Travels amongst the Border Princes II (WFRP 2e) IC

[LarsWester]

Harman Wounds 8/13 Fortune 3/4 Initiative 50+7
Catching the giant lizards powerful jaws on his shield, Harman laughs at Gabrielle response. And Verena be praised for that! If this thing was quicker I'd be finding my weight in her scales presently. Harman notices that the creature is starting to bleed from some of the strikes. Good news Gabrielle it bleeds which means we can kill it. Harman continues his attacking of the lizard hopefully that his next few blows land more cuts and scrapes through the thick hide of the creature.

Spoiler: OOC

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Swift Attacks
WSvs52 - (1d100)[36] Damage - (1d10+5)[11]
WSvs52 - (1d100)[23] Damage - (1d10+5)[7]

[rax]

"I think we're wearing it down!" Severin encourages Harman and Gabriele. "We are wearing it down, right?"

Dropping another sling stone into the sling pouch, he waits for another opening and looses the stone at the monster.

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Half action: Aim for +10 BS on next attack
Half action: Standard attack with sling (1d100)[7] vs. 53 (BS 63, Aim +10, Shooting into melee -20)
Damage (1d10+4)[7]

Ulric's Fury if applicable
(1d100)[63]
(1d10)[1]

Pre-emptive Dodge (1d100)[90] vs. Ag 62
Pre-emptive Parry if second attack (1d100)[79] vs. 51 (WS 41, Defensive +10)

Wounds (remaining/total): 11/12
Fortune Points (remaining/total): 1/3

[Haval]

Oof. Gabriele grunts with the effort of keeping her feet. 'Maybe we should see if it wants to leave?' The possibility of getting behind it had occurred to her but at the same time she really didn't want to get knocked into the water while she was wearing mail.

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FP:1/3

Full Action - Swift Attack

vs. WS 42 (+10 Outnumbered)
(1d100)[84]
(1d100)[41]

Any damage
(1d10+3)[6]
Any Ulric's
(1d100)[30]
(1d10)[9]

(1d10+3)[12]
Any Ulric's
(1d100)[40]
(1d10)[2]

Dodge if needed
vs. Ag 48 (-10 armour)
(1d100)[65]

Parry if needed with Shield
vs. WS 42 (+10 Defensive on the Shield)
(1d100)[69]

[dojango]

Harman and Gabriele's swords continue to prick at the beast, and Severin sends a stone bouncing along its hide. With an enraged roar, it suddenly charges forward, using its powerful tail and head to try and send people sprawling. It charges down the causeway, its massive size taking up most of the space, and it runs through the mob, sending men flying into the water.

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opposed strength test at -20 to try and stop the beast, otherwise a straight agi test to avoid being knocked down as it charges along the causeway, causing havoc.

[Haval]

Gabriele will try to get out of the lizard's way.

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Ag test vs. Ag 48 (-10 armour)
(1d100)[45]

[LarsWester]

Harman toward the front of the beast sees its muscular legs twitch differently. Gabrielle I think it is attempting to flee. Harman looks back a the band of ruffians and toughs he's led down here to fight this monster lizard. Through the crowded causeway he sees Severin reloading his sling. An overwhelming sense of duty causes he's nerves to harden and he sets himself against the charging giant beast.

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Well let the dice decide what he was going to do and it's opposed strength checks.
Svs30 - (1d100)[93] I'm probably going to throw a Fortune point at this but let's see what it is first.

[rax]

The lizard is big, but Severin is far enough away to easily see it coming. With a little flourish of his cloak, he easily sidesteps the beast when it closes on him.

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Agility test (1d100)[5] vs. Ag 62

[dojango]

Gabriele tries to get out of the way of the charging lizard, but the weight of her armor unbalances her and she tumbles into the water. Harman, in a moment of boldness, tries to stop the beast, but with a twist of its massive head, he goes sprawling down and is lightly trampled before he tumbles into the water. Severin lightly evades the charging beast and finds himself crouching down by the edge of the causeway next to Gretchen, who looks at him with wild eyes as she fumbles for an arrow. The beast manages to grab one of the men in its jaws as it goes, who lets out a brief scream before the beast dives into the water, dragging its victim with it. "What is that thing," Gretchen hisses. "We gotta get out of here!" A few more men are in the water, shouting as they try and clamber out.

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Harman takes (1d10)[4] damage reduced by toughness as the beast runs him over. It is now in the water, in the dark. You can still see a few of the 'smaller' ones, who are merely alligator sized.

[rax]

"Make for the island then! We'll be no more surrounded there than here, and we'll have some space to form up and help each other out!" Severin answers Gretchen.

OOC: Gretchen's here? I got the impression she definitely wasn't going into the mines?

[Haval]

Gabriele has swam in a lake near her home town before but hasn't really had any reason to bother since she was a child. After most likely dropping her shield she'll do what she can to get a hand on the edge of the causeway and maybe pull herself back up.

