Scenario 1 - Midnight Raid

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Conradin and Edon both assailed the orcs climbing through the windows towards them. Conradin's flail smashed into his opponent's left shoulder, cracking the bone and leaving it teetering at the threshold, while Edon's spear pierced the thick hide covering his target's abdomen, slowing it down as it clutched at its wounded side.

Bronwyn made a quick swipe towards the orc lying on the ground near her, but it rose to a knee and knocked her blade away. Adie and Folcard, both seeing the girl beset by two orcs, made for her chamber.

 

Mechanics

Folcard Moves away from the window and back towards the center.

Droart Does Nothing.

Conradin Steps forward and All-Out Attacks (Determined +4) through the window at Orc12 at SL 15. It does not have a ready weapon and must Dodge, at -2 (6). It fails to dodge and takes 10 damage to the left arm, reduced to 8 penetrating, x1 for crushing, capped at 7 for a limb, and suffers 7 injury (3/12 HP) and 4 shock. This is a Major Wound and it must roll HT (11) to avoid Stun, which it passes, and its left arm is crippled. Since it cannot use its left arm, there will be a DX roll in order to enter the window successfully. It is also below 1/3 HP and is down to Mov 3, Dodge 4.

Adie sees that Conradin has the situation under control and Moves back to help Bronwyn.

Betan Evaluates Orc1. He has hit the cap of +3 to hit (SL 16).

Edon All-Out Attacks (Strong) Orc8, targeting the Torso, and Steps back. He hits and the orc attempts to parry, -2 for being in the windowsill (7). It misses and takes 10 damage, reduced to 8 penetrating, x2 impaling for 16 damage (-5/12 HP) and 4 Shock. This is a Major Wound and it must make a HT roll to avoid Stun, which it passes, and is down to Mov 3, Dodge 4. It must also make a HT roll on its turn to stay conscious.

Orc1 Does Nothing.

Orc8 passes its consciousness check and Moves into the tower proper.

Orc9 Changes Posture to Kneeling. It defends at -2.

Orc10 Moves into the windowsill.

Orc12 Readies its axe.

Bronwyn Attacks Orc9, targeting the torso, then Steps back. It parries at -2 and succeeds.

The last two servants enter Room 9.

 

Edited November 17, 2023 by Bobcloclimar (see edit history)

[Bobcloclimar]

Turn 14:

 

Initial dispositions:

Edited November 17, 2023 by Bobcloclimar (see edit history)

[Bobcloclimar]

As his opponent tottered on the edge of the ladder, Conradin reversed direction and delivered a furious backstroke to its other arm. The stout head crunched into the creature and sent it plunging from the ladder. The pained wails of its companion at the bottom of the ladder suddenly cut off as the defenestrated orc landed directly on it, staving in its ribcage and ending its misery. Conradin rushed to the window to check if more enemies were approaching, and saw only a mass of tangled limbs and viscera.

 

Edon's opponent raised its axe and surged forward, screaming a battle-cry, but he stepped in and expertly thrust his spear through its gut. Before the transfixed orc could begin to wonder at its impending demise, Edon withdrew his spear and ran it through a second time.

 

The orc facing Bronwyn, seeing the two squires rushing to her help, leapt forward and grabbed for her arm to gain a hostage. For its trouble, the girl left two more holes into its armor, and it staggered as its blood pooled beneath it from a half dozen wounds. Its compatriot jumped down into the tower and growled as Folcard and Adie arrived.

 

Mechanics

Folcard Moves into the tower behind Bronwyn

Droart Does Nothing

Conradin All-Out Attacks (Determined +4) through the window at Orc12 at SL 15 and hits. It attempts to parry at -2 for being in the window (7) and succeeds. Edit: Forgot that the parry has an additional -4 from the flail (SL 3), so it would have attempted to Dodge (6), which results in a fail. It takes 9 damage to the right arm, reduced to 7 penetrating, x1 for crushing, and suffers 7 injury to its right arm (-4/12 HP). This is another Major Wound, so it must immediately check for Stun, and passes. It is now at negative HP and must make a consciousness check on its turn. Additionally, its arm is crippled and it drops its axe. The orc is now functionally armless and cannot fight, so it will roll at Reaction at +5 to see if it surrenders, or attempts to fight on with natural attacks. Since the orc is on the ladder and not in the windowsill, for fun will roll to see if the dropped axe lands in the same hex as Orc11 (1 in 3), and whether it impacts cut vs crush (1 in 6). It lands on Orc11's torso, hitting with the flat of the blade. The axe is 4 lbs and so has 12 HP (assume the impacting bit is metal and has DR 6), and is falling from 9 yards (Vel 14), for 2d6 damage. Orc11 takes 11 more damage, reduced to 9 penetrating, x1 for crushing, and suffers 9 more injury (-22/12 HP). Not quite enough for another death check, so nothing further happens. The axe, meanwhile, only takes 7 crushing, not enough to do anything interesting to it.

