Unearthing the Past (IC)

[Adeen]

OOC THREAD (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=9427025)

{table=head] Applicant|Class|Race|Character
FeetUpsideDown (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/member.php?u=53396)|Rogue|Human|Hierro (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=229706)
Starsign (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/member.php?u=51737)|Cleric|Human|Natalie vil Lanon (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=242599)
Edwin (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/member.php?u=34313)|Rogue|Human|Darwin Reaper (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=242632)
Noctemwolf (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/member.php?u=53155)|Sorcerer|Gnome|Xepher, the Lost (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=242626)
DythTheKobold (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/member.php?u=49916)|Fighter|Kobold|Damien (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=242448)[/table]

How This Works:
This is the In Character thread. Anything you post here should be completely in character. No smilies please. Anything out of character should be put in a spoiler.

Make all your rolls in this thread, and again, in a spoiler. I will do some rolls for you to make things go smoother if needed.

Active posting would be nice to give a beginner DM an easier time, if someone doesn't post in a couple days, like 48 hours, I will go ahead and move the game along anyway.

The town of Travensburg has had a rough winter, and although the promise of spring seems just around the corner, the town has had to purchase food from a nearby village. The area feels peaceful, but the winter has driven a few small bands of others to search for food outside their normal territory. To protect the valuable shipment of supplies, four guards were sent to escort the wagon. Now the shipment of food is overdue.

The five of you have gathered at the town hall in the middle of the afternoon per the lord's request. You soon see a man walking towards you. A man stands before you, looking worried and impatient. He introduces himself quickly as Alexi Traven, the lord of the town, and gets down to business. "We’ve got a missing shipment of food," he says. "Two boys went out to meet the wagon this morning, and no one has returned. I’m busy here until the morning, and I need someone to go check on that wagon. The village needs the food -- scraping up the money for it was no easy chore. The path to the north should lead up to them."

Your first post:
Feel free to talk amongst yourselves and decide on what your next action is.

[Edwin]

Oh ba ba ba ba, not so fast, my good gentleman.

A sly smile spreads across Darwin's face, as his sleepy eyes turn to inspect the lord of the town. His hands run down his coat, playing with lowermost buttons.

I wonder, and I suppose you should be able to answer my wondering, what sort of reward we will get for this.. quest. Task. Contract?Thing.

[Starsign]

Natalie heard the orders and would depart as soon as everyone else had prepared. She in the meantime sat down on her knees, giving a prayer for the journey ahead.

"Oh beloved Pelor, give us your watching and guiding hand in our journey. Please let us reach our destination so we may deliver our food and supplies to our village, and thank you once again for your protection among the horrors of the world. Amen..."

Finishing her prayer, Natalie stands up, her attitude changing from her focused demeanor a few seconds earlier to a more bubbly one.

"So, have are we all prepared? We should set off before the sun hits the horizon."

[NineThePuma]

The Kobold of the party eyed the others, his hands on his Kukri, but didn't speak. Making fun of the cleric wasn't worth it, and if the lord of the town wanted to get talked back to for being unclear, not his problem.

Not to mention the gnome. That hadn't been mentioned, and he resolved to avoid the damn thing like the plague.

[Noctemwolf]

Xepher smiled and patted his belly, looking at Darwin after he spoke.

"Shouldn't the fact you'll get to eat be enough for ya, mate? It's certainly enough for me."

He pats Natalie on the back on his way around her. He knew her from the temple, and he showed his appreciation for Pelor through his pat.

Putting himself next to Darwin, he looked up at the taller man waiting for his answer.

[Starsign]

Natalie started to have her mind wandering, thinking about her times at the church and her preperation for this journey. She was really anxious to go, worried even. She was afraid that we would not return, that she could end up like the others...

Her mind awakens back to reality thanks to the pat from Xepher. She appreciated his help around the church, but was a bit shy ever since that incident in the temple... But considering he is the only that in the group she knew, she knew that she would have to trust him.

Natalie turned to the kobold. She had heard about these creatures and she found herself in an uneasy situation having to work with this kobold, even if he was associated with Father Lucius. Wanting to know more, Natalie slowly walked up to him and asked, "You were requested to come with us by Father Lucius right? How long have you known him?

[NineThePuma]

"The crazy priest who looks prettier than you? He ran up and made me an offer all of 32 hours ago. Crazy old guy started yellin at me in Draconic like we were old friends, but if I'd ever met him before i'd've stabbed him by now." Dyth eyed the cleric before him as he considered several dozen things, but ultimately shrugged, discarding the thoughts. He wasn't going to start a fight with this... Girl just yet.

[Starsign]

Natalie just had her mouth open, speechless at what to respond. She just gave a nod and walked away, thinking to herself, "I guess Xepher is the only one I can count on..."

She walked over to the gnome, still a bit wary of him, but he felt the most comforting to chat with. "Well..." she began, whispering in Xepher's ear, "We have quite a quintet don't we?

[FeetUpsideDown]

Hierro watches all of this in silence, awaiting his Lordship's answer on the payment issue. He's ready to move out, but would never pass up the opportunity of some money in the palms of the hands he gets to keep...

Noble sir, for all that I am grateful for your clemency, a little financial incentive would spur me to new heights of endeavour in your service...

[Edwin]

As skilled in charm and wit as I am, my dear vertically inferior friend, I can aquire more for a hunk of cheese worth in silver, than a silver worth of cheese.

Looking down at the gnome besides him, Darwin blinks, spinning his fingers around the hilt of his gun in the process.

And a most say, that's an exquisite coloration on that robe of yours. My name's Dawin. But you can call me Reaper.

Smiling, Darwin reaches out with his hand, waiting for a handshake.

Sounds distinctly more cool, doesn't it?

[Noctemwolf]

"We have quite a quintet don't we?"

"Indeed, we do!" His cheerful tone overshadowed the grim nature of the assignment at hand.
"I do hope we can find that caravan, though. I'm hungry enough to eat like a smigledwaf!"
He hops on the balls of his feet impatiently, waiting for the others to be ready to go. If they didn't leave soon, he would have to go off by himself. And, Pelor knows, a gnome by his lonesome was always a tasty target...

[Adeen]

After waiting for you to finish your quick discussion, Alexi addresses the issue. Looking a bit flustered, he talks quickly.

"After paying for the food, there is only a measly bit of tax left. Right now I can only offer you 10 gold pieces a piece to find the wagon of food and the others and bring them back.

But I honestly fear the worst may have fallen on our brethren. I have accepted you five incase my fears are reality. If that is the case, the reward to bring those responsible to justice will be much greater.

Please hurry, the town is starving."


