The Dragon Tablets: Iteration Three – Playtest

Pretty much the same scenario as last time, so much so that we use the Iteration Two Orc Bandits without change. But as there are only two heroes this time, there will only be eight orcs. As with last time, they will not defend or all-out attack and they will go down at 0 hp.

Setting the Stage

The two bounty hunters, Casara and Said are traveling on foot through a wooded area during the daytime and nothing is out of the ordinary.

Turn 1

Eight orc bandits ambushed the duo from the trees. But as Said has Enhanced Time Sense, he acts first no matter what. And Casara has Combat Reflexes so instead of being Total Surprise, this is treated as Partial Surprise.

Said has Danger Sense and knows that something is off.

Casara is the leader, she has both Combat Reflexes and is trained in Tactics, she also has the highest IQ. So she rolls 1d+4 for 10. the orc leader has Combat Reflexes, so he rolls at 1d+2, with no chance of getting a higher result. So both heroes act first.

Said teleported to the archers, rolling 10 vs. 13+10-10 =13 to do so instantly. Rolling 11 to be able to act and another 11 to draw his shortsword in no time. He then stuck the sword in one archer’s vitals, rolling 16 vs. 17-3 and missed. Repeating his move, he rolled 4, a critical hit. Rolling 4 for damage and tripling that to 12 for a hit to the vitals which killed the orc.

Casara rolled 12 and drew her sword instantly and moved up on the orcs. Aiming at the neck, she rolled 9 and decapitated one orc, but rolled 12 on the second attack and as she Moved and Attacked, that was a miss.

The archer moved away from the others.

Both orcs with knives attacked Said and rolling 8 and 9 was good enough to hit. But Said rolled 9 and 12 and dodged the first attack. The other rolled 0 for damage and did none.

Both orcs with clubs and the remaining spear attacked Casara. Both orcs with clubs rolled 12, good enough to hit, but the spear rolled 13 and missed. But Casara rolled 8 and 10 and dodged both attacks.

Turn 2

Said teleported to the remaining archer rolling 5 to do it in no time and 9 to be able to act. He rolled 11 to attack and skewered him in the vitals, bringing another orc down. He then moved back to the others, rolled 9 and skewered a knife-wielding orc.

Casara went for the neck again, but rolled 15 and 14 and missed.

The remaining orc with a knife attacked Said again and rolled 9, but he dodged with an 11.

The two club-wielding orcs attacked Said this time. One rolled 17 for a critical failure and rolled 14 on the critical miss table, losing his grip on the club that landed 6 yards away and the orc went to the club. The other clubber rolled 10 and Said failed to dodge with a roll of 14. And the orc rolled 3 damage, but his coat protects him and he only suffers 1 hp of injury, thus being at -1 his next turn.

The remaining spear continued to attack Casara and rolled 9 for a hit, but she rolled 10 and dodged.

Turn 3

Said focused on the club-wielding orc, rolled 8 and skewered him. He then teleported, rolling 10 to do so immediately and 10 to be able to act afterward. He then rolled 8 and skewered the club fetching orc he had pursued.

Casara continued with her neck attacks and rolled 10 and 11 and rolled 9 and 5, doubling with the cutting wound modifier for the neck and both of them lost their heads.

Notes

Both of them are able to attack twice per turn. One of them can teleport instantly. The expectation was that this playtest would be faster than the previous ones. Having them fight an enemy where they can fully take advantage of their Entercian silver and Matruskan steel swords and compare that to what a fight without such weapons would be like could be interesting.