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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 4769980" data-attributes="member: 13966">Round 1 StartsSelua holds out something and threatens the bats, but they hardly shudder once before diving down to attack anyway.One swoops past Tarven, biting his shoulder but thwarted by the chainmail there, and it pulls up to a stop just as it reaches Fayne.  Another dives at Merrick, who is more ready than Tarven and ducks, the skeletal bat gliding past as it tries to nip at him and coming up short.Evanar is on the ground when the third man-sized skeletal bat swoops down at him from the north, but it has to swerve a bit to avoid its wing hitting the tree, so it just misses him.  It pulls out of its dive just between Evanar and Abrielle.  Evanar does not have his weapon drawn at the moment, since he was trying to climb the tree (and failing to get very far before sliding back down).[sblock=Surprise Round]Surprise Round Initiatives:13 Selua13 Merrick12 bonebat #18 bonebat #28 bonebat #3Selua tries turning the bonebats away with Sehanine's power, but her confidence is somewhat lacking at first and the attempt fails.  The bonebats shudder just a moment, but do not seem deterred.  Turning check was only high enough to affect undead up to 2 HD, and bonebats have more than 2.Merrick raises his crossbow and looks around to the north, but doesn't spot his targets yet, having trouble figuring out where it was he heard the sound of flapping wings coming from.Bonebat #1 dives at Tarven silently, swooping just past him and biting his shoulder as it goes.  Rolled a 12 to hit, fails against Tarvern's 15 AC.  Stops near Fayne.Bonebat #2 dives at Merrick much like the other dove at Tarven, swooping past as it bites.  Rolled a 10 to hit, no good against his 16 AC.Bonebat #3 dives at Evanar and bites at him.  Rolled a 14 to hit, which fails against Evanar's armor and partial cover from the tree.  Stops near Evanar and Abrielle.The map, such as it is.....R R * X X X * X X* R R X X X X X *X X R R * X X X XX X * T R M X X E** s X X R 2 * X 3X X * 1 * R R X aA X X F X X R R ** X X X X * X R RX X * S X X X * R* X X m * X X X *A = Abde'ragman, a = Abrielle, E = Evanar, F = Fayne, M = Merrick, m = mule, S = Selua, s = Storn, T = Tarven, 1-3 = bonebats, R = empty 5-foot space of road/trail, X = empty 5-foot space of light undergrowth, * = tree (half cover, effectively heavy undergrowth for moving through the space)[/sblock]Tarven reacts quickly after the first bat bites his chainmail shirt and nothing more.  He drops the crossbow and turns around, but sees another one dive right past Merrick and stop even closer, so he steps in to give his fellow guardsman a hand, drawing his sword and slashing at the skeletal monstrosity.  He easily hacks off several ribs and part of one foot on the bat, but doesn't drop it.  It's easy to tell that his sword would've inflicted a much more devastating wound had the bat been alive and filled with flesh and blood.  "Woah!  Awfully big for bats....we better take these down one at a time!" he says.Merrick steps forward after ducking under the diving bat, and turns about, firing a crossbow bolt at it in return, but his bolt goes high and misses.  He drops the crossbow right afterward and draws his longsword.  "Accursed beasts!" he growls out.The skeletal bat that dove at Tarven now flies onward, arcing upward again and snapping at Fayne as it goes, but its jaws don't even come close.  It flaps quietly over Selua and her mule, arcing further upward, probably trying to do a vertical loop to come back around, but it isn't very nimble.The bat that swooped past Merrick now turns eastward for a moment, flying around a tree and then turning westward, flying towards Selua and pulling up just a bit as it reaches her.  The skeletal bat nips at her as it awkwardly halts its forward movement, just grazing her arm and drawing a bit of blood.  She feels some kind of necromantic power in the bite, but nothing passes on to her small bitemark.However, Abrielle isn't so lucky.  As the elven lady looks up from her boot, the man-sized bat-skeleton swoops past Evanar, swerving a bit, and glides just over her head and bites into her left shoulder, hard!  She feels and hears her shoulderblade crack, and feels a staggering jolt of pain at the powerful bite, as the creature tears away some of the flesh from her shoulder and flaps its wings to continue past, tugging on her by the shredded skin until it tears off and dangles from the beast's jaws, sending Abrielle toppling over in agony as she blacks out......The bonebat carrying a strip of Abrielle's shoulder sweeps around and glides over between Fayne and Selua, leaving itself open to Selua's weapon as it drifts past, golden-tan elven flesh dangling and dripping blood from the edge of its mouth.[sblock=First Normal Round]Round 1 Initiatives:20 Abde'ragman19 Tarven13 Evanar13 Selua13 Merrick12 bonebat #18 bonebat #2 (3 damage)8 bonebat #34 Fayne3 AbrielleEveryone, post your full round of actions for round 1.  Except Abrielle, unless someone stops bonebat #3 before its turn, which is highly unlikely (though possible with grappling or a high Turning Check).  Everyone can attempt a Knowledge (Religion) check if they have a rank in that skill to try identifying the skeletal bats and their capabilities.Tarven drops his crossbow and draws his longsword, stepping over to slash at bonebat #2.  Rolled 18 to hit, for 8 damage!  DR against the sword reduces it to 3.Merrick steps back and fires at bonebat #2, then drops his crossbow and draws his sword.  Rolled a 12 to hit, reduced to 8 since he lacks Precise Shot, so it misses.Bonebat #1 bites at Fayne while flying up and over him.  Rolled an 8 to hit, so no good.  It stops just over Selua's mule, flying 10 feet above it (15 feet off the ground).  If anyone targets it before initiative count 12, it was in the space just north of Fayne before then.Bonebate #2 flies away from Merrick and Tarven, provoking an attack of opportunity from Tarven.  Rolled a 7 to hit so no good.  The bonebat flies over next to Selua and nips at her.  Rolled a 20 total to hit, for 2 damage and nothing else.Bonebate #3 bites at Abrielle as it flies overhead, turning westward is it goes, stopping just between Fayne and Selua.  Selua gets an attack of opportunity against it if she holds a melee weapon (IIRC she does?).  Holy cow!!!  Rolled a natural 20 on its attack roll versus Abrielle, and a 20 to confirm!    7 damage to Abrielle from the crit, and nothing else.  Ouch!!  Sorry Myth.Abrielle falls unconscious from the bite, so unless someone stops bonebat #3 (the one that was inbetween Abrielle and Evanar) before initiative count 8, Abrielle won't get a turn in the first round.For reference, I'll be posting my 3.5-updated stats for bonebats in the OOC thread after the fight.  It's lucky the group has elves along though.....The map, such as it is.....R R * X X X * X X* R R X X X X X *X X R R * M X X XX X * R R X X X E** s X X T R * X XX X * X * R R X aA X X F X X R R ** X X 3 X * X R RX X * S 2 X X * R* X X m1 * X X X *A = Abde'ragman, a = Abrielle, E = Evanar, F = Fayne, M = Merrick, m = mule, S = Selua, s = Storn, T = Tarven, 1-3 = bonebats, R = empty 5-foot space of road/trail, X = empty 5-foot space of light undergrowth, * = tree (half cover, effectively heavy undergrowth for moving through the space)[/sblock]</blockquote>

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