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Message: <blockquote data-quote="covaithe" data-source="post: 4962336" data-attributes="member: 46559">Round 2Hacker bellows orders, causing Woe to back away from the monstrous golem and Kathalia to shake off much of her pain.  Hacker assaults the golem's mind with a twisting melody, but finds too little of it there to affect this time.  Woe, clothing still afire, dizzily points his spear in the general direction of the flesh golem and bellows taunts.  Atreus hurls his dagger with pinpoint accuracy, sinking it deep in the flesh golem's patchwork chest before it magically returns to his hand.  Atreus hugs the wall, somehow hiding himself completely in the few inches of clinging shadows there.  Kathalia burns, and fires her bow again.  Her arrow passes beneath one of the golem's arms, only scratching it.  The flames licking at her clothing sputter and expire.  The golem shrieks pain.  NOT BORROWED!  IS MINE!  WHY YOU SO MEAN?" it bellows in an inhuman voice.  It advances, ignoring the flicker of lightning from Woe's spear, swinging two of its heavy fists at Woe.  It appears to be hampered by the flames, though; neither blow connects.Two of the zombies lumber forward, hunching over between the flesh golem's legs, and bite at Woe and Kathalia.  Their teeth are sharp and surprisingly accurate; both take painful bites on their legs.  The hexer moves forward into the cloud, capering and laughing at the carnage.  "For the master!  He is watching us!" it cackles.  It waves its arms dramatically, and the noxious vapors drift forward, choking more of the tunnel.  Almost as an afterthought, it directs a curse at Kathalia, but the incantation fails to take hold.  [sblock=ooc]Woe slides to G15 from Hacker's virtue of cunning.  Hacker designates the Golem as prey.  Blunder misses.  Majestic Word heals Kathalia 13, and she is no longer bloodied.  She slides to F15.Woe burns for 5 damage and readies his spear to attack with +1 square reach when the golem approaches within range.  He doesn't save.  Woe's mark expires.Atreus hits with sly flourish for 12 damage.  Can't hide, since there's nowhere to get improved cover or total concealment in this tunnel.  Best you can do is normal cover in D14, I think.  You know what?  I'm going to say you're hidden anyway, since it was a nat 20 on stealth.  That's hidden from all enemies.  This is not a precedent.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />  I did put you in D14, too.  Kathalia burns for 5 damage.  Her longbow attack misses.  She saves and is no longer dazed.  The golem moves forward.  Woe's readied attack fires, and misses due to concealment.  It double attacks Woe.  <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2285757/" target="_blank">Nat 2 and 4 both miss</a>; can it be that the Punishment Patrol's luck is turning?  This might trigger virtue of cunning again, which may change later things slightly.  Zombies 1 and 2 charge past the golem.  Z1 hits Kathalia for 4 damage with <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2285770/" target="_blank">19 vs. AC</a>.  Z2 hits Woe with <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2285771/" target="_blank">27 vs. AC</a> for 4 damage.  That's more like it!  Woe is bloodied again.The Hexer sustains the cloud, moving it to be centered on G18.  (So Woe and Kathalia are inside it).  The Hexer moves forward, and attacks Kathalia with stinging hex:  <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2285777/" target="_blank">10 vs. Will</a> misses.  [/sblock][sblock=status and initiative]Woe 21/46 HP, 10/11 surges, 5 ongoing fire and dazed (se both)  <== You're upKathalia 20/36 HP, 8/9 surgesAtreus 29/29 HP, 7/7 surgesHacker 36/36 HP, 9/9 surgesflesh golem 40 damage, Hacker's prey (TENT Hacker)zombie 1  undamagedzombie 2  undamagedzombie 3  undamagedgoblin hexer undamagedZones active:  <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Vexing cloud.  Burst 3 on G18.  Allies of the caster gain concealment in the area; enemies take -2 to attacks.  </li> </ul>Resources used: <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Woe:  second wind</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Hacker:  designate prey, Blunder, 1x Majestic Word</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Hexer:  stinging hex</li> </ul>[/sblock][sblock=map]<img src="http://betahelix.net/pics/maps/closed_eye/cave03.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />[/sblock]</blockquote>

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