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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 4954429" data-attributes="member: 13966">Rats' Nest - Round 1Evanar stands gawking and appalled for a few seconds, as giant rats the size of small dogs come rushing out from their now-exposed shadows to assault him!  One skitters up and over the rack to Evanar's right, hopping down behind Evanar and next to both Abrielle and Fayne, but it only manages to nip at Evanar's armor.However, he's not so lucky as two more rats move in, one hopping over at his thigh and gouging out a chunk of his leg, dangerously close to the femoral artery!  Luckily, Evanar survives the bite, and doesn't think he'll bleed to death from it.  Still, it really hurts!  A second rat tears into him as it hops over some junk on the floor and slips between some boxes, biting Evanar's other leg!  Fortunately, this one isn't quite so bad, though it comes close to biting his ankle off.Another three rats swarm around Evanar, snapping at him ineffectually as they get in each others' way and scamper over and between boxes and kegs on the floor.  Fayne, Abrielle, and Abde'ragman quickly find themselves also perilously close to the filthy, oversized rodents with teeth like goblin shivs.  More squeaking can be heard across the cellar, but nothing else approaches your light.[sblock=Round 1 Begins]Initiatives:20 Dire Rats18 Fayne11 Abde'ragman7 Abrielle5 Evanar (9 damage suffered now)Dire rats 1-6 move into positions all around Evanar, swarming about him.  Other rats can be heard squeaking in the cellar, in further corners, but don't come anywhere near your light.Dire rat 1 climbs over the obstacles and bites at Evanar with a 14, missing due to partial cover for Evanar.Dire rat 2 skitters to where dire rat 1 used to be and bites Evanar with a natural 20, and a 22 total to confirm the crit for 6 damage!Dire rat 3 hustles over some junk and between some boxes, snapping at Evanar from a flanking position with #2.  Natural 20 hits him, but a natural 1 botches the crit!  3 damage.Dire rat 4 moves around Evanar and bites at his right leg, but misses with a 6.Dire rat 5 moves around a keg and a small pile of firewood, biting at Evanar with a 9 that misses.Dire rat 6 comes out of the shadows to reach Evanar and bite at him with a natural 1.....missing horribly.Lucky Evanar!  An absurd series of awesome and utterly terrible rolls.....with only 2 hits for a total of 9 damage to Evanar this round.  Still, ouch!  Make 2 Fortitude saves, Evanar.  At least you can take defensive actions and/or cut down one or two rats now.Everyone can take their first combat turn now, but Fayne's and Abde'ragman's will be resolved before Abrielle's and Evanar's.Everyone is in at least one dire rat's threatened area, so any ranged attacks or spellcasting would best be done after a 5-foot step away.  Rats 1 and 2 have partial cover against Evanar (+2 to their AC vs. him).  Rats 3 and 5 also have partial cover against everyone thanks to the junk they're half-hiding between.Map: Garret's CellarX__X__X__R__O__R__R__?s__X__A__3R_4_5R__O__?s__O__a__F__E__6__O__?s__X__X__1__O__2__X__Xs__X__O__X__O__X__R__X?__R__O__X__R__?__?__??__?__?__X__X___?__?__??__?__?__O__O__O__?__?Map Key: A = Abde'ragman, a = Abrielle, E = Evanar, F = Fayne, 1-11 = dire rats, X = empty 5-foot space, s = stairway, R = rough terrain (small boxes and such), O = obstacles (piles of stuff you can't cross or see past), ? = areas you can't see yet, yellow areas are lit up, blue areas have shadowy illumination.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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