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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GnomeWorks" data-source="post: 1111598" data-attributes="member: 162">Battle at the Library, Round 2OoC: Editted to include Animus' action, and the rest of the round.  Also editted to include Ruth picking up the wand, which I forgot about. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":o" title="Eek!    :o"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":o" />InitiativeLornes - 28[spoiler]Shadow - 23[/spoiler]Ruth - 21Syld - 20Kloranth - 19Jansson - 18[spoiler]Animus - 17[/spoiler]Shardorn - 16Tori'shel - 14Jirlai - 10Osius - 3The masked figure who called himself Lornes begins casting a spell.  Lornes - [spoiler]The spell was lesser geas.[/spoiler][spoiler]The shadowy figure simply waits by the entranceway to the large room, either observing or waiting.  Animus can make out enough to tell that the figure is a human female, and she is wearing black armor of some kind.[/spoiler]Ruth hacks at the sorcerer with her large weapon.Ruth gets a 13, which misses.But the sorcerer moves deftly out of the way, Ruth's weapon striking nothing but air.She then reaches down and picks up the wand.  (Just so you know, I won't let you attack two-handed and hold the wand in your hand at the same time.)Syld stands by and observes.Kloranth continues to stand by.Jansson's blade slices through the air...Jansson gets a 17, which misses....but his blade, like Ruth's, hits nothing but air.[spoiler]Animus dashes up to the figure, his staff in his hands.  He strikes her weapon in an attempt to disarm her, but she turns suddenly, and strikes him with her weapon.The weapon bites deep, and Animus takes 8 points.Animus then attempts to disarm her...Animus gets an 18, while the shadowy woman gets an 18....but he fails, his quarterstaff only rebounding off of the slightly curved blade the woman holds in her hand.  In a short instant, the blade swings high and comes crashing down upon Animus' quarterstaff, the strike making his weapon vibrate rapidly...The shadowy figure gets a 27, while Animus gets a 20....and the quarterstaff clatters to the ground."That wasn't very nice, Animus." The woman says softly in a voice barely above a whisper. "You broke my concentration.  Unfortunately, I'm not allowed to kill you... so just stay put." She stands in front of him, her back to the large room and her weapon pointed at Animus.Animus reaches down to recover his weapon, and as he does so, the woman strikes him with her weapon.Animus takes 5 points of subdual damage.Despite the pain, Animus now holds his quarterstaff in his hands once more."Damn it." She says. "Stay still."[/spoiler]Shardorn seems to be deep in thought, but takes no action.Tori'shel stands where she is."Tori'shel, defend me!" Jirlai cries, taking a short step back.  He then waves his hands and intones something in an unusual language.After a few moments, a shard of ice springs from his hand and launches itself at Jansson.  It pierces his armor, and embeds itself into his side, and though it quickly dissipates, the icy pain it leaves behind does not.Jansson takes 12 damage, 7 of which is cold.  He also takes 2 points of Dexterity ability damage.As he does so, Tori'shel positions herself next to Jirlai.Osius charges at Jirlai, raising his morning star high over his head... as he goes, however, Tori'shel lashes out with her foot, possibly tripping him...Tori'shel gets a 16 for her trip attempt.  She gets an 11 on her strength check, while Osius gets a 6....and Osius runs right into her foot, falling over and landing prone next to Tori'shel.Damage Taken Thus FarJirlai - 14Jansson - 12; 2 Dex[spoiler]Animus - 13 (5 subdual)[/spoiler]</blockquote>

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