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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GlassEye" data-source="post: 6030582" data-attributes="member: 40413">On Sylla’s command Boots dashes forward and engages the crows with tooth and claw snapping and slapping.  He batters a few from the air that awkwardly regain their wings and fly away from the flock.  Once away from the mob mentality they seem to settle and land though their feathers still bristle and they continue to caw raucously.  Those crows still within the flock nearest Boots veer away in an attempt to escape from his unnatural aura.Sylla’s arrow whistles up and past the flock of crows circling above the group.  A few of the crows break off startled by the sound and flap away from the swirling mass of crows but either a much louder noise is required to break up the flock or, possibly, several more of the arrows might manage it.Denizel bolters his allies with Cortessa’s blessing as Vincenzo spurs his own mount forward.  The duelist lunges upwards above Maui to skewer a crow on his fancy rapier.  His mount feels full of eagerness at the battle and Denizel and Sylla likewise notice their mounts stamping at the excitement.  You get the feeling that a few orders well-communicated would have your mounts battling alongside you.  Sylla's mount in particular settles once Boots has moved away.Taniwha’s defense of Maui is bloodier than Boots’ attacks and the cat is surrounded by a small cloud of bloody feathers wafting in the hot air.  Despite being clawed, pecked, and gouged by the murderous crows and feeling nauseated by the blinding attacks to his eyes Maui believes that he can stumble away without immediately drawing further attacks though the crows may still end up chasing after him.  He also feels that with the way the crows were swarming around him that his shield would provide little if any protection.[OOC]Combat: Round One.  Maui's move action left before the end of the round.[/OOC] [sblock=Combat Information]jbear, Scott pretty much has it right: one move action this round.  You could draw your shield or you could move away and draw it as part of your movement <metagame hint>swarms can't make AoOs</hint>.  The only restriction on movement comes from your blindness: faster than 1/2 your move requires an acrobatics DC 10 check.Initiative:CrowsAdventurersMap:Sorry, my image hosting site is currently down.  I'll update the map as soon as I can.[Boots - H9] [Vincenzo & horse – F10] [Taniwha – E10] [Denizel can be in any square surrounding his horse since we never specified earlier]<a href="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/834/murder1.jpg/" target="_blank"><img src="http://imageshack.us/a/img834/2730/murder1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a>Party:Denizel: 26/26 hit points remainingMaui: 21/29 hit points remainingTaniwha: 23/23 hit points remainingSylla: 28/28 hit points remainingBoots: 26/29 hit points remainingVincenzo: 32/32 hit points remainingSpells/Abilities Used: Denizel: BlessConditions in Effect: Maui: Blinded, NauseatedEnemy Status:Murder of Crows 1 (AC 14): 7 damage taken, 9 nonlethal dmg takenMurder of Crows 2 (AC 14): 0 damage taken[/sblock]</blockquote>

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