<em>((OOC: My mistake there, I seem to keep making them at a rate I begin to wonder if you'll even want me for a DM for long like this. Anyhow, I wondered why Sheva was going for 2 spells in 1 round without metamagic before recalling she was using the surprise round too. Such a mistake, ugh. Well, her second spell goes into effect too, my apologies on that to Kate, I worry that I'm already frustrating her too much. Though one thing worries me, I didn't see Sheva's HP anywhere. <br/><br/>Actually, it seems that there was discussion over the HP question in the main thread but no unified decision was told. I ended up thinking of having said maximum Hit Points for the starting levels in the end after enough questions, but doubting I recalled to post that then. Ugh, seriously, I apologise I am not doing a very good job gming to a group over the forums. I am not giving up, but apologising for the trouble.))</em><br/><br/>Sheva's second spell went into effect swiftly, the webbing launching from her hands and  bursting to a net that tangled five of the orcs eight archers, and screams were heard as the orcs struggled to pull their arms and bows free, only ending up bound worse. Her magic held the orcs firm, and had the others prone on their face in grease.<br/><br/>Jayne's fast attack left the orc drawing its sword to stare at her with horror, before the loud crack of breaking bones when the sheer impact of her weapon lifted the orc's corpse slightly into the air. At least this orc wasn't going to be a bother to them anymore.<br/><br/>Sachi's orders were followed quickly by Sheva's men, though there was one shout. "Captain, our comrade still lives! Barely, but she lives!" One of the soldiers was touching the fallen woman with an arrow through the neck. It seemed that miraculously, the wound that had looked lethal had not been instantly so at least, and the soldier was holding the woman trying to staunch the bleeding there.<br/><br/>Three heavy repeating crossbows rose and began to fire, and the wail of the orcs was intensified by the sound of bolts embedding themselves to the flesh, the soldiers each scored a lethal hit on one of the orcs, dropping the number of Orcs in the front-line to half of what it used to be just a little time before. Twelve orcs down to seven, and archers tied down so only three of them stood, the team had effectively halved the enemy strength already.<br/><br/>Sachi's commands were followed by a pillar of flame however, and the greased orcs screamed in horror as Sheva's grease helped the flames burn more intense, and the flames literally burnt the flesh from their bones, collapsing piles of ashen remains all that was left of the three orcs that were caught directly in front of the blast. That left the front-line down to 4, 3 of them before will, 1 of them near Sachi, and with Jayne in position to reach either of them next. Or given the way the front line had collapsed, reaching the archers too.<br/><br/>"Short steps, don't give them any openings!" The shouting at the treetop ordered the orcs, that moved a short 5-ft step closer to Will there, too guarded to attack the way he had intended. Will's attack only connected with one of the orcs, and even then barely. Two swords rose, the orcs fought with a legionaire's defence, shielding one another up close. Someone had drilled them to fight. Nonetheless, the attack was still too good for the orcs, and the knight's sword was painted a bit red before the chill burst into the orc's wound and it collapsed with a guttural scream.<br/><br/>That only left two orcs attacking Will, and swords slammed against his shield, pounding at it, trying to find an opening in his stance, trying to hit him, but to no luck.<br/><br/>The three archers still standing seemed to have a remarkable strength of will to not retreat while watching their comrades get butchered, raising their bows and firing into the crowd. One arrow struck against Jayne, shattering to pieces without harm done to her, another flew right at Sachi and ended up slammed aside by a bit of magic around her, changing paths. The last arrow impaled a small branch, well above the group, having been so wide miss it would not have hit the wide side of a barn.<br/><br/>"Useless maggots!" The black-skinned figure dropped from the trees, glaring at the group, and turning to flee.<br/><br/>Only as she turned to run away, she ran right into Horo's path.<br/><br/><em>((OOC: Horo is free to act against the runaway dark-skinned woman on this turn normally, she has the initiative against this woman, who just rushed into Horo's arrival-path, past the archers. Horo can see the rest of the team by now, and vice-versa. Though it'll still take her another round to reach them if she continues past the woman. </em>