Nisor and Victoria
The Mission - The Party has accepted an assignment from the North Shire Guild. Humans have been coming down the main road, and causing all manner of trouble. At the moment, most of their efforts have been a skirmish to test the Misty Valley inhabitants strength and resolve.
They have... so far avoided trouble, leaving the worst of the probing attacks to the North Shire militia to deal with. Instead they've been tracking a party of humans that have been traveling off the Main Highway west to the field of the fallen. A vast area of land with many graves individual and mass from countless battles that were fought on it from ages past.
Flutterdew has flown ahead, and observed that they have made camp, and seem to be preparing for some sort of ritual or rite or some such. She counted perhaps twenty or so humans in the clearing.
The party has 'snuck up' on the Humans, and will get to 'ambush' them in the surprise phase
Surprise in my campaign provides one side to ambush a surprised party. The Ambushers are allowed one standard action (not a full action). This means they may take a move action for better position, or take a 5' step and then standard action, Take a movement action and charge into combat. Obviously the surprised party (unless they have detected the party) will not be able to act during the surprise phase and will be 'flat footed'.
Initiative in my campaign is simplified to work in the RPOL forum.
I provide the encounter with a Initiative DC, that the character will roll once against. If the character wins, they will have the option to go before the 'monsters'. The Monsters will then all get a chance to act. After this, it goes back and forth between the entire party acting, and the monster acting.
Special Notes ...
Trying to keep this first fight 'simple' so no pets will be used in this combat.
Flutterdew, because of her size and stealth, will be able to deploy 'forward' of the set up area 30' before combat.
Brigitte, because of her size, wont be able to sneak up to the set up area without giving away the party's presence. She however does notice that some of the head stones here and there might make for handy ammo to hurl.
Daubra, If Daubra decides to, she may cast Magic Stone on these head stones for Brigitte providing +1 Attack/Damage to them when they are eventually flung. She may also gather the party for a Bless to provide +1 Attack.
Map being generated and will be posted later today or tomorrow.
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:29, Mon 14 Jan 2019.