Hawthorne, feeling slightly more himself, fired his crossbow into the swarm of bats. While it wasn't particularly spectacular an effect, a large bat fell to the ground, skewered on the quarrel.
Kaliban curses as the swarm of bats descends on the group. he raises his shield to protect his face and slashes around with his sward to try to fend off the mass of creatures fluttering around him and his companions. The weapon is fairly inefficient against the swarm of creatures.
Another bat fell to the ground, chopped in half by Kaliban's sword. The bats fluttered around the gnome's shield, but apart from feeling their wings brush his skin, Kaliban was unharmed.
OOC:
Because I still can't roll. Kaliban did 4 (2) to Bats3, who missed him. Still @Neurotic Cairn and @Leatherhead Argenti to go.
Argenti gives a wide eyed expression when she sees the bats, which goes into shock after Hawthorne provokes them into flight. "I guess we aren't backing out now!" She quips before sending a glowing green rock hurling into the flapping beasts "HYAH!"
Cairn charges forward, but it ends up more of a pinball from the walls as he still expects the protrusions and other obstacles to just move aside. Still, swinging a large rock he manages to arrive in melee. As he bounced from wall to wall, the movement was more wild swing than precision strike, but heavy weapon still splattered few bats as it passed through.
Argenti's rock scattered a few bats, knocking them down, then Cairn stepped in front of her and Hawthorne and swung a big rock, crushing quite a few of them. Still the room was all fluttering wings and high-pitched squeaks.
(General Features) Difficult Terrain: All side-tunnels (anything not along a track) Visibility: Dark (Underground); (Dim within 30 feet of Ethian)
Name * AC * HP * Hit Dice * PasPrc * Spells * (Notes)
(PCs) Argenti AC14 HP 31/31 THP 7/7 HD 4/4 PP13 SS 2/2 Cairn AC18 HP 43/43 THP 7/7 HD 4/4 PP13** 2W 1/1 AS 1/1 Crock Jon AC14 HP 36/36 THP 7/7 HD 4/4 PP12* SD 4/4 Ethian AC19* HP 27/27 THP 7/7 HD 4/4 PP16* PIns16 SS 4/4 3/3 CD 0/1 Hawthorne AC14 HP 31/31 THP 7/7 HD 4/4 PP17 PInv17 PIns15 Kaliban AC18* HP 35/35 THP 7/7 HD 4/4 PP10* PED 4/4 (d6's)
Kaliban continues to slash frantically at the air hoping to hit more of the fluttering bats. The quick creatures proved elusive and Kaliban's strikes only slashed empty air.
As the bats engulf the area, Hawthorne notices the swarm closest to him has thinned itself out a bit, and he takes a quick shot from his crossbow at the remaining creatures engaged with Cairn.