<span style="font-style: italic">Right now, it seems like the majority of the player allies are just standing around staring slack-jawed at the fight. Soldiers from 'off-map' will start shooting at any enemies outside of the inn, and more NPC allies will join the fight next round (unlike Casandra, they will not reduce xp awards to the players, since they're getting in so late.<br/><br/>Monsters and NPCs suffer a -2 to defenses for one round after critically missing. Player characters suffer no ill effects except automatically missing.</span><br/><br/>The white-furred wolf priestess whines in dismay as Salana pulls free from her grasp. "Fine, then! I'll just have to make you lay down first!<br/><br/>"Can I?!" Casandra flashes a bright smile to Saraphina, her white teeth producing a stark contrast the gray skin of the tiefling's face. "Watch this!" Summoning all of the energy she can muster, the wizard's eyes glow white as she unleashes a cascade of lightning that winds its way through the battlefield like a snake. One lightning bolt curves around Marrok to strike the orc behind him, who falls to the ground and begins flopping around like a fish. Another bolt slips past Saraphina to strike the other orc. Clutching at his chest and grimacing, the orc stiffens up and topples to the ground with an echoing thud. One last fork of lightning goes towards Yula, but the wolf blocks with her scythe, seemingly absorbing the magical lightning.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">Casandra uses her encounter power, dancing lightning, making 3 seperate attacks. She hits both remaining orcs, but misses Yula's Ref even if it were still reduced, which it isn't.</span><br/><br/>Even with a belly full of dark elf sloshing in front of her, the vixen can still easily move quickly enough to strike at Salana. Winnow charges forward, but her actual swing is pathetically clumsy; Salana deflects it effortlessly. Barely managing to avoid having her blade knocked from her grasp, Winnow looks towards Salana and gulps, and not just because the drow is trying to push her way out of Winnow's belly.<br/><br/>Rage suddenly flashes in Nairen's large, expressive eyes, and he snarls, baring his pointed feline incisors and flicking his tail. "Well I<span style="font-style: italic">failed</span>that Oath, and<span style="font-style: italic">so did you!</span>The Landing's gone! You're doing what now, banditry? Serving that power-hungry Queen in Saramati? As if that's any better!" He strikes hard and fast, forcing Marrok to keep up his guard but not dealing any hits.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">Winnow misses badly. Nairen would have hit if he'd had a flanker, but as it is, just barely misses.</span><br/><br/>Back to her previously trim appearance (not that she was happy about that in the least), Yula spins her scythe around her hand once and moves as if to attack Salana, then suddenly turns and moves past the heaps of debris to her right side, closing the distance with Saraphina, eager to shut down those deadly bolts of infernal fire. In doing so, she exposed her tail (both literally and metaphorically) to a counterattack by Salana.<br/><br/>Yula shifts her grip to a position far down the scythe's handle, for maximum reach, and swings low towards Saraphina's unprotected legs, trying to land a crippling strike on her calves. Saraphina twists to dodge, and although the brilliant silver blade leaves a narrow trail of blood across her leg, it is only a surface scratch, not the debilitating strike Yula hoped for. The she-wolf grimaces in pain as the fire continues to cling to her, determined to make Saraphina pay.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">Yula uses the 'hamstring' encounter power on Saraphina. Saraphina is hit for 10 damage, but the secondary attack to slow her misses. As a minor action, she uses healing word (for the last time this encounter) to heal Winnow again. Salana can make an opportunity attack on her. She fails to save vs. the ongoing damage and takes 5.</span><br/><br/>Now that they have recovered somewhat from the elementals' assault, the soldiers outside have taken notice of the catboy assaulting Marrok, and let fly a volley of arrows. Most of the soldiers are too concerned about hitting Marrok to have a chance of hitting and bury themselves in the ground near Nairen's feet. One, however, comes close enough that the broad arrowhead cuts his leg.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">Off-map archers shoot Nairen and hit once for three damage.</span><br/><br/>Winnow and Nairen: 26<br/>Yula: 19 (wins tiebreaker)<br/>Saraphina: 19<br/>Marrok: 16<br/>Casandra: 13<br/>Salana: 7+<span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Orcs: 7</span><br/><br/><img alt="Image" src="http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/962/rnd5enc2.png"/><br/><br/>Status scroll:<br/><br/>Winnow: 25/37 AC: 16(17) Fort: 12 Ref: 14(15) Will: 12 (stuffed with ???)<br/>Nairen: 16/37 AC: 16 Fort: 12 Ref: 14 Will: 12 (marked, bloodied)<br/><br/><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Orc acolyte 1: 1/1 AC: 16 Fort: 15 Ref: 12 Will: 12<br/>Orc acolyte 2: 1/1 AC: 16 (14) Fort: 15 Ref: 12 Will: 12<br/>Orc acolyte 3: 1/1 AC: 16 Fort: 15 Ref: 12 Will: 12</span><br/><br/>Yula: 88/134 AC: 20 (15) Fort: 20 Ref: 17 (12) Will: 18 (Stuffed with Salana, cursed, ongoing 5 damage)<br/><br/>Players and Allies<br/><br/>Saraphina: 25/45. AC: 16 Fort, Ref and Will: 17<br/><br/>Salana: 22/42. AC: 21 (19) Fort: 19 Ref: 15 (13) Will: 16 (stuffed, in Yula's stomach)<br/><br/>Marrok: 19/46. AC: 21 (17) Fort: 19 Ref: 16 (14) Will: 16 (stuffed)<br/><br/>Casandra: 36/36 AC: 16 Fort: 12 Ref: 13 Will: 14[/i]