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Fortune 0/3

Swim test vs. Str 35 / 2
(1d100)[98]
Fortune point if needed
(1d100)[22]

[LarsWester]

Harman Wounds 8/13 Fortune 2/4 Initiative 50+7
As the giant lizard runs Harman over the tall man topples off the causeway and into the subterranean lake. Harman starts splashing around attempting to get back towards the causeway and scramble back up. He hears the cries and splashes as several of the others are forced into the water.
Gabrielle are you okay? he cries for his companion on the opposite side of the causeway.

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I rolled an initial swim test in OOC thread. Not sure if it was required. If it is here's a fortune point reroll.
SwimVs25 - (1d100)[13]

[dojango]

The beast finishes its charge and turns around. It hisses again and slaps its tail in the water. The boom echoes around the cavern and a few of the other lizards join in the chorus. The noise is deafening and disorienting. Gretchen and Severin scramble towards the island and head up the stairs towards the island, away from the lizard. The island is a raised platform with four massive statues of dwarves seemingly holding up the ceiling. At their feet are four large stone biers covered in dwarvish writing. Three of the biers have weapons being held by smaller statues at their other end, the fourth bier has a statue but if it had a weapon it is missing. The area surrounded by the biers is full of a huge nest of mud, sticks, and assorted bones. A few much smaller lizards, perhaps a foot or two long, scurry away as they approach the area.

Down in the water by the causeway, Harman, Gabriele and a few men struggle out of the water. They are all almost in the dark, most of the men have dropped their torches into the water or they have been trampled out by the lizard. There is one near Gabriele, sputtering, half in a pool of water. Further down, over the din, someone shouts out, "Herr Vorgrimler? Where are you? Grab my hand?" and from the other direction you can hear Beauregard shouting out, "Get me some powder gods damn it. Harman, where's your powder? Shoot it!"

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Gretchen doesn't usually patrol the mines, because it sucks and she hates it, but she wanted to come down and see the lizards because it was an unbelievable story. Harman, when you reach down to your powderhorn give me a luck roll: 1 it's dry, 2 it's wet.

[LarsWester]

Harman Wound 8/13 Fortune 2/4 Initiative 50(+7)
Harman one hand pushing him up on the causeway the other reaches towards his powderhorn. He feels the water pouring away from the horn as he pulls his waist out of the water.
No good Beauregard! I also took a swim powder is wetter than a sewer rat. he shouts back pulling himself upright. He tightens his grip on the dwarven sword. Looks like the halflings are make a defensive stand on the island! To them if you can! he tries commanding over the racket of lizard tails slapping the water.

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After standing up and checking his powder if Harman has any remaining 1/2 actions he'd use them to move towards Gretchen and Severin.

[rax]

"Keep your eyes open, and don't forget to look up!" Severin admonishes Gretchen. "We don't want them things dropping in on us unannounced!"

"I'm going to have a quick look around and see if I can find something that burns. The longshanks need the light to be any use," he adds, before doing a quick search of the island for anything that could be used to make torches or a fire.


OOC
Perception test if necessary: (1d100)[47] vs. Int 44

BTW, I have Severin as having one Fortune point left. How often did we say we would recover them?

[Haval]

Gabrielle are you okay? he cries for his companion on the opposite side of the causeway.

'Not drowned yet' Gabriele calls back. Once she's out of the water she'll help the man next to her onto the causeway. She still has her sword but with the lack of light this could be very bad indeed. 'Anyone got a torch?'

[dojango]

One of the men takes Gabriele's hand and she hoists him up out of the water. Unfortunately as he struggles over the edge of the causeway, a pool of water spreads out from him, dousing the sputtering torch. In the sudden darkness there is a lot of shouting and screaming. Meanwhile Harman makes his way towards the stairs and heads up there as the lights go out. He sees the four stone biers, the statues, and the huge mess of the nest in the center. Severin, thinking quickly, picks up a large bone, probably a human femur, that is relatively intact. There are also some torn and extremely foul rags which he can wrap around to make a crude torch. Now to try and light it in the darkness...

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When the lights go out, Harman also sees the dwarf from his dreams, lunging out at him with outstretched arms, as if to try and choke the life out of him. Fear test!

[rax]

Severin lays down the makeshift torch on the ground next to him and fumbles around in his backpack until he finds his tinderbox. With practiced strokes, he begins striking the flint against the firesteel to make sparks...

OOC: Is a characteristic or skill test needed?

[Haval]

Gabriele will tell the man she helped out of the water to stay close and gingerly head towards the nearest light. Her sword is still up and she's expecting to be attacked at any moment.

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Rolling just in case

Perception vs. Int 38 (+20 if Acute Hearing)
(1d100)[100]

[LarsWester]

Harman
Harman had reached the top of the stairs and was taking everything at the top the stone biers, the statues, the nest when the only light in the area someone's torch was extinguished.

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I failed the fear test in OOC so not sure what happens next. Just wanted to post something IC but not sure what happens so I'll let you take over here.

