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[randomgenericusername]

Gwynfor nods to Dunnel.

"I can go with you, Dunnel. With your toughness and my power, we will easily defeat those creatures. Lead the way. The others could lie in ambush and attack from behind while we distract them."

((Non-encounter actions still have to be PM'd, right? How would attacking first with lightning bolts work and would it be different from just doing it the first frame, first turn?))

[Doomblade187]

"I'll take the lead if you approach to my right."

[milo christiansen]

"Yeah, I can take out a goblin fairly quickly, but I doubt it can be kept quiet under the circumstances." Miles peers though the bushes at the nearest goblin group, while absently scratching fluffy's ears. The kitten seems to appreciate this, but not enough to come out of his hood.

"I'll head around to the side a bit and get ready to open up with my bow when any of you get noticed. After a few shots I'll charge in from the side and catch them in the flank when you all have their attention focused. Unless anyone has a better idea, of course?"

[randomgenericusername]

"I believe having half of the team deal with one goblin group while the other half deals with the second group to be a good plan. Miles is a good ambusher, and Götz can deal a lot of damage pretty quickly with that huge blade. They can dispatch one of the goblin groups while we fight the other."

"Just remember to not let them group together, as dealing with 6 goblins at the same time is far harder."

Gwynfor is ready to follow Dunnel and fight one of the goblin groups. He prepares to use his Hymnal against the goblins, hoping for the lightning bolts to strike true when the fight started. The sounds of thunder were guaranteed to alert the goblins towards him, but the noise would help Miles sneak and strike the enemy without being heard.

[milo christiansen]

All right, assuming everyone else is OK with it, sounds like a plan.

((Question: Can we please post actions in "GM's eyes only" spoilers like the following?))

Spoiler: Actions, GM only (click to show/hide)

Just an example, but PMs are seriously annoying on this forum.

EDIT: Well, I intended it as just a question and example, but...
Anyway, Head out for the one goblin group with Götz and get ready to support him with my bow. (swap bow for kantana)

[Doomblade187]

"We'll take the left group if you take the right."

Spoiler: GM Only (click to show/hide)

Get in ambush position to charge towards left goblin lead, heavy lunge.

[randomgenericusername]

"I'm ready. Let's do this."

((This isn't combat yet. I guess it's fine to use spoilers.))

Spoiler: DON'T OPEN, GM ONLY (click to show/hide)

Shame on you! I made the text transparent, so you can still not read it. 

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Chant the Stormhymn towards the centernof the leftmost goblin group, move towards Dunnel and cooldown for 3 frames.
^

[Draignean]

((Question: Can we please post actions in "GM's eyes only" spoilers like the following?))

Hm, yes that seems fine. Also, in the pre-encounter step, what you're primarily going to be doing is positioning and set ups for immediately prior to combat, or choices and problem solving outside of it. I also don't require that you hide your pre-encounter actions- though you can if you want to.

Example pre-encounter actions would be try and lie in ambush for a particular group (as in HeyDude's first action), to get into position on the other side of any enemy force, to create a distraction to cluster certain enemies, etc.

In general, if your action is primarily to deal damage to foes, it's best left for the encounter itself. However, if your aim is to do something that you can't do in combat with lightning (such as strike fear into a particular foe, or set a patch of ground on far, that would be all right

Considering I've banjaxed this beginning a bit, I'll start the combat and get the battlemap up soon, considering you guys seem to have a solid plan of action.

[Doomblade187]

updated my action, lying in ambush for left group.

[heydude6]

updated my action, lying in ambush for left group.

I’ll lie with the same group as him

[milo christiansen]

Process of elimination, I'll wait for the right group. I'm changing my mind about the bow, I'll stick with the katana for quick kills. I can always pop "Stalk" if the going gets tough.

[Draignean]

((Notes to self, next time, show the battlemap in the pre-encouter, if the pre-encounter is centering around the battle.))

Combat, Turn 0

Spoiler: Battlemap (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Enemies (click to show/hide)

For the details on enemies, see the Beastiary

Goblin Conscript (7,11)
HP: 75/75
Pre: 1/1 | Vig 1/1 | Agi: 2/2
No Effects
Goblin Conscript (8,12)
HP: 75/75
Pre: 1/1 | Vig 1/1 | Agi: 2/2
No Effects
Goblin Conscript (8,13)
HP: 75/75
Pre: 1/1 | Vig 1/1 | Agi: 2/2
No Effects
Goblin Conscript (19,7)
HP: 75/75
Pre: 1/1 | Vig 1/1 | Agi: 2/2
No Effects
Goblin Conscript (20,8)
HP: 75/75
Pre: 1/1 | Vig 1/1 | Agi: 2/2
No Effects
Goblin Conscript (20,9)
HP: 75/75
Pre: 1/1 | Vig 1/1 | Agi: 2/2
No Effects

