Chapter 3.3: Back to the Caves Valley

[PyroArrow]

It was around 6:40pm when the party left the Keep.

Rondel leads the party off the main path & picks up the trail leading northward from the west side of the keep.

When you get to about 900 yards in, about 250 yards into the Borderlands Forest, Gnolls once again come rushing at the party.

The party was alert enough, not to be surprised by this & have the initiative for 2 segments.

There are 5 of them:

Gnoll #1 - battle axe
Gnoll #2 - halberd
Gnoll #3 - battle axe
Gnoll #4 - 2-handed sword
Gnoll #5 - 2-handed sword

It is around 7:12pm when the combat starts.

[Nordbo]

Luna quickly arms his sling with another bullet and will fire at preferably a gnoll with 2-handed sword, or else whichever gnoll is closest.

will post my roll already now, in case I am offline when action starts: Sling to hit: [1d20] = 12, damage with bullet vs L opp: [1d6+1] = 1+1 = 2

[Dizlexus]

Gus

Standard situation, standard response from Gus. Arrows!
: To Hit: [1d20+4] = 14+4 = 18 Damage [1d6] = 1

To Hit: [1d20+4] = 11+4 = 15 Damage [1d6] = 3

Clem

Clem takes a position near his brother and launches a sling bullet at the Gnoll who has Gus' arrows sticking out if it.
To Hit [1d20] = 1 Damage [1d6+1] = 6+1 = 7

Clem's shot requires a check!
[1d100] = 2
I don't know what that means! Did I want high or low?

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Dungeon Master Response:
Ha! Sling band breaks! 1-10 weapon breaks, 11-50 fumbled 51-100 a wild swing or shot.
I will get an encounter map made hopefully sometime tonight.

[Pulpatoon]

Odderick gives the bow another try:
To Hit [1d20] = 5 Damage [1d6] = 2
To Hit [1d20] = 19 Damage [1d6] = 5

Well, I'm guessing one of those hit.

[PyroArrow]

Borderlands Forest Encounter #5: Gnoll Party:
Round #1

Gnoll #1: Headed for Rondoel
Gnoll #2: Headed for Odderick
Gnoll #3: Going for Bro. Clem
Gnoll #4: Going for Luna Cee. Luna fires a Sling Bullet only to miss the Gnoll!
Gnoll #5: Running towards Military Scout #3

Rondoel fires his Long Bow at Gnoll #1. First Arrow Misses: [1d20] = 13; The gnoll advances 5 feet. 2nd Arrow hits: [1d20] = 19 for [1d6] = 1
of Damage.

Gus fires his bow between Odderick & Bro. Clem. First arrow hits Gnoll #3for 1 H.P of Damage; the Gnoll advances 5 more feet, then Gus' 2nd Arrow just misses the Gnoll.
I had it that 1-33 was Clem, 34-66 was Gnoll #3, 67-100 was Odderick: [1d100] = 38

Bro. Clem tries to fire a Sling Bullet at Gnoll #3, only to have his sling break on him!

Odderick tries to fire his Arrows at Gnoll #2. First Arrow wizzes by wide; the Gnoll advances 5 feet, 2nd Arrow Hits for 5 Hit Points of Damage.

Military Scout 1 fires his Long Bow at Gnoll #3. First Arrow misses: [1d20] = 10; 2nd Arrow Hits: [1d20] = 16 for: [1d6] = 5 of Damage.

MS3 fires his Long Bow at Gnoll #5. 1st Arrow Hits: [1d20] = 17; for [1d6] = 2 of Damage! The Gnoll advances 5 feet, then 2nd Arrow goes wide: [1d20] = 6

MS4 fires his Long Bow at Gnoll #3. First Arrow hits: [1d20] = 20 for [1d6] = 2 of Damage. Second Arrow misses: [1d20] = 14

MS6 fires his Long Bow at Gnoll #5. First Arrow: [1d20] = 1; 1st Arrow is fumbled to the ground: [1d100] = 27; Second Arrow flies wide: [1d20] = 9

Player Map of Encounter #5:

[PyroArrow]

Round 2:

Gnolls have the initiative this round which is spent advancing.
The Gnolls are 3 squares closer than their initial squares on the player encounter map.

This puts Gnoll #1; now left front of Rondoel.

Gnoll #2 is now on the left side of Odderick.

Gnoll #3 is now on the left side of Clem.

