[D8, EA, EVENT] Glorious (mock) Battle!

[Cearnach]

The Melee is an event for Knights that have registered with the Earl Marshal.

The Melee has several component parts. They are as follows:
1) The Charge
When you make your first post, you should include your wing (either left or right) and which force you are in. The armies begin 10m from each other, advance toward each other, and engage in combat. Please observe the combat rules closely.

2) The Scrum
After the initial charge, the warriors dismount and fight on foot. Squires rush forward to swap out weapons if requested. Anyone Knocked Down in the initial charge triggers the "Help! I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up!" portion of the event. Characters may take any actions permitted in a standard combat. Fallen characters are considered to be in the center of the field. Rounds in the Scrum phase will continue until either all members of a team are incapacitated, or one of the Kings yields the field.

3) Notice Me!! Notice ME!!!!
A Melee is not all about beating up on your opponents and taking their stuff; it's also about looking good while doing it. After making a blow that Knocked Down an opponent, a character may call the Lionheart's (or another major NPC's) attention to his feat of arms. Characters must check their Modesty trait before they attempt this stage. If a character is able to take a Prideful action, either not being swept away by Modesty or actively being swept away by their Pride, then the character may make an Orate roll to call out his mightiness and catch their chosen observer's eye.

Successful characters receive an additional +50 glory for each such successful recognition.

4) A Squire's Lot(Situational)
If the worst should happen and you should get disarmed for whatever reason, your trusty squire is here to help! He will do his utmost to get you a new weapon from your equipment. Unfortunately, he must get to you through the rigors of combat. The squire moves from your staging area at his movement rate while making a Dodging dexterity test. If he fails, a damage roll will be applied to him as he is accidentally injured and unable to make it to you this round.

You can assist him in his endeavors by declaring an Evasion action to get out of the scrum. If you are successful, you will be able to meet up with him behind the scrum, safely out of danger. If you are hit, however, you are stuck in combat and the squire must still make his attempt.

It is Bad Form to attack or injure a squire…but "accidents" happen. If a squire is in the scrum as a result of a failed Dodge roll, a character may incapacitate a squire "on accident." An incapacitated squire cannot ferry weapons, and may be severely injured for the duration of the game; a painful loss of a great help to his master.

Characters who are truly Just would never strike a squire, but an Arbitrary character certainly might. Characters must check against their Arbitrary trait to strike a squire. A squire who is struck is automatically incapacitated. You lose 50 Glory from the total you gain for the tournament and lose 1 point of your Honor passion. You may make a Deceit check against the Awareness of those observing to avoid this Glory loss by masking your indecorous blow as something quite accidental. Oops.

5) Help! I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up!
When in the course of combat one or more characters knock down another character, they will have the opportunity to capture that character for ransom. To accomplish this, the characters must successfully get their knocked-down opponent out of the scrum and into their team's staging area. Of course, the enemy team won't make it easy for them.

As long as there is a combatant who is Knocked Down, a combatant on foot may declare his intention to Secure that combatant using a contested Strength check to pull that combatant a distance equal to their movement toward their team's staging area.

The staging area is 10 movement points away from the center of the field.

Up to two Characters friendly to the Securing character may also assist in the securing, in which case they also make Strength checks, which will be compared to that of the fallen man.

Up to two characters friendly to the fallen combatant may also attempt to secure the fallen combatant, in which case they also make a contested Strength check. All checks will be compared, and the most successful person will move the fallen combatant toward their staging area a distance equal to their movement.

Characters who declare a Secure action who take damage during the round are taken out of the accounting for the round's Secure action---they are too busy trying to defend themselves to worry about the spoils for the moment! Only characters who have Exceptional valor may ignore their injuries and continue to be accounted for.

Characters who are Secured are out of the Melee. Their fates will be adjudicated by the knight who defeated them in stage six.

6) The Spoils of (Mock) War
Characters who have Secured another character determine their fate. The nature of the ransom is yours to determine, but generally is limited to the horse, armor, and weaponry of the defeated knight and its equivalent value.

Characters that have been Secured (or their friends and family) must pay the ransom or the Secured character must remain in his opponent's custody.

