<blockquote><div><cite>Jess wrote:</cite>~The market...~ says Jess when she hears that that is where the scent trail has led Chrrou. ~That's bad news...~</div></blockquote><br/><br/>~<span style="font-style: italic">...Yes?</span>~ The megaraptor curtly thinks back into the mind-link. ~<span style="font-style: italic">Go on. What should we know?</span>~ Visibly affected by the chaotic miasma of odors, Chrrou recoils once or twice from an especially-pungent scent here and there, but his focus on the task is such that he scarcely registers the exotic and illicit goods being sold; so much the better, given the distress they might cause him. The one detail that holds his attention is the abundance of slaves, and that alone keeps him smouldering on edge. A toothy snarl and a threatening glower are permanent fixtures upon his scaly features as he tracks. Even the towering edifice of the Arena earns only a spared glance until it becomes apparent that the trail that led from Sashi's leads inevitably to that structure.<br/><br/>[Spot check for Kahmori's encounter: 1d20(4) +33 = 37 vs DC 10;<span style="font-weight: bold">pass</span>by 27]<br/><blockquote><div><cite>Rihyan wrote:</cite>"<span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-weight: bold">Kahmouri,</span></span>" is all he sends over the link...</div></blockquote><br/>Not having the advantage of height, at first Chrrou can't discern just whose face it is being mashed into the ground, but a moment later he makes the connection, to say nothing of Rihyan's confirmation.<br/>~<span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-weight: bold">#@$%&amp;!!</span></span>~<br/>There are no words in Chrrou's mental sending, only the undiluted expletive tumult of his anger and distress, and the same pours from his widely-opened jaws as he lunges forth to the vulpine's aid, the dire wolfess pounding along beside him. Of course, the druid's rage has little to do with the kitsune's attackers; they just happen to be there and available for him to vent his frustrations upon...<br/><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;">(This section is written in case it is appropriate to take combat actions right now. If it is not appropriate to take combat actions right now, I assume this bit will be retconned. :3 I'm just sort of following Rihyan's lead, initiative and all... so I won't take any offense if this section shouldn't be here and I need to take it down. xD)<br/>[Chrrou initiative: 1d20(16) + 2 = 18 ]<br/>[Heshaar initiative: 1d20(12) +3 = 15 ]<br/>[Chrrou delays his action until Heshaar's initiative order in order for them not to be separated by more than five feet.]<br/>Even before Chrrou's subtle sign to the she-wolf amidst his less-subtle roar to the rest of the world, Heshaar is off and running, her paws pounding against the street as the reptilian druid soars into a fearsome leaping pounce. With Rihyan angling for the feline, Heshaar lunges for the lizard, and Chrrou howlingly descends upon the skunk, seemingly caring little about her present non-combativeness. <br/>[Heshaar charges (+2 attack, -2 AC) under the influence of Greater Magic Fang (+2 att/dmg).]<br/>[Heshaar <span style="font-weight: bold">Bite</span>: 1d20(16) +17 (13 + 2 charge + 2 enhancement) = <span style="font-weight: bold">33</span>. If successful, <span style="font-weight: bold">Trip</span>: 1d20(10) + 12 = <span style="font-weight: bold">22</span> vs. the higher of Str or Dex, <span style="font-weight: bold">damage</span> 1d8(7) +14 =  <span style="font-weight: bold">21</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold">Improved Chomp</span>: 1d20(10) + 18 = <span style="font-weight: bold">28</span>, unless Predatory Instinct or Greater Magic Fang or the charge affect that roll, in which case any of the above would add further +2s. I don't remember whether it works that way.]<br/>[Chrrou charges; due to Pounce, it ends in a full attack action. Only the bite is affected by Greater Magic Fang. The following numbers assume that the +2 from the charge applies to all melee attacks; if it may apply to only one, the bite is selected. Chrrou elects to use the bite as the primary attack rather than the claws; as a result, it is the claws rather than the bite that incur the -5 penalty for secondary attack methods.]<br/>[Chrrou bite: 1d20(9) + 16 (12 base, +2 charge, +2 Greater Magic Fang) = <span style="font-weight: bold">25</span>. Chrrou claw 1: 1d20(11) + 9 = <span style="font-weight: bold">20</span>. Chrrou claw 2: 1d20(2) +9 = <span style="font-weight: bold">11</span>. Chrrou foreclaw 1: 1d20(15) +9 = <span style="font-weight: bold">24</span>. Chrrou foreclaw 2: 1d20(2) +9 = <span style="font-weight: bold">11</span>. If bite is successful, Improved Chomp = 1d20(6) +17 = <span style="font-weight: bold">23</span>, unless charge or magic fang or predatory instinct are applicable to that roll, in which case they impart +2s. Damage will be reserved until I find out whether anything hit.]</div></div></div>