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Message: <blockquote data-quote="covaithe" data-source="post: 5101994" data-attributes="member: 46559">Round 4Mikara and Kathalia sink a trio of arrows deep into the dragon, finding weak spots in its hide and causing it to bellow in fury. Hacker's banjo plays an inspiring melody, filling his friends with courage and sapping the dragon's will.  Tristan directs a ray of divine sanction towards the dragon, but his heart is not in it, distracted as he is by the thought of close combat with such a beast.  Woe and Atreus circle closer, readying themselves.The dragon, its wings catching the air strongly now, flies over Woe's head toward the archer who has been giving it so much trouble.  Unable to reach Mikara, it settles for a swipe at Tristan, but the wary elf dodges the blow.  Woe looks eagerly for an opening, but the dragon is too high, out of his reach.  Atreus moves in to circle behind the dragon, taking note of its weak spots again.  Then, before anyone can react further, the dragon makes a horrible gargling, coughing sound, and sprays a blast of greenish fluid directly into Tristan and Mikara's faces!  The fluid is caustic, burning them badly, and must have some magical property as well, since they find their legs unable to move.  The dragon spreads its wings, roaring in triumph and flexing its claws, and a wave of magical fear rolls off of it, freezing everyone nearby in place except for Atreus.  [sblock=ooc]Mikara hits for 40.  Ouch!Hacker lands stirring shout, 15 damage and when you hit the dragon, regain 4 hp.  Tristan misses. Kathalia crits for 14 damage and wild shapes. Woe moves forward and readies a charge w/knockdown assault.  Note the dragon is still flying above reach.  Atreus moves toward the dragon and then...  readies a move action to try to flank, when the dragon goes into melee.  (That's the closest I can get to interpreting your actions, given that the dragon is nowhere near flanking position with anyone at the time this happens.)The dragon flies over Woe and charges Tristan.  It has reach 2, and Tristan is nominally 2 squares tall, so it can attack Tristan from 3 squares above ground.  Which means it's not within Woe's reach.  The bad news is, his readied attack doesn't fire, so the dragon isn't marked.  The good news is, Knockdown assault isn't expended.  <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2420576/" target="_blank">15 vs. AC</a> misses Tristan.  I've moved Atreus in to what would be close to a flanking position if the dragon were on the ground.  Not sure that expresses your intent well, but, well, this fight is moving pretty quickly and I don't want to slow it down for a back-and-forth to clarify.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />It spends an AP to use its breath weapon, catching Tristan and Mikara.  Ouch, <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2420578/" target="_blank">double crit</a>!  They both take 13 acid damage, 5 ongoing acid damage, and are immobilized (save ends both).It spends a second AP to use frightful presence.  Burst 5 catches everyone except Kathalia;  <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2420581/" target="_blank">hits everyone except Atreus</a>.  (Another crit on Mikara; is 3 crits in one round a record of some kind?)  So Woe, Tristan, Hacker, and Mikara are stunned (tent dragon) and will take -2 to attacks thereafter (save ends)Kathalia and Atreus are up.  Keep in mind the dragon is 15 feet in the air.  Also, please note the dragon's Aura of Terror, detailed in the stats below. [/sblock][sblock=Initiative and status]Status:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Atreus 39/39 hp +3 temp, 9/9 surges</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Woe 45/46 hp, 9/11 surges, stunned (tent dragon) and will take -2 to attacks thereafter (save ends)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Mikara 21/34 hp, 5/7 surges, 5 ong acid and immobilized (se both), stunned (tent dragon) and will take -2 to attacks thereafter (save ends)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Dragon 115 damage, mikara's quarry, 2 shrouds, enemies heal 4 when hitting</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Kathalia 36/36 hp, 7/9 surges, wild shaped, fleet pursuit</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Hacker 36/36 hp, 6/9 surges, stunned (tent dragon) and will take -2 to attacks thereafter (save ends)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Tristan 19/34 hp, 8/9 surges, 5 ong acid and immobilized (se both), stunned (tent dragon) and will take -2 to attacks thereafter (save ends)</li> </ul>Resources Used:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Kathalia: Fires of Life, Fleet pursuit</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Atreus: AP</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Mikara: AP, Hunter's Bear Trap, Evasive Strike, Elven Accuracy, Cut and Run</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hacker: AP, Concerted effort, Stirring Shout</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Tristan: AP, Luckblade, 1 daily magic item power</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> dragon:  APx2, frightful presence, breath weapon</li> </ul>[/sblock][sblock=enemy stats]Dragon:  HP 260, AC 23, Fort 22, Ref 21, Will 21.  BMA +10 vs. AC, 1d8+5 damage and the target is immobilized and takes 5 ongoing damage (save ends both)Aura of Terror: enemies within 5 take -2 on saving throws.[/sblock][sblock=map]<img src="http://betahelix.net/pics/maps/LoveBites/lakebed04.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />The hill near T30 is low, only 5' higher at the top than at the bottom.  It could theoretically give cover or possibly improved cover in the right circumstances.  The cactus takes up all of the square that its trunk is in; it can be used for cover or improved cover like any tree.  The rock in M5-N7 is about 3 feet high, and can provide cover.  [/sblock]</blockquote>

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