[GURPS 4e] Banestorm fantasy game (IC)

[Devereux]

Cedric grimaces in what could loosely be called a satisfied smile, and moves forward to engage the others. He glances briefly at the fallen hobgoblin as he passes, trying to reassure himself that he will not be getting back up any time soon.

He shouts to the hobgoblins, "Oi! You! The ugly one! Come help your friend up, he's fallen down."

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Cedric moves forward 4, shifting slightly to the right on his way, but remains facing forward.

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OOC: next up Hob Leader

[Unwitting Pawn]

@Dev

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If you could post your movement details in an IC spoiler in future, it would be helpful for checking/recording purposes.

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Sixth turn - Hobgoblin Leader

With an eye on Cedric, the leader of the hobgoblins steps towards Muelennah and throws an axe. The weapon flies past the centaur to land somewhere behind.

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Attack manoeuvre
step forward-left, turn fwd-right
*clatter*
fail

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Map updated.

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OOC: Jorik next, then Rann

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[Hades]

Jorik rises once more to his knees.

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Change Posture maneuver, Prone to Kneeling. Maybe it'll stick this time. Map updated.

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OOC: Rann is next. May he smite the foe!
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[Unwitting Pawn]

Sixth turn - Rann

As he steps in front of his horse, Rann notches the drawn arrow to his bow.

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Ready manoeuvre
step forward, no facing change

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Sixth turn - Hobgoblin 2

The bleeding hobgoblin appears to be unconscious.

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Sixth turn - Hobgoblin 3

With a toothy grin, the hobgoblin that floored Jorik attempts a repeat performance.

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If it ain't broke, don't fix it why not hit it some more?

Attack manoeuvre
*clatter*
success
*clatter*
another potential 6 points crushing dmg

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Map updated.

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OOC: Hobgoblin 4 next, aftrer Jorik's defence

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[Hades]

Jorik dodges away from the Hobgoblin's attack with surprising speed.

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Dodge (7-2, effective 5): (3d6)[4]

Edit: !! Well, there you go. You heard it here first, everyone, the way to get a critical success is to get a critical failure just before it. B381 suggests the Hobgoblin has to roll on the critical failure table, but I can't recall if you did something different, UP.

[Unwitting Pawn]

In contrast to last time, Jorik times his dodge perfectly, and the hobgoblin is momentarily wrong-footed by throwing his weight into the miss.

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Critical Miss
*clatter*
Hobgoblin 3 loses his balance and can do nothing until his next turn. All active defences are at -2.

Sixth turn - Hobgoblin 4

Pushing through the bush, the hobgoblin keeps pressing the attack against the retreating centaur.

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Attack manoeuvre
step forward, swing at torso
*clatter*
success
*clatter*
8 pts potential cr damage

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Map updated.

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OOC: Hobgoblin 5 next, aftrer Muelennah's defence

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[yufra]

Nearing the end of his limits, Muelennah throws his body backwards and tries to avoid the incoming blow.

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Retreating dodge, step back-right.
Dodge (8+2aod-1hill+3ret, effective 12): (3d6)[12]

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Map updated.

[Unwitting Pawn]

Sixth turn - Hobgoblin 5

Stumbling over the uneven ground, the hobgoblin lets out a howl as he throws his club. Muelennah ducks and the weapon whooshes overhead.

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Attack manoeuvre
step fwd-left
throw hvy club at Muelennah's torso
*clatter*
miss by 1

I opted for the step because it may help keep me out of range of one of the hobgoblins.

Tactically, I think that this was a good call

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Map updated.

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OOC: Ementha next

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[dariathalon]

Ementha hurries forward along the road. At the last moment, she turns to face a rather large tree off to one side of the road.

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Moved forward 3 making free 1 side facing change at the end of movement.

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Eniarch is up next.
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[NamelessArchon]

Eniarch moves forward to keep pace with Cedric's advance, keeping the warrior between himself and his foes for the moment.

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Move manuver, (Move of 5), forward x3, forward-right x1, forward-left x1.

I also really think this tool has worked well for us so far. Being able to directly modify the map is great.

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Map updated.

OOC: Franciszek is up next.

[Unwitting Pawn]

Sixth turn - Franciszek

His left hand still crackling with electricity, Franciszek follows Ementha and then steps up behind her, so that he is between the wise-woman and the unconscious hobgoblin on the ground.

