Situation: While exiting Mirkwood, the companions have been set upon by a pack of wargs (3) and their wolf allies (5)

Wargs and Wolves

Combat Advantage dice:
• Arbogast 2 dice
• Grimbeorn 2 dice
• Rorin 1 dice


Situation Modifiers:
• the Company has initiative as the defenders
• Grimbeorn and Arbogast can attack this round
• the mass combat roll for the farmers, may not engage until round 4


Physical Modifiers (complications):
The rainy day has made things slippery. If a character rolls an    in combat, they must roll a TN 12 Athletics roll or fall prone

PC/NPC		PARRY		ARMOUR		HOPE		ENDURANCE
Arbogast Bandy Esgalwen Grimbeorn Rorin	• • • • •	6 (shield +3) 9 (shield n/a) 6/9 [skirmisher] (shield n/a) 6/9 [giant strength] (shield +4) 4 (shield n/a)	• • • • •	2d (headgear +1) 1d (headgear n/a) 1d (headgear n/a) none (headgear +1) 5d (headgear n/a)	• • • • •	12/16 16/18 10/12 10/12 9/10	• • • • •	26/26 22/22 22/27 WOUNDED 13/31 WOUNDED 24/34

COMBAT STATUS by PC

PC	ENEMY	PARRY	ARMOUR	END	HATE	NOTES
Arbogast	Saradag	7	3d	10/40	5	• on hill, may engage
Bandy	none	tbd	tbd	tbd	tbd	• on hilltop, fighting from Rearward
Esgalwen	Wolf 1 Wolf 2	5 5	2d 2d	DEAD DEAD	1/1	• on hilltop in melee
Grimbeorn	warg 1	6	3d	24/24	3	• on hill, may engage
Rorin	Wolf 3 Wolf 4 Wolf 5 warg 2	5 5 5 6	2d 2d 2d 3d	DEAD DEAD DEAD 24/24	1/1 1/1 1/1 3/3	• on hilltop in melee

STANCE	TN (+parry)	PC / LMC	Options...
Forward - action order 1 Close combat	TN 6+	Esgalwen, Rorin	Forward Stance maneuvers
Open - action order 2 Close combat	TN 9+	Arbogast, Grimbeorn	Open Stance maneuvers
Defensive - action order 3 Close combat	TN 12+	none	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+	Bandy	Rearward Stance maneuvers
Any Escape combat Must start in Rearward or roll TN 10 + highest attribute level of opponents Athletics roll		none	May safely flee from the scene of combat

MASS COMBAT
	One of the Viglundings is slain. If rolled again in the following round, Argil is gravely wounded.
1, 2	The allies are hard-pressed to hold the enemy back. One of the Viglundings is wounded – or, if any are already wounded, then one of them is slain.
3	The Viglundings hold their line and keep fighting.
4, 5	The allies fight bravely, pushing the enemy back. Warg and Wolf blood spills across the hilltop. If this result is rolled twice in a row, then the allies slay one of the wolves!
6, 7	One of the wolves is slain.
8, 9	Two of the wolves are slain.
10	A warg is slain.
	Saradag is gravely wounded.

  Are the wargs available to engage?

Saradag led his two companions towards the top of the hill. The warg chieftain heard the commotion of combat above him and and he pressed forward, with every ounce of speed he could muster.

Suddenly, there were two men running towards them - coming from below. Above, Rorin smashed the skulls of the two remaining wolves and they died with loud yelps of agony. The Hobbit and his two companions were able to turn to see the wargs coming, and they, too, moved to engage.

From high on the hill come yelps of pain, cut suddenly short by the sound of steel striking flesh.  Forcing himself up the slope, Arbogast sees one of the wargs turn back - it could hardly have failed to hear the Men crashing towards it. 

As a youth, the Fire-watcher has warded wolves away from his father's steading, but this creature is of another kind.  Lazily, it lopes toward him, the size of a small horse and with murderous cunning in its eyes.  Arbogast finds himself wishing for roots and branches, fallen trunks, anything to slow it and make it unsteady.  But it is already leaping towards him, springing from the earth as if taking flight, jaws agape, towards him.  Desperately, he raises his shield, twisting his body to let it pass him as he raises his axe for a counterattack...


I'll start off in Open stance - I think, what with charging all the way over here, Arbogast hasn't been taking a careful enough approach to warrant Defensive.

Also, Arbogast's bonus dice appear to have gone walkabout.  (You'll find the relevant posts here.)

Quote from: Eclecticon on Feb 13, 2017, 05:48 PM Also, Arbogast's bonus dice appear to have gone walkabout.  (You'll find the relevant posts here.)

Fixed

Saradag loped towards the two new men that had started up the hill. He yelped when an arrow struck him, but the pain only fired his rage. He would tear out the man's throat.

Behind him, his two followers changed course to keep with their leader.

  who can act this round so I'll know when I may go.

By my count, everyone's on deck now.  The Viglundings may or may not still be fighting with us, given that we're down to three adversaries. 

Grimbeorn's advance slowed only but for a moment to prepare his attack, then bounded in to engage the horrid creatures.

Grimbeorn is in Open Stance, performing Targeted Strike upon Saradag.

  I believe I did say I would be cursed.

  it would appear so. Standing by for my rearward initiative spot.

Yeesh, you're not wrong!  Want to make an athletics roll to avoid slipping over while we wait?

"How's that for a meal ya filthy dogs?" Rorin relaxed as he removed his hammer from the two collapsed carcasses in front of him. But not a moment later he heard Bandy's bow sing behind him and he spun to find the new target. A short ways down the Saradag bore down atop Arbogast's shield threatening to run the Woodman into the ground.

Without hesitation the Dwarf launched himself down the hill towards the massive beast throwing caution to the wind and hoping to blindside the beast before it's teeth found purchase in his friend.  



Rorin is sprinting down the hill in Forward stance and will use the All Out Attack maneuver (Loses Parry rating for this round)

TN 13 All Out Attack -> Saradag

  Here goes Grimbeorn not slipping...
 

TN 12 Athletics -  1d12 : 9, total 9
Rolled 3d6 : 6, 1, 6, total 13