Alyssa spots the incoming volley a second too late to react. Green flames impact her shoulder, drawing a hissing breath through her clenched teeth. Two more cries of pain draw her attention, and she spares a glance at her companions to find Dagnyr bearing a scorch mark along one side and and Botch clutching a burnt, possibly broken jaw. She winces, as much for her companions as for herself, wishing she'd though tot bring a healer's kit. Not that she would have an opportunity to use, it with three Abyssal mages, bearing down on their position...<br/><br/>Fortunately, the gods have provided her ally with a much swifter means of addressing such issues.<br/><br/><blockquote><div><cite>Dagnyr wrote:</cite>"Feel the renewing light of Aura!"</div></blockquote><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;">Knowledge (planes): 1d20(15) + 20 = 35<br/>Knowledge Devotion grants a +4 insight bonus on attack/damage rolls versus outsiders.</div></div></div><br/>As the healing light of Dagnyr's prayers eases her pain, Alyssa takes stock of the situation: three tieflings, demonspawn no doubt, and almost assuredly mages; currently unarmed save for offensive magic. A serious threat at range, but ill prepared for close combat... and, if her studies of pre-Brilanian warfare are correct, poor tacticans as well. If she can act quickly enough, it might be possible to disable one of them completely before the others can react.<br/><br/>"Constable Thuror," she says, keeping her voice low enough that only Dagnyr will hear. "I'm moving to engage. Prepare to strike as soon as you see an opening."<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;">Alyssa charges: +2 attack, -2 AC/CMD for surprise round and enables scout's charge<br/>Unarmed strike (tiefling 1): 1d20(15) + 16 + 2 (charging) = 33, hit<br/>Damage: 1d8(1)+5 + 4d6(1,2,3,4) = 16 nonlethal damage and activates offensive defense</div></div></div><br/><blockquote><div><cite>Dagnyr wrote:</cite>"And <span style="font-weight: bold">you</span>! I'll show you lot why it was a mistake to stick your horned heads out of that portal!"</div></blockquote><br/>As Dagnyr offers his challenge to the tiefling mages, Alyssa spots her opening and takes it, charging headlong at the center tiefling. She angles right, dodging the mage's outstretched burning hand, and plants her own right hand firmly against the mage's left shoulder as she gives a short hop into the air. The strike itself is a weak one, little more than a well coordinated shove, but injury is only a secondary goal- more importantly, the leaping attack forces her opponent to bear the full weight of her body, plus the force of her charge, with little to no warning. Demonspawn tieflings might be strong, but a hundred pound weight moving at speed is no small surprise!<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;">Alyssa moves 10 feet through Tiefling 1's space, enabling skirmisher<br/>Acrobatics: 1d20(15) + 17 = 32, success<br/>Unarmed strike (tiefling 1): 1d20(8) + 16 = 24, hit<br/>Damage: 1d8(4)+5 + 4D6(1,4,5,6) = 25 nonlethal damage and activates offensive defense</div></div></div><br/>Pressing her advantage, Alyssa seizes the mage's right wrist for to balance herself before throwing her weight to the side, using her opponent as a counterbalance to perform a quick pirouette. She transfers the momentum of her spin into a second strike as she lands, slamming her open palm into the larger tiefling's solar plexus.