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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 3767174" data-attributes="member: 7006">Once the ape creature engages the blackscales, all heck breaks loose.  The sounds of swordfighting breaks out all over the place, and the pains and yelps of injuries received echoes through the trees.  The group realizes as battle continues that they have to be very quick about things lest more reinforcements show up.[sblock=Encounter A3/4 - Temple Grounds: Round 2]Initiative Order:16 Jina15 Ari12 Poison Dusks 8-910 Khalia9 Jango8 Girallon6 Aern6 Horatio3 Blackscales 1-510 RoganAern / Horatio / Jango / Khalia:  +3 to hit & fear saves (Bless and Inspire Courage) / +2 to damage (Insp. Courage)Ari / Jina / Rogan:  +2 to hit, damage, fear saves (Insp. Courage)Jina charges the two blackscales that are defending against the girallon and joins in attacking them.  Her thinblade finds purchase on the one already injured by the ape, and causes the lizard even more pain.  (Charge vs 4 / *hit* 8 damage / hurt)With two blackscales in front of him, Ari takes a step to the north to prevent the second lizardfolk from getting around him.  Onxy, his dark companion, steps into the position he used to be, and begins snapping it's illusionary jaws at the lizard, creating a distraction.  This plus Aern's singing gives him the courage needed to connect with a strong cut of the longsword, catching the poison dusk in the mid-section and dropping it dead.  (Attack 8 / *hit* 10 damage / dead)The one remaining poison dusk steps up to Ari and swings with his sword, catching the monster hunter off the legs causing a small amount of blood to spill.  However, his attempt to bite Ari is unsuccessful.  (Attack vs Ari w/longsword / *hit* 4 damage / lightly hurt // Attack vs Ari w/bite / *miss*)The other two poison dusk lizardfolk see the disguised Aern in front of them, and aparently believe him to be a poison dusk as well (Bluff check / *success*)  They shout to him (understood by those who speak draconic) to join them in helping the attack.  Both of them then charge into the fray against Ari and Onyx, hoping to help the other poison dusk.  Although the first one's attack with his sword is not successful, the second one is able to hit the hexblade.  (Attack vs Ari w/longsword / *hit* 2 damage) Khalia rushes up the trail to the action and sees two groups of lizardfolk... one facing Jina and the girallon, the other facing Ari.  She takes a second to determine her options when she notices a pair of blackscales breaking through the trees from the north.  She raises her crossbow and takes aim... pegging one of them right in the chest as he advances.  She can tell that it was a critical hit!  (Attack vs 3 / *crit* 14 damage / hurt)Jango crosses into the undergrowth, moving to help out Ari.  He chants some command words and suddenly several balls of force spring from his hands and impact onto the body of the poison dusk lizard engaged with the monster hunter.  (Cast Empower Magic Missile vs 8 / *hit* 12 damage / seriously hurt)With two blackscales in front of him and Jina on the far side to cause distractions, the girallon's claw swings are mighty and deadly.  The first one rakes the injured blackscale to pieces. (Attack vs 4 / *hit* 10 damage / dead)  The second claw attack was meant to hit again but with the body dropping dead, it catches noth but air.  However, it's third and fourth arms grab the second blackscale, and dig deep into his flesh with it's claws, causing a rending attack that completely disembowels the lizard.  (Attack vs 4 / *hit* 8 damage // Attack vs 4 / *hit* 10 damage // Rend attack 17 damage / dead)  It then stares directly into the eyes of the young elf girl that now stands in front of her.Aern continues to sing inspiration, then moves up to engage the poison dusks so they do not overwhlem Ari.  Although his swing of the short sword does not connect, he had flanked him for Ari's next attack.  (Attack vs 8 / *miss*)Horatio gets caught trying to decide what to do.  On the one hand Jina is now facing off against the full might of the girallon, whil on the other a new pair of blackscales are charging their way towards the fray.  He makes the quick decision that Jina probably knows well enough to back away from the ape, so he rushes forward to engage the blackscale that got critically injured by Khalia's crossbow bolt.  However, his attack on the charge does not find purchase.  (Attack vs 3 / *miss*)The two blackscales from the west (Group 5) witness the absolute decimation of their comrades at the hands of the girallon... and immediately charge it with their greatclubs.  Both try to find an opening, but neither of them are successful in hurting the black ape. (Attack vs girallon w/greatclub *miss* / *miss)The two from the north (Group 3) both step in and attack the cleric of the Silver Flame, and unfortunately for Brother Donovan, both of them pound him with their greatclubs, and the cleric suffers immense amount of injury.  (Attack vs Horatio w/greatclub / *hit* 17 damage // Attack vs Horatio w/greatclub / *hit* 16 damage // critically hurt 33 of 36)The other blackscales all advance on the battle from the sides of the temple.Finally, Rogan watched silently as the two blackscales rushed past him and go to engage the girallon.  With both of them now distracted, the rogue is able to move all the way up to them.  However, because he was unable to charge the two lizards he is not able to get an attack himself right now.... but next round he most certainly will be. <img src="http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/7985/round2re7.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />[/sblock]</blockquote>

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