Moonlit basilisk - round 2

[tomcat]

Situation: The company has found the Woodmen scouts and they are under attack from basilisks

Combat Advantage dice:
• none

Situation Modifiers:
• The Company has Initiative, as they are defending
• One Woodman is wounded

Physical Modifiers (complications):
• There is a heavy mist that obscures the targets giving them a +2 to their TN
• Esgalwen may only combat for another 3 rounds

PC/NPC

PARRY

ARMOUR

HOPE

END

STANCE

ENEMY

PARRY

ARMOUR

HATE

END

Arbogast Esgalwen Grimbeorn Morirúsë

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6 (shield +3) 6/9 [skirmisher] (shield n/a) 6/9 [giant strength] (shield +4) 6 (shield n/a)

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2d (helm +1) 1d (helm n/a) 2d (helm n/a) 4d+3 (helm n/a)

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10/16 9/12 9/12 10/10

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26/26 27/27 WOUNDED 31/31 14/28

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open open defensive open

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Basilisk 1 Basilisk 2 Basilisk 3 Basilisk 4

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4 4 4 4

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4d 4d 4d 4d

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2/3 2/3 2/3 1/3

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26/40 5/40 40/40 11/40

STANCES

Forward - action order 1 Close combat TN 6+ parry Forward Stance maneuvers

Open - action order 2 Close combat TN 9+ parry Open Stance maneuvers

Defensive - action order 3 Close combat TN 12+ parry 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+ parry Rearward Stance 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

MASS COMBAT
	One of the Woodmen is slain. If rolled again in the following round, Lafdag is gravely wounded.
1 - 3	The allies are hard-pressed to hold the enemy back. One of the Woodmen is wounded – or, if any are already wounded, then one of them is slain.
4 - 6	The Woodmen hold their line and keep fighting.
7 - 9	The allies fight bravely, pushing the enemy back. Basilisk blood spills into the dell. If this result is rolled twice in a row, then the allies slay one of the basilisk!
10	One of the basilisk is slain.
	Two of the basilisks are slain.

[tomcat]

Mass combat roll

Rolled 1d12 : 3, total 3

[tomcat]

Esgalwen breaths in a noxious vapor and immediately regrets it. She feels suddenly faint and her body is wracked with pain. A Woodman to her right cries out in pain as he is gored by one of the creature's large tusks, and she struggles to clear her mind. She knows that if she falls in this dell, she will not rise again.
Esgalwen moves to Open and attacks B4
TN 15 longsword 4d

1d12 : 3, total 3
Rolled 4d6 : 3, 6, 5, 6, total 20

11   edge: 8   injury: 18

[tomcat]

Nice roll, but I would love to have had a piercing blow, too. Anyway...

• Esgalwen hits B4 with an extraordinary success for 23 END loss; the Basilisk will spend a Hate to activate Hideous Toughness and reduce END loss by 6

[Telcontar]

Morirúsë positioned himself to be able to bring the sword down on one foe, and with the length of the blade cut one of its companions.

"Atanatári, auta i lómë!"

In another blur his two hands brought the sword down upon the beast again.

  Morirúsë will attack B2. He will be using his Wrath of Fingolfin ability to Intimidate Foe from a forward or Open stance and still make an attack, he will also be using his sword two handed.

Awe for Intimidate TN10+Attribute of Foe

Rolled 1d12 : 5, total 5

Rolled 4d6 : 1, 5, 1, 3, total 10

Ordinary success: 2 Hate points
- Great success: 3 Hate points
- Extraordinary success: 5 character's Valour rating

Then the Attack

Rolled 1d12 : 12, total 12

Rolled 5d6 : 2, 5, 6, 1, 2, total 16

[Telcontar]

  piercing strike to number 2 with 18 dmg,  and five dmg to an adjacent beast.

