Reign of Winter, GMs Battle Book [GMBB]

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R1T22: Seeing the soldiers set themselves at the door, Windrunner tenses his muscles and prepares for combat. He charges the group. As he runs toward the door, he yells, "On me!" towards Arthog just before he crashes into the first guard, tearing into the woman's chest with a claw for 13.

R1T21: Arthog waves his horn around, and the two guards start to glow a ghostly blue radiance ... as does Windrunner!

R1T20: Inside the house, Moorgram, what do you do?

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Darkhelm: 29. _+4 AC vs. Red til R2T29!
Windrunner: 22.
Arthog: 21.
Moorgram: 20.
Brown Pale Guard: 19. (19:19).
Blue Pale Guard: 17. (19:19).
Pink Pale Guard: 16. (6:19). Faerie fire.
Ten-Penny: 15.
Lady Argentea: 13.
Green Pale Guard: 11. (19:19).
Nadya: 9.
Purple Pale Guard: 8. (19:19). Faerie fire.
Red Pale Guard: 4. (9:19).

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R1T20: "Night is a time for rest, not fighting." Moorgram says to the second warrior in the line as he steps forward hefting his axe. Blue drops to the ground, asleep.

R1T19-16: "Brown" moves inside, over his sleeping fellow, and up to Nadya and Moorgram. His sword drawn, it clips Nadya in the head for 9. Outside, "Pink" draws her sword and attacks Windrunner, but misses.

R1T15: Ten-Penny is standing on top of a bookcase. She casts a spell and two bolts streak down to hit Brown for a total of 5 force.

R1T13: Lady Argentea takes up a stance that focuses on defensive shield work while also calling out her usual defensive suggestions for those near her. She steps north of Nadya and drops her spear right into Brown's right foot for 21, and Brown drops.

R1T11: Green moves in and engages Lady Argentea with his sword.

R1T9: Blood spattering her white hat and cloak, Nadya shakes clear and steps back. Though she has a bow in hand ... and handaxe and pick at her side ... after getting rattled like that in her own home with her children in the home, something takes over her. Everything in the room rattles and there is a thrumming sound that increases to a deafening crescendo before Nadya shakes her fist at Green and screams. Green isn't harmed, but a powerful unseen force screeches forth to slam into his armor.

Nobody is more surprised at this than Nadya. The strange room-filling sound and energy dissipates.

R1T8: Outside, Purple steps off the porch stairs and swings, but Windrunner ducks completely out of the way. The sword continues in an arc to hit with a loud "whong" against the porch bannnister, and the force transmits to the guard's arm to cause him to drop the sword and take 2 STR.

R1T4: Indoors, Red engages sword to axe against Moorgram.

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T29: Darkhelm reaches out with her blackened hand (for in Nadya's house, she wears clothes, but is no disguised) and touches Red's chest. Red breathes with a strain for a second, but then resists whatever is happening.

R2T22: Outside ... Windrunner, what do you do?

Arthog on deck, Moorgram in the hole ...

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Darkhelm: 29.
Windrunner: 22.
Arthog: 21.
Moorgram: 20.
Brown Pale Guard: 19. (-7:19). DYING!!!
Blue Pale Guard: 17. (19:19). ASLEEP til R4T20.
Pink Pale Guard: 16. (6:19). Faerie fire.
Ten-Penny: 15.
Lady Argentea: 13.
Green Pale Guard: 11. (19:19).
Nadya: 9.
Purple Pale Guard: 8. (19:19, 2 STR). Sword dropped. Faerie fire.
Red Pale Guard: 4. (9:19).

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R2T22: Remaining in Pugilist's Stance, Windrunner continues his attack upon the soldier in front of him. He sends a claw raking across Pink's neck, and as the soldier falls, Windrunner completely murks him with his other claw and bite.

R2T21: Arthog moves forward, and has to go partway up the stairs and stomp on the dead guard to be able to reach Purple. A single stroke through the arm and into the chest drops the guardsman.

R2T20: Moorgram, what do you do?

Ten-Penny on deck, Green in the hole ...

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Darkhelm: 29.
Windrunner: 22.
Arthog: 21.
Moorgram: 20.
Brown Pale Guard: 19. (-7:19). DYING!!!
Blue Pale Guard: 17. (19:19). ASLEEP til R4T20.
Ten-Penny: 15.
Lady Argentea: 13.
Green Pale Guard: 11. (19:19).
Nadya: 9.
Purple Pale Guard: 8. (-4:19, 2 STR). Sword dropped. Faerie fire. DYING!!!
Red Pale Guard: 4. (9:19).

DEAD/OOC
Pale Guard (1).

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R2T20: Moorgram's blood pulses as he brings his axe to bear against the foes who downed his dear friend. With a roar he swings his axe with all his strength hoping to fell the man before him with a single stroke. He put too much emphasis on power and not enough on accuracy, however, as his axe bites the guard's hauberk but doesn't penetrate.

R2T15: From the top of a bookshelf, Ten-Penny casts another spell and two arcane bolts rip into Red for 8 force.

R2T13: Lady Argentea gives a cry, "Let none live to tell the tale, but all else know of the story!" She's pretty good at this war cry bit, because the heroes indoors all feel pretty pumped by that. She stabs Green in the left shoulder with her spear for 13, causing the man to gasp in labored shock and pain.

R2T11: Yet that man has a mission, and that mission will not be denied him before death. He tries to get out of that corner, but Lady Argentea's spear finds his hand for 8, dropping him.

R2T9: Nadya mentally recovers from whatever psychotic break she just had. She looks at the last standing soldier, and now with purpose begins to swirl her hand about. Again, everything in the entire room seems to rattle, shutter, and shake up until the point that she releases a mote of pure coalesced force that hits the man square in the face for 15, disfiguring him and dropping him.

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T29: Darkhelm steps over fallen soldiers to go outside and see that the quads (i.e., quadrupeds) already handled business. "Clear outside and inside," she says.

R3T22: Windrunner, is there anything you do, or do you drop out of initiative?