Understand that ransoms that are very high or very low will have repercussions in the court of public opinion. Players may wish to check their Generous trait for guidance as to how to operate, here. Characters with extraordinary (16 or higher) Generosity or Selfishness must make checks.

The Melee Rewards: 1 Falcon and 300 Glory to the last man standing. If multiple members of the same team are standing at the end of the combat, this Glory is divided amongst them. Each enemy a knight defeats during the melee earns him 1/2 the normal glory for combat.

[Cearnach]

Round one Battle Rolls.

Team Lionheart: 1st round battle roll, tn 18: 1d20 9
Team Lion of Justice: 1st round battle roll, tn 15: 1d20 12

Battle Roll Result Modifier
Critical success +5
Success +0
Failure –5
Fumble –1

Ergo, no modifiers to combat for either side in Round One.

[Geoffrey of Tournemine]

Geoffrey was in the right wing of the Lionheart's forces. He charges his opponents, prepared to do mock battle with enthusiasm and energy.


OOC Ghosting if necessary:
Valorous: 15
Tourney: 2
Axe: 15
Strength: 10
Movement: 2
HP: 27

[Llywelyn mab Iorwerth]

Llwelyn sees a de Vere lining up, and prepares his gear and weapons for the coming brawl.

(Right side of LOJ formation)

[Robert Whitehands]

Whitehands is proudly near the front and center of Richard's force, looking perhaps as proud as when he rode to war for the young king. A senior member of the Lionheart's right wing, he casts a skeptical look farther to his own right at Geoffrey. Clearly the younger man is one to watch. But not so closely it might distract from the most important goal: reminding everyone how strong a man he is.

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Right wing of Lionheart
Adding ghosting instructions to PF

[Cearnach]

After the first rounds actions, the engagements in round 2 are:

Robert de Vere and Ranulf de Blondeville vs. Hamelin de Warenne.
Llewelyn readies his weapons.
Roger Bigod vs. Alan d'Aubigny
Lambert de Sacey vs. William of Salisbury
Christopher Huntingfield vs. Geoffrey de Say
William of Brunswick vs. Stephen de Montfichet
Richard Lionheart vs. William the Lion and Saer de Quincy
Robert de Beaumont vs. William de Mandeville
Geoffrey de Tournemine vs. Hubert de Burgh
Jean de Poilley vs. William de Ferrers
Aubrey de Vere vs. Richard de Ferrers.

No bonuses for combat rolls this round. Please state your actions and, if attacking, roll damage as though you hit. I've been called away for a short time, will get back to this in an hour or two, and will advance the round then.

[Geoffrey of Tournemine]

With shield and sword in hand, as Geoffrey approaches Hubert de Burgh, he gives a mighty swing with his mock battle-axe while keeping his shield readied. He was definitely playing for keeps today.

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D8 EA, Round 2 vs Hubert de Burgh, Axes, TN 15: 1d20 12
D8 EA, Round 2 vs Hubert de Burgh, Damage, 4d6; +1d6 for axe against shield: 4d6 12 1d6 1

[Llywelyn mab Iorwerth]

Llwelyn sees a de Vere advancing in on a double team.

Not on my watch

Llwelyn hurtles his javelin at the knight.

Round 1 attack-Robert de Vere- Javelin 10 TN: 1d20 3

Javelin damage: 3d6 7

[Cearnach]

NPC Attack Rolls, counting first down the Lionheart list, then down William the Lion's.

Robert de Vere, tn 15: Result 7. vs. Ranged Attack of Llywelyn 3 [Ranged attacks are unopposed. the -5 penalty for de Vere's shield does not take Llywelyn's attack over the threshold. de Vere is hit for 7] and spear attack of Hamelin, tn 18: result 9 Hamelin hits for--14
Ranulf de Blondeville, tn 20: result 18, vs. spear attack of Hamelin, tn 18: result 9, Ranulf hits for--21

