Bovine Colonel
2011-05-03, 10:25 PM
Sorry if this should be in the Roleplaying Games general forum, but here's my situation:
Our level 2 party was sent to rescue a prince from a fort taken over by orcs. The reason we were sent to do it was because havoc would happen if word got out that the prince had been captured. (It's a long story.) Anyway, the fort was in the middle of the forest, and my character decided to go around to see if there were any back entrances or the like. He is spotted and fired at by the archer on the roof. He fires back (a rather stupid decision in retrospect) and is spotted by the six front gate guards. I start running for my life. Multiple cries for help are ignored by the rest of the party, who take the opportunity to disguise themselves, walk in, and tell the other orcs inside that there's an invader out there in the forest, go get him. So after I got to the horses, I went ahead and set all of them on the six guards, creating a distraction while I run and hide.
My character's a sword and board fighter who uses his shield as an off-hand weapon. He has +6 to attack with his longsword, +4 each with his sword and shield if he uses TWF, +4 Strength added to damage, and 19 AC from chainmail, a light shield, and +3 dexterity (maximum from chainmail is +2).
I know that the orcs have leather armor and short swords, but other than that I don't know anything about them.
So yeah: my level 2 fighter is being pursued by six orcs in a forest, with many more behind them. How does my character survive?
Our level 2 party was sent to rescue a prince from a fort taken over by orcs. The reason we were sent to do it was because havoc would happen if word got out that the prince had been captured. (It's a long story.) Anyway, the fort was in the middle of the forest, and my character decided to go around to see if there were any back entrances or the like. He is spotted and fired at by the archer on the roof. He fires back (a rather stupid decision in retrospect) and is spotted by the six front gate guards. I start running for my life. Multiple cries for help are ignored by the rest of the party, who take the opportunity to disguise themselves, walk in, and tell the other orcs inside that there's an invader out there in the forest, go get him. So after I got to the horses, I went ahead and set all of them on the six guards, creating a distraction while I run and hide.
My character's a sword and board fighter who uses his shield as an off-hand weapon. He has +6 to attack with his longsword, +4 each with his sword and shield if he uses TWF, +4 Strength added to damage, and 19 AC from chainmail, a light shield, and +3 dexterity (maximum from chainmail is +2).
I know that the orcs have leather armor and short swords, but other than that I don't know anything about them.
So yeah: my level 2 fighter is being pursued by six orcs in a forest, with many more behind them. How does my character survive?