A Thorn In The Hand IC

[Simba]

"Thank you, Raif!" Maiali says as his wounds all but disappear, leaving tender new skin and a few bruises. He looks at the running caster, then starts a sprint towards the fleeing shaman.

[Malak'ai]

The Elves quickly scramble up behind Drayner, Verossa and Raif just as they start charging off after the Orc. Once you get closer you can see him running through the open in the middle of some gouges in the earth. Some ranging from a few inches deep to over a foot deep. The holes look to a mixture of dug trenches and creators caused by the exploding of spells.

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The trenches here are between 6 inches deep to 2 feet deep. Count as difficult terrain.
Initiative Order:
Mialali
Draynor
Halabur
Caranyan
Eleanora
Verossa
Orc Mage
Rochenion/Minserien
Raif

**Initiative please, and could you tell me where you're entering on the map.**

[Machuchang]

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Initiative: (1d20)[16]

Eleanora will enter from T10, if that's okay.

[Simba]

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Initiative: (1d20+4)[24]
Entering from T8 if that's ok.

[D_Man_7733]

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init: (1d20+7)[24]
Drayner will enter slightly behind everyone at T-4

[Malak'ai]

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init: [roll0]
Drayner will enter slightly behind everyone at T-4

Drayner:

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**Is that T4 on the map or 4 squares below the the T line of the map?**

[Arranis Thelmos]

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Init: (1d20+2)[22]
Arrive at T11, because I left before Eleanora. Assumingly Verossa will be at T12?

[Malak'ai]

Halabur:

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**Even though you were one of the first to ride/charge in, due to the speed difference between a Light Horse (or Heavy War Horse) and a Pony, you wont arrive until the start of turn 2.**

[D_Man_7733]

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T4 on the map

[Wordplay]

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How soon could Raif enter at I1? I'm guessing that he'd need to spend at least an extra turn. If the map is aligned on the compass points, I think the Mage was moving to the left, i.e. West. Is that right?
Initiative (1d20)[3]

[Malak'ai]

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How soon could Raif enter at I1? I'm guessing that he'd need to spend at least an extra turn. If the map is aligned on the compass points, I think the Mage was moving to the left, i.e. West. Is that right?
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Yes he's moving West (towards A1). And if you enter on I1 it would be on the second turn.

[Wordplay]

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@Malak'ai: We'll go with that then, entering at I-1 on the second turn.

[Arranis Thelmos]

Halabur:

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**Even though you were one of the first to ride/charge in, due to the speed difference between a Light Horse (or Heavy War Horse) and a Pony, you wont arrive until the start of turn 2.**

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I didn't think of looking that up, sorry.

[Malak'ai]

**Okay, because Marlowe is AWOL at the moment, to get things moving along I'll take his Initiative roll if one of you guys will take charge of Verossa until he gets back.**

Verossa's Initiative: (1d20+3)[15]

**Map updated with Initiative Order.**

[Machuchang]

**Since Eleanora and Verossa are exactly in consecutive order, I could take Verossa for now so that everything goes quicker. All I'd have to do is make one big post.**

[Malak'ai]

**Since Eleanora and Verossa are exactly in consecutive order, I could take Verossa for now so that everything goes quicker. All I'd have to do is make one big post.**

**No problem what so ever .**

[Simba]

Sitting on Eleanora's horse behind her, there is really very little Maiali can do until they close the distance except hold on.

[D_Man_7733]

just a little further As Drayner pushes shadow forward that little bit more, he prepares to throw his spear as soon has he gets in a range that he can be sure that he can catch the mage in.

ELDRITCH SPEAR... again (I really need some new tricks don't I?)

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Acc:(1d20+5)[21]
Dmg:(2d8)[6]

*Drayner will direct the horse to move directly NORTH (assuming that is one of the lesser shallower trenches)*

[Malak'ai]

The Orc falters in his step as the energy crackles around him as Drayner directs Shadow Stride into one of the craters, making it to N4.

[Arranis Thelmos]

Halabur glares at the Mage and yells out, "I heard you like illusions, try a little evocation!" as he fires an orange burst at the fleeing Orc.

