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Message: <blockquote data-quote="moritheil" data-source="post: 3059408" data-attributes="member: 30610">Round TwoThe dervish and construct again square off against the giant scorpion, Rose and the maug managing to bleed it to death – though not before the great claws of the beast have wounded the latter.  With a heavy thud, the monstrous vermin collapses, its remains already dissolving.  On the far side of where the scorpion stood, Rose feels a burning in his veins and knows that its potent poison is still in his system.Meanwhile, Snargle lays into the kobolds with his bare claws and teeth, backed by a volley of Arxas’s life-draining missiles.  Though nimble, the wounded reptilians are no match for the fiendish troll’s raw ferocity.  Two of them perish.  The kobold hanging on Snargle’s back drinks a potion.  Carefully hidden behind a nearby rock outcropping, Kelteror focuses his fiendish powers to grant him sight of the unseen, finally locating the kobold mages.Only one mage can be heard chanting, and it is this unfortunate fellow that draws Loriel’s crossbow fire.  The bolt catches him in mid-chant, and his spell breaks off with a choked cry.  From elsewhere in the cave, another glowing bead streaks in to detonate amongst the group’s casters, this one more accurately positioned to hit several of them.With the scorpion dead, Pyre slithers back to tend to Gabriel, while Hanaav seems to be coaxing something large out of a section of black cloth.  Gabriel’s inspirational rant goes largely unheeded by his fellows, who presumably were not prepared for the sudden change in music.  Vedak attempts to dominate the kobold not hit by Loriel’s shaft, but does not seem to meet with much success.  Roillard begins a set of actions similar to those he performed in the hallway earlier.Notes:[sblock]Initiatives – Rose Arxas Snargle Loriel Kobolds Scorpion Maug Kelteror Gabriel Pyre Hanaav Vedak Roillard.With the scorpion out of the way, targeting the whole group is easier.  However, much of the group has moved, and is no longer in one place.Maug got a critical.  Rose realizes he was poisoned when hit by the great stinger.Fireball: 53 damage.  Gabriel, Hanaav, Roillard, and Arxas all save for half (26).  Maug resists completely, while Vedak avoids the blast entirely.Total damage taken thus far:Rose:  88 +3 con (no change)Maug: 54 +18+22 = 94Kelteror: 8 (no change)Hanaav: 18 +26 = 44Arxas: 31 +26 – 5/resist = 52Vedak: none (no change)Gabriel: 36 +26 – 11/csw = 51Snargle: 22 – 5/regen +7+7+3+4+4+8 = 50 (nonlethal)Pyre: noneLoriel: noneMelee Kobolds: 32 (2 deceased, 3 have negative levels and additional 2, 4, 5 damage)Sorc Kobold(s): 13 and noneScorpion: deceased[/sblock]</blockquote>

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