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Move manoeuvre (Lightning spell is being "held")
forward, fwd-right, fwd-left, forward, turn to face fwd-right

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Map updated.

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OOC: next is Muelennah

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[yufra]

Muelennah sees that Jorik has recovered over the shoulder of the hobgoblin just before it throws its club at him. Movement over the hobgoblins other shoulder shows that the strangers are moving up the road together, and what looks like one of the hobgoblins at their feet. Enemies of my enemies are my friends... hadn't his parents told him that was the life back in the Orclands?

Trying to keep the hobgoblins backs to the newcomers, and keep as much attention away from Jorik as possible, Muelannah takes another step back and shouts at the hobgoblins. "Surrender or die!"

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AoD (parry), step backward-right, face forward-left.

Spear is gripped two-handed as a staff. Should I be posting spear grip every round?

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Map updated.

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OOC: Cedric up next.

[Devereux]

Cedric rushes forward, flanking the right side of the closest of a nearby enemy.

"He's back here, allow me to point you the way there."

He takes a careful swing at the hobgoblin's exposed flank, missing his target by a narrow margin.

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With a comment like that, I feel like Elan for a moment

Cedric moves fwd-lft, fwd-lft, fwd, fwd, turn slightly right at the end.
(where are the up-up-down-down-left-right-left-right jokes?)

Using a move-and-attack sequence.
Basic Sword (15-4+4, 9max)(9)(3d6)[10]
Potential Cutting Damage (2d6+1)(2d6+1)[6]

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OOC: up next, hobgoblin scum

[Unwitting Pawn]

@Devereux

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Have a look at Forward Movement and Facing and Backward and Sideways Movement and Facing on p.B386-7. By default, stepping forward-left or forward-right changes your facing automatically. It is possible to "sidestep" forwards, but that costs more Move. If you check out those rules, it should make sense.

Anyway, it doesn't matter insofar as it was possible to get where you wanted to in one turn. But it will help my sanity if you use more accurate notation

For example, Cedric's last move was: forward-left, forward, forward-right, forward, turn forward-right

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Seventh turn - Hobgoblin Leader

The leader switches his axe from his left hand to his right, turning round as he does so.

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Ready manoeuvre
turn right x2

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Map updated.

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OOC: next Jorik

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[Hades]

Jorik rises to his feet, turning to his left and trying to draw his sword as he does so. He finally sees the new arrivals. At last, a stroke of luck, he thinks, but curses as his sword slips through his fingers.

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Ready Maneuver, Fast-Draw Sword (13): (3d6)[17].
Using the Step portion of the Ready to go from Kneeling to Standing, and changing Facing south-west (map updated).

Edit: Ouch again. B194 says I drop the sword on a critical failure, shall I use that or would you like something different?

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OOC: Up next, Rann.

[Unwitting Pawn]

Jorik's sword falls inelegantly onto the dried mud at his feet.

@Hades

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B194 says I drop the sword on a critical failure, shall I use that or would you like something different?

Ouch indeed!
*clatter*
We'll go with what the rules suggest, this time.

@yufra

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Should I be posting spear grip every round?

That would help avoid confusion, thanks

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Seventh turn - Rann

Moving quickly forwards to get a better shot, Rann unleashes his arrow without pausing to aim. The hasty missile embeds in the hobgoblin's left shoulder, causing him to cry out in shock.

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All-out Attack (determined) manoeuvre
forward-left, forward-right
shot to torso of hobgoblin 3 (+1 for AoA, -3 for range)
*clatter*
12, a success (but close!)
*clatter*
3 points impaling - 1 DR = 2 (*2) = 4 HP wound

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Seventh turn - Hobgoblin 2

Still unconscious.

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Seventh turn - Hobgoblin 3

The accumulated injury appears to be too much and the hobgoblin slumps forward, dropping his mace in the process.

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*clatter*
falls prone

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Seventh turn - Hobgoblin 4

Running as fast as his can over the uneven slope, the hobgoblin closes with Muelennah to deliver a slow, deliberate blow to the centaur's chest.

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Move and Attack manoeuvre
forward (costs 3 move), fwd (costs 2 move), face fwd-left
Telegraphic Attack at torso (+4, -2 for ground, -4 for M&A, max 9)
*clatter*
success
*clatter*
4 points pot crushing damage

Muelennah will defend at +2 for the TA

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Seventh turn - Hobgoblin 5

Stepping back, the hobgoblin turns to assess the activity behind.

