Although she knew a fight was likely brewing, Linda's sudden initiation catches Valeani somewhat by surprise, more so due to the sudden appearance of something large, huge, and apparently on their side as it barrels into the group of Emerald Claw soldiers.  "If you were planning on fighting them all along, you should have said something!"  Shaking slightly, her entire body seems to twitch and clench as most of the hair on her body starts to frizz out.  Turning to Linda, Valeani's normally carefree expression is replaced by something far more feral-looking, and both her teeth and nails seem to have elongated into something more like fangs and claws.  "Aethon mentioned that you had an appetite that was as big as mine; let's see if he was right!"<br/><br/>"Eenie, meenie, minie, YOU!"  Bounding forward, she crosses the intervening distance as little more than a blur, seemingly picking out the pair of soldiers that had been...occupied with one another after the maid's escape attempt at random from the others.  Not bothering to check her momentum at all, she slams bodily into her target, her now-sharpened claws and teeth flashing.<br/><br/>[ Hunger activated - 17 rounds remaining ]<br/>[ Making a charge attack against the standing one of the pair of soldiers previously mentioned. ]<br/>[<a class="postlink" href="http://orokos.com/roll/254697">Bite charge attack</a>:<span style="text-decoration: underline">1d20+17</span><span style="font-weight: bold">24</span>]<br/>[<a class="postlink" href="http://orokos.com/roll/254700">Bite damage</a>:<span style="text-decoration: underline">1d6+8</span><span style="font-weight: bold">9</span>damage ]<br/>[ If the attack hits,<a class="postlink" href="http://orokos.com/roll/254702">Greater Chomp</a>:<span style="text-decoration: underline">1d20+20</span><span style="font-weight: bold">25</span>]<br/><br/>If Greater Chomp succeeds:<br/><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;">Despite the apparent recklessness of her style of attack, there's a well-practiced method to her madness.  Using the momentum from her attack, her jaws gape wide just before impact and take the entirety of the unfortunate soldier's head and shoulders in a single swallow.  Not giving her target any time to react, Valeani drops one shoulder and rolls once, skidding to a halt as her meal is forced downward by a combination of transferred momentum and incredible suction from Valeani's throat.  To everyone else, her flailing body does much to conceal the actual events until she stops her roll with only a pair of feet emerging from her mouth and a struggling mid-section to hint at the soldier's fate.  Working her mouth over and around the last bit of her meal remaining, it is quickly sent to join it's owner with an audible gulp.  "Now that's how you start a fight off right!  Who's next?"</div></div></div><br/>[ Bright - That's the correct roll for your damage, but you need to make an attack roll first to see if you hit, which Ambrose had correct as a 1d20+20 (this has all of the relevant bonuses and penalties, like charging, included).  If you're still shaky on the rules, PM me and I can go into more detail to avoid clogging up the thread more than necessary. ]