Blood in Ferelden: Chapter 1

Roaring with rage, Grapthor widens his stance and brings the maul in a two-handed, overhead swing aimed at the lead cultist's head.

Major Action: melee attack.
Two-hander style: cultist is knocked back 2 yards towards C4 & Lockley.
2SP: cultist's sword goes flying 4 yards in the opposite direction.
Minor Action: Aim.

The brawny cultist steps back whole attempting to party Grapthor's swing. He miscalculates and takes the shot to his arm, forcing him to drop is sword, sending it clattering away.

11 dam and no sword, nice.
Back to Bray!

Ignoring my lost axe for now, I push myself up off the ground. As I draw my sword, I follow the motion with a slice at the cultist's middle.

The cultist leader stares dumbly at his now empty hands, panting from the repeated hammering Grapthor's maul has been delivering. He looks up at Grapthor, and reaches to his belt to draw a small dagger. He lunges with surprising agility and drives his dagger towards Grapthor's throat while sweeping his stocky legs out from under him (Knock Prone 2SP). The staggered cultist then makes his way past Grapthor, moving as if to flee (Skirmish 1SP). ( 3, 6, 3 ) for 3SP. Take (6-5AV) 1 DAMAGE!

The cultist engaged with Rothas swings in hard, finding a gap in Rothas' armour and cutting him. Cultist hits with ( 6, 6, 3 ) for 3SP, Mighty Blow(2SP). Rothas takes (10-4AV) 6 Damage.

Bray is assaulted from two sides by cultists. The cultist to his left strikes first lands a penetrating blow with his short sword, bypassing some of Bray's heavy leather armour. The second cultist to his right attempts to find some success of his own while Bray is busy with his compatriot. He strikes true, though Bray's armour catches most of it.( 2, 4, 4 ) for 4SP, Pierce Armor and Mighty Blow(4SP), hits for (13-2AV) 11 Damage. Second strike hits for (8-4AV) 4 Damge. Total 15 Damage.

As the frigid spell wears away, the cultist slashes at Lockely with renewed urgency, desperately trying to avoid another horrible spell. He slashes twice in his frenzy, biting through Lockley's robes and spilling blood in nasty cuts. Cultist hits with ( 5, 5, 4 ) for 4SP, does 9 Damage, takes lightning attack for 3SP, second attack hits for 8 damage. Total 16 Damage!
Initiative Order:
Bray
Cultists
Lockley
Rothas
Jake
Grapthor

Lockley is up.

Failing rapidly, Lockley concentrates on a spot between and behind the two cultists nearby. He raises his hands in the air and then plunges them to the ground, releasing telekinetic power.

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Mind Blast on C3 and C4: Major action; circular blast of telekinetic force, 2 yd radius centered within 50 yards that can see, those caught in blast knocked prone and make a STRENGTH (MIGHT) test vs Spellpower [13] or cannot take a major action on next turn

Make your Magic +focus test to cast the spell. TN 12.

Spell casting...

Edit: stunt, skirmish, move C4 back 2 yds

The brutes are knocked off their feet, but are still moving about when they hit the ground.

Both cultists make their save. They are both Prone.

Rothas is up.

Rothas snarls at the blow, and then chants at the cultist as his axe weaves a pattern of feints and parries. "The battle song rages as we start, the glory is mine with your heart..." When he senses an opening, Rothas swings for another chop. With the two-handed style, Rothas drives this cultist two yards back towards (and hopefully into) one of the ones attacking Bray.

Rothas' strike connects soundly, hacking into the cultist's shoulder and sending home reeling backwards. He stumbles back, reeling from the heavy strike.

Huge hit and knocks the cultist back.
Map is updated.
Jake, you're up.

Jake moves up to where Lockley is and fires another arcane bolt from his hand at the cultist in front of Bray. He is hoping to end this before healing is needed to be cast. Hoping.

[ OOC: Another 2MP used to cast arcane bolt again. ]

The bolt strikes the cultist hard, smacking him like a bowling ball of energy.

Hits for 12 net Dam. I'm assuming you meant C2, the cultist who is still standing in front of Bray? Let me know in the OOC if you wanted to move to the other side of Lockley. MAP

GRAPTHOR is up

Grapthor spits blood, and in one swift motion springs to his feet and swings at the lead cultist again.

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-I forgot to add +1 for Aim, so that attack roll is actually 17.
-2 SP: Mighty Blow
-2 SP: Pierce Armor
-1 SP: Skirmish (knock him back 2 yards in addition to the 2 yards from 2-Hander Style)

Grapthor smashes the cultist leader as he begins his flight. The blow lands with a resounding crunch, and sends the man staggering back several yards.
He is now hunched over, with blood streaming from his mouth in laboured breaths.

Huge hit from Grapthor, leader is barely still alive. Back up to Bray before the cultists!
Map

Trying to better my defenses, I take a step back, getting my shield out and lunge at the cultist one of my companions just hit with a magical blast.

Bray's strike connects with the disoriented cultist, his guard disrupted as he tries to determine where the next attack is coming from.

Gave you the +1 for double team bonus, so a hit for 8 net damage.

And the cultists...

The leader of the group, panting, clutches his dagger and stares at Grapthor, with hate in his eyes. The man steps forward to close the gap between them and tries a clever move to strike with his dagger.
( 4, 4, 6 ) Cultist hits with 6SP. He'll use Mighty Blow and Pierce Armor for 4SP, hits for (8-2) 6 Damage. He will then skirmish twice to begin to flee to the south.

The victim of Rothas' mighty swing gathers himself and advances carefully on the elf warrior. "The maker spits on knife-ears like you!" He lashes out with more swings than one would have thought possible.
Hit ( 5, 5, 3 ) with 3SP, Lightning Attack 3SP, second attack hits,hit twice for (6-4) 2 and (11-4) 7 damage. Total 9 damage.

The cultist in front of Bray swings wildly in retaliation for the strike and misses badly.

The cultist to his right stands up, and resumes his attacks on Bray's flank. His attack barely finds purchase despite Bray's wise shield work.
Bray is hit for (9-4) 5 Damage. Down to 7/36 if I've been keeping track correctly.

The last cultist knocked prone by Lockley's spell stands up, and advances toward the mage, sword in hand. With a cocky grin, he thrusts his short sword at the mage... the blad sinks into the mage's belly, and he can feel the fight bleed out of him as he collapses to the street.
Cultist hits with an 11. Lockley is at 0 HP, and will die in 2 rounds if not stabilized/healed.

Initiative Order:
Bray [7/36]
Cultists
Lockley[0/26]
Rothas [26/38]
Jake [22/22]
Grapthor [33/37]

Lockley is up, but can only speak. So ROTHAS, you can act.

"Argghhhhh-k-k--ssddhahhhh!"

Rothas grunts as much at the insult as at the blade slicing into him. That grunt becomes a shriek of inhuman fury as he cleaves at the cultist again. "LOCKLEY!!!"

The cultist pirouettes at the last second and avoids Rothas' swing.

Jake! Time to save the day...