Book 1 Chapter 4.2 - A Cry in the Dark

[Throndir]

[info]Swift: Activate Stance of the Piercing Rays
Action: Attack Wolf 3 (the one attacking Cecilia), +1 Point Blank
[blockquote]Attack vs AC 1d20+7 : 9 + 7, total 16[/blockquote]
[blockquote]Piercing 1d8+1 : 5 + 1, total 6[/blockquote]
[blockquote]Fire 1d6 : 3, total 3[/blockquote][/info]

[Throndir]

[info]Move: Then move 30 ft. SW ish.[/info]

[Asta]

Rhenri's attack strikes the wolf, piercing a vital organ. The beast collapses as blood begins to pool beneath it.

Elsewhere, another wolf closes in on Scathach and bites at her arm but she moves aside at just the right second to avoid the attack. A second wolf crosses the battlefield to harry Thedrin as he deals with the larger beast. The creature seizes upon a moment of distraction and bites into an exposed gap in Thedrin's armor but fails to hold on as it tries to drag the paladin to the ground.

Across the field, Scathach steps backwards and lines up a shot on the wolf that tried to bite her, but the close distance works against her and the shot misses.

[okay]Rhenri shoots Wolf 3, 9 damage. Wolf 3 is dead.[/okay]
[okay]Wolf 1 attacks Scathach, misses[/okay]
[error]Wolf 2 attacks Thedrin, 3 damage, fails to trip[/error]
[error]Scathach 5ft steps and shoots at Wolf 1, misses[/error]

[spoiler]Combat Log
Roll20
Initiative Order
Scathach, Thedrin, Worg, Cecilia, Wolf 3, Rhenri, Wolf 1, Wolf 2
[spoiler=Surprise Round]
Large Wolf bites Thedrin and trips, 7 damage[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Round 1]Round 1:
Scathach shoots Wolf 3, 8 damage
Thedrin smites Large Wolf, 14 damage
Large Wolf attacks Thedrin, miss
Cecilia shoots Large Wolf, miss
Wolf 3 attacks Cecilia, 3 damage
Rhenri shoots wolf 3, kills it
Wolf 1 attacks Scathach, misses
Wolf 2 attacks Thedrin, 3 damage[/spoiler]
Round 2
Scathach shoots Wolf 1, misses[/spoiler]

[pringerbeam]

     Thedrin pressed the palm of his shield arm into his breast and filled himself with power before swinging at the intelligent beast with his sword. "Deal with the lesser wolves. I'll handle the strongest of them." He said as he tried to slowly circle around the lead beast.

[info]Swift Action: Lay on Hands self[blockquote]Rolled 1d6 : 1, total 1[/blockquote]
Standard Action: attack Worg[blockquote]Rolled 1d20+10 : 4 + 10, total 14[/blockquote]     Damage (Piercing)[blockquote]Rolled 1d8+5 : 7 + 5, total 12[/blockquote]
Move Action: Combat Advice to give Cecelia +2 to hit Wolf 2

Free Action: 5 ft step[/info]

[Asta]

Thedrin's attack digs deep into the flesh of the monstrous talking wolf, sending out a gout of dark blood.

"BASTARD~!!!" It snarls unnaturally through its canine mouth before falling to the ground unconscious in a pool of its vitals.

[okay]Thedrin attacks Large Wolf, 12 damage, Large Wolf is unconscious.[/okay]

[spoiler]Combat Log
Roll20
Initiative Order
Scathach, Thedrin, Worg, Cecilia, Wolf 3, Rhenri, Wolf 1, Wolf 2
[spoiler=Surprise Round]
Large Wolf bites Thedrin and trips, 7 damage[/spoiler]
Round 1:
Scathach shoots Wolf 3, 8 damage
Thedrin smites Large Wolf, 14 damage
Large Wolf attacks Thedrin, miss
Cecilia shoots Large Wolf, miss
Wolf 3 attacks Cecilia, 3 damage
Thedrin attacks Large Wolf, 12 damage, target unconscious[/spoiler]

[Oath]

Cecilia spins on her heels and fires an acid dart towards the closest standing wolf.
[info] firing at wolf (2?) that is nearest to me and not dead.
[blockquote]Rolled 1d20+3 : 5 + 3, total 8[/blockquote]
[blockquote]Rolled 1d6+1 : 4 + 1, total 5[/blockquote]
[/info]

[Asta]

The wolf hopped left quickly to juke Cecilia's attack, snarling at her.

