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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GlassEye" data-source="post: 6097370" data-attributes="member: 40413">Two of Sylla's arrows fly wide of their target.  The third pierces armor and the bandit jerks from the attack but manages to keep his seat in the saddle.  Boots tears nasty wounds into the flesh of the bandit he attacks but that bandit also manages to exhibit the typical Goti skill in riding and stays mounted.When Taniwha, maw and claws bloody, looks up from the bandit he attacked to get further orders from Maui the bandit lies broken in the grass, unmoving.  The horse wheels in its anger and confusion over having lost the direction of its rider but sidles away from the big cat.  Maui rides forward as does Vincenzo but the Venzan's attack misses the bandit despite the grasses entangling the rider.The lead bandit's (1) horse struggles with the entwining grasses and manages to break free after sustained effort.  The rider remains miraculously free but the grasses ensnare his arrow and the shot comes nowhere close to any of the adventurers.  Another Goti (4) breaks free of the grasping vegetation and twists in the saddle to send an arrow flying towards Maui.  Although better than the other bandit's shot, this one also misses.A third bandit (2) and his mount fight against the grass newly entangling them.  Quickly the bandit raises his bow in an attempt to get an arrow off but, like the others, fails in his attack.  The bandit facing Vincenzo (3) draws his sword and, despite the magic imbuing the grass, stabs the fighter.  Another bandit (5) drives his horse free of the grasses, draws his bow, twists in the saddle and fires an arrow back at Maui.  The arrow sticks quivering in Maui's armor but doesn't penetrate.The final bandit (6) with an almost superhuman effort wrenches his mount free of entanglement, rips his sword from its sheath, and stabs at Boots.  The effort isn't enough to strike the darkwolf, however.[OOC]Round Four.  Everyone is up.[/OOC][sblock=Combat Information][GM]<a href="http://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering/combat#TOC-Mounted-Combat" target="_blank">Mounted Combat rules</a>Entangle: a reddish-brown dot next to the number indicates the rider is currently entangled, a dot next to the horse's ear indicates the horse is entangled.[/GM]InitiativeAdventurersBanditsMap:Maui: could actually have made it to Row 7 minus a few for diagonal movement had you wanted.<a href="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/850/bandits4.jpg/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/3699/bandits4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a>Party:Maui: 47/47 hpTaniwha: 42/42 hpSylla: 40/40 hp  Boots: 52/52 hpVincenzo: 50/57 hp Conditions in Effect: lots of buffs.Enemy Status:Bandits# 1 (AC 17, T 11, FF 16)  25/25 hp (bow)# 2 (AC 17, T 11, FF 16)  25/25 hp (bow) # 3 (AC 17, T 11, FF 16)  25/25 hp (sword)# 4 (AC 17, T 11, FF 16)  16/25 hp (bow)# 5 (AC 17, T 11, FF 16)  25/25 hp (bow)# 6 (AC 17, T 11, FF 16)  8/25 hp (bow/rapier)# 7 (AC 17, T 11, FF 16)  0/25 hp -dead-# 8 (AC 17, T 11, FF 16)  0/25 hp -dead-[/sblock]</blockquote>

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