Having recently broken the water's surface, Xarces watches as several more bodies fall from the deck of the boat. Though it seems that the mermaids where all far to occupied to take much of an advantage. The one he had recently slain, would sink beneath the waves, as he sees those still on deck making short work of a few that seemed to have gotten aboard the ship. The mermaid Aethon was engaging seemed to have her hands more than full with he and Dusk. As such Xarces begins swimming back towards the ship, swimming with his enhanced speed toward the group of mermaids that could attempt to assail the swimming sailors.<br/><br/>Eager to test his blade once more, he swings the jagged edge in a wicked arc down upon the first mermaid he comes across. Indiscriminate in his assault, the blade would come down with even greater force than before.  "Like shootin fish in a barrel....only with a sword...and against mermaids" he jests with a pause and a chuckle.<br/><br/>Xarces<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;">Swimming towards the nearest mermaid and attacking them.<br/><br/><a class="postlink" href="http://orokos.com/roll/220670">swim</a>: <span style="text-decoration: underline">1d20+8</span> <span style="font-weight: bold">22</span><br/><br/><a class="postlink" href="http://orokos.com/roll/220661">Power attack</a>: <span style="text-decoration: underline">1d20+14</span> <span style="font-weight: bold">25</span>   +5 bab +4 strength +1 MW weapon +4 battle dance +1 haste -2 power attack. should be a total of +13, so total roll of 24 instead of 25. shouldn't make much of a difference though I'd imagine.  <br/><br/><a class="postlink" href="http://orokos.com/roll/220662">Dmg</a>: <span style="text-decoration: underline">1d8+12</span> <span style="font-weight: bold">20</span>   +4 strength +4 battle dance +4 power attack</div></div></div>