Totally Unfair Ambush

Man is the first to react.

"They need our help. Let go."

He starts to run at the wagon's direction, steps over the wheel and jumps over the wagon. Without pausing he steps on the railing and jumps raising his axe over his head. He floats through the air with his body arced backwards only to fall with his axe doing a tremendous blow to a goblin attacking Welker. His skull is split in half.

Wic moves to front of the wagon and throws a dagger. He misses hitting the trunk of a tree.

Tom moves reluctantly with fear. He climbs the wagon and shoots an arrow with his bow. He hits the back of another goblin attacking Welker.







Escalation Dice: 0

End of turn.

Totally Unfair Ambush

Escalation Dice: +1

It is now Welker's and Grogash's turn.

"Not me!" Welker growled shaking off the stab wounds. He had seen men die when their necks were ripped open and go lame from blades through a limb. He was thankful enough to not be one of them as he swept his blade towards the goblins assisting their boss. "Grogash, assist John!"

In the midst of the fighting the other half orc heard Welker's words and tried to cut down the remaining goblins surrounding him.

Totally Unfair Ambush

Welker throws the goblin boss from his back using his shield arm. The goblin boss flips his body to fall standing, daggers ready. Welker then slashes with his sword to cut the arm off a goblin and poke two more goblins at their bellies. All three collapse dead over the blood soaked grass.

Grogash slashes low and cut off a leg from a goblin. Without pausing, he brings the sword at middle height to cut off the jaw of other goblin. Both collapse writhing on the ground, but unable to fight anymore.







Escalation Dice: +1

It is now John's turn.

With a repositioning of his feet, Welker carried the momentum of his swing into one aimed at the boss goblin. The blow connects drawing blood across the goblin's chest, but it remains to be seen how much this goblin can take as Welker readies himself for any reprisal.

Totally Unfair Ambush

Welker thinks he drew blood from the goblin boss, but he is wrong. At the last moment the goblin boss parried his sword with both daggers. The unfortunate goblin that was approaching the fight from behind was hit by Welker's diverted sword at his chest.

"Nice try. My turn now." The goblin boss says flippant.







Escalation Dice: +1

It is still John's turn.

Ludwig/John

More confused than ever John fights with his mind to continue the real fight. The sense of displacement crashes against his new-found abilities. Even hurt he now thinks they have a real chance of surviving. He is fighting better than he hoped and the strangers at his side appear to be equally capable, if not more. He is preparing other attack when something jumps at his mind from nowhere, how to cast a spell. He doesn't exactly know what he is doing, but he does.

"Scumaker's Luminus Healin Lime." He says before attacking while a white light washes over his body.

Totally Unfair Ambush

John smashes a leg from a goblin moving in front of him. The goblin falls with the bone of his leg jutting from the thigh. He reverts the hammer swing and hits the other goblin at his chest, shattering his ribs and exploding his right lung.







Escalation Dice: +1

It is now goblin's turn.

Totally Unfair Ambush

Even more goblins pour from the forest to join the fray. This time they don't stop to look at the battlefield. They go straight to attack.

The goblin boss runs and slides at the ground passing below Welker's legs. He makes light cuts with both daggers at his inner thighs and turns to defend himself when he reaches the other side. More goblins move to help the goblin boss. Welker manages to divert their swords with his shield.

The new group of goblins pile on Grogash making him fall to the ground. They deliver two strikes at his chest while Grogash is trying to disentangle of the mass of goblins.

Two more goblins move to strike John, however this time he defends one strike with his shield and other with his hammer.

From the forest at left side of the wagon, they hear the sound of trees being crushed. Something very big is approaching.

"Secret weapon arrive!" The goblin boss grins.







Escalation Dice: +1

It is now NPC's turn.

Totally Unfair Ambush

Tom and Wic turn back to look at the source of the sound and forget to attack this turn.

Man, more experienced, doesn't pause and strikes with his axe at the neck of one of the goblins over Grogash.

From the left side of the forest the last trees are crushed and something very big appears. An ogre, a really big ogre, probably the biggest ogre of the world. 12 feet of height of pure muscle and wickedness, with arms as wide as Welker's waist. The ogre stares at the battlefield with dumb eyes considering his action.







Escalation Dice: +1

End of turn.

