Yggdrasill, the role-playing game, allows you to play through exciting adventures in a detailed and fascinating setting, and to become a hero in legendary Scandia, the land of the “three kingdoms” of Denmark, Norway, and Svithjod (modern-day Sweden). Intrigues, combats, quests, magic, and mythical creatures await you!
In Her Dark Majesty you will become part of a powerful group of unsung heroes who are sent to rid the world of a powerful evil that has once more reared its ugly head. Through the course of your adventures you will partake in an epic tale that is most assuredly design to mimic the classic prose of the Poetic Edda and Beowulf itself.
You can be a mercenary or hirdman, berserker or noble, soothsayer or sorcerer, Fate will guide you along the frozen shores of the fjords, cross deep seas on perilous expeditions and into monster-haunted forests. The skalds will sing of your exploits for centuries to come!
Skulmdall wakes, frantically rushing to his feet upon hearing his sister's voice and the wolves' snarls. He has taken off his armor, but left his greaves, bracers, and shoulder guards on, the latter for warmth more than protection. He draws his large sword from its sheath. "Keep Annehi safe," he says to his sister. He knows that Sylvi will be pissed at him for the thinly veiled attempt to keep her away from danger under the guise of protecting the seer, but hopefully she will grudgingly accept it for now rather than try arguing with him amidst the battle. You are the finest shieldmaiden in Scandia, sister, he thinks. But I will go to Valhalla before you are beset by the snapping jaws of these beasts.
Sylvi's PER+Vigilance Test
2k2+1, ST ?? = 7, Failure!
Failed to Detect Ambush!
Skulmdall's PER+Vigilance Test
2k2, ST ?? = 13, Failure!
Failed to Detect Ambush!
The party awakens to Annehi's cries and witnesses Yrsa being ravaged. The two wolves continue with their attack and wound the large woman yet again, this time with a terrible bite upon the woman's leg. She stands nearly staggering with shield and axe in hand as she tries to defend herself. It is clear to see, that Yrsa is more of a craftsman than actual warrior. Still however, the large woman stands!
Kaeder cries out for the others to bring their wounded companion closer to the group and ponders the notion of engaging the beasts back-to-back. As he does so, Sylvi awakens her brother with a cry of her own and stands with shield and weapon in hand surveying the battlefield. Heeding his sister's cries, the lean and muscular Skulmdall likewise rises from his abridged slumber and upon standing to his feet; draws forth his mighty zwiehander.
Gripping the blade tightly, the two twins then debate their strategy; plans that are suddenly -and quite rudely one might add- interrupted!
Two more wolves lunge from the darkness! Large, gray-furred, feral-looking beasts that pounce upon the paired siblings with a tenacity and ferociousness of something possessed with the intent to kill! Caught unaware by the sudden maneuver, both brother and sister succumb to several pain-filled injuries as the two wolves bite and claw their way through leather armor. Forcing the beasts back, the two twins eye one another to inspect their sibling's wounds and prepare to formulate a new stratagem...
Wolf 1's Attack on Yrsa
2d10+6, ST 24 = 18, Miss!
Wolf 2's Attack on Yrsa
2d10+6, ST 24 = 26, Hit! SM 2
Damage: 1d10+8=17-12(Armor) = 5 points sustained!
Wolf 3's Attack on Skulmdall
2d10+12(Surprised), ST 21 = 25, Hit! SM 4
Damage: 1d10+10=14-5(Armor) = 9 points sustained!
Wolf 4's Attack on Sylvi
2d10+12(Surprised), ST 25 = 26, Hit! SM 1
Damage: 1d10+7=16-7(Armor) = 9 points sustained!
As they do so, Yrsa lets forth a bellowing war-cry. Her voice echoes throughout the darkened forest and is gravelly and powerful; almost as if it belonged to an angry or wounded troll and not a maiden in distress. The lumbering female batters one of the wolves away with her shield and draws back with her war-axe. Having just cried out to the darkness, Yrsa then roars once more and brings the edge of her blade down atop the wolf's head. *SPLAT!* the woman's blow cleaves through the wolf's skull and spreads its carcass apart halfway down the middle. A gusher of crimson spray covers Yrsa as the wounded wolf dies immediately, it's bloody entrails now openly visible to the eye for all to see.
