"Magic seemed to hurt it before..." John thought as he lowered his staff grimly. With a great explosion of sound, a fiery beam
blazed out of the rose-shaped ferule towards the black mass and gouged a burning crater into it. At the edge of the lighted area, John sees little motes of black stuff burning on the ground near the just-visible creature. To those inside the darkness, there is only noise and a stench of burning refuse.
Having had enough and slightly disoriented, the Grey Dwarf moves and suddenly finds itself coming out of the darkness. Rosalia and Grok are able to observe the dwarf's face change from confusion to surprise when his eyes scan across the two of them. It dosn't last long, however, and he drops his crossbow and quickly draws a shortsword, slashing out at Rosalia as part of the draw. The blade comes within only a few inches of any part of Rosalia, a total
miss.
Scrag is up! (Unless Grok and Rosalia wanna use their held action. Hmm, I wonder?)
Grok 23 (rnd6 moves 15' south, delay action)
Rosalia 22 -4Str (rnd6 moved, delay action)
John 22 (rnd6 Use magic item)
Grey Dwarf 12 -12hp (rnd6 move, free:drop, free:quickdraw, miss)
Scrag 11 (rnd5 misses Grey Dwarf)
Roderic 8 -4hp (rnd5 detect evil, move, speak)
Tuk 8 -12hp (rnd5 hit Grey Dwarf for 6)
Swarm 3 -4hp (rnd5 hit Tuk for 6)
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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