0002 Later That Night

[Eris]

The party goes to bed and falls asleep, but a few hours later in the early morning hours they are awakened by shouts and crashes!

Glancing at the window they see flames coming from a building near the docks, but of more concern there are shouts and screams coming from downstairs!

OOC: What do you do?

[joertexas]

The party goes to bed and falls asleep, but a few hours later in the early morning hours they are awakened by shouts and crashes!

Glancing at the window they see flames coming from a building near the docks, but of more concern there are shouts and screams coming from downstairs!

OOC: What do you do?

Aislin rolls out of her bed and grabs up her bow and her quiver. She slings the quiver over her shoulder and quickly strings her bow with a practiced motion. Then, she nocks an arrow, grasping it with her left forefinger to hold it in place against the bow stave. She carefully opens the door, prepared to close it quickly if there is someone close by.

[ffilz]

Hermundr will ready his great axe.

[ateno]

Malbek grabs his hammer and sling and puts on his leather cap. He also grabs his first aide gear.

Malbek

[Eris]

Aislin rolls out of her bed and grabs up her bow and her quiver. She slings the quiver over her shoulder and quickly strings her bow with a practiced motion. Then, she nocks an arrow, grasping it with her left forefinger to hold it in place against the bow stave.

Malbek grabs his hammer and sling and puts on his leather cap. He also grabs his first aide gear.

Hermundr readies his great axe.

Aislin carefully opens the door, prepared to close it quickly if there is someone close by.

OOC: Been waiting to give Bob a chance to post, but we're moving on...Maeve can join us as she can.

There is no one on the landing. Aislin can see flickering light coming from down the stairs...somewhere...and there are sounds of banging and crashes, but no more shouts or screams coming from inside.

You are at the door to your room on the 3rd level, the stairs are just beyond on your right leading down to the 2nd level where the Inn owner and his wife have their rooms. From there stairs lead down to the public rooms on the ground floor.

As you look and listen, there are sounds from outside the building, back toward the river where you had glimpsed a burning building, but nothing inside...until there is a bang coming from the floor below, some guttural talk you can't quite pick up and another bang. It sounds like an axe against wood to you.

[ateno]

"D--m someone is trying to get in, this can't be good. Let's go to people.

Malbek strides down to the 2nd floor landing.

Malbek

[Eris]

"D--m someone is trying to get in, this can't be good. Let's go to people.

Malbek strides down to the 2nd floor landing.

Malbek goes out on the landing and starts down the stairs. Two steps down and he sees a creature banging on the door to the rooms that was pointed out as where Lars and his wife slept with the butt of a wicked looking sword . Even in the very dim light the creature is clearly an Orc! It doesn't see Malbek...yet. Malbek doesn't see, but he has the impression that there are more down the stairs in the public rooms.

As the Orc doesn't see Malbek above him he can choose to attack without warning! ooc: Malbek is trained in Warhammer so 3d6 and he has surprise so he gets an extra d6. Roll 4d6 counting any 5 or 6 as a hit plus 1 if there is any hit at all for being a 2-handed weapon.

On the dice roller that would be [_4d6s5] meaning roll 4d6 show each number and count the number of successes (5+).

OOC: Aislin, Hermundr and Maeve are behind Malbek, still in their sleeping quarters or on the landing just outside them.

[ateno]

Malbek goes out on the landing and starts down the stairs. Two steps down and he sees a creature banging on the door to the rooms that was pointed out as where Lars and his wife slept with the butt of a wicked looking sword . Even in the very dim light the creature is clearly an Orc! It doesn't see Malbek...yet. Malbek doesn't see, but he has the impression that there are more down the stairs in the public rooms.

As the Orc doesn't see Malbek above him he can choose to attack without warning!

Malbek charges the Orc

[_4d6s5]=(3, 5, 1, 3)=1=1

I used a roller for a deceased game.

Malbek hits him, not as hard as he wanted.

Malbek

[bobk2323]

The party goes to bed and falls asleep, but a few hours later in the early morning hours they are awakened by shouts and crashes!

