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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ilium" data-source="post: 3388951" data-attributes="member: 40124">OOC: It's the surprise round.  The ogres were planning to catch you by surprise, but they are surprised instead by your sudden actions!  Initiative rolls:Girble 1 + 5 = 6 (blech!)Lucas 12 + 6 = 18Blasco 8 + 6 = 14Kay'nar 5 + 4 = 9Alex 20 (special case...everybody was waiting for Alex, so we'll arbitrarily set her init at 20, but she gets no action this round other than the dim door)And Bargulg!  I forgot about our illustrious barbarian.  Anybody heard from Rino recently?13 + 2 = 15Alex activates her bizarre device and she, Viktor and Girble all feel a momentary sensation of...purple...and find themselves looking at half a dozen prone fathach, one of which is in the process of smacking another on the head.  The fathachs stare dumbly at the sudden manifestation for a moment.  Alex's head spins for a moment as her proximity to the device briefly throws off her equilibrium.  Lucas rises into the air, drawing his wand and taking aim at one of the brutes.Bargulg leaps off the trail and roars in rage, running at the incline toward the ogres.[SBLOCK]Bargulg rages for the enhanced Strength to help his Climb check[/SBLOCK]Blasco also leaps off the trail, but then vanishes into the rocks.  [SBLOCK=Bloodweaver]Blasco ends his move near the base of the rise.  It's a DC 15 climb check to ascend the loos shale slope next round if that's what you'd like to do (that's what Bargulg is doing).[/SBLOCK]Kay'nar flashes into existence as arcane power rips from his hands and rips into the distracted lead ogre!  The great brute screeches in a shockingly high-pitched scream as his armor and skin sizzle and reek in protest.[SBLOCK=Kay'nar's numbers]Attack roll is 6 + 11 = 17.  Lousy roll, but he's prone and flatfooted, so his touch AC is abysmal.  8d6 damage = 22 points of damage.  He's not happy, but still plenty feisty.[/SBLOCK]Girble shouts a battle cry and charges forward, dodging around the dumbfounded Viktor in the process.  He rushes to the nearest fathach and cracks the brute across the nose with his morningstar.  The fathach grunts in response, but doesn't seem much hurt.[SBLOCK=Girble's Numbers]Attack roll 14+8=22, easy hit.  Damage 1d6 - 1 = 5 (good roll).  Let me know if I missed any buffs.[/SBLOCK]OOC: In the new round, the ogres roll a mighty 1 on their init check which gives them a grand total of...0.  Where's my rolleyes smiley? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Ok, everybody gets to go again before the ogres.  Actions?</blockquote>

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