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Message: <blockquote data-quote="covaithe" data-source="post: 4487692" data-attributes="member: 46559">"Enough messing about?" the "painting" says.  "I believe you're right.  I've let you wander unmolested in my house long enough.  Now!"Surprise RoundAt first, nothing happens.  Then, suddenly, everything seems to happen at once.  Atop one of the wall sconces near the southwestern door, a small creature appears.  It stands about a forearm's length tall, with four legs looking something like a grasshopper's.  It has a tiny fiddle in its arms, which it begins playing furiously, a lively dance tune.  You feel a strange urge to dance, but shake it off.  Next, as though dancing to the tune itself, the tablecloth seems to writhe and separate into its component fibers, which twist and grow rapidly, flowing off of the table, seeking and tangling around ankles and knees with surprising strength.  Ter-raen <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1749433/" target="_blank">dodges aside</a> from the tendrils with surprising grace, and Fenenn quickly bites away any clinging bits, but Erf and Gildrim find themselves <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/conditionSummary.htm#entangled" target="_blank">entangled</a>.  A second grasshopper-legged creature pops into sight, perched above the northern door.  A third pops into sight flying with translucent wings, hovering near the ceiling next to the southwest door.  It immediately fires a tiny bow at Erf, <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1749462/" target="_blank">missing</a> him among the writhing folds of tablecloth.  Round 1The grasshopper-men act quickly.  The first, looking slightly hurt that none of you feel the urge to dance, stows his fiddle away and draws a bow.  The second, bow already in hand, fires a quick shot at Fenenn, <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1749468/" target="_blank">hitting</a> him near the muzzle.  Fenenn lets out a plaintive howl; he is not badly hurt, but the wound is painful nonetheless.  (ooc: 1 damage, crit <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1749469/" target="_blank">not confirmed</a>)The third fires again at Erf, still <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1749471/" target="_blank">missing</a>, but coming closer.  Ter-raen...  InitiativeG1 uninjured, perched 10ft off the floorG2 uninjured, perched 10ft upG3 uninjured, hovering 12ft upTer-raen 25/25  <== You're upGildrim 16/16, entangledErf 22/22, entangledFenenn 12/13ooc:  everybody makes a <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1749426/" target="_blank">will save</a> in the surprise round.  Boring!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />   A word about the dining room / battlefield:  The ceiling here is roughly 14 feet high, and there are wall sconces at regular intervals around the room about 10 feet high.  Table is 3 feet high.  The greenish area on the map is affected by the entangle spell; hopefully it will still be visible after upload.  Everyone can move through it at half speed, and those entangled take -2 to attacks and -4 dex until they escape.</blockquote>

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