Glancing at the window they see flames coming from a building near the docks, but of more concern there are shouts and screams coming from downstairs!

OOC: What do you do?

Scrambling out of her bed as quickly as she could, Maeva grabs hold of her pack and weapons, and dashes downstairs to see if she could be of any help.

--
Bob K.

[bobk2323]

Aislin rolls out of her bed and grabs up her bow and her quiver. She slings the quiver over her shoulder and quickly strings her bow with a practiced motion. Then, she nocks an arrow, grasping it with her left forefinger to hold it in place against the bow stave.

Malbek grabs his hammer and sling and puts on his leather cap. He also grabs his first aide gear.

Hermundr readies his great axe.

Aislin carefully opens the door, prepared to close it quickly if there is someone close by.

OOC: Been waiting to give Bob a chance to post, but we're moving on...Maeve can join us as she can.

Sorry everybody. Despite checking for new posts every day, I was still on the webpage for the earlier thread, and didn't realize that a new thread had started until now. I'll scroll down to the bottom and try my best to fit Maeva into the action.

--
Bob K.

[Eris]

Malbek's hammer crashes down on the Orc's unprotected head with a cracking sound and the monster staggers back and falls down the stairs into two more creatures that were trying to climb up behind him.

If the Orc Malbek hit isn't dead it, at least, isn't moving!

Maeve crowds up against Malbek as she comes down the stairs. They can both see that there 4 Orcs down on the first floor. One is down, dead?, two are at the bottom of the stairs and one more is barely visible over in the bar area. It looks like it has a small keg on it's shoulder.

You both note that the Orcs down seem as large and fearsome as you'd expect them to be. They look thin, malnourished, maybe even sickly. None are wearing armor and their weapons, all short swords it appears, look nicked and even rusty.

The two at the bottom of the stairs see Malbek and Maeve above them and back up. They look like they want to lure you down to them.

OOC: Aislin and Hermundr are behind Malbek and Maeve, further up the stairs where they really can't see much.

[bobk2323]

Malbek's hammer crashes down on the Orc's unprotected head with a cracking sound and the monster staggers back and falls down the stairs into two more creatures that were trying to climb up behind him.

If the Orc Malbek hit isn't dead it, at least, isn't moving!

Maeve crowds up against Malbek as she comes down the stairs. They can both see that there 4 Orcs down on the first floor. One is down, dead?, two are at the bottom of the stairs and one more is barely visible over in the bar area. It looks like it has a small keg on it's shoulder.

You both note that the Orcs down seem as large and fearsome as you'd expect them to be. They look thin, malnourished, maybe even sickly. None are wearing armor and their weapons, all short swords it appears, look nicked and even rusty.

The two at the bottom of the stairs see Malbek and Maeve above them and back up. They look like they want to lure you down to them.

OOC: Aislin and Hermundr are behind Malbek and Maeve, further up the stairs where they really can't see much.

"I think there's something *wrong* with these orcs..." mentions Maeva as she notches an arrow and gets ready for when she has a clear shot.

--
Bob K.

[joertexas]

OOC: Aislin and Hermundr are behind Malbek and Maeve, further up the stairs where they really can't see much.

Aislin moves down the stairs, looking for a shot on the orcs below.

[Eris]

OOC: Aislin and Hermundr are behind Malbek and Maeve, further up the stairs where they really can't see much.

Aislin moves down the stairs, looking for a shot on the orcs below.

Aislin and Maeve move down to the landing next to Malbek, flanking him. They both have open shots at the Orc's below, firing to either side of Malbek.
OOC: If you really want me to, I'll roll for you, but I'd like to give you the option, seeing you can roll and will know the damage you do (1 pt per hit) automatically. You can expect each of the Orcs to have 2 HP, so you'll also know if you take them down.

Okay, so both of you have moved to get into firing position, so that's an action, here are the rolls you can make if you shoot your bows now.

