Round 1
With fluid movements, Rose strikes at the great vermin, opening gashes in its side and dancing back after a quick exchange of blows. Meanwhile, Loriel prepares herself, as Arxas singes several kobolds with a fireball. Snargle teleports in right on the heels of the magical blast.
A similar magical blast rocks the party, as two glowing beads streak in from perhaps sixty feet behind the main group of kobolds and detonate near the opening of the stairwell. The creature of blue flame vanishes, presumably destroyed. The kobolds with bows drop them and draw melee weapons to attack the giant in their midst. Those already wielding halberds simply charge. Without moving from its spot thirty feet off, the scorpion lashes out at Rose, using its gigantic claws and enormous tail.
So distracted is the scorpion by Rose that the maug closes with it unhindered. He lands a mighty blow. Kelteror engages in some teleportation of his own, and Gabriel begins to make a mockery of all things kobold-related. Pyre also takes advantage of the distraction to stab the scorpion. Hanaav returns fire at the source of the fireballs, but his arrow does not hit. Vedak augments his own vision. Roillard mutters something about useless pets, and blasts the scorpion with a beam of blue-white energy.
OOC: Numbers below.
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Rose lands three hits and misses once - scorpion takes 49 damage.
Rose is hit by the scorpion AOO - 24 damage.
Arxas's Fireball - 32 damage.
Enemy fireballs - 36 and 72 damage. Everyone but Gabriel and the blue flame saved against the first; everyone saved against the second. Rose, Maug, Kelteror, Gabriel, Pyre, Roillard's summoned monster, and Hanaav are within the area of the first blast; Maug, Pyre, Vedak and Arxas are hit by the second (Pyre couldn't care less, as he is immune to fire. Kelteror is also within the area of the second blast, but his spell resistance protects him.) Arxas and Vedak realize that at least one of these fireballs were empowered due to the abnormally high damage they take (36 on a save is beyond what is normally possible.)
NOTE - Fire resistances have not been accounted for in the above figures.
Maug - 55 damage to scorpion.
Snargle is hit six times - 22 damage (DR has been accounted for.)
Snargle hits onrushing kobolds - 23, 20, and 28 damage.
One kobold actually climbs aboard his person (grapple check to shake it off)!
Rose is hit by both claws and the stinger - 51 damage and 3 con damage.
Pyre - 26 damage to scorpion.
Roillard - 60 damage to scorpion.[/sblock]