Adie Moves into the tower to Bronwyn's right

Betan Evaluates Orc1. He has hit the cap of +3 to hit (SL 16).

Edon All-Out Attacks (Double) Orc8, targeting the Torso. He hits twice, so the orc will attempt to Parry twice (9, 5). It fails and critically fails (drops weapon). The first hit deals 7 damage, reduced to 5 penetrating, x2 for impaling, for 10 injury (-15/12 HP). The second hit deals 6 damage, reduced to 4 penetrating, x2 for impaling, for 8 injury (-23/12 HP). Both hits are Major Wounds, so it must check for Stun twice (11,11), plus two death checks (at -1 and -2) and a consciousness check on its turn (at -2). It fails both death checks and is double-dead. Edon's Greed triggers (since there's nobody around to see him loot the bodies while the rest fight), and he passes, so he Steps backwards after his second attack.

Orc9 Attacks Bronwyn and attempts to Grapple her sword arm (11). It misses, but Steps into Close Combat.

Orc10 Moves into the tower.

Orc12 passes its consciousness check and attempts to surrender. Not sure how it does that perched on top of a ladder without functional arms. Edit: Calling it as a DX-4 (7) roll to flop onto the windowsill instead of falling off. It fails and plunges 9 yards to the ground below. For funsies, same 1 in 3 chance to hit Orc11, which occurs, so this will count as a "soft" landing instead of the ground. Same damage as the falling axe. Orc12 takes 8 more damage to the torso, reduced to 6 penetrating, x1 for crushing, and suffers 6 more injury (-10/12 HP). This is not a major wound and no further checks are made. Orc11 takes another 4 damage, reduced to 2 penetrating, x1 for crushing, and suffers another 2 injury (-24/12 HP). This triggers another death check, and Orc11 finally dies. Orc12 is still awake, but without arms will not be able to stand or move easily, and will count as a casualty.

Bronwyn Steps back to her left and All-Out Attacks (Double) Orc9, targeting the Torso. Both attacks hit, and Orc9 attempts to Parry (9) one, and Dodge (8) the other. It fails both attempts. It takes 5 and 5 damage, reduced to 3 and 3 penetrating, x2 for impaling, and suffers 6 and 6 injury (2 and -4/12 HP). Neither hit is a major wound, but it is now at Mov 3, Dodge 4 and must make a consciousness check on its next turn.

 

Edited November 17, 2023 by Bobcloclimar (see edit history)

[Bobcloclimar]

Turn 15:

 

Initial dispositions:

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The closer orc made another grab for Bronwyn, who spun out of the way. Folcard's sword came shooting through the gap and sliced across the creature's extended leg, parting muscle and spilling it to the floor. Adie's follow-up swung through the air a moment too late, and as he glanced down to track his target, its partner stepped forward and slashed upwards. Adie felt a moment of searing pain in his left wrist, and a moment later gaped in wonder as his hand flew upwards to slap against the wall. In return, Bronwyn sent a flurry of cuts at the orc, high, low, mid, but her uncontrolled slashes only scored superficial scratches on the hardened hide.

 

Mechanics

Folcard Attacks Orc9 Deceptive -1 (-2), for SL 13, swinging and spending 1 FP on Mighty Blow (7/10 FP). He is unable to Parry this turn, but can still Block. He hits, and Orc9 attempts to Dodge (7), since it already tried to Parry Bronwyn's last attack. The dodge is successful. Edit: Forgot that Orc9 had reduced Dodge, so it would still attempt to Parry at -4 (5), which is a fail. It takes 7 damage to the right leg, reduced to 5 penetrating, x1.5 for cutting, and suffers 8 injury (-12/12 HP) and 4 more shock (which exceeds the cap regardless). It is now at -1x HP and must make a death check, which it passes. Edit2: Leg hit should have been capped at 7, so it's at -11/12 HP and didn't need to make the death check. However, this counts as a Major Wound and it must pass a Stun check instead, which it does. Additionally, its leg is crippled and it falls down automatically.

Droart Does Nothing

Conradin Moves to the window to verify there are no more attackers.

Adie Attacks Orc9 (9) and misses.

