Rosalia fires her arrow, but never sees where it goes. Darkness falls mid flight, and she hears it clink off of the stoney floor- a miss.
Tuk stumbles his way through the region of darkness only to find another region ahead, separated by a five foot band of low illumination. He hears the sounds of his companions engaged in battle just ahead and finds his way just to their rear. Sounds of Roderic's grunting and armor movement, and Scrags smell informs him of their likely positions nearby. It's prey having fled, the Swarm begins moving along the trail of worms left by Tuk in hot pursuit. John can't help but feel relieved that he isn't the thing's new target, but he knows that his other companions (not to mention the lovely Rosalia) are also in that direction, battling something else, in the dark, and probably unaware of the approaching horror.
OOC: Tuk, roll a listen. Rosalia and John are up!
I have to apologize, I've been putting off updating longer than normal: holidays, my wife and baby's birthdays, and the release of Skyrim have all contributed. (Aohdan is 1 years old now! He is now being weened off his heart meds! Yay!!!!) Also, anybody else enjoying Skyrim?
Init:
Rosalia 22 -4Str (rnd4 moved, held action)
John 22 (rnd4 casts magic missile at swarm)
Grok 15 (rnd4 dbl move to Rosalia)
Grey Dwarf 12 -6hp (rnd4 5ft step, Darkness)
Scrag 11 (rnd4 misses Grey Dwarf)
Roderic 8 -4hp (rnd4 smites Grey Dwarf)
Tuk 8 -6hp nauseated 1 rnd (rnd4 double move)
Swarm 3 -4hp (rnd4 double move)
DEAD k1 19 (rnd1 charge, miss Roderic)
DEAD k2 7 (rnd1 hit Roderic for 4)
DEAD k3 7 (rnd1 miss)
DEAD k4 5
DEAD k5 4
DEAD k6 2 (rnd1 miss)
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