Roger Bigod, tn 16: result 12 vs. Alan d'Aubigny tn 15, result 17--Roger Bigod hits for 19
Lambert de Sacey, tn 15: result 15 [Critical Hit!] vs. William of Salisbury tn 15, result 3--Lambert de Sacey hits for 23
Christopher Huntingfield, tn 15: result 3 vs. Geoffrey de Say tn 15, result 5.---Geoffrey de Say hits for 15
William of Brunswick, tn 13:result 9 vs. Stephen de Montfichet tn 15, result 5--William of Brunswick hits for 19
Richard Lionheart, tn 24:result 5(+4 axe skill=9) vs. William the Lion tn 20: result 12, William the Lion hits for 10 vs. Saer de Quincy, tn 15, result 4
Robert Whitehands, tn 19: result 2 vs. William de Mandeville tn 20, result 20, Mandeville hits for 10
Geoffrey de Tournemine vs. Hubert de Burgh tn 15, result 6, Geoffrey de Tournemine hits for 13 total.
Jean de Poilley, tn 15:result 5 vs. William de Ferrers (mace) tn 20, result 16, William de Ferrers hits for 12+4 mace damage=16
Aubrey de Vere, tn 15:result 5 vs. Richard de Ferrers, tn 15, result 19. Aubrey de Vere hits for 15

Knockdown results
Any damage taken over a character's Knockdown rating knocks them down. This is calculated before armor soak. In one instance, Lambert de Sacey has hit William of Salisbury for real damage, ergo Salisbury's armor will soak some of that real damage, but not knockdown damage.
The following characters are Knocked Down in the Charge.
Paul de Veretn 11: 1d20 14]
Alan d'AubignyDex roll to stay standing, tn 11: 1d20 17
Jean de Poilley Dex roll to stay standing, tn 11: 1d20 18



Action is as follows:
The left wing of the Lionheart's army quickly becomes a knot of conflict, Llywellyn's javelin strikes Robert de Vere a solid blow despite his attempt to bat it away with his shield. The opening created is enough for Hamelin to thrust forward quickly with his spear (14). With 21 damage over the round, Paul is knocked to the ground. Unfortunately, Ranulf de Blondeville's savage charge ends with a palpable hit on the natural brother of Henry Plantagenet (21), but he is able to move with the force of the blow, pivoting to face the angry Ranulf. He really hopes that the Welshman will back him up, because Ranulf sure packs a wallop.

While Alan d'Aubigny is a decent swordsman, he makes a classic error of youth in over-performing his swing. While elegant, the more experienced Roger Bigod is able to thwart his attack by catching his wrist with his left hand and smashing his pommel directly into the boy's helmeted temple. d'Aubigny crumples like a sack of potatoes.

A moment later, the Earl of Salisbury's successful initial guard against Lambert de Sacey's strike slips under the much more direct thrust of his second approach. The tip of de Sacey's sword slips under the Earl's gorget, and while the armor of Salisbury is able to absorb some of the force, the cut is a nasty one (13 total points). Salisbury staggers backwards, hand flying up to his neck to staunch the flow of blood. "Damn you, sir!" he shouts, flecks of blood spraying out with his spittle. "I'll have you!" It looks like he might just stay in the fight.

Both Chris Huntingfield and Goeffrey de Say display some remarkably poor swordplay, but Huntingfield's is ever-so-slightly poorer. De Say's blow staggers Huntingfield, but does not cast him down.

The German Prince's Saxon steel bats aside that of Montfichet and delivers a powerful blow to the Norman's shoulder, but he is able to shake off the attack and ready himself for the next test. Brunswick seems cool-ly annoyed by this.

In his zeal to clobber with his enormous axe, the Lionheart unintentionally plays into the crafty hands of the Scottish Contingent. de Quincy addresses the King first and has his sword batted aside, but even as Richard's incredible blow nearly cripples the Scotsman, his King appears at Richard's flank, forcing Richard to check the blow and allow de Quincy to miraculously leap above the swing. Richard's reflexes cannot prevent William the Lion's sword from biting true, but there is not enough force behind the Scottish king's strike to phase the Norman Giant. The Scotsmen, frowning, take a step back to reassess strategy. The Lionheart chuckles. "That's right! Stand at bay. You came for me, now I come for you!"

The blow to Whitehands, much like the blow to his liege, is not quite strong enough to penetrate his armor. But Mandeville seems a cagey opponent. This might be a fight to watch!

Tournemine proved his skill on de Burgh, but it was not quite mighty enough to force a crisis. de Burgh seems to be readying himself for the next throw.