Arthog on deck, Moorgram in the hole ...

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HEROES: +2 morale attack/ dmg til R3T13.
Darkhelm: 29.
Windrunner: 22.
Arthog: 21.
Moorgram: 20.
Brown Pale Guard: 19. (-8:19). DYING!!!
Blue Pale Guard: 17. (19:19). ASLEEP til R4T20.
Ten-Penny: 15.
Lady Argentea: 13. Shortspear-and-shield.
Green Pale Guard: 11. (-2:19). DYING!!!
Nadya: 9.
Purple Pale Guard: 8. (-5:19, 2 STR). Sword dropped. Faerie fire. DYING!!!

DEAD/OOC
Pale Guard (1).
Red Pale Guard: 4. (-6:19). STABLE!!! Face disfigured.

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R3T22: Windrunner, upon hearing Darkhelm'Lady Argentea's declaration, leaps into the air to fly over the town and immediate environs searching for watchers.

R3T20: Moorgram, what do you do?

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HEROES: +2 morale attack/ dmg til R3T13.
Darkhelm: 29.
Windrunner: 22.
* Fly around the area looking for other foes/crows who might report back or ambush the group.
* Double move in initiative to start, in the direction of the witch's tower.
Arthog: 21.
Moorgram: 20.
Brown Pale Guard: 19. (-8:19). DYING!!!
Blue Pale Guard: 17. (19:19). ASLEEP til R4T20.
Ten-Penny: 15.
Lady Argentea: 13. Shortspear-and-shield.
Green Pale Guard: 11. (-2:19). DYING!!!
Nadya: 9.
Purple Pale Guard: 8. (-5:19, 2 STR). Sword dropped. Faerie fire. DYING!!!

DEAD/OOC
Pale Guard (1).
Red Pale Guard: 4. (-6:19). STABLE!!! Face disfigured.

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R3T20: Moorgram lets out a deep breath and let's his emotions calm, but he finds that even though his adrenaline spiked for a few seconds, he finds himself winded. He then moves to examine the man he commanded to sleep. It seems that guard is simply sleeping, but will wake up in seconds for sure!

R3T18: The man beneath Moorgram takes 5 to the head from something blunt, just as a tiny creature holding a club appears, shrieking and with ugly tears, "That's for killing Thora, you bastards!"

Of course, an attempted CDG from so small a creature was sure to fail, and the man - though still prone with his sword on the floor - awakens.

R3T15: Ten-Penny fires down another magic missile at the stirring guard for 5 force.

R3T13: Lady Argentea approaches, astride a fallen guardsman. He squirms to not be hit and she lances him in his left knee for 15, powerfully enough for him to stop moving.

Moorgram, do you have any issues with those present CDG-ing the remaining guards?

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Darkhelm: 29.
Windrunner: 22.
* Fly around the area looking for other foes/crows who might report back or ambush the group.
* Double move in initiative to start, in the direction of the witch's tower.
Arthog: 21.
Moorgram: 20. FATIGUED til R13T20.
Brown Pale Guard: 19. (-9:19). DYING!!!
Hatch: 18. Club.
Blue Pale Guard: 17. (9:19). PRONE!!! Sword on deck, but shield.
Ten-Penny: 15.
Lady Argentea: 13. Shortspear-and-shield.
Green Pale Guard: 11. (-2:19). DYING!!!
Nadya: 9.
Purple Pale Guard: 8. (-5:19, 2 STR). Sword dropped. Faerie fire. DYING!!!

DEAD/OOC
Pale Guard (1).
Red Pale Guard: 4. (-6:19). STABLE!!! Face disfigured.

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Begin Round One ...

R1T27: Arthog passes everyone right off, and using a combination of ground movement and short duration, low altitude flight goes to the far northeast of the White Weasel's common room to gore a soldier in the belly for 27, dropping him instantly. Arthog continues past and around that wall to hook south and west to get closer to another guard.

R1T20: From within, steel-vs.-horn is heard clashing.

R1T19: Lady Argentea adjusts her shield and spurs Windrunner forward in a charge. Her spear is deflected by a shield, but Windrunner successfully overbears the man to the ground while the rider keeps him moving north a little more before turning to regard a seated soldier who has some manner of insignia.

R1T18: Moorgram, what do you do?

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Arthog: 27.
Green Guard: 20. (19:19).
Lady Argentea: 19. Shortspear-and-shield.
>>>Windrunner: xx.
Moorgram: 18.
Ten-Penny: 17.
Darkhelm: 16.
Blue Guard 15. (19:19).
Sergeant Volan Sertane: 13. (19:19).
Brown Guard: 9. (-8:19). DYING!!!
Nadya: 8.
Red Guard: 3. (19:19).

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R1T18: Moorgram looks through the doorway at the guard ready to ambush. "Sleep you fool and stay out of this fight," he says as he gives the man an angry look before striding inside with his axe ready. The guard slumps against the corner, slides down, and begins to softly snore.

R1T17: Ten-Penny zooms in and lands on the floor right next to the guard that Argentrunner bowled over. She touches the guard, who begins to laugh hysterically.

R1T16: Darkhelm moves in while drawing her short sword and stabs Green in the back for 8. She holds her head briefly though, as if dealing with a headache.

R1T15: Blue laughs fully, but still tries to stand. In doing so, Lady Argentea stabs him in the chest for 11 as Windrunner thrusts his beak into his entrails for 10, dropping him.

R1T13: The officer at the fire spins around out of his chair and readies his sword and shield.

R1T8: Nadya moves in and fires off her newly discovered power, but misses.

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T27: Arthog gores Green in the right knee for 30, killing him outright from shock. Arthog then makes his way across the entrance from Moorgram.

R2T19: Lady Argentea fails to stab the officer with her spear.

R2T19+: Windrunner, there is no guidance to move or control you this round. What do you do?

Moorgram on deck, Ten-Penny on deck ...

