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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Piratecat" data-source="post: 157091" data-attributes="member: 2">Kazak's eyes light the area around him, and the burning metallic smell of power rises from his sweating brow. On the monsters, the two riders seem to be unable to remove their metal helms; the lesser biocurrent bounces back and forth between them, searing flesh. One of them swoons, his spear point dipping. Vadania seizes the opportunity, her scimitar snaking out like a viper. It returns bloody, and Perea rears back onto her hind legs as her claw finishes the job. A huge chunk of bloody flesh splatters onto the ground in front of Vadania, and what's left of the goblinoid rider slumps back against the support of the saddle.Hennet's magic missiles don't seem to have much effect; furious and pouring blood from its front, the giant bug-beast doesn't even flinch. the wound is smoking slightly, though, oozing fluids as the monster tries to line up an opening on Regdar.With a prayer on his lips, Jozan lets a crossbow bolt go, and is sure it's going to miss. Instead, the remaining rider leans over to look at his dead companion, and the errant bolt strikes him directly in the middle of the head. It pierces the helm, and the rider slumps without making a sound. The beast immediately realizes that its riders are dead. It rears up with a triumphant buglelike noise, and comes back down, claws slamming down on Ma'Varkith and Kerwyn even as its massive jaws try to pop Regdar's head right off of his neck. A huge claw fastens on each of them, ripping cloth and flesh alike, but Regdar steps back just in time. Instead of crushing his head, the mandibles rip into the stone half a foot from his feet, and the monster struggles to recover its balance. Lidda doesn't waste any time. Her jump is phenomenal, but as she tumbles in to position one of the creature's eyes catch sight of her. It has just enough time to interpose a claw, and Lidda feels a tremendous amount of pain as she slides to a stop in a puddle of her own blood. Nebin screams something in gnomish and fires a well-aimed arrow. Mialee, Alhandra and Krusk fire almost simultaneously, and arrows bury themselves in chitin. Ma'Varkith and Kerwyn shake off the pain and swing, both of them hitting as it doesn't know which way to dodge, Kerwyn's rapier digging especially deeply as it pierces a vital. Ma'Varkith's sword is partially stuck in the bony exoskeleton, still slicing into flesh. And Regdar, with a war cry, rams his greatsword home.The sound that the huge monster makes when falling is like thunder in a valley. The floor vibrates. The deadfall gives way behind you. And then suddenly everything is quiet.And then Devis' magically enhanced voice speaks out. He is so astonishingly convincing that everyone is convinced that he has hired mercenary troops that no one knew about.  And as he finishes his short speech, there is a pause from the dark tunnel. Perhaps he is considering his options.Kerwyn, 8 points of damage. Ma'Varkith, 11 points of damage. Lidda, 10 points of damage.  Let me know if you're unconscious or dead.And, if I might be allowed an OOC comment, nice teamwork! I was pretty sure this might kill someone. I picked a bad time to roll a "1" when attacking Regdar.Lidda at Q21, Kerwyn at Q22. No one else moved, I think.</blockquote>

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