Poilley's attack is stopped short when he takes William de Ferrers' mace to the face. He crumples, and de Ferrers turns to support his son.

Finally, Aubrey de Vere's strike against Richard de Ferrers forces the young man to take two steps back. He's able to maintain his footing, however, and with his father having dropped de Poilley, things aren't looking good for the Heir to Oxford.

Current Engagements
Ranulf de Blondeville vs. Hamelin de Warenne
Llywelyn is unengaged
Roger Bigod is unengaged
Lambert de Sacey vs. an injured William of Salisbury
Christopher Huntingfield vs. Geoffrey de Say
William of Brunswick vs. Stephen de Montfichet
King Richard vs. William the Lion and Saer de Quincy
Robert Whitehands vs. William de Mandeville
Geoffrey de Tournemine vs. Hubert de Burgh
Aubrey de Vere vs. Everyone Named de Ferrers.

[Cearnach]

Round 3: the Scrum

3rd round battle tests, Richard, tn 18, William the Lion, tn 15: 2#1d20 18 13
Critical success for Richard. +5 to Battle skills for Team Lionheart.

[Geoffrey of Tournemine]

This round, Geoffrey came at Hubert with a much heavier swing. He had a bit of confidence from the las round and was hoping to capitalize.

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D8 EA, Round 3 vs Hubert de Burgh, Axe, +5 Battle, TN 20: 1d20 9
D8 EA, Round 3 vs Hubert de Burgh, Damage 4d6; +1d6 if shield: 4d6 23 1d6 4

[Llywelyn mab Iorwerth]

Preparing himself at his target, Llwelyn draws his sword, raises his shield and heads toward the target that he had hit with his javelin.

(Movement to Robert de Vere)

[Cearnach]

Added to the fight this round are:

Gilbert de Vernon and Gaspard d'Ivry for Team Lionheart and William de Braose for Team Lion of Justice!

Each of these characters begin at the edge of the field and spend their turn moving to join the scrum. Their actions inside the scrum will be determined next round!

Meanwhile, in combat land:
Robert de Vere lies on the ground, trying manfully to stay where he is Roll=14, success. Llywelyn has moved to stand over him.

Ranulf de Blondeville attack 5 vs. Hamelin de Warenne attack 2. Ranulf de Blondeville does 15 damage. Hamelin remains standing.

Roger Bigod takes hold of Alan d'Aubigny's body, strength check 11 vs. strength check 8. Bigod drags d'Aubigny about 3 meters behind Team Lionheart's lines.

Lambert de Sacey tn 20 with bonus, attack 6 vs. an injured William of Salisburyattack 12 William of Salisbury does 12, not enough to force a test.

Christopher Huntingfield tn 20, attack 16 vs. Geoffrey de Say tn 14, attack 10 Christopher Huntingfield does 15. Geoffrey de Say Dex roll tn 11: 1d20 13]falls[/url].

William of Brunswick tn 20 critical strike vs. Stephen de Montfichet tn 15, attack 18 William of Brunswick does 14 real damage. Montfichet falls

Richard Lionheart Attack 14 vs. William the Lion attack 1 and Saer de Quincy, tn 15 attack 1 The Lionheart hits William the Lion for 25. While this would have floored de Quincey, William the Lion is made of stronger stuff. He remains standing. De Quincey is able to strike at Richard because Richard foolishly failed to divide his skill between the two, so eager was he to crit against King William. de Quincy does 16, but Richard doesn't notice.

Whitehands attacks with his flail, tn 24 Attack 17. De Mandeville defends tn 20, Critical strike. Mandeville does 14 damage, not forcing a Dex check, but inflicting 4 damage after soak. From the stands, someone shouts "Watch out, Bill! I think you made him mad!"

Geoffrey de Tournemine attack 9 vs. Hubert de Burgh tn 15, attack 10, Hubert de Burgh does 12, but such a blow cannot phase Tournemine.

Jean de Poilley lays there like a slug, nursing his broken schnozz.