Some Rolls:
[roll0]
[roll1]
[roll2]
[roll3]
[roll4]

For the eyes of Damien only:
You know that the town raised almost 2500 gold pieces to buy the food, and spent close to all of it. You also know that population of the town is only around 500 people.

For the eyes of Hierro and Darwin only:
You know that the town raised almost 2500 gold pieces to buy the food, and spent close to all of it. You also know that the population of the town is only around 500 people.

You are also aware that of the inhabitants of this town they consist of around the following:
High Class - 2%
Middle Class - 18%
Low Class - 70%
Poor - 20%
You know that a few of the poor have died of starvation already, and everyone is hungry, even the rich (though they still eat better than everyone else).

[Edwin]

Mhhh.. Not exacly a fortune, but little has its right too, I suppose.

Grumbling, but still sporting a decisively self-confident winning smile, Darwin takes a couple of steps towards the back of the group, eying his surroundings.

[FeetUpsideDown]

Well, lads and ladies, that's better than nothing. I, for one, say we get to it...

[Starsign]

Natalie took the gold with little worry. She was bringing plenty of her own along in the event that her group would be shortchanged.

She was the first to start walking north, stopping to look at the others to ask, "Shall we be off? I'd rather not be searching at night." She made a little giggle at the end.

[NineThePuma]

Despite Natalie taking the first step, Damien is only a half pace behind, easily keeping pace with the cleric, albeit a short ways to the side. He didn't care for the gold particularly; with some luck he could swap it for something of more value among the savage races; or, better yet, find a wizard to help him with it. Doing odd jobs around town to get enough funds for his gear to be upgraded sounded like a good idea. Everyone loves enchantments, after all.

[Noctemwolf]

Casts Gnome spell like ability: Prestidigitation


Xepher follows behind the Kobold and Cleric, taking the seeable dagger from his sheathe and levitating it above his hand nonchalantly, spinning it in lazy arcs.

" A Warrior Kobold? Hope you can hold your own, lizard boy," Xepher says, a little chuckle at his own comment issuing from closed teeth.

"Come on, Sars! Don't stay behind!" In a nearby tree, an owl hoots with recognition, and lands quietly on Xepher's shoulder.

Alertness gained. +2 to all spot and listen checks.

[Adeen]

Alexi hurries back to town hall without a word as the 5 of you leave.

Fast Forward:

You walk along for not long, just under an hour. As you crest a small hill you begin to notice something just ahead on the road.

Hierro, Darwin, and Damien only:
As you walk just a tiny bit more, the fate of the food wagon is revealed. Below you, two unknown figures bundled against the cold struggle to lead a resistant horse off the road. Two fearsome-looking orcs holding what look like huge battle axes are standing guard; one of them watches the wranglers with apparent amusement. The snow-covered ground is stained red in places, and a half-dozen bodies lie in the snow. They don't seem to notice you.
Friendly tip, if you play your cards right, you might get a surprise round.

[NineThePuma]

Damien has always been quick on his feet, for various reasons that he didn't care enough about to discuss. While he probably wasn't the first to see it, he immediately turned and walked back, grabbing two of the others at random and pulling them back the way they came.

"Quiet, mammals. It appears we found our caravan." he says in a low tone as he let's go of the party members he grabbed. "Can any of you scout?"

[Starsign]

While quick on the start, Natalie found herself at the rear. She had not the experience of the males and she felt that she was holding them back.

Listening to Damien's warning, Natalie got down on her knees to level with the kobold. She took a look at Hierro and gave a little nod, using her body language to tell him that he should scout. Hierro was a thief that was difficult to catch back in the town, so he should be perfect for this.

[FeetUpsideDown]

Hierro sniffs in disdain at this presumption. However, he sees that his skills are needed, and from his position at the rear of the party, looks at the lay of the land, trying to find the best route to get a bit closer. Having picked his favoured path, he attempts to ghost off to get as close as possible.

[roll0]
Is this how I do this? I think I'm the only true noob in the group, let me know what the right way of doing this is. My modifier is +8...

[Adeen]

Hierro attempts to stealthily get closer to the figures and see what's going on. As he is walking slowly down the hill, he accidentally steps on a twig and it snaps, gaining one of the orc's attention. He cries out a guttural alarm to the others. Hierro and the others attempt to hide from the orcs, but without success. One of the figures who was wrangling the horse looked up quickly before any of the party hid themselves and the figure runs off to the west, apparently disliking the idea of a confrontation. You all seem to get behind various rocks, shrubbery, or the hill, except for Natalie. She just stands around not paying attention to what's going on, it looks like she is watching a butterfly flutter around. The Orcs see her and start moving forward while drawing their huge battle axes. The remaining figure who was wrangling the horses seems to be concentrating on something, and then a tiny flash of white light emerges from his hands for a split second.

How this works:
You are your respective color with the first letter of your PC's name.
The enemies are the gray circles with the numbers in them so you can differentiate between them.
The white spots are snow, sorry for my crappy MSpaint skillz.
The wagon is, well, the wagon.
Each square represents 5 feet, as normal.

Post what your character will do, roleplay-wise, in character. Then make a spoiler to say the OOC stuff, like 'PC walks from D5 to D7 and attacks.' Yada yada, you get the point.
Post any rolls you want to/think you should make.

When you attack, post your rolls like this.
Attack: (roll)
Damage: (roll)
Crit Threat: (roll)
If you do not hit, or do not get a critical hit, don't worry, those rolls will be ignored, just do it all at once instead of waiting to hear back from me to see if you hit, it will make combat go a lot smoother.

For the newbies, feel free to post ANY questions about combat in the out of character thread. Happy to help.

Map:
http://oi53.tinypic.com/160c7e9.jpg

[Edwin]

Drawing his gun, Darwin let's on a big grin, excitedly running forward and point his pistol.

Don't you just love a good scrap, faithful companions It really get's the blood running!

Stopping in a sharp twist, Darwin pulls the trigger, aiming for the nearest orc.

I move to O11, drawing my weapon as part of the move. From there, I shoot Orc number 1 (who is, sadly, out of my sneak attack range, not that I would get one anyway.)

-screwed up the rolls, double post incoming.

[Edwin]

Attack: [roll0]

Damage: [roll1]

Crit: [roll2]

[FeetUpsideDown]

Hierro mutters obscenities to himself, circling as far to the left as he can while loosing off arrows at the spellcasting wrangler.

Move to M7
Initiative [roll0]
Attack [roll1]
Crit Threat [roll2]
Damage [roll3]

As usual, let me know what I'm doing wrong/could be doing better.

[Noctemwolf]

"ya, sure boss, whatever you say," was Xepher reply to the kobold grabbing his shirt.
Poor Hierro. Everything was going fine until that twig snapped. It had made Xepeher flinch; anyone would've heard that.

