Fight, round 5
Subject Fight, round 4
Harp, with a shrug of satisfaction, reloads his crossbow and takes aim at Orc13. Even though he has seen a few of the other orcs drop their weapons, this one has not. An armed enemy is still a theat, and it is an orc. He remembers Ran's shout to try and take prisoners, he does not see any difference between 6 prisoners and 5. He fires at Orc13.
From: Ami
Subject Fight, round 4
Cai aims at O16, but holds her fire. She wants to listen to what the Orc has to say. With them well held by the plant life, this would be the safest time to interrogate. They will also have time to assign each member of the group an Orc to keep at the sharp end of a weapon once the vines come back to themselves.
But she wonders what we will do with the Orcs once they get the information. We cannot let them return to their leader. But our group cannot possibly think of keeping them prisoner as we travel the road.
From: Randy
Subject Fight, round 4
Keeping his crossbow trained on Orc 13, Ran calls out "We accept your surr-" and then sees Harp let loose a bolt towards Orc 13 and starts again.
"Hold fire! Hold! They have surrendered and I will not have us attacking those who are not defending themselves"
To Orc 16, who appears to be the leader, Ran calls out once again "We accept your surrender. Leave your weapons on the ground where you stand. Gather together with your sleeping companions. Place your hands on your heads."
If Orc 13 was hit Ran adds "I appologize for the injury (death) caused after the surrender was announced. Battles can be chaotic as you know."
Ran realizes that the apology probably falls on deaf ears, but he hopes that it may prevent any renewed desire to continue the fight.
"Salix, can you get the trees to stop so that we may approach our prisoners? I would rather not have to cut our way through."
From: Derrell
Subject Fight, round 4
Fal keeps his crossbow ready, but does not fire. He tells his raven to keep a watchful eye on the orcs, since he's inclined to believe that their surrender is some kind of trick.
From: Karl
Subject Fight, round 4
Salix watches as the Orc dodges his ball of fire. "Damn!" he thinks to himself and prepares to make the fireball follow the cursed creature.
"Hold fire! Hold! They have surrendered and I will not have us attacking those who are not defending themselves"
Surrendered, right, Salix thinks to himself, but dispels the ball of fire, clapping his hands together with a frustrated "POP!" as the ball of fire winks out.
"Salix, can you get the trees to stop so that we may approach our prisoners? I would rather not have to cut our way through."
"I can, but before I do should we not take a moment to insure they are indeed unarmed? Maybe send the birds ahead a bit to make sure they don't have reinforcements even now on their way? In the meantime, parlay carries well across the green. We do not need to enter the infected area to let the creature speak its piece."
From: Abby
Subject Fight, round 4
Surin narrows his eyes, not quite trusting the surrender. He watches the orcs and waits, keeping his throwing daggers in his hands in case one of the orcs decides to make a break for the group.
From: Mark
Subject Fight, round 5
Initiative Order (Harp, O3, Ran, O13, Bel, Cai, O16, O8, O4, Surin, O7, Salix, Fal,
Harp growls in satisfaction at seeing his last shot finally hit something. As he reloads he hears one of the orcs yelling something about surrender. Surrender? Orcs? And do what with them. The orc he had been shooting at drops his club, but Harp thinks he sees him reaching for something else, and fires anyway. He is spot on this time, his bolt crashing into the orc's chest (AC11, 16+6=22, hit, damage 4, orc dead). Oh well, what is one more dead orc, Harp thinks.
Orc 3 is still slumbering away.
Ran, hearing the orc leader try and surrender, calls to his troops to cease fire, but is a bit too late to stop Harp. He watches as Harp's crossbow cuts down the closest orc. Running up to Harp, he pulls the ? orc around, yelling into his face, ?Hold fire. I said hold fire. They have surrendered and I will not have us attacking those who are not defending themselves.? Turning back to the orc leader Ran yells at him ?I apologize for the death caused after your surrender was announced. Battle can be chaotic, as you know. We accept your surrender. Leave your weapons where they lie and gather up your companions.?
Bel and Cai keep watch with arrows in their bows. They are ready to make pincushions out of the orc that makes the first wrong move.
The orc leader looks at Ran with a confused look. He yells back ?No more kill. No more fight. No more move.? He shrugs his body, showing the branches and vines that entangle his legs and arms.
With that Ran turns to Salix and asks ?Salix, can you get the trees to stop so that we may approach our prisoners? I would rather not have to cut our way through.?
Surin hears the orc's surrender and keeps his hand on his daggers.
Salix curses when the flaming sphere fails to find the orc and gets ready to command it to follow, when he hears Ran call for the cease fire. With a frustrated clap of his hands, the ball disappears as he dismisses the prayer. Not sure if the surrender of the orcs can be trusted he is hesitant when Ran calls for him to dismiss the entangle.? I can dismiss the effect early, but before I do should we not take a minute to insure they are indeed unarmed? Maybe send the birds ahead a bit to make sure they don't have reinforcements even now on their way? In the mean time, parley carries well across the green. We do not need to enter the affected area to let the creature speak its piece.?
Fal keeps his crossbow ready but calls Lenore over with a whistle. He whispers to the bird and it takes off, flying high over head, circling where the group is.
Three of the orcs lay there sleeping, while the other two watch the group with trepidation.
OODM: Ok we are out of combat time now. Role play to your hearts content.