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Arthog: 27. RS.
Lady Argentea: 19. Shortspear-and-shield.
>>>Windrunner: xx.
Moorgram: 18.
Ten-Penny: 17.
Darkhelm: 16.
Blue Guard 15. (-2:19). DYING!!!
Sergeant Volan Sertane: 13. (37:37). Sword and shield.
Brown Guard: 9. (-9:19). DYING!!!
Nadya: 8.
Red Guard: 3. (19:19). ASLEEP til R4T18!!!

DEAD/OOC
Guard (1).

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R2T19+: Windrunner tries to step to the side of Yellow, but a large bar is in the way. He unleashes his full might on the soldier, looking to end the battle quickly. The man ducks the first claw, but exposes his shield arm and Windrunner gashes his shield hand for 10 with the other claw before following up with a beak to the left knee for 17.

R2T18: Moorgram, what do you do?

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Arthog: 27. RS.
Lady Argentea: 19. Shortspear-and-shield.
>>>Windrunner: xx. RS.
Moorgram: 18.
Ten-Penny: 17.
Darkhelm: 16.
Blue Guard 15. (-2:19). DYING!!!
Sergeant Volan Sertane: 13. (10:37). Sword and shield.
Brown Guard: 9. (-9:19). DYING!!!
Nadya: 8.
Red Guard: 3. (19:19). ASLEEP til R4T18!!!

DEAD/OOC
Guard (1).

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R2T18: Moorgram looks down at the man at his feet and lifts his axe up high and brings it down with all his might on the slumbering guard, granting him an eternal rest.

R2T17: Ten-Penny likewise CDG's Blue, to put him out of his misery.

R2T16: Something is happening with Darkhelm, like she is concentrating on something that takes both time and effort ...

R2T13: The officer (Yellow) realizes the battle has turned against him. He switches his sword to his shield hand, and focuses his shield on defense, steps between the chair and the fireplace to give him some cover, and with his now free hand he takes out what appears to be a hand vanity mirror. Looking into the mirror he says, "Radosek! My patrol is overrun in Waldsby. Black Rider not located, but southerners with strange powers have attacked. I am lost. Make the preparations."

R2T8: Nadya runs to the bar and leaps up onto the corner, now eye-to-eye with Lady Argentea and Windrunner. She now confidently gathers force energy and shoots it at the dodging sergeant.

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T27: Arthog pushes past friend and fallen to the chairs by the fireplace and lances downwards below the man's shield to strike the sergeant in the upper right thigh for 21 to drop the man, his sword and mirror falling from his grasp as he hits the floor.

R3T19: Lady Argentea CDGs the sergeant, which forces Windrunner to stay put.

R3T18: Moorgram, what do you do?

Ten-Penny on deck, Darkhelm in the hole ...

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Arthog: 27. RS.
Lady Argentea: 19. Shortspear-and-shield.
>>>Windrunner: xx.
Moorgram: 18.
Ten-Penny: 17.
Darkhelm: 16. Invoking "Disguise" for the first time.
Brown Guard: 9. (-10:19). DYING!!!
Nadya: 8.

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Guard (3). Sergeant Volane.

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R3T18: Moorgram looks around for any other hostiles. "What was that about? Who is Radosek?" He says taking a defensive stance.

R3T17: Ten-Penny flies over to mid-room and casts a gout of acid on the fallen soldier there ... just in case.

R3T16: Darkhelm's concentration ends, and she is now no longer the creepy black-skinned creature she was before. Now, she is a human woman of similar height (5' 9"), but dressed as an attractive, straw-haired Ulfen woman with the same gear she had before. She hustles to the far eastern side of the room.

R3T8: "Radosek is the consort of the local white witch, and reputedly a terrifying magician in his own right," says Nadya before hustling to the east.

End Round 3, Begin Round 4 ...

R4T27-19: Arthog, Lady Argentea (and by extension Windrunner) delay, listening to Nadya.

R4T18: Moorgram, what do you do?

Ten-Penny on deck, Darkhelm in the hole ...

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Arthog: 27. RS.
Lady Argentea: 19. Shortspear-and-shield.
>>>Windrunner: xx.
Moorgram: 18. TD!
Ten-Penny: 17.
Darkhelm: 16. Appears as an attractive Ulfen woman.
Brown Guard: 9. (-11:19). DYING!!!
Nadya: 8.

DEAD/OOC
Guard (3). Sergeant Volane.

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Pre-Combat...

"You were warned," Moorgram says as he hefts his axe and makes for the gate with a roar. He puts full power into it, but it bites with the beard of the axe - going deep and cutting a gouge, but not so much as he'd hoped (10).

Begin Round One ...

R1T20: Ten-Penny says, "Good luck!" and she flies off, about 20' high now and mostly around the curve of the tower walls.

R1T19: Darkhelm takes out her longbow and shoots, the arrow plinking off of the icy wall of the gatehouse.

R1T18: Lytil tears off and looks like she is going to pass Ten-Penny on the way to their target.

R1T16: A guard shoots Moorgram in the chest for 8 with a light crossbow bolt.

R1T13: Arthog takes a page out of Moorgram's book and charges the ice wall ... the remainder of which explodes into chunks all over the place. A wave of cold thrums out from the newly opened breach and washes over the unicorn and the woodsman for 2 mod cold to Arthog, and 13 mod cold to Moogram. "Thanks for softening it up for me, pal! The breach is open!"

But now, just past that first ice wall, is a portcullis made of inverted icicles.

R1T12: Another bolt clips Moorgram in the belly for 3.

R1T11: Lady Argentea rides Windrunner a distance of 30' away from the wall (only 10' lateral movement) and 25' high ...

R1T10: Another guard shoots Moorgram in the gut for 6.

R1T9: Nadya moves up behind Moorgram, getting a little more confident every time she tries this strange power she discovered, and lets loose a blast which splinters and destroys the ice portcullis.

R1T8: Moogram, you recover from your charge. What do you do?

Ten-Penny on deck, Darkhelm in the hole ...