Orc Fighter (16,11)
HP: 200/200
Pot: 3/3 | Vig: 2/2 | Wil: 1/1
No Effects
Orc Fighter (15,12)
HP: 200/200
Pot: 3/3 | Vig: 2/2 | Wil: 1/1
No Effects
Orc Fighter (17,12)
HP: 200/200
Pot: 3/3 | Vig: 2/2 | Wil: 1/1
No Effects

Orc Veteran
HP: 200/200
Pot: 4/4 | Pre: 1/1 |  Vig: 2/2 | Wil: 1/1 | Agi: 1/1
No Effects

Spoiler: Miles Kristofferson (Milo) (click to show/hide)

Name: Miles Kristofferson
HP: 200/200
Hope: 0/15
Desperation: 0/1
Essence: 0
Class: Assassin

+Attributes+
Potency: 1/1 [1]
Precision: 5/5 [1+1]
Vigor: 1/1 [1]
Will: 1/1 [1]
Agility: 5/5 [3+2]

+Equipment+
Hand 1:
Seakeeper’s Katana
    L:2 | H:3 | DR: 20% | Dam: 55+24
    Moveset: Straight Sword | 1 Hand
    POT: - | PRE: D | WIL: - | VIG: - | AGI: 3/C
Hand 2:
-
Armor:
Spy’s Rags
    DR: 10% | Light Armor
    POT: - | PRE: 1 | WIL: - | VIG: - | AGI: 2
Charm 1:
Sleepy Kitten "fluffy"
    POT: - | PRE: - | WIL: 1 | VIG: 1 | AGI: -
Charm 2:
Deathball
    U: 2/2
    POT: 1 | PRE: 1 | WIL: - | VIG: - | AGI: -
Inventory:
Skirmisher’s Bow
    L:1 | H: 3 | DR: 0% | Dam: 30 | Ra: 4
    Moveset: Sniper Shot | 1 hand
    POT: D | PRE: - | WIL: - | VIG: - | AGI: 2/C
Guardian Hourglass
    POT: - | PRE: - | WIL: 1 | VIG: - | AGI: -

+Modifiers and Abilities+
Modifiers:
[Assassin] You automatically gain a minor resurgence to your least full attribute when you kill an enemy using a parry.
[Firstborn of Steel] Whiffed parries count as standard blocks.
[Sleepy Kitten] Least Regeneration: If you take no action during a round, you regain 5hp.

Abilities:
[Seakeeper’s Katana] Rushing Wave: 2 Agility | 1 Frame Cost | 10 Cooldown | Teleport to any tile within radius 3. Deal light attack damage to any intervening unit.
[Spy’s Rags] Stalk: 2 Agi | 1 Frame Cost | 35 Cooldown | For three rounds, or until you attack or enter a tile adjacent to any enemy, enemies will not react to you in any way.
[Deathball] Throw Deathball: No Cost | 0 Frame Cost, 5 cooldown | Make a linear attack with 10 damage, with length 2. If the ball is hit at the endpoint by a melee attack, it adds the damage of that attack to its own and is propelled X+2 spaces, where x is the spaces it moved before the hit. This process may be repeated until the ball reaches 1000 damage, at which point it disintegrates.
[Skirmisher’s Bow] Rolling Shot: 1 Agi | 2 Frames | 10 Cooldown | You can make a dodge roll and make a light ranged attack on either frame of the roll, but not both. This does not exhaust your standard dodge roll.
[Guardian Hourglass] Time-Stitch: 1 Will | 1 Frame Cost, 20 cooldown | Prevent up to 100 damage that occurred on any one frame last round. Surge: For two additional will, you can affect another frame, or prevent 100 more damage.

Spoiler: Dunnel Forge (Doomblade) (click to show/hide)

Name: Dunnel Forge
HP: 200/200
Hope: 0/15
Desperation: 0/1
Essence: 0
Class: Warder

+Attributes+
Potency: 2/2 [1+1]
Precision:2/2 [1+1]
Vigor:2/2 [1+1]
Will: 5/5 [2+3]
Agility: 2/2 [1+1]

