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Davroar

Davroar will try to pick up his pace to reach Jaliera when the orc wakes up and Jaliera struggles to keep it quiet.

DM
The orc was surprised to be waking up. It did not remember falling asleep. And now he wakes up to a human female practically sitting on top of him shoving rope in his mouth. It's first thoughts were about how to kill her but as he tried to move his hands to reach for her neck, he found out that they were bound and so were his legs. He squirmed and tried to wrestle her off, even as she ordered him to keep quiet. For the briefest moment he considered her words but then his eyes squinted in anger and he tried to let out a muffled cry for help.

The green-eyed rouge pushes the rope harder into it's mouth and tries hard to keep him quiet and steady but the orc is strong.

OOC: I had that as a DC 15 intimidate, aka moderate. So you did not succeed. Now it's going to try and get away, but orc is restrained, which means:

• A restrained creature's speed becomes 0, and it can't benefit from any bonus to its speed.
• Attack rolls against the creature have advantage, and the creature's attack rolls have disadvantage.
• The creature has disadvantage on Dexterity saving throws.

Jaliera, who has the clear upper hand, is grappling with it. The orc's objective of the orc is to get free enough to make noise and alert the others. Jaliera's is to keep it still enough to prevent the orc's allies from hearing things. It'll be a strength contest and Jaliera gets to make 2 rolls and keep the better of the two against one roll by the orc. The orc's strength is 16 so it gets a +3. Jaliera isn't quite as strong and gets no pluses. So roll 2 separate 1d20 rolls and one of them needs to beat this:

orc strength
Neptune rolled 1d20+3 and got 7

Jaiera

She cannot let it get free!

Jaliera Strength
Gypsy rolled 1d20,1d20 and got 14, 9

She feels she has let the group down. She has always been good at moving quietly and mostly unseen. It has helped her avoid trouble in the past and she knew she had done well in her approach to the orc. If she had been thinking she would have waited for the others before starting to tie it up. But full of confidence she just leapt straight in and now could be in trouble. All of them could!

She fights with a desperation to try to make amends.

DM
The orc is restrained but it's big, burly and upset that a pip-squeak human female got the better of him. He's more accustomed to it being the other way around and that infuriates him.

But her allies are getting closer and with luck she should be able to keep him under control until they reach her. Keeping his voice muffled is the top priority.

ooc: To make this go a bit quicker, I've rolled twice for the orc.
orc strength - twice
Neptune rolled 1d20+3,1d20+3 and got 13, 5

Gypsy, two more strength rolls - with advantage (2 rolls each time) to keep the orc under control. After the rolls, if you beat his twice, the party will have reached you. Everyone else can post at that time.

Jaliera

Jaliera strength
Gypsy rolled 1d20,1d20,1d20,1d20 and got 3, 12, 20, 8

Ooops

DM
The orc gathers itself for a serious attempt to break free from Jaliera and with that surge, he manages to throw her off of him for a moment and with her hands off the rope and her off of him, he is able to roll away and spit out the gag. No brave orc would call for help. They did not think that way. Instead, he calls out "ATTACK!!!!" and hopes that his companions hear it. The rest of Jaliera's party certainly heard it as they race towards her.

OOC: So the fail was in the 1st round and the action of trying to keep the orc still will be Jaliera's action for that round. She can take another action for that second round. The orc on the ground was still restrained but is break trying to break free. His friends are likely to poke their heads out of the cave shortly.

As for the rest of you, you are close enough for a single round of action in that 2nd round. Please declare your readiness and actions as you anticipate the upcoming battle.

Kriv

On overwatch, the Dragonborn took the guttural shout from the watchman with grim acceptance. Given the smallest opportunity, it had fulfilled its duty, which in and of itself was laudable, but it was up to them now to make him regret it. The cave entrance would make a useful choke point: He resolved to blanket it in fire as soon as targets presented themselves.

Ready to use Burning Hands if in range of the entrance and multiple targets present themselves, else Fire Bolt if not in range or a single target emerges.

Kallista

Coming up the hill with the others, she can see Jaliera losing control of the Orc. She readies an area spell expecting to see an unknown number of orcs come rushing out of the cave any moment.

(OOC - Readying Web or Sleep depending on the tactical situation.)

Jaliera

She is still determined to keep the orc as quiet as possible and retain him as a prisoner. With very little thought for her own safety, she launches herself on him again to try to regain control.

Chandan

Killing raiders is not something the old monk has qualms about. They're a menace. However, he's sworn to rescue Gundren and Chandan won't achieve that if he gets himself killed.

So being away with the orc sentry as prize is still his first priority.

[Chandan will attempt a non-lethal attack on the orc sentry, unless more urgent threat presents.]

Davroar

He knows he can shape-change into a brown bear in an instant as his best offensive form, but he holds off hoping that they can silence the single orc quickly enough to pull it away.