As the combat begins, Xepher notices the light emenating from the hand of the tender that didn't run away.

"Oh? A spellcaster, eh? Sars, keep after the escaping one while we handle these."

As Sars Flies off, Xehper stows his dagger as he moves foward.

Initiative: [roll0] +2 4 I. am. Slow. :smalleek:
Move Action: Xepher moves to Q12, stowing his dagger to have both his hands free.
Spellcraft check: [roll1] +6 10 not too... bad.
Standard action: Readied action to counterspell the spellcaster.

Now, the Bird =P
Sars follows after the escaping tender, full round and flying, duh.
Move Silently Check: [roll2] +17 18 Really now? I hope 1 is not an instant fail. Maybe it's flying around squacking at the top of it's little lungs or something.
Hide Check: [roll3] +11 13 O. M. G. the forum roller has it out for me today.

[Starsign]

Natalie took in the sights for a bit before noticing she was the only one out in the open, with orcs charging her way.

In a bit of a panic, Natalie drew her weapon, and then remembered one of her spells. She suddenly went down on her knees and started praying. "Please, I ask thee to come down and assist my cause. Grant me a guardian that may fight at my side!"

At the end of her prayer, a flash of light appeared in front of her, and when it faded, a beautiful, royal dog took it's place. The dog took a howl and started charging straight towards the orcs.

I cast Summon Bigger Fish Monster I.
Initiative: 1d20
Dog's Initiative: 1d20+3
Dog's Attack: 1d20+2
Dog's Damage: 1d4+1
Dog's Crit Threat: Uh... whenever I figure it out.

EDIT: Crap, roll failed. Gotta do another post, sorry.

[NineThePuma]

Damien let out a growl as he ran forward, angling himself slightly to block the orcs from attacking his allies; his Kukri in hand, he snarled and grinned as he shouted.

"Hold fast! The others to the east will see our battle!"

Initiative: [roll0]
Bluff Check: [roll1]

I'm sitting in H7, I believe.

[Starsign]

Initiative: [roll0]
Dog's Initiative: [roll1]
Dog's Attack: [roll2]
Dog's Damage: [roll3]
Dog's Crit Threat: Whenever I figure it out.

[Adeen]

You all notice by this point that the figure messing with the horse (which the second figure escaped on by the way) is a male human.

The spellcaster is quick to the punch and casts yet another quick spell and immediately runs behind the orcs, obviously for protection, and picks up his crossbow. Darwin the Reaper runs forward, pulling out his pistol. His gun goes off with a loud Bang that many of you find agitating, not used to the sound. Unfortunately, in Darwin's haste, his aim was sacrificed, and the bullet missed the orc completely. Hierro meanwhile is running across the field with great speed and stops at a stable spot. He kneels down, readies his bow, and launches an arrow at the spellcaster, determined to take him out of the fight. While the arrow missed the human, one of the orcs happened to step right in front of it luckily, and caught a nasty blow in the shoulder. The arrow went clean through, causing blood to splatter on the orc and his comrades. Natalie decides to take a different approach to the quick and violent, and insteads immediately sets to pray to Pelor for help. In a heap of shining light, those nearby are almost blinded by it for a moment, a fearsome dog of magnificent beauty and silver fur appears before Natalie. She commands the dog to charge straight at the orc who was wounded already. However, the orc somehow manages to nimbly dodge the dog's ferocious teeth. Meanwhile, Damien has a plan of his own, he runs across the field, following Hierro, yet passing him, sprinting on his tiny little lizard feet like you never did see. He shouts out a warning, hoping to fool his enemies; it's too bad they completely ignore him. Furious at his predicament, the wounded orc yells from the back of his throat ferociously and charges straight towards the little Kobold. He swings his giant axe! Damien leans back just in time for the axe to give him a very close shave of his neck, but it didn't seem to harm him. Xepher has moved forward at this point, putting away his weapon, obviously preparing to tear the orcs' very world apart with arcane masteries far too complicated for their stunted minds. His owl chases after the rogue human, but alas, his escape on horseback proved too fast for the owl. With the wounded orc leaving to attack the Kobold, the second orc is left to deal with the dog in front of him. The orc raises his axe high above his head, and like an executioner, he swings it down and beheads the poor dog. The dog begins to fade away, back to the realm from whence it came. Suddenly, a third orc steps out of the caravan and screams bloody murder at all of you, yet you can't understand a word he says. The first thing he does is pick up his javelin and hurls it at the closest thing he can find, Damien. Luckily the kobold is quick to notice this Orc, who looks even more menacing than the first two, and has a very large sword by his side. Just as the javelin is inches in front of his face, Damien swings his Kukri, knocking the javelin to the ground and slicing it in half.

Map:
http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/1348/utproadmap3pos3.png

Xepher only used one move action this first turn, if you'd like to use your second one and move closer to the action, just tell me what spot you want to be on, but remember this for next time.

Natalie, you only used your standard action, which leaves you one move action left, so the same deal goes for you.

Xepher Only:
You gleaned nothing about the first spell the mage cast, but the second one comes to you clear as day, he cast true strike.

[Adeen]

The spell-caster seems content where he is. He fires a crossbow bolt at the archer, who attacked him. The bolt flies straight and true, hitting Hierro in the thigh, causing a considerable amount of pain. He then loads another bolt into his crossbow, ready to attack again.

You take 4 damage.

[Starsign]

Watching battle play out, Natalie took a dash in and out of sight to appear behind Darwin, nearly running into him. Catching her breath a bit, she says, "This reminds me of how you were caught trying to steal the chalice." She tries to put on a smile to brighten the mood. Her mood was spoiled when she saw the dog get decapitated by the orc, knowing that she could end up just like that.

Natalie moves to N12, or at least as close as possible.

[NineThePuma]

Damien keeps that feral grin as he cuts out with his kukri, almost growling as he works to draw blood. Blisteringly intelligent was the way to be, and the way to fight. For a few moments he almost wished he'd trained as a swashbuckler, but realized it didn't really matter. Ah well. Death to the Orcs!

Attack: [roll0]
Damage: [roll1]
Critical (18-20/x2) : [roll2]

Attack: [roll3]
Damage: [roll4]
Critical (18-20/x2) : [roll5]

[Edwin]

Uh, that was terrible. Must have been the wind catching the bullet. Not to worry!

Rolling to his lift, Darwin dashes across the field, closing up on Heirro, trying to get a better shot at the combatant orcs.

Quickly drawing yet another, loaded gun from his jacket, Darwin points and makes a quick shot for the orc in front of him.

I use my move action to draw my second gun as well as move to L8 (sheathing the other one is a free action, I am sure you know).

