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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Qik" data-source="post: 5831790" data-attributes="member: 6673727">The group moves in a coordinated blur around the wolf-creature, variously attacking, spellcasting, and preparing themselves for the appearance of another.  In their first barrage, only Fulgrim manages to land a blow, causing the creature to stagger but not to drop.  [sblock=Eanos]Eanos has never before seen or heard of a creature quite like this, but the glowing rune on its forehead - in the shape of an ear - catches his eye at once.  He has no doubt that it is the mark of the creature's bond with its master.[ooc]I decided to count Eanos' spellcraft roll towards identifying the purpose of the mark on its forehead.[/ooc][/sblock]As the sextet regroups, they hear a shout in a language they don't understand.  The wolf-creature retreats, its defensive withdrawal preventing an attack from Fulgrim but unable to protect itself from Maui or Sauvressa.  The druid swings, misses, as does the eidolon, but the wolf is unable to retreat further, and it collapses from the effort of trying to withdraw.The group hears a second yell from the same voice, and this time the air whirls around them briefly, coalescing into four identical-looking dogs.  The creatures attack fiercely, but only one of them manages to strike successfully, landing a nasty bite on Fulgrim.From his position near the door, Phedilo is mesmerized by the sudden  outbreak of violence; near-frozen, he takes a step backward from the  shop door, clearly in shock.[sblock=OOC]First off, I apologize again for a delayed update: this time it was a dying laptop cable + work/double date + the birth of my nephew (!).  Also, while I'm thinking about it, I'm going to be traveling in the latter half of next week, so I may be slow to post from Thursday to Monday.  It might not end up being an issue, but I wanted to mention it just in case.There's a lot to address & summarize, so I'll do my best.jkason, feel free to take a free move action from your last turn, which, if you do, we would consider to have happened before the casting of the summon monster spell.Tark - I'm not sure if Sauvressa can execute both claw attacks with a glaive in her hand.  One's fine, but I'm not sure of both.  Doesn't change anything this time, obviously, but I wanted to mention it.  Feel free to explain why this isn't actually an issue.  Also, I'm not quite sure how to resolve Tam's readied action in regards to the Grease.  I suppose you can choose to cast it on either Dog 2 or Dog 4, since the others would have to include one of your allies in the square.  Let me know.Wolf creature attempts a withdrawal, avoiding Fulgrim's AoO, but fails the acrobatics check for Maui and Sauvressa.  Both miss on their attacks, but it stops the wolf's movement.  The creature is also now dying, since it executed a standard action, and is therefore helpless.It doesn't take a successful spellcraft check to know that four dogs were summoned.  Three miss on their attacks, one hits Fulgrim for 7 damage (adjusted to include his DR).   Fulgrim now has an HP of 28.  Dogs have an AC of 13.Go to town, gang.[/sblock][sblock=Map]<img src="http://rayevanoff.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/behind-shop2.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />[/sblock]</blockquote>

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