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<blockquote data-quote="Wicht" data-source="post: 5360842" data-attributes="member: 221">I have no recollection of a Grave Hound. Where did you hear of it?As to your main question, skeletons are mindless, so depending on how it is being controlled, it might either move forward to attack with claws or fire at you. The dire rat is going to move in and bite. As a dumb animal, it won't be much for tactics. So the dire rat would roll initiative (d20+3).The skeleton would roll initiative (d20+6)Assuming the skeleton acts first and it is under orders to use the crossbow (we'll say its a heavy crossbow) it fires the crossbow (1d20+2), if it hits it does 1d10 points of damage.The dire rat charges in to bite (1d20+1+2 for charging), if it hits it does 1d4 points of damage. Also if it hits, you would have to make a fortitude save. If you had less than an 11 on the save, you would contract a disease which would set in tomorrow (if you live so long)Assuming you act now, you could respond however you chose.On the next round, the skeleton would spend the whole round reloading the crossbow and the rat, if it was still alive would attack you again, only this time with no charge bonus.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wicht, post: 5360842, member: 221"] I have no recollection of a Grave Hound. Where did you hear of it? As to your main question, skeletons are mindless, so depending on how it is being controlled, it might either move forward to attack with claws or fire at you. The dire rat is going to move in and bite. As a dumb animal, it won't be much for tactics. So the dire rat would roll initiative (d20+3). The skeleton would roll initiative (d20+6) Assuming the skeleton acts first and it is under orders to use the crossbow (we'll say its a heavy crossbow) it fires the crossbow (1d20+2), if it hits it does 1d10 points of damage. The dire rat charges in to bite (1d20+1+2 for charging), if it hits it does 1d4 points of damage. Also if it hits, you would have to make a fortitude save. If you had less than an 11 on the save, you would contract a disease which would set in tomorrow (if you live so long) Assuming you act now, you could respond however you chose. On the next round, the skeleton would spend the whole round reloading the crossbow and the rat, if it was still alive would attack you again, only this time with no charge bonus. [/QUOTE]

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