Orc Hunt

September 12, 2006

The group spent several days leading up to and including the festival of Midsummer. The next day, they were asked to deal with some orc sightings that had occurred to the north west.

They travel to the area and find some tracks. They follow them and find an orc. They attack and kill him. They backtrack his trail to a camp with more orcs. The scout is spotted and attacked and immediately runs back to the group. He gets wounded before he can make it and hides for the fight.

Three orcs were chasing and the other two manage to defeat them, with one of the PCs being wounded. They head back to the hamlet and rest for the night. They take some of the farmers back with them to the camp the next day and find the orcs sleeping. They kill them all and head back.

They patrol for several more days while the scout is healing but find no more orcs or signs of them. They then head back to Hightown, where they rest until they are all healed.

Notes

• I wanted a quick battle with an "equal to lesser" opponent and the orcs worked well. They didn't have metal items or armor, although the group only had one person with armor. It reminded everyone how deadly fighting can be with Alternity.
• The little magic they have has worked out well. One player's character is a "bard" in that he is a story teller and has some enchantment magic. So, he can enthrall crowds and also his enemies. It worked out well in this battle as he scared two of the orcs into leaving.