[GandalfOfBorg]

 Forgetting his anger from earlier, Grimbeorn comes to Esgalwen's aid as best he can, brandishing his weapon with deft skill and ferocity to keep the dark creatures at bay.

Grimbeorn changes Protect Companion to Esgalwen.

 

Axes -  1d12 : 5, total 5
Rolled 4d6 : 3, 2, 4, 4, total 13

Hope if necessary.

[GandalfOfBorg]

  B4 was the target.

[Eclecticon]

As his heart pounds in his chest, Arbogast finds the onslaught of the fágwyrmen carrying him away from his kinsmen.  He feels the burning of their poison on his skin and tries to hold his breath as much as possible, though his lungs burn with the effort.  He finds himself listening for the voice of Bandy and the sound of arrows hitting flesh, or the deep-voiced grunts of Rorin as he swings his hammer, but these familiar things are not to be found.  Instead, Morirúsë moves like a dancer through the melee, brandishing a sword that glows like moonlight in the shadows of the forest and calling, clear-voiced, in a tongue the Fire-watcher knows not at all. 

But there is no time for wonder or admiration, be it ever so grudging.  Arbogast knows not whether the basilisks will fight to the death, but they have not broken off their attack.  He raises the Warden's Axe once more... 


I'll keep attacking B1.  Any cleaving damage goes to B2. 

1d12 : 11, total 11
Rolled 4d6 : 2, 4, 5, 2, total 13

[Eclecticon]

... but his bloody purpose is undone as the mist roils and a ghostly shape seems to lunge for him.  He brings his shield up quickly to ward off an attack that never arrives, and finds that the moment to strike is past and a basilisk is fast upon him, reeking of poison and doom. 



So... B1's next attack will be a called shot, which probably means more poison. 

[tomcat]

RESULTS

• Morirúsë fails his intimidate

Attacks basilisk 2 and hits with a great success for 18 loss and 5 cleaving loss to adjacent basilisk 1

• Grimbeorn attacks basilisk 4 TN 18 and rolls an 18 for 9 loss

• Arbogast misses with an and will receive a called shot from basilisk 1

Basilisks 2 and 4 will both spend 1 each to activate Hideous Toughness and reduce their loss by 6 each

[tomcat]

Basilisks attack...

Basilisk 1 makes a Called Shot against Arbogast; if successful auto pierce and poison
TN 18 bite 3d

1d12 : 5, total 5
Rolled 3d6 : 3, 5, 5, total 13

Basilisk 2 attacks Morirúsë  (hated foe)
TN 18 bite 3d+6

1d12 : 5, total 5
Rolled 3d6+6 : 2, 2, 3 + 6, total 13

Basilisk 3 attacks Grimbeorn
TN 22 bite 3d

1d12 : 3, total 3
Rolled 3d6 : 4, 2, 6, total 12

Basilisk 4 attacks Esgalwen
TN 18 bite 3d

1d12 : 6, total 6
Rolled 3d6 : 2, 3, 6, total 11

ALL Basilisks
4   edge:     injury: 14

[tomcat]

Results

• Arbogast is missed.

• Morirúsë is hit for 4 loss

• Grimbeorn is missed

• Esgalwen is missed

[tomcat]

Okay...Tom and Paul (Matt, I'd include you, but I am not sure how many books you have for TOR).

Called Shots by monsters/bad guy...do they mirror normal called shots?

For a PC to do a Called Shot, they announce it before their attack and they must score at least 1 to achieve the special effect.

Is that the case for enemies, too? Or do they need only achieve the TN to hit the PC? Do they still cause endurance loss if the called shot is not effective?

If the Called Shot does hit are the affects automatic, too?

A basilisk called shot results in a pierce and poison. Does Arbogast get to make a protection test?

If no protection test, or if failed - is this considered 2x wounded for the piercing attack and poison (which is a wound)?

I am posting on C7's web forums, too, but let me know your thoughts.

[tomcat]

I got my answers on this.

On with the show....