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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Manzanita" data-source="post: 1571249" data-attributes="member: 10109">Round 5 (con't) and 6Almost before Ehldannis and Mendicus perceive the new threat, Marcus charges out of the darkness to their defense, the great wolf at his heels.  A cry of victory on his lips, and the comforting presense of the smoothly muscled beast on his heel, not to mention the blessings of Clannagan, makes Marcus feel he could singlehandedly turn away this threat.  Unfortunately, his blade is turned away by the gnoll's shield.  The wolf leaps after him, imbedding its teeth in a gnoll's thigh, but doesn't pull him down.Mendicus, confronted with a gaggle of charging gnolls, does what any sensible Gaelic farmer would, and starts running.  Ascending the stairs to the relative safety of Octar's viscinity, he turns and releases a bolt from his loaded crossbow at the lead gnoll.  Despite the poor light and his rapid motion, this bolt lodges in the gnoll's chest. (crit 11 pts).Dhormium transfers his glowing waraxe to the new threat, and the weapon flies across the room and slices at the leader, missing.  He seems uneffected by Dhormium's other spell as well.Round 6Ehldannis retreats after Mendicus and casts Mirror Image, producing 5 duplicate Ehldannises.  His wolf twirls gracefully, and charges the robed gnoll.  It sinks its teeth into the gnoll's arm, and pulls him to the ground, amidst great barking, growling  and shreiking.Tullius would be vunerable to the two remaining gnoll's halberts, if he tried to charge past to get the robed one, so he focuses his attentions on these final guards.  He takes a step forward and, chopping down with his axe, splits the skull of Octar's opponent. (crit, 17 pts)Octar, assuming the Eastern battle is going well, turns and charges at the new gnolls, but is unable to reach them yet.  (The distance to g12 is slightly more than 40 feet, meaning Octar could not charge and attack this round.  He double moves over there, but could not have precisely estimated the distance.)The blackrobed gnoll rolls flicks his wrist, which seems to stun the wolf, then he rolls to his feet.  From the darkness behind him, another gnoll charges forth, and slashes the wolf with his halbert.  The final Eastern gnoll swings his halbert at Tullius, but the legionaire, deflects it deftly with his short sword.To the west, the stampede of gnolls keeps coming, flowing around the knot of defenders.  Octar is hit by a greatsword and a morningstar (19 pts total - bringing him to 5).  Brioc's wolf is his with a battle axe.  Marcus dodges the morningstar aimed at his head.  An arrow whizzes from the darkness towards Ehldannis.  It passes through one of the images, causing it to disapear.Next to Brioc, the rubble on the floor suddenly flies together, forming a short humanoid figure.  It steps forward at the onrushing gnolls, and plants a powerful fist into the one aproaching its master, crushing its skull.  Stepping over the dead form, Brioc enters combat with his scimitar, cuttin deeply at the first gnoll he meets (9 pts to g19)Mendicus drops his crossbow, and, still holding aloft is torch, draws his sword.(Marcus and Dhormium still have round 6 actions)</blockquote>

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