Betan Evaluates Orc1. He has hit the cap of +3 to hit (SL 16).

Edon Moves to the window to verify there are no more attackers.

Orc9 passes its consciousness check and attempts another grab for Bronwyn, at DX-4 from Shock (7), and misses again, and Steps into Close Combat with Bronwyn (presumably trying to bite her legs off?).

Orc10 Steps into the hex Orc9 just left, and Attacks Adie (13), and hits. Adie spends an FP on Feverish Defense and attempts to Dodge (11) (10/12 FP), and fails. Adie takes 10 damage to his left hand, no DR, x1.5 for cutting, and suffers 15 injury to his left hand, capped at 4 (7/12 HP) and 4 Shock. This more than double the injury required to cripple the hand, and he loses it completely. This is also a Major Wound and he must make a Stun check, which he passes. Orc10 cannot Parry next turn.

Bronwyn uses All-Out Attack (Double) at Orc10, converting her second attack to Rapid Strike using Flurry of Blows (-3/-3), swinging for random locations, for (14/11/11) and is down to 4/12 FP. Spending any further FP will result in performance loss. Two hits connect. Orc10 cannot Parry, so it attempts to Dodge (8) both. It fails the first and makes the second. Orc10 takes 2 damage to its left leg, and the blow bounces off. Bronwyn Steps back out of CC.

 

Edited November 18, 2023 by Bobcloclimar (see edit history)

[Bobcloclimar]

Turn 16:

 

Initial dispositions:

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Bronwyn's flashing web of steel, despite doing very little real damage, distracted the last orc just long enough that Folcard's sword came singing in from the opposite side and slashed its weapon arm. Simultaneously, a snarling Adie slammed his blade in between the orc's legs. A unearthly howl filled the air as the sharp metal bit deeply into the soft tissues there, and the creature keeled over, clutching at the wound. Adie slashed again in his rage, cutting a deep wound into its hips, then metal met metal as Folcard checked the next cut. "Cease! Zee creatures are vanquished, no?" Adie pulled back, ready for another swing, then stopped, planted a quick boot into the orc's ribs, and stalked away, dripping blood onto the floor. Folcard stepped over to the window and took another quick look for any further orcs on the ladder; seeing none, he turned back to Bronwyn, who was kicking the orcs's axes away from their grasp, and asked, "Are you all right, milady?"

 

The other orc had pulled itself to a sitting position against the wall, leaving a smeared trail of blood behind it.

 

Mechanics

Folcard Attacks Orc10 Deceptive -1 (-2), for SL 13, swinging and spending 1 FP on Mighty Blow (6/10 FP). He is unable to Parry this turn, but can still Block. Orc10 cannot parry and attempts to Dodge at -1 (7). It fails and takes 7 damage to the right arm, reduced to 5 penetrating, x1.5 for cutting, for 7 injury (5/12 HP) and 4 shock. This cripples its right arm (dropping its axe) and it must make a Stun check. It fails and falls Prone and defends at -4.

Droart Does Nothing

Conradin Moves towards Bronwyn's chamber.

Adie is pissed and All-Out Attacks (Determined +4) Orc10 (-4 from Shock, so SL9) and spend an FP on Mighty Blow (9/12 FP). Orc10 can Dodge at -4 for Stun and -3 for Prone, so will only dodge on a 3. It fails and takes a very sharp sword to the nads. 5 damage, reduced to 3 penetrating, x1.5 for cutting, for 4 injury (1/12 HP), and an additional -4 Shock (per B399).

Betan Evaluates Orc1. He has hit the cap of +3 to hit (SL 16).

Edon Moves towards Bronwyn's chamber.

Orc9 passes its consciousness check. It gets a reaction roll to see if it surrenders, which it does.

Orc10 Does Nothing and gets a HT roll to recover from Stun. It fails and is still stunned.

Bronwyn All-Out Attacks (Determined +4) Orc10, targeting its vitals (-3) for SL 15. The attack connects, and Orc10 fails to Dodge. However, her attack bounces off its armor again.

GM's call that Folcard, Adie and Bronwyn get one more round of attacks, then the scenario will end. Folcard and Bronwyn will back off, but let Adie take another whack, which hits (Edit: forgot to remove his Shock penalty, so should be SL 13). Orc10 takes another 6 damage to the torso, reduced to 4 penetrating, x1.5 for cutting, and suffers 6 injury (-5/12 HP). Orc10 collapses to the floor, minus a testicle but still alive.

 

Edited November 18, 2023 by Bobcloclimar (see edit history)