When Adaran hears Grung asking Polyanthar's men to follow him, he says, "Grung, wait! Let them come to us and we can ambush them from here."

Grung grunts out "me no like ambush" and he runs across the gorge anyway.

"Damn half-orc." Adaran mutters exasperatedly under his breath when Grung and Polyanthar's men suddenly appear running out of the cave.

Grung snarls in response but keeps going.

"Now is no time to fight. Anlisade, help them out!" the priest commands as he finishes off his spell.

OOC: Who is Anlisade supposed to be helping out?  Grung?

OOC: Yes, sorry if that wasn't clear. He's to follow Grung and Polyanthar's men into combat.

But they're not running into combat.  They are running to the 19 and 20 area in order to fortify the south border of the gorge and protect the cannons.  So I will assume Anlisade's men are to do the same unless you say otherwise.

Oh, well in that case, never mind. I assumed he was running right at the orcs. Cancel that order; we'll wait for them to get closer (or run after Grung).

ROUND 2
Kahan begins casting...

Naj orders heavy cannon 17 to fire. (9 shots remaining)

Adaran holds his position.

Borimer orders light cannon 9 to fire.  (9 shots remaining)

Grung runs with Polyanthar's men to #18.  (Sorry, I had thought it was 19 to 20 in my earlier post.)

The two orc leaders begin to howl in pain and grab at their armor, along with another warrior.  (Kahan's heat metal spell.)  This interrupts their orders and causes their orcs to pause in confusion, just enough time for the cannons to fire...

The heavy cannon causes a boom across the air.  10 orcs are taken down, including one of the leaders.  (13 orcs remaining.)

The light cannon fires but misses.  Instead, it hits at hh17 (where the troops at 14 are at). 5 orcs are killed.  (8 remaining.)

The lead orc points to where Grung is crossing and orders a charge.

"Archers!" Adaran calls out from the cave to his group of marksmen on the ledge, "Fire!"

OOC: Can you please list the number of the groups you are referring to when you post? Thanks.

(OOC: Adaran controls groups 5 and 20. It's group 5 that he's ordering to fire at the 8 orcs.)

Arthure and Grizz continue to hold their positions.

Borimer orders his men to fire at the remaining orcs and leave none alive.
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Since they aren't doing anything else, Kahan instructs the men at his light catapult to arm themselves with bows, hoping they can help pick off the 8 orcs before they get there.

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Flint will remain hidden under the cloak of invisibility for as long as possible before making his presence known

A barage of arrows flies through the air.  The 8 remaining orcs have no chance and fall to the battlefield mud.

End Wave 1

"Rogues, follow me." says Adaran upon seeing the remaining orcs fall. Once he leads the 11 rogues out of the cave and they become visible, he turns to one of them and says, "Take an earthroc and scout down the gorge until you detect signs of the enemy. Report back with details on their distance, numbers, and estimated arrival time. Do not risk flying within attack range - your earthroc's survival is a higher priority."

Turning to the remaining 10 rogues, he says, "The rest of you, split into two groups and assist Grizz and Naj with setting more traps in the northern inlets until our scouts report back --"
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Even as Adaran says these words, he hears an awful screech from the forest just beyond the gorge.  You see six bird-like creatures twice the size of your earthrocs rising from the forest and circling like buzzards.  You cannot tell exactly what they look like, except that they appear like bat-like lizards.  Their circling seems to tell you when the next wave will arrive, which is probably in ten minutes (10 rounds) or less.
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"Cancel that order!" says Adaran the instant he hears the loud screech and sees the giant winged creatures circling in the distance. To two of the rogues, he says, "Fly to Naj and Arthure and inform them we'll need them to lead teams of earthroc riders against those giant flying creatures when they arrive. Let them take over your earthrocs and return to the cave." To the rest, he says, "Return to your positions in the cave and ready your bows and crossbows." With that, he too returns to the cave, disappearing once more under Flint's invisibility spell.

"Any ideas on how we should handle those giant bat-lizards?" he asks the others. "Kahan, Flint, can you think of any spells that would help against them?"

OOC: FYI, what I was attempting to describe was something similar to a pterodactyl, but your characters wouldn't know what that is.

"With creatures that size, we may be hard pressed to do much damage to them on the outside, I doubt an ice storm would do much damage to them on the outside.  We would need to either go for the eyes or attack from within.  A fireball or lighting bolt on their inside might be able to cause considerable damage."

"Also with their size we may be looking at an air attack this time, with them possibly trying to drop something on some of our large weapons.  We might want to cover them somehow to make them less of a target from above."

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Lighting bolt might be the better choice you could possibly get ricochet damage

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"Good thinking." Adaran replies invisibly. "Flint, we're going to need all your mages to help defend the gorge. I'll have one of my scouts fetch the two stationed with Grizz and Arthure. Kahan, can we get your two clerics back here as well?"