Gnoll #4 is 5 feet away on Luna Cee's, right side.

Gnoll #5 is 15 feet away from MS3's right side.

[Nordbo]

For next combat round, Luna will use quarterstaff (instead of sling) against gnoll #4, if such a switch is allowed timewise etc

Question: who 'instructs' a warhorse to engage in combat; will it do so spontaneously ? (as it seemed to happen during previous gnoll encounter). Or is it me who must indicate that Luna's horse will attack/stop attacking a specific target

[PyroArrow]

Your War Horse has been specially trained with help from a Druid, known as the Bee Man.
So, yes the horses know special commands for combat & wilderness survival in addition to the usual.

Horse bite (1d6) damage, Trample ([2 hooves] 1d11+1) damage.
So combat is basically: bite/monster counterattack/trample

[Dizlexus]

Clem

Clem attacks #3 with his mace.: To Hit [1d20] = 9 Damage [1d6] = 5

Gus

Gus switches to short sword and charges #3 as well.
To Hit [1d20+1] = 6+1 = 7 Damage [1d8] = 2

the roller rolls low in the morning! I swear.

[Nordbo]

Luna, to Gnoll #4, in Gnoll Language: "here, grab a taste of some human resources" and bashes Gnoll #4 right in the kisser:

Staff, quarter, to hit: [1d20] = 13, damage: [1d6] = 2

and

If, indeed it is Luna who can command his warhorse to attack Gnoll #4, also does so. Otherwise, Luna hopes the horse will know what to do by itself.

[Pulpatoon]

Odderick stashes his bow and makes with the halberd already: To Hit [1d20] = 13 Damage [1d8] = 7

[PyroArrow]

Rondoel tries to hit Gnoll #1 with his Long Sword now & misses! [1d20] = 4

All the Adventures missed with their weaponry attacks this round 2!

The Horses for Rondoel, Odderick, & Luna can also attack this round as the Gnolls are right next to each one.
Gus moved into a position that his horse can attack Gnoll #3, however MS1's Arrow, got the Gnoll first!

Rondoel's Horse on Gnoll #1: Tries to bite & misses: [1d20] = 3 Tramples: [1d20] = 13 for [1d11+1] = 10+1 = 11 of Damage!

Odderick's Horse on Gnoll #2: Tries to bite & hits! [1d20] = 15 for [1d6] = 5 of Damage! The Horse tries to Trample & Hits: [1d20] = 18 for [1d11+1] = 4+1 = 5 of Damage!

Luna's Horse on Gnoll #4: Tries to bite & hits! [1d20] = 13 for [1d6] = 3 of Damage! Trample attempt misses! [1d20] = 10


As for the Military Scouts:

MS1: fires his Long Bow & Hits Gnoll #3! [1d20] = 20 for [1d6] = 5 of Damage! Gnoll #3 falls to the ground from his wounds.

MS3: fires his Long Bow at Gnoll #5 & Misses: [1d20] = 11
Gnoll #5 advances 5 more feet & is now 10 feet away from MS3.
MS3: fires his 2nd Arrow this round at Gnoll #5 & Misses! [1d20] = 9

MS6: fires his Long Bow at Gnoll #5 & Misses: [1d20] = 7
MS6: fires his 2nd Arrow this round at Gnoll #5 & it finds it's mark! [1d20] = 19 for [1d20] = 19 of Damage!


3 of the Gnolls are now down leaving Gnoll #4 & Gnoll #5, left standing.

[PyroArrow]

State your Actions for Round 3!

Gnoll #4 is still on Luna Cee.
Gnoll #5 is now right next to MS3.

Gnolls won the initiative for 2 segments & will attack first.

Gnoll #4 misses hitting Luna Cee with his Two-Handed Sword! [1d20] = 3

Gnoll #5 also misses MS3 with his Two-Handed Sword! [1d20] = 3

[Pulpatoon]

Odderick plans on using his halberd's reach to attack the Gnoll on the other side of Luna.

[Nordbo]

Luna whacks away at gnoll #4, shouting: "By the clouds of Huzz! Suffer....infamy!":

Staff, quarter, to hit: [1d20] = 5, damage: [1d6] = 4

and performs whatever actions are needed to get his Warhorse to also attack Gnoll #4

[Dizlexus]

Clem & Gus

Clem and Gus will attempt to get the Gnoll off of Luna. (#4)
GM make judgements for movement -- I'll give you rolls in case.

