*Diedrik recites a litany, filling his allies with courage.*
*Vanessa continues to ready some healing, in case the creature is more successful with its next attack.*
*Fortunately, it is not, as Yuriko brings up her katana in lightning-fast motions to block one claw, then the other. Even so, Kirkesh and Yuriko feel more of their ego drain away into numbing darkness.*
*Zaeryn and Valyssa are not so lucky. Each of them manages to dodge their first assailant while falling prey to the second's attack. While Zaeryn is mildly enervated, Valyssa gasps and drops to the ground, pale and unmoving.*
(OOC: Zaeryn takes 1 negative level
Kirkesh loses 2 Charisma
Good guys' turns)