From there, I shoot at Orc number one, now with a point blank bonus.

Attack:[roll0]

Damage:[roll1]

Crit:[roll2]

[Starsign]

As Darwin made his move, Natalie made her's as well. She slowly walked towards the Orc that killed the dog, as if to not draw attention to herself... Then she strikes with all her heart!

Natalie moves in at H13
Move Silently:
Attack: [roll]1d20+1
Damage: 1d8
Crit Threat: 1d20

[Starsign]

Had to post again. Natalie moves in at H13
Move Silently: Check roll above.
Attack: [roll0]
Damage: [roll1]
Crit Threat: [roll2]

[FeetUpsideDown]

Hierro stifles a groan at the injury to his thigh, and snaps off another arrow at the 2nd Orc...

Att [roll0]
Crit [roll1]
Dmg [roll2]

[Adeen]

The clouds part a little and the sun shines down upon the ground.

Darwin deftly strides over to his new position and fires at the other orc with a second pistol. The bullet strikes him square in the arm, a direct hit. However, he doesn't seem very frazzled by the shot. Hierro on the other hand, fires an arrow at the same orc from behind Darwin, luckily missing him, but unluckily completely missing his target. Natalie, in the meantime, moves straight towards that nasty orc who killed her dog and swings wildly at him. She hits him in the chest with her mace, but it just bounces off his armor with no effect. The dastardly deadly lizard, however, takes a mighty swing with his kukri at the orc right in front of him. His overhand swing manages to lop off the orcs ear and slices right into his shoulder! The orc staggers down to one knee and holds the bloody side of his head with one hand. He tries to swing his mighty axe at the kobold, but Damien easily ducks under the swing. Using up the last of his energy on that swing, the orc passes out from exhaustion and falls to the ground, bleeding all over the snow.

Map:
http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/586/utproadmap3pos4.png


Actions:
Round 2 still isn't over, this is all that has happened so far.
Round 2:
Caster 1 - fires crossbow, hits hierro, 4 damage, loads crossbow
Darwin - moves to L8, fires at orc 2, hits, # damage
Hierro - stays put, fires arrow at orc 2, misses, misses darwin too
Natalie - moves to H13, attacks orc 2, misses
Damien - Full attacks Orc 1, crits with first hit, misses with second swing, orc at 0
Orc 1 - Swings axe, misses, falls to -1hp
Xepher -
Orc 2 -
Orc 3 -
Just need Xepher's action.

[Noctemwolf]

"Look out for the Cast- oooh... looks like you already know..." came from Xepher as he saw Hierro sliced with an arrow.



Move Action: Moves to M13
Standard Action: Moves to I13, behind Natalie
sorry guys.. I'm so slow, I can't keep up with all you tall people!

[Adeen]

Xepher moves as quick as his little feet can take him, and arrives next to Natalie, ready to help with his arcane might. The Orc right in front of Natalie, meanwhile, swings his axe at her in a rage. But Natalie didn't even need to dodge it, his axe goes straight into the ground in front of her, no danger there. The third orc however, moves over in front of the human mage and draws his giant sword, determined to protect him. With that, the caster fires another bolt from his crossbow, this time aiming at the warrior who cut down one of the orcs. Damien can hear the whizzing of the bolt as it passes inches by his ear. With all of his prowess in battle, the orcs have a tiny look of fear in their eyes towards the little lizard.

Map:
Remember,
Enemy 2: Orc with Axe
Enemy 3: Spellcaster
Enemy 4: Orc with Sword http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/9746/utproadmap3pos5.png

Actions:

Round 2:
Caster 1- fires crossbow, hits hierro, 4 damage, loads crossbow
Darwin - moves to L8, fires at orc 2, hits, # damage
Hierro - stays put, fires arrow at orc 2, misses, misses darwin too
Natalie - moves to H13, attacks, misses
Damien - Full attacks Orc 1, crits with first hit, orc at 0
Orc 1 - Swings axe, misses, falls to -1hp
Xepher - moves to I13
Orc 2 - attacks natalie, misses
Orc 3 - moves to E12, draws sword

Round 3:
Caster 1- fires crossbow, misses damien, misses orc 3, reloads
Darwin -
Hierro -
Natalie -
Damien -
Orc 1 - falls to -2 hp (probably)
Xepher -
Orc 2 -
Orc 3 -

[NineThePuma]

Damien, grinning that angry grin, lifts his Kukri as he darts forward, seemingly moving toward the Orc engaging Natalie before veering off at the last second to attempt to gut the Orc by the caster.

Attack:
Damage: [roll1]
Crit: [roll]1s20+9

Move to F12 (I think); directly beneath Orc 3, above left Orc 2. Standard Attack Orc 3.

[Starsign]

A quick calculation from her head let her mind rest for a second as she watches the orc whiff his strike. Feeling Xepher behind her, she uses the opportunity to strafe around the orc in an attempt to flank it, just like she was taught before she left on this journey. In position, she realizes that it might be easier to make the enemy defenseless rather than killing it, so she uses her chance to disarm the orc.

Natalie moves to G14.
Attack Roll to Disarm: [roll0]

[Noctemwolf]

Thinking quickly, Xepher moves around and faces the orc and the caster.
"Think Fast!" He says, before reciting a spell. Muticolored beams spread from his hands toward the foes.

Move Action: F11 (I've checked; I can make it there without causing an attack of opportunity. That is the route I take.
Standard action: Cast Color Spray, aimed toward the #3 and 4 dots. It won't hit Damien, I've checked the angles.
Concentration check (Casting on the defensive): [roll0] DC:16

Edit: I've just realized people will be moving before me... Crap... I'm prolly miss orc #3... This is why I wait for this stuff...

[FeetUpsideDown]

Hierro mutters to himself "Concentrate, Hierro, concentrate!" as he draws a bead on the spellcaster again.


Att [roll0]
Crit [roll1]
Dmg [roll2]

[Adeen]

Hierro tries to lobby off yet another arrow at the caster, and yet again, it misses. It looked like it bounced off of something right in front of him. Natalie sidesteps the orc and attempts to disarm him. With his great strength and giant weapon, it is to no avail, and the orc ends up knocking her weapon to the ground instead, slashing her in the process! Damien meanwhile runs up to the orc protecting the caster and slashes away at him, staining his steel with blood. The master of arcane might however, runs up right next to Damien, shouts a warning, and pure power explodes from his hands. Lights of all the colors imaginable spray out, knocking both the orc and the caster off of their feet! Their weapons fall to the ground, along with them, and they stop moving. The last orc standing takes one final swing at the unarmed cleric, slashing her yet again, and tries to run away. Natalie, however, does not get beaten so easily, she grabs onto him with all her might and forces him to stay and fight, hurting him in the process. Darwin comes up behind the last orc standing, and stabs him right in the back with his rapier, dealing a mighty blow! The orc is now on one knee, ready to make a last attempt to fight. He swings his mighty axe at Natalie once more, but it's no match for her armor, and he falls to the ground, bleeding profusely from the wound to his abdominal aorta.

