[sblock=Midias]Quozen strikes out at thin air - and it is obvious that his foot makes contact with something.
Then at last Midias sees this mysterious creature. It emerges from nowhere as though he has finally turned his head or squinted his eyes just right, striking at those nearest it with aggressive clumsiness. It is black in colour, or a yellow so dark it could only be called black. Its flesh is like damp leather, clumped in a formless mass above which two long tentacles writhe. Shadows cling about it and trail from it like vaporous scraps of clothing, but it possesses a twitching, writhing vitality that makes clear that it is alive.[/sblock][sblock=Ngikhnit]Quozen's foot makes contact with the creature, but with insufficient force to do damage.
It wriggles on behind him, and strikes out at each of the three companions that now surround it, with aggressive intent but such clumsiness that its tentacles miss, and a greater appendage bounces harmlessly from Pendrake's armor.[/sblock][sblock=Peladus]Quozen strikes out at thin air - and it is obvious that his foot makes contact with something.
Then at last Peladus sees this mysterious creature. It emerges from nowhere as though he has finally turned his head or squinted his eyes just right, a formless mass topped with a pair of tentacles. It is black in colour, or a yellow so dark it can only be called black. Its flesh is like damp leather. Shadows cling about it and trail from it like vaporous scraps of clothing. It flails in all directions as it attacks those near it. A tentacle thuds against the cobbles beside Peladus' foot. A larger extrusion rebounds from Pendrake's armour, leaving him unharmed.
To Peladus, there is something about the creature that screams of wrongness, of alien distance. It comes from beyond the confines of the everyday world, like a devil or demon - and yet not like. But he knows - at least, he has read - something of evil outsiders... that they may resist magic and fire or lightning and poison.[/sblock][sblock=Pendrake]Quozen's foot makes contact with the creature, but with insufficient force to do damage.
It wriggles on behind him, and strikes out at each of the three companions that now surround it, with aggressive intent but a great deal of clumsiness. An outflow of the creature's main body again rebounds harmlessly from Pendrake's armor.[/sblock][sblock=Quozen]Quozen's foot makes contact with the creature, but with insufficient force to do damage. Its surface is less yielding than it looks.
It wriggles on behind him, and strikes out at each of the three companions that now surround it, with aggressive intent but such clumsiness that only an extrusion from its main bulk hits, rebounding from Pendrake's armor harmlessly.
OOG: Quozen misses, due to natural armor.[/sblock][sblock=Map]Close up of positions:
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OOG: UT1 attacks Pn, Q and P, and misses each time. It has a 20% miss chance due to a blur effect. There is no sign of UT2.
Round 10 begins. Pendrake...