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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jeffwik" data-source="post: 819698" data-attributes="member: 9739">Welcome back.  I am the Seer Hawkwind.  Write your senator a letter, because we’re mere moments away from the initiative roll.  The players are on the field, and as you can see there are some guys on either side of Team Evil Genius: Moroku, Atarax, and Foleful down the corridor in front of them and Rhuun, Thar, and… according to the program, the mythical Krikara, behind them.  It’s looking like an ambush attempt.  Erk, any thoughts?One thing that’s absolutely crucial to bear in mind during this fight is –No time for that now, we’re going live to our ethereal true seeing cameras outside Gulg!  Here comes the banana!What?So Atarax has won the initiative roll, and it looks like he’s letting loose with a spell for starters.I’m guessing a failed charm monster, Hawk.No, no, it looks like a confusion, placed just on the far side of TEG.  Odd placement, little bit of the old hurricane.Wouldn’t be surprised if there’s some serious fog-of-war right now in that corridor, Hawk.  Remember, goblinoids have only 60’ darkvision, and some guys are 80’ in front and 65’ behind TEG, respectively.  Still, the spell did catch two of them.That’d be Targak and Mikek.  Hoo doggie, here comes the madness!  Or not, for Mikek appears to be shrugging off the effect and he’s responding with a shot from his bow, a shot aimed not at Atarax, but Moroku!Smart tacticals from the doppelganger.  Moroku’s per-round damage output is heinous.  Still, with Targak confused, TEG has already taken a heavy hit.  Their strategy does revolve around sneak attacks and flanking.Rhuun is taking the opportunity now to charge, separating her from Thar…May be a mistake.Seeing some melee between her and Zardle, looking inconclusive.  Is that a bow Zardle’s holding?Must be, must be, must be because my, that is pretty.  Mikek has just backflipped over Zardle’s head, kipping off the low ceiling of the tunnel, and ended up between her and Thar.  He’s got his blade out, no mistake, and – is that a hit?It’s a palpable hit, Hawk.  I’d say around fifteen points of damage, good roll for Mikek.Palpable and nasty.  Rhuun must be thanking Maglibuyet for that bow in Zardle’s hands, else we’d have been in sneak attack territory.  And now she’s tumbling as well, up up and away, or at least over, and is now past Mikek with Thar just behind her.Not a bad move – get out from between the rogues!Whatever.  Back among some guys’ spellcasters, Foleful has sent a flock of summoned stirges toward Targak and blocked the passage with a water elemental dire wolf.Wouldn’t want to be that poor thing.  It can barely move in the tight quarters of the passage.Now Moroku is coming in – he threw a few magic missiles at Targak while Zardle and Mikek were preoccupied -- and ouch, momma, I don’t want to go to school today!  That’s why you bring the sorcerer.Sure, that fireball scorched up nice, Hawk, but remember, all of TEG is evasion-capable.  And, yes, Mikek and Targak are unscathed.  Relatively unscathed in Targak’s case – he’s taken some serious spell damage, not to mention the stirges.But not Zardle!  And, softened by Rhuun and several arrows I just noticed sticking out of him from some unknown source, down he drops, attercop, attercop!  Shouldn’t swim in the deep end, second-leveler.  We’re witnessing an unprecedented shift!Uh-huh.Atarax is shouting something…Can’t make it out… no surprise there.So right now we’ve got Mikek, undamaged, with Targak –-- confused and harassed by summoned stirges, I’d say around five points of Con drain already – -- Targak his only ally.  And on either side, danger.  Not pretty.No wonder he’s bolting.Speaking of bolts, Erk, where are those arrows coming from?  TEG is starting to look like paper at a hole-punch party!Guessing it’s coming from someone hostile to TEG, Hawk.  It’s hefty bow-damage.You think some guys have a hidden archer?Did I not just say that, Hawk?Shut up.You shut up.Five rounds in and we've witnessed a remarkable reversal.  We’ll be back.</blockquote>

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