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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gregor" data-source="post: 5439994" data-attributes="member: 11751">Seeing that his cover has been blown, he cries out in elven: "Caer! caer!", cancels his spell, and attempts to run up the stairs.  To Alric, Bannock, Torrent and Hrimr, you now see the gnome disappear only to be replaced by a short elf dressed in black.[sblock="if you speak elven"]Help! help![/sblock][GM]I indicated in my last post that if someone was triggering a combat related event (e.g. casting a spell), then we are starting initiative.  All of the contextual stuff (people talking) takes place, but initiative is being rolled as of Kirio's attempt to cast a spell.  Thus, Kirio's spell casting and Bannock's attempt to grapple do not take place until their respective turns on the initiative count.[/GM]*******************Round 1 - Initiative Order*******************1.  DM #1 (elf)2.  Kirio3.  Arnir4.  Bannock5.  Alric (higher dex)6.  DM #2 (unknown)7.  Hrimr8.  Lars9.  Torrent*******************[GM]Some detail on the tower layout and combat modifiers:  Floors, walls and ceiling are made from stone and the ceiling is about 20 feet above the floor.  The lockers are all made from metal and stand about 6 feet in height.  The stone stairway is more like a ramp than an actual staircase and the banister running along the ramp is about waist height (on a human) granting cover to those behind it.  The only light is what you're carrying (and the elf as well) so don't forget to take that into account  This likely wont come up given the size of the tower, but your lanterns provide 30-foot radius of light and provides shadowy illumination in a 60-foot radius.  If anyone is within the shadowy illumination (and not canceled out by another local light source such as another lantern) that person has concealment relative to its attackers.  Concealment in this situation results in his or her attackers suffering a 20% miss chance to hit the person.  If you have dark vision, this doesn't apply.  If you have low light vision, make sure to modify the distances you can see in.[/GM]<a href="http://gregthedm.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/depository-tower-1st-floor-round-1.jpg" target="_blank">Depository Tower - Round 1</a></blockquote>

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