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Ten-Penny: 20.
Darkhelm: 19.
* Appears as an attractive Ulfen woman.
Lytil: 18.
Red Pale Guard: 16. (19:19).
Arthog: 13.
Blue Pale Guard: 12. (19:19).
Lady Argentea: 11. Shortspear-and-shield. 60' from wall, 20' high
>>>Windrunner: xx.
Green Pale Guard: 10. (19:19).
Nadya: 9.
Moorgram: 8. CHARGED!!!

Icicle Portcullis: (27:27).

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R1T8: Moorgram moves into the courtyard - but not before the cold emanating from the breach does another 13 mod cold to him - hunkering down and preparing for more attacks as he observes the surroundings.

A massive ice sculpture of a dragon dominates this open courtyard, standing with raised wings upon a dais of solid ice. Seven squat shacks sit along the inner wall, with several dogsleds stored outside. Between them, four ice chutes descend from the battlements of the outer wall. To the west, large double doors studded with icicles lead inside the Pale Tower itself, just beneath an overhang of sharp icicles dangling from above.

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T20/18 ...

R2T19: Darkhelm moves closer and and takes a defensive shot up at one of the guards. It strikes Blue in the neck in a nerve cluster for 6 + stunned and he drops his crossbow off the gate to shatter below!

R2T16: Red reloads and shoots at Moorgram, striking him in the lower back for 6 despite the latter's focus on defense.

R2T13: Arthog moves in - taking no damage from the cold breach - and tries to screen Moorgram. He touches his horn to Moorgram for 16 healing.

R2T11: Lady Argentea (w/ Windrunner) wheels around and closes a little, now at the desired height advantage and angle. Windrunner can tell from her knee positioning that she is prepared with her shield in her fighting stance.

Windrunner, you have only SWA/FA available. Do you do anything?

Green Guard on deck, Nadya in the hole ...

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Ten-Penny: 20.
Darkhelm: 19. DS.
* Appears as an attractive Ulfen woman.
Lytil: 18.
Red Pale Guard: 16. (19:19).
Arthog: 13.
Blue Pale Guard: 12. (13:19). STUNNED til R4T19!!!
Lady Argentea: 11. Shortspear-and-shield. 60' from wall, 20' high
>>>Windrunner: xx.
Green Pale Guard: 10. (19:19).
Nadya: 9.
Moorgram: 8. TD!

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R2T10: "Green" adjust his position to attack those already in the courtyard. He shoots, misses Arthog, and reloads.

R2T9: Nadya throws another force-ball at the stunned soldier, but the armor protects him.

R2T8: Moorgram, you were using total defense. What do you do now?

Darkhelm in the hole ...

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Ten-Penny: 20.
Darkhelm: 19. DS.
* Appears as an attractive Ulfen woman.
Lytil: 18.
Red Pale Guard: 16. (19:19).
Arthog: 13.
Blue Pale Guard: 12. (13:19). STUNNED til R4T19!!!
Lady Argentea: 11. Shortspear-and-shield. 60' from wall, 20' high
>>>Windrunner: xx.
Green Pale Guard: 10. (19:19).
Nadya: 9.
Moorgram: 8. TD!

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R2T8: Moogram doesn't notice anything more about anything that he's already seen, at least nothing of note. He maintains his defense.

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T20/18: ...

R3T19: Darkhelm looks like she suffers from a massive headache and holds up her bow to wave around defensively as she is face down, holding her head. During that time, Blue seems to recover from having been stunned.

R3T16: Red shoots at the seemingly debilitated Ulfen woman (Darkhelm), but Darkhelm is able to luckily smack the bolt away with her bow as Red reloads.

R3T13: Arthog touches his horn to Moorgram for 8 healing.

R3T12: Blue hunkers down now that he is without his crossbow.

R3T11: Windrunner, Lady Argentea is looking to do a charge of the guard that is by itself on the south side of the gate. Make attack rolls for a charge!

Green on deck, Nadya in the hole ...

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Ten-Penny: 20.
Darkhelm: 19. TD!
* Appears as an attractive Ulfen woman.
Lytil: 18.
Red Pale Guard: 16. (19:19).
Arthog: 13.
Blue Pale Guard: 12. (13:19). Hiding.
Lady Argentea: 11. Shortspear-and-shield. 60' from wall, 20' high
>>>Windrunner: xx.
Green Pale Guard: 10. (19:19).
Nadya: 9.
Moorgram: 8. TD!

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R3T11: Lady Argenta spurs the charge, and Windrunner prepares an offensive stance as she does so. Once they close on their charge, Lady Argentea's spear pierces Green's lower arm for 13 while Windrunner's bite pierces the man's shoulder for 17. Windrunner worries the guard and tosses his corpse from the battlement with a dying scream.

R3T9: Nadya manages to hit Red for a light crit of 17!

R3T8: Moorgram, what do you do?

Darkhelm on deck, Red on deck ...

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Ten-Penny: 20.
Darkhelm: 19. TD!
* Appears as an attractive Ulfen woman.
Lytil: 18.
Red Pale Guard: 16. (2:19).
Arthog: 13.
Blue Pale Guard: 12. (13:19). Hiding.
Lady Argentea: 11. Shortspear-and-shield. Golden Lion Style. Charged!
* 60' from wall, 20' high.
>>>Windrunner: xx. Pugilist's stance (+1d6 damage).
Nadya: 9.
Moorgram: 8. TD!

DEAD/OOC
Pale Guard (1).

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R3T8: "Thanks," Moorgram says to Arthog as he sets down his axe and grabs his sling, and loads it with a stone.

End Round 3, Begin Round 4 ....

R4T19: Darkhelm recovers from whatever she temporarily suffered. She shoots upwards to strike Red in the shoulder for 3, and he falls from the tower to his death below, waves of cold constantly battering him and turning him to a block of ice. She then bolts into the courtyard as quickly as she can to minimize damage but still takes 8 mod cold.

R4T13: Arthog says, "I don't have hands, so somebody needs to start kickin' in doors."

R4T12: Blue pops up from where he was hiding to shoot at the woman on the griffon, missing.

R4T11: Recovering from the charge, Lady Argentea directs Windrunner to the last guard. Her spear is deflected by the man's shield, but Windrunner tears into him, and in so doing, Lady Argentea gets another spear strike to skewer the man, who drops where he is on the battlement.

