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Message: <blockquote data-quote="InVinoVeritas" data-source="post: 3585644" data-attributes="member: 41485">[sblock=ooc]Grr, thanks. I finish a term of school and before I know it, it's a week later... Sorry.[/sblock]Tavish calls out, "Oy! Officers! The gnomes are getting away!" Sure enough, the door on the far side of the police coach has flown open, and Alek and his mates have jumped out and run off, while Tavish continues to fight to keep his horses under control. The gnome carriage bolts, however, and takes off down the avenue, without the trio.Ru feels as if he swims through an ocean of color and music, desperately trying to warn anything somewhat resembling a person of the insane threat behind him. The revelers start to give him a wide berth... Why aren't they listening? Don't they value their lives? What does it take to get them to act on the threat??? The ringing continues to burn in his mind like a haunting memory, dredging up thoughts of past brutalities...[sblock=Ru]Ru is Confused. Next round, he will attack the nearest creature.  <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":]" title="Devious    :]" data-shortname=":]" /> [/sblock]"Justice comes in many forms," grunts Torhan to the gnome, "Now feel its bite!" The paladin swings his greatsword in an overhand strike, channeling the power of good and law into the stroke. He stands over the prostrate gnome, and drives the sword straight down through the criminal's chest, pinning him to the ground. There is a creaking scrape of metal on metal, but the sword does pierce him. A spray of blood spurts from the wound, landing on Torhan--and scalding him. (-3 hp) In the glow of twilight, it would almost be missed, but light appeared to be inside the gnome--a dull red flickering glow. And heat--extreme heat. He pushes himself up, further impaling himself on Torhan's sword. The gnome's arms and legs reach upward, quickly, to grab a hold of the sword and the paladin's wrist. Torhan watches as in the middle of the gnome's fading frenzy of a face, a mouth appears. It puckers its lips, then reaches forth to savagely attach itself to Torhan's sword hand, rapidly sucking blood from a gash the mouth tears. In pain, Torhan loses control for a second, and the gnome pulls himself back off the sword. (-24 hp) The gnome's head remains a rapidly shaking resounding mess, but he now clearly wears a cruel, blood-stained grin.Calahan grabs a loose cobblestone and throws it at the gnome. The stone bounces off the gnome, but Calahan manages to snag his mask, and it shatters! The gnome snarls toward Calahan.Fr. Berman, not wanting to get closer, and more worried about the gnome before him than the runaways, reloads his pistol. "Stop in the name of the law!" he calls out, hoping Alek listens, and fires again at the gnome. The bullet perhaps makes a dent in the gnome as it clangs off him and lodges itself in the side wall.Darian studies the gnome for a moment as he pulls out the tanglefoot bag. The bag opens, spilling its contents all over the gnome. He notes that he is held in position, but this does not seem to stop his savage nature...Ru: 16/30Torhan: 13/40Calahan: 14/23Fr. Berman: 26/30Darian: 14/20</blockquote>

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