Yrsa's Power Attack on Wolf 1 Spends a point of Furor (+1k1)
Uses By Thor's Arm! Feat (-3 Penalty, +1d10 dmg)
4k3+1, ST 17 = 34, Hit! SM 17
Damage: 9+17+3+4-6(Physical) = 27 points sustained!
Wolf 1 is Killed Outright!
Yrsa grunts heavily and continues to struggle with the one remaining wolf upon her. As she does so...
Wolves, Party
Names in italics have already acted this phase of the round.
Snapping suddenly awake at the sound of the the woman's shout, it takes Thorgrod a couple of seconds for him to distinguish reality from the dark dreams he has been having. Grasping his longsword he rises quickly and is now at full attention as he takes in the situation. He rushes toward the twins trying to flank the wolf attacking Sylvi.
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Kaeder's PER+Vigilance Test
2k2+1, ST ?? = 7, Failure!
Failed to Detect Ambush!
Kolgrim's PER+Vigilance Test
2k2+3, ST ?? = 9, Failure!
Failed to Detect Ambush!
Skulmdall's PER+Vigilance Test
2k2, ST ?? = 4, Failure!
Failed to Detect Ambush!
Thorgrod snaps awake and unknowingly tries to stir his son from the youth's slumber. Sadly, his son is no longer present within the group's camp; having agreed to accompany Ulfr on a scouting mission while the others slumbered. Cursing his befuddled state of mind and lack of proper wits, Thorgrod remembers his son's comments about traveling with Ulfr and promptly spurs himself into action!
The aged justicar strides forwards with but sword in hand. He positions himself aside the wolf beset upon ravaging Sylvi and spins about with a thrust from his blade. Sleep still plagues the older man mind and body, and his blow is weak; barely nicking the fanged beast underneath its abdomen.
Thorgrod Moves to Engage for free and performs a Classic Attack upon Wolf 4, Flanking it.
Thorgrod's Classic Attack on Wolf 4
2d10+9(Flanking), ST 17 = 17, Hit! SM 0
Damage = 7+0-6, 1 point Sustained!
Crappy die rolls
As soon as Thorgrod has begun to move, three more wolves rush forth from the darkness! One of the creatures is much larger than the others and is covered in blackened fur, not gray like the others. Clearly, this thing is the pack's Alpha...
Wolf 5's Attack on Skulmdall
2d10+15(Surprised, Flanking), ST 21 = 23, Hit! SM 2
Damage: 1d10+8=16-5(Armor) = 11 points sustained!
Wolf 6's Attack on Kolgrim
2d10+12(Surprised), ST 21 = 27, Hit! SM 6
Damage: 1d10+12=16-5(Armor) = 11 points sustained!
Alpha Wolf's Attack on Kaeder
2d10+14(Surprised), ST 21 = 27, Hit! SM 6
Damage: 1d10+14=24-6(Armor) = 19 points sustained!
The snarling trio of terror lunges forth to engage your party in combat. Kolgrim finds himself bitten upon the fleshy part of his inner bicep by one of the beasts and hangs there flailing about momentarily as the old berserker grimaces with pain and proceeds to pound it free from his body with a hammering fist.
Skulmdall is caught unaware of an additional adversary in combat. The young warrior almost falls to the ground as his legs are suddenly spread apart by the newcomer of an opponent gnawing away and tugging at his lower leg. Still however, it is Kaeder who feels the worst of these vile creatures' attack; for the alpha has apparently given the thrall the unfortunate pleasure of its slavering presence.
The tremendous beast knocks Kaeder to the ground and thrashes about violently on the man's body. It is all Kaeder can do to thrust the animal off of his prone frame and rise to his feet to try and formulate a viable defense. By the time he has done so, rivulets of blood begin to flow from horrible gashes and tears in Kaeder's flesh.
Rising to his feet, Kaeder pants heavily. Meanwhile...
