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by waysoftheearth » Tue Aug 12, 2014 1:22 am
A torrent of unseeable enemy now come from everywhere! Their savage hisses and marrow-chiling claws are all around--[p Man,mail+helm,sword,shield,9,12/16]Dieter[/p] tries to hold them back with his silvered sword while [p Dwarf,mail+helm,axe,shield,9,17/24]Dorgan[/p] desperately tries to strike a spark to the tinder... and miraculously he punches a spark off his slate as the enemy tear at him all around with frigid claws!
In that briefest spark of light [p Man,mail+helm,sword,shield,9,12/16]Dieter[/p] and [p Dwarf,mail+helm,axe,shield,9,17/24]Dorgan[/p] catch an awful glimpse of a throng of black shapes and awful visages flinging themselves at them with long, outstretched arms eager to throttle the life out of them.
[p Man,mail+helm,sword,shield,9,12/16]Dieter[/p] lashes all around with his silver sword and cuts some of them down, surely. Then [p Dwarf,mail+helm,axe,shield,9,17/24]Dorgan[/p]'s spark hits tinder, ignites, and catches the inflammable oil! There is a burst of flames that shoot up to the waist of some of the black shapes nearest the Dwarf, but there seem to be three to replace each one [p Man,mail+helm,sword,shield,9,12/16]Dieter[/p] cuts down!
| The rules on space allow at most six man-sized figures to surround one man-sized opponent, so assuming our heroes occupy adjacent "hexes", then at most eight opponents can surround them.
Initiative is checked. If Dorgan wins he will strike a spark before he is subject to attacks; 1d6 heroes=4, enemies=1. A fire is lit--for a small mercy!
The ref dices to determine how many enemy are caught when the oil ignites; 1d6=4 (perhaps a bit generous, but they are crowding in...). These suffer burns to the total of 1d6=3,4,3,2 hit points.
Dieter dishes it out versus (unseen for part of the turn) normals; 4d20=18,20,10,18 (@-2 blind for part of the turn) that's 3 hits. 3d6=4,2,5.
Ref rolls some hit points for the bad guys: ?d6=??, and determines that Dieter has vanquished two of them. So eight potential attackers in the immediate vicinity are reduced to six (there are more beyond those).
Now they come.
3d20 vs Dieter (AC3/5 @+2 unseen)=6,6,20. One hit 1d4=2 (-2 str, 14 str left).
3d20 vs Dorgan (AC5 @+2 unseen)=14,7,2. One hit 1d4=2 (-2 str, 9 str left).
The oil fire is still burning, so now you can see the awful throng of shadows... what next? |
[f=32]
Golgildir the Elf Medium (MV 12", AC 9, HD 1, hp 1/1, AL N) great cloak,
lantern; spells: color spray; scrolls: sleep, sleep, charm person
Hirelings: Georges;
torch[/f]