Aubrey de Vere tn 20 critical strike vs. William de Ferrers tn 20attack 9 and Richard de Ferrers tn 15, attack 5, Aubrey de Vere does 20 real damage. de Ferrers can take it. Unfortunately, like his king, Aubrey did not declare before hand that he was dividing his skill between the two attackers, or he might easily have hit both. Instead, he is hit by Richard de Ferrers for 16 in revenge for his father's injury, but de Vere holds on

The following characters are knocked down
Robert de Vere (possibly Secured and moved 3/10 meters by Llywelyn??)
Alan d'Aubigny (secured and moved 3/10 meters by Roger Bigod)
Geoffrey de Say
Stephen de Montfichet
Jean de Poilley

[Llywelyn mab Iorwerth]

Round 2:
Strength TN 15_secure Robert De Vire: 1d20 10

Round 3: Lug the De Vere round 3-Strength TN 15: 1d20 9

Llwelyn manages to rangle his target and starts pulling him back

[Cearnach]

3rd round battle tests, tn 18, tn 15: 2#1d20 17 13

[Geoffrey of Tournemine]

The hit against Geoffrey threw him off balance a bit, so he came back around with a lighter swing than the previous round.

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D8 EA, Round 4 vs Hubert de Burgh, Axe, TN 15: 1d20 7
D8 EA, Round 4 vs Hubert de Burgh, Damage 4d6; +1d6 vs Shield: 4d6 10 1d6 3

[Cearnach]

Added to the fight this round are William d'Aubigny and John fitzRichere for Team Lion of Justice. They begin the round at the edge of the combat and must spend it moving to join the scrum.

Llywelyn drags Paul de Vere 3 meters [3/10]

Ranulf de Blondeville, tn 20: critical strike vs. Hamelin de Warenne [attack roll is moot; he cannot roll that high]. Ranulf does 22 real damage. Hamelin's armor does soak 14 points of this, leaving 6. 22 is exactly twice Hamelin's size, so Hamelin is knocked down. Ranulf calls out to Richard to be noticed! He is noticed +50 Glory.
William de Braose moves to support Hamelin de Warenne against Ranulf de Blondeville.

Roger Bigod drags Alan d'Augbiny 3 meters [6/10]

Lambert de Sacey, tn 15 attack roll 3 vs. William of Salisbury (13/28 hp), tn 15, Critical Strike, 20 real damage-10 soak=10 true damage. De Sacey falls. Salisbury feels vindicated, but finds himself pressed by...

Christopher Huntingfield engages William of Salisbury

Gilbert de Vernon runs up and attempts to Secure Geoffrey de Say, Strength check 7 vs. Strength check 10, de Say's going nowhere.

William of Brunswick moves to support Richard Lionheart

Richard Lionheart divides his skill between the two opponents, tn 12 for each. 10, 6 vs. William the Lion tn 18, William the Lion chops the head off of Richard's axe. The king is surprised! Saer de Quincy hits with a 7. he does 13; Richard is uninterested.

Robert Whitehands, tn 19, attack 9 vs. William de Mandeville. attack roll 5 Beaumont hits with his mighty flail, doing 23 damage. Mandeville crit fails his Dex roll! Calamity!

Geoffrey de Tournemine attack 7 vs. Hubert de Burgh attack 2. Tournemine does 13, not quite enough to cast down de Burgh.

Jean de Poilley, still kerschlonked right there on the ground.

Gaspard d'Ivry moves to engage William de Ferrers (6/28)
Aubrey IV de Vere, tn 15, rolls 3. William de Ferrers rolls 15, does 14. His son's free shot does 18 Aubrey de Vere falls outright.


Current match-ups
Llywelyn is dragging Paul de Vere to the reserves [3/10]
Hamelin de Warenne is knocked down
Ranulf de Blondeville vs. a nervous William de Braose
Roger Bigod is dragging Alan d'Aubigny to the reserve [6/10]
Lambert de Sacey is knocked down
Christopher Huntingfield vs. William of Salisbury (13/28)
Gilbert de Vernon is dragging Geoffrey de Say to the reserves [3/10]
Stephen de Montfichet is knocked down
William of Brunswick vs. William the Lion
Richard Lionheart is disarmed vs. William the Lion and Saer de Quincy
Robert de Beaumont should choose a fight or Secure William de Mandeville, who is knocked down.
Geoffrey de Tournemine vs. Hubert de Burgh
Jean de Poilley is knocked down.
Aubrey de Vere is knocked down.
Gaspard d'Ivry vs. William de Ferrers(6/28) and Richard de Ferrers

Choosing Engagements this round
Richard Redvers [He had an equipment malfunction, but he's in it now!], Team Lionheart
William d'Aubigny
John fitzRichere

1 roll in Lionheart's reserves.
1 roll in Lion of Justice's reserves.

