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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CanadienneBacon" data-source="post: 3509903" data-attributes="member: 11146">Chev takes a halting step forward and, after finding the edge of the terraced drop-off and successfully manuevering in the dark, thrusts his battleaxe into the darkness.  The axe connects with nothing other than air until it finishes the arc it was traveling and comes to an idle rest still in Chev's hand.Gamad yells "Out!  Out!" and scrabbles backward, making for the crack at the front of the cave.  By virtue of his dwarven sense of stonecunning, Gamad knows which way to move despite the cloistering dark and though he narrowly misses tripping over one of the terraces between him and the crack, once he is just five feet backward, his natural darkvision kicks back in and he can again see.  The entire area at the back of the cave and his companions, however, are still lost to sight.Pulling back, Voadam yells for Brakkus to continue his hold on his guisarme.  Right before stepping out of the shallow pool, Voadam feels the bedrock beneath his feet lining the pool quicken and go soft as if turning to sand.  Yanking his feet free but stumbling backward and tripping over the terrace edge above him, Voadam finds himself prone on the hard rock and packed-dirt floor of the cave.Failed a [fairly easy] balance check in the dark. Chev feels a coldness sweep past him in the air.  Reacting on instinct, the cleric swings again but misses.  The magical darkness and the incorporeality of the shadow combine to make things difficult for the battle priest of Narn. Brakkus grips his polearm fast and challenges the shadow.  "Filthy being. Go back to your hidey hole. Your just a shadow, you can't scare us away."  Hearing the thump at the far end of the tunnel start up again, Brakkus moves foward and assumes a defensive stance, hoping to block the other creature's advance and avoid the shadow's attacks.Low hissing speech fills the darkened tunnel and craggy terraced cavern.[sblock=Voadam]The shadow is hissing in abyssal.  It seems to be casting a spell of some sort, one that is taking a bit longer than just a few quick seconds.  In the dark and going off verbal components alone, Voadam is unable to discern what spell is being cast.[/sblock]Initiative:Chev 16Gamad 14Voadam 13Creature 12Brakkus 12Dragging sound 8</blockquote>

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