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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GnomeWorks" data-source="post: 1117525" data-attributes="member: 162">Battle at the Library, Round 3InitiativeLornes - 28[spoiler]Shadow - 23[/spoiler]Ruth - 21Syld - 20Kloranth - 19Jansson - 18[spoiler]Animus - 17[/spoiler]Cerak Hyranil - 17Shardorn - 16Tori'shel - 14Jirlai - 10Osius - 3Lornes steps up to put himself in a position so as to be able to reach Jirlai, and casts a spell - as he finishes, a ray of coruscating energy leaps from his hand, heading for Jirlai...Lornes gets a 7 on his ranged touch attack, which misses....and the ray narrowly misses Jirlai's shoulder.[spoiler]The woman shifts her stance slightly, her gaze seemingly locked onto Animus, but other than that she takes no action.[/spoiler]Ruth starts to move, but then one of her feet starts to give way on the grease...Ruth gets a 9 on her Reflex save....and her other foot joins it, and she falls harshly to the ground with a clatter.Syld stands by and observes.Kloranth seems to be listening to something, and his expression becomes that of one who is concentrating.Jansson lunges at Jirlai, though unfortunately he doesn't have Ruth at the sorcerer's back and therefore doesn't gain any benefits from flanking him.Jansson gets a 22, which hits!  He deals deals 8 points to Jirlai.The sorcerer winces as the halfling's blade cuts into him, but after a small moment shrugs the weapon out of his side with a gasp.[spoiler]"Who am I?" The woman says after Animus sends her a missive.  She smiles slightly, though there is no warmth in her expression. "I can't say that I am your death, as I am not allowed to kill you... however, I will say that I know more about you than you would think.  How you are related to the girl, for instance." She narrows her eyes.Animus seems to surprise her then, as he tumbles away and heads for Desimus' body.  The sorcerer is hurt badly - there is a deep wound in his back that cuts across his entire side.  Animus' quick assessment reveals that the sorcerer isn't breathing.The woman casually walks after Animus, her weapon still drawn.  She is still watching him intently.[/spoiler]The skeletal figure that Lornes summoned gropes at Tori'shel, attempting to contain her."Do not let it hold you!" Jirlai barks out quickly to her, and she nods slowly.The cerak hyranil reaches out for Tori'shel with a skeletal claw...It gets a 23, which hits....now having a firm grip on the girl's shoulder, it tries to hold her down...It gets a 17 on its grapple check, while Tori'shel gets a 7....and it now holds Tori'shel firmly in its grip.Shardorn runs up to Jansson, prays quickly and taps him lightly on the shoulder.Jansson gets healed for 6.Tori'shel scowls, then attempts to wriggle out of the skeletal figure's grip...Tori'shel gets a 21, while the cerak hyranil gets a 12....and surprisingly enough, she manages to visibly weaken the hyranil's hold on her.Jirlai angrily looks to the cerak hyranil, and starts speaking an intonation and making violent gestures with his hands.  As he does, however, his feet begin to slip on the grease...He gets a 16 on his Reflex save....but he retains his footing.Seeing his opportunity, Jansson lashes out with his weapon.Jansson gets an 18, which hits!  He deals 9 points of damage to Jirlai.The sorcerer scowls and buckles slightly...Jirlai gets a 23 on his concentration check....but he continues chanting and motioning.  A few moments later he finishes, and reaches out with a hand to touch Jansson...He gets a 23, which hits!...there is a shower of purple and red sparks as his hand connects with Jansson's shoulder...Jirlai gets a 24 on his caster check....and Jansson can feel his life slowly draining away...Jansson takes 15 points....Jirlai retracts his hand, though Jansson can see that the sorcerer is much more visibly healthy.  He smiles, then dashes away from the halfling.Suddenly, as Osius begins making his move, a shimmering oval-shaped doorway appears.  A githyanki who looks vaguely familiar steps through the doorway, which then disappears.  He quickly scans the surroundings.After a small moment, some of you suddenly recognize him - [spoiler]he is the githyanki who was at the yuan-ti encampment.[/spoiler]"You will go to the githyanki!" Jirlai cries in Tori'shel's direction, as he himself is near to the githyanki's position.Osius, undeterred by the appearance of the githyanki, tumbles away to put himself between Jirlai and the doorway.New initiative rolls, please, for those in the room, as the appearance of another combatant - especially in that manner - is cause for new initiative.The map below is the situation as it stands at the end of Round 3.  Note that the tan-colored areas are those that are currently affected by Syld's grease.  Damage Taken Thus FarJansson - 21; 2 DexJirlai - 16</blockquote>

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