Following right along behind Samad after slinging the pack around his shoulders to the floor once more, Dane reached the threshold just in-time to see his colleague poked and prodded for the second time today by denizens most foul. While he might not have recognized whatever these monsters were, it was clear as crystal that he and the others were no longer finagling with some oversized pest. These things were intelligent -- intelligent, and dangerous. Perhaps these were the gremlins Fallson had alluded to, their wretched odor so putrid and rank that the young farmer-turned-adventurer could feel it clinging to his very person paling in comparison to the murderous glint in their alien eyes.
He could worry about the stink later. Right now, they had a fight on their hands, and Dane wasn't going to sit by idly whilst their lives were in danger; doubly so with Samad now winged by the encroaching foes hovering within the room, eager for blood. In the flickering light of the torch held in his other hand, Dane could see all too well the reptilian, lizard-like face of their attacker; its powerful, sleek form almost predatory in nature by comparison to a normal man.
With teeth grit and his sword-arm reared back, the time for parley and surrender had passed. In a quick, violent thrust, the lightly armored human drove his blade towards his scaly foe, just as intent on taking it down as it likely was of them!
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Free Action: Drop Backpack so that Dane is now Lightly Encumbered and can move his full 30'.
Move Action: Move 30' to I-7. That should be exactly 30', too, unless I miscounted: 20' of Rough Terrain, 5' of Normal Terrain, then 5' into the square next to the creature.
Standard Action: Short Sword Attack +3 (w/ Piranha Strike) vs. Reptilian Creature AC16
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Dane Mazelo
AC: 16 (13 flat-footed, 13 touch)
HP: 16/16
CMB: +2 CMD: 15
Fort: +4 Reflex: +3 Will: +2
Perception: +1
Initiative: +3
Current Weapon in Hand: Shortsword (+3, 1d6+3, 19-20x2); Torch
Current Conditions in Effect: Piranha Strike, Weapon Finesse
Used Items:
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