Well if the others don't show up soon we won't have to worry about it. The game will just fizzle.

..... the Fizzle will be avoided and the game will go on!

I have the notes for the first 2 Combat Rounds written down and hopefully I will be able to write out a post over the weekend so you can see where we are against the Orcs!

Have to leave for the airport in a couple of hours and fly in to Tulsa tonight. May take a couple more days for me to get reoriented and write up the next Castle Keeper post for this game!

So you all have a couple more days to do any posting for role play!

I'd be interested.
Let me know.

..... including the results of Turn 1 Combat Rounds 1 and 2 are now posted and The Crimson Crusaders have the Initiative for Combat Round 3.

I will give Luthor and Ayrn a day or two to respond before deciding upon any replacements!

Well I've tried to map out the current location of everyone so I can better vision the battle. I would guess that Hammer has done this too.

My guess is that we are spread in an arch around the near end of the clearing.
I see from left to right: Tohmaz, Trossach, Brenys, Drogo, BloddGrinn, Shayleigh, Karvilo, Rhiannon.

The next action may be something as follows:
Tohmaz melee attacks Orc 21 with his axes from his belt. His staff was knocked away. He may have to use his stone to heal himself, he’s down half in one attack. His Dex and Strength should help him.

Trossach needs to regain his sword and attack both Orc14 and 16. If Tohmaz can knock down his Orc he can help.

Brenys needs to attack Orc 9.

Drogo takes on Orc 3 and 18. Brenys could help with 18 if she takes down 9.

BloddGrinn takes 5 and 20.

Shayleigh take on 10.

Karvilo takes 19 . Then maybe a cross shot at 20, 18 or 16

Rhiannon takes 13. May then have a cross shot at 20, 18 or 16.

Also Orc 7, 11 and are down but not dead.

So these are just ideas.
Keeper, does it take any time to use our healing stones or do we invoke them and continue?

The order of the Crusaders is a straight line at the end of the clearing in 5 foot squares of a 40 foot wide clearing:

Monk, Shaman, Barbarian, Fighter, Cleric, Ranger, Bard and Rogue.

The Orcs directly facing each Crusader are as follows:

13 faces Monk, 21 faces Shaman, 14 faces Barbarian, 3 Faces Fighter, 5 faces Cleric, 17 faces Ranger, 10 faces Bard and 9 faces Rogue.

16 is behind 14, 20 is behind 5, 19 is behind 10 and 18 is behind 9.

In the clearing Entangled from left to right beginning from 80 feet in front of the Monk and company are as follows:

_ 22 _ _ 23 _ 24 _

27 _ _ 26 _ _ _ 25

_ 28 _ _ _ 29 _ 30

33 _ _ 32 _ _ _ 31

_ 34 _ _ 35 _ 36 _

The 3 trails that empty into the clearing are directly behind 34, 35 and 36 but you are unable to see if any Orcs are Entangled in those 3 paths!

Hope that makes things clearer because I will not be posting a map of this in the game!

Your Healing Stones do not activate until Tuesday evening and this is basically Monday evening!

You are carrying potions that will restore some Hit Points and the Shaman and Cleric have Healing Spells, but everyone is a tad busy at the moment and need to Kill Orcs!

Ranger is also carrying a Heal Wand by the way!

I am now awaiting the results of your choices to respond against the attacks of the charging Orcs!

Drogo and BluddGrinn posts are now up which should give you an idea of how to respond and the action you may choose to take for Combat Round 3 of Turn 1.

You may want to back post anything as you are waiting for the charge, otherwise you may have to do your back posting after the conclusion of this battle and before we depart from Botkinburg on Wednesday (game time!)

It is currently Monday night and the Heal Beads do not activate until Tuesday night (again game time!)

Since I have been posting I hope it is obvious, but I'm here for the long haul.

Question - if I remember correctly, I think your post said Trossach had 25/45 hitpoints. Did one hit from an orc do 20 points of damage? Wow, I'm not used to that sort of damage from an orc. I'm not complaining, but it would definitely change my interpretation of what "45 hitpoints" means in an orc fight. Did it seem to be a critical blow or just an average blow? I think the post suggested only one blow. Just trying to know what I am up against . . .

I'll get a post up today or tomorrow.

..... the rolls for both Tohmaz and then Trossach were 20s so at first I was going to use my Critical Hit deck and Fumble Decks, but decided on Double Damage for the 20s and Half Damage for rolling a 1, which is what happened with the Orc that tried to attack Karvilo and sliced his own leg!

They were also Charging which upped their Damage doing!

Thankfully there are Potions and a Heal Wand, plus the Heal Beads (which do not function until tomorrow evening game time!)

I was concerned about all that damage too. Just my luck, the 20 roll I get is in an attack against me.

I'm working on the come back put haven't had much time to sit and write.

Time to sting like a butterfly and float like a bee.
Was that right? lol

Ok I hope to have something by Friday and if things go well Tohmaz will be taking Trossach's back.

Ok Nomad cross your finger and hope we both get better rolls and those Orcs roll 1's.

I have to go out of town until at least Monday night and will not have my game stuff with me!

I am waiting for some of the others to post their actions before I push on ahead with the next battle scenario!

Hammer, has the game taken a dive?

Would you want Nomad2 and me to play the others in this battle so we can keep things moving?

If this game is dead, please let me know. I turned down another game so I wouldn't get too stretched, but if this story is done I'd like to see if they might still need me.

Don't get me wrong, I like your game and I'll if we can breath some life back in it.

I would certainly be willing to help keep things going! I want this thing to keep going!