+Equipment+
Hand 1: Steel Broadsword
    L:2 | H:4 | DR: 35% | Dam: 65+0
    Moveset: Straight Sword | 1 hand
    POT: 1/D | PRE: - | WIL: 2/C | VIG: - | AGI: -
Hand 2: Sloped Buckler
    L: 1 | DR: 35% | Dam: 10+0
    Moveset: Small Shield | 1 hand
    POT: - | PRE: 1/D | WIL: - | VIG: - | AGI: -
Armor:Monster Hunter's Garb
    DR: 20% | Medium Armor
    POT: - | PRE: - | WIL: 3 | VIG: 1 | AGI: 1
Charm 1: Throwing Crosses
    U: 5/-
    POT: - | PRE: 1 | WIL: - | VIG: - | AGI: 1
Charm 2: Witch Ashes
    U: 1/1
    POT: 1 | PRE: - | WIL: - | VIG: 1 | AGI: -
Inventory:
Slayer's Greatspear
    L:3 | H: 4 | DR: 20% | Dam: 85
    Moveset: Spear | 2 hands
    POT: - | PRE: 2/C | WIL: - | VIG: - | AGI: 1/D
+Modifiers and Abilities+
Modifiers
Firstborn of the Wyrdtree: +20% Innate DR
Warder: Second frame of Dodge roll is a block.
[Sloped Buckler] Sliding Parry: Can parry in second frame of Dodge roll, 25% damage penalty
[Monster Hunter's Garb] Hunter’s Stand: For every 10% higher the HP of the toughest monster in an encounter is compared to your own current HP, this armor gains 1% DR. This ability caps at a 40% increase, but can’t bring your total DR higher than 80%.


Abilities:
[Steel Broadsword] Faith in Steel: 1 Will | 0 Frame Cost | 15 Cooldown | Set this weapon’s DR to 75% for the round.
[Throwing Crosses] Throw Cross: 1 Pre | 1 Frame Cost, 2 cooldown | Make a linear attack with 50 damage, with length 4, then specify a second direction. Next frame the cross will make a linear attack three spaces in that direction. If you occupy one of the spaces threatened by the second attack, you regain a charge of this ability.
[Witch's Ashes] Witchwarp: 2 Vig | 1 Frame Cost, 10 cooldown | One debuff on you, or an ally in radius 2, is converted into a buff of a similar, but inverted, nature.
[Slayer's Greatspear]Wild Hunt: 2 Pre 1 Agi | 0 Frame Cost | 100 Cooldown | Give any enemy the Mark of the Hunted. The cooldown of this ability is set to 15 when the marked target is killed. If the marked target is killed by you, the cooldown is set to 0.
    Surge: For every additional 2 precision spent, an additional target can be marked. ALL marked targets must to be killed to reset the cooldown.

Spoiler: Gwynfor Lloyd (RGU) (click to show/hide)

Name: Gwynfor Lloyd
HP: 200/200
Hope: 0/15
Desperation: 0/1
Essence: 0
Starting Class: Conduit

+Attributes+
Potency: 9/9 [2+2+2+1+1]
Precision: 3/3 [1+1]
Vigor: 1/1 [1]
Will: 0
Agility: 0

+Equipment+
Hand 1: Bearded Axe
    L:2 | H:4 | DR: 20% | Dam: 65+28
    Moveset: One-Handed Axe | 1 hand
    POT: 2/C(B) | PRE: 1/E(D) | WIL: - | VIG: - | AGI: -
Hand 2: Ebon Peltast
    L:2 | DR: 45% | Dam: 20+12
    Moveset: Medium Shield | 1 hand
    POT: 2/D(C) | PRE: - | WIL: - | VIG: - | AGI: -
Armor: Lost Squire’s Armor
    Lost Squire’s Armor: DR: 15% | Light Armor
    POT: 2 | PRE: - | WIL: - | VIG: 1 | AGI: -
Charm 1: Thunderbreak Hymnal
    U: 2/2
    POT: 1 | PRE: - | WIL: - | VIG: - | AGI: -
Charm 2: Deathball
    U: 2/2
    POT: 1 | PRE: 1 | WIL: - | VIG: - | AGI: -
Inventory:
Battered Sun pin
    U: 1/-
    POT: 1 | PRE: - | WIL: - | VIG: - | AGI: -
+Modifiers and Abilities+
Modifiers:
Firstborn of Flame: Damage scaling is always one rank higher if it had at least E scaling.
Conduit: All frame costs are reduced by one, to a minimum of 1.

Abilities:
[Bearded Axe] Long-Handle Grip: 1 Precision, 1 Potency | 0 Frame Cost | 10 Cooldown | For the current round, change the Bearded Axe’s moveset from One-Handed Axe to Battleaxe.
[Lost Squire's Armor]Moment of Valor: 2 Pot, 1 Vig | 1 Frame Cost | 25 Cooldown | Reduce the frame costs for all attacks this turn by 3, down to 1.
[Thunderbreak Hymnal] Stormhymn: 3 Pot | 5 Frame Cost, 15 cooldown | Choose a space within radius 6. This round, two lightning bolts per frame will strike either the central tile (20% chance) or any tile in radius one (10% chance per tile). Each lighting bolt deals 100 damage.
[Ebon Peltast] Shadow Javelin: 2 Pot | 0 Frame cost | 20 Cooldown | Whenever you make an attack or a block this round, you can also target any tile in radius 4 to receive 50 damage. This damage receives bonuses from the scaling of the shield/weapon that triggered it.
[Deathball] Throw Deathball: No Cost | 0 Frame Cost, 5 cooldown | Make a linear attack with 10 damage, with length 2. If the ball is hit at the endpoint by a melee
[Battered Sun Pin] Fiery Resurgence: No cost | 0 Frame Cost, - cooldown | Regain all lost potency, and all attacks on this turn will set enemies on fire for 3 frames. If you use this ability when average % exhausted of HP, hope, and all attributes is at or above 50%, the Battered Sun Pin regains a charge at the end of the encounter.

