The thug approaching from the east of Gold throws a small vial at him. Although it bounces back off his psychic shield, the vial bursts at his feet with a puff of dark smoke. Gold clutches at his head and whilst he is incapacitated the two to his north rush him with clubs. Both hit, but while one is blocked by his psychic shield, the other lands a solid blow to Gold's shoulder.
Ape brings his lightning ball up behind the thug who threw the vial,. He turns to notice it at the last moment, tries to sidestep but is caught by a lance of crackling energy. With a faint cry he collapses to the floor.
The dark spirit ignores Annika, turning to reach out an ethereal arm at Mystal. The salsham'ai feels a chill to the marrow of his bones as the dark energy feeds on his life force. Then, silently, the creature drops down through the walkway.
The leader darts from pillar to pillar, making his way past the melee surrounding Gold, to a position north of Ape. The remaining two thugs, to the east, hold position behind their respective pillars.
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Correction to earlier post - I guess Annika taking a step back is a 5ft. step, thus no AoO from the dark spirit (though it missed anyway).
#4 thrown touch attack vs. Gold, hits. Fort save from Gold 6+3=9, fail.
#5 charge Gold, miss.
#6 charge Gold, hit for 5 damage.
Ape move lighting ball against #4 for 3d6=8 damage. Makes Reflex save but still enough to put him down.
Dark Spirit touch attack vs. Mystal, makes it for 3 damage. Fort save by Mystal 11+2=13, fails. Mystal suffers 1 Con drain (which also costs him 5 points of Health - the Con loss and 4x+1 bonus). Spirit then takes 5 ft. step straight down.
#1 double move.
#2,#3, no move. Ready action?
Round again:
Mystal
Gold
Annika
#5, #6
Ape
Dark Spirit
#1
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