Aislin has Marksman, Quick shot and is trained in Longbow. She could make one shot as Marksman at 4,5,6 success with 3 d6's...that would be [_3d6s4]. Or she could take 2 shots with Quick shot at 5,6 success with 3 d6's and that would be [_3d6s5] twice.

Maeve is trained in Longbow, but doesn't have Quickshot or Marksman, so she can shoot one time using [_3d6s5] counting 5's and 6's as hits.

[joertexas]

Aislin has Marksman, Quick shot and is trained in Longbow. She could make one shot as Marksman at 4,5,6 success with 3 d6's...that would be [_3d6s4]. Or she could take 2 shots with Quick shot at 5,6 success with 3 d6's and that would be [_3d6s5] twice.

[/ooc]

Aislin fires off two arrows at the orcs.

It's fine if you make the rolls, Eris.

[ateno]

Malbek takes 2 steps down and yells... ""Come on up there's tender DWARF on the menu, or run and die tired."

Malbek

[Eris]

Aislin has Marksman, Quick shot and is trained in Longbow. She could make one shot as Marksman at 4,5,6 success with 3 d6's...that would be [_3d6s4]. Or she could take 2 shots with Quick shot at 5,6 success with 3 d6's and that would be [_3d6s5] twice.

[/ooc]

Aislin fires off two arrows at the orcs.

It's fine if you make the rolls, Eris.

JR, I'll make the rolls, but please tell me if you're applying any of your Traits to the attacks when you post. In this case, if she's making two shots that would indicate you are applying the Quick shot trait, where drawing and firing is one action rather than two separate actions. So, here we go!

Shot 1: [_3d6s5]=(6, 2, 2)=1=1 Shot2: [_3d6s5]=(4, 1, 1)=0=0

Aislin fires off two arrows. One arrow strikes the Orc on the left and it staggers back wounded, but not down. It roars in pain as the second arrow whizzes through the spot it occupied a moment before missing him.

To speed things up, I'm going to roll for Bob as well, this time. If any of you want to roll as you attempt your actions, I'd appreciate that (speed things up and work the player facing system more), but if you want me to roll attacks (etc) I'll do it, but you really need to tell me if and when you're using your Traits and Training in your posts so I'll know how to make the rolls.

Maeve with a clear shot shoots an arrow at the other Orc, Shot 1: [_3d6s5]=(1, 1, 2)=0=0, but her arrow flies past the Orc's ear thunking into the wooden door frame behind it!

[Eris]

Malbek takes 2 steps down and yells... ""Come on up there's tender DWARF on the menu, or run and die tired."

Malbek

The Orc's are still out of range for Malbek, he'd have to go down another few steps to reach them, and they don't seem interested in coming up to him. Arrows whiz past Malbek from behind as the two women in his party fire at the Orcs below. One arrow strikes, but the others miss.

Malbek can see more of the downstairs now. There are three more Orcs in the Public room. Two have sacks on their shoulders and the third has a keg. To Malbek, it looks more like a robbery than an attack...although being Orc's there's always violence involved!

The two Orc's at the foot of the stairs appear to be pulling back a little but are still blocking the stairs.

[ateno]

"Shame, I thought you were hungry.

Malbeck takes a few quick steps down and stops and strikes from high up and attempts to land a blow on the closest Orc.

Hammer [_3d6s5]=(5, 3, 5)=2=2

I assume one less dice cause it's not from suprise.

Malbek

[Eris]

"Shame, I thought you were hungry.

Malbeck takes a few quick steps down and stops and strikes from high up and attempts to land a blow on the closest Orc.

Hammer [_3d6s5]=(5, 3, 5)=2=2

I assume one less dice cause it's not from suprise.

Malbek

OOC: Yes!

The blow drops the Orc to the ground and the others all start running toward the door trying to get away with their spoils. The one remaining armed Orc is guarding the doorway as the others leave. That Orc swings his sword at Malbek [_2d6s5]=(3, 3)=0=0, missing him as it continues withdrawing.

Up close, Malbek can clearly see these Orcs are thin and malnourished. They all look like they are in rough shape.