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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SelcSilverhand" data-source="post: 6599892" data-attributes="member: 30016">The first wave of constructs marches off the shelves, pivots, and moves rapidly towards you. They move in a coordinated fashion with their legs rising and falling in tandem. They spread out into a line blocking the the main corridor down the shelving stacks. Each one carries different armanents, though their body structures are similar. The first sports an arm that ends in a stubby tube from which issues a blue light and a bladed forearm. The second has two short double bladed swords on either arm that begin to spin rapidly until they are a whirling blur. The third has an arm that ends in a large C shape - a mancatcher, and a jackhammer for the other arm. The fourth holds up a large steel plate like a shield with another arm ending in a series of small drills. Kraken interposes himself between the constructs and the rest of the group while Midian and Whisper prepare their spells. You are still out in the open between the shelves which could allow attackers to come from almost any direction. Doral's shouted tactical movement seems sound to you. You call out to their leader, offering a temporary truce. She glares at you suspiciously until Midian's first blast of electricity strikes the fourth construct. She makes up her mind and starts barking orders to her men. The two men who were carrying the golden vase move first. The one that dropped his end begins scrambling on the floor trying to recover the metal covers while the other scrambles to draw his mace and buckler. The Sergeant shouts at the man with the thin sword, calling him "Corporal Ardus",  to cover one side of the group, while the other two men near the behemoth are sent to cover the other side. The man on the floor short a foot fires his crossbow which passes through your group and is deflected by the war machine with the spinning blade arms. The woman standing in the chest cavity of the behemoth crouches down and starts fumbling with her weapons and tools. Henrick moves with your group and suddenly pipes up, "Sergeant Kella? Is that you" She pauses and looks at him with surprise that quickly turns to irritation. "Henrick. It figures YOU would still be alive." She shakes her head in disgust. OOC:[SBLOCK]Your two groups are about 20' apart. The war machine / constructs are also about 20' farther away and moving quickly. You are standing in the main aisle that runs the length of the chamber. On either side are rows and rows of shelving holding constructs. The other group hasn't attacked you yet and are taking up defensive positions. There are some crates on the shelves that could be dragged off to create obstacles or cover as a full round action. I gave Midian his action as the surprise round and since Whisper was readying a fireball for either constructs or the Brelish team she can still use it this round. If you do, roll the damage and add that to your next post. You can assume you can see more constructs approaching so there will be more targets if the fireball takes down this group. Kraken and Doral I had ready vs approach but if you wanted other actions for your surprise round let me know. For initiative I am doing posting order. Players go first then the NPC's and enemies. I will work on a map to give you a better idea of what you see. So now we start round 1![/SBLOCK]</blockquote>

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