R4T9: "Can I get an airlift?" Nadya calls up to the aerialists. "There is a powerful cold field that attacks all who pass the barrier."

R4T8: Moorgram, it seems the tower guards are put down. Your axe is on the ground and a loaded sling in hand. What do you do?

Darkhelm on deck, Arthog in the hole ...

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Ten-Penny: 20.
Darkhelm: 19. Shortbow.
* Appears as an attractive Ulfen woman.
Lytil: 18. Mirror image (2 images).
* Expended: mirror image.
Arthog: 13.
Lady Argentea: 11. Shortspear-and-shield. Golden Lion Style.
* 60' from wall, 20' high.
>>>Windrunner: xx. Pugilist's stance (+1d6 damage).
Nadya: 9.
Moorgram: 8. Axe set down, sling grabbed and loaded.

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Pale Guard (1).

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R4T8: "Just a moment, friend." Says Moorgram as he picks up his axe in one hand and begins to walk around the statue to get a clear view of the door. "I'd hate for those Icicles to fall on any of our heads."

End Round 4, Begin Round 5 ...

R5T19: A kennel door right in front of Moorgram opens up, bringing with it a pungent reek. A creature squeezes out of the door to stand before the woodsman. Standing a whopping 10' tall, this creature has light blue skin and cold, piercing eyes. Dressed in rough furs, her tusked jaw ends in a long underbite. She carries a battleaxe in her hand and then strikes Moorgram in the belly with it for 17.

R5T16: Darkhelm moves to the far side of the courtyard while drawing her short sword, right near those very threatening ice spears. "Contact!" she yells for those to the east at the gate. "Ice troll. Use fire if you have it."

R5T13: Arthog moves quickly up behind Moorgram and touches him with his horn for 12 healing.

R5T11-9: Lady Argentea guides Wind runner down to Nadya, but has to do so in a wide arc, and lands. Nadya gets onto the griffon and holds on for dear life.

R5T8: Moorgram, you have your axe in one hand, and a loaded sling in the other. What do you do?

Ice troll on deck, Darkhelm in the hole ...

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Ten-Penny: 20.
Lytil: 18. Mirror image (2 images).
* Expended: mirror image.
Bordegga: 19. (66:66).
Darkhelm: 16. Shortbow.
* Appears as an attractive Ulfen woman.
Arthog: 13.
Lady Argentea: 11. Shortspear-and-shield. Golden Lion Style.
* 60' from wall, 20' high.
>>>Windrunner: xx. Pugilist's stance (+1d6 damage).
Nadya: 9.
Moorgram: 8. Axe in one hand, loaded sling in another.

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Pale Guard (1).

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R5T8: "Curse you. Lie down and do not trouble us." Moorgram snarls glaring at the beast and willing it to sleep.

The troll drops her axe and drops to the ground, snoring.

End Round 5, Begin Round 6 ...

R6T19: Troll snoozing.....

R6T16: Darkhelm steps up to the troll, taking out her shortsword.

R6T13: Arthog delays ...

R6T11-9: Lady Argentea flies east to get some altitude, Nadya holding tightly behind her.

R6T8: Moorgram, you still have your axe in one hand, loaded sling in the other. You are suddenly and inexplicably wracked with pain all over your body. What do you do?

Darkhelm on deck, Arthog in the hole ...

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Ten-Penny: 20.
Lytil: 18. Mirror image (2 images).
* Expended: mirror image.
Bordegga: 19. (66:66). ASLEEP til R8T8!!!
Darkhelm: 16. Shortbow.
* Appears as an attractive Ulfen woman.
Arthog: 13.
Lady Argentea: 11. Shortspear-and-shield. Golden Lion Style.
* 60' from wall, 20' high.
>>>Windrunner: xx. Pugilist's stance (+1d6 damage).
Nadya: 9.
Moorgram: 8. Axe in one hand, loaded sling in another.

DEAD/OOC
Pale Guard (1).

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R6T8: Moorgram grits his teeth as the pain tears through him. He drops his sling and readies his axe as he looks around for what might be causing the pain. He can't sense an external source, but while still malleable, his skin seems to have taken on a certain amount of rigidity, and that process causes him intense pain. Likewise, he is feeling extreme pain now in his mouth.

End Round 6, Begin Round 7 ...

In the distance somewhere is heard an unholy ruckus of crows.

R7T16-13: Darkhelm and Arthog delay, looking curiously at Moorgram.

R7T11-9: Lady Argentea, Nadya, and Winter fly in from over the gatehouse, not yet landing in the courtyard at a height of about 30'

R7T8: Moorgram, the bodily pain is there, but slowly subsiding, but you still have a headache and severe pain ... but in your mouth. Deep bone-type pain, rather than a sharp one. The troll is still sleeping there. What do you do?

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Ten-Penny: 20.
Lytil: 18. Mirror image (2 images).
* Expended: mirror image.
Bordegga: 19. (66:66). ASLEEP til R8T8!!!
Lady Argentea: 11. Shortspear-and-shield. Golden Lion Style.
* 60' from wall, 20' high.
>>>Windrunner: xx. Pugilist's stance (+1d6 damage).
Nadya: 9.
Moorgram: 8. Axe in one hand. Dropped loaded sling.

Darkhelm: 16. Shortbow. DELAYING!!!
* Appears as an attractive Ulfen woman.
Arthog: 13. DELAYING!!!

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Pale Guard (1).

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R7T8: As the pain wells up inside him from an unknown source so does his anger. Moorgram hefts his axe and with a roar of pain and anger brings it down on the troll below him, sinking his axe deep into her brow.

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Ten-Penny: 20.
Lytil: 18. Mirror image (2 images).
* Expended: mirror image.
Bordegga: 19. (66:66). ASLEEP til R8T8!!!
Lady Argentea: 11. Shortspear-and-shield. Golden Lion Style.
* 60' from wall, 20' high.
>>>Windrunner: xx. Pugilist's stance (+1d6 damage).
Nadya: 9.
Moorgram: 8. Axe in one hand. Dropped loaded sling.

