The creatures close menacingly with Scrag and Jakobee, their mandables clacking and making harsh echos. To those in the thick of it, they notice the floor is uneven and very slick due to a multitude of puddles. Carefull movement (half speed) would seem to be a wise precaution.
OOC: The beetles are down below the drop off, where Scrag and Jakobee are. Anyone on the edge of the drop off can see and shoot at them. Scrag and Jakobee are close enough for melee. Thrindar can be at the ledge from his straggling position down in the tunnel on the next round with a double move.
Roderic quickly drops a length of rope down to his companions and loops the other end around a sturdy stalagmite nearby.
Rosalia fires an arrow. The head of the arrow splits two of the chitinous legs in the first segment and buries itself deep in the body between the thick back-plates and the belly. The impact sends the beetle skittering backwards several inches, but the creature keeps on coming with its remaining four legs.
Jakobee lets loose a scorching blast of energy which deflects somewhat off the back of the forward beetle's hard wing case, leaving a smoking, stinking wound.
Thrindar comes huffing up to the ledge from down in the tunnel behind them.
John asses's the situation to deturmine who is at the greatest risk, and chooses to defend jakobee. he moves his hands quickly and speaks a few sylabols and a small glob af acid shoots forth from his hand to hit the beetle attacking the hell bound warlock.
(attack the same ont that Jakobee smote) 1d20+2=17, 1d3=2
Greenish light flares briefly from John's hands and a small glob of it flies to strike the forward beetles carapace. A sizzling sound is heard and the acid dissipates, leaving oozing pits and pocks on the thing's back.
The now angry vermin come forth in a fury to bite at Jakobee and Scrag. Fortunately, the two are able to keep the insects from getting a good hold on them with their pincers.
Grok had been one of the first to arrive at where Scrag fell, but he had been overcome by the insane itching on the back of his neck. In fact, he was so overcome with it that he had lost all perception of what was going on below him. The sounds of battle called him back to consciousness and made him realize what was going on.
Reaching for his weapons, he began to discern how to best help those below.
Grok will attempt to use his longspear if a 10' reach is good enough to attack them from above. Otherwise, he'll use his sling to attack. He'll target one not in melee as he doesn't have precise shot. If there's not one not in melee, then he'll attack whichever appears to be hurt the most.