[error]Cecilia shoots Wolf 2, misses[/error]

[spoiler]Combat Log
Roll20
Initiative Order
Scathach, Thedrin, Worg, Cecilia, Wolf 3, Rhenri, Wolf 1, Wolf 2
[spoiler=Surprise Round]
Large Wolf bites Thedrin and trips, 7 damage[/spoiler]
Round 1:
Scathach shoots Wolf 3, 8 damage
Thedrin smites Large Wolf, 14 damage
Large Wolf attacks Thedrin, miss
Cecilia shoots Large Wolf, miss
Wolf 3 attacks Cecilia, 3 damage
Thedrin attacks Large Wolf, 12 damage, target unconscious
Cecilia shoots Wolf 2, miss[/spoiler]

[Throndir]

[info]Swift action: Activate Murderous Insight
Buffs: Stance of the Piercing Rays, Murderous Insight (4 rounds remaining)
Move: 15 ft. NW
Standard Action: Attack wolf attacking Scathach, no melee penalty (precise shot), point-blank shot
[blockquote]Murderous Insight Attack 1 1d20+7 : 5 + 7, total 12[/blockquote]
[blockquote]Murderous Insight Attack 2 1d20+7 : 11 + 7, total 18[/blockquote]
[blockquote]Piercing 1d8+1 : 7 + 1, total 8[/blockquote]
[blockquote]Fire 1d6 : 1, total 1[/blockquote][/info]

[spoiler=Murderous Insight Reference]Murderous Insight (Su):

The stalker designates his combat senses towards ending the lives of his opponents and gains momentary flashes of insight in how to best accomplish this. By spending one point of ki as a swift action, the stalker makes an attack and rolls twice for that attack and uses the better of the two results due to the stalker's precognitive abilities. This art has a duration of 1 + the stalker's Wisdom modifier in rounds.[/spoiler]

[Asta]

The flaming arrow streaks through the air and pierces the wolf in the side. A yelp escapes its muzzle before it turns and begins to run. The other wolf, still near Scathach, backs up slowly realizing the situation has turned irreparably against the pack's favor and then turns to flee as well.

Watching the wolves depart, Scathach lowers her bow and heaves a sigh. "Fair to say they probably won't bother us again."

[info]Combat over.
Everyone receives 333 exp.[/info]

Next to Thedrin, the large wolf remains alive, unconscious, bloodied and barely breathing.

[pringerbeam]

     "Clearly they were merely following the larger wolf." Said Thedrin as he walked up to the wounded woman. "My lady, let me help you." He said as he laid a hand on the woman's wound and let loose some healing power.

[info]Using Lay on Hands on the wounded woman.[blockquote]Rolled 1d6 : 3, total 3[/blockquote][/info]

[Asta]

Touching the woman with his hand brimming with holy energy does nothing. Closer inspection reveals that the woman was already dead, most likely long before you arrived on scene. It seems the large intelligent wolf was merely using her body to bait unwary adventurers seeking to help.

[pringerbeam]

     "What a plot. It appears the woman is dead." Says Thedrin as he rises from kneeling. "Hm... how well do you think you can bind the beast?" He asks as he looks at the unconscious creature. "Dead, they would only serve as a particularly large pelt but alive they would serve as a testament of my skill to the captain."

[Throndir]

"I reckon this is one of those 'my dead wolf is bigger than yours', type of things?" Rhenri commented, as she went about checking and collecting her spent arrows. With that done, she would attempt to skin the wolves but will prompt Scathach to lead.

[info]Aid another on skinning the pelts off, and collecting anything else of worth, such as fangs or claws.[/info]

[Asta]

"I dunno if bringing this thing back alive is the best idea... but whatever. I'll get it bound tight and then help Rhenri get other useful things from the one we managed to kill."

After some effort, and the use of some strong rope, Scathach has the large wolf hog-tied and slung over the back of a horse. As a precaution she put together a makeshift muzzle to keep the beast's mouth closed. Following that she helped Rhenri skin the corpse of the wolf your group had managed to kill.

[info]The pelt, and some teeth will be worth about 10 gold when traded.[/info]

[pringerbeam]

     "Oh come now, it will be a glorious triumph. Besides, we will be back in town by nightfall. What's the worst that could happen?" Replied Thedrin.