[Cearnach]

No one failed and no one critically succeeded, so everything is hunky-dory and normalized in Scrum Round 4. The bodies are piling up! the Earls of Essex and Surrey are knocked down! The Earl of Salisbury is one point from a Major Wound, but doesn't understand the concept of fear! The King is disarmed.

[Geoffrey of Tournemine]

After the previous hit, Geoffrey follows through once more with his axe, trying again to take down de Burgh.

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D8 EA, Round 5 vs Hubert de Burgh, Axe, TN 15: 1d20 13
D8 EA, Round 4 vs Hubert de Burgh, Damage 4d6; +1d6 vs Shield: 4d6 13 1d6 3

[Simon IV de Montfort]

As Simon charges towards the battlefield, the first thing he notice is that his majesty is in danger - as such, he moves as fast as he can to support his majesty, swinging to defend him at any attackers if he must.

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Sword: 15
Strength: 12
Size: 13
Movement: 3
HP: 24

Intended loadout: Armour + shield + mock battle appropriate fake sword

[Llywelyn mab Iorwerth]

"Grah!" The fallen knight is fighing him and Llwelyn needs to heave to keep going.

Round 4-Drag De Vere strength check-TN 15: 1d20 20

[Robert Whitehands]

"Don't worry, my king, I'm not busy over here!" Whitehands roars as Mandeville hits the ground, and the grinning Beaumont rushes to engage King William of Scotland.

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Pride? Argh. Wrong time to feel modest. So ignore the second roll since it wouldn't actually happen. Grr.

[Robert Whitehands]

Coming in range of a more worthy opponent, Whitehands' flail swings at the glorious king of Scotland.

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Attack: 10 for a normal hit.
Damage: 15 if it lands.

[Cearnach]

Llywelyn continues to drag his prey to the reserves (6/10)
Roger de Bigod continues to drag his prey to his reserves (9/10).
William d'Aubigny engages Roger de Bigod to save his brother. Combat next round.
John fitzRichere engages Ranulf de Blondeville in support of William de Braose. Combat next round.

Ranulf de Blondeville Critical Strike vs. William de Braose. Ranulf does 24 damage William de Braose falls automatically, having been knocked unconscious by the mighty swing. He also suffers a Major Wound. Ranulf would like it if Richard noticed him. Richard has his own problems.

Christopher Huntingfield vs. William of Salisbury(13/28). Huntingfield misses Salisbury hits for 14. Huntingfield manages to stay upright.

Gilbert de Vernon attempts to drag de Say, and is successful [3/10]
William of Brunswick is engaged by Walter de Lanvallei, Combat next round.
William of Brunswick, tn 15, attack 11 vs. William the Lion, who just takes 22 damage. William the Lion is down.
Robert de Beaumont tn 19 attack 10 vs. William the Lion, tn 18, attack 4, gets a good piece of the King.

King Richard tries to get a flippin' axe around here. and does. vs. Saer de Quincy, tn 15, blows the opportunity

Geoffrey de Tournemine, attack 13, damage 16 vs. Hubert de Burgh, tn 15: attack 11, Dex roll 9 remains standing.

Gaspard d'Ivry misses badly vs. William de Ferrers (6/28), tn 20, attack 6 and Richard de Ferrers, tn 15, attack 17. William does 21 damage. Gaspard d'Ivry falls to "Reaper" de Ferrers
Richard de Redvers engages Richard de Ferrers




The following people are unsecured and Knocked Down
William de Braose (Lion of Justice)
de Sacey (Lionheart)
Stephen de Montfichet (Lion of Justice)
William the Lion of Justice
Jean de Poilley (Lionheart)
Aubrey IV de Vere (Lionheart)
Gaspard d'Ivry (Lionheart)

The following characters may engage or attempt to Secure a dude in the new round.
Simon de Montfort (Team Lionheart)
Walter de Lanvallei (Team Lion of Justice)

1 roll in Richard's reserves, 2 rolls in William's.