48 hours have passed, Darwin is moving to the bottom of initiative for round 3, he decides to flank the orc Natalie is fighting with his rapier, and is quite successful I might add.

Round 3:
Caster 1- fires crossbow, misses, misses orc 3, reloads
Hierro - fires arrow at caster, misses
Natalie - moves to g14, attempts to disarm orc 2, orc 2 AOO hits her, 4 damage, orc 2 disarms her
Damien - Moves to F12, attacks orc 3, # damage
Orc 1 - dead
Xepher - moves to f11, casts color spray, orc 3 and caster both hit
Orc 2 - attacks natalie again, 3 damage, then tries to run away, provokes AOO, Natalie grapples, # damage
Orc 3 - Not Moving
Darwin - moves to g12, attacks orc 2, hits, # damage

Round 4:
Caster 1- Not Moving
Darwin -
Hierro -
Natalie -
Damien -
Orc 1 - Dead
Xepher -
Orc 2 - Dead
Orc 3 - Not Moving


@Natalie
You take 4 damage, then 3 damage, for a total of 7, I assumed you wanted to use your AOO against the orc, but with no weapon, all you could do is grapple, so I rolled for you, you won.

[NineThePuma]

Damien attempts to stab the now prone Orc with both of his blades, growling as he brought them down in attempt to kill it.

Attack: [roll0]
Damage: [roll1]
Crit: [roll2]

Attack: [roll3]
Damage: [roll4]
Crit: [roll5]

[Adeen]

Even with that crit, and second attack, this strong orc is still clinging to life, I suggest the others make actions on their turns too. Might I suggest Coup de Grace to anyone not wielding 2 weapons?

[Noctemwolf]

"Maybe we can question the caster... should we leave him alive?" Xepher says. "He may have valuable information. You can take out that orc, though." looking at Natalie fighting the orc, Xepher keeps his ground. Not much a little person like him could do to help here!

Oh, I would so coup de grace that orc right now... but I don't have my weapon out! 0_0**
Oh, I will ready an action to fire a Ray of Frost at Orc 2 if he breaks away from the grapple.

[Starsign]

Natalie felt her breath deepening as she got cut up from the orc's swings. But back in control now that she had grappled with the enemy, she quickly picks up her mace for what was hopefully the final blow.

Attack: [roll0]
Damage: [roll1]
Crit Threat: [roll2]

[FeetUpsideDown]

Hierro steps five yards closer, and fires an arrow at point blank range into the orc he has the clearest sight of


att [roll0]
crit [roll1]
dmg [roll2]

[Noctemwolf]

Xepher Will spend one round drawing his adagger, and will as a full round action next round coup de grace the orc next to him, unless someone says otherwise.

[Noctemwolf]

After assuring himself that the orc was dead, Xepher walks over to the caster, still unconscious on the ground.

"Anyone got some rope? I think we should talk to this one, maybe ask why they were here? Oh, say, is this that wagon we were supposed to be looking for? I can't tell from over here... too short and all."

He leans over and studies the caster’s features.

[Starsign]

At the end of the conflict, Natalie falls on her bottom, looking at her bloodstained clothing in shock. She was terrified that she had found herself injured like this. Battle was something she was new to, and as a result, she was shellshocked and seemed unable to do anything but look in terror. She was in her own little world, ignoring the others who were focused on more important matters...

[NineThePuma]

Damien, wiping his blades on the poor unfortunate Orc, wanders back over to the caster, eying him before lifting his Kukri and inspecting the edge. Normally he'd clean it up more fully, but for now a more bloody image would do.

"Wake him up. I'll bet an edge on his throat will be enough." The kobold obviously wasn't joking, moving in to hold the kukri near the prisoner's neck.

"Have any of you thought of what it means to have taken him prisoner? We can't take him with us." To Damien, it was obvious. No prisoners on a strikeforce (which is what they were, in all but name. Even had a sociopath along! But the kobolds logic likely was at odds with the others' despite the rationale.

[FeetUpsideDown]

Hierro wanders across, and ties the unconscious caster securely with his rope.

Let's wait to hear what he has to say before deciding his fate.

He then wanders off to recover what arrows are salvageable...

[Adeen]

No sooner than than you finish tying him up then he wakes up and starts struggling mercilessly at his bonds. A few seconds later he blinks a few times and spits in Damien's face. He just sits there with an look of malice on his face.

Aside from the crossbow and bolts you noticed earlier, you can see he has a dagger at his side and is wearing some fine looking leather armor.


What are you going to do now?

@Hierro
Luckily, you manage to collect both arrows that missed their targets, intact.

[Noctemwolf]

After removing the wizard's dagger and crossbow and moving them off to the side, Xepher Looks around to make sure his companions were all okay.


"Hierro? Your leg okay?"

Xepher sees Natalie on the ground, her face terrified.

"Hey," Xepher said, patting her on the back, "It's okay, Natalie. What's wrong?"

[Starsign]

Natalie calmed down a bit as Xepher came up to her. Her face returning to it's original color, she slowly gets up. "Um... sorry," she said quietly. "This is the first time I've been in actual combat. I've never actually been inju-" She cut herself off. "Oh my...!" She realized she hasn't healed herself yet.

Natalie put her weapons away and dropped on her knees, as she began praying. "Beloved Pelor, restore thy injuries so thou may continue fighting." As she finished her chant, a ray of light enveloped her and anyone watching the cleric noticed her wounds healing.

Natalie casts Cure Minor Wounds.

[NineThePuma]

The kobold takes the opportunity to growl, using his kukri to cut a strip off the humans shirt to wipe his face off as he walks toward the fallen cleric, easily hearing the "first combat" statement.

"You alright, girl?" He can't help but ask, using the section of cloth to wipe his blade off as he sheaths it. "Combats a terrible thing. You did well though. You're a fighter. Would give my tail to get more like you back home."

Damien pointedly ignores the gnome a few feet from him, but leaves a hand on his Kukri. Blasted sociopathic nut jobs.

[Noctemwolf]

"Yes, what lizard-boy over there said," Xepher added in. "You've certainly got the talent. More than I do, anyways." he pokes his left arm sadly. "Don't got no muscle."

[Starsign]

Natalie stands back up to respond to Damien, who seemed a bit kinder than before. "I think I'll be fine. I'd rather not have to enter combat again... but I guess that's how things work outside of town doesn't it?" She puts away her mace.