[dojango]

A weak light is kindled at the top of the stairway. Down on the causeway, Severin can make out the group of men, some are panicking, some struggling against the littler beasts, and the large beast is at the end of the causeway. In front of it is a man, who has his arms spread out, as if to keep the beast from passing him. Gabriele sees none of this, to her the light looks as if it is as blinding as the sun. She then sees two figures tumble down the stairway and land in a rough heap right in front of her.

Harman, for some reason, turns and runs away from Severin, colliding with Beauregard who is just climbing up the stairs. There is a shout of "What the blazes?" and the two of them fall down the stairs, hitting each one on the way down. It hurts.

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(1d10)[5] damage, less toughness but not armor

[LarsWester]

Harman Wounds 7/13 Fortune 1/4 Initiative 57
Harman lands on his butt on the causeway body still shaking with fear. He rubs his right elbow where it had impacted the stairs with a loud thud. He turns to see Beauregard in a heap at the bottom of the stairs as well. Slowly he stands up and offers the man a hand up to his feet. Didn't know you were so close behind me. Why don't you run up to the halflings up there? I'll help the others make their way up.
With that he tightens his grip around the ancient dwarven sword and his shield looking down the causeway to see where he could offer the most assistance.

[rax]

Lifting his makeshift torch as high as he can, Severin calls out to the men and his friends on the causeway. "Everyone! To me! Follow the light and regroup on the island!"

"Gretchen! See if you can make more torches or set some of those sticks in the nest on fire!" he hisses to Tollares' scout.

[Haval]

Gabriele is almost tripped up herself as Harman and Beauregard land in front of her. The light made her less tense. It wasn't much but it wasn't as if she was going to develop actual night vision down here. She will swing round and look back into the dark before edging her way backwards. 'Can anyone see it?' Unless the big lizard had fled into the water it was bound to still be out there.

[dojango]

From atop his vantage point Severin sees the biggest lizard dive into the water and submerge. The man standing at the end of the causeway is then dragged away towards the cavern exit by a second man. Beauregard turns away from Harman and starts shouting out at the men on the causeway and a few of them form a ragged line at the base of the stairs. A few of them don't listen and are still attacking the smaller beasts in front of them, and a couple more seem paralyzed with fear or indecision. Gabriele can't see much in the dim light, she doesn't see the biggest lizard although there are two smaller ones on the causeway.

Behind him, Severin hears Gretchen say in surprise, "Eggs! There's flippin eggs in here! Shoulda known!"

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Harman feels an unearthly chill from atop the stairs and sees the form of a ghostly dwarf drifting down the stairs...

[rax]

"Of course there's flippin' eggs! It's the monster lizard's nest!" Severin calls back. Slinging his shield on his back, he fumbles a stone into the sling pouch and keeps a sharp eye open for the mother lizard.

"Everyone! The big one just dove back into the water! If you stay on the causeway, it's going to pick you off one by one! Get to the island and stand together!"

[Haval]

The eggs did mean something to Gabriele, 'It's why she's so pissed off.' Coming here might have been a mistake. 'Everybody leave the little ones and get to the light.'

[LarsWester]

Quickly up the stairs men. To the light! Form a line at the top! More torches once you are at top! Harman is calling out orders to the men on the causeway before turning his gaze back up the stairway. His mouth hangs open and he stammers loudly. Begone! Why do you torment me so!?!

[dojango]

The men begin to assemble on the stairs, weapons drawn. There are fifteen me leftt, and Beauregard brings up the rear. Well, almost. "Get movin'!" he shouts down at Harman. Harman stares up the stairs as if he had seen a ghost, ignoring what's behind him. The ghostly figure lurches down the stairs, only to wink out of view as it reaches the bottom of the stairs.

Meanwhile, behind Severin, the light brightens as Gretchen starts lighting crude torches. "****! What's that?" she says in some surprise. Gretchen points down into the murky water on the other side of the island from the causeway. The island you are on rises out of the water gently, such that the massive skull of one of the lizards rests gently at the water's edge, standing taller than a man. Huge ribs also jut out of the water behind it, and the cavern continues off into the darkness.

[LarsWester]

Harman stands at the bottom of the stairs leading up to the lizard's nest as Sol's men rush by him up the stairs. Every time Harman steals a glance at the stairway the horrifying visage of the raging ancient dwarf is closer. Every time Harman quickly turns his gaze back down the causeway looking for the lizards on the stones or in the water. Finally as Harman pushed one ruffian up the steps and turns to the stairway again the ghost is right in front of him before it winks out of existence. Harman still terrified but now unimpeded in his ascent bounds up the stairs to the gathering crowd at the nest and where the number of torches were growing. The tall man was still shaking when he got to the top and looked around.

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Rolling 2 perception checks one for noticing lizards and one for the top of the stairs.
Perception - (1d100)[94] vs 61
Perception - (1d100)[66] vs 61

[rax]

"That's good thing - means that even the big ones can be killed," Severin tries to encourage Gretchen while scanning the water for any sign of the biggest lizard.

OOC
Perception check (1d100)[10] vs. Int 44