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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TwoHeadsBarking" data-source="post: 5379360" data-attributes="member: 82251">Despite suffering light blows from hammers and dogs, the queen reaches up with a chitinous leg and stabs at Rohna.  The goliath is unharmed, but the force of the blow still pushes her around on her mount.  The bloated ant raises itself up, shudders, and then releases a cloud of choking gas.  All the nearby ants twitch their antennae in response to some stimuli.The ants crowding Olaf bite and sting at the boar, dealing some minor cuts and abrasions.  One clamps down hard on Gretta, catching the dog in its mandibles.The flying drones dive in and out of the group of adventurers.  Rohna and Venakhad are slightly injure by their stingers, but Roswyn takes a more telling blow.  In response, the gnome disappears.Thalen catches the eye of one of the strange aquatic bugs and finds herself slowly walking towards the water, the stream starting to freeze over as she approaches.  The bugs snap at her with their pincers, but she retains enough awareness to avoid their blows.[sblock=Status]A: 47 damage taken; Marked by Rohna; -2 to hit TE Rohna's NTS1: 42 damage taken; Marked by Rohna; bloodied; -2 Def EoVntS2: 42 damage taken; Marked by Rohna; bloodied; -2 Def EoVntS3:  12 damage taken; -2 Def EoVntS4: 11 damage takenD4: 13 damage takenC1: 7 damage taken; Marked by ThalenC2: 20 damage taken; Marked by ThalenRohna: AP spent, Rain of Steel Active; Resist 5Olaf: 73/85, Grabbed by S1 and S2, 5 ongoing acid (save ends)Gretta: 3/9, Grabbed by S4Tondrek: Resist 5Doggie: Resist 5Thalen: Form of Winter's Herald; Resist 5, marked by C1Roswyn: 19/47, bloodied, ongoing 5 acid (save ends)Venakhad: 30/39, surges 7/8, Resist 5, ongoing 5 acid (save ends)Bloaty takes <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2768646/" target="_blank">8</a> damage from Rain of Blows, and then gives Rohna a kick as a minor, <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2768640/" target="_blank">hitting Reflex 15</a>, as it doesn't look like Rohna has her shield equipped.  Rohna takes 0 damage and is pushed to K16.  As an immediate reaction, Gretta <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2768698/" target="_blank">hits the queen for 6 damage</a>.  The big ant then uses Acidic Cloud, creating a close burst 4 zone.  When you start your turn in the zone, you take 2 acid damage for each giant ant also in the zone.Soldier 1 bites Olaf, <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2768692/" target="_blank">hitting AC 22 (I forgot the mark in the roll) for 12-5=7 damage</a>.  Olaf is now also grabbed by Soldier 1.Soldier 2 stings Olaf, <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2768694/" target="_blank">hitting AC 29 for 7-5=2 acid damage</a>, and 5 ongoing acid damage which Olaf will never care about.Soldier 3 attacks Mitra, <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2768695/" target="_blank">but misses</a>.Soldier 4 bites Gretta, <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2768707/" target="_blank">hitting AC 22 for 10 damage</a>.  Does Gretta have resist 5?.  Regardless, Gretta is grabbed.Drone 1 does a flyby attack on Venakhad, <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2768772/" target="_blank">hitting for 0 damage</a> and 5 ongoing acid.Drone 2 does the same thing, <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2768798/" target="_blank">hitting AC 22 for 8-5=3 acid damage</a>.Drone 3 buzzes Rohna, <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2768822/" target="_blank">hitting AC 30 for 9-5=4 acid damage</a> and 5 ongoing acid.Drone 4 sees no reason to not follow his brothers and performs a flyby attack on Roswyn, <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2768825/" target="_blank">hitting AC 30 for 9 acid damage</a> and 5 ongoing acid.  As a reaction, Roswyn uses Fade Away to become invisible.Crayfish 1 scoots around a bit and uses Angler's Lure on Thalen, <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2768829/" target="_blank">hitting Will 20</a>.  Thalen is pulled to Q12 and marked.  It then claws at Thalen, <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2768837/" target="_blank">but misses</a>.Crayfish 2 also claws Thalen, <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2768838/" target="_blank">and is also terrible</a>.Holy cow there are a lot of guys.  Please kill them so future updates can be quicker.  Also, anyone who starts their turn in the queen's cloud can enjoy 18 acid damage.  So there's some more incentive to squash those ants.I'm not really familiar with the mounted combat rules, so if I mess something up, please let me know.Finally, let me know if there are any map troubles.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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