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Concentrate manoeuvre
step back, face fwd-left
*clatter*

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OOC: next is Ementha (EDIT: after Muelennah's defence, of course)

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[yufra]

Muelennah takes a step back and brings his spear haft around to deflect the blow.

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Retreating parry, face forward-left.
Parry (10+1ret+2tele+2AoD, effective 15): (3d6)[11]

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Map updated.

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OOC: Ementha next.

[dariathalon]

Ementha continues to dash forward toward the large tree next to the road. At the last moment, she turns to her right, as if to loop around the tree.

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Move forward 3 with free facing change to front-right at the end of the movement.

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Eniarch is next.
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[NamelessArchon]

Eniarch's thoughts are nearly a growl. This mana-blighted wasteland... Eniarch once again attempts to summon the focus necessary to cast a spell. This time the sharp white glow, with a brightness unlike any torch, forms clearly and quickly and remains in his hand, casting small rays of light between the fingers of his clenched hand. Ah... They may yet see the light.

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Concentrate, Spellcast, Sunbolt, Adjusted Skill 10 (15 Base, -5 Low Mana), 1FP expenditure.

(3d6)[9]
Edit: Holy Roasting Hobgoblin, Batman, it worked!

OOC: Franciszek is next.

[Unwitting Pawn]

seventh turn - Franciszek

Franciszek points his outstretched arm and a bolt of lightning arcs across the five yard space to hit the leader in the torso. Electricity crackles across the metal scales of his armour, and the hobgoblin is momentarily stunned by the shock to his nervous system.

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Attack manoeuvre
shoot at torso (-2 for range)
*clatter*
7, a success
*clatter*
5 points burn damage - 1 DR (any metal armour worth only 1 DR vs this attack) = 4 HP injury
plus Wounded targets must make a HT roll or be stunned
*clatter*
fail - so hobgoblin leader must Do Nothing on next turn

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Map unchanged.

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OOC: next is Muelennah's eighth turn

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[yufra]

Muelennah hears the twang of a bowstring and in the corner of his eye sees one of the hobgoblins go down. Then a flash of angry blue-white light flew into the hobgoblin leader, and both Muelennah and the hobgoblin in front of him glanced over in that direction. Mages?! Well, they have taken the attention of the other hobgoblins. Time to press the advantage.

The spear leaps forward, point first towards the hobgoblin's chest.

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Attack maneuver, attack, step backwards.
Spear grip, two-handed, reach 2.

Spear (13-0torso, effective 13): (3d6)[12]
Damage: (1d6+5)[11]

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Map updated.

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OOC: Hobgoblin 4 defenses, then Cedric.

[Unwitting Pawn]

Dodging backwards, the hobgoblin can't avoid the full force of Muelennah's thrust. The spear makes a deep wound which causes the hobgoblin to stumble and fall, dropping his mace as he does so.

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retreating dodge
*clatter*
fail
11 impaling - 1 DR = 10 (*2) = 20 HP injury
*clatter*
hobgoblin is stunned, and falls over

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Map updated.

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OOC: Cedric is up

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[Devereux]

Cedric makes a wide loop, passing around the prostrate hobgoblin, circling the opposite direction of the besieged gnome, and rushing forward at the well armored hobgoblin bandit. With a grunt and a jingle of equipment, Cedric is on the verge of collision with the hobgoblin leader.

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Opting for Move-and-Attack, SLAM maneuver.
Cedric moves forward-right, forward, forward-left, forward-left

If I'm reading this right, I roll skill at Brawling, no penalty
Brawling(14): (3d6)[12]
Potential Crushing Damage(14x4/100=.56=(1d-1): [roll]1d6-1[/roll]
I believe I did damage correctly, but it was really ambiguous on damage over .5, p.371. Also the return damage is unclear. Seems damage dealt is calculated relative to your own HP, received relative to the enemy, but i'm unsure of whose velocity the hobgob uses for determining damage...)

[Devereux]

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Potential crushing damage:(1d6-1)[1]
/sigh this could be bad

OOC: Up next, HobGob slam dmg roll, and then Jorik since HobGod leader is just standing there this round, like a brick wall

[Unwitting Pawn]

@Devereux

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I believe I did damage correctly, but it was really ambiguous on damage over .5, p.371.

