Cobblefell IC

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Ha sorry guys...been a while since I read the rules. I knew it was something like that, but not the specifics!
 
I don't mind being the font of all knowledge.
 
Daraja unfortunately makes a bit of a racket on her way up.

OOC: Got an 11 over my DEX of 10
 
Daraja unfortunately makes a bit of a racket on her way up.

OOC: Got an 11 over my DEX of 10
Oh dear.

A couple of the Shanka on the edge of the warband look over the direction of the ridge. One of them grunts something to the other and the other points in the direction of the ridge. They begin to saunter over to toward the ridge, but not directly to where you guys are climbing. If they don't turn they'll end up maybe 20 feet to the right of where you're climbing, which would put them about 40 feet from the rock where Yu and Teemo are hiding.

There are lots of boulders and cracks to hide behind on in on the cliff, but you have the additional problem of the 9 horses and however many people still sitting in plain sight at the bottom of the ridge.

What do you do?
 
Wincing a bit at the noise, but not knowing whether or not the Shanka heard it or not, Sathia sees no real option but to continue her climb, hoping that Teemo, Yu, and Avril can buy enough time for her and Daraja to complete their ascent.
 
This might be a good spot for Avril, who's at the top of the cliff, to do a little knowledge transfer about possible incoming Shanka, hint hint, nudge nudge. Bunch Bunch
 
Yu picks up a rock and tosses it in the other direction, over by the smaller Shanka's body.
 
Yu picks up a rock and tosses it in the other direction, over by the smaller Shanka's body.
The approaching Shanka turn at the noise, and one of them scratches his head. He walks off in the direction of the smaller body while other one continues on toward the ridge.
 
Yu thinks, "Of course he does..."

Only one thing left to do...Yu picks up another rock, throws it at the stubborn Shanka while running at him screaming "Climb faster!"

Attack with rock: 1d20 16

Well at least it's a good distraction...
 
Daraja will try to quickly shimmy herself into some crack in the cliff.
 
Roll shimmy and tell me how it goes. Wait... Or maybe make a DEX or WIS check, your choice.
 
Well shit....if it’s going down, Teemo will pop up and start shooting once everyone’s had a chance to go.
 
Well shit....if it’s going down, Teemo will pop up and start shooting once everyone’s had a chance to go.
Nothing is currently happening. Other than some casual hiding and cowering. Maybe hold back...
 
Shit, my piss-poor refresh has made me look silly again. Yes, apparently its kicking off. So, initiative from everyone, and a prayer to the gods that taking on 30 odd Shanka isn't a quick TPK. Roll 'em and get stuck in...
 
Keep in mind that Shanka are far more dangerous in large groups than they are individually. Just an editorial note.
 
Realizing that the shit is accumulating quickly, Sathia abandons any thought of climbing quietly, instead putting all of her effort into finishing the rest of the ascent as quickly as possible.

Perhaps the Mother is looking out for her, wayward as she may be, for the young mage manages to make it to the top of the cliff... trading a potentially lethal fall for an uncertain encounter against superior numbers.

Climbing roll = 2

OOC: don't know if you need an Initiative roll, since finishing her climb is probably her full action for this round.
 
Avril wonders about the sanity of his companions. He quickly estimates how hard it will be to climb back down before climbing over the edge and drawing swords.
 
Initiative against a fuck ton of shanka: 1d20 3

Teemo nocks an arrow and gets ready to fire. He offers up a silent prayer to whatever gods are listening that maybe a few shots will do enough damage to break the shankas’ spirit, or at the very least slow them long enough for the others to get away.

He figures he’ll shoot as long as he can, then make a mad slide down the ridge to his horse, and then ride off into the sunset. He and the others will go back to Americk’s and drink his ale and laugh about how close they all came to dying.

He smiles as he raises his bow. It was a pleasant little story.
 
Just to keep things rolling here, Gor and the Men at Arms start up the cliff at ... someone's ... behest, they'll be here next round. Anyone on the cliff can roll initiative for this round, no harm no foul. Yu's going to need some support I think.

The Shanka look pretty shocked at this point. There's some pointing and hooting until the leader gets his drill sergeant on and starts bellowing, at which point the warband spreads out to face your position and two squads of Shanka, 5 each, start approaching at a trot. They'll be here next turn.
 
OK, so Sathia, Bunch and Teemo get to go before the Shanka, and everyone else goes after.

Tactical detail: There are enough rocks and the like to maybe secure your flanks (for a while anyway) against the Shanka if you stay by the top of the ridge. If you move out into the clearing you're going to get surrounded.
 
Avral looks at his companions and the impending onslaught of Shanka. "Back down?" He asks the others while preparing to kill any Shanka who gets close
 
OOC: are the Shanka in 'nearby' range, or will they be by the end of this turn?
 
They started distant, and they aren't running, so they'll be far away after they move. They started like 50 or 60 yards out.
 
Whether her friends decide to flee or fight, Sathia begins chanting, summoning forth the energies of the Incantation Of Perilous Avoidance on herself, which will hopefully prove of aid if they do battle the Shanka, and if they flee perhaps it might mitigate some of the damage incurred by a hasty retreat down the side of the cliff.

OOC: casting Shield spell. Rolled a natural 8 (total 9) to remember the spell
 
That's what magic should sound like in RPGs. None of this "I cast magic missile into the darkness" shit. :grin:
 
United Cobblefell Telegraphy (666)555-Oops Not to be Delivered to Recipients Address

Urgent stop Shanka are attacking stop Adventurers in dire straights stop stuck between a rock and a high place stop please advise about actions soonest stop Actions maybe declared and held for later if your initiative sucked stop Your GM

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"Breyark this!" Avral says as he climbs back down the cliff.
 
To avoid a running battle, Yu will keep the Shanka busy for a few rounds then make a daring "flips and shit with those fucking slippers" escape.
 
I'm at work at the mo, but I'll get on the Shanka halftime show this afternoon, after which Avril can continue running away. :grin:
 
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