<span style="font-style: italic">In retrospect, there's really no point in having the players have to make a separate post every time they roll initiative, though in this case it did serve to enable some preliminary trash-talk between the players and the antagonists, which is always a plus. There aren't really any decisions to be made in rolling initiative, so I'll just do it myself in the future. <br/><br/>Also, note that although there isn't any flashing label over the enemy's heads marking them as a minion, elite or solo, your characters can intuitively recognize which is which by their confidence and readiness. Yula is an elite and can't be swallowed until she's been bloodied. Your characters have a sneaking feeling she's going to be a real pain to take down. The orcs are minions. Winnow and Nairen are standard. Remember that although you CAN swallow a second prey with one already in your stomach, you'll be too stuffed to move until you can digest.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">The bad guys (except the orcs) roll great initiatives and will move before the players. Yula charges straight at Salana and hits Salana by 10 points. Salana takes 9 damage and is marked until the end of Yula's next turn.<br/><br/>Nairen moves through the hole to the south and circles around the outside of the Inn, ending at I-11. Winnow charges Salana as well, but misses. It is now Saraphina's turn, then Marrok, then Salana.</span><br/><br/>Yula doesn't need any more encouragement than that to growl and charge towards the rival priestess with reckless abandon. "You're going down my throat, insolent human!" Even as she rushes forward, she lashes from side to side with her scythe rapidly, making it virtually impossible for Salana to dodge. The silver scythe sheds intense silver light as it strikes. The cutting edge of the weapon is stopped by Salana's iron leg armor, but the blow knocks the runepriest off her balance, and Yula leans forward and headbutts her, nearly breaking her nose.<br/><br/><img alt="Image" src="http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/1641/encounter2rnd1.png"/><br/><br/>[i]<br/>Initiative:<br/><br/><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Winnow and Nairen: 26<br/>Yula: 19 (wins tiebreaker)</span><br/>Saraphina: 19<br/>Marrok: 16<br/>Salana: 7+<br/>Orcs: 7<br/><br/>Status scroll:<br/><br/>Winnow: 37/37 AC: 16 Fort: 12 Ref: 14 Will: 12<br/>Nairen: 37/37 AC: 16 Fort: 12 Ref: 14 Will: 12<br/><br/>Orc acolyte 1: 1/1 AC: 16 Fort: 15 Ref: 12 Will: 12<br/>Orc acolyte 2: 1/1 AC: 16 Fort: 15 Ref: 12 Will: 12<br/>Orc acolyte 3: 1/1 AC: 16 Fort: 15 Ref: 12 Will: 12<br/><br/>Yula: 134/134 AC: 20 Fort: 20 Ref: 17 Will: 18<br/><br/>Players and Allies<br/><br/>Saraphina: 36/45. AC: 16 Fort, Ref and Will: 15<br/><br/>Salana: 33/42. AC: 21 Fort: 19 Ref: 15 Will: 16 (stuffed, marked by Yula)<br/><br/>Marrok: 23/46. AC: 21 Fort: 19 Ref: 16 Will: 16 (stuffed)</span>