Looks like you got the damage dice correct. Slam damage might not be the easiest thing to calculate, but I believe p.B371 is saying that: If the number of dice is less than 1, you use one of those three categories given, based on the fraction. However, if the number is greater than 1.0, then you only use whole dice - round up any fraction if it is 0.5 or more, or just drop the fraction if it is less.

Also the return damage is unclear. Seems damage dealt is calculated relative to your own HP, received relative to the enemy, but i'm unsure of whose velocity the hobgob uses for determining damage...)

I thought that I'd already answered when you asked this before

Looking at the rules on p.B371-2 it's relative velocity, which would make sense. So the factors that determine what that velocity is will normally be the same for both objects.

The hobgoblin wasn't moving towards or away from you, so only your velocity matters here (if only the slammer is moving, then his velocity IS the "relative velocity"). However, in instances where the target is moving towards or away from the slammer, then the relative velocity needs to be calculated (e.g. add together the two moves for a head-on collision, or subtract the target's move for a slam from behind).

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The hobgoblin leader fails to dodge the slam and Cedric collides with him, but badly. The big guy manages to get himself knocked over, while leaving the dazed hobgoblin still standing. Neither is appreciably hurt by the collision - their armours have cushioned the impact.

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Dodge at -4 for stun
*clatter*
fail, unsurprisingly
*clatter*
2 points crushing damage to Cedric - 2 DR = 0 injury
however, as this double Cedric's damage roll, he falls down automatically

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Eighth turn - Hobgoblin Leader

Jarred by the collision, but still standing, the hobgoblin looks down at Cedric and grins.

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Do Nothing manoeuvre, mandated by stun
*clatter*
successful HT save - able to act normally next turn

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Map updated.

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OOC: Jorik is next
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[Hades]

Jorik turns to face the Hobgoblin behind him, drawing his knife and buckler as he steps backwards. He is chagrined, but not surprised, to see the large fellow that recently ran past lying on the ground.

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Ready maneuver, Fast-Draw Knife (13): (3d6)[7].
After successful Fast-Draw, Readying Buckler.
Step NW, Facing Change SE.

Edit: Hah, success. As we talked about earlier, I'm doing a second Ready instead of an Attack after the Fast-Draw, if that's no longer cool I can change my action.

Also, updated the Map, and put in where I dropped my sword, in case somebody decides to step on it.

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OOC: Rann is up next.

[Unwitting Pawn]

@Hades

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As we talked about earlier, I'm doing a second Ready instead of an Attack after the Fast-Draw, if that's no longer cool I can change my action.

That's fine as agreed.

Also, updated the Map, and put in where I dropped my sword, in case somebody decides to step on it.

I saw that, thanks

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Eighth turn - Rann

Rann pulls another arrow from the quiver as he edges forward.

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Ready manoeuvre
sidestep forward-left
ready arrow

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Eighth turn - Hobgoblin 2

Still unconscious.

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Eighth turn - Hobgoblin 3

The hobgoblin isn't moving.

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Eighth turn - Hobgoblin 4

Shifting slightly, the hobgoblin makes a groaning noise.

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Eighth turn - Hobgoblin 5

The hobgoblin moves off the slope in an attempt to kick the supine Cedric in the face, but misses.

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Attack manoeuvre
step forward-left
*clatter*
fail

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Map updated.

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OOC: Ementha next
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[dariathalon]

Ementha hurriedly leans her staff up against the tree.

(Rolling DX+4 = 14)

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Trying to quickly put staff against tree.(3d6)[9]

[NamelessArchon]

Eniarch speaks softly, as though he were coaxing a wild animal to his hands with a treat. For a brief moment the light around him seems to flicker and dim as the glow from his hand grows substantially brighter, almost as though the spell were actually drinking in the sun's rays to fuel its own growth.

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Concentrate, Sunbolt, no spell skill roll required to enlarge missile spell, 3FP spent, current total FP points in held spell = 4.

Now, watch me as I miss my target next turn and waste it all because none of us can roll a success to save our footing, dignity or lives. ;)

OOC: Franciszek is up, map unchanged.

[Unwitting Pawn]

Eighth turn - Franciszek

Franciszek grips his staff with both hands, glancing from Rann to Eniarch as he steps to his left.

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Ready manoeuvre (staff)
sidestep left

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Map updated.

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OOC: Muelennah is next

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