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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vigwyn the Unruly" data-source="post: 1672348" data-attributes="member: 20345">Burrowing CreatureThe rest of the group moves up cautiously behind the elf. Belisha observes the disturbed area, and while she agrees that the disturbance was made by a burrowing creature (even though no open hole is apparent), she can’t tell from this distance what kind it was (DC 18, die result 7 + 5 = 12).From the back of his horse, Eolan has a commanding view of the surroundings. His eyes busily scan for any signs of danger. Aside from the disturbed ground near the road, he sees nothing that would be of any immediate concern (Spot check, die result 16 + 0 = 0).As you watch, the ground begins to move. Something—and something BIG—seems to burst forth from the dry earth! It is all chitinous exoskeleton, all brown legs and mandibles. You barely have a chance to identify it as a desperately hungry ankheg. And from its movements, you can tell that it means to eat at least one of you.Initiative Order:Slyfen 18 + 7 = 25Eolan 12 + 5 = 17Ankheg 14 + 0 = 14Hardin 13 – 1 = 12Belisha 7 + 2 = 9Rufus 1 + 3 = 4Eolan, make sure you’re familiar with the Ride skill (PHB 80), and tell me if you want to use the skill to, for example, Guide with knees or Fight with warhorse.Belisha, Rufus is trained to guard you, so will attack this threat on his turn unless you direct him otherwise. Also, Narkus will act on your turn, but only if you specifically direct.Here’s the basic idea: at this point, both Slyfen and Eolan should tell me what they want to do. I’ll resolve that, then the ankheg will act (which is when I will post again), then we’ll go back through the rest of the initiative order and all the way back to the ankheg again (then I will post again). And so on.Here are some notes on how I plan to handle combat:You will need to tell me your basic intent, what actions you want to take, what feats/abilities you are using, and the like. I will then resolve the action, post what happened, and ask what you want to do next. Please let me know under what contingencies your intent would change. If something obvious happens (like the opponent you wanted to target falls before your turn), I will try to guess what you would most likely do in that case given your intent. So the more info you give me about your intent up front, the better I will be able to resolve the action in accordance with your thinking. For really important moments, I will stop the resolution at your place in the initiative order and ask you for specific instructions.Same deal as before on viewing the attached map.</blockquote>

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