It is all he can do to survive the ferocious onslought. Never before had Kæder met a wolf with such ferocity and fearsome bite, and for a moment it seems that the Kven might well give in, but as he pushes the wolf off him, he picks himself up and begins to weave the firewood about in an elaborate arc that causes the wolf to realize it is on fire before attempting to slam it down on the wolf.
I'll say you grab a branch and set it ablaze as a free action. Successful hits will do an additional 1d5 damage. The branch will be treated like a staff for all intensive purposes.
Kaeder's Classic Attack on Alpha Wolf
2k2+6, ST 19 = 10, Miss!
Panting heavily, Kaeder scrambles to retrieve the flaming stick from beside him and weaves it back and forth in a threatening manner. The alpha wolf appears to show wariness to the flaming arc's presence and hunches down close to the ground. When the thralls decides to try and strike the beast, it lunges backwards and snarls. Certainly, lesser creatures would have most likely retreated from such an act, but not this one!
One can not help but wonder if there was not some an kind of otherworldly influence affecting these animals...
Cursing himself under his breath, Thorgrod shakes the last of the sleep from his mind as adrenaline kicks in. He is now fully awake and prepares to finish off this beast.
classic attack wolf 4
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Skulmdall curses as the two wolves attack him. He's been wounded, but he knows the only path for him is to kill the beasts before they get him. Looking around quickly he sees his sister fighting a wolf alongside the justicar. The Kven is struggling against the large alpha, and he sees the Berserker fighting, but not much else. Kill the wolf on my right. Sylvi and Thorgrod will kill their wolf shortly. That will free one of our flanks. Skulmdall swings his sword, hoping to bring down one of the beasts.
Hey @Bohemond
Just a bit of advice, seeing how you're somewhat hindered on understanding the rules and what not.
Feel free to check out THIS THREAD ON COMBAT to determine which type of attack you'd like to make in future reference.
Skulmdall is pretty muscular and would probably be wanting to settle for Power/Devastating Attacks as a general rule of thumb when engaging melee opponents. For now however, I'll go with what you wrote.
Skulmdall's Classic Attack on Wolf 3
2k2(AGI)+6(Skill), ST 17 = 44, Hit! SM 27
Damage = 12(Weapon)+27(SM)-6(Physical), 33 points Sustained!
33>20(Vitality x2) Target Killed Outright!
Skulmdall curses as the two wolves attack him. He struggles to regain his balance and after kicking himself free from the new assailant, promptly uses his mass to shove the other wolf away from his body. The young warrior then lunges forth with his blade and skewers the flung animal through the front of its throat. As if adding insult to injury, the injured warrior then proceeds to spin about in a deadly arc and brings down the edge of his zwiehander across the top of the wolf's neck. Skulmdall's blow is powerful enough to cleave the beast's head clean from its body!
*WHACK!*
Meanwhile, Annehi panics. The young woman awoke your group in an attempt to aid her fellow night's watchman and continues to do so even now. She clutches her staff tightly and begins to dash across the campfire. She soon finds her new home situated at the hind end of snarling wolf attacking Yrsa. Emboldened by the volva's presence, Yrsa once more raises her axe and tries to fell an opponent. Sadly, the wolf skitters about too much from Annehi's arrival and avoids the blow completely as it tries to accommodate the new attacker with renewed defenses.
As Annehi runs, Kolgrim surprisingly ignores the gaping mess of a wound in his upper arm and brings an edge of his axe down atop the hindquarters of the wolf he just battered himself free of and cripples the animal's hip as well as severing its bone and sinew away from the creature's body in the process. Kolgrim smiles briefly, nodding his appreciation of the blow to those that would see it.
Annehi's AGI+Athletics Test to Sprint (Spends 1 Furor)
3k3, ST 14 = 20, Success!
Annehi has Movement 12(Move x3)
Annehi moves behind Wolf 2 to aid Yrsa
Kolgrim's Power Attack on Wolf 6
3k2+7, ST 17 = 27, Hit! SM 10
Damage = 14(Weapon)+10(SM)+3(STR)-6(Physical), 19 points Sustained!
19>10(Vitality) Target Wounded!
Yrsa's Power Attack on Wolf 2
3k2+4, ST 17 = 11, Miss!
Still beset upon by savage beasts, our group quickly...
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