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« Reply #30 on Sept 11, 2011, 6:44am »

"I cannot hear myself think with that racket" hisses Legandir as the clunk and rattle of the cart rings down the passageway.
"They will be cursing this banshee's wail in the Shire!"

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« Reply #31 on Sept 11, 2011, 10:56am »

Sili (Int 8) whispers "Maybe the hole in its chest has something to do with these strange-looking flagstones?"

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« Reply #32 on Sept 11, 2011, 2:22pm »

Norin (Int 9) nods sagely in agreement.

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« Reply #33 on Sept 11, 2011, 2:50pm »

Lómëluin steps back from the body, carefully avoiding the suspect flagstones. "A spear trap of some kind?" he speculates; "And reset by the looks of things. We'd best find a way to trigger it from a distance." A grim smile comes over his face; "Who knows? It may be there is a use for the Lady's precious cart after all..."

He suddenly cocks his head to one side, listening intently. Is that a sound he hears back in the shadows behind..?

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« Reply #34 on Sept 11, 2011, 6:02pm »

With some elven affinity, Legandir crouches suddenly as Lómëluin also senses something is wrong.
Holding his Rivendell bow and arrow in one hand, he swiftly draws Morfil a handspan from its sheath to see what counsel the elven blade bears.

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Re: (006) Farther and Deeper...
« Reply #35 on Sept 12, 2011, 5:34am »

The bright metal of the blade has an iridescent silver-blue glow about it, and the keen edge of Morfil does glimmer like ice under a full moon. This council can mean only one thing -- Yrch!

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Re: (006) Farther and Deeper...
« Reply #36 on Sept 12, 2011, 7:57am »

Soval smiles at the Lady's kind words, but then winces at the noise of the cart as it rolls forward.

"There is great danger down here. I can see many uses for the cart, but perhaps we would be better served to come back for it when the need is more urgent? We may bring all Moria down upon us if our signal is too loud..."

(perhaps by then the Orcs will have attacked them with surprise...when he can Soval will fight back of course, taking special care to defend the one to whom he speaks.)

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Re: (006) Farther and Deeper...
« Reply #37 on Sept 12, 2011, 10:58am »

Seeing the blue fire about Legandir's blade Lómëluin spins about, arrow set upon bow-string, searching the darkness for his most hated of enemies...

As soon as he has visual contact and a clear shot he fires.

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Re: (006) Farther and Deeper...
« Reply #38 on Sept 12, 2011, 2:10pm »

Eremin will call out to the rest: "Orcs!"

Then he'll move to defend himself and the hobbits, until the real fighting-men can arrive.

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Re: (006) Farther and Deeper...
« Reply #39 on Sept 12, 2011, 6:21pm »

Legandir resheaths Morfil and brings his bow to bear on the ruckus near the mine cart. Nonetheless he keeps a wary vigil on the way ahead from the corner of his eye, lest the enemy be more cunning than is his wont.

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Re: (006) Farther and Deeper...
« Reply #40 on Sept 12, 2011, 7:14pm »

As soon as Sili hears Eremin's call for help, he and Hepti will move to rejoin and defend the party against the orcs.

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Re: (006) Farther and Deeper...
« Reply #41 on Sept 12, 2011, 8:45pm »

Sept 12, 2011, 7:14pm, mushgnome wrote:

As soon as Sili hears Eremin's call for help, he and Hepti will move to rejoin and defend the party against the orcs.

As does Norin, spinning about and charging forth with his war hammer.

"Ahhh! This is more like it, Sili," he huffs as they charge back down the hallway.

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Re: (006) Farther and Deeper...
« Reply #42 on Sept 12, 2011, 10:09pm »

Largo squeaks in dismay as he espies the orc horde on approach.

"What fools we are to have wasted time with this cart full of scrap!" he mumbles to no one in particular.

The hobbit will fire off a sling stone at the head of the closest orc and then take cover behind the cart.

OOC: no idea what ol' Largo had in his hands but I'm hoping it was a loaded sling.

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Re: (006) Farther and Deeper...
« Reply #43 on Sept 13, 2011, 12:06am »

Arbenbard: "Nat! Defend the party!"

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Re: (006) Farther and Deeper...
« Reply #44 on Sept 13, 2011, 6:53am »

Very good.

Initiative is rolled for the Hobbits and Eremin [1d6=3] versus the Orcish enemy [1d6=1]. Everyone else is surprised.

Baraglin Banks is a quick witted Hobbit, let it be said, for almost as soon as Eremin cries out his warning he slips behind Eohild and into the Troll den with his sputtering torch. Largo is a braver, or perhaps more foolish, sort for he was dawdling with a stone in his sling all this while, and all of a sudden lets fly his stone [1d20=18] and his aim is as good as his eye! The first of the ugly Orcs cops [1dd=6] a swift rock to the noggin for 6 hit points, and pitches to the floor, but by then there already seems to be a tide of the monsters trampling over it!

Both Eremin and Largo, at least, have the shelter of the mine cart.

Black arrows snap from cruel, short bows, zipping among the startled company [2d20=9,13] the first evil arrow punching Barald the Old Boar squarely in the small of the back as he jerks up from his labour pushing the mine car, the second bouncing harmlessly off Eohild's shoulder plate as she turns to see the oncoming enemy at last.

Barald suffers [1dd=4] 4 hit points (he has 5 of 9 remaining).

And now the Orcs charge home, crashing mightily into the company's ranks with jeers and howls and scything blades of grim iron. Their breath is hot and foul and the stench of them is a fearsome thing. Their beady eyes burn red with hate as they deliver their devilish blows [3d20=19,12,9]!

Barald and Eohild are overrun, and Soval finds himself beset! Blows clang and ding off armour and hastily raised blades, and in all the din Eohild is gored by an Orcish spear for [2dd=3,4] 4 hit points (she has 10 of 14 remaining).

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