Natalie took a turn to the Xepher, "Could you please call him a Kobold, like his race is?" She'd rather not want an argument to break out here, though she didn't know about the bad blood between Kobolds and Gnomes.

Wanting to light up the mood now, the cleric states, "I won't hesitate in combat from now on, just don't ask me to take the lead alright?" She gave a small chuckle.

[NineThePuma]

"Dragon. Don't call me a lizard unless you want to be referred to--" Damien snaps at the gnome before cutting himself off, giving a small growl and gritting his teeth. "The blood of dragons runs through my veins. Try not to let that diminish your sorcery, gnome."

Closing his eyes to help fight back the urge to stab the gnome. When he opens them, his attention is on Natalie. "It's my job to lead the charge, girl. Takes more than a couple orcs to scare off a kobold of my caliber."

Damien thumped his chest with his off hand before walking toward the wagon to inspect it.

[Adeen]

@Damien
Upon your minor inspection of the wagon, you notice it has definitely been pilfered through and some of the food is missing. However, the wagon appears to still be mostly filled up with wheat, rice, produce, etc... You definitely notice no alcohol, darn...

@Natalie
You go from 9 hit points to 10.

@Starsign only
Feel free to update your character sheet with both your current hit points and what we discussed.

@Everyone
You all gain 200 Experience Points a piece.


@Edwin
Please post soon.

[Starsign]

Natalie decides to go to the wagon to check it out, to see if there is anything of interest or value. As she searched it, she asked Damien, "See anything of use in here?"

Might as well make a Search check.
[roll0]

[Adeen]

@Natalie
During your search of the wagon, you notice it has definitely been pilfered through and some of the food is missing. However, the wagon appears to still be mostly filled up with wheat, rice, produce, etc... Among the barrels of rice you find a very fine looking piece of armor. A breastplate. It appears to be exactly your size and shines as bright as the sun in your eyes. You believe you were meant to find it.
During your search of the wagon you also notice again the carnage around you. You see 6 more human bodies, 4 of which were obviously the guards, and the other 2 appear to be the teenagers sent this morning to retrieve the wagon. There are also 2 other heavily armed orcish bodies on the ground other than the three you slew.

[Starsign]

Natalie looked around and told Damien, "The wagon looks pilfered, this must be the wagon that was supposed to go to the town. She took a closer look. "There's still some supplies here. Rice, wheat... they seemed to have left all the grains behind."

Than something came to Natalie's eyes, a certain breastplate. It seemed new and well done, almost master-work quality. Natalie stopped searching the wagon to grab the breastplate.

"Hey guys, look what I...!" She was going to show the group the armor, but what she saw made her speechless. "I..." She could only direct Xepher and Damien to the 6 dead humans around them, 4 were guards, and two were the teenagers that were sent to retrieve the wagon. Tragically, they were unsuccessful...

[FeetUpsideDown]

Hierro, upon seeing the bodies strewn about, does the most sensible thing he can think of - walking to each body, checking that it is dead.

While at each body, he also checks it over for valuables and useful equipment.

[NineThePuma]

"Will the food keep? I don't think we can move it ourselves, which means going to get a mount from somewhere. Unless loading it all up is a good idea..." The kobold's lack of experience with farming aside, he's trying to figure out if loading themselves up is feasible. "Maybe your god has some spell to allow it to be transported easily?"

Oh, right. The future Paladin is currently godless.

[Starsign]

Natalie was speechless for a time. She had not wished that these humans were slaughtered like they did. She turned to Damien and said, ``I... do not know any...`` She couldn`t think straight aside from the slaughter and the dead...

[Noctemwolf]

"Heheh, sorry Natalie. Just poking some fun."

Xehper looksto Damien. "Seems then you and I have more in common than you think, hm?"

Xepher runs off to the wizard and sits on him. "So, care to tell me what you and your friends were doing with this wagon here?"

[Adeen]

OOC:
There is a lot of food, certainly too much to carry on your backs, it would take several trips. There were two horses, the other human ran away on one of them, the other is grazing not too far, you can see it from here. Even with the missing food, it's probably too much for the one horse to pull on it's own. Plus you will probably want to put the dead bodies in the cart too.

The human growls at you and angrily responds, still struggling against his bonds."You'll pay for this! You'll all pay for this outrage... this... this... insult!! She will slaughter you all! How dare you interfere with the plans of her faithful servants! She will have her revenge!!!"

His struggling becomes so aggressive that he knocks Xepher off of him and begins crawling with his limbs still bound towards his weapons.

[Noctemwolf]

"Woah There!" Xepher says, scrambling to pick up the weapons before the caster could.

"Just who is this she?"

He put's the weapons safely away.

What weapons did he have again?

[Adeen]

After removing the wizard's dagger and crossbow and moving them off to the side, Xepher Looks around...

"Hah! Uttering her name in front of you would be much to vulgar a display."

He then mutters something incomprehensible and spits at your feet.

[Starsign]

While Natalie wasn't much of a diplomat, she decided to try talking with the wizard. She walked up to him and asked in a kind and sincere tone, "This 'she' is your goddess. Am I mistaken? By the way the wizard had told her name, this 'she' seemed less like a high political figure and more like a deity.

[Adeen]

The human does nothing but glare with a look of contempt on his face, especially towards Natalie.

[NineThePuma]

"Let's cut something of value off." Damien said, licking his lips as he approached. "After all, he's just another Human. There're enough of you that him being unable to breed is no great loss."

[roll0] (needs my Cha Mod.) This is an intimidate check. I don't have my sheet handy is all.

[Adeen]

"Hah! Go ahead! I'll be rewarded in the afterlife!"

[Starsign]

Seeing that this wasn't working, Natalie took Xepher over to the other side of the caravan and whispered, "This isn't really going anywhere. Perhaps we should try bringing him back to town? Maybe the townspeople know something. Natalie didn't want to come to killing again. None of them were able to get any sense out of the wizard, so she believed that this was the best option.

[NineThePuma]

"I was going to cut something a bit more precious off, human." And thus the kobold moved his kukri toward the man's groin, giving a big toothy grin. "I'm sure the girl can stop you from dying."

Personally, I think this would be damn threatening x3

[Adeen]

The man stops struggling. He looks down at the kukri, and then back up at your face, He doesn't look scared, but he isn't aggressive anymore.

[NineThePuma]

Damien waits several rounds, staring at their prisoner. With a frown he looks toward the others. "Hitch the horses. Take the food home. Slowly, mind; I'm sure you can hobble the human. I don't have the authority to hurt him permanently. And your village might get something out of him. I'll take whichever of you Humans is stealthier and better at tracking with me to track that other caster. Any questions?"

