Violence!
The shout echoes across the desert. Mere seconds later, you hear the scrambling of many chitinous legs, and a scorpion about 10 feet wide and 2.5 feet tall comes rushing out of the hole. The party, being pre-prepared, is easily able to attack first.
Tores fires his bow (15+3=18) and lodges (7+2=9) an arrow into the scorpions hide. Sul'Dan also looses an arrow (15+5=20) and lodges it in a chink in the scorpions armor (6+2=8). Gavin, also looses an arrow (16+4=20) and strikes the scorpion in the base of it's leg (6+2=8). Arcanra guides the charging knights around Alexander. Alexander, spurs his mount into a charge against the beast, and lowers his heavy lance. The resulting assault, (12+8=20), catches the scopion in it's head, and lodges itself deeply (15+6=21), wrenching itself from Arcanra's grasp. Jasper, fires his crossbow at the rear of the scorpion, (16+4=20) and his heavy bolt lodges itself into the scorpion (6). (the scorpion has taken 52 points of damage this round.) Both of the scorpion's claws pass through Arcanra's images. The scorpion's tail lashes forward, and is barely able to pierce Alexander's armour. Alexander is knocked from his horse, which proceeds to gallop to safety, and grimaces in pain, as he hits the ground, his left arm throbbing from the sting (9 damage.) Alexander also feels slightly weakened as the scorpion's poison pumps about his body.
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Scorpion = -52
Alexander = -9