Darkhelm: 16. Shortbow. DELAYING!!!
* Appears as an attractive Ulfen woman.
Arthog: 13. DELAYING!!!

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Pale Guard (1).

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Lady Argentea: 11. Shortspear-and-shield. Golden Lion Style.
* 60' from wall, 20' high.
>>>Windrunner: xx. Pugilist's stance (+1d6 damage).
Nadya: 9.
Moorgram: 8. Axe in one hand. Dropped loaded sling.

Darkhelm: 16. Shortbow. DELAYING!!!
* Appears as an attractive Ulfen woman.
Arthog: 13. DELAYING!!!

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Pale Guard (3). Ice Troll (1).
Ten-Penny: 20.
Lytil: 18. Mirror image (2 images).
* Expended: mirror image.

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Moorgram and Darkhelm both open the doors they are currently at.

Begin Round One ...

R1T30: Arthog tenses, but delays ...

R1T21: Moorgram, what do you do? Nine double bunks, little more than straw mattresses and heavy blankets on raised blocks of ice, occupy most of the space in this partitioned chamber. A single wooden chest and a weapons locker furnish the rest of the room.

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Arthog: 30. DELAYING!!!
Moorgram: 21. Axe in one hand.
Blue-4: 20. (19:19).
Red-4: 19. (19:19). Fatigued.
Darkhelm: 18. Shortbow.
* Appears as an attractive Ulfen woman.
Windrunner: 17.
Blue-1: 15. (19:19).
Lady Argentea: 14. Shortspear-and-shield.
Blue-3: 13. (19:19).
Blue-2: 12. (19:19).
Red-3: 11. (19:19). Fatigued.
Red-2: 9. (19:19). Fatigued.
Nadya: 8.
Red-5: 7. (19:19). Fatigued.
Sgt. Yana Dultsev: 6. (35:35).
Red-1: 1. (19:19). Fatigued.

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R1T21: Moorgram moves to the soldier's bedside, quickly looking for other threats. He readies his axe to make short work of the man, who is awake and looking up in terror, and not asleep. He is not in armor, nor does he have his weapons nearby.

Nine double bunks, little more than straw mattresses and heavy blankets on raised blocks of ice, occupy most of the space in this partitioned chamber. A single wooden chest and a weapons locker furnish the rest of the room.

R1T20-19: A soldier on the other side who is ready for war steps into the doorway nicks Darkhelm in her left hand for 2. He starts calling out an alarm. Red-4 (to the north) gets up and moves blearily to the east.

R1T18: Darkhelm withdraws from her position at the doorway.

R1T17: Windrunner moves up to Darkhelm, and puts a talon gingerly on the woman's shoulder for 6 healing.

R1T15: Lady Argentea gets into a fighting style and begins calling out inspiring commands. She steps up to the doorway and begins her fight with the guard.

R1T13-9: A fully armored and ready soldier steps up to Windrunner from the south. To the north of Moorgram, a fatigued soldier gets on his feet. Just north of Moorgram in this partition, Red-2 manages to scramble out of bed under Moorgram's attack and darts to the north.

R1T8: Nadya gets behind a column and lets loose a telekinetic blast.

R1T7-1: Final soldier to north is on the move. An officer appears from the south, engages Windrunner, and nicks the griffin for 3; she is followed by another soldier who soft-crits Windrunner for 9. Red-1, the fatigued, unarmed, unarmored soldier under Moorgram, doesn't try to get up with Moorgram threatening him. "No ... no, p-please no."

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T30: Arthog continues to delay and keep his head on a swivel.

R2T21: Moorgram, the man cowered under you, begging, but wasn't stupid enough to try to get up. What do you do?

Enemies on deck and in the hole ...

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HEROES: +1 morale vs. charm/ fear, +1 competence attack/ weapon damage.
Moorgram: 21. Axe in one hand. READIED to attack if man in bed tries to arise.
Blue-4: 20. (19:19).
Red-4: 19. (19:19). Fatigued.
Darkhelm: 18. Shortbow.
* Appears as an attractive Ulfen woman.
Windrunner: 17.
Blue-1: 15. (19:19).
Lady Argentea: 14. Shortspear-and-shield. INSPIRING COMMANDS (INSPIRE COURAGE)! Golden Lion Style.
Blue-3: 13. (19:19).
Blue-2: 12. (19:19).
Red-3: 11. (19:19). Fatigued.
Red-2: 9. (19:19). Fatigued.
Nadya: 8.
Red-5: 7. (19:19). Fatigued.
Sgt. Yana Dultsev: 6. (35:35).
Blue-1: 5.
Medium Water Elemental: 3. (48:48).
Red-1: 1. (19:19). Fatigued.

Arthog: 30. DELAYING!!!

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R2T21: Moorgram snarls in disgust, "I'll not kill a man begging for his life." He turns towards the other guards. "Beg if you want to live, or fight if you want to die!" he roars as he steps towards them.

R2T20-19: Blue-4 crosses weapons with Lady Argentea. Red-4 opens the door on the north end of the northern barracks.

R2T18: Darkhelm puts away her shortbow away, and then moves north to block the northern barracks door while drawing her shortsword.

R2T17: "Yield, officer!" caws Windrunner, intimidating the leader.

R2T15: Blue-1 attacks Windrunner.

R2T14: Lady Argentea continues with her inspiring commands, continuing to cross weapons with her foe.

R2T13-9: Blue-3 steps out and puts shield away. Blue-2 steps up to attack Windrunner. Red-3 and Red-2 cower, not wanting to be torn asunder.

R2T8: Protected by an interposing column, Nadya moves away from the guard threatening her to a point north of the fountain. She shoots a telekinetic blast into the man's chest for 14.

R2T7: Red-5 does nothing offensive.

R2T6: Though shaken, the officer attacks Windrunner.

R2T3: There is a loud sloshing and splashing sound out in the main hallway, and Wind runner cries out in pain.

