(082) The Darkness Below

[waysoftheearth]

I don't have an ultra clear picture of the middle marching order, but it is clear Leudigar, Zax and Zem are at the front and Fried and Karl are at the back. Everyone else is somewhere in between.

So let's say Leudigar, Zem, and Zax could surprise attack if they wanted to, but if Leudigar (in front) tries to step inside and drag a monk back thru the door (which I'd run as an overbearing attempt), he will block the others from rushing in.

Akbar could, in theory, fire one missile in the surprise segment. However, he can't fire through the doorway and into the room from his starting position, perhaps 15-20ft from the door in the passage way. Moreover, he can't really see a target without advancing to the doorway first; and he can't do that unless the three in front of him either go in, or move past the doorway.

Approx mud map:

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       .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   
                             O  F      
       .   .   .   .   .   O  K.   .   
                   ######## O  #####   
       .   .   .   .   .  #. O #   .   
               #--#       # O  #       
       .  ######  ######  #.A  #   .   
          #            #  #  z #       
       .  #.   .   .   ####.Z  #   .   
          #   Monks      | L   #       
       .  #.   .   .   ####.   ### .   
          #            #  #     |      
       .  #.   .   .   #  #.   ### .   
          #            #  #    #       
       .  #.   .   .   #  #.   #   .   
          ##############  #    #       
       .   .   .   .   .  #.   #   .   
                          #    #      

[waysoftheearth]

So are we going in for a surprise attack? Or trying to drag one of them out?

[ehiker133]

Leudigar attacks the monk.

alright... storm the barricades.

[mgtremaine]

Zem will rush in behind the others and move to his right and attack the first Monk he can reach.

(So that he ends up on "north" of the doorway, and by north I only mean in terms of how the mud map was drawn.)

[coffee]

Karl will move forward when he can, hoping to get in on the fight, but will maintain security in the corridor until then.

Sometimes it sucks to have the party's back, but somebody has to do it.

[acodispo]

As soon as he can join the fray Wetzel will do so, pushing into the room with the monks. He fights defensively (parry), with spear in one hand & torch in other.

These orders assume that torch can be used as main gauche. If not, Wetzel tosses torch into the massed monks & draws dagger as main gauche. Either way, he's forgoing any attempt at hurting an enemy in order to protect himself.

[ehiker133]

I don't have an ultra clear picture of the middle marching order...

Updated here: http://forum.immersiveink.com/viewtopic ... 177#p24177

Speak up if you feel your character is not in the right place.

[Eris]

Freid is right behind Karl he asks as he continues forward, "Karl, can you see what's going on up there?"

[The Red Baron]

Dopey tucks the goblin ledger into his satchel and takes up his dirk and torch.

After he is armed, he valiantly joins the other fighting-men in the fray.

[coffee]

Freid is right behind Karl he asks as he continues forward,"Karl, can you see what's going on up there?"

"Nah, they're in a room up there," Karl says."Sounds like fighting, though."