<div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Ack, sorry about the mix-up. I'd only really been paying attention to PC initiative (posting order, heh). Initiative is a bit  hard in PbP.</div></div></div><br/><br/>Such strange and chaotic energy.. Marrok hadn't even been hit by such an attack before, it felt rather unpleasant. He growled irritatedly, trying to shrug off the wild energy through sheer force of will..<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">Save to end -2 to all defenses :<br/>Save To End (1d20): 6<br/>Fail, still affected.<br/></span><br/><br/>He wasn't going to let this go without significant payback, however! He roared in fury, drawing on an old mental discipline he'd used time and time again to block out pain. He needed it right now to ignore the axe that had cleaved into his chest.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">Marrok uses Unstoppable:<br/>Unstoppable (2d6 + 2): 1, 5 + 2 = 8<br/><br/>Marrok gains 8 Temporary HP<br/></span><br/><br/>The painful feeling of the axe wound dulled, Marrok knew he needed to act fast. Though he had drawn attention just as he had planned to do, he had been flanked and even for him that was a problem. He had a great facility for fighting two foes at once, but he did his best to keep them in front, where they couldn't launch unseen attacks on him. Fortunately, he knew just the right tricks to tip the scales back into his favor.<br/><br/>As Belle was blinded by a magical flash - Marrok could only assume it was the work of one of his fellows - he made his move.<br/><br/>He lunged for Belle, bringing his double-sword to bear once more, striking harder than the last time, but still a less than optimal strike. He used the leverage it gave, however, to move forward and force Belle into his former position, moving her between him and Kelso. The human would have to do some work to flank him again.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">Marrok uses Footwork Lure, striking Belle for:<br/>Attack Roll (1d20 + 13): 15 + 13 = 28, Hit!<br/>Damage Roll (1d8 + 6): 3 + 6 = 9<br/><br/>As part of Footwork Lure, Marrok shifts to C8, and forces Belle to move to D8, he keeps her Marked as well</span><br/><br/>He wasn't quite finished yet, however. He drew on his own inner reserves of power, on the pure adrenalin flowing through his veins, for one last attack. "And now, taste steel!" he roared, lunging forward to strike again, and again and again, hardly giving a moment's pause between each strike. It was a flurry sure to get through even the toughest defenses, even if it did so by virtue of the sheer volume of strikes.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">Marrok uses his Action point and gains one standard action, which he then uses to use the Rain of Blows encounter power:<br/><br/>RoB Attack Rolls (3d20 + 13): 19(+ 13) = 32, 15(+ 13) = 28, 16(+ 13) = 29, all hits<br/>RoB Damage Rolls (3d8 + 2): 6(+2)= 8, 1(+2)= 3, 5(+ 2)= 7<br/>8+3+7 = 18 Damage<br/><br/>((Due to the way EvilDM is set up, and my attempts to reduce the clutter that so many attacks would generate, e-mail wise, the rolls you've recieved will look slightly different, I also forgot to remove the STR mod from the damage rolls, so it's +2 each, not +6 as it was on the rolls. Sorry! I've corrected that for this post, of course.))<br/></span><br/>As with before, Marrok had been careful to use only the blunt side of his blade, but that had hardly mattered much at all. Instead of leaving Belle covered with bleeding slashes and cuts, he'd left her covered in painful bruises as each jarring impact slammed into her body. "Is that all you've got? Some cheap parlor tricks? Hit me again, I dare you."