R2T2: High speed hooves heard.

R2T1: Red-1 gets off the bed and runs out the nearest door.

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T21: Moorgram, your readied attack didn't go off as it seems Red-2 surrendered.

Enemies on deck and in the hole ...

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HEROES: +1 morale vs. charm/ fear, +1 competence attack/ weapon damage.
Moorgram: 21. Axe in one hand. READIED to attack #2 if he doesn't surrender.
Blue-4: 20. (19:19).
Red-4: 19. (19:19). Fatigued.
Darkhelm: 18. Shortsword.
* Appears as an attractive Ulfen woman.
Windrunner: 17.
Blue-1: 15. (19:19).
Lady Argentea: 14. Shortspear-and-shield. INSPIRING COMMANDS (INSPIRE COURAGE)! Golden Lion Style. RS.
Blue-3: 13. (19:19). Sword only.
Blue-2: 12. (5:19). Sword and shield.
Red-3: 11. (19:19). Fatigued. TOTAL DEFENSE.
Red-2: 9. (19:19). Fatigued. TOTAL DEFENSE.
Nadya: 8.
Red-5: 7. (19:19). Fatigued.
Sgt. Yana Dultsev: 6. (35:35). SHAKEN til R5T17!!!
Medium Water Elemental: 3. (48:48).
Arthog: 2.
Red-1: 1. (19:19). Fatigued.

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R3T21: "Flee this place before I lose my patience," Moorgram says, glaring at them. (Using off-turn words and gestures) It seems that the soldiers are suitably cowed.

Darkhelm shouts, "Come on out!" and does body language to show she is an "ally" to the unarmed soldiers for purposes of moving through her square.

R3T20-19: A guard soft-crits Windrunner for 9. Red-4 leaves out Darkhelm's door out of Moorgram's sight.

R3T18: Darkhelm leaves sight of the doorway and then flanks the water serpent with Arthog, stabbing it for 6.

R3T17: "I am badly wounded, if anyone has healing!" cries Windrunner, who now goes on the defensive. "Before I go, officer of evil, I swear to smite your body upon this icy floor!"

Windrunner bites the sergeant in her leg for 21, claws her in the groin for 20, dropping her, and then finishing off with his last claw, ending his short-lived smite.

R3T15: Lady Argentea is struck by a soldier for 4.

R3T14: Lady Argentea maintains her inspiring commands and spears her foe in the knee for 12, then steps away.

R3T13-9: A soldier strikes Windrunner for 5. Two soldiers near Moorgram scramble out the door.

R3T8: Nadya steps down the stairs, waving one of the unarmed soldiers past her as she shoots a bolt of force at the water-serpent, striking it for 12.

R3T7: The last soldier in the northern barracks leaves out the north.

R3T3: The water serpent slams Windrunner for 9.

R3T2: Arthog touches Windrunner with his horn for 11 healing.

R3T1: The last unarmored soldier moves north out of the way, past Nadya.

End Round 3, Begin Round 4 ...

R4T21: Moorgram, the northern barracks is clear. What do you do?

Enemies on deck and in the hole ...

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HEROES: +1 morale vs. charm/ fear, +1 competence attack/ weapon damage.
Moorgram: 21. Axe in one hand.
Blue-4: 20. (7:19).
Red-4: 19. (19:19). Fatigued.
Darkhelm: 18. Shortsword.
* Appears as an attractive Ulfen woman.
Windrunner: 17. DS.
Blue-1: 15. (19:19).
Lady Argentea: 14. Shortspear-and-shield. INSPIRING COMMANDS (INSPIRE COURAGE)! Golden Lion Style. RS.
Blue-3: 13. (19:19). Sword and shield.
Blue-2: 12. (5:19). Sword and shield.
Red-3: 11. (19:19). Fatigued. TOTAL DEFENSE.
Red-2: 9. (19:19). Fatigued. TOTAL DEFENSE.
Nadya: 8.
Red-5: 7. (19:19). Fatigued.
Medium Water Elemental: 3. (30:48).
Arthog: 2.
Red-1: 1. (19:19). Fatigued.

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R4T21: Hearing the commotion, Moorgram heads back into the main chamber. "Sleep," he says as he glares at the largest foe in sight - which appears to be an 8'-long serpent made entirely of water. The water-creature does not sleep.

R4T20-19: A soldier at the doorway to the southern barracks attacks Moorgram as he comes out, nicking his lower abdomen for 2.

R4T18: Darkhelm stabs the water serpent for 9.

R4T17: Windrunner puts a talon on his chest for 5 healing. He then continues a more defensive combat approach, but the soldier that is his target brilliant sword presses Windrunner's own forepaw into his beak so that Windrunner bites himself for 10. In retaliation Windrunner slashes that man's arm for 8 as the other scrapes off of his armor.

R4T15: The soldier now provides his own drive, striking Windrunner in the forearm but Windrunner does some special maneuver to ignore it.

R4T14: Lady Argentea continues her commands of offense and defense and steps down to engage. She stabs Blue-2 in the forearm for 13, dropping him.

R4T13-9: A soldier strikes Windrunner for 5. A couple voices muttering something to the north.

R4T8: Nadya's power bolt splashes into the water-serpent without apparently hurting it.

R4T7-3: The water-serpent hits Windrunner with what seems like just slamming against the griffin forcefully for 6 ... enough for the griffin to fall.

R4T2: A tired Arthog touches his horn to Windrunner for 14 healing, reviving Windrunner.

End Round 4, Begin Round 5 ...

R5T21: Moorgram, what do you do?

Enemies on deck and in the hole ...

