Viper seemed to be totally locked in his meditation, every few minutes making growling noises. Fairly intense. I prepared a snare. Looping a small vine round a tree and the other end to a sizeable bomb rigged to go off when any pressure was applied. "Lets see what this does" I muttered to myself. If the rest of the group were as good as they said they were then we had a good chance.
What was that name Viper called me? Womble?? Sounds strange...
An arrow suddenly split the air, whizzing past my ear. What the hell....? It was an advance party! We had no time to prepare an ambush! The taint of an orc shaman's work seemed to show itself here...
I ran back to the party. "They're coming!" I yelled. Only to see them already fighting. "Dammit!" I yelled drawing my crude weapons. I paused to aim my boomstick, seconds later an Orc's head exploded. Another thunderous blast from behind, accompanied by orc screams. My trap had worked! Grinning to myself I loaded my weapon again. They hadn't noticed me much at the moment. That was my plan, stick to the undergrowth and pick them off one by one. Circling the bushes I saw Joliekiller locked in combat with 2 orcs. I'd always heard Paladins were impressive fighters, if not a little 'too' courageous. Another orc had snuck in behind him. I took aim as he raised his axe for the killer blow. The shot rang through the air and to orc dropped like a stone. Jolie looked around for a second, confused. The orcs backed off, totally confused as to how this paladin had killed their companion. Apparently with loud flatulence! They bolted back into the woods. Jolie giving chase screaming "Infidels!"
I snuck on, circling the battle and picking off targets where I could. There was a noise from behind me. Suddenly an Orc leapt out of the bush, Axe in hand, frothing at the mouth. I rolled sideways but his axe came down with a mighty clang, cleaving my beard. "Me beard!" I screamed, "I'll chop yer green bollocks off fer that!" The next few seconds I didn't remember much. In fact the next thing I recall was hurling a severed orc head into the woods, screaming "good bloody riddance".
Maybe it was time to get into this fight properly....
