<span style="font-style: italic">My apologies for the recent near-weeklong lack of updates. I was stressed and distracted. No major life crises or anything, just a lot of everyday problems that are exhausting when taken together. I should be able to return to updating within a day of having everyone's action in now.</span><br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">First, the opportunity attacks. The orc swings at Saraphina and almost critically-misses. Nairen attacks Marrok as he moves through I-10 (there's no way to reach I-9 from his position without passing through a threatened square). Nairen gets a 15 and misses, even against Marrok's penalized AC. And last but not least, Yula makes a 'digestion of opportunity' on Salana. Salana's fort is good, but Yula rolls high and hits, dealing 6 acid damage. Note that this does not inflict a -2 on escape attempts like an active digest.<br/><br/>Between Marrok and Salana's action, Casandra moves into place and fires a magic missile at Yula, hitting her reduced reflex defense for 9 damage.<br/><br/>Orc acoloyte 2 moves to F-10, then into the difficult terrain at G-9 to attack Saraphina. She hits with an 18, including the -2 from concealment. Saraphina takes 5 damage. Orc acolyte 3 shifts one step backwards to H-11, then charges at Saraphina. He gets a 15, but would have hit if Saraphina hadn't used her concealment power. Orc acolyte 1 charges to I-10 and attacks Marrok. He gets a 17, good enough to hit Marrok when he charged last round, but not this round.<br/><br/>Rather than step into I-8 and get flanked and hemmed in, Nairen shifts to J-10 and attacks Marrok. He misses by over 10 points. Rather than attacking the player characters, Winnow uses up her round to devour the captive dark elf (eating a helpless target works like a coup d'grace) and then moves to C-10.<br/><br/>And now... the dreaded Yula's turn. She fails her save and takes 5 damage from the flames. Alas, devouring Salana has seriously hobbled her, reducing her move speed to 1, effectively restricting her to shifts. Unfortunately, she also has ranged attacks. She uses a ranged power on Saraphina, but her wisdom attack isn't that hot, so she misses. Then the elite priestess shifts to E-10.</span><br/><br/>Salana's figure squirms and struggles within the barbarian leader's massive belly. Ripples run across her chainmail-clad belly as a loud gurgle accompanies the arrival of the acid. Though enchanted to resist physical blows, Salana's runes cannot protect her from stomach acids, and her skin begins to sting almost immediately. "Mmmm, calm down in there, would you please?" Yula rubs her bulging belly. "I'd much rather digest you slowly... but if you struggle, you'll get my belly too excited."<br/><br/>Saraphina's confidence proves to be well justified: the clumsy orc steps on a sharp piece of debris and howls in discomfort, his wild swing  unable to even force the tiefling to step aside or duck her head. A bright red flash illuminates the smoky chamber at Saraphina turns her agonizing power upon the she-wolf who had just devoured her human friend. It certainly enrages the priestess, who presents quite a large target now. "Little wretch! Take this!" She holds her shining scythe aloft, and it gleams so brightly that all in the room can't help but squint. As Yula cuts through the air with a forceful stroke, a ripple of silver light passes through the air, forcing Saraphina to leap to the side: the magical wave leaves a huge gash in the wooden frame of the inn where it makes contact. The unpleasant stench of burning fur fills the room, making it smell even more unpleasant.<br/><br/>The other orc outside takes advantage of Marrok's preoccupation with his former comrade and charges, bellowing a wordless battlecry. His blows are clumsy, but his all-out attack forces Marrok to devote much of his energy to blocking. Nairen crouches low and sidles over to the orc's side, avoiding the reach of Marrok's sword. "You know, all of that 'duty and honor' shit appealed to me too." The catfolk's black-furred hears flatten against his head as he grimaces. "And I was ready to stick it out until the end, even if they tortured me. But my sister..." He looks down for a moment. "Well, she wasn't a fighter. She wanted to live, so she agreed to go with the raiders, join their society. And she didn't want to be alone, so she asked me to go too. And so here I am. I've sworn an oath to serve Rella, and Yula beneath her. Enough talk - let's get this over with." He advances and strikes at Marrok all throughout this conversation, but his heart isn't in it: discussing the past seems to dishearten him. He takes a breath and tries to regain his resolve.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, the wiry vixen seems surprised that the attackers show no obvious concern for their 'friend', the bound dark elf. "Hey! I said stop! I mean it!" she grabs the drow girl by the shoulders and picks her up off the table, bringing the captive's head up to her muzzle. The elf frantically tries to slip out of her bonds, but she's quite immobile. "That's it! She's going down!" Winnow's jaw creaks and pops loudly as she stretches it over the elf's head: it seems that though she might be aging, she still has enough flexibility to quickly gulp down prey. Her jaws slide down and over the prisoner's body quickly, gulping her down aggressively with little tasting. Then she moves to Yula's side, wary of engaging the others.<br/><br/><img alt="Image" src="http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/7765/rnd4enc2.png"/><br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic"><br/>Winnow and Nairen: 26<br/>Yula: 19 (wins tiebreaker)<br/>Saraphina: 19<br/>Marrok: 16<br/>Casandra: 13<br/>Salana: 7+<br/>Orcs: 7<br/><br/>Status scroll:<br/><br/>Winnow: 16/37 AC: 16(17) Fort: 12 Ref: 14(15) Will: 12 (stuffed with ???)<br/>Nairen: 25/37 AC: 16 Fort: 12 Ref: 14 Will: 12 (marked)<br/><br/>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<br/><br/>Yula: 93/134 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: 35/45. 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<br/></span>