Clem's mace!
To Hit [1d20] = 1 Damage [1d6] = 2
[1d100] = 58

Gus with Short sword:
To Hit [1d20+1] = 3+1 = 4 Damage [1d8] = 2

no more roller in the mornings for me

[Pulpatoon]

Odderick w/ halberd: To Hit [1d20] = 9 Damage [1d8] = 4

Odderick tries to reach his halberd past Luna, but is too nervous about accidentally lopping off one of Luna's ears to be much good, this round.

[PyroArrow]

Round 3:

Odderick moves his horse around to the front right & right side of Luna's horse.
Gus, moves his horse to be at Luna's horse's far right side, so as to be in position to attack Gnoll #4.
Clem, moves his horse to be at Luna's horse's rear right, to attack Gnoll #4.

It will take Gus' & Clem's horses 2 segments to get into position.
So now Gnoll #4, will soon be completely encircled!
Note: Movement rate for Horses in the forest is 8.5 feet per segment or 85 feet round

Gnoll #4 completely misses Luna with his Two-Handed Sword.
Luna whacks away at Gnoll #4, shouting: "By the clouds of Huzz! Suffer....infamy!":
Luna tries his Quarter-Staff on Gnoll #4, only to miss the 7 1/2 feet tall brute! To Hit: Staff, quarter, to hit: [1d20] = 5

In the Monster Manual Gnolls are 7 feet tall, in the module, this particular group averages 7 1/2 feet tall!

Luna's Horse: Tries to bite & misses! [url=http://www.unseenservant.com/default.asp?do=showone&id=29543][1d20] = 4 Trample attempt hits! [1d20] = 17 for [1d11+1] = 4+1 = 5 of Damage!

Rondoel, seeing that Gnoll #4, is surrounded & that the Keep's Military men are surrounding Gnoll #5, just steadies his horse & keeps a look-out for anything else that may join the fray.

Gnoll #5, missed hitting Military Scout #3 (MS3) with his Two-Handed Sword.

MS3 tries to hit Gnoll #5 with his Long Sword & misses! [1d20] = 4
MS3's Horse: Tries to bite & misses: [1d20] = 2 Trample attempt succeeds: [1d20] = 18 for [1d11+1] = 11+1 = 12 of Damage!

MS6 takes 1 segment to move his horse into position & while doing so fires his Long Bow, only to have the string break on him! [1d20] = 1

MS2 was moving into position in front of MS3's Horse when Gnoll #5 fell to the ground, bleeding profusely from his wounds!

All the above actions occur for 4 segments of Round 3 so far.
1st segment Gnolls had the inititive & attacked 1st.
1st segement Odderick, Gus & Clem begin to move horses around Gnoll #4

2nd segment Luna attacked Gnoll #4
2nd segment Odderick, Gus & Clem complete moves around Gnoll #4
2nd segment Luna's Horse tries to bite Gnoll #4 & misses!

3rd segment Luna's Horse tramples Gnoll #4 for some damage!

4th segment Odderick missed with his Halberd!
4th segment Clem takes a wild swing with his mace & completely misses!
4th segment Gus takes a swing with his short sword & missed as well!

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1st segment Gnoll #5 tries to hit MS3 with his Two-Handed Sword & Misses.
1st segment MS6 moves his horse into position & breaks bow string.
1st segment MS2 moves his horse.

2nd segment MS3 tries to hit Gnoll #5 with his Long Sword & misses.
2nd segment MS3's Horse tries to bite & misses.
2nd segment MS2 gets his horse into position.

3rd segment MS3's Horse tries to trample Gnoll #5 & hits, causing Gnoll #5 to fall to the ground!

[Nordbo]

If Luna is still in combat next round, these will then be his actions:

Luna, jovially to Odderick: "Ahup, friend - thanks for trimming some of me old ear fuzz, those parts can be really difficult to reach"

and pitifully shows gnoll #4 some more useless kendo: Staff, quarter, to hit: [1d20] = 8, damage: [1d6] = 3

[PyroArrow]

Ok, i think i will start Round 4 here:
At least now you see how the combat goes when broken down into the segments!
it could go 6 more segments in round 3 here, but for ease of understanding & reading,
let us just start fresh with Round 4!

Player Initiative: [1d6] = 3
Gnoll Initiative: [1d6] = 6

Player's have Initiative for 2 segments!

Luna of course missed with his Quarter Staff!