NOW LIVE! Today's the day you meet your new best friend. You don’t have to leave Wolfy behind... In 'Pets & Sidekicks' your companions level up with you!

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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Whizbang Dustyboots" data-source="post: 3651909" data-attributes="member: 11760">Ella, clutching her staff, creates a slippery patch of grease beneath one of the ratlings. The creature squeals in frustration, but carefully begins walking toward the edge of the patch, his hands and tail all extended for maximum balance.Mairan lifts her opponent off the ground with her next sweep of the borrowed longsword, and vile-smelling blood sprays all over her and much of the room. Incredibly, the creature is still alive, albeit just barely, and it squeaks out what sounds like an order before landing heavily on the floor.Mata's crossbow bolt sails past one of the now-approaching ratlings, but Valana's arrow does not. It thuds into the creature's chest, which screams in outrage, lowers its spear and charges at her.As Aeshen slips toward the gong, the order barked by the armored ratling becomes clear, as one of the ratlings turns from the group of intruders and heads toward the gong himself. If he breaks cover and runs after him, he should be able to catch the creature before it can ring the gong.Sighing to himself, Thurst points at the charging ratling and squeezes the pistol. The creature's head vanishes in an explosion of lead and gore.The armored ratling wastes no time once he returns to the earth, swinging his heavy mace at Mairan's leg, cracking her on the thigh.Two ratlings advance toward the door, specifically toward Valana and Thurst, but the third remaining unarmored ratling squeals something and bolts for the door on the far side of the room.One leaps forward, thrusting at the same time, and Valana has the surreal experience of watching the speartip puncture her ribs. She wonders idly how clean the ratling's weapon is before she falls backwards, unconscious.The other remaining ratling leaps forward to stab at Thurst, but the dwarf easily parries the attack with the barrel of his pistol.[sblock=ooc]Mairan gets a confirmed critical hit for a total of 11 points of damage. Ouch.Valana does 2 points with an arrow, Thurst does 6 with a bullet. One ratling down.Mairan takes 3 points of damage from the mace.Valana takes 6 points of damage. She is now at -1 hit points and bleeding out. She will die in 9 rounds.ROUND ENDS. Ratlings take their next actions at 4 p.m. PST Friday, if I'm not distracted by in-laws again.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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