Round Two

The DM decides that the two bugbears on the flanks remain under cover this round and guard. The bugbear engaging Pascal decides to take a half-move and attack, looking to open the range and take advantage of its longer reach. The last bugbear will move up to join the fight and engage Pascal. The players state their actions:

Pascal: ôIÆll stand my ground and attack.ö

Lyssa: ôIÆm going to move into the room to find a place to cast my next spell.ö

Damiar: ôIÆll try and shoot at the bugbear hiding around the corner. Maybe IÆll get lucky.ö

Dain: ôYou guys are doing okay without me. IÆll keep covering this hallway.ö

DM: ôRoll initiative, everybody.ö

The players win initiative again, rolling a 1. This accelerates their actions by a phase. In the very fast phase, Lyssa moves into the room. This time, PascalÆs average sword attack becomes a fast action, as does DamiarÆs bow shot. Pascal misses her bugbear, but Damiar rolls another 20!

This time, DamiarÆs 20 is not a critical hit. The DM rules that the bugbear is under 75% cover, so it has a 7-point bonus to its Armor Class, making it effectively AC û2. Since DamiarÆs adjusted THAC0 is a 16, he only hit by 2, and he needed to hit by 5 to get another critical hit. The bugbear is wounded but still has some fight left in it.

In the average phase, Damiar fires his second arrow but misses. Finally, the bugbears can begin to move. The bugbear that is threatened by Pascal backs away, provoking an attack of opportunity. Pascal rolls her free attack but misses. The last bugbear closes to within two spaces. Since the bugbears are Large creatures armed with weapons, they can still reach Pascal.

DM: ôWeÆre up to slow actions, and the two bugbears fighting Pascal get to make their attacks.ö (Rolls two attacks.) ôYouÆre lucky, they both missed. At the end of the round, nobody has to retreat. Everybody keep track of how many fatigue points youÆve used. Pascal, you used up two again this turn, due to your attack of opportunity.ö

Pascal: ôDonÆt the bugbears have to make another morale check?ö

DM: ôNo, nothingÆs changed since the last one.ö

At this point, Pascal has 6 fatigue points left, Damiar 2, and Lyssa 3, while Dain is still at his full amount, since he hasnÆt moved or fought. The bugbears attacking Pascal have 7 and 9, respectively, while the two taking cover still have 10 each.

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