[FeetUpsideDown]

You have no idea what you are running into. I will take the wagon back to the village and then ride back, and the party united can take up the chase. Don't forget, we are less than an hour from the village by foot!

While I'm gone, survey the area - make sure that you are not ambushed!

[Starsign]

Natalie heard Damien give orders, when asked about questions, Natalie asked, "How about we take the wizard back tot the town? If you stay out here you could get ambushed..."

[FeetUpsideDown]

I'm more for killing the wizard now. I've no real qualms with ridding the world of evil...

I'll go and try to persuade that horse that it wants to come with me.


[roll0]

[Adeen]

The horse follows you with no trouble at all. It obeys you as you easily tether it up to the wagon.


Wizard Killings
(Correct me if I'm wrong.)
Damien is against killing
Natalie is against killing
Hierro is for killing
Xepher, I dont know

There is a jail, judge, and small amount of guards at the town to handle him.

Whoever takes him back, and what you decide to do to/with him will be unkown to the ones who stay behind. Just saying...

[Adeen]

Damien stays behind as the other three bring the cart of food back to town. Hierro was able to find 5 pieces of scale mail, 4 great axes, 1 falchion, a light crossbow, and a dagger among the dead bodies of the orcs and the caster. Upon return to town, they inform the lord of the ill fate of the guards and boys. Lord Traven is going to send some people back to gather the bodies for a proper funeral later. Hierro is able to find a vender who is willing to purchase 4 of the armors, the falchion, the 4 great axes, and the crossbow for 190 gold coins.The others are aware that you made money, it's up to you on how you want to share it. The Lord asks you to find the rest of these abominations and seek revenge on them. He is going to gather up as much of the taxes as he can spare and will give you what he can once you return. As good faith, he has the temple of Pelor heal all of you up to full health again, you're feeling great!

Meanwhile, Damien is tracking.the other human who ran away on horse. You were barely able to make out any tracks at the scene, due to the commotion that took place. You eventually find a few hoof prints and head out to the west. You travel less than 10 minutes before you lose track of anything you were following. But you are able to surmise a guess that he might have been heading towards those mountains, since that was the direction you were heading before you lost track of him.

OOC
Again, sorry for god mode, I made proper searches, survival, and diplomacy checks for you guys. Just moving along. Is it safe to assume that the three of you come back to look for Damien and continue?

Everyone but Damien is fully healed up. Hierro has 190 new shiny gps that he can choose to share or not.

[Noctemwolf]

I'm assuming everyone else has come back to find Damien.

returning to the scene of the attack, Xepher looks nervously around.

"So... We off to find the rest of those buggers, e-e-eh?"

his voice stutters as he looks around for the kobold.

"Where did D-Damien go? he can't have gotten far, I'm sure."

He sneezes into his shoulder.

"Oh, dear. Look at that. I must b-be sick. Looks like you all will have t-to go on without me!"

with that, he turns to leave.

Bluff check (To see if the others believe he actually sneezed. It was faked :smallbiggrin:) [roll0]

[NineThePuma]

The Kobold steps out of the woods again, muttering to himself in draconic as he walks carefully, not truly paying attending to the others. He sits down, resting, a short ways from the bodies: while he can walk and move for a long time, he didn't wantto over exert himself.

So, he waited a short ways away from the party, stopping to rest in his heavy armor.

[Starsign]

Sense Motive check against Xepher's bluff: [roll0]

Natalie tags along back to Damien, but stops once Xepher starts going back. "Hey wait!" she calls as she chases after him. "That wasn't a cold. Let's go, Damien's waiting for us." She starts dragging the Gnome back towards the kobold.

[FeetUpsideDown]

For my two cents, I prefer not to have someone with us who we can't count on. We can count on you, can't we Xepher?

It's not like that little scuffle was a serious test, now, was it? We handled it with ease!

[Noctemwolf]

Xepher struggled only half heartedly as Natalie dragged him back to the group.
"Well, um, y-yes, I'm trustworthy! Haven't done nothing to p-p-prove otherwise, right?"
"B-but-" he stuttered, and his language changed into gnome.
"E ys y meddma vnekrdahat du lryca yvdan drec udran bancuh. Ed luimt mayt ic du cusa caneuic dnuipma, yht druikr E famlusa y meddma dnuipma ajano huf yht ykyeh, drec ec dra geht uv dnuipma meddma vumg cdyo uid uv, iciymmo."
"If you all will stay with me, though, I suppose I-I can lend my talents. Besides, everyone needs a good pinch of magic every now and again, huh?"

He was talking to himself more than the others, trying to seem a little braver than he knew he was.

For any who understand Gnommish, here's a translation:
I am a little frightened to chase after this other person. It could lead us to some serious trouble, and though I welcome a little trouble every now and again, this is the kind of trouble little folk stay out of, usually.

[Starsign]

Natalie gave a curious look at the Gnome. "You didn't seem frightened at the last battle back then, why are you suddenly scared now?" She knew Xepher for a long time, but this was a side she did not know about him. "Do you happen to be hiding something we do not know?" She did not understand Gnomish, something Xepher was too reluctant to teach her.

[Noctemwolf]

"n-no... I'm certain there's nothing," Xepher said,
"I'm just... a little scared, is all."
He gave a little chuckle.
"I can handle myself in small encounters. But something tells me this is going to get larger than just something small. I don't know. Maybe I'm just paranoid. But, as long as you guys are there, I'm sure We'll be fine."

[Starsign]

"Then... there was no need to run away if you'll be fine around us." Natalie said in a low voice. She perked up immediately after, "C'mon, Damien's waiting for us."

She went first to Damien's position, possibly quite away from where the other three are. As she neared the Kobold, she asked him, "What did you find out? There weren't any attacking creatures while we we're gone were there?"

[Noctemwolf]

feeling somewhat embarrassed by his outburst, Xepher follows Natalie.

"Pelor, ramb drec buun cuim."

[NineThePuma]

"Nothing. They went toward the mountains. Are we pulling escort for the bodies back to town or going on the offensive?" The kobold seems sore, sighing as he finishes cleaning and sharpening his blades.

[FeetUpsideDown]

Onwards! Those guys aren't going to get any less dead for our watching them, for all that it's sad that they're dead. Let's cover them with a sheet or something, to keep the scavengers off, and then hunt down the... I mean, avenge their deaths!

[Adeen]

You all travel back towards the mountains with Damien leading the way. You lose sight of the tracks, but following the same direction leads you to a cave. As you approach the cave mouth, you notice that the area outside of the cave is well traveled. Dozens of different boot tracks have trampled the light covering of snow into the mud by. All of the prints appear to come and go from the cave mouth.

