floor. If this result is rolled twice in a row, then the allies slay one of the spiders!
7, 8	One of the spiders is slain.
9, 10	Two of the spiders is slain.
	Three of the spiders are slain.

MASS COMBAT ROLL:

Rolled 1d12 : 3, total 3

The East Bight Men are none too impressive thus far...

  Bandy is actually in an open stance from the spider no? And I am assuming I still need to be in an Open stance because of the spider in front of me.

The Hobbit drew his blade from the downed spider and turned to its companion. "What of you foul creature of the wood? Here's a bit of steel for your troubles!"

Again the blade of the Hobbit plunged into the body of a spider.

5 end dmg.

Grimbeorn moved to assist Esgalwen in effort to fend off her attackers.

Grimbeorn moves to Defensive Stance and uses the Protect Companion maneuver for Esgalwen.  He will attack his spider if possible.

This dice roll has been tampered with!
Rolled 1d12 : 11, total 11
Rolled 4d6 : 1, 5, 3, 3, total 12

Axe: 7/10/18

  the tampering had to do with a msg conflict.

that's a cool option, Matt! Very nice

I will post more shortly.

Sweat is making his grip on his axe unsure, and the stale air of the deep forest is rank in his lungs, but Arbogast fights on.  He tries to follow the progress of the battle behind him from the sounds, but it is all an undifferentiated din of panic and pain. 

As the spiders continue to harry him, he imagines he hears their chittering voices speaking of "...hurt, but flesh before us!  Food for us, and food for our eggs!"  Or does he imagine it?  For the wearier he becomes, the stronger the sense of understanding seems to be...



I'm still attacking the injured spider.  Hopefully this will be the end of it! 

Oh sure, now I get a great success.  His Damage score is only 2, but every little bit helps. 

Also, I've just noticed that you still have me down as having an advantage die.  I used that sucker last round.  Not a criticism - I just don't want to forget and obtain an unjustified advantage. 

With the spider's web wrapped all around his lower body, Rorin nearly lost his balance after swinging his hammer. But luck was with him this day, as he fell towards the ground the mass of the spider's body leapt through the air where Rorin's head had been just a moment earlier. He quickly righted himself and tried to catch the creature while it was recovering from it's failed attack.



War Hammer

8    edge: 9    injury: 16

With no more of the creatures immediately threatening her, Idunn took her spear's keen edge to the thick webs that held her fast.

Not far away, Esgalwen saw as Grimbeorn moved into a defensive position between her and the spider attacking her. The Beorning had swung his axe in an arc to fend off the attercop that had been harassing him and moved to defend her. Weariness filled her arms and pain filled her abdomen where she had been stung. Like Idunn, she took advantage of Grimbeorn's aid and quickly cut at the webs that had her ensnared.

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TN 13 athletics by PC

Idunn 1d12 : 4, total 4
Rolled 2d6 : 3, 3, total 6

For Esgalwen, I am calling in her trait Adventurous to gain an auto-success for her TN 13 Athletics roll. It says her spirit is called upon whenever her mettle is put to the test. I can't think of a greater test at the moment than trying to survive.

If anyone disagrees with this call or knows of a rule that states that traits can't be called on in combat, while wounded, or weary, please chime in.

Idunn is still ensnared.

She cannot change stances and her Parry is reduced to half.

PC results:

• Arbogast rolled 16 Great success doing 7 END and killing a spider
• Bandy rolled 18 success doing 5 END to a spider
• Esgalwen cuts herself free from the webs
• Grimbeorn rolled a 12 fail with an ; he is in position to defend Esgalwen taking one of her attacks at the cost of 1 hope point, and he will receive a Called Shot from his spider
• Idunn is still ensnared
• Rorin rolled a 21 success doing 8 END and killing a spider

  Grimbeorn takes the strike.