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by waysoftheearth » Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:12 am
The dogmen balk at the slaughter, and attack turns to flight!
The dog-warrior right infront of Dieter twists and scurries on the slanting deck, and somehow eludes Dieter's searching blade to fling itself sideways off the deck before he can cleave its skull.
Behind him, the pair of dogmen scamper sideways just as Olaf is upon them; the young hero slashes one of them in the back but it's not enough to prevent the pair of curls from throwing themselves overboard. At the bow end--30ft ahead of Dieter's position--the helmsman sees that it's all over, and he too abandons his post and leaps over the edge!
Suddenly crew-less, the skiff whines onward and downward, straining against intolerable forces with its deck banking at a crazy angle. It is un-helmed and barely clearing some of the dune tops; surely an impact with something is imminent?!
Behind the skiff the dogmen drop through the gale winds to tumble down the dunes amid a wash of sand. No sooner have they arrested their various tumbles than Torben lands between them with an impressive thud, kicking up another almighty a shower of sand from his 60 yard leap!
The dog-men have suffered one-third numerical losses, so the ref check's their morale: 2d6=3. Even with their stout morale adjustment it's a flee result.
Initiative is checked: 1d6; Dieter=5, Olaf=5, dogmen=5. The ref reads equal initiative as being time for a single blow rather than a full turn of melee.
Dieter gets an unanswered shot in the back 1d20=5 (@+3 would hit AC9); miss.
Oalf also gets an unanswered shot in the back: 1d20=12 (@+2 would hit AC3); hit for 1d6=3 hp damage.
The skiff carries Dieter and Olaf farther yet; Torban can continue to deal with the dogmen next turn.
What are your orders?
