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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Deuce Traveler" data-source="post: 3489011" data-attributes="member: 34958">Barok and Ventus charge forward, making it to the lead pillars as three sword-wielding and armored opponents begin to engage them in melee combat.  The five combatants weave back and forth through the pillars, striking and parrying at one another.  Ventus strikes one, severely wounding the soldier, while it counters and slices a small gash into Ventus' arm with a longsword (-5 hps of damage to Ventus).  A second warrior misses Ventus, and Barok and the third soldier fare no better.It is then that Ventus and Barok get a stronger look at their opponents.  They are skeletal warriors in segmented breastplate armor decorated to look like the carapice of a locust.  And yet, these creatures fight with some measure of skill and intelligence!  And from the solid hit the skeleton was able to take from Ventus, you get the feeling that these won't go down so easy.Nikolos and Caramip land at the bottom next, and although the priest barely avoids an arrow shot in his direction, the gnome is grazed by another (-1 hp to Caramip).So far the party sees two archers and three swordsman, but there look to be three final skeletons coming to engage from the far side of the room.Danica and Conn will reach the bottom in the next few seconds, followed by Silas and Dartis in the next space of time.</blockquote>