Davroar will try to position himself so as to prevent the orc from escaping, and wait to see if both Jaliera and Chandan can regain control over the orc.

DM
Maybe the orcs allies inside the cave heard something, but they are orcs, and they weren't the sharpest blades in the scabbard. They probably thought the noise was ole' Zog tripping over a rock or something because nobody from inside has poked his head out the cave mouth. Orcs group perception (DC 15) Neptune rolled 1d20,1d20,1d20,1d20,1d20,1d20,1d20,1d20-2 and got 13, 14, 1, 9, 3, 19, 16, 0 - They FAIL!!!

Meanwhile Jaliera, determined as ever to conquer this orc, launches herself at him as he squirms on the ground trying to free himself from the ropes. orc escape the ropes (dex vs DC 15) Neptune rolled 1d20+1 and got 18. She realizes how perilous the situation was getting when she see him slip a hand out of the rope and kick a leg out. Lucky for her, he's still on the ground and prone, so she has the advantage she was looking for ooc: The orc escaped the grapple. Roll to hit, with advantage, because it's prone and still tied. If you hit, he's grappled again. If you miss, he'll be able to pull the rope out of his mouth and call for help.

Chandan is racing forward, hopping from rock to log on his way towards the wrestling waif. He realizes that he won't get close enough to attack with his hands and he knows that there's no way to be sure that his range attacks don't kill it. It'll take 2 rounds to close. You only move 40' and they are 90' away So, even with a double move, it's only 80'. Also, range attacks are always lethal unless they are special, like a net or a whip. However, he can close on Jaliera and the orc. If the orc somehow manages to escape. And by the looks of it, there's a good chance that that happens. Soon, with Jaliera in danger, he'll need to make a choice.

Kriv and Kallista realize that they will not need to use their magic just yet but that they might need to do so soon. They have to decide if they are going to get closer so that they can enter melee or use all their powers. Jaliera looks like she's in trouble. They are some distance still - at least 2 rounds away from direct melee. If they want to engage, they will need to approach with distance appropriate for their spells or attacks. They started 50 yards away from the cave mouth (150'). The orc sentry was 20 yards outside the cave so Jaliera and the orc are 90' away. Since there was no trigger, I'll allow a double move. You can, of course, decide not to move at all.

Kriv

Never send a Human to do a vital job. He moved swiftly to close the distance.

Double move.

Jaliera

She is so kicking herself and is so determined to make good if she can.

Jaliera Strength
Gypsy rolled 1d20,1d20 and got 20, 16

DM
With determination and a focused resolve, Jaliera dives on the orc just as he was trying to loosen his legs and get up. She manages to knock him down, straddle him and tries to get the rope in his mouth and cram it back in all in one acrobatic move. He's grappled and restrained and gagged again. But he's strong and she won't be able to hold him down for long, but maybe it's long enough for the others to arrive and assist.
ooc: I want to hear the declarations from the rest of the team before moving forward.

Kriv

The Dragonborn intended to assist with forcing the Orc into submission long enough for it to be actually secured this time.

[Double moving, then helping Jaliera elope with our orc.]

Chandan

An oblique blow to the chin or a strangle hold would be the monk's approach to pacifying the orc, but he's delighted to see that Jaliera's horse-wrangling technique works for her.

Chandan aims to help her then, to get the orc and go, possibly with Davroar's aid too.

"Even the flight of the eagle starts with ungainly hop." He says to Jaliera in encouragement once he's near enough to assist.

elope??

[ooc: I think he's referring to this: "She manages to knock him down, straddle him and tries to get the rope in his mouth...". It did sound a bit 50 Shades of Gray-ish when I penned it ]

[Monks can marry people, can't they?]

Kallista

She moves only slightly closer (60'), and to where she has a clear view of the cave entrance and where she has the option to use her Web or Sleep spell depending on the need.

Davroar

Seeing Jaliera managing to trip up the orc temporarily, he will keep up with Chandan and be ready to help in restraining the orc as quickly and quietly as possible.

[ooc: double-move as well ]

DM

The struggle between the young rogue and the orc guard turns back in favor of Jaliera and she still has advantage, but the orc was coming free and had let out a yelp. The orc thrashes and tries to roll her off him to get himself freed. Jaliera has to work very hard to keep the rope jammed in it's fanged mouth.
Orc strength to free himself from Jaliera
Neptune rolled 1d20+3 and got 6
Jaliera gets 2 rolls of a 1d20 to keep him held because she has the advantage right now. That "6" should be easy to beat ... but we'll see. Famous last words and all that

The rest of the party has closed in on the pair and are now within range of the cave mouth and the wrestlers. Chandan hasn't quite made it to the pair but he'll be there shortly. Next round he can reach them - same for the rest of the party.

Jaliera

She is so determined!

Jaliera Strength
Gypsy rolled 1d20,1d20 and got 20, 13