These people<span style="font-style: italic">again</span>?  They weren't even much of a threat last time, but Synys is quickly growing irritated by their continual trouble-making.  First trying to ambush their group and now assaulting the Vorgaard estate.  How had they even managed to gain control and set the place ablaze?  Would it not have guards?  How inept could they be to lose against this group...what were they called?  The emerald claw was it?  She isn't particularly worried about how the combat would turn out, so she decides already that she's not going to bother using her spells unless something unexpected comes up.  They might run into a more formidable worry later on.  Everyone around her surges into action, the majority of them rushing headlong into the combat while she notices two of their newest companions take a more tactical approach by separating themselves.  The other kitsune follows the rest of the group's example, though, and ends up engaged very quickly, but not very long.  Apparently she has at least a few magical items at her disposal.  Already the fight seems to be drastically in their favor with both Ryla and Valeani having filled their stomachs, Linda about to follow suit, and a few other claw members having trouble with Julien and Misha.  Then she pauses.  Xarces?  She had been rather distracted before and hadn't realized the bard was missing.  Or had he merely decided to stay in town while they visited the estate?  In either case he doesn't seem to be here, but that isn't what she be focusing on at the moment.  She would normally join those on the front-lines in an attempt to grab herself a meal, but she decides she'd rather hang back.  It doesn't even look like their would be any left by the time she managed.  So the vixen merely draws her crossbow and takes a potshot at one of the emerald claw that had struck at Ryla.<br/>[Attack: 14<br/>Damage: 5]<br/>The shot whistles through the air just a bit wide of her target (I'm guessing) and she grimaces slightly.  Next time she'll aim a little better...  Even if her contribution isn't necessary, she would hate to not help with this brief combat before all of the claw members are down.  She immediately sets to reloading her crossbow.  Not like she has to be worried about any of their opponents getting over to her.<br/>51/51 hp, 14 AC]]<br/><br/>Dusk remembers this group as well, though she cares little about what they're called, both then and now.  However, she remembers them a bit more fondly than Synys does: they were quite the filling lunch last time.  She watches as the combat starts to unfurl and the Emerald Claw already start getting overwhelmed.  Apparently everyone else was<span style="font-style: italic">waiting</span>for the undead to charge because they all reacted much faster than her, and she would at least like to think that she would have otherwise got into the fray quicker.  Instead she's left charging in to join while two of the people who joined up with them in the last city already manage to snag a meal.  She's actually very impressed with how quickly the cat-person swallows her meal.  She isn't one to be outdone, however, and looks for a target of her own.  She chooses a random claw soldier - preferably one close to one or two others - and leaps into melee, jaws gaping.<br/>[Attack: 1d20+11+2 from charge  32!<br/>Damage: 1d8+7  12<br/>Grab from bite: 1d20+20 (my character sheet says I should have another +4, but I'm leaving it out because I'm having trouble finding WHY) 28<br/>I'm including the pluses for this character because they're very high]<br/>The large cat easily bite down on her selected prey, trapping the woman's head and shoulders in her maw.  Her momentum and weight easily forces the Emerald soldier to the ground and leaves her almost entirely at the mercy of the panther.  This wouldn't end well for her if she can't get away.<br/>(Just adding a little flavor text; the emerald claw is not actually prone, but she is grappled (I'm assuming).)<br/>73/73 hp, 20 AC and 31 CMD]]