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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Isida Kep'Tukari" data-source="post: 1543928" data-attributes="member: 4441">*Zass'sk dashes forward to engage the dragon, but the beast still manages to whip his head around and take a chunk out of the lizardman's side.  This distraction seems enough to pull Zass'sk concentration away from striking the dragon, and his fist skids off the dragon's scales.**The beholder fires three deadly rays from its eyestalks, but two of them bounce off the dragon's magically-protected hide.  The third, however, seems to get through, and small pieces of the dragon's scales and flesh begin to wither.  One of the two mind flayers seems to be concentrating hard, while the other one one lashes out with a stroke of freezing cold, which lashes along the dragon's hide, freeze pieces of it.  The dragon looks much worse for the wear, but it is still strong enough to to hurt.  It slides backwards a bit, and then spits a crystalline lozenge at the mind flayers and beholder.  It explodes, pelting them with crystal shards.  One of the mind flayers seems to dodge the worst of it, but the other mind flayer and the beholder take the full brunt of the force.  All look hurt, but not too badly yet.*~~~~*Gortag's next three hits do their job with admireable effeciency.  The first two cleave the ugly head of the dragonkin into two different pieces, and the third shatters the axe into shrapnel.  Elaugaugein's illusionary wall dissolves with his death, revealing you to your enemies and your enemies to you.  The two dragonkin have dropped their crossbows in favor of axes, while the amethyst half-dragon is bringing a magnificent two-bladed sword to bear on you.**Two of Ishmael's arrows streak over your head and bury themselves in the thigh of one of the dragonkin, while three darts of light from Renea strike the gleaming breastplate of the half-dragon.**The dragonkin move to flank you, slashing hard with their axes, but both slide across your armor and leave you unharmed.  The half-dragon, however, slashes you hard behind the knee, where the armor is less strong.  You can feel blood beginning to trickle down your armor-encased leg.*[OOC - I rolled a 1 for Zass'sk's Tumble check, and the dragon rolled a 45 to his Zass'sk on his AoO.  Zass'sk takes 12 points of damage from the bite.  Zass'sk gets a 24 to hit, which isn't enough.  Gortag hits with all three attacks, deals a total of 50 points of damage to the dragonkin and his axe.  Ishmael hits a 31, a 21, and a 24, for two hits, dealing a total of 12 points of damage to one of the dragonkin.  Renea hits with her magic missiles, dealing 12 points of damage to the half-dragon.  The half-dragon hits Gortag for 19 points of damage.]</blockquote>

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