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Magic missile: (1d4+1)[4]

[Malak'ai]

You watch as the beads of energy fly towards the Orc and then fly off harmlessly to either side of him just before coming into contact with his body.

As Shadow Stride comes to a halt in the middle of the crater, Caranyan moves as quickly as he can to dismount,

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Ride Check (Fast Dismount): (1d20+4)[11]

All goes well until his foot catches on one of the saddle straps, causing him to take the time to dislodge it before continuing to to the ground.
He then takes his bow from him back as he makes his way out of the blasted hole (Moving from N4 to N7).

[Machuchang]

Eleanora called Valor to her, quickly leaping onto his saddle to avoid wasting time.

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Ride (Fast Mount): (1d20+8)[9]
If successful, T10 to K10

Pfft...

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Verossa

Hefting her glaive, Verossa continued her dash forward, intent on cutting off the mage's path.

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If Verossa had a starting spot, I must've missed it, so I started her at T8 because I remembered she and Eleanora were relatively close to each other early on.

Anyway, run from T8 to K16. If I got anything wrong, please tell me and I'll fix it. I'm crap at grids.

[Malak'ai]

**I didn't know Eleanora had dismounted. Also, forgot to say earlier, Halabur was only just on the edge of his range for the Magic Missle.**

As Verossa approaches the Orc reaches into a pouch hanging from his waist, pulling out a small round object, throwing it over Verossa's head where it lands on the ground, and starts to wiggle and grow.

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Using Bag of Tricks (Tan): (d100)[87]

The ball finally stops moving and uncurls itself, a large orange and black cat stretches, growling.

The Orc mage sneers and screams out "Attack! Save me!!" in heavily accented Common.

The Tiger takes a glace round, and charges towards the larger group of enemies.

[Malak'ai]

**Okay, not being able to make additional rolls when you Edit your post is annoying... I'm going to have to make another post after this as well.**

Roll to see who the Tiger charges:
Mailali = 1
Eleanora = 2
Drayner = 3
Caranyan = 4
Rochenion = 5

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[Malak'ai]

**Now that is REALLY annoying!**

(1d5)[5]

[Machuchang]

**I didn't know Eleanora had dismounted.

**Yeah, I mentioned it in passing, then never explicitly said she got back on, so I figured I'd better make sure I was mounted. **

[Malak'ai]

The Tiger charges towards the main group, snarling, fangs dripping with saliva as it finally jumps at Rochenion, large black claws extending from it's paws.

Claw Attack 1: (1d20+11)[25]
Damage: (1d8+6)[12]
Claw Attack 2: (1d20+11)[24]
Damage: (1d8+6)[9]
Bite Attack: (1d20+6)[8]
Damage: (2d6+3)[8]
Initiating Grapple (if one Claw or the Bite hits): (1d20+14)[15]

The beasts claws rend through the Elf's armour, digging deep into the flesh of his chest and arm. The Tigers mouth clamping onto Rochenion's shoulder, but the teeth are not able to pierce the leather protection.
Rochenion, under the weight of the Tiger and the ferocity of the attack falls over, his whole body going limp, a pitiful scream escaping his throat just before he passes out.

[Malak'ai]

Minserien, holding on as tightly as he can to Raif watches as the tiger charges, but is unable to see who the poor person who screamed is.

[Arranis Thelmos]

Halabur cries out in frustration as the missile bounces off the Mage, and again in fear as the tiger mauls Rochenion.
"I disbelieve! I disbelieve! This has to be another illusion!"

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Will (1d20+4)[18]

He shivers as he realizes that this is no illusion, and that he would fit into the creature's mouth quite easily...

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Raif grimaces as he sees a distant shape emerge from the bag and a large catlike creature plough into the party.

There is no way that I can get to them in time. I have no healing of my own left, and I took their last wand. If anyone's injured, I'm to blame. I'm to blame

Raif looks at the mage's escape route, and curses under his breath. Raif looks around at Minserien.

'Jump off!'

Once the elf is off, Raif gallops towards the party at full tilt.

Come on, come one, come on!