Dagnyr hadn't, in truth, expected his would-be assassin to react quite so quickly to the magic. He's almost too quick for Dagnyr, but the gnoll manages to lash out with his arm, having no time to draw his blade for a more forceful blow.<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;">AoO on Hunter (1d20 + 14): 9 + 14 = 23<br/>Damage Roll (1d3 + 4): 2 + 4 = 6</div></div></div><br/><br/>Not wanting to kill the goblin again, he uses just his gauntlet-clad fist, landing a solid blow and outright cold-cocking him, effortlessly solving the problem. Dagnyr is about to comment to Larynn - though he quickly forgets what he was about to say as the world suddenly<span style="font-style: italic">explodes</span>into violence and noise, nearly blinding him with the haze of stone dust kicked up. His ears point him in the direction of the origin of the destruction and he knows immediately that he has screwed up. Not that he hadn't already had some notion that he might have, but the raven haired woman weaving a spell clearly meant for him only confirmed that.<br/><br/>His contemplation costs him precious seconds, and though he manages to avoid the first, the second black ball slams into his stomach and bodily throws him into the air, across a distance nearly twice his height and slams him into the hard, cold stones, completely flooring him with a pained groan.<br/><br/>Paladins know no fear, but Dagnyr's anger is not so affected. Having been twice the target of attacks, having no time to catch his first attacker with a mage on him,<span style="font-style: italic">and</span>his last effort at healing surely wasted judging from the pain shooting through his body, the gnoll feels the rising fury, baring his fangs as he rises. He wants to rush in, leap upon the mage and devour her, but he knows he wouldn't make the distance in time. Not just yet.<br/><br/>Instead he raises his bow, knocking another arrow and taking aim. A second later he lets loose and arrow, rapidly knocking a second and firing once more.<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;">Ranged Attack on Mareth (1d20 + 11): 15 + 11 = 26<br/>Damage: (1d8 + 4): 7 + 4 = 11</div></div></div><br/><br/><br/>And to even the gnoll's own surprise, at a distance of sixty feet, with a weapon he primarily used on the training range rather than in practice, neither of his arrows miss their mark.<br/><br/>Dagnyr was<span style="font-weight: bold">really</span>going to have to thank the watch quartermaster. And never leave home without a bow again.