<span style="font-weight: bold">&lt;&lt;1ST CARRIAGE: DAGNYR, KAELEN&gt;&gt;</span><br/><br/>Travel in the Watch's carriage is... cramped, to say the least.  While the carriage is by no means small, it clearly wasn't designed with for someone like Dagnyr, who fills most of the front bench with his shoulders and greatsword alone. It's fortunate that the paladin is content to sit and reflect quietly; if he were to move, he'd likely bash himself or Kaelen agaisnt the walls and ceiling.<br/><br/>Despite his similar proportions, Vignar doesn't seem the least bit bothered by the tight confines. He and Elona recline on the back bench mirroring one another's posture, heads bowed and eyes closed in what looks like meditation - or perhaps light sleep.<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;">Elona's Perception: 1d20 (17) + 24 = 41, success<br/>Elona's Initiative: 1d20 (18) + 5 = 23<br/><br/>Elona delays her action.<br/><br/>Vignar's Perception: 1d20 (18) + 19 = 37, success<br/>Vignar's Initiative: 1d20 (4) + 2 = 6</div></div></div><br/>Whatever the winged pair's state may be, they're far from unaware: the same faint sound that draws Kaelen's attention wakes the pair in an instant, their eyes snapping open in unison and focusing on the same point on the roof above. Vignar's eyes move away from the point of interest just long enough to meet Kaelen's, his expression speaking the samem cocnern that the ophiduan voices only a moment later:<br/><br/><blockquote><div><cite>Kaelen wrote:</cite>"Someone just took out our driver."</div></blockquote><br/>"Or some<span style="font-style: italic">thing</span>," Vignar replies. "Everyone, prepare yourselves." The dragonborn braces himself against his seat, ready to move quickly if the need arises, and motions for Kaelen to open the front slot.<br/><br/>Kaelen can't see much from his current vantage point, but it's enough to tell that something has most definitely gone wrong. Where the driver should be sitting, Kaelen can only see a lumpy man-sized globe of flesh, marked from within by what might be a handprint until a child-sized hand reaches down and pats the lump away. Next to the giant belly, a second small figure wrapped in a mostly shredded brown cloak turns toward the open slot, allowing Kaelen to catch a glimpse of two glowing green eyes.<br/><br/>"You hear that? I think the chompers are onto us," Brown Cloak says. The voice is rough and high pitched, tinged with amusement.<br/><br/>"Don't worry," says a second voice whose owner Kaelen can't see. "I've got something they can chomp on." A soft rumble, like a large cat purring, reaches Kaelen's ears as the voice's owner shuffles around, and a second later a small hand covered in orange fur appears at the window clutching a red-bown vial.<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;">Enemy Initiative: 9<br/><br/>Orange Fur's bomb touch attack (Kaelen): 1d20 (12) + 11 - 2 (partial cover) = 23, hit<br/>Damage: 4d6 (2,4,6,6) + 3 = 21 fire damage and is entangled and glued to his square (Reflex DC 16 negates both conditions)<br/><br/>Dagnyr, Elona, Vignar and Brown Cloak take 7 fire damage and are entangled (Reflex DC 16 half and negates entangle)<br/><br/>Elona: 1d20 (2) + 13  = 15, failure, but no damage due to fire immunity<br/>Vignar: 1d20 (10) + 12 = 23, success, 3 fire damage<br/>Brown Cloak : 1d20 (14) + 9 + 1 (partial cover) = 24, success, 3 fire damage<br/><br/>Elona is entangled for 2d4 (2,4) = 6 rounds...</div></div></div><br/>"Hey, you in there! Stick with us, okay?"The furry hand gives its vial a shake, and drops the now-bubbling payload on the seat between Dagnyr and Kaelen before hastily withdrawing. The vial hits the wooden bench with a *POP* and explodes into a spray of scalding tar-like strands that splatter the carriage interior. Vignar's wings absorb the worst of the spray in his direction, but Elona is less fortunate: her reaction is a second too late, and she finds herself tangled in the sticky filaments. With a cry of disgust, the archon struggles to draw her blade and scrape away the goo before it solidifies.<br/><br/>(A surprised yowl from outside suggests that there may have been some collateral damage...)<br/><br/>"Thuror! Locasta!" Vignar bellows. "Get outside and stop them! I'll take care of Lady Elona!" The dragonborn unfurls his wings partway, shifting to a crouch and positioning himself between Elona and the carriage doors.<br/><br/><br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">&lt;&lt;CARRIAGE 1 STATUS SCROLL&gt;&gt;</span><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;">Dagnyr HP: 86/86 (100%) [AC: 21 (+9 armor, +1 Dex, +1 natural), CMD: 25 (27 vs. grapple)]<br/>Kaelen HP: 58/69 (84%) [AC: 24 (+6 armor, +1 deflection, +6 Dex, +1 natural), CMD: 25 (27 vs. grapple)] [1 negative level]<br/>Elona HP: 19%** [AC: 20 (+3 Dex, +7 Natural), CMD: 25] [entangled]<br/>Vignar HP: 97% [AC: 21 (+3 class, +2 Dex, +1 dodge, +4 Int, +1 natural), CMD: 34 (36 vs. disarm/grapple/trip)]<br/><br/>Brown Cloak's HP: 88% [AC: 18 (+2 armor, +4 Dex, +1 dodge, +1 size), CMD: 18]<br/>Big Belly's HP: 100% [AC: 20 (+2 armor, +6 Dex, +3 natural, +1 size, -2 rage), CMD 23 (26 vs. grapple)]<br/>Orange Fur's HP: 100% [AC: 21 (+1 armor, +5 Dex, +4 shield, +1 size), CMD: 19]</div></div></div><br/><br/><span style="font-size: 120%; line-height: 116%;"><span style="font-weight: bold">Part 1 of 2</span></span>