Battle rolls
Llywelyn can roll Battle for Team Lion of Justice if he chooses.
Richard rolls a 19, Failing. -5 to Combat Skills for Team Lionheart.

[Llywelyn mab Iorwerth]

Llwelyn sees William the Lion fall to his surprise. The group begins to look disorganized without their leader, but Richards group is also in disarray.

Llwelyn looks down at his prize, which would help him pay off the debt he took to enter. He could get away clean and clear if things ended now. But...he just can't.

"Look at their left flank!They're scattered! Will you let your King fall like that?!?Reinforcements from reserves, to the front!"

Battle test TN 15: 1d20 4

(Continuing drag)

[Geoffrey of Tournemine]

Geoffrey is put off by the faltering line, his focus stolen for the moment.

D8 EA, Round 6 vs Hubert de Burgh, Axe, Battle -5, TN 10: 1d20 17

[Robert Whitehands]

"Very good, Brunswick, you see to that one. Richard, you see to my son-in-law. I'll just be clearing a bit of space for you to work," Whitehands says rather shamelessly, dropping his flail to try to start hauling the great King of Scotland out of the scrum. He does seem to get Richard's attention, hopefully favorably, as he doesn't spend much time on it, given the circumstances for everyone...

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Modest? Ha! Super not modest, then passes the Orate roll. Glory me!
Trying to drag William the Lion: not so much. Darn heavy kings!

[Simon IV de Montfort]

While the King gets his weapon, Simon engages against Saer de Quincy, putting out a mediocre blade swing.

Sword sing - 5/10
Damage roll - 16

[Cearnach]

Darragh Mac Aonghusa and John Curzon enter the battlefield. Aethelwulf Stansfield balks and takes the glory hits. He is the last man in King William's reserves.


Llywelyn continues to drag Paul de Vere to the sidelines [9/10]

Roger de Bigod [9/10] vs. William d'Aubigny. William d'Aubigny hits for 21. Bigod falls beside Alan d'Aubigny at 9/10

Ranulf de Blondeville vs. John fitzRichere. De Blondeville strikes fitzRichere critically for 19 damage. At 10 soak, fitzRichere is at 9/28 wounds. fitzRichere falls. Ranulf de Blondeville stands proudly amid a heap of foes.

Christopher Huntingfield vs. William of Salisbury, Christopher Huntingfield hits for 23 damage. William of Salisbury Has critical success in Dexterity. Combat continues.

Gilbert de Vernon drags de Say [6/10]

William of Brunswick vs. Walter de Lanvallei William of Brunswick hits for A weak blow. Perhaps he tires.

Simon de Montfort vs. Saer de Quincy Simon de Montfort hits with 5., doing 16 damage. Saer de Quincy stands.

Robert de Beaumont tries to secure the King of Scotland.
Geoffrey de Tournemine vs. Hubert de Burgh Geoffrey de Tournemine is struck for 19 damage.

King Richard vs. William de Ferrers. William de Ferrers critically hits King Richard for 16 damage Richard takes 2 real damage, and looks briefly confused. William de Ferrers does a good job hiding that he's shitting himself over what's gonna go down in a couple rounds.

Gaspard d'Ivry vs. William de Ferrers. Gaspard d'Ivry strikes William de Ferrers for 13. William de Ferrers is uninterested in that development.

Richard de Redvers vs. Richard de Ferrers. Richard de Ferrers hits for 13 damage. Richard de Redvers is able to withstand the blow.

The following characters are Unsecured, but Knocked Down
Alan d'Aubigny
Roger Bigod
William de Braose (Lion of Justice)
de Sacey (Lionheart)
Stephen de Montfichet (Lion of Justice)
William de Mandeville (Lion of Justice)
Jean de Poilley (Lionheart)
Aubrey IV de Vere (Lionheart)
Gaspard d'Ivry (Lionheart)

[Geoffrey of Tournemine]

Geoffrey gets knocked down by de Burgh.

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D8 EA, Dexterity, TN 9: 1d20 13