IC II

[beniliusbob]

Zellar

"Die, fell beast!"

Zellar laughs and presses the attack against the ogre, her face spotted with blood, a grin of divine rapture contorting her usually calm and serene face.

[shaidar]

Newton dismounts and attacks one of the champion orcs.

He tells Ribar to see if he can save any of the mercs with his magic.

[VonAlric]

Gardo

"I see a great fighting spirit in you, sidereno! Keep that big one off of me.". Gardo quickly looks for one of the orc champions and moves to the creature. "Hey! I have a surprise for you. You are not going to die today!" He then swings his sword and body in a whirl and uses the pommel of his sword to render the champion unconscious (using Knock-out skill).

[sulldawga]

Casfrea

Casfrea attacks the foe closest to her.

[thirdkingdom]

Round Three

The rest of the combatants are cut down with brutal efficiency, slain, except for the one that Gardo knocks out with the hilt of his sword. Ribar rushes to the aid of the injured mercenaries, tending to one of the most recently injured. With deft movements he is able to staunch the man's wounds; it is likely he, at least, will survive to fight another day. There are more to see to, but with every passing second it is less likely they will recover, and more likely their injuries will be debilitating.

Initiative, PCs first:: 2#1d6 3 5
Rolling twice for morale, taking the higher result:: 2#2d6 6 5
and they fight on . . .
Orc champions: https://orokos.com/roll/786229: 4#1d20+1 8 6 13 20 4#1d8+1 9 4 4 6 4#1d22 2... They all miss.
Ogre: https://orokos.com/roll/786232: 1d20+4 7 1d10 8 1d4 1
. . . and that ogre misses.

You guys overwhelm them.
Healing check:: 1d20 19

[beniliusbob]

Zellar

Zellar quickly sheathes her scimitar and joins Ribar in tending to the wounded, murmuring the blessings of the Mnencir as she lays on hands or draws on cure spells as required while whispering encouragement to those she aids.

"Your bravery won this day, comrade. Stay with me. The people of Draea owe you a flagon of mead! You need to remain in this world to taste its sweetness."

[VonAlric]

Wulfka

Hastily cleaning her blade off, she moves to one of the wounded and tries to bind off the wounds and staunch the bleeding. (Use Healing Skill)


Gardo

"Mariusz! Bring some rope over here to truss this thing up." Gardo will tie the arms of the orc behind it and loop the rope around the neck to allow control once the orc wakens.

[shaidar]

Newton keeps an eye out to ensuret they are not surprised by more orcs as the others work.

[thirdkingdom]

The Aftermath

Due to the quick ministrations of the adventurers all but one of the mercenaries is saved. The other three that still live are groggy -- one is still unconscious -- and will require a week or more of recovery, but they will live, and may even be able to fight again.

While this is going on the lone surviving orc is trussed like a hog; it begins to stir towards the end, and within minutes is awake, glaring furiously at its captors.

https://orokos.com/roll/786495: 4#1d20 11 17 15 5

[The_Wanderer]

Feargus

Feargus moves to Valru and claps her back. "A grand victory. Do you think these are the extent of the orcish threat?"

[thirdkingdom]

Anyone else want to chime in and do something?

[beniliusbob]

Zellar

Anyone else want to chime in and do something?

I'm interested to hear Valru's opinion. I am assuming this is not the last of them...

Once the wounded are tended to, Zellar draws her scimitar again and ranges ahead twenty or thirty yards, trying to determine if there are any nearby structures.

[VonAlric]

Gardo

"Hey, who can speak to this thing? See if it will tell us something useful. Also, let's check those bodies for anything useful."

[sulldawga]

Casfrea

"We should get the wounded back to civilization."

The berserker gets started on the task of searching the dead.

[thirdkingdom]

Feargus

Feargus moves to Valru and claps her back. "A grand victory. Do you think these are the extent of the orcish threat?"

Zellar sees no sign of a structure or building within her eyesight. The forest is lighter here, with the trees space further apart, and the ground relatively flat. If there was a building -- or an orcish village -- within a half-mile or so she should be able to see traces of it.

Valru

"I doubt it," she says, "it was as if they were waiting for someone to follow their backtrail. However, when we encountered the previous gang I also do not recall seeing those brutes with them." She points at the two dead ogres.

Telemachus finds that both ogres carry sacks jingling with gold coins; one has 200 gold, the other has 300. One of the large orcs -- the dead one, not the captive -- has a sparkling blue gem likely worth 500 gold tucked into its boot. Other than that there is no treasure.

[shaidar]

Newtonheads over to the captured orc and questions it in common...

"If you answer my questions then you have a chance of us letting you go. Why were your small group here and where is the rest of the orcs?"

Newton speaks bestial but doesn't want the orc to know that

[The_Wanderer]

Feargus

Feargus turns its back on Newton and mouths to Valru, Let it go? Really? He shakes his head and heads off to search for signs like footprints of where the orcs came from.

Wilderness Survival (Wis) - Proficient

[thirdkingdom]

Newtonheads over to the captured orc and questions it in common...

"If you answer my questions then you have a chance of us letting you go. Why were your small group here and where is the rest of the orcs?"

Newton speaks bestial but doesn't want the orc to know that

The orc just growls at Newton, seemingly unable to understand Common.

There's a 1-2 in 6 chance it speaks Common:https://orokos.com/roll/787102: 1d6 4

[thirdkingdom]

Feargus

Feargus turns its back on Newton and mouths to Valru, Let it go? Really? He shakes his head and heads off to search for signs like footprints of where the orcs came from.

Wilderness Survival (Wis) - Proficient

Feargus ranges around the immediate area, but is unable to tell from whence the enemy ultimately came.

https://orokos.com/roll/787103: 1d20 4

[shaidar]

Newtonheads over to the captured orc and questions it in common...

"If you answer my questions then you have a chance of us letting you go. Why were your small group here and where is the rest of the orcs?"

Newton speaks bestial but doesn't want the orc to know that

The orc just growls at Newton, seemingly unable to understand Common.

There's a 1-2 in 6 chance it speaks Common:https://orokos.com/roll/787102: 1d6 4

Newton repeats himself in bestial.