Crystal Cave Adventure (OOC)

Sorry, I thought what I wrote was clear, "He swings his glowing sword with all he's got." Deoring was attacking the gargoyle near him, giving up on chasing the one going after the Captain, Albert and Asha/Ahsa, as he didn't want the one near him to notice them. I know it's not likely to happen, but Deoring hopes it will attract the attention of the other gargoyle. In any case, he'll try to keep the one near him from noticing or at least getting to the others.

So I will roll +STR.

Remember when vague said we just need 1 good roll each? ?

Of course, I actually meant 'one good roll each', but at least we did get one very good one. :)

So, if Albert keeps running the way he is right now, the gargoyle will definitely attack him, right?
I'm trying to come up with a way to stop that from happening. He might just have to take the hit.

It will try to, but you still have a chance to do something (and possibly make a roll) to avoid getting hit or to save your patient. Roald may be able to help too. Depending on how things go you may have one, two, or three gargoyles upon you soon.

You sure? That is possibly, but you will very likely get hit doing that, and I am not sure it will buy them much time, focused as the gargoyles are.

It might be possible to help get her to the safety of the trees, especially now that you know they will completely stop the gargoyles. Maybe you can take her from Albert and allow him to get there as well, or maybe you help him carry.

If you want stand as a barrier you can do that. Sounds like a +CON roll? Remember that you only have 3 HP, and they do 1d6, but you do have 2 armour with your Toughness, so it will take a 5 to kill you.

(why won't people run away?!):

I thought because they are that close to Albert, that it would be the only way to get them to safety. There is also the captain and Deoring being under attack. Maybe the creatures will retreat when Asha is in safety, but Roald doesn't know that for sure.

On the other hand, he DID notice that the gargoyles weren't able to get into the forest...

I'm gonna stay with what I wrote, giving Albert and Asha a chance to escape, while in the mean time being close to the captain to provide aid if needed. If it turns out badly, so be it.

Changing the fiction always feels a bit like cheating :-/

A bit, but changing after finding out that we thought one thing was the only way, and discovering that there are others is definitely not cheating.

If you are willing to take the risk you might be able to give Albert the time he needs to get to safety. We assume the characters are not incompetent, so what they do is relatively 'reasonable'.
Maybe shouting out that they can not enter the forest will spur him on a bit faster?
Yes, the captain is in need of help.
I can't argue with that. :)

I don’t think Deoring saw that the gargoyles could not enter the forest. He was too busy fighting the one gargoyle. But maybe he’ll see that now that he’s running in the direction of the group at the edge of the clearing.

Maybe, or Roald can tell everyone. You all did hope that the woods would be safe, so it is fair to act as though you assume they are, that was sorta the basics of this plan.

What do you (the player) want to do next? You are running after the gargoyle, why? To try stop it from getting to the others? To slow it and buy them time?

Fair enough.
To slow it and buy them time. That was Deoring's whole motivation from the start, to try to distract and occupy the gargoyles for long enough for the others to escape. And then hopefully, escape himself, although that seems much less likely now.

Cool. How do you do that? The one that knocked the captain down is closer than the one you were by, do you --somehow-- drive them together and try to get them to tangle with each other, or run and tackle that one before it can get to your friends, or something else (those were just 'off the top of my head' 'ideas')? Those --or similar-- might be +CON?

Maybe a +STR roll to see how well you do?

Roald's roll will determine any damage you take. I will wait for that before resolving both, and Deoring's roll may become relevant if you don't make it out this 'round'.

DOOOM!

More doom.

My idea was. Maybe if Asha got to Safety, the gargoyles would lose interest in the other members of the party, so they can escape.
So Roald taking the blow might give them the chance.

A blow it is....

Not really, it seems. :)

Man, Albert I hope you have Armour, else we are going to have to work out what happens when you reach 0 HP. (But that will have to wait till after my meeting.)

I don't, but I do have 6HP. So, if you roll a 6, it's your own fault! :D