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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 3861226" data-attributes="member: 7006">[sblock=Encounter A9: Round 2 - Part 1]Taking a step back to put some distance between him and his attacker, Rogan does all he can to prevent himself from being struck again.  He changes his posture to one of defense.  (Total Defense +6 to AC)Hearing the blood rushing in his ears, Ari is in his element.  With a bellow, the monster hunter charges forward up next to Rogan to take on the blackscale adept that just walloped the Daggerspell Guardian.  With Onyx by his side to cause distraction, Ari comes in high and hard with his longsword and absolutely crushes the priests shoulder, injuring him critically.  (Attack adept w/longsword: *crit* 21 damage / hurt)Donovan considers trying to move up to heal Rogan, but when the rogue steps back out of the fray and allows Ari to take over, the Silver Flame cleric changes tack.  He takes a step back from his attackers as well, raises his holy symbol, and suddenly a circle of protection emanates out from him 10 feet... which unfortunately at this moment in time, includes nobody else.  (Step to AH13 / Cast Magic Circle Against Evil)Jango however immediately steps forward in order to gain line of light on the vestry slightly behind the two adepts (and just coincidentally into the magic circle that Horatio created).   He immediately forcuses his magical energies on a location just behind them, and suddenly a ball of gold appears and explodes into millions of tiny particles... which float gently to the ground.  The adept facing off against Ari immediately reaches up to his eyes with his hand trying to clear his sight, but the other one ignores the glittering dust around him (Step to AI15 / Cast Glitterdust DC 14: Adept A [3] + 9 = 12 *failure* // Adept B [14] + 9 = 23 *success*)The draconic speakers in the party hear a voice from within the vestry (which Ari and Rogan can both see to be the High Priest) shout out "Help us!  Defend the temple of your fathers!"  The priest then makes some complex gestures and suddenly he disappears from Ari and Rogan's eyes.  (Cast spell)Aern remains near the back as the group rushes into fight.  He lets the stories of valor take a low tone that begins to build into a song that follows the flow of battle.  (Continue to Inspire Courgage)Khalia stands next to Aern and considers her options.Initiative Order:17 Dracotaur dead14 Rogan 3/2014 Ari 37/4212 Horatio 36/3612 Jango 24/2410 High Priest -338 Aern 25/258 Khalia 22/227 Jina 35/372 Adept A -212 Adept BInspire Courage (Everyone): +2 to attacks, damage, saves vs fearMagic Circle Against Evil (Horatio/Jango): +2 to AC, savesGlitterdust (Adept A): Blinded: -2 to AC, move at half speed[/sblock]<a href="http://img91.imageshack.us/my.php?image=floorplan3rd2aar0.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/7000/floorplan3rd2aar0.th.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a></blockquote>

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