Totally Unfair Ambush

Escalation Dice: +2

It is now Welker's and Grogash's turn.

"Big boy," Was all Welker could manage at the site of the ogre. The metallic scrapping on his shield reminded him what he was in the middle of. "Still gonna hurt him," Welker said to the goblin boss swinging his blade wide at the other henchmen. "And you! I only have so much blood you know!"

Grogash struggled from the pile and started to cut at the goblin pile.

Totally Unfair Ambush

Welker's blade connects with the goblin henchmen, killing him instantly. Without pausing he makes other strike against the other remaining goblin. The goblin blocks the strike, or at least he tries. The blow is so powerful that throws the goblin's sword away and proceeds to remove the top of his skull. The sword flies through the air over Grogash, passes an inch above Jonh's head and plunges right at the ear of a goblin attacking John at the other side of the battlefield. John uses this opportunity to deliver a deadly blow at the last goblin attacking him.

Grogash cuts a leg of a goblin while still lying on the grass. He uses his shield to knock down other goblin from him and a leg to throw another one off him. He then stands up and stomps the goblin that he threw with his shield at the face while the goblin that he threw with his leg impales himself at the sword of a fallen comrade.

As John had mentioned before, the battlefield is now turned red with blood and entrails everywhere. A real mess. Twenty four goblins dead.







Escalation Dice: +2

It is now John's turn.

Ludwig/John

Things were staring to look good when the giant ogre appeared. A new wave of fear crashes on John, only the will to continue living makes him endure. He is starting to remember, even things that he did, but actually he didn't.

He throws these thoughts away for the moment. The words worked once, they can work twice.

"Scumaker's Luminus Healin Lime."

Totally Unfair Ambush

John's hammer smashes the last of the goblin boss's henchman to a pulp of meat.







Escalation Dice: +2

It is now Monsters's turn.

Totally Unfair Ambush

The goblin boss yells. "Attack!" But he gets no response, he looks around only to see he is alone. His band doesn't exist anymore. He gives a last attack at Welker, easily parried, before attempting to flee. But Welker cuts his escape route to the forest.

"Me, dead. But revenge come." The goblin boss says to Welker, before smiling maniacally.

The ogre moves with an incredible speed for his bulk. He grabs Tom with his enormous arm. Tom cries trying to fight desperately against the powerful embrace. "Help!!! Help!!!"
The ogre nonchalantly puts Tom's head inside his mouth and bites his head off with a single bite. He throws the rest of the body, spreading blood all over the wagon, 50 feet away at the front of the wagon over the trail.

"Tasty!"







Escalation Dice: +2

It is now NPC's turn.

Totally Unfair Ambush

"Nnnooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!" Both Wic and Man cry in unison , their cousin is dead. They look briefly at each other deciding the next move. Without words, Wic draws his axe and move to strike at the ogre. Man starts run over the dead goblins and again jumps over the wagon with an incredible dexterity and falls rolling at the other side. Only to stand up at the same movement and strike at the ogre the same as Wic. Wic misses, more by fear than any other thing. Man hits the ogre's leg with a powerful blow, that only scratches his enemy.







Escalation Dice: +2

End of turn.

Totally Unfair Ambush

Escalation Dice: +3

It is Wleker's and Grogash's turn.

"Rrrraaa!" Welker growled as he saw the other two cousins likely throw themselves towards their deaths. "You're not running today!" He raised his blade to strike down the goblin where he stood.

In the meantime, without Welker's words to follow, he made after Wic and Man towards the ogre.

Totally Unfair Ambush

Welker strikes using the hidden power inside his weapon. The goblin boss tries to parry the blow. Unfortunately for him his strength is not enough, both daggers are thrown away and the sword makes a slash at the goblin boss's neck. Blood pours from the wound while the goblin boss crumbles to the ground grasping for air.

Welker doesn't rejoice in his victory. He stashes his sword, throws his shield over the wagon, and proceeds to jump over the railing using both arms. He continues to run and jump at the ground at the other side, grabbing his shield and drawing his sword again. How he manages to do that using plate mail is a mystery, or an incredible feat of dexterity an strength.

Grogash circles the wagon to engage the enormous ogre.







Escalation Dice: +3

It is John's turn.