Hierro, Natalie, and Xepher:
As you glance around the area, you see the shadows within the cave shift: Something inside obviously moved.

[FeetUpsideDown]

In an urgent whisper:
Stop, there's something moving in there!

[NineThePuma]

Damien freezes at the word, looking around anxiously. "Where?"

[Starsign]

Natalie stood silently at the thing in the cave. She pointed her hand at the cave to show it to Damien. "There..." she said silently, frightened by it's presence.

[Noctemwolf]

"I see it," Xepher says from behind Natalie.
"You think this is where the thief ran off to? I can't really tell from here."

[FeetUpsideDown]

Hang on guys...

Hierro hands his bullseye lantern to Natalie, and unlimbers his bow.

Here, get this thing lit, and give us a spotlight. Those of us with ranged weapons will cover the hole.

[NineThePuma]

"Fool! Let me go ahead. I can see in the dark, unlike you lot. And it won't give away our position that way." The kobold eyes the lantern warily, unwilling to give up his advantage in shadow.

I just realized that I accidentally have been forgetting my Light Sensitivity. Oops. *head desk*

[Adeen]

Because orcs also have light sensitivity I have been paying attention, don't worry. Besides, you live with normal people, it's an okay guess that you can become accustomed to more light.

As Damien approaches the cave mouth, suddenly the shadow moves quickly. A crossbow bolt whizzes out of the cave, landing in the ground right in between Damien's feet.

You're about 10 feet away from the cave, but looking inside you can't quite see what shot at you but you know the direction it came from.

roll 'nitiative

[Adeen]

Damien, right before the shooter slipped behind the pillar, you caught a glimpse, and you don't think it's an Orc. Damien can see the inside of the chamber just fine, though in black and white. There appears to be light coming from deeper down the cave, but that doesn't help you 4 see the entrance any better, especially since the sun is setting at the moment.

Map:
Sorry for bad quality, I made this VERY quickly.

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/812/cavemouth.png

Initiative:
Damien
Hierro
Natalie
Xepher
Enemy 1

[FeetUpsideDown]

Initiative
[roll0]

[NineThePuma]

Damien, cursing, advanced, noting the split in the cave, and drew his Kukri as he halted at the intersection, glaring down both paths; he figured there would be a chamber just beyond, but he wanted to hold there first, and he glared down the two paths, as though DARING someone to take a shot at him.

Move to H13 (I believe), making a spot check, holding position.
[roll0]

[Starsign]

Seeing Damien press forward, Natalie follow right behind the kobald. As they reached the intersection, Natalie paused and got ready with her mace.

Draw mace, move to H11.

[Noctemwolf]

Unsure what he could do to the aid the fight, Xepher moves foward, looking around the lip of the cave to see anything he could see.
"Come, Sars!" a little owl landed on Xepher shoulder, and together they looked into the darkness.

"Guys? The best spells I can use hit... Well, just about everyone. There's not much I'm gonna be able to do for ya."

2 moves actions to F17.
Spot Check (Xepher): [roll0] -1 [2] OR +2 [5] if it counts as seeing in shadows.
Spot Check (Sars): [roll1] +6 [9]

[FeetUpsideDown]

Readying his bow, Hierro pads silently towards the left fork, straining his senses to gain any inkling of a surprise attack.


Move to I17, spot check:
[roll0]

[Adeen]

The enemy jumps out from behind the wall and fires 2 bolts from his crossbow, one at Natalie, and one at Damien. Natalie's new armor proves itself easily against the feeble bolt, but Damien takes one to his foot.

You all can see that this is a male human with a crossbow.

Map
http://oi51.tinypic.com/349564y.jpg
http://oi51.tinypic.com/349564y.jpg

@Hierro
You think you see another figure deep in the back of the cave. It was just a flicker, and if it was something, it stopped moving now.


Edit:
Map now up.
And Damien takes 1 damage.

[FeetUpsideDown]

Noticing a flicker of movement further down the cave, Hierro calls a warning to the others:
There's another one back there!

Then, moving forward to get a clear shot, Hierro looses an arrow at the first enemy.


Move to G14
Attack [roll0]
Crit [roll1]
Damage [roll2]

[Noctemwolf]

Xepher decides to stay back and watch outside, in case anyone comes from outside the cave.

Full round: Total Defense. (+4 dodge bonus)

[NineThePuma]

Damien mutters curses as he hops on one foot, moving behind cover and checking to see if it impaired his movement ability. Satisfied, he is quick to move (not toward the crossbow wielded) but down the other path.

Move to I8, examine the room, and have my standard action be "retreat to I9" if more than one crossbowman is apparent.

[Starsign]

Seeing Damien hide, Natalie gets into cover and assumes a defensive position.

Move to G16 (or G15 if otherwise). Draw weapon and shield if I have not done so already.

[Adeen]

Damien heads farther down the cave trying to see anything else down there. As he is peering down the cave, he notices the second figure coming straight at him, another orc swining a giant axe. Natalie and Xepher go into defense mode. Meanwhile, Hierro is on the offense, unfortunately his arrow just narrowly misses the crossbowman. The crossbowman returns fire, but both of his bolts also narrowly miss Hierro, sinking into the ground beneath him. The orc however has a different approach to combat, and charges straight at Damien and swings his giant axe, but Damien of course nimbly dodges out of the way.

Map
http://oi54.tinypic.com/of4uv6.jpg
http://oi54.tinypic.com/of4uv6.jpg

[FeetUpsideDown]

Cursing at himself to concentrate, Hierro fires another arrow at his man, from point blank range.


att [roll0]
crit [roll1]
dmg [roll2]

[NineThePuma]

Damien edges to the side, lashing out with his twin kukri as he does his move, swinging both kukri at the unfortunate orc. Even as he does, he quickly throws glances around, looking for the light source in the chamber.

Five foot step to H8.
Attack 1
To Hit: [roll0]
Damage [roll1]
Crit Comf: [roll2]

Attack 2
To Hit: [roll3]
Damage [roll4]
Crit Comf: [roll5]

Looking for lightsource as Spot: [roll6]; If possible, +4 for a search check to do the same.

[Starsign]

Willing to avoid danger to come to Hierro, Natalie takes point ahead of him, in attempt to close the distance between her and the attacker.

Move to G12. Do whatever she can to have a higher AC or dodge rate.

[Noctemwolf]

Xepher realizes he can actually do something to help the combat.
He draws out a wand from his belt as he moves into postion, after watching Hierro fire an arrow.
"I hope this hurts."

Move Action: draw wand of ray of frost, move to G13

Standard Action: Fire Ray of Frost from the wand at Enemy 2.
[roll0]+4 [20]
[roll1]
[roll2]+4 [10]