Spoiler: Götz von Berlichingen (Heydude6) (click to show/hide)

Name: Götz von Berlichingen
HP: 200/200
Hope: 0/15
Desperation: 0/1
Essence: 0
Class: Conduit

+Attributes+
Potency: 3/3 [1+1+1]
Precision: 3/3 [1+2]
Vigor: 4/4 [3+1]
Will: 0
Agility: 3/3 [2]

+Equipment+
Hand 1: Angel's Greatblade
    L:4 | H:7 | DR: 30% | Dam: 145+24
    Moveset: Ultra-Greatsword | 2 hands
    POT: 1/D(C) | PRE: 1/D(C) | WIL: - | VIG: - | AGI: 2/D(C)
Hand 2: Angel's Greatblade (Two Handed)
Armor: Visionary's chain
    DR: 25% | Medium Armor
    POT: 1 | PRE: - | WIL: - | VIG: 3 | AGI: -
Charm 1: Illuminator's powder
    POT: - | PRE: 2 | WIL: - | VIG: - | AGI: -
Charm 2: Glass flute
POT: 1 | PRE: - | WIL: - | VIG: 1 | AGI: -
Inventory:
Battered Sun pin
    U: 1/-
    POT: 1 | PRE: - | WIL: - | VIG: - | AGI: -

+Modifiers and Abilities+
Modifiers:
Firstborn of Flame: Damage scaling is always one rank higher if it had at least E scaling.
Conduit: All frame costs are reduced by one, to a minimum of 1.

Abilities:
[Angel's Greatblade] Glorious Charge: 1 Precision, 1 Potency, 1 Agility | 1 Frame Cost | 15 Cooldown | Move up to three spaces towards your nearest enemy. If you also make a light attack on this turn, the frame cost of your heavy attack is reduced by 2 next round.
[Visionary's Chain] Exhort: 1 Pot 1 Vig | 2 Frame Cost | 5 Cooldown | 3 allies in radius 1, OR 2 allies in radius 2, OR 1 ally at radius 3 receive a Frenzied buff. This frenzied buff has a duration of 10 frames, which resets to 10 when stacked.
[Illuminator's Powder] Targeting Fire: 1 Pre | 1 Frame Cost, 2 cooldown | Choose an enemy in radius 3. They gain the ‘targeted’ debuff for five frames
[Glass Flute] Piercing Tune: 1 Pot, 1 Vig | 1 Frame Cost, 15 cooldown | Enemies within radius 2 gain the Vulnerable debuff for 10 frames.
         Shatter: If you choose to shatter the glass flute, it becomes unavailable until the next encounter, but it doubles the duration, effect, and range.
[Battered Sun Pin] Fiery Resurgence: No cost | 0 Frame Cost, - cooldown | Regain all lost potency, and all attacks on this turn will set enemies on fire for 3 frames. If you use this ability when average % exhausted of HP, hope, and all attributes is at or above 50%, the Battered Sun Pin regains a charge at the end of the encounter.

[milo christiansen]

"Psst, I'm going to sneak up on em as fast as I can" Miles says quietly to Götz, I'll join in as soon as I can, but I won't be able to hit them immediately, it is too far. Try to lure them up beside the bushes, I'm headed for the one on the end.

Spoiler: Action String (no peeking!) (click to show/hide)

Stalk->M(SW, into the bushes)->M(S)->M(S)->M(S)

((I can kill two per turn with my katana if I only have to move one space.))

Spoiler: Musings on combat with my character, feel free to read if bored. (click to show/hide)

Looking at the map, my character, and the orc bestiary entry, it looks like the winning move vs anything I can't one-shot is to... Parry. Lots and lots of parries. A poor guess will hurt, but for me missed parries count as blocks, so it won't be *too* bad. If I'm reading this right, if I parry every frame I will always have at least 20% DR, and a good chance for a light counter attack vs every attempt on me. Not bad.

I definitely want to find a weapon with a parry bonus. A sword breaker would probably not fit thematically (I'l not strong enough for that), but a wide defensive blade of some kind would be useful. (I kinda like the katana though...)

[randomgenericusername]

The air crackled with electricity as Gwynfor pulled a small book from his robes.

"I would recommend for you to get out of the way, Dunnel. Try attacking from the side, instead."

(Action sent.)

[Doomblade187]

"Will do."