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HEROES: +1 morale vs. charm/ fear, +1 competence attack/ weapon damage.
Moorgram: 21. Axe in one hand.
Blue-4: 20. (7:19).
Red-4: 19. (19:19). Fatigued.
Darkhelm: 18. Shortsword.
* Appears as an attractive Ulfen woman.
Windrunner: 17. DS.
Blue-1: 15. (11:19).
Lady Argentea: 14. Shortspear-and-shield. INSPIRING COMMANDS (INSPIRE COURAGE)! Golden Lion Style. RS.
Blue-3: 13. (19:19). Sword and shield.
Blue-2: 12. (-9:19). Sword and shield. DYING!!!
Red-3: 11. (19:19). Fatigued. TOTAL DEFENSE.
Red-2: 9. (19:19). Fatigued. TOTAL DEFENSE.
Nadya: 8.
Red-5: 7. (19:19). Fatigued.
Medium Water Elemental: 3. (21:48).
Arthog: 2.
Red-1: 1. (19:19). Fatigued.

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R5T21: "I have no time for you!" Moorgram roars as he turns on the guard in the doorway, swinging his axe with all his might and anger, with his axe cleaving the man's shin and landing in his left foot while shredding an artery for 25 as the man drops.

R5T18: Darkhelm continues to attack the water serpent, striking again with her short sword for 10.

R5T17: Windrunner continues to maintain a more defensive approach. He snaps at Blue-3's knee for 14; slashes him in the upper right arm for 13, dropping him; and fails to strike Blue-1 with a claw. Placing a talon on his chest, Windrunner gains 1 healing.

R5T15: Blue-1 is unable to successfully counterattack.

R5T14: Lady Argentea continues her inspiring commands while climbing over bodies to get to the last active soldier. She spears Blue-1 in the groin with an enraging strike for 19, dropping him. She gives defensive advice to those around her.

R5T8: Nadya throws out another blast of force that fails to harm the water serpent.

R5T3: The water serpent now instead moves a little bit north and clips Darkhelm in the upper arm for 5.

R5T2: Now with a fountain in his way, Arthog touches horn to Windrunner for 10 healing. Wearily, Arthog says, "I feel that I have no more of that energy to spend."

End Round 5, Begin Round 6 ...

R6T21: Raging Moorgram, what do you do?

Darkhelm on deck, Windrunner in the hole ...

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HEROES: +1 morale vs. charm/ fear, +1 competence attack/ weapon damage.
Moorgram: 21. Axe. RAGING!
Red-4: 19. (19:19). Fatigued.
Darkhelm: 18. Shortsword. RS.
* Appears as an attractive Ulfen woman.
Windrunner: 17. DS.
Blue-1: 15. (-8:19). DYING!!!
Lady Argentea: 14. Shortspear-and-shield. INSPIRING COMMANDS (INSPIRE COURAGE)! Golden Lion Style.
Blue-3: 13. (-9:19). Sword and shield. DYING!!
Blue-2: 12. (-10:19). Sword and shield. DYING!!!
Red-3: 11. (19:19). Fatigued. TOTAL DEFENSE.
Red-2: 9. (19:19). Fatigued. TOTAL DEFENSE.
Nadya: 8.
Red-5: 7. (19:19). Fatigued.
Medium Water Elemental: 3. (11:48).
Arthog: 2.
Red-1: 1. (19:19). Fatigued.

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R6T21: Moorgram continues fuming and makes his way around the pool towards the watery serpent, swinging his axe into the creature, but his axe is simply buffeted away by the watery surface.

R6T18: With Moorgram coming on scene, Darkhelm counters to flank, only to find out that this eyeless being of all water isn't to be "flanked." She still slips her short sword into it for 6.

R6T17: Windrunner delays ...

R6T14: Lady Argentea continues her inspiring commands and gives a mighty warcry that only adds to the ferocity she instills in everyone!

R6T8: Nadya strikes the water serpent with a blast of force that has it discorporating and splashing water everywhere.

R6T2: "Steady the fallen," says Lady Argentea even as Arthog stands guard. "We're not murderers."

End Round 6, Begin Round 7 ...

R7T21: Moorgram, do you stop raging? What do you do?

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HEROES: +1 morale vs. charm/ fear, +1 competence attack/ weapon damage. Til R7T14: +2 morale attack/ damage.
Moorgram: 21. Axe. RAGING!
Darkhelm: 18. Shortsword. RS.
* Appears as an attractive Ulfen woman.
Blue-1: 15. (-9:19). DYING!!!
Lady Argentea: 14. Shortspear-and-shield. INSPIRING COMMANDS (INSPIRE COURAGE)! Golden Lion Style.
Blue-3: 13. (-10:19). Sword and shield. DYING!!
Blue-2: 12. (-11:19). Sword and shield. DYING!!!
Nadya: 8.
Arthog: 2.

Windrunner: 17. DS. DELAYING!!!

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Sgt. Dultsev. Blue-4. Medium water elemental.

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R7T21: Moorgram lowers his axe with a huff and takes a deep calming breath. He looks around for the signs of life in any of the wounded soldiers. He moves to Blue-4, and notes that Blue-4 died.

R7T18: Darkhelm puts her sword away and moves over to Blue-2.

R7T14: Lady Argentea stops her commands, comes out of stance, steps away, and puts up her shield. She looks at Blue-3, but admits she doesn't know.

R7T13: Windrunner moves north to get out of the way.

R7T8: Nadya moves to Blue-1 and stabilizes him.

R7T2: Arthog gets out of the way.

End Round 7, Begin Round 8 ...

R8T21: Moorgram moves to Blue-2 and determines that he died of his wounds.

R8T18: Recognizing Nadya as a better healer, Darkhelm moves over to aid Nadya on the last.

R8T13: Blue-3 dies of his wounds, a second before Nadya was able to have helped him.

Initiative Ends!

Lady Argentea orders that the one stable person be removed to a bed for now, and she will help.

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HEROES: +1 morale vs. charm/ fear, +1 competence attack/ weapon damage. Til R7T14: +2 morale attack/ damage.
Moorgram: 21. Axe. FATIGUED til R17T21!!!
Darkhelm: 18.
* Appears as an attractive Ulfen woman.
Lady Argentea: 14. Spear.
Nadya: 8.
Arthog: 2.

Windrunner: 17. DS. DELAYING!!!
Blue-1: 15. (-10:19). STABLE!!!

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Sgt. Dultsev. Blue-2/3/4. Medium water elemental.