36 - Orc Reaver!

You have a chance to catch one of the orc reavers. Roll on the Orc Reavers table to determine who he is. If this is the first orc reaver you meet, he has a 2 in 6 chance of having one of Davanzu’s rings, but you can determine this only if you catch him. Each character has two options: pursuit, or trying to hit him with a ranged weapon or spell. Decide what course of action each character takes before rolling for its success. Pursuit: The character must roll a save versus the orc’s level. ●Roll fails by 2 or more: the character fails to catch up with the orc. ●Roll fails by 1: the character catches up with the orc, but he is so fatigued that his Attack and Defense rolls are at -1 for the duration of the fight; the orc strikes first. ●Roll succeeds: The character catches up with the orc but the orc strikes first. ●Roll succeeds by 2 or more: The character catches the orc unawares, strikes first, with a +1 bonus on his first attack. Only characters who catch up with the orc may fight him in melee. Character who choose to shoot the orc (see Shooting, below) will catch up with the orc on the beginning of the third round of combat. If NO character catches up with the orc, the orc flees out of sight. The same orc may be encountered again later. Shooting or Spellcasting: the character can perform a single ranged Attack roll or cast a single spell. Attempts to perform ranged attacks or spells are performed BEFORE attempts to pursue. If a ranged attack or spell inflicts a wound, all characters trying to catch up with the running orc will have a bonus to their roll equal to the number of wounds inflicted by the ranged attack or spell. For example, if during this encounter two characters shoot the orc and wound him for 2 Life points, all attempts to catch up with the orc during this encounter (or in future encounters, if the orc escapes and the same orc is met again) will be at +2.