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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jeffwik" data-source="post: 828515" data-attributes="member: 9739">And meanwhile some guys are following Mikek down the hall – Atarax, Thar, and Rhuun.Where’s Moroku?Well, Hawk, Moroku is unlike the rest of some guys, in that he’s a Medium-sized creature, as you’ll recall.  Given the tight quarters of these tunnels, combined with the knee injuries Moroku suffered in the offseason, I wouldn’t be surprised if his movement speed has taken a massive hit.Yes, he’s trundling along, but several rounds behind his fellows.  Meanwhile Rhuun has her sword out and she’s running for blood – better keep an eye on the robin’s eggs!I’m not sure I follow you, Hawk.Mikek is nearly at the bend now, and – poom!  Foleful’s filled the bend with a solid fog.  And Mikek’s trapped inside!What’s that dark smudge near Mikek?What?  Where?It’s gone now.Can we go to the tape?  No time, no time, I’m being told.  The goblins are collecting at the edge of the fog as Mikek – is he drinking a potion?Hard to tell through that fog.And now there’s a summoned fire elemental dire ape, courtesy Doctor Foleful and the Electric Mayhem!  It’s blocking the hallway almost totally, squeezed inside the fog and making a full attack on the hated Mikek!Fire elemental dire ape, there’s an interesting summoning choice.  Not too many hit points, not much of an armor class, not even a very good set of attack bonuses, but if it manages to connect we’re talking two claws at a d6+7, a bite at d8+4, if it connects with both claws another 2d6+14 rend, and a d4 fire damage on each and every one of those four attacks.  That’s an average (an average!) of 60.5 points of damage. With good enough rolls, Mikek could go from unhurt to dropped in one round.Ape’s missed, Erk.And that could also happen.From down the tunnel Moroku is sending off a shot – pretty much everything is at medium range for Moroku – and there goes the fog!Dispel magic plus solid fog: a winning combination.Mikek is bolting, now that the fog is gone – oh no he’s not!Now that time I’m sure I saw something. Can we look at the tape?INSTANT REPLAY: FRAME-BY-FRAME SUPER SLO-MO OF MIKEK STARTING TO MOVE PAST THE BEND IN THE TUNNEL, THEN FALLING DOWN HALFWAY THROUGH.There!  In frame 45:32:01?That dark smudge must be Krikara tripping him.Foleful’s dismissed the dire ape, allowing Rhuun access to Mikek.  Stabbity stabbity.  She’s backed up by Atarax and Thar, by magic missiles and inflict serious wounds and this, I think, is the end of Mikek.  He’s down!  Mikek is down!We’ll be back for post-fight analysis right after this.I say that, Erk.Shut up.You shut up.</blockquote>

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